140: Chapter 140: Upgrading Stance Skill, Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound

Chapter 140: Stance Training Upgrade, Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound

On the volcanic rock of the deep-sea crevice.

Aside from the occasional sound of bubbles, there was only silent darkness and surging undercurrents.

Here, time seemed to stand still, displaying nature's most primal serenity and power.

Fang Cheng planted his feet firmly in a horse stance, his whole body vibrating with a wondrous rhythm.

It was as if he were bearing the massive pressure of thousands of jins of seawater, endlessly tempering his muscles, bones, and internal organs.

Even down to his breathing and breath.

At the same time, lines of notification messages flowed past his eyes like water.

[Stance Training Experience + 1]

[Breathing Technique Experience + 1]

[Stance Training Experience + 1]

[Breathing Technique Experience + 1]

...

Suddenly, a sharp light flashed in Fang Cheng's eyes as he exhaled and let out a voice.

"Hululu—"

A low rumble akin to thunder arose from his abdominal cavity, resonating through his chest cavity and piercing into his nasal cavity.

Then, in the form of near-infrasound, it spread outward at a speed several times faster than in the air.

Ripples of fine water waves rippled outward like sonar.

Stirring up the plankton deep in the darkness, it emitted a series of faint bubbling sounds.

It also disrupted the formation of the fish school directly above, causing a rustling sound as they swiftly swam far away.

In an instant, everything returned to silence.

Fang Cheng exhaled this breath of foul air, a look of gratification flashing in his eyes, though his face and mouth remained tight.

Afterwards, he raised his head to look at the interlaced light and shadow of the sea surface, kicked off the bottom, and swam upward as swiftly as a dolphin.

The sound of waves and birdsong rushed into his ears one after another.

In the distance under the sunlight, the shadows of a few fishing boats sailed past.

Breaking out of the sea surface once more, Fang Cheng trod water, breathing in the fresh air in a slow and prolonged manner.

The panel floating before his eyes flashed with light once more, and it was even more dazzling and brilliant.

[Congratulations, through unremitting efforts, your skill has reached the Expert level.]

[Stance Training Lv1 (0/250)]

[Received enhancement reward, Physique attribute + 3, Agility attribute + 2, Strength attribute + 1]

Looking back at the attribute bar after the numerical update.

[Strength: 33]

[Agility: 32]

[Physique: 36]

[Spirit: 40]

Achieving successive successes in training his skills, Fang Cheng felt carefree and couldn't help but throw his head back to let out a cheerful roar.

This startled a flock of seagulls floating on the sea surface, causing them to flap their wings and fly up one after another, cooperatively letting out "Ou", "Ou" cries.

At this moment, the sunlight was brilliant, and the blue waves rippled.

From coming to the seaside at 7 AM to now, it should be around 11 AM.

In other words, he had stayed underwater for nearly four hours.

To be able to hold his breath for so long, successfully unlock the Breathing Technique, and upgrade Stance Training.

This proved that the path he envisioned was entirely correct.

Fang Cheng's gaze was bright as he looked at the skill panel once more.

[Breathing Technique Lv0 (13/100)]

If the talent of Water Breathing was to grant him the instinct to maintain breathing in water for a long time.

Then the Breathing Technique was a method specifically designed to train that breathing instinct.

Especially to improve the efficiency of internal respiration occurring within the blood.

In an extreme environment like the seabed, the human body bore immense water pressure and faced a more urgent oxygen supply and demand issue.

Thus, the perception of the inside of his body also became much clearer.

After entering a state of Focus, Fang Cheng consciously used his breathing instinct to resist external pressure, constantly regulating his internal organs and the circulation of Qi and blood.

Going even further, he utilized the massive pressure exerted from the outside to fully figure out the laws of internal respiration.

Ultimately mastering the Qigong Qi sensation mentioned by Ma Jianguo, thereby successfully unlocking this extremely special skill.

"Indeed, the human body is full of wonders and immense potential. To achieve seemingly difficult goals, one must constantly challenge oneself..."

Just like breath-holding in diving.

Under the condition of having no equipment at all, most people cannot withstand the pressure after descending to a depth of two or three meters at most.

But as long as they undergo professional training, ordinary people can completely reach an ultimate depth of around 10 meters.

Meanwhile, more professional divers can descend to 15 meters, or even the deep sea tens of meters below.

The gap between them is so vast that they hardly seem like the same species.

Recalling the realizations during his previous Cultivate process, Fang Cheng floated relaxedly on the sea surface, enjoying the sunshine and the massage of the waves.

After resting for a bit, he raised his eyes to look at the headland he had jumped off earlier.

Then he paddled with his hands and feet, swimming toward the side of the headland close to the beach.

This place was covered with reefs, but the cliff leading to the top was relatively gentle, lacking the vertical angle of the protruding part facing the open sea.

With Fang Cheng's physical constitution, even though he had just completed extreme training and consumed a lot of physical strength, climbing up could hardly be considered a very difficult matter.

The only thing that needed attention was the stones that were prone to loosening or sliding.

Without a single mistake, take a look at each one!

Ten minutes later.

Stepping onto the top of the headland once more, Fang Cheng stood against the wind, gazing at the unobstructed and magnificent sea view.

Then, he assumed a horse stance again and took a deep breath.

Preparing to execute the Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound Art once more to verify the effect of running the Breathing Technique on land.

"Hū——lùlùlù—"

As his whole body trembled slightly, his nasal breathing faintly exhaled a seemingly nonexistent sound.

This sound originated from inside his body, yet it seemed to come from a very distant place.

It was drawn out very, very long, and even became clearer and louder.

Vaguely, it was as if there were truly thunder rumbling and tigers and leopards roaring softly.

But listening to it was not muffled; instead, there was a sense of rhythm that was very stress-relieving.

Unlike the situation when Cultivate-ing Stance Training and Breathing Technique at the seabed, where he had to endure heavy pressure and hypoxia.

Right now, both Fang Cheng's body and state of mind were in a completely relaxed state, and there was no need to deliberately hold his breath.

After exhaling a breath, he then inhaled a breath.

A continuous, slender stream of Qi naturally poured in through his nostrils, descending sequentially.

It was like a breeze blowing across his viscera, instantly producing a sense of coolness.

Afterwards, taking that trace of heat generated in his abdomen as the source, it dispersed into even finer currents of Qi, gradually infiltrating his limbs and bones, until it finally exhausted itself and dissipated, leaving a lingering aftertaste.

Fang Cheng silently felt this inhaled breath until it reached the extremities and disappeared.

Then, he prolonged his exhale to expel a breath of foul air accumulated within his abdominal cavity.

One exhale and one inhale, expelling the old and drawing in the new, it was like the wind rolling away the clouds and the sky clearing up with bright light.

This breathing method did not purely rely on air inhaled from the outside, nor did it hold external respiration to rely only on internal respiration.

Rather, it was a cyclical vibration from outside to inside, and then from inside to outside—a kung fu that travels from within the body to outside the body.

Like a large bellows puffing and billowing, it continuously gathered the current of Qi together.

Nor was the thunder a sudden crack explosion when lightning struck.

Rather, it was the sound heard from afar before that, rumbling behind the clouds.

The breath that was inhaled had to be forcefully pressed downward, passing through the diaphragm to reach the bottom of the abdomen, forming an internal pressure.

Then, the intestines located at the very bottom would enhance peristalsis under the pressure, accelerating metabolism.

Immediately after, the current of Qi caused borborygmus and vibration, transmitting the energy upward layer by layer sequentially, until it opened up the entire chest cavity, and the entire body began to vibrate and resonate.

Between one exhale and one inhale, not only the viscera, tendons, bones, skin, and flesh, but even all the sweat pores and orifices of the whole body vibrated together, discharging the foul Qi within the body.

The process of reaching this step was extremely difficult, fundamentally violating the common sense of the body.

Therefore, it was necessary to use the means of voicing to guide it so that the breath would not be interrupted.

"Hōnglōnglōng—"

Fang Cheng deeply exhaled a breath of foul air.

Wind and clouds billowed within his body, and his breath and blood accelerated their circulation speed following this rhythm.

Transmitted outside the body, it resembled the faint thunder sound on the horizon, deep and prolonged.

His whole body's muscles trembled slightly, and his closed pores suddenly loosened sharply. A visible white steam of sweat instantly evaporated out, rising gracefully.

It was as if an engine was roaring to life from inside the body.

In less than half a minute, all the water droplets attached to the surface of his skin were completely evaporated.

Having just come out of the sea, his damp body quickly became dry and clean.

Even every pore exuded a refreshing aura, supremely comfortable.