64: Chapter 64 Iron Bridge, Six Arts Unlocked

Chapter 64 Iron Bridge, Six Arts Unlocked

Early morning, Jiangbin Park.

Mist drifted faintly over the river, and the grass near the river embankment was covered with a layer of white frost.

Fang Cheng supported himself upside down with his hands and feet, his waist standing erect like an arch bridge.

When his hips reached the highest point, he held the posture for a few seconds.

Suddenly, he felt a strange sensation coming from his spine.

The erector spinae muscles on both sides of his spine trembled, as if they had truly turned into two movable pythons.

At the same time, a surge of power coursed through his waist and back, reaching straight to his shoulders and the extremities of his limbs.

His entire back seemed to fully expand, his muscles relaxed, and the tension vanished.

The posture that was originally uncomfortable instantly became normal.

"This feeling..."

Fang Cheng opened his eyes and carefully experienced the changes taking place in his body.

At the same time, several prompt messages floated up before his eyes.

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

[Back Bridge lv1 (0 / 250)]

[Skill enhancement reward obtained, please choose between the two enhancement directions]

Fang Cheng supported the ground with his hands and tightened his waist and abdomen.

Exerting a little force, his whole body straightened up again and he stood up.

He fixed his gaze on the glowing panel and carefully examined the specific reward details.

[Enhancement One: 6 Free Attributes]

[Enhancement Two: Skill Special Effect "Iron Bridge"]

[Makes the entire spine and back muscles as solid as an iron plate, increasing hardness by 50% based on the Physique attribute, and when the body exerts force and tenses, it can instantly soar to 100%]

Fang Cheng felt this special effect was somewhat familiar.

It seemed similar to the Goju-ryu "Go-gata" practiced by Majima Goro.

It was also similar to the pain-tolerance and striking-resistance training of that Muay Thai fighter.

They were all hard skills that strengthened weak parts of the body and enhanced muscle and bone strength.

It's just that they needed to rely on long-term, continuous pounding training to gradually accumulate effects.

Fang Cheng, however, could achieve immediate results by enhancing his skills.

Speaking of which, the seven skill special effects harvested so far:

"Rapid Eyeball Movement", "Iron Fist", "The Aloof", "Elasticity", "Blade Flower", "Scavengers Eye", "Master of Strong Wrists", "Iron Bridge".

Among them, "Iron Fist", "Master of Strong Wrists", and "Iron Bridge" all had the effect of increasing the hardness of a certain part of the body.

If every part of the body could be blessed with similar special effects, leaving no weak vital spots,

then...

would it be possible to display the legendary top-tier hard skill of the Martial Forest, "Golden Bell Shield", in reality?

After a brief daydream, Fang Cheng still decided to choose the second option.

Body attributes were like the Foundation of a big tree.

Skill special effects were the branches and leaves extending upward, which could continuously improve as the basic attributes increased.

Unless he urgently needed to allocate points, break through critical values, and face dangerous formidable enemies,

choosing skill special effects would inevitably yield higher long-term returns.

The enhancement ended.

Fang Cheng bent his arms and did a few chest expansions.

While loosening his muscles and bones, his latissimus dorsi muscles looked like unfolded bat wings.

The two erector spinae muscles twisted constantly like pythons, as if hiding an explosive sense of power.

A long string of waterfall-like information also rolled and floated before his eyes at the same time.

[Focus Experience + 4]

[Boxing Experience + 4]

[Sanda Experience + 5]

[Jiu-Jitsu Experience + 18]

[Push-up Experience + 12]

[Squat Experience + 13]

[Leg Raise Experience + 19]

[Pull-up Experience + 17]

[Back Bridge Experience + 6]

...

Strength 32%, Agility 18%, Physique 67%, Spirit 19%.

These were all the gains from today's morning exercise.

Fang Cheng's gaze swept over them one by one, just like a farmer inspecting the growth of crops.

His expression was somewhat gratified, yet somewhat dissatisfied.

As his physical fitness continued to improve and skills leveled up consecutively, the growth progress of experience and attribute values would gradually slow down.

Especially after all attributes completely broke through 20 points, this phenomenon became even more obvious.

He could now be said to have exceeded the category of ordinary people.

It also meant that from the Early Stage of leaping improvement, he was beginning to enter a new stage of stable development.

To achieve the same level of workout results as before, he had to put in multiple times the effort and sweat.

Of course, Fang Cheng was still full of confidence.

Because he had the panel; as long as he persisted in exercising, there would be positive feedback.

No mistakes, first release, internal content, check one by one!

Whether fast or slow, much or little, there would be a steady stream of attribute and experience gains.

The future is promising, and there is a long way to go!

After resting for a moment, he did not immediately leave the park.

Today's routine training was already over.

The next step was to prepare for unlocking the Handstand Push-up.

Fang Cheng supported the soft grass with his hands, the distance between his two arms being about shoulder-width apart.

Then he took a deep breath, exerted force in his waist and abdomen, and raised his legs high.

Handstanding his entire body, his figure swayed slightly, his back slightly curved inward into an arch shape, trying his best to adjust his posture.

The Handstand Push-up was a full-body strength training movement that required the coordinated action of the shoulders, arms, core muscle groups, and back muscles.

With his current strength and agility attributes, it was enough for him to easily complete the Handstand Push-up, a high-difficulty movement for ordinary people.

The key was to train the body's balance ability and master some small techniques for fine-tuning posture in the air.

After finding a sense of balance, Fang Cheng steadied his slightly swaying figure.

He began to bend his elbows and lower his posture until his head gently touched the grass.

That would count as a standard two-handed Handstand Push-up.

Fang Cheng had been practicing this movement for two days.

He just didn't try to challenge his limits and pursue unlocking the skill in one go like before.

Instead, he was prepared to proceed step-by-step and lay a solid Foundation first.

As for the skill Potential Activation, Fang Cheng did not plan to use it casually in the future.

Besides considering it as a trump card ultimate move, it was also because he realized the importance of "preserving health".

By perceiving the actual changes in his body's state, combined with the medical theoretical knowledge he learned while studying in the library,

Fang Cheng vaguely had a guess: the so-called "potential" was actually a certain life energy hidden within the cells.

Using the skill Potential Activation was actually equivalent to accelerating cell division and consuming this life energy.

In the short term, it seemed to have more pros than cons, but in the long term, it might cause irreversible effects on the body.

If there was no suitable remedy, acting cautiously at present was clearly wiser.

After doing 20 Handstand Push-ups consecutively,

Fang Cheng simply stood upside down like that on his hands, exhaled a breath, and took a short rest.

Looking at the entire upside-down city, he momentarily felt quite a sense of novelty.

Having never viewed the world he had lived in for over twenty years from this perspective, he suddenly felt a slight touch of emotion.

Fang Cheng slowly closed his eyes and felt it attentively.

He only felt that he was stepping on the sky with his feet, rotating with the earth, and taking a leisurely stroll.

The sunlight shone on his motionless figure, as if blending into the group of sculptures in the park.

In the distant scenic waterside pavilion,

a few old men wearing practice clothes who had just finished a set of Boxing pointed and gestured toward this side.

The sound of discussion faintly drifted over:

"This young man plays with good Stance Training skills..."

Fang Cheng suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the new information appearing before him.

[You practiced Handstand Push-up, reached a certain degree, and gained a deep understanding of it]

[Unlocked skill: Handstand Push-up lv0 (0 / 100)]

Prisoners Six Arts, all six skills are finally unlocked!