113: Chapter 113 Perfect Control of Power, Bai Shiwei's Advance

"At the end of next month, after the group finishes its New Year's holiday, we'll return to Blue Star together. It'll be a good time to meet with the people from the Xia Martial Arts Hall and finalize the list of participants."

Manager Jiang Zhou looked at Fang Zhuo: "I'll also take the opportunity to help you secure some benefits from the Xia Martial Arts Hall."

"Do you have any issues with the timing?"

"No problem."

Fang Zhuo smiled.

With hundreds of thousands of civilization points at stake, and even the million civilization point grand prize for the Peak Group, taking two days off before the New Year wasn't a problem.

"Alright, it's settled then. The group will recommend you."

After finishing this, Manager Jiang Zhou breathed a slight sigh of relief and added: "As for the second matter, the Commercial Department wants to ask you to be their spokesperson and film a few promotional advertisements."

"Promotional advertisements?"

"Yes, just a simple appearance to talk about your cultivation insights. You know, your martial arts credential is only an undergraduate degree, yet you broke through to become a Transcendent Martial Artist in such a short time. That's a great selling point for advertising... This isn't urgent; whether you want to take it is up to you. The Commercial Department has plenty of resources, so you can talk to them yourself when the time comes."

Manager Jiang Zhou explained briefly.

"I see... That's fine."

Fang Zhuo agreed. As long as the endorsement fee was enough, filming an ad was easy!

"Good, go back and cultivate then."

"Mm."

Fang Zhuo nodded. After saying goodbye to Manager Jiang Zhou and Sister Lan, he immediately returned to the cultivation room.

His Life Level had just broken through, and he was now at Level 44. He hadn't yet fully adapted to his surged physical fitness.

In front of the punch force tester.

Fang Zhuo was wearing only shorts, bare-chested, his muscles slightly bulging with clear definition, making him look exceptionally masculine.

He stood in a horse stance, twisted his waist and swung his arm. His spine cracked like a dragon, and his whole body's strength converged into his fist.

He struck out fiercely, causing the air to explode with a boom.

"Bang—!"

"Base punch force: 389,024kg!"

The electronic broadcast sounded instantly, and a satisfied smile appeared on Fang Zhuo's face.

"With the help of 200,000 civilization points, this breakthrough was surprisingly simple, but the foundation is solid!"

The standard punch force for a Level 44 Transcendent is 380,000kg. His measured base punch force was over 9,000kg higher than the standard.

It was still well above the benchmark.

"Let's test the current explosive power."

Fang Zhuo shook his shoulders in place, warming up his body. After a while, he stepped forward in a lunge. With the control of Inner Scene Perfection, his fist smashed into the force tester before anyone could see his muscles contract.

"Boom—!"

"Explosive punch force: 7,560,090kg!"

"As expected, I need to adapt a bit more..." Seeing the numbers, Fang Zhuo just shook his head slightly. The force amplification for Inner Scene Perfection is 20 times; this explosive punch force hadn't reached the limit yet.

This was because his Life Level had just broken through, and he hadn't yet achieved perfect control over his physical strength.

Fang Zhuo continuously adjusted his posture and threw punches.

The tester emitted a series of booming sounds.

It lasted for more than half an hour before the room echoed with the broadcast: "Explosive punch force: 7,780,480kg!"

"Hoo~"

Fang Zhuo let out a long breath and relaxed his body.

He wiped the sweat off his body, put on his training suit, and strode back to his residence.

...

"Hubby, you're back?"

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Bai Shiwei poked her head out from the kitchen.

"Mm, it smells so good!"

Smelling the fragrance drifting into his nose from inside the house, Fang Zhuo was slightly surprised. Could Shi Wei's cooking skills really be transforming?

These past few days, because Bai Shiwei's Life Level was stuck at Level 39, she only needed to cultivate her Body Control. Once she achieved Micro-Perception Perfection, she would have a chance to break into the Transcendent realm.

She didn't need to use her Martial Aspect, the Heaven-Swallowing Python, to absorb the essence of the sun and moon for body tempering daily, so she had suddenly become free, and with plenty of time, she studied more recipes.

"Go wash up, dinner is ready."

Bai Shiwei beamed upon hearing this. In the three and a half, nearly four months since they got married, and after living together for over a hundred days, this was the first time she heard Fang Zhuo praise her cooking.

At the dining table.

There were several plates of Transcendent Exotic Beast meat, prepared by pan-frying, stir-frying, steaming, and braising.

Transcendent Exotic Beast meat is rich in high source energy and nutritional value; a whole one can cost tens or even hundreds of millions.

Ordinary Transcendent Martial Artist families couldn't afford such expenses, but Fang Zhuo was now wealthy and had over ten billion to spend for the time being.

Because for the next year, he discovered that after the group took charge of mining the mineral cave in the Purple Bamboo Forest he reported, they would continue to provide him with dozens of stone milk crystals.

"Hubby, try some?"

Bai Shiwei urged expectantly, her beautiful eyes fixed on Fang Zhuo without blinking, like a child waiting for a parent to grade her homework.

"...Okay."

Fang Zhuo carefully picked up the smallest piece of Transcendent Exotic Beast meat.

Although it smelled good and looked decent, different from the past, the psychological trauma from before was too deep!

He couldn't help but be cautious.

Fang Zhuo took a light bite. The moment the meat touched the tip of his tongue, the fragrance of the meat and the spicy oil came together. As he bit into it, the meat juices mixed with the seasoning sauce exploded on his taste buds.

He was instantly intoxicated and began to enjoy it, his saliva secreting uncontrollably.

"Not bad!"

"The taste is excellent!"

Fang Zhuo did not skimp on praise.

"I told you I had talent."

Bai Shiwei beamed with joy, her eyebrows curving, and she picked up another piece of food for Fang Zhuo: "Quick, eat more!"

...

After dinner.

Bai Shiwei curled up on the sofa, her legs curled up like a white python, her lower abdomen slightly protruding. She had one hand on her belly and the other holding the remote control.

The TV was playing martial arts news, with the host passionately introducing the Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament.

"Ten years of tempering the body, unknown to all; once transcendent, known to the Federation. Dear audience friends, the Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament, held every ten years, is about to begin. Over a hundred countries, including Xia, America, and the Small Island Nation, will gather on the west coast of the ocean."

"In this Ocean Gathering, which country's Transcendent Martial Artist will reach the top?"

The host spoke with great emotion, and the background music played stirringly.

Bai Shiwei couldn't help but feel nervous as she listened and asked Fang Zhuo:

"Hubby, your Life Level is only 43, is your group really going to send you to support Xia?"

Just now at the dinner table, Fang Zhuo mentioned the Blue Star Transcendent Martial Arts Tournament to Bai Shiwei, and after learning about it, she furiously criticized America and the Small Island Nation.

In Bai Shiwei's view, this martial arts tournament between countries on Blue Star had become a contest between the Three Great Warrior Groups.

Fang Zhuo was still gorging himself at the dinner table.

His current Life Level was 44. His physique didn't look much different from before, but his weight was already approaching 200kg, and his bone and muscle density were getting higher and higher.

His appetite was also increasing accordingly.

After hearing Bai Shiwei's words, he turned back and smiled mischievously: "Mm, don't worry, don't you know about my Body Control?"

Bai Shiwei subconsciously pulled back her feet, her face slightly flushed, and scolded: "Fang Zhuo! I'm talking to you about serious business!"

She rolled her eyes at Fang Zhuo, then thought about it and relaxed.

Fang Zhuo's Life Level might not reach 45 by the time the tournament starts, but relying solely on his Inner Scene Perfection Body Control, plus his progress in the Thunder Fire Blade, he indeed had the strength to compete for first place.

They were already an old married couple, what was there to be shy about?

Fang Zhuo chuckled inwardly but didn't say it out loud, otherwise, Bai Shiwei definitely wouldn't cooperate with some of his little quirks at night.

"By the way, Hubby. I've been stuck before the Transcendent realm recently, and no matter how I practice my Body Control, I can't break through. Following what you said to practice slowly, I don't know how long it will take."

Bai Shiwei sighed, her face showing determination: "My comprehension isn't as good as yours, and bitter cultivation is too slow. I want to go to the Wilderness Area to hunt exotic beasts and hone myself in battle. That way, I will grow faster."

"What do you think?"

In the past, if she thought of something, she would resolutely do it.

But in the few months since she got engaged and married to Fang Zhuo, Bai Shiwei had unconsciously made Fang Zhuo the most important person, and she would choose to discuss it with him before making a decision.

"Go to the Wilderness Area?"

Fang Zhuo stroked his chin. He wasn't too worried about Bai Shiwei's safety.

After all, Bai Shiwei was a Martial Arts Undergraduate, her talent wasn't bad, and she was currently at Life Level 39, wearing the ss-grade combat suit he gave her.

In the B-grade Wilderness Area, there really weren't many exotic beasts below Level 40 that could hurt Bai Shiwei.

However, if it was just to exercise Body Control, she could choose to go to the Civilization Arena. He had been worrying about how to bring it up to Bai Shiwei, to give her some civilization points and see if they could be returned!

"How about going to the Civilization Arena? The martial artists there are battle-hardened, and sparring with them will be better for improving your Body Control."

Fang Zhuo asked with a smile.