160: Chapter 160 Bai Shiwei is pregnant, and she has been promoted for half a year!

"Are you sure you want to use it in the middle of the night?" Takeuchi Reina asked. "Do you want us to swap times?"

She knew Fang Zhuo was married and had a wife.

"This is fine."

Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Using the Martial Arts Arena in the second half of the night was a good way to avoid the intensity of Shi Wei... Now that their Life Levels were getting closer, sleeping together at night put him under considerable pressure.

"Alright."

Takeuchi Reina looked at Fang Zhuo with surprise. "This Martial Arts Arena can help us clear our minds. You will know its wonderful use for practicing Secret Manuals once you try it."

"When you fall into a Bottleneck, you might want to strike that war drum once, but don't do it too often, otherwise it's easy to suffer from mental turmoil. Also..."

Takeuchi Reina gave Fang Zhuo a few more instructions, then said sincerely before leaving, "I wish you a smooth practice."

The plan for the Civilization Assessment was likely to be set as one Transcendent, one Flying Sky, and one Cosmic Martial Artist each, with the result determined based on the outcome of three battles.

As the only Transcendent seed of the civilization, the other three Flying Sky seeds in the seed group were very concerned about Fang Zhuo's current training situation.

"Okay, thank you."

Fang Zhuo nodded. After Takeuchi Reina left, he strode to the center of the Martial Arts Arena.

Standing in the center of the giant stone Martial Arts Arena, Fang Zhuo felt as if he were suddenly placed outside the Universe. The sound of bamboo leaves fluttering, insects chirping, birds singing, and the flow of the stream beside his ears all disappeared.

"What a Void Gazer feeling..."

Fang Zhuo's body and mind relaxed instantly, and he felt a sense of tranquility he had never experienced before.

The pressure brought by the Civilization Assessment battle and the slight frustration caused by the difficulty of practicing the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade were temporarily cast to the back of his mind.

Fang Zhuo drew his blade and began to practice the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade. As he slashed out each blade, he had faint moments of enlightenment. Unknowingly, he practiced from dark until dawn, and then until the sun was high at noon.

This kind of entranced practice continued day after day for more than twenty days.

At the end of May, the date for Bai Shiwei to go for a physical check-up was approaching.

When Fang Zhuo was handing over the arena to Takeuchi Reina at noon as usual, his bracelet suddenly vibrated violently.

"Buzz~"

"Shi Wei?"

Fang Zhuo answered the video call immediately.

"Fang Zhuo, I have something to tell you."

Bai Shiwei's face was pale, but her eyes held faint excitement and joy.

"What is it?"

Fang Zhuo asked.

Bai Shiwei usually didn't call him by his name easily. When she called him by his name directly, she was either a little angry or extremely excited.

"I... I'm pregnant. You're going to be a dad!"

In the video, Bai Shiwei pursed her lips, and a flush of excitement appeared on her face.

"Pregnant?"

Fang Zhuo was stunned.

Since the Ocean Gathering ended and Brother Wang told him about the Civilization Assessment, he had been using safety measures whenever he was intimate with Shi Wei.

Now that two months had passed, how could she suddenly be pregnant?

"Yeah, I've tested it."

Bai Shiwei took out the pregnancy test.

"This... I'm coming back right now!"

Fang Zhuo ran back to his residence. When he entered, he broke the door open with brute force, not caring if he damaged it.

"Hubby, it must have been when we were actively trying to conceive during the Ocean Gathering. I checked; among Transcendent Martial Artists, because the activity of sperm and egg cells is too strong, it is normal for the pregnancy period to be one or two months longer."

Bai Shiwei looked down at Fang Zhuo and explained.

Seeing Fang Zhuo squatting down with a nervous expression, tilting his ear to the ground like a fool, she couldn't help but roll her eyes beautifully. "Alright, I've only just become pregnant; where would you hear any movement now!"

"Hmm..."

Fang Zhuo stood up, reached out to hold Bai Shiwei's hands, and said solemnly, "Shi Wei, then you should rest assured and nurture the fetus from now on. Put aside the matter of practice."

"Okay."

Bai Shiwei's smile was gentle, and she nodded with curved eyes.

...

After that, Fang Zhuo practiced even more diligently. Except for regularly taking time to accompany Bai Shiwei to the hospital for check-ups, he spent almost all his time on his practice.

At the end of June.

12:30 AM.

Fang Zhuo stood in the center of the Martial Arts Arena, swinging his blade from time to time. The Saber Qi crisscrossed, bringing up gusts of wind, and the bamboo forest made crisp rustling sounds with the wind.

"No... If this continues, even if I can really master the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade at the Transcendent stage, it will take almost two years."

"In that case, the combat power increase will only be on par with the assessment's Transcendent level. Using the Divine Ability 'Flame', I would only have a relatively high chance of winning; there is no guarantee of crushing them!"

"I can only win this battle!"

Thinking of Bai Shiwei's gradually protruding belly, Fang Zhuo's mind felt a bit chaotic.

"How can I be faster? I need to master the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade faster, and then continue to impact the eighth level of the Thunder Fire Blade, as well as the Major Achievement of the Physical Body!"

"Right, I can try to use the effect of the thunder-fire source crystal in the Martial Arts Arena!"

While thinking hard, Fang Zhuo reached out and took out a purple-red crystal.

Holding the thunder-fire source crystal in his hand, Fang Zhuo used his Martial Aspect 'Crimson Flame' to guide his Physical Body to absorb the violent thunder-fire source energy.

A feeling of numbness and burning instantly spread through his body and mind.

Fang Zhuo's acupuncture points were wide open. Sure enough, just like the feeling of practicing in the Thunder Fire Small World, the distance between his Physical Body and the world had narrowed again!

Let's try the martial arts war drum again...

Boom!

Fang Zhuo struck the war drum on the east side with the hilt of his blade.

The sound of the drum was like a Dragon and Elephant hissing, shaking one's soul, magnificent and grand, with the echoes lingering in his ears.

A flash of enlightenment appeared in Fang Zhuo's mind.

This is it!

Fang Zhuo stepped forward, following the flash of inspiration in his heart, twisted his waist and swung his arm, and the war blade slashed through the air, its trajectory appearing as if it were carved by heaven.

"Sizzle—!"

The sound of sparks bursting was very faint, but in Fang Zhuo's ears, it sounded exceptionally harsh and pleasant!

This is the charm...!

Fang Zhuo seized the feeling, slashed out a blade, stared and recalled it, and then slashed out another blade. He repeated this cycle.

Until the effect of the thunder-fire source crystal tempering his body disappeared.

"The progress is not bad!"

"But there are not many thunder-fire source crystals left. There are 15 left, so I need to use them reasonably and strive to spend another half a year to completely master the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade!"

Fang Zhuo settled his mind and continued to practice slashing again and again, consolidating his previous insights.

Just like that, in the high-level Martial Arts Arena, Fang Zhuo occasionally used the thunder-fire source crystal, and the progress of the seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade soared all the way.

Four more months passed.

October 29, 569 New Calendar, 2583 Old Federal Calendar.

4:00 AM, New Moon City, the bamboo forest behind the headquarters of the New Moon Group.

Fang Zhuo was wearing a black training suit, with the artificial moon hanging high above his head, casting bright moonlight, and the sound of the wind in the bamboo forest rang out from time to time.

"The last thunder-fire source crystal. The seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade should be ready..."

Fang Zhuo pushed his Martial Aspect, and the faintly visible purple-red source energy flowed from the thunder-fire source crystal and poured into his body.

Bang!

The hilt hit the drum, and the magnificent drum sound like a Dragon and Elephant hissing rang out in the bamboo forest arena again.

Fang Zhuo turned around, raised his hand to lift the blade, and pointed the tip of the blade at the sky.

"The blade connects with heaven and earth, drawing the thunder-fire source energy, thunder and fire intersect, seven levels of strength..."

The Secret Manual mantra appeared in his mind. As Fang Zhuo recited it silently, he pressed his wrist down, stepped forward, and slashed out this blade.

'Boom!'

A clap of thunder in a clear sky.

'Sizzle—!'

A roar of blazing fire.

The two superimposed and exploded in the bamboo forest arena at the same time!

The terrifying fiery red blade shadow, like a sky-covering blanket, almost enveloped the entire Martial Arts Arena.

"The seventh level of the Thunder Fire Blade, it's done!"

This was a Secret Manual Move corresponding to the Flying Sky Martial Artist level, which Brother Wang hadn't mastered even after more than two years!

Fang Zhuo let out a long breath, and a smile appeared on his face.