179: Chapter 179 'Flying-Level Martial Artist' Fang Zhuo

The itching caused by the cell remodeling during this Physical Body evolution was several times more intense than when I broke through to become a Transcendent Martial Artist.

Fang Zhuo felt every bone being shattered by an invisible force during the life leap, followed by every inch of Meridians, every piece of flesh, every cell...

Granule after granule of thunder-fire source crystal was consumed.

Each thunder-fire source crystal was a Universe-grade treasure. Normally, Fang Zhuo, just breaking through to the Flying Sky level, wouldn't be able to absorb much, but with his developed and strengthened Divine Ability 'Devour', he digested almost half of the source power within them.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but suddenly, Fang Zhuo's life fluctuation jumped, becoming significantly stronger than before.

"Phew, everything went smoothly. Success! I am now a Flying Sky-Grade Martial Artist!"

If I returned to Blue Star, I could garrison a province.

A smile couldn't help but spread across Fang Zhuo's lips, and deep in his heart, there was a strong urge to go outside, leap into the air, and soar through the sky.

"Not yet... it's not the time."

The news of his Breakthrough to the Flying Sky level could not spread before the Flying Sky assessment, otherwise, who knew what complications might arise in the Civilization Assessment.

Fang Zhuo suppressed the excitement in his heart and focused his mind to visualize his Martial Aspect.

Inside his Sea of Consciousness, within the boundless Universe, in a piece of pitch-black and deep Void Realm, a fiery red planet was slowly rotating, its terrifying high temperature burning everything around it into a vacuum.

"It seems a bit clearer... Could this planet actually exist in the Universe?"

"It looks highly likely to be a star."

[Person in Aspect: Fang Zhuo]

[Life Level: Level 50 (Flying Martial Artist)]

[Mental Energy: Level 49]

[Body Control: Minor Achievement (Combat Power Increase 24x)]

[Thunder Fire Blade: 7th Layer (Combat Power Increase 5.8x)]

[Martial Aspect: Red Flame (Upper Rank)]

[Divine Ability 1: Purification]

[Divine Ability 2: Devour]

[Divine Ability 3: Flame]

After digesting the information in his mind, Fang Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes and frowned slightly: "Mental Energy Level 49?"

It was extremely common in the Federation for Mental Energy to lag behind Life Level; almost all Martial Artists were like this.

Only a very small number of Geniuses could barely keep their Mental Energy on par with their Life Level.

It seemed that what Old Man Zhang said had finally happened to him; the benefits of having a Soul strength different from ordinary people due to living two lives... were gone after reaching the Flying Martial Artist level.

Fang Zhuo wasn't too disappointed.

He was more pleased.

"Now that I have become a Flying Martial Artist, I am no longer limited by my Life Level... Subsequent cultivation of the 8th Layer of the Thunder Fire Blade won't feel like constipation anymore...!"

"I can also start practicing Body Control now!"

"As for the improvement of Mental Energy, there is no need to worry too much. Chairman Xiao said that the red jellyfish fluid can deeply temper both the Physical Body and the mind simultaneously."

Wearing only his boxers, Fang Zhuo paced back and forth in front of the force tester. After clearing his thoughts, he fixed his gaze on the full-length mirror on the wall.

He saw his upper body, full of explosive power, with well-defined abdominal muscles, a thick waist, and broad wrists; he looked a bit more robust than before.

"A Level 50 Flying Martial Artist has a base punch power of 1,000,000 kilograms. Let me test it and see how much my punch power is."

Fang Zhuo twisted his waist and punched the force tester.

"Bang—!"

"Base punch power: 1,090,690kg!"

The crisp electronic voice announced.

Fang Zhuo smiled: "It's over 90,000 kilograms higher than the standard value, almost reaching 10%! Is this the effect of using thunder-fire source crystal for Body Tempering during the Breakthrough?"

"Or is it the benefit brought by the High-Level Life Core?"

At every Life Level, a Martial Artist's various physical attributes have standard values, and naturally, there are statistics for fluctuation ranges. Generally, a Martial Artist's actual measurement won't deviate from the standard value by more than 8%.

His punch power now exceeded the standard value by nearly 10%, breaking the limit of this statistic...

Fang Zhuo wasn't sure, but it was a good thing regardless. He didn't pay too much attention to it and turned to look at the vials of red jellyfish fluid in his System space.

"After all, my Life Level just broke through, so I'll consolidate it for these two days. Hmm, it would be best to return to the Group headquarters midway and use the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber to solidify my Physical Body foundation."

"Two days later, I will start practicing with the red jellyfish fluid, absorbing high-concentration source power to temper my Physical Body and mind, striving to reach the Flying Sky Peak as soon as possible!"

Fang Zhuo clenched his fists and strode into the wooden dummy area, starting to hone his Body Control while constantly adapting to the physical attributes of the Flying Sky level.

Two full hours later.

In the wooden dummy area, Fang Zhuo, whose figure occasionally stumbled, finally became calm and relaxed, having perfectly mastered his body at the Flying Sky level.

Facing the joint attack of 24 wooden dummies, he dodged left and right, not letting them touch even a corner of his clothes.

The training room door was pushed open at this moment.

"Husband~"

Bai Shiwei slipped in with a nimble figure: "Aren't you going to the Martial Arts Arena in the bamboo forest today? Brother Wang sent someone to bring a message."

"Hmm... I am going, I almost forgot."

Fang Zhuo exerted force with his feet and flashed out of the wooden dummy area: "What message did Brother Wang send?"

Bai Shiwei covered her mouth, but couldn't help but giggle: "He said... you skipped the daily special training for so long without saying a word, are you itching for a beating?"

"...Heh!"

Fang Zhuo raised his eyebrows and snorted. It seemed that Brother Wang was still bothered by being defeated by him during the Ocean Gathering.

Was this him finding an excuse to want to crush him back?

Beside the weapon rack, Fang Zhuo picked up the top he had casually draped over it and was about to put it on.

Bai Shiwei ran over at this moment. She pressed her fair, tender fingers onto Fang Zhuo's waist and abdomen, and her beautiful eyes lit up:

"Eh, husband, your... muscles seem harder!"

"Hmm, I've had some gains in Body Tempering these past few days."

Fang Zhuo said with a faint smile.

Bai Shiwei poked him a few times, then squinted her eyes, raised her wrist and said: "Then it seems our training at night is very effective. Come back early tonight~ Keep it up, okay!"

"...We agreed to rest for one night last night, Shi Wei, isn't this bad?"

Fang Zhuo said, feigning weakness.

Hehe, now that I have broken through to become a Flying Martial Artist, I'll trick Shi Wei first. Tonight I will wash away my previous shame. A Flying-level body fighting a Transcendent-level body—no matter how soft, it can't overcome the hard!

"What, are you afraid?"

Bai Shiwei raised her eyes, deliberately wrinkling her nose and pouting.

"...Who's afraid of whom? Don't you dare admit defeat tonight!"

Fang Zhuo straightened his back as usual and replied toughly, then quickly put on his clothes and strode toward the Bamboo Forest Martial Arts Dojo.

...

On the bamboo forest path.

Fang Zhuo strode like a flying man, his body countless times lighter than before.

In his Sea of Consciousness, this High-Level Life Core, while slowly rotating, could also apply gravity in any direction to his body according to his will.

"Is this the secret to how a Flying Martial Artist can fly...?!"

Fang Zhuo forcibly resisted the urge to manipulate the Life Core and give himself an upward gravitational pull.

Instead, he applied a directional gravitational pull, causing a gust of wind as he walked, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived at the edge of the Martial Arts Arena.

"Fang Zhuo!"

Wang Jinhua looked at Fang Zhuo walking along the bamboo forest path and immediately sneered: "As a Civilization Seed, you have become a bit slack."

"When will you break through to the Flying Sky level?"

"Brother Wang, I was lucky and have already broken through."

Fang Zhuo said with a chuckle.

"You've already broken through?!"

Wang Jinhua let out a low shout. He had been half-believing and half-doubting these days, not believing that Fang Zhuo could really condense a Medium-Level Life Core within half a month and advance to a Flying Martial Artist.

He had spent a full two years back then!

Did Fang Zhuo really successfully condense a Medium-Level Life Core in one year?

At the edge of the Martial Arts Arena, Jiang Chen and Takeuchi Reina both opened their eyes and looked over, their eyes filled with surprise.

"Breaking through is good, breaking through is good."

Chairman Song Shou put down his teacup and stepped from the tea table by the bamboo forest to in front of Fang Zhuo.