78: Chapter 78 Breakthrough in Body Control: Physical Strength Increased by 12 Times!

December 12th.

Ten days had passed since Fang Zhuo broke through to Life Level 34.

On the 80th floor of the group, inside the training room.

Fang Zhuo stood quietly in the center of the wooden dummy zone.

These wooden dummies were not static; they were 'living dummies' with a certain degree of intelligence and flexible movement, produced by a tech company under the Starry Sky Group.

Their strength was not great, but their speed was not slow, and most importantly, their coordination was very high.

They acted as a seamless whole, continuously launching attacks at Fang Zhuo in the center.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Fang Zhuo only dodged and weaved, light as a swallow, changing directions with incredible flexibility, as if he had no inertia, moving through the dummy formation with ease.

"Still not quite there..."

"Shi Wei, help me increase the difficulty!"

Fang Zhuo called out softly.

Bai Shiwei, who had been watching in fascination from the side, gave an 'oh' and immediately ran to the control panel, turning the difficulty up by one level.

"It's set. It's already at the highest difficulty. Husband, be careful, good luck!"

The wooden dummy facilities equipped in this advanced training room required a martial artist with Inner Sight to successfully dodge at the highest difficulty level.

"Alright."

Fang Zhuo replied, feeling that the coordination between the wooden dummies had reached a new level, with their speed increasing by another thirty percent, their attacks connecting seamlessly and sealing off every space he could use to dodge.

This immediately put him in a 'precarious situation'.

In the blink of an eye, he was about to be hit by a wooden dummy.

At the critical moment, Fang Zhuo's adrenaline spiked, and every bit of insight from his past grueling training flooded his mind; he had an epiphany.

Just before a wooden dummy could strike his chest, Fang Zhuo's forward-charging figure suddenly stopped and instantly took a step back.

Moving forward, backward, left, and right, he changed directions constantly without the slightest pause, just as if he had no inertia.

"Inner Sight... I've succeeded!"

Bai Shiwei's beautiful eyes lit up, her delicate oval face filled with joy, and she excitedly clenched her fists against her chest.

Since coming from university to be with Fang Zhuo, they had spent these three months at the Starry Sky Group living and training together day and night.

She knew better than anyone the sweat Fang Zhuo had poured into this.

Now, that effort had not been in vain.

Fang Zhuo had truly broken through to the Inner Sight level of Body Control in just three short months, meeting the highest requirement of his customized contract.

As his partner, she naturally knew the requirements and rewards of Fang Zhuo's contract.

Bai Shiwei's breathing suddenly quickened; her husband was going to receive an incomparably precious 'phoenix essence blood'.

Her husband's Life Level would leap to 39!

This would instantly surpass her own father... Bai Shiwei couldn't help but daze for a moment, feeling it was somewhat surreal and unreal.

You have to know, her father, Bai Qiming, didn't have weak talent, his Martial Aspect was quite decent among the middle tier, and he was a Martial Arts Undergraduate, but he had spent over twenty years of hard training in the Advanced Martial Artist stage and was only at level 37.

"Perhaps... this is the importance of talent and comprehension!"

Bai Shiwei murmured, watching Fang Zhuo, whose figure was like a stream of light amidst the wooden dummies, her beautiful eyes shining with radiance.

"What are you looking at?"

Fang Zhuo emerged from the wooden dummies, came before Bai Shiwei, and waved his hand in front of her.

"Looking at you."

Bai Shiwei smiled brightly, then sighed with emotion: "Husband, you are about to far surpass me again... With the phoenix essence blood, your Life Level will soar directly to 39, and transcendence is right before your eyes...!"

"Haha."

Fang Zhuo heard the wistfulness and disappointment in Bai Shiwei's voice and said deliberately: "In that case, once I reach transcendence, let's have a child, and you can focus on raising the baby; just give up martial arts training in the future, how about that?"

"Okay... no way!"

Bai Shiwei puffed out her cheeks, pretending to be angry: "We can have a child, but I still want to train; I will never give up martial arts."

"Husband, don't get cocky; one day, I will catch up to you!"

Seeing Bai Shiwei's full-of-fighting-spirit appearance, Fang Zhuo couldn't help but laugh.

She really was a persistent woman. In the three-plus months since their blind date and marriage, her personality and habits had changed in many ways, but her obsession with martial arts remained the same as ever.

He still remembered that ramen shop during their blind date, the first time he saw Bai Shiwei, how she immediately opened the conversation by asking for full support for her training.

Good, very good!

If all went well, the rewards from the customized contract should arrive today. When the phoenix essence blood was handed to Bai Shiwei, he hoped his wife would still be this persistent, and firmly accept and consume it...

Thinking of this, Fang Zhuo felt a bit troubled.

He didn't doubt for a second that Bai Shiwei definitely wouldn't accept the phoenix essence blood. Other martial arts training resources might be fine, but the phoenix essence blood was too precious!

He still had to think: what kind of excuse could he find to make Shi Wei agree to use the phoenix essence blood?

"Forget it, I'll leave this worry for later; first, I need to submit the application for the reward...!"

Fang Zhuo took a deep breath, quickly logged into the group network, and submitted the assessment verification on his customized contract page.

Almost in an instant.

"Buzz~"

His wristband vibrated, and a video call popped up.

"Fang Zhuo?"

In the video, a man dressed in a red training suit had a flash of sharp light in his eyes and said: "Let me introduce myself. I am Song Qingyang from the Research Department. You are quite good."

"Hello, Minister Song."

Fang Zhuo recognized Song Qingyang at a glance. Over these three months, he hadn't just been focused on training; after Sister Lan from the Supervision Department had approached him, he would occasionally flip through the group handbook.

And occasionally browse news about the group and the Federation.

The man in the video, Song Qingyang, was the Minister of the Research Department, one of the six core departments of the Starry Sky Group, and a peak Flying Martial Artist!

His hands were stained with the blood of many King-level Exotic Beasts.

It was said that the King-level Exotic Beast that had unexpectedly emerged in the B12 Wilderness Area last time ultimately died at the hands of Song Qingyang, becoming research material for the Research Department.

"You're welcome. We might just be family soon."

Song Qingyang's smile was very approachable as he said: "The customized contract given to you was drafted by me, and after it was submitted to the group's Cosmic Martial Artist for confirmation, it was decided together with the other ministers that after your training period ends, you will be assigned to the Research Department."

"However, based on your current training progress, by the time your one-year term expires, you will more than have enough to charge into the Advanced Battle Power Rankings, and you will have the power to choose your own department."

"How about it? Are you interested in the Research Department? Manager Song Min should have already talked to you, right?"

"...Manager Song Min?"

Fang Zhuo asked in confusion, then immediately realized that this person must be from the Research Department.

He shook his head.

Many of the group's six core departments had come to find him, such as Sister Lan from the Supervision Department early on, and later the Commercial Department, the Logistics Department... only the Research Department had not approached him.

Especially the Commercial Department, which had been frequently reaching out recently.

Seeing this, Song Qingyang immediately understood that Manager Song Min hadn't approached Fang Zhuo. He felt a little annoyed; that girl had ignored his words again!

"You go ahead and test your punch power and physical force multiplier first so I can keep a record. The contract rewards have already been sent to you."

With his strength, he could naturally see Fang Zhuo's Life Level and Body Control realm.

But keeping a record of work was important, even in a martial artist group...

"Alright."

Fang Zhuo nodded, walked to the tester, and threw a punch that looked plain and unremarkable.

"Bang—!"

"Punch power 38,880kg!"

After the electronic voice finished broadcasting, Fang Zhuo's muscles bulged, and all his strength gathered at a single point in his fist, exploding violently under the control of his Inner Sight level.

"Bang—!"

"Punch power 466,560kg!"

"Not bad, 12x physical force. Prepare to receive your contract rewards in a moment, especially the 'phoenix essence blood'. It's best not to leave the group building before using it."

Song Qingyang instructed him, then hurriedly hung up the video call.