Chapter 217 - 106: Holy Shit! Third Grade?

Chapter 217: Chapter 106: Holy Shit! Third Grade?

This time, his movements were as slow as a crawling snail.

Every time he lifted his arm, every time his Qi and Blood laboriously stacked and gathered in his meridians, it felt like he was pushing a mountain!

His sweat had long since dried, and wisps of white vapor steamed from the surface of his skin.

His Qi and Blood were consumed at a rapid rate under the extreme pressure.

But the light in his eyes grew brighter and sharper!

Time trickled by in a haze of pain and perseverance.

[Student Lin Yi, you have cultivated continuously under nine times gravity for thirty minutes. You have passed the ninth stage assessment for the Gravity Room. Reward: 5,000 points!]

The cold system notification announced that he had conquered the Gravity Room’s highest difficulty!

Nine times gravity was the limit; it couldn’t be increased any further.

But Lin Yi was extremely satisfied with this.

This terrifying nine-fold pressure was the perfect whetstone for him to hone his power-storing technique and charge toward the Tenth Layer of power storage!

He was completely immersed in this state of selfless Cultivation.

He continuously pushed his own limits.

One hour...

Two hours...

When Lin Yi finally stopped again.

He looked as if he had just been pulled from the water. His clothes were completely soaked, clinging tightly to his body and outlining his lean, muscular physique.

His face was pale from exhaustion, but his eyes were astonishingly bright, as if burning with an unquenchable flame.

"Stop gravity!" Lin Yi ordered in a hoarse voice.

HUMMM...

The gravity vanished instantly!

WHOOSH!

Lin Yi’s body suddenly felt light, as if a massive weight had been lifted. An indescribable sense of ease and control instantly flooded his entire being!

His Qi and Blood, which had been incredibly sluggish under the gravity, now circulated as smoothly as flowing mercury, completely unhindered.

His control over every bit of his strength and every wisp of his Qi and Blood had reached an unprecedented level of precision!

’This Gravity Room really is a great place to temper my body!’

Feeling the transformation in his body, a satisfied smile touched the corners of Lin Yi’s lips.

’The Qi and Blood consumption was too great. I need to go back and replenish it. My Mosquito Avatar has already locked onto a few Demon Beasts. After I restore my Qi and Blood, I can continue with my Bone Tempering...’

He dragged his exhausted yet exhilarated body out of the Gravity Room and returned to his dorm.

Just as he stepped through the door of his dorm, the training camp’s specialized communicator on his wrist vibrated with a new message notification.

[Student Lin Yi, your overall score in this placement assessment ranked first. You have successfully retained your Class A student privileges.]

[Class A student daily base point reward has been distributed: +50 points!]

’It’s already midnight?’

Lin Yi had only just noticed the time. He tapped on his communicator and pulled up his information panel:

[Student Information]:

[Name]: Lin Yi

[Current Points]: 25,542

[Gravity Room Record]: Ninth Stage Cleared (Current Rank: 1)

[Body Technique Room Record]: Not Yet Tested (Current Rank: 1000)

[Combat Room Record]: Survived 17 minutes 46 seconds on the Ninth Stage (Current Rank: 1)

Looking at the terrifying total of over twenty-five thousand points.

Even with Lin Yi’s steadfast will, a flash of fervor couldn’t help but cross his eyes.

The ten thousand points from clearing the eighth stage of the combat room!

The fifteen thousand points from conquering the nine-times-gravity limit in the Gravity Room!

Added to the accumulation of daily free points...

This was definitely an astonishing fortune!

’I don’t have an urgent need for the points right now...’

Lin Yi suppressed the excitement in his heart, his gaze returning to a state of calm.

’I’ll save them for now! Once I’ve fully grasped this power-storing technique, I’ll go exchange them for a few suitable combat skills for future Cultivation!’

He turned off the communicator and closed his eyes.

He shifted more of his focus to his Mosquito Avatar.

「In the Taihang Mountain Range.」

The Mosquito Avatar instantly pounced on a Demon Beast it had locked onto long ago.

Rich Qi and Blood instantly crossed the distance, feeding back into Lin Yi’s body.

...

「Suns rose and moons set; time flowed on.」

Over the next few days, Lin Yi’s life fell into an almost cruelly strict routine.

When the first rays of dawn pierced the thin mist of the training camp, his figure would already be standing punctually before the heavy, cold alloy doors of the Gravity Room.

During the day, he completely immersed himself in the terrifying pressure of nine times gravity.

He used the pressure of the Gravity Room to tirelessly hone his power-storing technique.

He would continue until not a single drop of Qi and Blood remained in his body and he was so exhausted he felt like his body would fall apart.

Only then would he drag his leaden legs slowly out of that suffocating gravity cage and return to his dorm.

At night, Lin Yi didn’t rest either.

Instead, he would control his Mosquito Avatar to hunt Demon Beasts in the Taihang Mountain Range, using the massive amount of Qi and Blood fed back to him to rapidly perform Bone Tempering on his lower limbs.

Every day, he could clearly feel his strength improving at a breakneck pace, like a runaway horse!

On the third day of this bitter Cultivation in the Gravity Room.

The nine-times-gravity device hummed lowly, an invisible pressure field firmly enveloping the entire space.

Lin Yi was bare-chested, his powerful muscles bulging under the heavy pressure, with blue veins winding over them like coiling dragons.

Sweat had already soaked his short hair, trickling down his resolute cheeks to form a bead at his chin before dropping onto the cold floor with a soft "PAT."

Yet, his gaze was more focused than ever before.

It was as if the only thing left in the entire world was his swinging fist.

His movements were slow to the extreme, as if he were fighting against solidified air.

His arm lifted with great difficulty, muscle fibers trembling under the overload.

However, beneath these slow movements, a strange power was brewing and surging within the meridians of his arm!

His Qi and Blood transformed into layers upon layers of turbulent, surging waves!

Before one wave could recede, another rose to take its place!

One layer of Qi and Blood stacked!

Two layers!

Three layers!

...

Nine layers!

Nine layers of Qi and Blood Power compressed and accumulated within his arm, like a furious tide held back by a dam, containing destructive power!

But this was not the end!

A sharp light erupted in Lin Yi’s eyes as a suppressed roar rumbled from deep in his throat:

"Condense—for me!"

BOOM!

The Tenth Layer, a wave of Qi and Blood, surged forward with even greater ferocity, instantly and perfectly merging with the previous nine!

Ten Layers of stored power!

The Overlapping Waves technique was finally complete!