Super Detective in the Fictional World

Chapter 1200: Past Dream of Martial Arts

Luke chuckled and raised his head to think again. His right palm was still open and the air around it fluctuated as he tried to figure out if he had done anything wrong.

In less than ten seconds, he looked at the sandbag in front of him again. “Take this killer move — Bone! Transforming! Soft! Palm!”

His palm was gentler and less forceful than before.

But the moment it hit the sandbag, there was the sound of something tearing, and Luke’s right palm pierced through the special material which covered the sandbag.

He drew his palm back and nodded in satisfaction. “With just a bit of practice, I can create an ‘armor-breaking’ effect with my palm. It’s a little similar to Elementary Penetration, but the source of power is completely different. Interesting.”

Elementary Penetration was a special mental class.

It had an undetermined “critical hit” attribute, and its practical effects fluctuated significantly, but in the end, its lethality was absolutely determined by Mental Strength.

The “chi” which Luke was currently practicing with the Kunlun Chi Refining technique was more like the “internal chi” in Chinese martial arts novels.

The essence of this “chi” was the energy of a strong body, and was closely related to the strength of the body’s basic attributes.

It was also the reason why Luke distinguished “martial arts” from “magic.”

He had been in this world for a long time, and had seen a lot of elemental superpowers that were similar to “magic,” and various combat abilities that could be considered “martial arts.”

In the end, he actually discovered something that had only existed in novels in his previous life. How could he not be happy?

In his previous life, the earliest books he had read were martial arts novels. It was only after junior high that he slowly came into contact with online and fantasy novels.

Actually, even in the year 2018 before he came here, online novels were still flooded with countless conventional or adapted martial arts elements.

For example, what he had blindly yelled out just now could become the name of a proper technique from a martial arts novel.

And adaptations could be things like the Wheel of Life and Death and the Nine Cycles of the Golden Body.

It was also for that reason that Luke had been so excited just now and dumbly followed the trend in comics and novels and yelled out names as he attacked.

That was all just to fulfill his childhood dream.

He had had too many childhood dreams in his previous life. Now that he had the ability in this life, of course he would make up for it.

In fact, he currently had to rely on his childish behavior and thinking to tamp down his excitement, or he would really run out to beat up a bunch of hoodlums in celebration.

The “chi” produced by the Kunlun Chi Refining technique was very similar to what he had heard about in his previous life.

It was condensing and transforming one’s own bio-energy into a multifunctional energy that could boost physical strength and be released to injure the enemy.

Luke’s physique was far better than that of an ordinary person’s, and thanks to Elementary Self-Healing and other abilities, he had a lot more bio-energy and a quicker rate of recovery.

Mrs. Gao could only use short bursts of “chi,” but Luke could easily use it for dozens of minutes.

What was even more amazing was that the Star of Justice clone didn’t consume a lot of credit points when it activated “chi”, as most of the consumption was borne by the chi in its body.

Previously, only food could be used to replenish nutrition for the clone, but now, it could cultivate the Kunlun Chi Refining technique and turn energy into “chi” which could be stored up. This was equivalent to the clone having two “energy cores.”

This alone would greatly reduce the number of credit points consumed in battle, and Luke’s combat ability would increase again.

Now that he had the Kunlun Chi Refining technique, Luke couldn’t help but feel some regret; if he had known earlier, he would’ve taken care of Alexandra and Mrs. Gao at the very beginning.

Alexandra had only shown up recently, but Mrs. Gao was a major gang leader who had been in cahoots with Kingpin when Luke first came to New York.

It was just that she had fled very quickly at the time. Luke had thought that she had fled because Kingpin had withdrawn, and she was too overwhelmed.

It was only now that he realized that she was also a major leader of the Hand, and had disappeared because the Hand had suffered a severe setback.

These thoughts flashed through Luke’s mind as he started practicing the Kunlun Chi Refining technique in the training room.

This time, he was much slower and more careful.

Every now and then, he would switch to Alexandra’s Chi Refining technique and compare it with Mrs. Gao’s.

He was still in high spirits after a whole night. He was very satisfied when he could sense the chi develop from nothing to being as thin as thread and then as thick as a finger.

This chi would be able to save him at least 1,000 credit points in battle, while the 200 points he used for cultivation wasn’t worth mentioning.

Over time, the quantity and quality of this chi would increase.

Based on Mrs. Gao and Alessandra’s cultivation knowledge, Luke could be considered a talent like none other when it came to refining this chi.

With a strong physique, he could extract a lot of chi.

To a certain extent, Elementary Imitation, Elementary Combat Proficiency, and Elementary Muscle Control could be considered to involve “comprehension,” while mastering the Chi Refining technique was faster.

His clone didn’t have much to do during the day. With enough time and patience, it would be able to familiarize itself with the Chi Refining technique very quickly.

At that time, Luke could use this cultivation experience for himself, and his progress would be even faster.

Luke, who had been obsessed with training, decisively slacked off today. He didn’t go out, and simply told Selina to report to the police department.

After napping for two hours and then getting up for lunch at noon, Luke did some basic training and continued familiarizing himself with multitasking.

On the other side, his clone entered the lab under the seaside villa and activated all the shields before Alexandra was released.

After taking away the most valuable abilities, it was time to gather intelligence.

Luke felt that as “long-lived” figures who had lived for many years and had power and influence, Alessandra and Mrs. Gao definitely had a lot of super insider information.

They were also worth a lot of experience and credit points, but he could always obtain those at the end.

Looking at Alexandra, who was bound tightly to the workbench, he smiled kindly. “Wake up, Alexandra. Only by being forthcoming will you be able to go to heaven early!”

…

Five days later, in the workshop, Selina opened her eyes and punched the test target in front of her.

Bang!

A clear imprint of a fist appeared on the test target.

She took a deep breath and raised an eyebrow at Luke. “So?”

Luke smiled cheerfully and applauded. “Awesome, Your Majesty!”

Selina glanced at him out of the corner of her eye. “Cut the crap. It took me two days to get the basics and sense this amazing power. Can you be slower than me?”

Luke shrugged. “Given the amount you eat, this cultivation suits you. You won’t progress any slower than me in the future.”

Selina grinned.