Awakening The Gluttony Talent: I Become Stronger By Eating - Chapter 30
Awakening The Gluttony Talent: I Become Stronger By Eating
Author: I Don’t Eat Takeout© Webnovel
Chapter 1: SSS-class Talent: Gluttony!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The moon was bright and the stars sparse.
In an attic of an old building,
Lu Yu looked at himself in the mirror. Looking at his old haggard face and aged white hair, his face had a blank expression.
Just then, Lu Yu had woken up and discovered that he had transmigrated.
He had originally thought that it would be a good thing. After transmigrating, he would reach the peak of his life and marry a fair, rich, and beautiful woman.
However, upon closer inspection, how did an eighteen-year-old youth who was living in the best time of his life transmigrate into a hoary old man?
All of a sudden, Lu Yu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. The pain was so excruciating that it made his whole body tremble.
After a long while, the pain slowly faded away and a new memory appeared in Lu Yu’s mind. It was the original memory of this old man, also known as Lu Yu.
This world was called the Blue Star Continent, which was somewhat similar to Lu Yu’s original world.
However, a hundred years ago, due to the awakening of spiritual energy, many subterranean caverns appeared one after another, and they emanated abundant spiritual energy.
Everyone could absorb it and practice to evolve their skills. A very small number of people could even awaken their respective talents and they discovered that they possess magical and powerful abilities.
Even if they didn’t practice, simply breathing in the spiritual energy could allow them to gradually strengthen their bodies.
However, soon after this, disaster struck.
All sorts of terrifying beasts rushed out in great abundance from the subterranean caverns and hunted down humans relentlessly.
In front of such big and powerful beasts, humans seemed so tiny.
In the first year of the appearance of the Fearsome Beasts, the human population was sharply reduced by more than half. There were heavy casualties.
As time went by, humans slowly evolved their skills and grew stronger. They gradually gained the ability to fight against the Fearsome Beasts and could finally survive albeit with much difficulty.
70 years ago, when that great war erupted, the humans mobilized all the martial arts practitioners and launched a great decisive battle against the Fearsome Beasts.
That battle lasted for an entire year. It was a very bitter fight for survival. Countless humans and Fearsome Beasts died. Blood flowed like rivers and corpses covered the mountains and plains. It was an extremely tragic sight that was beyond words.
Fortunately, although the battle was arduous, humans emerged victorious in the end.
Having won the land of survival, they had also won for themselves 70 years of peace!
This great battle was thereafter known in history as the Holy War!
At that time, he was 20 years old, and he was one of the victorious survivors!
From what Lu Yu could understand, his predecessor had average talent. At his peak, he had reached Martial Arts Warrior Grade 9 and was only one step away from becoming a distinguished Martial Master.
But he had not been able to successfully breakthrough to this final step for several decades.
As he grew older, his evolution level did not improve but declined and he had no hope of entering the realm of a Martial Master.
Until now, when he was 90 years old, he did not have any good fortune. He led an ordinary life, had someone whom he loved, and together they had a son and a daughter.
Looking at the old haggard face in the mirror, Lu Yu sighed with resignation.
If he could become a Martial Master, he would have a lifespan of 200 years. He would still be considered as being in his prime at 90 years old.
Unfortunately, he did not succeed in attaining that step. Now that he was 90 years old, he was already old and feeble. His health vitality had regressed severely, and his evolution level had dropped from Martial Arts Warrior Grade 9 to Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1 now.
The annual Federation Martial Arts Trial would begin in 3 days.
The Trial was broadly divided into two aspects. One was the skills evolution condition of the Martial Arts, and the other was the awakening of innate talent.
However, most of the participants were just martial arts practitioners. Less than one in ten thousand would be able to awaken their innate talents successfully. Such abilities were extremely rare and were out of reach of most mortals.
During the Trial, successful participants were promoted while others were eliminated. Some rejoice while others lament their loss.
Young people all hoped to succeed in becoming a Martial Arts Warrior and after that, advance to a higher level.
In this world where martial arts was preeminent above all, all things related to the martial arts were the top priority. Everything else was secondary and must stand aside.
Becoming a Martial Arts Warrior meant that one would possess a lofty status. The higher one’s evolution level was, the higher one’s status would be. This was the same for wealth!
In other words, in this world, if one wanted to succeed and stand out among his peers, one must first become a Martial Arts Warrior and thereafter advance to a higher level.
Ordinary people who could not become Martial Arts Warriors would be rendered insignificant and worthless for life.
However, for those who had become Martial Arts Warriors but were not able to advance further to a higher level, they would be destined to live a life of mediocrity, just like Lu Yu.
It was particularly risky for an old man to participate in the Trial because he might get eliminated due to the regression of his skills evolution levels, following which he would be demoted to an ordinary person.
Currently, this was the prospect that Lu Yu faced. During last year’s Trial, he had regressed to Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1. From that time until now, his health vitality had again regressed by a great deal.
Lu Yu looked at the run-down furniture in the room. They were all the same old furniture from the time he got married.
For the past few decades, even though they were poor, they could still eke out a living.
But now, if Lu Yu failed the Trial in 3 days’ time and got demoted to an ordinary person, he would lose his family’s only source of income.
Already poor to begin with, the loss of income would mean he would not be able to feed his family anymore.
Lu Yu rubbed his forehead. Today was his 90th birthday. His wife and children would soon come to celebrate his 90th birthday with him.
Yet on this all-important day, Lu Yu couldn’t find it in his heart to be cheerful.
Right now, the biggest problem he faced was the Federation Martial Arts Trial in 3 days’ time. He had to find a way to pass the Trial.
If he could not pass, he would be totally worthless as a 90-year-old without any skills evolution level.
As Lu Yu stood lost in thought, a series of small characters suddenly appeared in front of him.
Lu Yu tried touching them, but was unable to feel anything at all. He rubbed his eyes, but the small words still remained.
Confused, Lu Yu hastily read them carefully.
[Delicacy Cellular Fusion in progress…]
[Delicacy Cell Fusion Success!]
[Congratulations on awakening SSS-class talent: Gluttony!]
[Gluttony]
Level: SSS-class
Effect: Possess an infinite appetite, able to eat a large amount of food and digest it perfectly! Eating the flesh of Fearsome Beasts can replenish one’s health vitality, eating the crystal core can increase one’s inner strength. Whatever is eaten will replenish the corresponding part of the eater! (Note: The higher the quality of the food, the more skillful the cooking is, the more unexpected surprises there will be!)
When he saw this notification, Lu Yu became very excited immediately.
Most people awakened their talents successfully when they were young and occasionally, when they were middle-aged.
However, Lu Yu had successfully awakened his very own innate talent at the grand old age of 90. On top of that, it was a legendary highest level talent of the SSS-class!
According to the memories in his mind, Lu Yu had learned that even the lowest F-class talent was equivalent to an expert of at least the Martial Master realm.
Yet now he had simply awakened his SSS-class talent just like that? Lu Yu couldn’t believe his luck.
Currently, in the entire Human Alliance, the highest level talent that anyone had come across was only the S-class. He was two levels higher than him!
After examining his own talent, Lu Yu gained some understanding.
Simply put, whatever he ate would improve that specific part of his body. He could eat all sorts of things to increase his strength in any aspect.
And in the midst of all those texts, two words were crucial: infinite and perfect.
This meant that from here on, Lu Yu would be able to eat endlessly and upgrade indefinitely. There would be no bottlenecks or upper limits!
All of a sudden, Lu Yu saw what appeared to be a path of gourmet food ahead of him that depended on eating ceaselessly to improve his abilities. It was incredibly bright and dazzling.
Right at this moment, Lu Yu, who was already ninety years old and did not have much of an appetite, suddenly felt his stomach rumble.
Lu Yu rubbed his empty stomach and felt very hungry. In fact, he was absolutely ravenous, and he felt as if he could eat anything, everything.
Chapter 2: 100x Power of Understanding, Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu understood that this hunger was probably the result from the fusion of the Delicacy Cells.
When he arrived downstairs, all he saw were old and shabby furniture.
However, the fresh flowers on the table, the various decorations in the house, and the different species of herbs that were being sun-dried along the corridor, all exuded the pleasing warmth of a home.
Lu Yu opened the freezer and started searching.
Soon, Lu Yu’s eyes were drawn to a large piece of beef that weighed at least 7 or 8 catties.
According to his memory, this was the meat from the Barbaric Blood Ox. The Barbaric Blood Ox was a sub-species of the ordinary ox genus that had evolved from absorbing the spiritual energy and blood fog from the subterranean caverns.
Compared to ordinary oxen, this Barbaric Blood Ox meat not only had a better texture, it also had a much higher nutritional value. It could even replenish a certain amount of health vitality.
Hence, many Martial Arts Warriors would usually eat this Barbaric Blood Ox to replenish their health vitality and fortify their skills evolution process.
At this time, Lu Yu’s stomach was rumbling with hunger. He quickly took out this large chunk of Barbaric Blood Ox meat, sliced it up with a few simple moves, and began to fry it.
Lu Yu was simply too hungry and couldn’t care less about cooking methods. After frying it, he quickly ate it.
When the food entered his mouth, it was soft yet a little bit chewy. It was tender and juicy, extremely delicious.
Lu Yu had never thought that with a simple frying method, this beef would be so delicious. He had never eaten such delicious beef before.
Lu Yu hurriedly wolfed down the meat. Soon, he had completely devoured the 7 or 8 catties of beef.
After eating, Lu Yu finally felt less hungry.
Immediately, a series of notifications appeared before Lu Yu’s eyes.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten F-class Barbaric Blood Ox Tenderloin Meat. Received: Health Vitality +15!]
[Ding! Detected that host ate F-class Barbaric Blood Ox Sirloin Meat. Received: Strength +13!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten F-class Barbaric Blood Ox T-bone Meat. Received: Energy +18!]
…
After this series of prompts appeared, Lu Yu felt his body undergo a tremendous change.
His strength had increased significantly, and he was full of vigor. His mind was much clearer, and he felt very refreshed.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu’s physical qualities had risen to a whole new level.
So this was the SSS-class Gluttony Talent? To think that it was actually so powerful!
With this little bit of improvement, Lu Yu felt his entire body fill with strength. How could this be the body of a 90-year-old man?
If he were to go back to his previous life, Lu Yu felt that if he participated in a weightlifting competition at the age of 90, it wouldn’t be a problem for him to win the championship!
Right at this time, sounds of laughter and talking could be heard coming from the courtyard. Soon afterwards, a woman came in accompanied by a young boy and a young girl.
Lu Yu immediately recognized them. They were his wife and children.
Lu Yu married late. Now, his wife, Giovanna, was only in her forties and still charming. His son, Lu Shan, and his daughter, Lu Shui, were only 18 years old and were at the peak of their youth.
With the awakening of spiritual energy, age difference was no longer a problem. It was common for powerful martial arts warriors to marry a 17 or 18-year-old woman when they were 300 to 400 years old.
“Old man, what are you doing in the kitchen?” His wife, Giovanna, walked over with a puzzled look.
When she arrived at the kitchen, she saw the now empty packaging that used to contain a piece of Barbaric Blood Ox meat weighing 7 to 8 catties. There were some traces of the eaten meat on the plate.
“I was a bit hungry, so I fried the beef and ate it.” Lu Yu said with a sheepish smile.
On hearing this, Giovanna was somewhat surprised. She then shouted happily, “Shanshan, Shuishui, come and take a look. Your father actually finished all 7 to 8 catties worth of Barbaric Blood Ox meat in one go. That was exactly what he used to do in his youth!”
“Really? Hasn’t Dad’s appetite dropped a lot recently?”
“I remember that when I was young, Dad did require a big plate of rice for every meal!”
Lu Shan and Lu Shui walked over and saw with their own eyes that Lu Yu had indeed finished all the beef. Both of them were surprised and delighted.
His son Lu Shan gave Lu Yu an affectionate hug and said, “Dad, you look much more energetic now and your appetite has improved by so much. You instantly look so much younger than before!”
Beaming with joy, the three of them were delighted to see how energetic Lu Yu had become.
As Lu Yu had transmigrated here, he didn’t know if he had fused with the former Lu Yu’s memories. However, he felt an inexplicable strong sense of kinship and closeness towards his current family.
In his past life, Lu Yu was an orphan who had never experienced family love. At this time, there was an incredible sense of warmth in his heart.
“All right, all right, hurry up and prepare to celebrate the old man’s birthday. It’s a good day today!” said Giovanna happily.
Immediately afterwards, they set up the birthday decorations and prepared a birthday bash for Lu Yu.
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you…”
The three of them sang the birthday song together. It was a joyous occasion.
The sky outside had turned completely dark, but this tiny home was aglow with immense warmth.
After the birthday song, Giovanna took out a small brocade box and handed it to Lu Yu.
“Old man, our financial means are limited. This is a birthday present we got for you, hope you don’t mind its simplicity!” Giovanna said with a smile.
Lu Yu accepted it and opened it. Inside was a piece of black mountain ginseng.
Lu Yu was able to recognize it at a glance from his memories.
This was wild mountain ginseng, and it was a very good nutritional supplement. It had the ability to refresh the mind, clear the head and strengthen the memory.
Lu Yu remembered that the wild mountain ginseng was not cheap. To be able to purchase this, Giovanna must have used up all her savings.
Lu Yu immediately wanted to return it. This wild mountain ginseng was too precious. If he exchanged it for money and food, it would be enough for their family to live for at least a year.
However, Lu Yu immediately recalled the instructions from his gluttony talent. The higher the quality of the ingredients, the more surprises there would be. This wild ginseng might be of great help to him.
He should eat it to increase his abilities and then go on to pass the Federation Martial Arts Trial in three days’ time so that their family could continue to receive the Federation’s allowance. This was the best choice.
With this thought, Lu Yu put the gift away.
“Thank you for your kind intentions, my dear wife. You don’t have to worry about the Federation Martial Arts Trial in 3 days’ time!” Lu Yu said gratefully.
After that, the family spent some time enjoying themselves before Lu Yu excused himself first to return to his room.
After returning to his room, he took out the wild mountain ginseng. Due to its small size, Lu Yu used it to make tea and drank it.
[Ding! Host has drunk C-class Wild Mountain Ginseng tea.]
[First time consuming this item, explosive effect triggered. Congratulations! Received: 100x Power of Understanding!]
All of a sudden, Lu Yu felt as if his world had been turned upside down.
After a brief moment of dizziness, everything appeared brand new to his eyes. Lu Yu felt as if his mind had been flung wide open.
He picked up the book of basic skill evolution entitled ‘Channeling Skill’, and started reading it.
All of a sudden, Lu Yu felt a rush of enlightenment. Overwhelmed by a sudden wave of epiphany, he felt that the technique he had practiced for most of his life was simply ridiculous.
The original channeling skill was only to channel the natural spiritual energy inherent in the air.
There was not much natural spiritual energy in the air to begin with. If he were to channel it into his body using this method, he would only be able to retain less than a tenth of it. His skills evolution would be incomparably slow.
With his gluttony talent, not only would he be able to improve this method, but he would also be able to absorb all the natural spiritual energy in the air and keep it inside his body. He could obtain even more using this method than receiving the spiritual energy from his digestive tract.
Compared to the thin natural spiritual energy in the air, people who had absorbed spiritual energy in rare medicinal products for many years would have obtained incredibly immense spiritual energy.
In the past, Lu Yu had no power of understanding and could only practice and evolve his skills according to the crude guidelines that the Federation had devised.
The current Lu Yu did not have to be restrained by this narrow skill evolution method at all. He could come up with a skill evolution method that completely suited him!
As he arrived at this conclusion, Lu Yu picked up a pen and wrote on a piece of paper: Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill!
Chapter 3: Astonishing Improvement Overnight
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the old attic, the moonlight shone through the window.
Lu Yu, with a head full of white hair and a very serious expression, wrote out the ‘Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill’ tirelessly.
It was a technique that was so incredibly complicated, yet Lu Yu was able to write it down so rapidly.
In less than ten minutes, Lu Yu had completed his magnum opus.
The complexity of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill was a hundred times that of the Federation’s channeling technique.
The channeling technique was first developed after several months of joint research by many powerful practitioners in the Federation. However, it only took Lu Yu ten minutes to write this Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, which was 100 times more complicated…
The 100x Power of Understanding wasn’t simply a hundred times that of average people. After reaching a higher level, every increase in level was a qualitative difference. Even the understanding abilities of ten thousand people couldn’t compare to the current Lu Yu’s!
Lu Yu was well aware of the power of this Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to drastically turn his fortune around. He hurriedly started practicing this technique.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Lu Yu sat cross-legged in meditation as he channeled the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to refine the Barbaric Blood Ox meat and Wild Mountain Ginseng he ate today.
At this moment, Lu Yu had absorbed a large amount of the spiritual energy from the Barbaric Blood Ox meat and Wild Mountain Ginseng that ordinary people couldn’t extract.
With the combined mysterious power of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and Lu Yu’s sudden enlightenment, his skills evolution speed was incomparably fast.
Not long after, as Lu Yu’s strength increased step by step, his Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill also began to rise in tandem.
The Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill was an extremely profound skill evolution method that Lu Yu had created to suit his own circumstances. It was not just simply absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy from his digestive tract.
The Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill was a type of inner strength skill. The effect of this inner strength skill was to multiply the power and increase the level of external skills!
Before this, Lu Yu’s skill evolution had already fallen to Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1. He was practically an ordinary person.
In this short period of time, Lu Yu had successfully broken through the level of Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1. The multiplication factor of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill had reached 2.
This meant that when Lu Yu used the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, his strength was twice that of an ordinary Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1!
Moments later, Lu Yu’s strength rapidly rose.
Martial Arts Warrior Grade 2, the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill multiplication factor 4.
Martial Arts Warrior Grade 3, the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill multiplication factor 6.
Martial Arts Warrior Grade 4, the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill multiplication factor 8.
…
Lu Yu’s skill evolution continued to rise rapidly.
He didn’t stop practicing until late at night.
Within half a night, Lu Yu had already risen all the way to the Martial Arts Warrior Grade 6. The multiplication factor of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill had reached 12!
In the past, he had worked hard for several decades before he could reach the Martial Arts Warrior Grade 6, but now, Lu Yu had reached the same level within half a night.
Compared to the regular Martial Arts Warrior Grade 6 expert, Lu Yu, who was also at the same level but possessed the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, his powers were on a completely different level.
Martial Art Warriors’ strength was divided into 9 grades from 1 to 9. Above the 9th grade was considered the pinnacle.
Unfortunately, with the attainment of every 3 grades, there would be a small bottleneck.
Lu Yu now had an SSS-class Gluttony Talent, so he didn’t experience any bottlenecks at all. The reason he stopped at Grade 6 was because he had completely absorbed all of the spiritual energy from the Barbaric Blood Ox meat and Wild Mountain Ginseng and couldn’t practice any further.
After experimenting with the power of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, he spent a night practicing and evolving his skills at lightning speed. Feeling the terrifying power within his body, Lu Yu was extremely satisfied.
Although he had transmigrated to become a 90-year-old man, his strength was incredible. It was no exaggeration to describe him as a demon!
He then looked at himself in the mirror. His hair was still white, but most of the wrinkles on his face had disappeared. His eyes were bright and full of vigor. He was very much hale and hearty despite his age!
Next, Lu Yu took out the manual of Martial Art Warrior’s foundational skill ‘Foundation Punching Technique’. With his 100x Power of Understanding, Lu Yu was able to discern the many problems of the Crushing Punch with a single glance.
And among them, the most obvious problem was that the explosive power was too small and too slow, unable to fully unleash a Martial Arts Warrior’s true strength!
Lu Yu picked up a pen and wrote ‘Crushing Punch’ on a piece of paper.
In less than ten minutes, the manual of ‘Crushing Punch’ was completed.
Unlike basic punching techniques, which could only unleash at most half the strength of the upper body, Crushing Punch could concentrate all the strength in the body at one point and unleash it in an explosive flash.
Whether it was the speed of the punches or the explosive power, they were all raised by several levels!
At this moment, the sky outside the window had turned orange. The sun was rising, and a new day had arrived.
Lu Yu hadn’t slept the entire night, but he didn’t seem the least bit tired. Instead, he was in high spirits and his appearance had changed completely.
In a single night, from a level that was below Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1, Lu Yu had risen to Martial Arts Warrior Grade 6.
With the combined skills of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and the Crushing Punch, Lu Yu’s current strength was unbelievably terrifying.
Lu Yu wanted to test his current strength, so he went downstairs.
Downstairs in the middle of the neighborhood open space, there was a simple outdoor gym.
In the middle of this gym, there was a strength testing device for public use.
It looked like a slab of rock as tall as two people. There was a monitoring device next to it.
After hitting out with one’s full strength, it would indicate the power of the punch and show the user’s strength.
This Strength Testing Tool was only meant for testing basic levels. Its color was the most mundane gray, and its upper limit was 10,000 kilograms of force.
A normal adult’s punch strength was only about 10 kilograms.
After becoming a warrior, one could reach 100 kilograms of punching force.
From Grade 1 to Grade 3, one would be considered a beginner Warrior, with a punch strength of 101 to 500 kilograms.
Grade 4 to Grade 6 were intermediate Warriors, with a punch strength of around 501 to 1000 kilograms.
As for high-level Warriors from Grade 7 to 9, or even higher-level Martial Masters…
It was impossible for such Warriors to show up in such a dilapidated and old neighborhood.
Such powerful skill practitioners did not have to live in such conditions.
Stopping in front of the testing stone, Lu Yu channeled his energy into his dantian. With the convergence of the energy in his legs and body, he activated his Crushing Punch.
The punch was simple and not flashy, but it was extremely fast. It gathered all the strength in his body into one point and exploded instantly in a lightning strike on the Testing Stone.
The huge testing stone trembled for a while before returning to normal.
The monitoring device beside it displayed: 1,000 kilograms!
When he saw this, Lu Yu felt very satisfied. He had verified that he was indeed a Grade 6 Martial Arts Warrior and that he had already reached the peak. With a little bit of practice, he could advance to Grade 7.
Following this, Lu Yu once again channeled the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
The Level 6 Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill brought about a terrifying twelve-fold enhancement!
Another Crushing Punch flew out. It was just as simple and unflashy, but was extremely fast like before.
The moment the punch landed on the testing stone, the huge testing stone trembled violently, and emitted smoke from the top.
Following which, the testing stone couldn’t take it anymore and shattered into pieces.
The monitoring device next to it displayed: 12,000 kilograms!
A punch with a force of 12,000 kilograms!
How terrifying it was that a middle-level Martial Arts Warrior could unleash an explosive strength close to that of a middle-level Martial Master!
When Lu Yu saw this ridiculous number, he was tremendously satisfied.
This SSS-class talent certainly exceeded all expectations. He had only eaten 7 to 8 catties of Barbaric Blood Ox meat, a piece of Wild Mountain Ginseng, and with the 100x Power of Understanding ability to accelerate his skills evolution, he had achieved so much progress overnight.
In a single night, Lu Yu’s skills evolution had almost recovered to the level of his previous peak in his youth.
As for strength, it far surpassed the peak. In fact, it surpassed by a lot.
The tough training, life and death battles of the past few decades could not compare to what he had achieved in this one night of skills evolution.
When Lu Yu compared the two situations, he couldn’t help but sigh.
Right now, Lu Yu understood that this was only the beginning.
The SSS-class Gluttony Talent, the 100x Power of Understanding, and the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill. All these three powers had yet to be fully developed!
Chapter 4: Choosing Ingredients, Aquila Poultry Meat
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After testing his strength and gaining some insight to his own strength, Lu Yu rose to his feet and left.
A couple walked towards him.
“Good morning, Grandpa Lu!”
The girl greeted Lu Yu with a smile.
Lu Yu recalled that this little girl was also a resident of this small district. However, her skills evolution wasn’t very high, otherwise she wouldn’t be living here.
The young man beside her glanced at Lu Yu, and then took no more notice of him. He curled his lips and turned to look elsewhere.
“Good morning!” Lu Yu smiled and nodded before leaving.
After walking away, the young man said angrily, “He’s just an old man. Why are you being so polite to him?”
However, the young woman said seriously, “Grandpa Lu used to be a warrior who participated in the Holy War. Without their contributions, how can we live in a peaceful world that we currently have?”
“Tsk.”
The young man said indifferently, “Look at his head full of white hair. His skills evolution level isn’t very high. He’s just passive cannon fodder even if he had participated in the Holy War. What does the Holy War have to do with him?”
The woman was a little displeased when she heard that. “Grandpa Lu is a very good person and very powerful too. You can’t behave in this manner towards him.”
“How strong can he be? If he’s really that strong, how come he is still living here?” The young man retorted.
When the young woman heard this, she was stunned for a moment and was at a loss for words.
“Come on, come on. Let’s go and have a test. I’ve improved quite a bit recently. I feel that I should have reached Martial Arts Warrior Grade 2. When the time comes and my allowance is increased, I’ll take you out for a good meal!” The young man said casually.
When they came to the testing stone in the middle of the district,
they were shocked to find a heap of rubble instead of the testing stone.
“What’s going on? The limit of this testing stone is 10,000 kilograms. How can anyone here reach 10,000 kilograms of punching force?” The young man exclaimed in shock.
The young woman pulled him to one side and pointed at the monitoring device beside her. An unbelievable number was displayed on it: 12,000 kilograms!
“12,000 kilograms? Isn’t that the strength of a Martial Master? Are there Martial Masters in this neighborhood?”
Both of them were astonished.
“I think Grandpa Lu came out from here just now. Could it be that Grandpa Lu punched this result?” The young lady hazarded a guess.
The young man was terrified when he heard that. He had been so disrespectful to a Martial Master just now!
At that moment, he broke out in cold sweat. If the other party decided to pursue the matter, his life would be over!
“Grandpa Lu won’t give me any trouble, right? Otherwise, I’m dead for sure.” The young man moaned with regret.
“I don’t think so.” The young woman shook her head. “Grandpa Lu is a very good person. He’s very kind to us. He probably won’t give you any trouble.”
At the same time, the young woman was also puzzled.
Previously, she had heard her grandfather mention that some of these elderly people’s health vitality had been regressing recently, as well as their strength. Grandpa Lu was among this group.
But now, how did Grandpa Lu manage to punch out with a force of 12,000 kilograms? With this level of force, he would have reached the level of a Martial Master!
The young woman suddenly began to doubt that this punch could have come from Grandpa Lu. However, there were very few people in the small district in the morning. She didn’t see anyone else at all. She recalled seeing only Grandpa Lu passing by just now.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu didn’t think too much about the incident and went straight home.
In two days’ time, it would be the Federation Martial Arts Trial.
With his current upgraded skills evolution, there was no need for him to worry about being demoted to an ordinary person.
However, it was clear that Lu Yu wasn’t satisfied with this. In this world, martial arts reigned supreme. The stronger one was, the higher his status and the better his treatment.
Compared to ordinary people, Martial Arts Warriors were leading considerably better lives. They could live a lifetime without worrying about food and money, but that was all.
Even if Lu Yu didn’t care about anything else, he was still concerned about his own lifespan.
He was already 90 years old and could only extend his lifespan if he reached the level of a Martial Master.
Otherwise, if he died of old age in a few years’ time, it would be too much of a waste.
The irony that he would die of old age in a few years after transmigrating was not lost on him. Lu Yu didn’t want that to happen to him.
If he wanted his abilities to continue improving, absorbing the thin spiritual energy from the air or practicing and training to strengthen his body would be way too slow.
With his SSS-class Gluttony Talent, he had been given a shortcut.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu went to the kitchen and opened the freezer to search for food.
Inside the freezer, there were only some vegetables or ordinary livestock meat left.
Lu Yu took a quick glance. With his SSS-class Gluttony Talent, he could tell that there was very little health vitality contained within these foods. It was too meager for his current Grade 6 Martial Arts Evolution needs.
He had to buy some other ingredients.
Following this, Lu Yu put on his virtual reality helmet.
The helmet looked similar to an ordinary helmet, except that there was a crystal core attached at the back which was used to provide energy.
After putting it on, store options started appearing one by one in front of Lu Yu. With just a single thought, Lu Yu began making his selection. It was truly convenient.
Although martial arts was considered the most important thing in this world, there was still a certain degree of advancement in technology. It was quite progressive, and this futuristic technology turned out to be quite useful.
Lu Yu was well aware that he was currently a Grade 6 Martial Arts Warrior and his strength had risen by a great deal. Most ordinary food wouldn’t be of much help to him.
However, things like ginseng and other high-end ingredients were very expensive. He could not afford them with his current limited financial means.
Just as he was fretting over the lack of suitable options, at this moment, a few pieces of Fearsome Beast meat were put up for sale in the store. They attracted Lu Yu’s attention immediately.
According to his memories, the meat from these Fearsome Beasts wasn’t of much use to ordinary martial arts warriors. They simply couldn’t absorb much of the strength and health vitality within, and could only consume them as relatively more delicious food.
What martial arts warriors really needed was the crystal core inside the bodies of Fearsome Beasts. That was the most valuable item.
As for the meat of these Fearsome Beasts, as far as ordinary people were concerned, the meat was considered inferior to ordinary livestock or mutated animals.
Even though the meat from Fearsome Beasts was delicious, ordinary people could not absorb the nutrients within. Most of them would end up with diarrhea after consuming it.
As a result, there were very few uses for the meat of these Fearsome Beasts. Only martial arts warriors could eat it as ordinary food. As a result, there weren’t many customers who bought it. Their price dropped again and again, until they were only slightly more expensive than ordinary meat.
Lu Yu checked his current financial status. He had 3000 federal coins left. Although it was a relatively small sum, it was still enough to buy some good stuff.
Lu Yu ran through the various selections before settling for the meat of the Aquila.
Firstly, this Fearsome Beast seemed to be more powerful and of a higher class than other choices. With Lu Yu’s SSS-class Gluttony Talent, the higher the quality of the ingredients, the more surprises he would get.
Secondly, it was the only item that Lu Yu could afford.
As for the meat of other Fearsome Beasts, they were either relatively commonplace or too expensive for Lu Yu.
After spending all the three thousand federal coins and placing an order for three kilograms of Aquila poultry meat, Lu Yu sat back and waited at home.
Less than half an hour later, the doorbell rang. Lu Yu opened the door and sure enough, the courier had arrived.
The swift logistics service had already delivered his order.
“Sir, this is the item you ordered from our Eastern Emporium. Please sign for it,” a young man said while holding a package the size of a wash basin.
Chapter 5: Cooking Aquila Meat, Furnace Skill!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After Lu Yu signed for the package, the courier left.
Lu Yu returned to the room and opened up the package.
Inside the bag was a large piece of meat. The flesh was all gooey and bloody, as if it had just been cut off. It had not even been properly processed.
Although it looked bloody, it was also extremely fresh.
Apparently, due to his SSS-class Gluttony Talent, when Lu Yu saw the fresh Aquila poultry meat, he felt a sudden craving for it.
This Aquila meat was very attractive to Lu Yu, most likely because it contained a great deal of health vitality!
Lu Yu began to consider the various cooking methods.
Although his craving was overwhelming, he couldn’t eat it raw.
In his previous life, Lu Yu was a food blogger who was very experienced in cooking various delicacies.
Naturally, he had high expectations for the food he consumed. He was not someone who would accept any food so casually.
Lu Yu examined the meat. After all, this was the poultry meat of a Fearsome Beast. It was very supple and much more tender.
Although he had never cooked Aquila poultry meat before, the consistency of the meat was similar to that of chicken, except that it was of much better quality. Lu Yu felt that it might be appropriate to cook it like cooking chicken.
“Let’s cook it like New Orleans roast chicken!” Lu Yu said after a moment’s thought.
After making up his mind, Lu Yu began preparing the meat.
The first step was to drain the blood.
Draining off the blood would not only make it more delicious, it would clear out the impurities too. As this was the flesh of the Aquila, which was a Fearsome Beast after all, it was not known what it had experienced or eaten. The flesh must be processed properly.
Lu Yu placed the entire piece of poultry meat in the sink, then filled it with cold water. After adding a sufficient amount of salt, he allowed it to soak for an hour before removing it and setting it aside for the water to drip off.
The next step was to marinate.
The most critical thing about making New Orleans roast chicken was the marinating procedures.
The quality of the marinating ingredients would determine whether the final result was delicious or not.
Lu Yu took out a kitchen knife and cut open a small incision, making it easier for the marinating ingredients to percolate inside.
After this, he prepared the Orléans sauce using a mixture of onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, New Orleans powder, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, and other ingredients. After mixing all of them thoroughly, he poured the sauce evenly on the Aquila poultry meat.
He then massaged the poultry meat well, to ensure that the marinating sauce was evenly absorbed.
Lu Yu was already a Level 6 Martial Arts Warrior, with a full-strength punch of 1000 kg of force. He had to control his strength carefully when massaging the meat, otherwise he might just squash the meat into mush.
Normally, it would be best to marinate for 24 hours and in the interim, massage the meat from time to time. In this way, the best marinating effect would be achieved.
However, Lu Yu couldn’t wait that long. He wanted to finish cooking as soon as possible and wolf it down immediately to increase his strength.
After massaging for half an hour and marinating for an hour, he took it out.
Then, he prepared the honey sauce, which would be needed during the roasting process.
The last step of course, was the actual roasting process.
He had an oven at home.
After applying some honey sauce and some of the leftover Orléans sauce on the meat, Lu Yu placed the Aquila poultry meat into the oven to roast.
After roasting it for half an hour, he took it out and flipped it over. He applied another coat of honey sauce and Orléans sauce before putting it back in to continue roasting.
Before long, the fragrance of the roast meat spread throughout the kitchen.
Just then, Giovanna returned home and was surprised by the strong scent of fragrant roast meat.
“Old man, what’s that smell? Why does it smell so good?” Giovanna walked into the kitchen.
When she saw Lu Yu cooking, she walked up to him, full of curiosity .
“What good stuff are you cooking? Why does it smell so good?” Giovanna asked eagerly.
Lu Yu smiled and said, “Just a moment, everything will be ready soon!”
After completing the last flip over and applying the sauces, the New Orleans roasted Aquila poultry meat was finally ready.
When he opened the oven and pulled out the baking tray, the mouth-watering aroma instantly filled the air.
Lu Yu took a small knife and cut off a small piece. He placed it on a plate and handed it to his wife.
“This is the New Orleans-flavored roasted Aquila poultry meat. Give it a try. Be careful it’s hot.” Lu Yu said with a smile.
When Giovanna heard that it was the meat of the Fearsome Beast Aquila, she was very hesitant about eating it.
She was just an ordinary person, not a martial arts warrior. She would not be able to digest the meat of Fearsome Beasts at all. If she ate it, she would almost certainly have diarrhea.
However, it smelled so good and it was personally cooked by her husband. In the end, she couldn’t resist taking a bite.
“Wow, it’s delicious!” Giovanna exclaimed in joy.
The most surprising thing was that after eating the meat, it tasted great but she did not feel terrible like what happened in the past whenever she ate the meat of Fearsome Beasts. Right now, all she could feel was a comfortable feeling all over her body. In fact, she felt more energetic than before
“That’s odd. Why do I not feel uncomfortable eating the Fearsome Beast meat you cooked? In fact, I feel very good all over, and I feel stronger too.” Giovanna remarked with a puzzled look.
When he heard this, Lu Yu was a little surprised too. He immediately wondered whether this might be the effect of his Delicacy Cells.
The Fearsome Beast meat that had been cooked by him seemed to be digestible by ordinary people as well. In addition, it appeared to give them a health boost too.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu was a bit surprised at this discovery. In future, not only would he be able to eat these exotic ingredients to increase his strength through his Delicacy Cells and Gluttony Talent,
he could also cook these Fearsome Beast meat or other high-end ingredients himself to help his wife and the people around him increase their strength!
If so, then Lu Yu could help his whole family improve their strength!
However, this was only Lu Yu’s speculation. As for the veracity of this hypothesis, he would have to test it out later.
“Maybe it’s because I marinated it, so it’s easier for you to digest it,” Lu Yu said with a smile, giving a flimsy excuse to put her at ease.
“Is that so?” Giovanna nodded without giving it much thought.
Then, Lu Yu looked at the delicious Aquila poultry meat and started wolfing it down ravenously.
The moment the meat entered his mouth, the aroma permeated his entire mouth.
After all, this was the meat of a Fearsome Beast. Ordinary chicken could not compare with it.
It was the same cooking method, but the end result in taste was so different.
Unlike ordinary chicken that required a long time to marinate, this Aquila poultry meat was extremely delicious after being marinated for only an hour.
It melted as soon as it entered his mouth, and the texture was very good.
After taking one bite, Lu Yu felt a warm feeling in his stomach. Evidently, he was absorbing the energy within and utilizing it to increase his own strength.
The three kilograms worth of New Orleans roasted Aquila poultry meat was devoured by Lu Yu in no time.
Not long after he finished eating, a series of notifications appeared in front of him.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wing tips. Received: Energy +28!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wingette. Received: Health Vitality +35!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila wing drumette. Received: Strength +29!]
…
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten D-class Aquila Heart. Received: Furnace!]
As he looked at the series of notifications flashing up in front of him, Lu Yu suddenly felt the various attributes within his body rising continuously. His strength was rising at a visible rate.
When he saw the last notification, Lu Yu was even more surprised. Apart from obtaining various physical attributes, he could also obtain skills?
Out of surprise and curiosity, Lu Yu hurriedly began to look through it.
[Furnace]
Level: D-class
Effect: Bi-directional channeling, combusting health vitality, obtaining power that is multiplied. On using power, obtaining health vitality that is multiplied. The multiplier increases with the increase in the host’s strength! (Current multiplier: 2 times!)
Chapter 6: A Family in Financial Straits, Determination to Become Stronger
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When he saw the effect of the Furnace Skill, Lu Yu was overjoyed.
This skill was truly out of this world. It could actually channel energy in two directions.
Under normal circumstances, when he used up his own strength, he would obtain health vitality that was multiplied by several times, allowing him to quickly develop his skills and increase his abilities.
And during battles, he could burn his health vitality and obtain strength that was multiplied, and instantly erupt with terrifying combat strength.
This skill was already very powerful by itself. The moment it was activated, it could double one’s Strength or double one’s Health Vitality.
Skills that could multiply one’s powers were truly heaven-defying.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu’s inner strength skill was the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill that he was practicing, which also had the multiplier effect.
With these two skills combined, the multiplier factor was further multiplied, allowing Lu Yu to increase his battle prowess exponentially!
It was already noon time. His wife, Giovanna, had quickly prepared a table of dishes.
In their simple home, the two of them sat down at the dining table and started eating.
It was a small home, but it was extremely heart-warming.
Their two children were in school and would not be back at noon. They would only be back in the evening.
As they ate, Giovanna spoke.
“Oh yes. This morning when I was on my way back from work, I met Lu Shui’s teacher. She specially came to look for me and told me that Lu Shui was worried about increasing the financial burden on her family. She had already taken the initiative to withdraw from school, but the teacher didn’t agree as she needed the parent’s approval.”
“I didn’t agree to this matter. No matter how difficult it is, we have to ensure that the children can continue their education. Otherwise, they won’t have a future. Don’t you agree, old man?”
“However, you don’t have to worry about this matter. I’ve already applied for an additional job. In the future, after I get off work in the afternoon, I’ll go work for a few more hours. I’ll be able to get off work at 9 or 10 at night. It may be a little tiring for me for a while but it’s not a problem.”
When Lu Yu heard this, his heart ached for his wife.
Early in the morning, while Lu Yu was still practicing and developing his skills, his wife, Giovanna, had already gone out to work.
After coming back for lunch, she still had to work in the afternoon. That was already two jobs.
Now, in order to save up enough money for their children’s education, she had to get another job. It was simply too tiring.
Such was the situation in this world. Powerful martial arts practitioners had a respectable status. They did not lack money at all. They could focus on developing their skills, gaining experience and fighting.
As for ordinary people, just trying to stay alive was extremely difficult and exhausting.
For instance, with Lu Yu’s family, the family of four did not encounter difficulties in feeding themselves. With the Federation’s allowance that came with Lu Yu’s Martial Arts Warrior status, they were able to scrap by.
However, the bulk of the expenses were spent on their two children.
Even though he was only in high school, the expenses were already quite high. After all, to develop into a Martial Arts Warrior required numerous teachers and resources.
This money naturally needed to be paid by the parents.
And this was only for the present. Simply sending the two children to school required his wife to work three jobs.
In the upcoming martial arts exam, if the two children qualified and entered a martial arts academy, that was when they would really start their training.
At that time, the expenses would truly increase massively. It was quite common for expenses to multiply by tens of times.
Of course, if they were extremely talented and could qualify for the top ten martial arts academies in the Federation, they would be able to receive funding from various aspects of the Federation. At that time, they wouldn’t need to spend money for them to study at the Martial Arts Warrior University.
However, it was extremely difficult to qualify for the top ten martial arts academies.
Only one out of a thousand could have the chance to be selected.
This was especially so for children from ordinary families. They could only rely on themselves from a young age, unlike those kids from well-to-do families. These well-heeled kids could obtain various precious resources from a young age and they were already assured of a winning start at the starting line.
When they reached the age for the martial arts exam, children from ordinary families would not be able to compete with those with good family backgrounds unless they possessed heaven-defying talent.
Lu Yu sighed and said, “It’s fine. Recently, my skills evolution has been quite smooth. In the Federation Martial Arts Trial two days from now, not only will I be able to retain my Martial Arts Warrior status, but I will also be able to increase my rank further and obtain a higher allowance. When that time comes, you won’t have to work so hard anymore.”
In reality, if Lu Yu participated in the Trial now, he would at least be a Grade 6 Martial Arts Warrior.
Compared to the allowance that a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior received, it was a few times more. Although it was not enough to let the family live a good life, it was definitely not a problem to cover the family’s expenses.
However, his wife, Giovanna, didn’t know any of this. When she heard Lu Yu’s words, she only thought that Lu Yu was trying to comfort her and put up a strong front.
After all, a few days ago, Giovanna had learned from Lu Yu that his health vitality had been regressing non-stop, and his skills evolution had been declining. It was very likely that he wouldn’t pass the Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior test.
Only a few days had lapsed since then. Even if his condition had improved, it would not have improved much.
Giovanna smiled and comforted him.
“It’s okay, old man. I know your situation. You don’t have to force yourself.”
“Some time ago, I heard some news about your old war comrade, Old Li, who was also old and weak. He insisted on practicing hard. In the end, he caused his health vitality to flow in the reverse and he ended up in hospital. It took him quite a while to recover and get discharged.”
“You don’t have to force yourself. Just let nature take its course. After all, you’re already so advanced in age. You have to be careful. If you become an ordinary person, then so be it. We can still survive even if we’re a little tired. Don’t end up hurting yourself. It won’t be worth it.”
Lu Yu nodded slightly and didn’t say anything else.
In any case, he would know the results after the Federation Martial Arts Trial in two days’ time. By then, he would be able to relieve his wife’s burden.
Lu Yu was well aware that his current abilities had greatly improved.
From this morning’s testing result, he already knew that he was a Grade 6 Martial Arts Warrior. He was just one step away from becoming a Grade 7 Martial Arts Warrior.
Furthermore, after eating the meat of the Aquila, Lu Yu’s powers had increased significantly once more. He not only improved his various attributes, he had also obtained a powerful skill: Furnace.
If he used the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and the Furnace skill concurrently, the multiplication factor would increase. Lu Yu’s powers would multiply many times over and his strength would be incredibly terrifying. He might even have reached the strength of a middle-grade Martial Master.
However, Lu Yu hadn’t fully absorbed all of the Aquila poultry meat he had just consumed.
Later on, when Lu Yu practiced the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and completely absorbed all the energy within the Aquila poultry meat, his abilities would further rise by quite a bit!
Additionally, Lu Yu discovered that by eating the meat of the Fearsome Beast Aquila, he could also improve his abilities by a lot.
Although the meat of the Fearsome Beasts might not be as nutrients-rich as those expensive ingredients and herbs, when compared to such exotic items as Wild Mountain Ginseng, there was still a big gap in nutrition.
However, the benefit of Fearsome Beast meat was that it was cheap!
After all, to other martial arts warriors and ordinary people, Fearsome Beast meat was not very useful and the price was thus relatively cheaper.
Lu Yu could use this to his advantage and continuously buy Fearsome Beast meat at a relatively lower price. After eating it, he could rapidly increase his abilities in all aspects through his SSS-class Gluttony Talent and the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
After lunch, Lu Yu washed the dishes and planned to immediately refine and absorb all of the Aquila poultry meat in his stomach to further advance his powers!
Chapter 7: Strength Increases, the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill Reached Minor Achievement!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu arrived at the Training Square located downstairs in the middle of the district.
The earlier testing stone had been broken by Lu Yu and a new one had just been erected.
The old testing stone had been in this district for 30 years. No one had broken it before, nor had it been damaged. It had been in continuous use for 30 years.
When the new testing stone had just been erected, many people in the district felt that it was very refreshing and gathered around to ogle at the new testing stone.
The dating couple that Lu Yu had met earlier were currently bragging in the crowd.
“Are you all very curious about who broke this testing stone? I saw it today, my girlfriend saw it too, and she even knows that person!”
“That’s right. I saw it today. It’s Grandpa Lu from our neighborhood. I didn’t expect Grandpa Lu to be so powerful at such an old age.”
“He’s an expert who participated in the Holy War after all. His strength is indeed formidable!”
“I was the first one to chance upon the site of the broken stone. The old testing stone was broken and scattered all over the ground, and the monitoring device beside it showed 12,000 kilograms!”
When the residents in the neighborhood heard the couple’s words, they found it hard to believe. They started pointing here and there, debating heatedly.
“Really? Is there such a powerful person in our neighborhood?”
“12,000 kilograms! That’s at least the strength of a junior martial master or even an intermediate martial master!”
“Do martial masters even live in our neighborhood?”
“By Grandpa Lu, you’re referring to that old man Lu Yu, right? Are you serious? He’s already 80 or 90 years old, yet he still has this level of skills evolution?”
“In any case, I don’t believe it. Last year, during the Federation Martial Arts Trial, I remember that he was rated as Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior. It’s impossible for him to reach 1200 kilograms, let alone 12,000 kilograms!”
“Isn’t that simple? Why don’t we ask Old Lu and get him to punch for us on the spot?”
“…”
Martial Masters were considered experts and were rarely seen. In particular, it was impossible to meet any in this kind of old neighborhood. The residents naturally didn’t believe it.
Lu Yu, who wasn’t too far away, didn’t take their queries seriously at all when he heard them. He also didn’t bother to prove himself to them.
There was no need at all to argue with these residents, and there was no benefit in proving his abilities to them.
Seeing that there were more people, Lu Yu decided to leave. When there were fewer people, he would come back again to test his strength.
For the moment, he decided to practice his martial arts first. First of all, he had to completely refine and absorb the Aquila Poultry Meat in his stomach.
By the time he got home, his wife Giovanna had already gone out to work.
Lu Yu came to the attic by himself. He sat by the window and began to circulate the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Art, developing his skills.
Lu Yu easily broke through the small bottleneck of a Grade 6 Martial Arts Warrior.
As he absorbed and refined the energy within the Aquila Poultry Meat, Lu Yu’s strength rose at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Only when the sky had completely darkened did Lu Yu stop his training.
After half a day of focused training, Lu Yu had already absorbed and refined all of the Aquila Poultry Meat in his stomach.
Lu Yu’s strength had already reached the Grade 8 Martial Arts Warrior, instantly advancing by two levels!
As for the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, it also achieved a breakthrough. It went from Beginner’s Stage to the Minor Achievement Stage.
In ordinary skills techniques, at present they were broken into four stages from low to high.
They were the Beginner’s Stage, Minor Achievement Stage, Major Achievement Stage and Perfection Stage.
It was said that there were even higher levels above these, but given Lu Yu’s current rank, he didn’t know about these secrets.
After the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill had advanced to the Minor Achievement Stage, its multiplier had increased from twelve times to sixteen times!
In other words, when Lu Yu was testing or fighting, so long as he activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and kept it active, the power of his external skills would instantly increase by 16 times, and it was extremely incredible!
After half a day of training, Lu Yu’s strength had risen substantially in a short time.
With the increase in his strength, Lu Yu went downstairs in a good mood.
His wife, Giovanna, had already returned from work and prepared dinner.
Seeing that Lu Yu was training, she didn’t disturb him and laid out the cooked dishes on the table.
It was already late at night and his wife and children had already gone to bed.
Lu Yu looked at the small note left on the table, telling him where his food was and also telling him to take care of his body while he was training seriously. It was a very heart-warming touch.
After Lu Yu heated up the food and finished eating, he went downstairs and came to the front of the new testing stone in the center of the Training Square in their district.
It was already late at night, and the residents of the district had already gone back to rest. Aside from Lu Yu, there was no one else in the entire Training Square.
In the dead of the night, when it was very silent, the atmosphere was perfect for Lu Yu to test his current strength.
The new testing stone was the same size as the testing stone from before, which was the most basic version. However its color was a little darker. It changed from the previous white gray to the current light gray. The material looked so much better and the new testing stone should be of a higher grade.
Lu Yu didn’t know what the limit of this new testing stone was. In order to prevent himself from destroying the stone in one full-strength strike and thereby not being able to find out his strength, Lu Yu didn’t use any of his multiplier skills and instead did only a raw strength test first.
Lu Yu lowered his body, took a deep breath and then gave one big punch!
The testing stone did not budge at all. On the monitoring device beside him, it read: 1,324 kilograms!
He was able to hit 1,324 kilograms without using any techniques. He had indeed reached the strength of a Grade 8 Martial Arts Warrior.
Then, Lu Yu executed two more tests.
The results of the two tests were 1,333 kilograms and 1,341 kilograms respectively.
Seeing these results, Lu Yu frowned slightly.
He had clearly used all his strength in all three tries, but why was his punch getting stronger each time?
The extent of increase was very small, it was only a few kilograms of fist strength. Compared to a thousand kilograms of fist strength, the impact of a few kilograms was very small.
However, it was indeed clearly and indisputably increasing in power. After every short while, it would become stronger.
Lu Yu sensed the changes within his body.
After attaining the Minor Achievement Stage in the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, other than the 16 times multiplier effect, there seemed to be some changes in other aspects.
The dinner he had just eaten and the last remnants of the Aquila Poultry Meat in his stomach were still being slowly digested and absorbed by Lu Yu’s Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
Although the speed was very slow, it was automatically absorbing and digesting all the time.
And this also brought Lu Yu constant increase in his strength and by implication, constant increase in his own powers!
Upon realizing this, Lu Yu was overjoyed.
Who would have thought that the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill would have such benefits after reaching the Minor Achievement Stage?
Even though the rate of improvement wasn’t fast, in fact it was actually quite slow, the most important thing was that he could increase his strength every second, and he didn’t need to do any training himself.
This was indeed heaven-defying.
Dripping water could form rivers. Over time, he would be able to constantly elevate his skills evolution and strengthen his abilities!
Moreover, this was only the early stage. What if the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill reached the Major Achievement Stage, or if the food in Lu Yu’s stomach was of higher quality? Wouldn’t this mean that his skills evolution at every second would be elevated even more rapidly?
Chapter 8: 40,000 kilograms With One Punch!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu’s thoughts returned to the present and he proceeded to test his strength.
In order to prevent the testing stone from being broken again, Lu Yu would use an augmentation skill every time to prevent it from breaking.
Lu Yu first activated the Furnace skill to test the effect of the new skill.
Burning his health vitality increased his strength by two times!
Lu Yu suddenly felt his body become unbearably hot, and his strength had increased by a great deal.
Lu Yu sunk his energy into his dantian and using the Crushing Punch, he launched a swift punch out to hit the testing stone.
The entire testing stone trembled slightly before settling down. On the monitoring device beside it read: 2686 kilograms!
As expected, with the support of the Furnace skill, his strength increased by two times.
Lu Yu continued testing.
This time, he activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
With the Minor Achievement Stage of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, his inner strength skill could increase his external strength to a terrifying 16 times.
Lu Yu’s aura instantly rose several levels. The muscles and veins on his body bulged out, filled with terrifying strength.
Using Crushing Punch, Lu Yu shot one punch out, striking the testing stone.
The entire testing stone shook violently and trembled for a long time before settling down. Fortunately, it was not damaged.
On the monitoring device beside him, there was an extremely exaggerated number, 21,520 kilograms!
A punch of more than 20,000 kilograms meant that he had already reached the strength of a Martial Master!
Two days ago, Lu Yu was still an ordinary person who had fallen from the level of Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1.
After two days, Lu Yu’s punch strength was comparable to a high level Martial Master!
Lu Yu suppressed the joy in his heart and continued to perform more tests.
This time, Lu Yu first invoked Furnace skill to burn his health vitality. With his body burning hot, his strength was doubled.
Following that, he activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to operate concurrently, amplifying his external strength to alarming levels.
Suddenly, Lu Yu’s entire body swelled up into a small circle. His muscles bulged out in an exaggerated manner, filled with unimaginable strength.
Sensing the terrifying power within his body, Lu Yu activated Crushing Punch and launched a punch outwards.
Instantly, the entire testing stone trembled violently, and several cracks appeared on it. It was already damaged.
Lu Yu had once again broken the testing stone!
On the side of the testing stone the screen displayed: 43,104 kilograms!
When he saw this number, Lu Yu was shocked beyond words.
Over 40,000 kilograms in one punch. Was this his full-power strike at present?
More than 40,000 kilograms was a threshold for a junior Martial Master to cross the threshold to become an intermediate Martial Master.
A punch strength of 43,000 kilograms had already attained the strength of an Intermediate Martial Master!
This was the strength of an Intermediate Martial Master!
Intermediate Martial Masters were very highly honored. Not even one out of thousands of Martial Arts Warriors could become an Intermediate Martial Master.
Experts who had reached Intermediate Martial Master level were already extremely rare. They would be honored and treated with respect throughout the whole Federation and they would be fought over by various factions.
An Intermediate Martial Master was an indispensable powerful fighting force for any faction.
In fact, many factions had gradually become stronger because of the emergence of an Intermediate Martial Master.
And with this test, the results also confirmed Lu Yu’s speculation.
Although the enhancement provided by the Furnace skill was not as tremendous as the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, it was valuable as an ordinary skill. It was not an inner strength skill like the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
In this way, the Furnace skill would not clash with the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill. It could also be used concurrently, and its effects could overlap and multiply.
With the 2-fold increase of the Furnace skill and the original 16-fold increase of the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill combined together, they gave Lu Yu an unbelievable 32-fold increase.
At his current strength of a Grade 8 Martial Arts Warrior, with one punch he straightaway surpassed a major level. That one punch unleashed the strength of an intermediate Martial Master!
After the test, Lu Yu was immensely satisfied.
If one punch was sufficient to reach the strength of an Intermediate Martial Master, the Federation Martial Arts Trial was no longer a problem for him.
After that, Lu Yu returned home to rest.
Early the next morning, many people in the neighborhood came out for their morning exercise.
Very soon, someone noticed the broken testing stone. Immediately, many people gathered around to look at it.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the broken testing stone and the numbers on the monitoring device next to it.
“What’s going on? Why is the new testing stone broken again?”
“This testing stone can supposedly withstand the full-strength punch of a top Martial Master. How can it be damaged?”
“More than 40,000 kilograms in one punch. Isn’t that the strength of an Intermediate Martial Master? Is there an Intermediate Martial Master in our neighborhood?”
“That’s impossible. Every Intermediate Martial Master is famous. If there’s one in our neighborhood, it’s not possible that we haven’t heard of him!”
A few residents of the neighborhood were still in shock when they saw the couple from their earlier encounter walking past. They hurriedly called out to them.
“Young man, you said yesterday that you saw that old man hit the previous testing stone. Did he hit this one too?” A middle-aged man asked.
What had happened the day before had surprised them. But when they thought further on it, it was quite possible that a Martial Master was hiding in their district or an expert of the Martial Master level had passed by their district.
However, what happened today had undoubtedly shocked them.
Martial Masters were already experts. Intermediate Martial Masters were the true elites of humanity. They were the focus of attention wherever they went. It was impossible that they didn’t know that there was an Intermediate Martial Master in their district.
The two young lovers were a little confused and quickly took a look.
When they saw the cracked testing stone and the incredible numbers on the monitoring device beside it, indicating a punch force of over 40,000 kilograms, they were flabbergasted.
Initially, the two young lovers had insisted that Lu Yu had punched that result yesterday.
However, when they saw the number today, they also became suspicious.
He had punched out more than 10,000 kilograms yesterday, and now he had hit more than 40,000 kilograms today? That was too unbelievable.
“I don’t get it. I did see it yesterday, but yesterday it was over 10,000 kilograms. Why is the punch strength figure so exaggerated today?” The young man said doubtfully.
“That punch yesterday should have been from Grandpa Lu. It might not be Grandpa Lu today,” the woman also hazarded a guess.
The surrounding residents looked at one another and felt that it made sense.
The strength of an Intermediate Martial Master was simply too unbelievable.
However, there were also people making other guesses.
“Do you guys think that maybe, this figure really came from Old Lu’s punch? There has never been an expert in our neighborhood before, so it’s impossible for two experts to appear all of a sudden, right?”
“That’s not possible either. Yesterday, it was over 10,000 kilograms. Today, it has increased by several times. Who can develop his skills so fast?”
“What do you know? He must have been hiding his strength previously. Last night, he saw a new testing stone and went all out. He probably didn’t expect the testing stone was unable to withstand his punch. The upper limit is 40,000 kilograms.”
“In my opinion, it’s also possible that some Intermediate Martial Master passed by our district and tried out the testing stone.”
“That doesn’t seem right either. Intermediate Martial Masters are highly sought after in every faction. They have high-level testing stones in every faction. Why would they come to our tiny neighborhood for testing?”
“What if there is really such a powerful person in our neighborhood? And he’s an Intermediate Martial Master too?”
The group of residents analyzed the situation excitedly. They were shocked by this matter, but after discussing for a long time, they couldn’t reach any conclusion.
Chapter 9: Federation Martial Artist Test
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At noon, in Lu Yu’s home.
It was the weekend, and his wife had just returned from work. The two children had just returned from school, and the whole family was eating together.
However, tomorrow was the day of the Federation Martial Arts Trial. Lu Yu’s test was a major matter concerning all, and the entire family was somewhat nervous.
Looking at Lu Yu nervously, Giovanna consoled him, “Old man, it will be fine. Just do your best. You don’t have to force yourself. You’ve worked hard for us for most of your life. You’ve done enough.”
Lu Shan patted his chest and said confidently, “Dad, it’s fine. It’s fine even if you drop from the Martial Arts Warrior level. I’ll grow up and support the entire family!”
“That’s right, Dad.” At his side, Lu Shui nodded slightly and said, “We’re not young anymore. We’ll grow up and become your strong support soon. You don’t have to worry too much.”
Lu Yu was well aware of his own strength. Even if he wasn’t extremely wealthy, he certainly wouldn’t have any problems feeding his whole family.
However, there was no need to explain too much at this time. If he talked too much, they might not believe him.
“All right, I know. Let’s eat,” Lu Yu said with a smile.
After dinner, the family sat together and chatted.
As for Lu Yu, he naturally got up and went upstairs to the attic, to continue developing his skills.
Some of the New Orleans Aquila poultry meat that he had eaten earlier had yet to be digested. Lu Yu continued to practice the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to refine the last of the Aquila poultry meat.
Late at night, Lu Yu had completely refined it and his strength had risen a bit.
Just as he was about to rest, a notification appeared in front of him.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten a complete D-rank Aquila. Skill obtained: Critical Hit Enhancement!]
Seeing this notification, Lu Yu was caught by surprise. He didn’t expect that eating a complete Aquila would yield such a good reward.
It seemed that he would have to pay more attention when he ate other things in the future. He would try to eat the complete item so that he could get more rewards!
Lu Yu hurriedly checked his newly acquired skill.
[Critical Hit Enhancement]
Level: E-class
Effect: Passive skill. You can choose to activate it or shut it off. After activating it, when you use your full strength, you can easily deal critical hit damage. Damage can increase by 10% to 100%!
Seeing the effect, Lu Yu was overjoyed. It was actually a passive skill that could increase damage.
The range of improvement couldn’t be compared to the Furnace skill or the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, but it didn’t clash with the first two. It could be used at the same time to overlap and increase its multiplication factor!
Lu Yu really wanted to test the power of this Critical Hit Enhancement skill, but it was already too late at night. Moreover, he had broken two testing stones in this area in a row so Lu Yu was feeling a bit embarrassed. In the end he decided to wait until the morning of the Federation Martial Arts Trial to test it.
The next morning,
under the expectant gaze of his family who were sending him off, Lu Yu left and made his way to the Trial venue. It was a giant stadium.
After filling in the information, Lu Yu waited on one side.
At this moment, an elderly man who had lost almost all his white hair saw Lu Yu. He walked over accompanied by a young man.
“Oh my, isn’t this Lu Yu? The ‘great hero’ from back then? How’s your strength now?” The old man greeted him with a beaming face. However, his words sounded a bit strange and creepy.
Lu Yu glanced at him and remembered that the old man’s name was Zhang Hong. He was Lu Yu’s old classmate and old war comrade.
The two of them were already not on good terms when they were still students.
Later, after the Holy War, when they faced powerful Fearsome Beasts once more, Zhang Hong advocated avoiding them and waiting for the strong experts to arrive.
However, at that time, Lu Yu had been in a hurry to save the civilians and had advocated fighting together, giving their best shot.
In the end, the team listened to Lu Yu’s suggestion, and Zhang Hong had no choice but to tag along.
End of the day, they managed to save those civilians successfully and kill that powerful Fearsome Beast. However, their party suffered heavy losses as well.
Both Lu Yu and Zhang Hong had sustained injuries during that battle, which had resulted in their skills evolution not going smoothly after the war.
Because of this, Zhang Hong had always believed that it was Lu Yu’s fault, so he had always held grudges against him.
Zhang Hong looked around and saw that Lu Yu had come to take the test alone. He immediately said with a proud smile, “How come you’re so lonely at such an old age? Look at me, I brought my grandson here to take the test. My grandson is 16 years old this year, and he had just awakened and advanced to a Martial Arts Warrior. He’s so slow.”
The people nearby who were here for the Trial heard this and cast curious looks in their direction.
Awakening to become a Martial Arts Warrior at the age of 16 was considered a fairly good talent.
Zhang Hong’s grandson also had a self-gloating look on his face, but he pretended to be dissatisfied and said, “Ah, it’s all my fault. If I had worked a bit harder, I might have been able to successfully awaken and become a Martial Arts Warrior at 15 years of age instead. Becoming a Martial Arts Warrior at 16 years of age is really slow!”
Zhang Hong peered at Lu Yu with a smile and then pretended to ask, “Old classmate, how is your grandson? You’re so strong, you’re the ‘great hero’ of the past. I’m sure your grandson must be very powerful, right?”
Lu Yu simply smiled and ignored him completely.
Soon, all the participants filled out their information and the Trial began.
Lu Yu and Zhang Hong happened to be allocated to the same test zone.
Soon, it was Zhang Hong’s turn.
After a full-strength punch, the testing stone didn’t move at all, but Zhang Hong was sweating profusely and gasping for breath.
Fortunately for him, the monitoring device beside the testing stone displayed 1,002. Zhang Hong barely managed to maintain his position as a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior.
However, those with discerning eyes could see that Zhang Hong barely managed to hold on to the level of an entry-level Martial Arts Warrior. He could maintain his status as a Martial Arts Warrior for a year and receive another year’s allowance. He would definitely not be able to do so next year.
But even so, it was considered very good. At his age, if he could still maintain his status as a Martial Arts Warrior for a year, it was considered a happy outcome.
Immediately, the people nearby went up to congratulate him, especially the older ones. Some of them were even a little envious.
“Congratulations, Old Zhang. You’re still strong for your age!”
“Old Zhang, you’re amazing! You can actually maintain your Martial Arts Warrior status for another year. Impressive, impressive!”
“If only I were as good as Old Zhang.”
“…”
Hearing the congratulatory well wishes from the people around him, Zhang Hong’s mood was also very good. He didn’t expect that he could still hold on to the status of an entry-level Martial Arts Warrior. This was truly a joyous occasion.
“Hey, Old Zhang, haven’t you finished the Trial? Why are you still here?” Someone asked curiously.
Zhang Hong smiled and said, “I’ll hang around for a while more before leaving. I want to look at Lu Yu and see how far our ‘great hero’ has progressed, haha!”
Those who knew Zhang Hong and Lu Yu knew very well what had happened between them. They instantly realized that Zhang Hong wanted to stay and watch Lu Yu make a fool of himself.
Both of them were very old, especially Lu Yu, who was even older than Zhang Hong.
Since Zhang Hong was only barely able to maintain the strength of an entry-level Martial Arts Warrior, Lu Yu would naturally struggle even more.
As the Trial progressed,
some were happy while others were sad. There were young people whose strength had improved, and they were extremely happy. There were also old people whose strength had declined, and they had bitter expressions.
Soon, it was Lu Yu’s turn. He stepped forward.
“Old Lu.” The tester greeted him with a slight nod to show his respect. After all, he was a warrior who had participated in the Holy War.
However, he wasn’t too hopeful about Lu Yu’s test. After all, Lu Yu was already 90 years old.
Lu Yu arrived in front of the testing stone. The first test was the bare fist punch. He struck out with his fist.
The tester beside him widened his eyes. The strength of this punch did not seem weak at all!
Chapter 10: Intermediate Martial Master Strength
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In the first punch, Lu Yu did not use any augmentation skills, not even the Crushing Punch.
With a bare fist, he landed one punch on the testing stone.
The monitoring device beside him jumped rapidly and finally displayed: 1599 kilograms!
When Lu Yu saw the results, he was quite satisfied. After refining the last of the Aquila poultry meat, his strength had increased by quite a bit.
This figure had already exceeded the evaluation criteria of the test by a lot.
Normally, as long as the strength of one punch could reach anywhere below 1,000 kilograms, one would be considered a Martial Arts Warrior.
Lu Yu directly hit 1599 kilograms. His strength had reached the Martial Arts Warrior Grade 9 level!
The tester knew Lu Yu. He remembered that during the test last year, he was only slightly over 1000 kilograms and barely managed to maintain his status of a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior.
Why did his strength advance instead of regressing within this one year, going from Grade 1 to Grade 9 Martial Arts Warrior?
The tester couldn’t believe his eyes, his face full of surprise.
“Is the machine broken?” The tester went forward to examine the testing stone and monitoring device.
Not too far away, Zhang Hong saw this and said with a smile, “The testing equipment must be broken. Lu Yu, do you really think that you can reach the Martial Arts Warrior Grade 9 at your age? Stop dreaming. If you can maintain your Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1 status, you can count your lucky stars!”
At this moment, the tester had finished examining the tester apparatus but did not find any problems.
“Strange, why didn’t I find any problems?” The tester was somewhat puzzled.
As for Lu Yu, he punched out again.
1601 kilograms!
Lu Yu wanted to test his limits. After obtaining the Critical Hit Enhancement skill, he had no chance to try out his greatest strength level yet.
He activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, and his inner strength skill received a terrifying increase. Lu Yu’s entire aura changed.
At the same time, he activated the Furnace skill and ignited his health vitality. His strength doubled, and his muscles bulged.
Finally, Lu Yu turned on his Critical Hit Enhancement skill. As long as he used his full strength, the punch would receive a boost. The amount of increase then depended on the situation and luck.
Lu Yu circulated his energy into his dantian to use the Crushing Punch. His simple and unadorned punch flashed out and landed on the testing stone.
Under the enhancement of so many skills, the punch force actually increased by 40 times.
The testing stone trembled violently, and the monitoring device beside it displayed: 64,040 kilograms!
“What the f*ck? What’s going on?”
The tester beside him was shocked and in utter disbelief. He rubbed his eyes and took a closer look. It was indeed this unbelievable number.
More than 60,000 kilograms meant that he had the ability of an intermediate Martial Master!
Old Lu was only a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior last year, and was on the verge of being demoted to an ordinary person. How could he have reached the level of an Intermediate Martial Master within a year?
The tester couldn’t believe it no matter how hard he thought. He wanted to ask Lu Yu for details.
However, at this moment, Lu Yu was sitting cross-legged at one side, with his eyes closed in deep thought.
The full-strength punch just now had somewhat enlightened Lu Yu.
Opportunities for enlightenment were extremely rare, so Lu Yu quickly grasped them and began to experience them in detail.
The tester was extremely surprised to see that Lu Yu seemed to have gained enlightenment.
In the eyes of every Martial Arts Warrior, an epiphany was extremely rare and hard to come by. Every time they experienced enlightenment, it almost always led to an increase in many aspects of their abilities.
As for Lu Yu, he was already 90 years old, but he was still able to gain sudden enlightenment? Wasn’t this too unbelievable?
Not far away, Zhang Hong said, “There must be a problem with the testing equipment. Ask the technical staff and they will soon find out.”
Zhang Hong’s words roused the tester to his senses.
That was true. If he wanted to know if the testing equipment was malfunctioning or if the results were accurate, he could just look for a technician to find out.
The tester then located a technician and started checking the equipment.
Not far away, Zhang Hong was gloating as he waited.
“This Lu Yu, not only has his strength regressed, he also broke the testing machine. Doesn’t that mean he has to compensate them? This is killing me. He lost his allowance and still has to pay up. How miserable!”
The few technicians were stunned when they saw the ridiculous number on the screen. They quickly checked the equipment carefully.
However, after a careful examination, they did not find any problem. The machine was functioning perfectly well.
However, they still found it hard to believe, and continued to examine the equipment carefully.
In the end, after several rounds of careful inspection, they still couldn’t find any problems. The testing equipment was functioning perfectly, and the numbers displayed were also completely correct.
Eventually, the technicians could only tell the tester that there was nothing wrong with the device. The numbers on it should be completely accurate.
When the tester heard them, he was totally flabbergasted.
Looking at Lu Yu, who was not far away, the tester finally noticed something different.
Although Lu Yu still had a head full of white hair, most of the wrinkles on his face had disappeared. He looked even more vigorous and powerful, without the slightest trace of his old frail appearance.
On the contrary, Lu Yu, even with his eyes closed, was giving off an invisible pressure. This was the effect brought about by possession of great strength.
Amidst the shock, the tester gradually believed the results.
In the past, he had also heard that some Martial Arts Warriors achieved their awakening very late. Previously, their strength had always been mediocre. They only awakened successfully when they were older. Then, their strength would rapidly increase until they become strong experts.
He had heard of people who had awakened late, but this was the first time the tester had seen such a person with his own eyes. To awaken at such an old age and at the age of 90 no less, when he practically had one foot in his grave, was extremely surprising.
At this moment, the tester was extremely shocked, but he could tell that Lu Yu was in the middle of enlightenment and didn’t dare to disturb him.
Earlier, the tester’s show of respect for Lu Yu was purely out of deference for his elders, and admiration for Lu Yu in that he had also participated in the Holy War.
Right now, as the tester gazed at Lu Yu, the respect and fear displayed was in awe of his abilities and strength.
Thinking of how he had doubted Lu Yu’s test results, the tester was immediately overcome with regret.
How could he be so disrespectful to an Intermediate Martial Master? How could he sully his reputation in this way?
Intermediate Martial Masters were the elites of the Federation. They would be respected wherever they went!
The tester made up his mind that he would apologize sincerely to Lu Yu when he was done with his enlightenment. He must show his repentance clearly and not leave a bad impression on this Intermediate Martial Master.
On the other side, Zhang Hong waited for a while. When he saw that the technicians had come and checked several times before leaving, but the tester still did not show any reaction, he immediately went forward and asked with curiosity.
“Testing officer, what’s going on? Why hasn’t the truth been announced?”
The tester looked at Lu Yu with a face full of respect. Without turning his head, he said softly, “Wait a moment, the truth will be announced soon.”
Zhang Hong took a look at the time and said impatiently, “This fellow Lu Yu hasn’t even finished testing his strength yet. What a waste of time. He’s already delayed me from bringing my grandson to lunch. Forget it, I won’t wait to see him make a fool of himself. I’m leaving!”
With that, Zhang Hong prepared to leave with his grandson.
At this moment, Zhang Hong heard the extremely respectful and even fearful voice of the tester coming from behind him.
“Greetings, Honorable Martial Master. You’re awake!”
Chapter 11: Honorable Martial Master
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Zhang Hong was preparing to leave with his grandson, Zhang Wu.
When he heard the voice of the tester behind him, he turned his head in confusion, wondering if he had heard wrong.
Zhang Wu also turned around and immediately saw the number displayed on the monitoring device next to the testing stone in front of Lu Yu. 64,040 kilograms!
“Testing officer, isn’t the testing equipment wrong? Why did you call him a Martial Master?” Zhang Hong asked doubtfully.
The tester, however, glared at him and scolded, “How dare you! There’s nothing wrong with the equipment. Don’t be rude to the Honorable Martial Master.”
“What? There’s nothing wrong with the testing equipment?”
Zhang Hong immediately felt his whole world collapse.
He and Lu Yu were old acquaintances. They had trained together, participated in the Holy War together, and had known each other for decades.
Their skills evolution levels were about the same.
Zhang Hong honestly thought that Lu Yu might fall from the Martial Arts Warrior realm and become an ordinary person.
Even if he was lucky and put in a lot of effort, he would only be able to barely maintain the level of Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1 for another year.
However, the results of the test was actually not Martial Arts Warrior Grade 1, nor was it Intermediate or Advanced Martial Arts Warrior.
It wasn’t even a Junior Martial Master, but an Intermediate Martial Master!
Breaking the 20,000 kilograms mark with one punch meant that one had reached the level of a Junior Martial Master.
A punch of 40,000 kilograms meant one had already reached the skills evolution of an Intermediate Martial Master.
Now that Lu Yu had punched out 60,000 kilograms, he was well within the level of an Intermediate Martial Master and was even close to an Advanced Martial Master!
Compared to ordinary people, Martial Arts Warrior already received better treatment. They could legitimately become a member of the Federation.
Thus, a Martial Master would be elevated to a fairly good social status.
The most direct observable benefit was that the federal government’s subsidies were vastly different.
Currently, Zhang Hong, as a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior, could receive a monthly allowance of 5,000 federation coins.
5,000 federation coins was similar to the monthly income of a hardworking ordinary person. A Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior could receive this without doing anything.
However, 5,000 federal coins was only enough for the family’s daily expenses.
Once one reached the level of an Intermediate Martial Master, the monthly allowance would be increased to 30,000 federal coins.
Without doing anything for a month, his monthly income was already considered high.
Besides, Intermediate Martial Masters could obtain a decent job no matter where they went.
It was more than enough for a family to live a comfortable life!
However, there was still a difference between Martial Arts Warrior and Martial Masters. The most important thing was lifespan.
Zhang Hong, a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior, was 90 years old this year. At most, he could live to a hundred years old. He would have to face old age, illness and death.
As for the Intermediate Martial Master Lu Yu, he was also 90 years old this year, but he was considered to be in his prime. If nothing unexpected happened, he could easily live another 100 years.
At this time, Zhang Hong’s face was filled with shock. He had never thought that his old classmate Lu Yu would be able to break through to the Martial Master level at this age.
Immediately afterwards, inwardly Zhang Hong regretted terribly what he had just said.
If Lu Yu was still a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior or an ordinary person, he naturally wouldn’t be able to do anything to him.
But now that Lu Yu had already become a Martial Master, he could easily cause trouble for him.
If he hadn’t said those words just now, not only would he not have offended Lu Yu, he would also be able to ask Lu Yu for help to protect them for a while, based on their friendship of a few decades.
However, all these were impossible now.
Zhang Wu was also looking at Lu Yu with an envious expression.
Zhang Wu was only a Martial Arts Warrior and he already knew the great strength of a Martial Arts Warrior. This strength was incomparably powerful.
However, the best coach in their school was only a Junior Martial Master, whereas Lu Yu, before his eyes, was already an Intermediate Martial Master.
If he had such a grandfather, his skills evolution path would be extremely smooth. He would be able to obtain a lot of resources to train and develop his abilities.
Unlike now, he could only rely on himself to train and develop with all his might.
At this moment, the tester had already changed Lu Yu’s identity badge from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Grade 7 Martial Master.
“Honored Martial Master, this is your monthly subsidy from the federal government. Please keep it safe. In the future, every month’s subsidy will be automatically transferred to your bank card.” The tester handed over 30,000 federal coins to Lu Yu.
“Hmm.” Lu Yu accepted it calmly, but inwardly he was actually quite happy.
These 30,000 federal coins had no doubt solved the most pressing problem for him.
Not only could he pay for his daughter’s school fees, he also did not need his wife to take up another job.
Besides that, he could also buy some more precious ingredients with this money, which would allow him to increase his strength faster.
In this world, strength was everything.
The Martial Arts was top priority. Everything else was secondary and must stand aside.
In today’s test, Lu Yu had personally experienced the benefits of strength.
After completing the test and learning that he was a Martial Master, the testers and the other staff members all had a change of attitude and became very respectful to him.
This was only for the Martial Masters rank. Above the Martial Masters, there were Great Martial Masters, Grand Masters, and Great Grand Masters, etc.
With each jump of a big rank, the difference in strength was immeasurably big, as vast as heaven and earth. The treatment he would receive from the federal government was also vastly different.
Lu Yu couldn’t help but look forward to the great changes his life would bring him after his strength rose again.
At this point, after completing the basic procedures, the tester returned to Lu Yu and said respectfully:
“Honorable Martial Master, there’s one more thing I need to inform you. Please give me your permission. It is a requirement to upload the test videos of the Martial Masters and those above Martial Masters to the dojo above. This is to prevent cheating.”
“That’s fine.” Lu Yu himself genuinely possessed the ability and he wasn’t cheating. There was no need for him to feel the slightest bit guilty.
After completing everything, Lu Yu left the stadium.
When he arrived at where Zhang Hong was standing, Zhang Hong was no longer as arrogant as before. Both he and his grandson, Zhang Wu, had their heads lowered, not daring to look at Lu Yu.
In fact, their legs were even trembling slightly, as if they were afraid that Lu Yu would cause them trouble.
At this moment, the two of them were like Lu Yu’s grandchildren, weak, pitiful and helpless.
Lu Yu naturally didn’t hold it against them, so he simply said casually, “If you have nothing else to do, train and develop yourself well. You’re already so old.”
With that, Lu Yu left without another look.
Behind him, Zhang Hong and Zhang Wu nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, yes. Honorable Martial Master’s advice is right!”
Meanwhile, the video of Lu Yu’s test was uploaded along with the videos of other Martial Masters and experts above this level.
The first judge was a director. When he saw the video of Lu Yu’s test, with a shocked expression, he couldn’t help exclaiming,
“He’s already so advanced in age yet he could be a Grade 7 Martial Master. How terrifying he must have been when he was young? No, this guy must be a big shot. I must go and ask him about him, get to know him and build up a good relationship with him!”
After the preliminary audit, they continued to upload to the next level.
The reviewer this time was the deputy dojo master.
The deputy dojo master was equally shocked when he saw the video. He was curious why he hadn’t heard of such an expert before. If he was a Grade 7 Martial Master at the grand old age of 90, surely he must have been an amazing important character. Then logically, he should have been acquainted with this person.
After the review, they continued to upload to the next level and it reached the final judgment panel.
The officer-in-charge of the final judgment was a military advisor in charge of the local military zone.
Currently, the federal government was controlled in equal measure by a military arm and a civilian arm.
The City Lord was in charge of the running of the city and the Military Lord was in charge of the armed forces. Both of them had advisors to assist them.
And this city was under the jurisdiction of the Gamma Military Zone, and the military advisor was the second-in-command of the Gamma Military Zone.
The military advisor had a great deal of authority. When he saw the video of Lu Yu’s test, he was equally bewildered. He had never heard of such a person before.
Thereafter, he searched for information about Lu Yu.
He joined the army at the age of 15 and participated in the Holy War at the age of 20. After surviving the war, he led a mediocre life and the highest level of skills evolution he had ever reached was Grade 9 Martial Arts Warrior.
However, he did not successfully cross into the realm of a Martial Master. In fact, his health vitality had regressed and his skills evolution levels downgraded. A year ago, he had fallen to the level of a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior.
Now however, a year later, at the grand old age of 90, his skills evolution had advanced instead of regressing. He actually reached the skills evolution level of a Grade 7 Martial Master.
Within the span of one year, his skills evolution had improved by 15 levels?
At this point, the military advisor frowned slightly.
“Men, invite this Lu Yu to come to our Federation’s main dojo to undergo another test!”
Chapter 12: Martial Master Restaurant
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Outside the stadium,
after Lu Yu had completed his test, he walked out, his heart full of joy.
When he saw his wife, Giovanna, who came to pick him up, he wanted to tease her a bit. He quickly pretended to be upset and walked towards her.
“Old man, how did the test go?” Giovanna came up to him and asked.
Previously, she did not want to put too much pressure on Lu Yu, so she said that the results of the test didn’t matter.
In truth, how could it be that she did not care about the results of Lu Yu’s test?
The test results not only affected the federal subsidies, but they also showed Lu Yu’s physical condition.
If he fell to the level of an ordinary person, it would also mean that Lu Yu’s physical condition was not good and he wouldn’t have much time left.
Lu Yu sighed and said, “Sigh, it’s only so-so.”
Seeing this, Giovanna’s heart ached for a moment, but she had already expected it. She quickly adjusted her expression and comforted Lu Yu.
“It’s all right, old man. You’re already 90 years old. You’ve been maintaining it until you’re 90 years old before you fall to the level of an ordinary person. You’re already very impressive.”
“You participated in the Holy War and survived it, when the survival rate was only 10%. You are the pride of my life. Don’t look down on yourself!”
Hearing Giovanna’s words of comfort, Lu Yu nodded slightly, then shook his head and said,
“I thought that I would have the skills evolution of an Advanced Martial Master, but I was one step short. I’m only a Grade 7 Martial Master. That’s not really good.”
“Exactly.”
Instinctively, Giovanna nodded her head in agreement. Then she became stunned for a moment, wondering if she had heard wrongly.
“Old man, what did you just say?”
Giovanna’s face was filled with shock.
When Lu Yu saw his wife’s expression, he immediately found her kind of cute. He patted her on the shoulder and said,
“All right, all right. I won’t tease you anymore. The test went well. The test results confirmed that I’m a Grade 7 Martial Master.”
“Grade… Grade 7 Martial Master? Are you serious? Old man, don’t joke about such things.”
Giovanna was totally flabbergasted.
She wouldn’t have believed it if he had said Grade 7 Martial Arts Warrior, let alone a Grade 7 Martial Master!
Lu Yu took out a Grade 7 Martial Master badge and the 30,000 federation coins to show Giovanna.
Giovanna took it and looked closely.
A Martial Arts Warrior’s badge was completely made of bronze.
However, the badge of a Martial Master was completely made of silver.
There were seven bars on the silver Martial Master badge, indicating that he was a Grade 7 Martial Master!
Looking at the real Martial Master badge and 30,000 federation coins, it took a while for Giovanna to get used to it, and then believed it.
In her excitement, Giovanna threw herself into Lu Yu’s arms and patted him. “You joker! How did you do it? Why didn’t you tell me earlier?!”
“Earlier on, I’ve been growing stronger. I just wanted to give you a surprise,” Lu Yu said, trying to pacify her.
It took quite a while for Giovanna to calm down. At this moment, her face was beaming with joyous happiness.
A Grade 7 Martial Master’s monthly allowance of 30,000 federation coins was enough to support the whole family and pay for their children’s school fees.
There was no need for Giovanna to take on extra jobs. She only had to keep one job to maintain the daily needs and ensure sufficient income for herself.
Aside from that, it also meant that Lu Yu’s physical body condition had improved and would be able to live for a long time, thereby keeping her and the children company.
Following this, the two of them then discussed and decided to have a good meal as a reward.
According to his memories, Lu Yu also learned that restaurants in the Age of the Spiritual Energy Renaissance were divided into many levels.
Most of them were ordinary restaurants where anyone could go, as long as they had money to spend.
Apart from that, there were also restaurants for Martial Arts Warriors, restaurants for Martial Masters, and even higher-level restaurants.
For those restaurants, only customers with a high level of skills evolution could enter to have meals.
If a person’s skills evolution had not reached that requisite level, no matter how much money he had, he wouldn’t even be able to enter the premises.
Previously, Lu Yu was at most a Grade 9 Martial Arts Warrior and had never advanced to become a Martial Master.
Now that he had become a Martial Master, he could naturally go to such restaurants and enjoy himself.
Lu Yu took out his phone and checked the map, quickly choosing a restaurant.
The stadium was located near the largest East End dojo in the East City District.
Due to the protection of the dojo, there was a Martial Master restaurant called the Resplendent East Restaurant. It was quite famous in the city.
Since it also happened to be nearby, Lu Yu and his wife, Giovanna, headed for this restaurant. At the same time, they informed Lu Shan and Lu Shui, who had just finished school, to come over for dinner.
Not long after, Lu Yu and his family of four gathered outside the Resplendent East Restaurant.
Lu Yu and Giovanna were chatting happily. Becoming a Martial Master not only brought about changes in the physical body, social status, and change in treatment by people, it also gave a huge boost in self-confidence.
Now that Lu Yu was a Martial Master, Giovanna could rely on him with complete ease. She no longer needed to worry, and could lead a stable carefree life.
When Lu Shan and Lu Shui arrived and saw the glamorous Resplendent East Restaurant, they felt an inexplicable sense of inferiority.
“Dad, Mom, what are we doing here? Aren’t only Martial Masters and their family members allowed to enter?” Lu Shan came to his side and whispered.
Lu Shui’s voice was also very soft.
“Yeah, let’s hurry up and leave. It’s so awkward here.”
Lu Yu glared at his son and daughter in annoyance and said in a loud voice, “Son, daughter, a person should be upright, neither servile nor overbearing. Don’t feel inferior. Why are you speaking so quietly? Whether they are Martial Master restaurants, or Great Martial Master or Grand Master restaurants, it’s just that we can’t enter, but there’s nothing wrong with standing at their doors!”
“Your father is right. Stand up straight and don’t be afraid.” Giovanna said, nodding her head.
When Lu Shan and Lu Shui heard their parents’ teachings, they immediately puffed out their chests.
However, the two of them were still a little confused. Why had their parents brought them here? Were they just going to stand at the door and admire the Martial Master Restaurant?
At this time, Lu Yu took out his Martial Master badge and attached it on his chest.
The badge wasn’t big. Although the number of stripes on it couldn’t be seen clearly from a distance, its color was very clear. It was silver in color and represented the skills evolution level of a Martial Master!
Not far away, two waiters were standing at the entrance of the Resplendent East Restaurant. At first, their faces were cold with indifference as they completely ignored Lu Yu and his family.
When they saw Lu Yu take out his Martial Master badge, they immediately walked over in a respectful manner.
“Esteemed Honorable Martial Master, do you wish to dine here?”
“Esteemed Honorable Martial Master, we didn’t know that you were a Martial Master earlier and didn’t welcome you. Please punish us!”
The two waiters lowered their heads slightly. Thinking about how they had just ignored these people, they instantly regretted it.
Lu Shan and Lu Shui were dumbfounded when they saw their father’s Martial Master badge and the two waiters’ respectful demeanor. They stood dumbstruck and incredulous.
Lu Yu calmly glanced at the two waiters and said with a faint smile, “It’s fine, those who don’t know are not guilty. A table for four please. Kindly lead us in.”
“Thank you for your forgiveness, Esteemed Honorable Martial Master. Please come in!”
The two waiters immediately stepped aside and bowed 90 degrees, inviting Lu Yu and his family to enter.
Lu Yu led Giovanna in.
Lu Shan and Lu Shui, who had yet to recover from the shock, didn’t even have time to ask for details before they dumbly followed them into the Martial Master restaurant called the Resplendent East Restaurant.
Chapter 13: Wild Bluefin Tuna
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At the Resplendent East Restaurant,
when Lu Yu and his family entered, they were greeted by the sight of all kinds of resplendent decorations. The neon lights shone brightly, and it was extremely luxurious and beautiful.
In the current world, after the Spiritual Energy Renaissance, Martial Arts Warriors would work hard to evolve their skills and gain experience. Ordinary people would find it difficult to work and survive. Ordinary people would not have much time to live comfortably and would rarely slow down to enjoy life.
However, a restaurant at the level of a Martial Master was different. They placed great emphasis on this aspect of enjoyment.
The decoration of the restaurant was not only luxurious, it also placed great emphasis on comfort.
At a glance, there were many small details. Even the chairs were specially designed to make it more comfortable to sit in.
“Esteemed Honorable Martial Master, would you like to dine on the first or second floor? The first floor has more customers and is more lively, and the second floor is quieter and the window view is good.” The earlier waiter followed them and introduced the place enthusiastically.
“Let’s go to the second floor,” Lu Yu said casually.
Soon, under the attentive service of the waiter, the family were seated.
“Esteemed Honorable Martial Master, this is the menu. If you find my presence here troublesome, I can excuse myself temporarily,” the waiter said respectfully, taking into consideration the feelings of Lu Yu and the others.
Lu Shan and Lu Shui were still very puzzled. Since when did their father become a respected Martial Master? Wasn’t his evolution level about to drop from Grade 1 of the Martial Arts Warrior?
The feeling was akin to someone who had grown up poor, only to find out one day that he was not an ordinary person but the second-generation of a Martial Master, in other words, a rich second-generation heir!
“Let’s order first,” Lu Yu said with an expressionless face. “We can talk later.”
With that, they started to look at their own menus.
Although Giovanna, Lu Shan and Lu Shui were not Martial Masters, they were still the family members of a Martial Master. The waiter was very polite and thoughtfully explained and recommended every dish.
At this time, Lu Yu was also looking at the menu. The variety of dishes was very wide and there were all kinds of dishes. They all looked extremely delicious.
After all, it had been 100 years since the Spiritual Energy Renaissance, so there were a lot more enriching ingredients now. Even the range of dishes was a lot wider than it was in Lu Yu’s previous world.
However, at this time, Lu Yu understood that this wasn’t the time to enjoy himself. The most important thing was to increase his strength.
As for enjoying delicacies, there would be plenty of time for that later.
As a result, Lu Yu skipped over the food that focused on taste but were made from ordinary ingredients. He went to the page of the Fearsome Beasts dishes and started searching.
Lu Yu possessed an SSS-class Gluttony Talent. The higher the quality of the ingredients, the more skillful the cooking method, the more benefits it would bring him.
Even though he didn’t know which ingredient was more high-level, his Gluttony Talent gave him some perception abilities, allowing him to roughly sense the grade of each ingredient.
Soon, Lu Yu’s gaze stopped at one particular ingredient.
Wild bluefin tuna!
Bluefin tuna was a relatively high-grade ingredient. In addition, since it was a wild bluefin tuna, it would have absorbed spiritual energy, so the nutritional quality was even higher.
As for Lu Yu, he had previously speculated that with the same ingredients, using different parts and different cooking methods would yield different results.
Although he didn’t know the specifics, Lu Yu didn’t have any shortcomings in his development at the moment. All he needed to do was improve his overall strength.
“Wild bluefin tuna.” Lu Yu pointed at the menu and asked the waiter, “What kinds of cooking methods do you have here in this restaurant?”
The waiter hurriedly came over and explained enthusiastically, “Esteemed Honorable Martial Master, we have many cooking methods in our restaurant. We have barbecued, stew, steamed, roasted, and so on. If you wish to eat this wild bluefin tuna, I personally recommend you to try these 4 types of culinary styles: salad, roasted, stir fried, and sashimi. The flavors are different, but each has its own unique characteristics!”
When Lu Yu heard this, he nodded slightly and said, “Let’s try those four types then. Give me two portions of each type. That’s all for me. As for the rest, ask them!”
“Yes, Sir!” The waiter immediately recorded it down and reported it to the kitchen.
Thereafter, the rest ordered their respective dishes.
However, Giovanna was used to being poor. Even though she was rich now, she could not bear to order anything good. She only ordered some ordinary dishes.
Lu Shan and Lu Shui were the same.
The waiter had already left after taking their orders. At this moment, there were just the four of them and some customers nearby. However, for the sake of peace and quiet on the second floor, the tables on the level were spaced out quite far.
Lu Shan couldn’t help but ask, “Dad, when did you become an Honorable Martial Master? What exactly happened?”
“That’s right, those people were so respectful to Dad just now!” Lu Shui was equally puzzled.
Giovanna smiled and looked at Lu Yu. “Old man, you better explain it yourself.”
Lu Yu couldn’t be bothered to say anything. He simply tossed over the Martial Master badge and said carelessly, “Since I’m already a Martial Master, you don’t need to ask anything else.”
Lu Shan looked at the badge and exclaimed, “Damn! My father is actually a Grade 7 Martial Master!”
“Really!” Lu Shui opened her mouth in surprise.
The customers nearby couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying at their own table, but when they heard that he was a Grade 7 Martial Master, some of them immediately looked in their direction.
A Grade 7 Martial Master was of a higher grade. Moreover, if he was a Grade 7 Martial Master, it meant that there was a chance that he could reach the Grand Martial Master level. There was a huge gap between them and those who had just become Martial Masters.
At this time, Lu Yu’s expression was somewhat calm. He was only looking forward to this wild bluefin tuna delicacy.
Soon, the dishes were served, including Lu Yu’s eight portions of bluefin tuna.
Without saying anything, he started chowing down.
After all, this was a Martial Master restaurant, and it was also the Resplendent East Restaurant, famous in this region. Both the freshness of the ingredients and the cooking method were excellent.
The whole family enjoyed the delicious food immensely.
Even Lu Yu, the food blogger in his previous life, could not find any fault with this wild bluefin tuna.
After all, it was a bluefin tuna that had absorbed spiritual energy, and its meat was even more scrumptious. Living up to its reputation as the ice cream among all the fish types, it simply melted in the mouth.
The cooking method of this restaurant was also very special. Apart from the sashimi preparation method of the wild bluefin tuna, this was the first time that Lu Yu had tried these other cooking methods.
After a while, Lu Yu finished eight portions of wild bluefin tuna and a notification popped up in front of him.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten a C-class bluefin tuna salad. Congratulations on obtaining: Health Vitality +198, Ability Satiety State!]
[Ding! Detected that the host has eaten a D-class roasted bluefin tuna. Congratulations on obtaining: Strength +201!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten a D-class stir fried bluefin tuna. Congratulations on obtaining: Spirit +178!]
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten a C-class bluefin tuna sashimi. Congratulations on obtaining: Agility +198, Flowing Fin Transformation Skill!]
He obtained a large number of attribute points and two skills in an instant!
Lu Yu immediately felt his entire body warm up. The health vitality and strength in his body all increased by a great deal, and his mind became much more alert.
At the same time, his whole body’s agility had increased significantly. His agility had increased tremendously, and so had his speed!
Lu Yu clenched his fists, feeling the strength coursing through his body.
This time, his strength had increased by more than half. Lu Yu roughly estimated that his full strength punch should be around 2,500 kilograms right now.
In other words, with the augmentation of the various skills giving him a 40 times increase in strength from before, each punch was now a staggering 100,000 kilograms!
Chapter 14: Let’s Do It Now Instead Of Choosing An Appropriate Day
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After sensing the changes in his physical attributes, Lu Yu looked at his two newly acquired skills.
[Satiety State]
Level: D-class
Effect: Passive skill. Strength will be greatly increased compared to empty stomach state when host is full!
[Flowing Fin Transformation]
Level: C-class
Effect: Active defensive skill. After activation, it can transform external strength into its own and use it to attack!
Satiety State was another augmentation type skill.
However, this time it was a passive skill. As long as he was full, it would automatically activate itself.
As for the actual degree of the enhancement, Lu Yu did not know yet, but based on the level of D-class, he guessed that it was not weak.
Combining the augmentation skills from before, Lu Yu’s battle prowess was greatly elevated once again.
As for the Flowing Fin Transformation skill, it surprised Lu Yu somewhat. It was a very high-level defensive skill with a C-class rating that he could activate when needed.
Lu Yu immediately recalled the appearance of the bluefin tuna. It could retract its dorsal fin to reduce the resistance, and then combined with the aerodynamic profile of its body, make use of the water currents to increase its swimming speed.
The power of this Flowing Fin Transformation skill seemed to be similar. It could absorb the power from the outside world and channel it for its own use, achieving a big effect with relatively little effort.
Lu Yu was filled with anticipation. It seemed that he had to find some time to test his own combat strength.
After eating eight portions of the wild bluefin tuna, Lu Yu was also full. He then ordered some fruits and drinks and began to enjoy them with contentment.
At the table, his wife and children were happily enjoying the delicacies.
The passersby on the street outside cast their envious gazes toward Lu Yu’s family.
Not only was the food in a restaurant of the Martial Master level delicious, but it was also a symbol of status. It was an honor that ordinary people or Martial Arts Warriors were extremely envious of.
Right at this moment, the tester who had administered the test for Lu Yu came to the entrance and inquired with the staff in the restaurant. He wanted to speak to Lu Yu about something.
After the waiter informed Lu Yu, he came to the entrance.
“Good day, Mr. Lu. I’m He Dong. I was the tester in charge of your test today. Do you remember me?” He Dong said with a smile.
His tone was still polite, but it lacked the respect that he had shown to Lu Yu after the test today.
Lu Yu nodded slightly. Naturally, he remembered this tester and asked outright, “What do you want from me?”
“It’s like this.” He Dong started explaining. “The higher-ups have just informed us that they are a little suspicious of your results. It’s possible that there’s a problem with the testing equipment, so they hope that you can choose a day to go to the main dojo to take further tests. Between now and then, the badge of an Intermediate Martial Master has to be temporarily taken back. As for the 30,000 coins of federal allowance, you can use it for the time being. We can decide who gets to keep it after the main dojo test!”
When Lu Yu heard this, his face hardened and he replied with a sneer,
“How interesting. This test was personally administered by you. You have also checked the testing equipment at that time, and confirmed that it was indeed fine.”
“Besides, even if there’s a problem with the equipment, it’s your responsibility!”
“In the end, even if the test result was really wrong, why didn’t you say so back then? Why did you have to bring it up only now? What’s the whole point of doing that?”
After listening to Lu Yu, the tester was at a loss for words and did not know what to do.
At that time, he had also suspected that there was something wrong with the results. However, after checking it a few times, there was indeed nothing wrong with it. That was why he did what he did.
However, he did not expect that after the video of the assessment was uploaded, the higher-ups became suspicious, which led to the current situation.
At this moment, the conversation between the two had been overheard by the restaurant staff and some customers. They were busy spreading this news back and forth.
Very soon, it spread to the restaurant owner’s ears. The gossip was that Lu Yu wasn’t a real Intermediate Martial Master and was pretending to be one in order to dine here.
Martial Master restaurants only served Martial Masters and experts above this rank. No one else would be entertained.
This was the rule. If he broke it, the restaurant owner would also be punished by the higher-ups.
Immediately, the restaurant owner rushed out angrily.
“I’d like to see who dares to pretend to be an Intermediate Martial Master and eat at my Resplendent East Restaurant! This guy must have balls of steel!” The restaurant owner roared angrily.
At the entrance, there were already some gawking onlookers.
The boss’s furious roar attracted even more onlookers.
At this moment, the boss had arrived in front of Lu Yu. The boss was of a tall, muscular build and he glared at Lu Yu, shouting, “I’m the boss of this restaurant, Wang Kang. Are you pretending to be an Intermediate Martial Master to dine here? Let me tell you, if you pretend to be a Martial Master to sneak into a Martial Master restaurant, I’ll send you to prison!”
The surrounding bystanders were also busy gossiping in low voices.
“What’s going on? So this old man isn’t a Martial Master?”
“No wonder his family looked so surprised when they entered. It’s probably their first time at a Martial Master Restaurant.”
“I’ve seen many people like him. They have never been to a Martial Master Restaurant in their life, so they pretended to be one in order to come in just once!”
“Even if he’s pretending to be a Martial Master, he shouldt pretend to be a Grade 1 Martial Master. Pretending to be an Intermediate Martial Master? Is he out of his mind?”
“What’s wrong with this guy? He’s so old that he wants to experience the Martial Master Restaurant once before dying, but why did he have to bring his whole family along? Isn’t this harming his entire family?”
“…”
Lu Yu fixed an icy glare at the restaurant owner Wang Kang.
Immediately, the brawny restaurant owner, Wang Kang, felt a chill in his heart. He became frightened by Lu Yu’s gaze and didn’t dare to speak anymore. He stood aside and stared at the tester.
As Lu Yu listened to the heated discussion around him, his expression rapidly clouded over.
He genuinely had the strength of a Martial Master to begin with. Never mind the fact that he had been misunderstood, they had also ruined his reputation in public. How could he give in to these people?
Lu Yu said sternly, “There’s no need to choose another day. Rather than choosing another day, let’s just do the test today! But, this isn’t my responsibility. I won’t waste my time to repeat the test. If any of you don’t believe in my results, then let him test me personally. Otherwise, don’t spread rumors and slander my name here!”
With these words, Lu Yu fully released his aura.
The aura of an Intermediate Martial Master was completely released, and the people all around him were instantly intimidated by this aura.
Even some of the Martial Masters frowned. This aura seemed to be even more powerful than a Martial Master!
The tester felt the strong aura and secretly felt very troubled.
His superiors were suspicious, but he was the one who had to break the bad news. Being caught in the middle was really difficult.
If there really was a problem with his results, then it was fine, because he wouldn’t have anything to worry about, so he wasn’t afraid of offending Lu Yu.
However, if the results were authentic, he would be in serious trouble this time.
Sensing Lu Yu’s aura, the tester, He Dong also felt the great pressure. He himself was only an Intermediate Martial Arts Warrior.
“I… I understand. I’ll go now!” He Dong nodded repeatedly.
With that, He Dong rushed back to inform his superiors.
At this moment Lu Yu’s wife, Giovanna, and their children also heard the rumors spreading like wildfire in the dining hall that someone had been caught pretending to be a Martial Master. Since Lu Yu hadn’t returned, the three of them nervously went downstairs to check on the situation.
When they arrived on the first floor, they saw Lu Yu at the entrance, surrounded by the restaurant owner, waiters, and a crowd of passersby.
Chapter 15: 60-Fold Increase!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Old man, what happened?”
Giovanna approached Lu Yu and asked with a worried look on her face.
Their son, Lu Shan, and daughter, Lu Shui, also walked over with worried expressions.
“It’s nothing. There are some people who are blind and insist on having me redo the test again. Just now…” Lu Yu briefly told his family what had happened.
After hearing this, they couldn’t help but feel a bit worried. If he were to take the test again and lose his Martial Master status, wouldn’t Lu Yu be in trouble?
However, when they saw Lu Yu’s face brimming with confidence, they didn’t say anything anymore.
Meanwhile, in the office of the advisor to the City Lord.
The advisor to the City Lord, Qin Cheng, was on the phone. When he heard the report from He Dong, his face instantly darkened.
“This guy is really audacious. He actually wants us to go over there to test him. Fine, I’ll go over today!”
With that, Qin Cheng ended the phone call and contacted the manager of the East End Dojo, which was the closest to the Resplendent East Restaurant. He asked him to prepare the testing equipment and rush it down to the Resplendent East Restaurant, where he would conduct a new test for Lu Yu in person.
Then, Qin Cheng personally led a team of security forces of the East City District and headed towards the Resplendent East Restaurant.
At this time, the City Lord’s advisor, Qin Cheng, could have already gotten off work to rest.
However, Lu Yu’s matter had undoubtedly angered him and he decided to resolve it in person.
Qin Cheng sneered and muttered: “Your name is Lu Yu? If there is any problem with your test results today, I will immediately arrest you for fraud and throw you into prison!”
Meanwhile, in the East End Dojo.
The dojo master was not there at the moment. The Executive Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao had just received a call from Qin Cheng and received his orders.
“Quick, prepare the latest and most sophisticated testing equipment and bring it to the Resplendent East Restaurant!” Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao bellowed after ending the phone call.
Very soon, the latest and most sophisticated testing equipment was ready. Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao personally led a large number of Martial Arts Warriors and swiftly headed for the Resplendent East Restaurant.
After all, the City Lord’s Advisor was a civil official and not a Martial Arts Warrior. He still needed to lead his people there to provide support for such matters.
As the Executive Deputy Dojo Master and an Advanced Martial Master himself, Dai Chao was definitely strong enough.
Very soon, everyone rushed to the restaurant in a bustle of activity.
The City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, was the first to arrive with his men.
Upon arriving, Qin Cheng asked, “Where’s Lu Yu? Is he still here?”
At this moment, Lu Yu was trying to calm his family down. Upon hearing Qin Cheng’s voice, he immediately responded, “I am here!”
Qin Cheng followed the direction of the voice and arrived in front of Lu Yu. He sneered and nodded, saying, “Good, good! At least you have guts, you didn’t run away. Just you wait, the testing equipment will arrive soon. Today, we will administer the test here!”
At that moment, with the new development, the surrounding crowd began to discuss the matter heatedly again.
“I can’t believe even the City Lord’s Advisor is here. I’m afraid this Lu Yu is going to get it this time.”
“One look and I can tell that he angered the City Lord’s Advisor. He’s probably going to suffer.”
“Sigh, of all the people he could have offended, he had to choose the City Lord’s Advisor. Is this guy someone that ordinary practitioners like us can afford to offend?”
“It’s time to get off work, but the City Lord’s Advisor is here in person. It seems he’s going to teach Lu Yu a good lesson!”
“…”
At this point, Lu Yu didn’t care too much. He continued to pacify his wife and children.
There were already a lot of people at the restaurant and it was getting a little chaotic.
His wife was only an ordinary person, and his children hadn’t awakened as Martial Arts Warriors yet. Lu Yu was worried that they would be injured, so he simply asked them to leave first.
His wife and children were naturally unwilling as they were quite worried about Lu Yu.
“Don’t worry, it’s fine. Trust me, you guys can go home and wait for me. Don’t worry about anything!” Lu Yu smiled and said.
Seeing the confident smile on Lu Yu’s face, Giovanna, Lu Shan and Lu Shui became more convinced.
Under normal circumstances, Lu Yu was an extremely down-to-earth person and wasn’t one to boast.
They chose to trust Lu Yu and left straightaway.
“Be careful, old man!” Giovanna turned around with one last reminder.
Seeing this, the others didn’t stop them. This matter only concerned Lu Yu and had nothing to do with his family. They all allowed the family to pass through.
Not long after, a large group of people from the East End Dojo arrived.
Immediately, more passers-by were attracted to come and watch.
“What’s going on? Isn’t that the Executive Deputy Dojo Master of the East End Dojo, Dai Chao?”
“Dai Chao is an Advanced Martial Master. What important matter has made him come out here personally today? And why did he bring so many people with him?”
“I heard that someone wants to redo the test on the spot. This is going to be interesting!”
“…”
The passersby debated animatedly among themselves.
The City Lord’s advisor, Qin Cheng, brought out a more superior testing equipment.
This testing equipment looked like a big sandbag externally, but it was actually made of special materials.
Not only could it test the force of a candidate’s strength more precisely, the upper limit was also much higher. The highest it could withstand was the Advanced Martial Master.
Anyone below the level of a Great Martial Master would not pose any problem for this device.
When the surrounding gawkers saw the new testing device, they started discussing it noisily.
“Isn’t that a testing device that only Advanced Martial Masters use? They even brought it here.”
“It’s said that the device can be used to test anyone below the level of a Great Martial Master.”
“This is also the latest model of the testing device. There definitely won’t be any problems.”
“…”
At this moment, the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, was personally checking the instrument in detail. After confirming that there were no problems, he looked at Lu Yu and said, “You should also check it for yourself. After confirming that there are no problems, we will begin the test!”
Lu Yu didn’t understand these testing machines, so how could he check them? In any case, he truly did have the said level of strength, so he had nothing to fear.
Lu Yu walked one round, but he couldn’t see anything amiss. He then simply said, “I don’t know anything about testing equipment. Let’s begin!”
“All right, let’s start then.” Qin Cheng nodded his head.
Qin Cheng wanted to see what other tricks he could come up with at this time.
The moment Qin Cheng saw Lu Yu, he was convinced that Lu Yu’s results were fake.
If he was really a Martial Master, how could his hair turn white at the age of 90?
Martial Masters had a lifespan of 200 years and were still in their prime at 90 years old. Their hair wouldn’t be white at all.
Only Martial Arts Warriors or ordinary people would have white hair when they were 90 years old!
At this moment, the passers-by standing nearby were watching intently as well. They were extremely curious, noisily guessing what the final outcome would be.
Lu Yu walked directly to the testing device.
He activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and increased his inner strength skill by 14 times.
Thereafter he activated the Furnace skill, igniting his blood health vitality and doubling his strength!
With the additional enhancement of the passive skill, Critical Hit, under full power, there was a random increase in power of anywhere from 10% to 100%.
Furthermore, at this moment, Lu Yu had just eaten his fill, so he was able to trigger another increase in his Satiety State.
Lu Yu then activated and unleashed his Crushing Punch. It was simple but bursting with incomparable speed and might.
At this time, Lu Yu’s punch strength was already more than 2,000, in fact close to 3,000 kilograms.
All the multiplication factors were stacked up and they reached an amplification of about 60 times.
The figures on the instrument panel jumped and changed rapidly. Soon, it exceeded 10,000.
Not far away, Qin Cheng and Dai Chao, as well as many passers-by who were watching, all stared at the changing figures on the panel without blinking.
Chapter 16: One Punch Equaled 150,000 kilograms
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Under everyone’s unwavering gaze, the figures on the instrument panel jumped wildly.
After passing the 10,000 range, there was still no sign of the figures stopping. Soon, it exceeded 90,000 and crossed into the 100,000 range.
110,000, 120,000…
With every upward jump in the figures, everyone’s hearts skipped a beat.
Finally, the instrument panel stopped changing and the figures came to a stop at a very ridiculous number.
158,000 kilograms!
Everyone nearby was instantly shocked.
How was this even a Martial Master? This was a Great Martial Master level!
Breaking through the 100,000 kilograms threshold in one punch meant he had already broken through to the Great Martial Master level!
Great Martial Masters were considered the true elites of this world.
In the army, Great Martial Masters could easily become officers with their evolution level.
In school, a Great Martial Master was at least a school director.
In a dojo, a Great Martial Master was at least a deputy dojo master.
Great Martial Masters were already considered leaders in society!
Immediately, the people around them began debating heatedly in great surprise.
“He’s so strong! I didn’t expect him to be a Great Martial Master!”
“Earlier these people were wondering if he was truly a Martial Master. In the end, it turns out he was really not a Martial Master, but a Great Martial Master!”
“This smack in the face is too ruthless. The City Lord’s Advisor and the East End Dojo’s Deputy Dojo Master were all badly mistaken.”
“Great Martial Masters are simply too strong!”
“The old man is awesome! He’s a Great Martial Master!”
“…”
At this moment, Wang Kang, the restaurant owner of the Resplendent East Restaurant, was overwhelmed with regret when he witnessed what happened.
He had thought that Lu Yu wasn’t a Martial Master based simply on hearsay, so he had come rushing out to challenge him.
However, the test results now showed that he was actually a Great Martial Master!
Instantly, Wang Kang felt like dying inwardly. A Martial Master causing trouble for him was already bad enough.
Now if a Great Martial Master came to cause trouble for him, wouldn’t he be doomed?
The more Wang Kang thought about it, the more regretful he felt. He quickly said to the waiter beside him, “Quick, go and prepare some precious dishes, then send it over later as an apology!”
The waiter was also astonished. He had never imagined that the person he had just served was an Honorable Great Martial Master!
“Yes, yes, yes,” the waiter replied hurriedly and immediately rushed off to make preparations.
At this moment, standing in the midst of all the commotion, Lu Yu was quite satisfied with the figures displayed on the instrument panel right before him.
One punch of 150,000 kilograms showed that his strength had indeed increased by a lot.
That wild bluefin tuna was really not bad. It could improve his strength by so much!
And Lu Yu was well aware that this wasn’t his maximum limit yet. He hadn’t used his full strength just now, so the amplification of the Critical Hit Enhancement was not likely to have been maximized.
However, simply this level was more than enough.
On the other side, the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng’s expression turned really awful.
Initially, he had been convinced that Lu Yu wasn’t a Martial Master and was only a Martial Arts Warrior. That was why he had mobilized such a big group of people to come here to test him on the spot.
He originally wanted to expose Lu Yu in front of everyone, then punish him and arrest him.
The end result was totally unexpected. After the test, it was proven that the other guy had not only reached the level of a Martial Master, but he actually surpassed it and had even reached the level of a Great Martial Master.
This was truly a big slap to his face. It was extremely humiliating for him.
Although the people around him were in awe of his authority and didn’t dare say anything in front of everyone, they were already secretly gossiping about him as the City Lord’s Advisor. Without a doubt, they were all thinking that he was not very capable as the City Lord’s Advisor and didn’t have good judgment of people.
On the other hand, the Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao, who was very hot-tempered by nature, could not take it anymore. He shouted angrily, “Fake, fake, this result is impossible, it must be fake!”
On hearing Dai Chao’s words, the people around all quieted down and looked at him with confusion.
A passerby could not help but ask curiously, “Deputy Dojo Master Dai, isn’t this the latest testing device? The City Lord’s Advisor had personally checked it just now and confirmed that there was no problem. How could the results be fake?”
“That’s right. Are you saying that there’s a problem with the City Lord’s Advisor’s inspection as well?”
“How can this be fake? We all saw the test process with our own eyes. Logically, there shouldn’t be any problem!”
The people around him started to question him. They could not understand why Dai Chao was still shouting that there was something wrong with the test results at this point
At this time, Lu Yu also laughed scornfully. He looked at Dai Chao and said, “Deputy Dojo Master Dai, then you tell me, at this time, how can the test results be faked?”
Dai Chao pointed at Lu Yu angrily and said, “Don’t think I don’t know! The City Lord’s Advisor’s inspection was definitely fine. The testing equipment is also fine. But after the Advisor completed his inspection, you went to check it again. You must have done something to the testing equipment at that point!”
The surrounding people nodded slightly when they heard this. They all felt that it was possible.
After all, it was indeed Lu Yu who had checked the equipment again after the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, had completed his inspection.
Dai Chao sneered and continued, “You, Lu Yu, are way too brazen. You have total disregard for us. You not only cheated in front of me, in front of the City Lord’s Advisor but also in front of so many people! A year ago, you were someone who couldn’t even keep your title of a Martial Arts Warrior. Now one year later, it is not possible that you can reach the Martial Master level, let alone a Great Martial Master!”
When the people around heard this, they were all shocked.
“What? A year ago, he was only a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior. He was on the verge of losing his title as a Martial Arts Warrior?”
“Even those geniuses with all kinds of resources can only improve from Grade 1 to 6 or 7 in a year at most. It’s impossible for them to become Martial Masters, let alone Great Martial Masters!”
“But that’s not impossible either. There are some capable people who can advance 1 major realm every year, and there are also those who have experienced some fortuitous encounters and jumped 2 major realms. It’s just that there are very, very few of them.”
“It seems that this person might have cheated after all. It’s impossible for him to advance from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master in one year!”
“He’s really bold. He actually cheated in front of the deputy dojo master and the City Lord’s Advisor. This person is going to face some serious consequences.”
“…”
At this time, Lu Yu was also sneering, thinking that all these people were really interesting. He then asked in a chilly tone, “How interesting. No matter how I perform in the test, you all say that my results are problematic and that I am cheating. And it’s all based simply on what you guys say?”
The City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, who had been silent all this time, spoke up at this time. “There was indeed something wrong with your results just now. It’s too strange, so it doesn’t count. How about this? Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao, if I remember correctly, your ability is that of an Advance Martial Master, right? The two of you are only separated by 2 levels in your abilities, so you two can fight here. As long as you can defeat him, we will acknowledge your results. If not, it means that you cheated in your previous results. We will send you to prison!”
Qin Cheng looked at Lu Yu menacingly, thinking in his heart, “You’re dead for sure!”
Dai Chao was indeed an Advanced Martial Master, but since he was able to become the deputy dojo master with the evolution level of an Advanced Martial Master, his combat ability was naturally way above that of an ordinary Advanced Martial Master. In fact, his combat ability was already similar to that of a Junior Great Martial Master.
In this way, even if Lu Yu did have some ability, he was not Dai Chao’s match at all.
Chapter 17: Generous Terms
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“That’s right. Fight me. If you win, I’ll recognize you as a Great Martial Master!”
Dai Chao shouted.
On hearing this, Lu Yu said with a disdainful laugh,
“Are you out of your mind?”
“I did my test according to the procedure in the stadium. At that time, the tester had already checked the testing equipment many times and confirmed that there were no problems before giving me the Martial Master badge.”
“Now tonight, you guys came looking for me again. You suspected that there was something wrong with the test results. You want me to redo the test in front of so many people. I also agreed to your request.”
“Now, my ability has been tested again. The results have been verified.”
“Yet you guys are saying that there’s still a problem with my results again. Over and over again. Do you really think I’m such a pushover? You guys really have nothing better to do!”
“I respected you two again and again. I’ve given you more than enough respect.”
“Now you guys are going to continue kicking up a big fuss? So if I beat you, are you going to find some other excuse like, your physical condition is not good today so you have to get a new guy to come and fight me again?”
“Go away! I can’t be bothered to fight you!”
As soon as Lu Yu finished speaking, the onlookers began gossiping nosily once more, saying that Lu Yu had a valid point.
“That makes sense, when he said that.”
“That’s right. He’s been tested twice. The equipment was also checked carefully.”
“They do seem to be looking for trouble.”
“But Lu Yu’s strength is truly strange, seems a bit fake.”
“It is indeed against the rules for a dojo to do this.”
“…”
The group of onlookers were gesturing and talking.
However, the Deputy Dojo Master of the East End Dojo, Dai Chao, did not budge an inch. He still insisted, “No, we must fight today. If you win, I will acknowledge your ability. Otherwise, don’t even think about leaving!”
“Who do you think you are? Do I need you to acknowledge my ability?” Lu Yu snapped at him in irritation.
“You!” Dai Chao pointed at Lu Yu, speechless with anger.
At the side, when Qin Cheng heard the discussions and accusatory remarks around him, his expression turned a little awkward.
Indeed, he had not given this matter adequate thought.
If things carried on in this manner and the whole matter got out of hand, it would not be good either.
Furthermore, although Lu Yu’s results were indeed strange and the possibility of him advancing from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master in a year was very low, it was not entirely impossible.
Perhaps it was Lu Yu who had achieved awakening or encountered some fortuitous incident that allowed him to immediately advance and rapidly increase his strength within one year.
If this was true, then Lu Yu was simply a heaven-gifted genius.
He definitely could not afford to offend such a person.
Any Great Martial Master would have a significant impact on the entire city’s combat strength.
Great Martial Masters were definitely 100% beneficial to the whole city.
Especially now that Lu Yu had shown that he wasn’t afraid of them. From the looks of it, he really did have the strength of a Great Martial Master and thus, the confidence to stand up to them.
Was he really a genius and a Great Martial Master?
When he thought of these possibilities, the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, then said, “Mr. Lu, please don’t be angry. We are very sorry that such a thing happened. May I know what do you want to do now? We honestly do have some doubts about your ability and must find a way to verify it.”
Beside him, Dai Chao said angrily, “This guy can not possibly be a Great Martial Master. Otherwise, why wouldn’t he dare to fight an Advanced Martial Master like me?”
Qin Cheng glared at him sternly, and Dai Chao instantly shut his mouth.
Lu Yu thought for a moment and then said simply, “It’s not impossible for us to fight here, but if I were to do as you say and simply fight because you guys have doubts about my ability, then that would be too much of a loss for me. I’m not here to fight or sell my skills. At least give me enough benefits to fight here.”
“You still want the benefits? You…”
The bad-tempered Dai Chao wanted to give him a verbal thrashing on the spot, but was pulled away by Qin Cheng.
Qin Cheng thought about it carefully and felt that what Lu Yu said made some sense. If Lu Yu was really a Martial Master or a Great Martial Master, it wouldn’t be good to fight here for no reason.
After some consideration, Qin Cheng said,
“Mr. Lu, how about this? You can treat it as a chance to learn from each other. Everyone here will be your witness. If you lose, we will arrange for you to test your strength again and give you a fair answer. We will not hold you responsible. After all, if that happens, it is our responsibility because we have administered your test wrongly.”
“But if you win, then it is a complete misunderstanding and we should be held responsible a lot more. I will represent the City Lord’s Office and give you a set of equipment, including a full set of armor and weapons that’s befitting for a newly minted Great Martial Master. What do you think?”
When the gawking onlookers heard Qin Cheng’s words, they were bowled over.
“He’s actually not going to pursue the matter? So nice of him?”
“It does make sense. According to that person, even if the test was wrong, it was the people from the stadium who were responsible for it. They shouldn’t pursue it, rightfully speaking.”
“D*mn, a set of Great Martial Master armor and equipment is worth a lot!”
“The City Lord’s Advisor is really generous. Any piece of equipment of the Great Martial Master level is worth a lot.”
“If he really is a Great Martial Master, he will be rich just by obtaining this set of armor and weapons!”
On the other hand, Dai Chao, the Deputy Dojo Master of the East End Dojo, was very unhappy when he heard that.
“City Lord’s Advisor, that is not appropriate. A set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons is way too expensive.” Dai Chao protested with a frown.
Qin Cheng glared at him with irritation and said, “Then you better not lose! If you can prove that he’s not a Great Martial Master by winning, then I will not have to give those things out! If he really is a Great Martial Master, then it is indeed our fault and we’ve been looking for trouble. It’s not too much to compensate him with a set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons.”
When he heard that, Dai Chao felt that it made sense. Without saying anything else, he turned to face Lu Yu.
When Lu Yu heard Qin Cheng’s words, he immediately felt that the terms he offered were not bad and they were sincere.
If Lu Yu lost, they would not pursue the matter.
Although Lu Yu believed that it was impossible for him to lose to an Advanced Martial Master, this gesture from Qin Cheng showed his sincerity and he had accorded him due respect.
If Lu Yu won, he would directly win a set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons.
According to his memory, a set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons was incredibly expensive.
The price of any piece of armor was easily almost the price of a house.
Weapons were even more ridiculous. They were hard to find even with money. They were truly priceless.
A full set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons could easily cost at least 30 million federal coins.
Furthermore, this was only if someone was willing to sell it.
In fact, even with 30 million federal coins, it was practically impossible to buy a set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons.
The offer made by the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, was undoubtedly more attractive.
Of course, Lu Yu also knew that when he made this offer, it was not simply to apologize and compensate him. It was also to win him over in the event that he was proven to be a real Great Martial Master.
To be able to advance from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master in a year meant that the upper limit of his abilities would not be limited to a Great Martial Master in future. He would definitely be a truly powerful expert when his abilities evolved further.
Qin Cheng would definitely try his best to recruit such a talent.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu nodded and agreed, “This is more like it. Come, let’s fight!”
Chapter 18: First Battle, The Marvelous Effect of Flowing Fin Transformation
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
On the plaza in front of the Resplendent East Restaurant,
after Lu Yu agreed to fight a match, he was worried that the restaurant would be too small and get damaged, so they all came out here together.
At this moment, Lu Yu and Dai Chao stood facing each other.
Not far away were the City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, the restaurant owner of Resplendent East Restaurant, Wang Kang, and a group of onlookers.
A battle between Advanced Martial Masters was very rare, even more so when the opponent might very well be a Great Martial Master.
Many people stopped eating halfway and came here to watch the battle.
Soon, it was announced that the battle had begun.
As soon as the battle started, Dai Chao launched the first strike.
“Seven Killing Fists!”
Dai Chao’s aura was fully unleashed as he approached Lu Yu, punching him repeatedly.
The magnificent fist technique was imbued with the power of an Advanced Martial Master and was extremely forceful.
Lu Yu had already activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Art and the Furnace skill. He invoked his inner strength skill to ignite his health vitality. With the stacking up of the two skills, the power of Lu Yu’s external skill increased by 28 times.
Combined with the boost from the Satiety State, the overall increase was more than 30 times now.
Even though Lu Yu hadn’t deployed his full strength yet, he still activated the Critical Hit Enhancement.
However, even so, the strength of Lu Yu’s external skill had already surpassed 100,000 kilograms, far surpassing Dai Chao’s peak strength.
After all, this was the first time that Lu Yu had fought a match. Thus, he had chosen to focus on defense at the start of the battle. He thought it would be safer this way. He wanted to figure out the difference in strength between the two before launching his attack.
Dai Chao’s punches were all effortlessly blocked by Lu Yu.
At first, Lu Yu was a bit unfamiliar, but later, as he gradually became familiar with Dai Chao’s moves, he intercepted them with practiced ease.
Most of the onlookers were Martial Master experts who were dining at the Resplendent East Restaurant earlier, so they naturally understood what was going on.
On the surface, Dai Chao seemed to have the upper hand and was continuously launching attack after attack.
However, in reality, Lu Yu had the upper hand all the while. Lu Yu was able to defend easily and had the option to attack at any time. In this battle, the advantage had always been on Lu Yu’s side.
The surrounding crowd were all astonished and amazed as the battle progressed.
“This Lu Yu… he seemed a bit unsure at first, but now he’s slowly becoming familiar with it.”
“Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao wasn’t able to overcome him completely with his attacks. Lu Yu kept intercepting them so effortlessly.”
“Is this the difference in their strengths? Is he really a Great Martial Master?”
“It’s such an honor to be able to witness a Great Martial Master in battle!”
“…”
At this moment, Dai Chao, who was fighting in the plaza, had a grave expression on his face. He had also discovered the problem.
On the surface it appeared as if he had been launching ferocious attacks the whole time, and even forced Lu Yu into retreating slightly, continuously.
However, the truth was that Lu Yu had intercepted all of his attacks with ease. He did not cause Lu Yu to suffer any damage, and he had no results to show for all the effort he had put in.
Instead, it was Lu Yu who had been pressuring him and was in full control of this whole battle.
Dai Chao became more furious as he fought on.
Although he was only an Advanced Martial Master, he wasn’t the slightest bit afraid when facing a Grade 1 Great Martial Master expert. He had even defeated many Junior Great Martial Masters before.
Yet now, he was confronted with such a great humiliation that he had never experienced before.
Dai Chao no longer held back. He began to deploy his full strength, and his attacks became more ferocious than before.
“Deputy Dojo Master Dai has launched an all-out attack!” Someone in the crowd yelled excitedly.
At this moment, Lu Yu was more or less familiar with his opponent’s pace.
Although his combat skills were somewhat lacking, there was still a huge gap between the two fighters’ abilities.
Even without using his full strength at this point, Lu Yu was able to easily intercept all of Dai Chao’s attacks. In fact, it was practically a stroll in the park for Lu Yu.
Seeing that it was about time, Lu Yu also began to launch his attacks.
This was a good opportunity for him to use the newly obtained Flowing Fin Transformation skill and check out its effect.
Flowing Fin Transformation, activate!
All of a sudden, Lu Yu felt the skin and muscles around his body shrinking and softening, which was really weird.
In the face of Dai Chao’s all-out attack, Lu Yu didn’t retreat. Instead, he charged forward to receive it.
Lu Yu wanted to test out the defensive power of the Flowing Fin Transformation. After all, this was a C-class defensive skill.
They had already been fighting for a while, and Lu Yu was very familiar with Dai Chao’s strength by now. Even if he didn’t have any defense skill in operation, taking two hits from him wouldn’t be a problem for Lu Yu.
Dai Chao was very surprised to see that Lu Yu did not dodge at all and simply let him hit his body.
However, Dai Chao didn’t show any mercy during the fight. He punched Lu Yu’s chest with all his might.
When the nosy onlookers saw this, they were even more puzzled.
“Strange, with Lu Yu’s ability, he should have been able to block Deputy Dojo Master Dai’s hit. Why did he leave his body wide open to let Deputy Dojo Master Dai hit him directly?”
“Needless to say, he must have been careless. Deputy Dojo Master Dai grabbed the opportunity.”
“Why do I feel like this isn’t an opportunity but a crisis for Deputy Dojo Master Dai?”
“…”
At this moment, Dai Chao’s punch flashed out in the blink of an eye and directly hit Lu Yu’s chest.
However, Dai Chao’s expression turned odd when he made contact.
For ordinary martial arts practitioners, especially those above the level of Martial Master, they would have developed extremely strong bodies that were as hard as steel.
However, now, when his fist landed on Lu Yu’s body, it was as if it had landed on a piece of fluffy cotton.
He had clearly hit him, but it was as if his strength did not have any effect at all and was completely neutralized.
This was the first time Dai Chao had encountered such a situation and his facial expression displayed clearly the bewilderment he felt.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu was absolutely overjoyed.
After deploying the C-class skill Flowing Fin Transformation, its defensive ability was beyond his wildest expectations.
Dai Chao’s full-strength punch landed squarely on Lu Yu’s body, yet he didn’t even feel it. His defensive ability was absolutely incredible.
However, this was secondary. The most important thing was that Lu Yu discovered that the full power of Dai Chao’s punch could be preserved for one or two seconds after he absorbed it, and then he could turn it into his own power to deploy.
Lu Yu swiftly redirected the force from Dai Chao’s punch to counterattack.
The Crushing Punch was simple but extremely fast and forceful. There were no complicated moves, only pure speed and strength.
Dai Chao could not react to such a fast punch. He was hit by the punch and his body trembled.
“What a fast punch!” Dai Chao exclaimed inwardly.
At this moment, Dai Chao didn’t have time to think too much about it. He unleashed one punch after another at Lu Yu, without bothering about his own defense.
It wasn’t that he did not want to defend, but the truth was, he really wasn’t able to defend at all.
Lu Yu’s punches were simply too fast, and it was so alarmingly powerful that in just a few moves, Dai Chao found himself unable to bear it anymore.
However, in the face of Dai Chao’s relentless flurry of blows, Lu Yu didn’t dodge them at all but allowed himself to get hit.
After he was hit, he simply recycled the force from Dai Chao’s punch to counterattack.
A dramatic scene took place. The two of them were raining blows on each other, but Dai Chao’s blows were completely ineffective against Lu Yu.
And every time Lu Yu’s punch landed on Dai Chao, Dai Chao was forced back half a step.
After a few punches, Dai Chao finally couldn’t take it anymore and spewed out blood.
Seeing this, Lu Yu immediately withdrew his fist and asked softly, “Do you want to continue?”
Dai Chao took one fearful glance at Lu Yu, his face filled with the utmost respect.
Dai Chao bowed to Lu Yu and replied respectfully, “There’s no need. The outcome has been decided. Greetings, Honorable Great Martial Master!”
Chapter 19: Everyone’s About-face, Showing Absolute Respect
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
All the gawking onlookers stood rooted with complete astonishment when they saw Dai Chao’s response.
As the Deputy Dojo Master of the East End Dojo, Dai Chao was an Advanced Martial Master. However, in reality, his combat ability was actually on par with a Junior Great Martial Master.
With such abilities, Dai Chao was still defeated in only a short while. It now seemed that Lu Yu was indeed a Great Martial Master!
At this moment, Dai Chao was looking at Lu Yu respectfully.
As the Deputy Dojo Master, he was a martial arts practitioner. Although he was a boorish man, as one who practiced martial arts, he would always admire those with great strength.
Previously, Dai Chao had doubted Lu Yu’s abilities and had repeatedly made things difficult for him.
However, now that they had exchanged blows, he could clearly see Lu Yu’s abilities. Lu Yu was definitely a Great Martial Master.
At the same time, Dai Chao also realized that they had misunderstood Lu Yu and brought him much trouble and embarrassment.
Dai Chao quickly lowered his head and apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Lu. We’ve wronged you earlier. We caused you much trouble. Please forgive us.”
“It’s all right.” Lu Yu’s expression was calm, but he was actually quite happy inwardly.
This was his first battle, and the experience was quite good. It allowed him to gain a lot more experience.
In fact, Lu Yu hadn’t even deployed his full strength in this battle.
Even when he was attacking Dai Chao, Lu Yu didn’t really use much strength. He simply recycled the force from Dai Chao’s punch as his own and counterattacked.
If Lu Yu had used his full strength, he might have been able to kill Dai Chao with a single punch. In that case, Dai Chao wouldn’t have simply coughed up blood.
Not far away, Qin Cheng, the City Lord’s Advisor, had also realized that Lu Yu was indeed a Great Martial Master. Moreover, he was a talented genius who had advanced from the level of Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to the level of a Great Martial Master within a year. His expression immediately changed drastically.
Qin Cheng hurried forward and said to Lu Yu with a respectful smile, “Mr. Lu, I am sorry for the misunderstanding earlier. I hereby apologize to you.”
Lu Yu nodded slightly and looked at Qin Cheng, waiting for him to continue.
Qin Cheng immediately understood and hurriedly said to his assistant behind him, “Quick, bring me the Great Martial Master badge. Mr. Lu is clearly a Great Martial Master. How on earth did you guys administer the test previously? How come you only awarded him a Martial Master badge?”
Very soon, a gold badge was brought to him. Qin Cheng respectfully handed it to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu took the new badge and returned the all-silver Martial Master badge to Qin Cheng.
At this moment, Qin Cheng piped up enthusiastically again, “Mr. Lu, if you’re free now, you can come with me to the City Lord’ Office. I’ll bring you there personally. The set of Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons that we promised you can be given to you tonight!”
“Okay.” Lu Yu nodded slightly and then said with a smile, “Isn’t it time for you to get off work now? I heard you complaining about having to deal with this matter after work just now. Isn’t it troublesome?”
“It’s no trouble at all, no trouble! It’s my honor to serve a Great Martial Master like Mr. Lu!” Qin Cheng waved his hand repeatedly.
As the City Lord’s Advisor, he commanded great respect due to his position. However, for him to be able to recruit a Great Martial Master and a talented genius at that, it was such a great honor, such a rare opportunity.
At this moment, everyone standing around looked at Lu Yu respectfully.
The skills evolution of a Great Martial Master was worthy of their admiration.
Although Martial Masters and Great Martial Masters were only one major level apart, this huge difference had caused countless people to remain stuck. Many people would remain as Martial Masters for their entire lives and never be able to make the final step into the realm of Great Martial Masters.
Among the onlookers, many of them had doubted Lu Yu’s strength before, but now they were all regretting their actions. They were afraid that if Lu Yu wanted to stir up trouble, they would be doomed.
However, Lu Yu didn’t take them seriously at all. He simply followed Qin Cheng and prepared to go to the City Lord’s Office to collect his equipment.
All the passersby bowed to Lu Yu one after another and said, “Farewell, Honorable Great Martial Master!”
At this moment, amongst the crowd of onlookers was the waiter who had served Lu Yu and his family before and he was extremely excited. He felt it was truly an honor to have served a Great Martial Master.
Restaurant owner Wang Kang also hurried over and came to Lu Yu’s side. He bowed repeatedly and said,
“Honorable Great Martial Master, I’m really sorry. Earlier on, I doubted your strength and was disrespectful to you. As a way of apologizing to you, your family’s meal just now is free of charge. In the future, if you’re still willing to patronize our Resplendent East Restaurant, all dishes will be 50% off!”
When the surrounding people heard this, they were somewhat stunned.
The ingredients in a Martial Master Restaurant were of higher quality, so even a casual meal was expensive.
And if the meals were also given a 50% discount, it meant that the Resplendent East Restaurant was not only not earning money, it was also losing money. Every time Lu Yu came to eat, the restaurant would lose money.
However, on second thought, wasn’t it better to leave a good impression on a Great Martial Master?
Every time a Great Martial Master came to dine, it showed that the Resplendent East Restaurant, a Martial Master restaurant, could attract a Great Martial Master to their restaurant. With each visit, their reputation would rise and bring in more customers. Wasn’t this making a big killing with little effort?
When they thought of this, everyone couldn’t help admiring Wang Kang’s business acumen. After all, he was the owner of the famous Resplendent East Restaurant. He certainly knew how to do business and conduct himself.
When he heard this, Lu Yu was naturally overjoyed.
Lu Yu, with his Gluttony Talent, was extremely fond of the Resplendent East Restaurant. In future, whenever he had time, he would come and eat something to increase his strength!
Lu Yu nodded with a smile. “All right, I’ll come again when I have time.”
Wang Kang was very relieved that Lu Yu didn’t pursue the matter regarding his rudeness earlier.
“You are most welcome anytime. It’s our honor to serve a Great Martial Master like you,” Wang Kang said respectfully.
At this moment, Dai Chao, the Deputy Dojo Master of East End Dojo, came to Lu Yu’s side again. He lowered his head slightly and said respectfully,
“Mr. Lu, you haven’t joined any faction, have you? May I be so bold as to ask, will you be willing to join our East End Dojo?”
Lu Yu nodded slightly and said, “That’s right, I haven’t joined any yet. Let’s see what conditions your East End Dojo has. If you’re sincere enough, I will naturally join your East End Dojo.”
On hearing that, Dai Chao became excited and said, “Please wait a moment. I’ll go back and discuss with the Dojo Master and the others. We’ll arrange everything in advance and show you our full sincerity to your satisfaction.”
Lu Yu nodded and agreed. Dai Chao then left happily.
During the battle just now, Dai Chao had discovered that Lu Yu wasn’t simply just a genuine Great Martial Master.
Compared to ordinary Great Martial Masters, his combat prowess was on a completely different level.
It was his first time seeing such a terrifyingly fast and powerful unique punch technique.
In addition, there was something else about Lu Yu’s body that surprised him the most. In just one year, he had advanced from Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master. Just what sort of heaven-gifted genius was he?
Although the higher one’s evolution level was, the more difficult it would be to improve one’s strength, a genius like Lu Yu wouldn’t remain at the level of Great Martial Master for long. He might even become a Grand Master expert in future.
Dai Chao knew very well that he had to try his best to recruit such a talent! He had to do it as soon as possible. Otherwise, he might be snatched away by other factions!
Chapter 20: The Honorable Status of a Great Martial Master
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Under the night sky, a private car was cruising.
In the private car, Lu Yu sat alone in the back.
After Dai Chao left, the City Lord’s Advisor arranged for a private car to send Lu Yu to the City Lord’s Office to collect the promised equipment.
At this moment, Lu Yu was looking at the Great Martial Master badge he had just received.
The Great Martial Master badge was completely made of gold and it was extremely dazzling.
Lu Yu was acutely aware that the Great Martial Master badge brought with it all kinds of special privileges.
Many stores would give discounts or even waive the bill when the Great Martial Master badge was presented.
The allowance of a Great Martial Master would also increase significantly.
From 30,000 federation coins per month for Martial Masters, it was increased to 100,000 federation coins per month.
An ordinary person would only be able to earn around 5,000 federation coins in a month if he worked very hard.
Even if a low-level Martial Arts Warrior were to join the army, their monthly salary would only be 8,000 to 9,000 federation coins.
100,000 federation coins was really a lot.
Not only was it enough for Lu Yu to support his whole family, it was also enough for them to live a good life and still leave lots of money for him to continue improving his abilities.
Besides these known benefits, there were many other hidden benefits that came with the Great Martial Master badge.
With his Great Martial Master badge, he would be respected wherever he went. Everything he needed to do would be extremely easy and smooth-going.
After looking at the Great Martial Master badge, Lu Yu attached it on his chest. He felt a bit sleepy and closed his eyes to rest.
Compared to Lu Yu’s relaxed expression, the driver in front was trembling with fear as if he was treading on thin ice.
This was the first time that the driver was picking up someone of such a high status as a Great Martial Master. He was extremely afraid that he might wake Lu Yu up with the slightest wrong move.
He wouldn’t be able to withstand the fury of a Great Martial Master.
Therefore, the driver drove very carefully and kept the car as steady as possible, trying to give Lu Yu a comfortable ride.
While driving, the driver sneaked a peek at Lu Yu every now and then through the rear view mirror to see if he was unhappy with anything.
However, at this moment, his greatest fear came true.
The car in front of him suddenly braked.
At this point, the driver had just looked at the rear view mirror and turned his attention back to the front. Before he could react, he had already crashed into the car ahead and straightaway rear-ended it.
Lu Yu naturally sensed this, but he couldn’t be bothered to respond. He kept his eyes closed and continued to rest.
Seeing this, the driver heaved a big sigh of relief and hurriedly got out of the car to deal with the accident.
In this situation, logically it was the car in front that was responsible for the accident. The distance between the two cars was sufficient, and he did not exceed the speed limit. It was the sudden braking of the car in front that led to the rear-ending.
However, the driver couldn’t care less. He only wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and send the Great Martial Master to the City Lord’s Office. He couldn’t delay the Great Martial Master from his appointment.
The driver, Qin Fu, was a middle-aged man who had been driving for many years.
Qin Fu had just gotten out of the car when the owner of the car in front of him got out too. It was a young man.
Qin Fu quickly went forward and said, “I’m sorry that such a thing happened. This is my name card. Please contact me later, whatever amount you want for compensation I will pay. I have something urgent to attend to and need to leave now. Is that acceptable to you?”
However, the young man shoved him roughly and said angrily, “You hit my car and you want to just go off and settle this later? Settle it now! Kneel down and apologize to me immediately!”
When Qin Fu heard this, his expression instantly clouded over. He said, “Young man, it was you who suddenly braked and caused me to crash into you. You can tell me how much compensation you want, and I will compensate you. But right now, I really do have an urgent matter and I need to send someone somewhere, so it can’t be delayed.”
“What kind of person is in such a hurry? Is it more important than crashing into me? This person is really arrogant. He didn’t even get out of the car after hitting me?” As the young man spoke, he walked over to see who was sitting in the car.
The driver quickly stopped him.
He could accept giving an apology and compensation to this guy, but he would be in trouble if the guy harassed the Great Martial Master and caused dissatisfaction.
“Young man, don’t! Don’t go over! Don’t disturb him!” Qin Fu quickly tried to stop him.
However, in the young man’s view, he was just an ordinary person while the young man was a newly awakened Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior.
Even though he was only a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior and a beginner in the world of skills evolution, he was already far stronger than ordinary people. His strength was many times more powerful than Qin Fu’s.
“Move aside. I’m just taking a look. I’m not going to do anything.” The young man said resentfully.
At this time, Lu Yu had also heard the commotion and rolled down the car window.
The young man came forward and was just about to say something when he saw the shiny golden badge on Lu Yu’s chest.
The gold badge implied he possessed the evolution level of a Great Martial Master.
In an instant, the young man panicked.
He did have some ability, this was also the reason he was so arrogant.
However, his entire family couldn’t afford to offend a Great Martial Master, much less a mere mortal like him.
If a Great Martial Master were to get angry and stir up trouble, their entire clan would suffer!
“What? Are you looking for trouble?” Lu Yu asked with an expressionless face.
Lu Yu didn’t want to bother with this matter. It had nothing to do with him in the first place, but it had delayed his journey.
“I wouldn’t dare, I wouldn’t dare!” The young man shook his head repeatedly. He actually knelt down in front of Lu Yu on the spot and apologized repeatedly. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t know that it was you, the Great Martial Master. I’m sorry for disturbing you. Please forgive me. It’s my fault for being blind and getting in your way!”
As he spoke, the young man slapped himself repeatedly. The sound of the slapping was resoundingly loud.
Lu Yu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when he saw what the young man was doing. Was this the power that came from owning a Great Martial Master badge?
“All right, all right. Quickly move your car and don’t block the road anymore,” Lu Yu said indifferently as he rolled up the car window.
The young man was relieved when he heard that.
He returned to the driver, Qin Fu, and took the name card. The youth said, “Don’t say anymore. It’s all my responsibility. I’ll compensate you after you have sent the Great Martial Master to his destination. I’ll make way for you first. Hurry up and send the Great Martial Master off. Don’t waste any more time!”
As he spoke, the young man hurriedly returned to the car and moved it away.
The driver heaved a sigh of relief at this point. Fortunately, the Great Martial Master didn’t blame him and instead helped him.
The driver, Qin Fu, didn’t have time to calm down. He quickly returned to the car and continued to drive Lu Yu to the City Lord’s Office.
Not long after that, the private car arrived at the City Lord’s Office and stopped in front of the entrance.
At this time, at the gate in front of the City Lord’s Office, Qin Cheng led a group of guards to personally welcome Lu Yu. He put up a really grand show of extravagance.
As soon as Lu Yu got out of the car, everyone called out in unison, “Welcome, Esteemed Honorable Great Martial Master!”
Many of these guards were secretly observing Lu Yu.
Great Martial Masters were extremely rare, and they seldom had a chance to meet one.
They did not simply welcome Lu Yu on Qin Cheng’s command, they also genuinely respected the Great Martial Master, an expert of such a high evolution level, from the bottom of their hearts.
When Lu Yu saw this scene, he immediately understood that it was a welcome party specially arranged by Qin Cheng.
All simply because Qin Cheng wanted to leave a good impression on Lu Yu.
Lu Yu walked up and said to Qin Cheng in a low voice, “All right, there’s no need to put out all these superficial things. I’m already such an old man, I don’t care about these things anymore. Just take me to see the Great Martial Master’s armor and weapons.”
“Okay, okay, please follow me!” Qin Cheng was beaming widely as he immediately brought Lu Yu into the City Lord’s Office.
Chapter 21: The Once Glorious, Damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
At the entrance to the storage room of the City Lord’ Office,
Lu Yu and Qin Cheng came to a stop.
“Mr. Lu, you can go in and choose. You can choose any armor or weapon that is D-class or below. In addition, you can also choose one skill technique. This skill is something that is provided free to every Great Martial Master. Please don’t take anything above your own level as that will exceed my authority,” Qin Cheng explained politely.
“Okay.” Lu Yu nodded and entered the storage room.
As soon as he entered, he saw a dazzling array of various defensive tools, weapons, skill techniques, as well as many rare materials.
Lu Yu couldn’t be bothered to look at the other items. They were rare and precious and he wasn’t qualified to take them, so there was no point in looking at them and making himself envious.
First, Lu Yu headed for the D-class weapons area.
At the moment, Lu Yu didn’t own any weapons, so his battle methods were very limited. He could only rely on the Crushing Punch to attack.
For normal sparring sessions, with just his bare hands, Lu Yu was still able to utilize his strength adequately.
However, if he were to encounter a real life and death battle, he would definitely be so much more powerful with a suitable weapon.
There were many types of weapons: Fist Weapons, Daggers, Short Swords, Long Swords, Sabers, Whips, Halberds, Bows And Arrows, etc.
However, even though it was the storage room of the City Lord’s Office, there were not many D-class weapons. Within each category, there were not many choices available due to the limited quantity.
Lu Yu was more interested in halberds and sabers. He felt that they were more aggressive and practical.
As for swords, even though they looked very cool, Lu Yu didn’t know any sword techniques at present, so they weren’t very practical for him.
There was only one halberd. Lu Yu took one look at it. It was quite good overall, but it was quite ordinary. He then went to look at the sabers.
There seemed to be quite a few people using sabers, so there were a total of three.
Two of them were fairly ordinary, but the last one caught Lu Yu’s attention.
[Damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber]
Level: D-class
Introduction: The former S-class weapon, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, was severely damaged during the Holy War and was downgraded to D-class. The edge of the saber has become blunt. Ordinary people using it can only unleash the strength of an E-class equipment. Only Great Martial Masters can unleash the power of D-class and above. The greater the user’s strength, the greater the power that can be unleashed. (Note: It is rumored that once its power reaches a certain level, it can be activated again. From there, it can continuously absorb the blood of various kinds of Fearsome Beasts to become stronger. It can recover its power back to S-class or even exceed S-class!)
Compared to the other D-class weapons, the damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber was more ordinary or even inferior to the other D-class weapons.
However, when Lu Yu read through its introduction, he immediately felt that it was extremely appropriate for himself.
What the Blood Emperor Battle Saber needed the most was the user’s strength, and Lu Yu possessed many augmentation skills, so his forte was strength.
If he used the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, the weapon would be able to unleash Lu Yu’s full power to the utmost, maximizing his advantage.
Apart from that, although the Blood Emperor Battle Saber was damaged now, it used to be an S-class weapon renowned throughout the Federation!
In Lu Yu’s memories, he had some recollection of this Blood Emperor Battle Saber’s history.
He remembered that during the Holy War, a mighty figure had used the Blood Emperor Battle Saber to single-handedly kill dozens of powerful Fearsome Beasts of the same level as he was and he became famous with this one battle!
However, during that battle, that mighty figure had also suffered serious injuries. Even the Blood Emperor Battle Saber had been damaged.
Lu Yu drew out the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and could immediately feel the murderous intent it contained.
Although it had been cleaned and maintained countless times, it had killed so many Fearsome Beasts and was stained with so much blood that the murderous aura on it could not be eradicated.
Lu Yu tested it using his power to control the Blood Emperor Battle Saber. Immediately, he felt that the broken Blood Emperor Battle Saber was like a bottomless pit, continuously absorbing his power.
With Lu Yu’s current strength, there was no way he would be able to control it!
Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, activated!
Furnace skill, activated!
Under full power, Critical Hit Enhancement was triggered!
With multiple augmentations, Lu Yu’s strength received a terrifying increase.
Under this terrifying strength, Lu Yu finally felt that he could barely satisfy this broken Blood Emperor Battle Saber. He could finally control it.
“It certainly lived up to its reputation as the famous S-class weapon, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber. Even now, when it’s so badly damaged, it is still so terrifying!” Lu Yu muttered to himself, somewhat surprised.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yu decided that this damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber would be his weapon of choice.
With Lu Yu’s strength, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber could unleash the full power of a D-class weapon or an even higher-grade weapon.
And this was only for now.
As Lu Yu grew stronger, his strength would also increase.
The limit of Lu Yu’s future potential was unfathomable, given his Gluttony Talent and Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill.
Lu Yu believed that in the future, he would definitely have a chance to unleash the full power of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber. He would be able to successfully activate the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, and perhaps restore it to its peak!
“You’ll follow me from now on,” Lu Yu said as he put the broken Blood Emperor Battle Saber back into its scabbard and carried it in his arms.
However, Lu Yu didn’t notice a flash of light that glinted briefly on the blade of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber.
After selecting his weapon, Lu Yu then proceeded to the D-class armor area.
He did not feel so conflicted when it came to the selection of armor. He just needed to make a quick selection. When there was a chance in the future, he would choose a higher grade armor.
Armor types were mainly cloth armor, light armor, leather armor, heavy armor, plate armor.
The various kinds of armor had their own unique characteristics.
The category of cloth armor was suitable for long-range spiritual skills practitioners.
At present, Lu Yu’s main skill was strength, so close combat was his main battle method. Naturally, he only considered heavy armor and plate armor.
Heavy armor was similar to plate armor. Both types possessed extremely strong defensive power, but were also extremely heavy at the same time.
The heavy armor was made from metal materials and the scales of Fearsome Beasts.
The plate armor was made of alloy materials and the armor carapace of Fearsome Beasts.
Undoubtedly, plate armor had the strongest defense, but it was also the heaviest.
Although many skills practitioners favored the defensive capabilities of the plate armor, it was way too heavy and could not be put to use at all.
Even if they were forced to use it, it would affect their movements and battle capability. The gains would not make up for the losses, so they could only choose heavy armor or light armor instead.
Lu Yu found a set of heavy armor and a set of plate armor to try on.
The D-class heavy armor did not affect Lu Yu’s movements too much after he put it on, but in actual battle, he would need to use his augmentation skills to increase his strength, otherwise his fighting ability would be affected.
For the D-class plate armor, it was already difficult for Lu Yu to walk in it, let alone fight.
However, since he had to use augmentation skills in both types of armor, it didn’t matter anymore. Lu Yu decided on the plate armor, which had the strongest defensive ability and was also the heaviest type of armor.
In any case, Lu Yu was very confident in himself. His strength would rapidly grow. It didn’t matter if it was a bit difficult to use it now. After that, he could rely on his SSS-class Gluttony Talent and the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to quickly elevate his strength. When that time came, his strength would be completely sufficient.
Furthermore, Lu Yu was well aware that these were only D-class equipment. They were mostly made from various man-made materials.
After reaching C-class or even B-class and above, the equipment would mainly be made from materials obtained from Fearsome Beasts.
At that time, while the equipment’s defense was extremely strong, it could also be lighter and not affect one’s movement at all. It could even increase one’s speed to a certain extent. It was truly magical.
Chapter 22: Shadowstep
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After selecting the armor, Lu Yu activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and carried this heavy plate armor easily towards the skills and techniques area.
After a brief experiment, with the Furnace skill in operation, Lu Yu was able to double his strength. With this, he was barely able to move this plate armor, only allowing him to move and not enough mobility to fight.
After circulating the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and obtaining a 14-fold increase in strength, he could easily use the plate armor. His movements and combat ability would not be affected at all.
Then, Lu Yu arrived at the D-class skills and techniques area.
The skills and techniques were divided into inner strength skills, external skills, and techniques.
Lu Yu already had the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill. He had a quick look through all of them. None of these D-class skills could measure up to the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill that he himself improvised and developed specifically for his own use.
Although there might be a significant improvement in the external skills, it was of little use to Lu Yu.
After all, if Lu Yu wanted to increase his strength, by relying on his SSS-class Gluttony Talent and Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill, he could achieve that easily. There was no need for him to use such inefficient methods like external skills to slowly purify and absorb spiritual energy to improve himself.
After dismissing the skills, only the techniques were left.
As for fist techniques, Lu Yu already learnt the Crushing Punch, which was adequate for the time being. By relying on his terrifying strength, his battle prowess would be more than enough.
There were only two choices left: either a saber technique or movement techniques. Either of them would be considered a great boost for Lu Yu.
Lu Yu looked through the movement techniques and saber techniques one by one and compared them in detail.
In the end, Lu Yu stopped in front of a movement technique.
Although saber techniques could also greatly increase Lu Yu’s battle prowess,
right now, Lu Yu already had a plate armor and a damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber. Both relied on the strength attribute. The bigger the strength, the stronger the combat ability.
After using all kinds of augmentation skills, Lu Yu’s strength had reached a terrifying level, and he had an extremely powerful combat ability. It was sufficient for the time being.
Although he did not know any saber techniques, he could always use pure strength alone to counter myriad techniques. As long as his strength was great enough, his saber sharp enough, there was no need to worry about the amount of damage he could dish out.
On the contrary, movement techniques were extremely important to Lu Yu at the moment.
With the movement technique, he could increase his speed to ensure that he could catch up to the target and then inflict a lethal blow.
No matter how powerful or destructive the attack was, it must hit the target accurately.
Lu Yu looked at the movement technique in front of him.
[Shadowstep]
Level: D-class
Introduction: After activating it, your movement technique will receive a terrifying increase. It will be more focused on moving nimbly, dodging and weaving within a short distance, with the ability to react swiftly and increase in speed. For long distances, speed will also be enhanced.
As mentioned above, Shadowstep focused more on quick reaction and speed over short distances. It was more suitable for close combat.
The other D-class movement techniques weren’t bad either, but they were either more comprehensive or better at long-range speed. They weren’t that attractive to Lu Yu.
Shadowstep was undoubtedly the most useful in battle among these D-class movement techniques.
In a battle, it wasn’t about the speed of the long distance, but the speed of reaction and nimble movements within a short distance. Only then could one have agility in battle.
In his mind, Lu Yu could imagine himself with the Shadowstep, plate armor, and damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber, having a full body of defensive ability and lethal killing powers, but still incredibly agile and light. His combat capability would be unbelievably terrifying!
“So it’s you then!” Lu Yu decided to take up the Shadowstep.
After returning with a full load, Lu Yu headed towards the entrance.
At this time, inside the City Lord’s Office, Qin Cheng was receiving three middle-aged men and an old man.
The 4 of them were the dojo masters of the four great dojos under the City Lord’s jurisdiction. The 4 dojos were the East End Dojo, the West Universe Dojo, the Southern Star Dojo and the Distant North Dojos.
The four dojo masters had an appointment to come to the City Lord’s Office and they were discussing the key areas for the dojo’s development in the next stage.
At this time, after returning to the East End Dojo and learning that the dojo master was in the City Lord’s Office, Dai Chao also rushed down here.
The matter regarding Lu Yu was extremely important. Dai Chao had to inform the dojo master of the East End Dojo in time in order to quickly take this genius Great Martial Master into their fold.
Although the four dojos did work together, they also competed with each other.
On the other hand, a Great Martial Master with an infinite potential for development in future was an extremely important fighting force for a dojo. It was someone that they had to rope in at all costs.
“Deputy Dojo Master Dai, what’s the matter? Didn’t you see that we were in a meeting? How can you come in and interrupt us?” The East End Dojo Master was the old man. He reprimanded Dai Chao severely at this point.
The other three dojo masters looked over at him and frowned slightly.
However, Dai Chao didn’t care about that. He went straight to the East End Dojo Master, Tan Jun’s location and whispered in a low voice in his ear everything about Lu Yu’s situation.
Tan Jun instantly understood the importance of this matter and his expression turned grave.
“I’m sorry, gentlemen. I have some urgent matters to attend to now. I’ll come back to discuss with all of you later.” Tan Jun stood up and apologized to everyone.
However, Dai Chao and Tan Jun had underestimated the hearing ability of Jiang Zilong, the Dojo Master of West Universe Dojo. He had acquired a hearing technique, so he could naturally hear Dai Chao’s soft voice from several meters away.
Jiang Zilong, the Dojo Master of West Universe Dojo, also stood up and said with a smile, “Dojo Master Tan, a new Great Martial Master has appeared, and a genius Great Martial Master at that. It’s not good for you to avoid the three of us just so that you can lay your hands on him first, right?.”
The other two dojo masters were caught by surprise.
“What? A new Great Martial Master has appeared? Where? Where?”
“And he’s a genius Great Martial Master too? Dojo Master Tan, you can’t keep such a talent for yourself!”
The City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng, immediately understood the situation when he saw their reactions.
Previously, Qin Cheng had deliberately concealed it to avoid offending the dojo master of the East End Dojo. However, now that all four of them knew about it, he might as well tell them directly.
“Since everyone knows about it now, there’s no need to hide it anymore. A new Great Martial Master has indeed shown up, and he advanced from the level of Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to the level of Great Martial Master level in one year. In today’s test match, he overwhelmingly crushed Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao,” Qin Cheng said in a straightforward manner.
The dojo masters were all astounded.
“What? He advanced to a Great Martial Master from Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior in a year? How is that possible?”
“Overwhelmingly crushed Deputy Dojo Master Dai Chao? That means he’s at least at the level of a Grade 3 Great Martial Master.”
“Such a genius will become a Grand Master in the future at the very least !”
“Where is this person? I want to see him immediately. He belongs to our Southern Star Dojo!”
“Why does he have to belong to your Southern Star Dojo? Who do you think you are?”
“…”
The four dojo masters, who had been in a harmonious mood a moment ago, all turned nasty when they found out that a new genius Great Martial Master had appeared.
They hadn’t even met the new Great Martial Master yet, but they were already arguing with each other vehemently.
Qin Cheng, who was watching from the side, had a look of utter helplessness on his face. However, he also understood that all the dojos had an insatiable thirst for powerful talents.
“Gentlemen, the new genius Great Martial Master, Lu Yu, is currently selecting items in the storage room of the City Lord’s Office. You will be able to meet him in a while. All of you can then discuss it face to face and let Lu Yu decide which dojo he wishes to go to,” Qin Cheng suggested.
When they heard his suggestion, the dojo masters owners of the 4 dojos were overjoyed and waited eagerly in anticipation.
Chapter 23: Fearsome Beasts Attacked City, D-class Threat!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu had just finished selecting his items and he walked out of the storage room with his arms full.
A few people immediately charged towards him and surrounded him.
Lu Yu instinctively thought that he was in danger. He was just about to draw out the Blood Emperor Battle Saber when he saw that the guy leading the charge was Dai Chao. The people behind him did not appear to have any ill intentions, so he quickly stopped himself.
Dai Chao led an old man to Lu Yu first.
“Mr. Lu, this is our East End Dojo Master, Tan Jun!” Dai Chao hurriedly introduced.
Tan Jun added hurriedly, “Mr. Lu, if you’re willing to join our East End Dojo, you can straightaway assume the position of the deputy dojo master. You can have a base salary of 100,000 federal coins per month and enjoy all kinds of resources in the East End Dojo!”
“You still have the cheek to offer such a measly package!”
A middle-aged man at the side hurriedly squeezed forward and said, “I’m the dojo master of West Universe Dojo, Jiang Zilong. If you’re willing to join our West Universe Dojo, I’ll also offer you the position of a deputy dojo master and various resources. On top of that, I will also give you a base salary of 150,000 a month. You have children, right? All of them can enroll in the West Universe Dojo to train and develop their skills unconditionally!”
The two younger men behind him also shouted.
“I’m from the Southern Star Dojo. I can offer you the same conditions as those of West Universe Dojo, but the base salary can be increased to 200,000!”
“Are you guys crazy? Then we Distant North Dojo don’t care either. You wanna fight with us? All right, our base salary is 250,000!”
“Are you crazy? Your dojo will not earn much profit at 250,000!”
“It’s none of your business. I’m taking this Great Martial Master regardless!”
Even the youngest of the four dojo masters, all of whom were respected and looked up to by many, was almost two hundred years old. Yet at this moment, they were squabbling over Lu Yu, the new Great Martial Master, like little kids.
When Lu Yu saw this, he was also quite surprised. He hadn’t expected that a Great Martial Master would be so popular and that the dojo masters of the 4 great dojos would fight over him.
By the side, Qin Cheng was already used to such scenarios. The competition between the 4 dojos had always been very fierce.
They would even fight over an ordinary Great Martial Master, let alone a genius like Lu Yu who had advanced from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master within a year.
Right at this moment, the messenger outside suddenly rushed in and knelt on one knee as he reported,
“Sir! Urgent report! Fearsome Beasts suddenly attacked the city from the east gate. The initial assessment is that it’s a group of Crimson Haired Warthogs. There are many of them, and the threat level has reached D-class! The guards at the east gate are not strong enough. We need reinforcements!”
The four dojo masters who were arguing suddenly stopped.
“What? Fearsome Beasts attacking the city? Class D?”
“The D-class threat hasn’t appeared for three months. Why did it suddenly appear without any forewarning?”
“The Crimson Haired Warthog isn’t weak, and they usually attack in droves. This time, the danger level is very high!”
On hearing this, Lu Yu was also stunned.
In the current world, in the era of the Spiritual Energy Renaissance, 70 years had lapsed since the end of the Holy War. It was now a peaceful era.
However, peace was only relative. They simply owned a small portion of safe land, that was all.
At the moment, humans had retreated to various cities with fortified defenses while the Fearsome Beasts overran the wilderness in a rampant fashion.
In the major cities, it was relatively safer and there was almost no danger.
However, once outside the city, there were many Fearsome Beasts. They were of varying strengths and were undeniably dangerous.
Most of the time, these Fearsome Beasts would only stay outside and occasionally attack the humans that passed by their territories.
However, every now and then, they would also gather in a herd and attempt to attack cities in order to kill the humans inside.
Fearsome Beasts that attacked cities were classified according to their varying abilities as different levels of threat by the humans. The threat level ranged from F-class to SSS-class.
F-class posed the least threat, and the defensive ability of an ordinary city in itself was sufficient.
E-class threats were slightly more dangerous, and they would only appear once every 1 or 2 months. It was still barely sufficient to just rely on the city’s own defensive ability, just barely.
Once the threat reached D-class, the city would need the dojos’ help.
When faced with a Class C threat, ordinary cities would need to gather all the Martial Arts Warriors in the city to defend the city collectively.
As for the higher threat levels, they rarely occur nowadays. If they did appear, it would be a disaster!
At this moment, an old man with white hair walked over from the entrance.
Upon seeing this person, the City Lord’s Advisor Qin Cheng and the four dojo masters all bowed slightly and said respectfully, “Greetings, City Lord Yan!”
The old man who had just arrived was the City Lord, Yan Hong.
When Lu Yu saw their actions, he followed suit.
In his mind, there were still some memories of Yan Hong. He was the City Lord of this city. After putting in so much effort and energy, he was able to manage the city well and developed it progressively.
Yan Hong waved his hand and said, “Fellow dojo masters, you heard it too. The Fearsome Beasts are attacking the city, and it is a D-class threat level. The situation is more critical. Which dojo here will send people to suppress the Fearsome Beasts that are attacking?”
The dojo masters of the 4 dojos looked at each other. They all appeared unwilling and reluctant.
“Our East End Dojo is the weakest, so we definitely won’t be able to do anything. If we suffer any more casualties, our East End Dojo won’t be able to sustain itself.” Tan Jun was the first to reject the call to action.
Jiang Zilong, the dojo master of the West Universe Dojo, which was also the most powerful, also spoke up, “The main combat power of our West Universe Dojo are all training in seclusion recently. It’s not convenient for us to fight.”
The others immediately understood that this was an excuse.
How could it be inconvenient for him to fight? He clearly did not want to.
After all, there would definitely be injuries if the dojo launched an attack to suppress the Fearsome Beasts.
None of the dojos wanted to suffer any losses. If they lost their combat ability, the overall strength of the dojos would decrease, leading to a drop in the overall ranking of the dojos. It would have a significant impact in all aspects.
The other two dojo masters also found excuses to turn down the request for help.
“What a coincidence. The main combat power of our dojo is also training in seclusion.”
“A few of our Martial Masters have been injured recently. It’s not convenient for us either.”
“Dojo Master Jiang, your West Universe Dojo is so powerful. Even if you are short of a few main fighters, it is still strong enough. Why don’t you guys at West Universe Dojo do something?”
“That’s right! We can also observe and learn from you.”
“…”
At this moment, the dojo masters of the 4 dojos were making all sorts of excuses. No one was willing to step forward. They were all listening and waiting for the direct orders. Only when the orders from the higher-ups were issued to them directly to go into battle would they bother to obey the orders.
At this moment, Lu Yu also had his own considerations.
Apart from the lowest level F-class threats of Fearsome Beasts attacking the city, for the rest of the high-level threats, in the event that such Fearsome Beasts attacked, everyone in the city had to go to the bunkers to take refuge.
Of course, this included the staff of all the restaurants.
In this way, during the time when the Fearsome Beasts attacked the city, Lu Yu wouldn’t be able to eat those precious ingredients and medicinal ingredients, to utilize his SSS-class Gluttony Talent and the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill to improve himself.
Although Lu Yu’s current strength wasn’t weak, he knew that it was still far from enough. He had only just gained a foothold in this dangerous world, and he wanted to quickly continue to increase his strength.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu then asked, “Gentlemen, I’m sorry to interrupt, but may I ask how the spoils of war, such as the Fearsome Beasts corpses and other valuables collected during battles, are distributed?”
Chapter 24: Overwhelming Power Advantage
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After hearing Lu Yu’s inquiry,
they thought that he was just curious and didn’t think much of it.
Tan Jun casually replied, “It’s extremely dangerous to fight against Fearsome Beasts. The corpses and other spoils of war after the battle naturally belong to the beast slayer.”
“That’s right. Everything belongs to the slayer. You can also choose to hand it over to the authorities in exchange for Federation coins or other items of equal value with the Federation,” Jiang Zilong added.
When Lu Yu learned that all of the spoils of war belonged to the slayer, he was instantly tempted.
The other spoils of war were no doubt attractive to Lu Yu, but the corpse of a Fearsome Beast held the greatest appeal to him.
Moreover, during the time when Fearsome Beasts attacked the city, it would be difficult for Lu Yu to increase his strength even if he stayed in the city. He might as well venture out and fight the Fearsome Beasts in person to hunt them down.
According to his memories, the Crimson Haired Warthog’s individual strength wasn’t that strong. Normally, a Grade 7 Martial Arts Warrior would be able to deal with it.
The reason why the threat level this time was high and reached D-class was mainly there were way too many of the Crimson Haired Warthogs.
With Lu Yu’s current strength as a Great Martial Master, it wouldn’t be a problem for him if he were to be besieged by a horde of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
As long as he was careful, there wouldn’t be any danger.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu said straightaway, “I will join in to defend the city!”
The dojo masters, Advisor and the City Lord all looked at Lu Yu in surprise.
Of course, it was extremely dangerous to fight the Fearsome Beasts. Most martial arts practitioners avoided them as far as possible, lest they run into danger and become unable to develop their skills further.
Even the powerful martial arts practitioners would not want to take action unless absolutely necessary.
After all, anything could happen in a battle.
Even if one was strong enough to survive, they might still get injured. Once they were injured, it would definitely affect their future training and skills development, and most definitely their skills evolution level.
It was just like that time when Lu Yu participated in the Holy War, where he had been seriously injured.
It was because of the injuries he had sustained during the Holy War that he was unable to cross the threshold to become a Martial Master.
Joining a battle was, in general, an extremely risky venture, but the benefits were relatively mundane.
When City Lord Yan Hong heard this, his face was immediately filled with joy. He repeatedly said, “Good, good, good! If the new Great Martial Master is so enlightened, our city will definitely be able to defend against the attack of these Fearsome Beasts!”
All the dojo masters instantly looked ashamed.
At this moment, another messenger hurried over to report.
“Sir! Bad news! The outer city has been lost and our forces have retreated to defend the inner city. The inner city is also in danger and needs immediate support. The guards can’t hold on much longer!” With a face covered in fresh blood, the messenger reported with great anxiety.
“What? So fast? Looks like the Crimson Haired Warthogs attacking this time are not the usual types!” Jiang Zilong, the dojo master of West Universe Dojo, exclaimed in surprise.
Yan Hong’s expression was even more grim.
Due to the large size of the city, to accommodate more residents, the city was divided into inner and outer cities.
However, the guards in the outer city were very weak and could only deal with small-scale Fearsome Beasts attacking the city.
Although the moment they discovered that there were Fearsome Beasts attacking the city, the city authorities had already started evacuating the residents of the outer city into the inner city,
they would not be able to evacuate everyone in time under such short notice.
Now that the outer city had fallen so quickly, there would definitely be quite a few casualties.
However, now was not the time to consider these gains and losses. The most important thing was to quickly send reinforcements and defend the inner city.
Yan Hong looked at the dojo masters of the 4 dojos with a serious expression. “Fellow Dojo Masters, stop pushing the responsibility to each other. The situation is more critical this time. All 4 dojos shall take collective action to help out!”
Knowing that the situation was critical, the dojo masters of the 4 dojos no longer tried to avoid going into battle. If they did not make a move now, the inner city would be lost. No matter how much they conserved their strength, with the loss of the inner city, they would still die under the attack of a large number of Fearsome Beasts.
“Yes, Sir!” all 4 dojo masters answered in unison.
Soon, the 4 dojos closed ranks and gathered their forces. Together, they set off with Lu Yu.
The martial arts practitioners in the dojos had a clear division of labor. The powerful ones would climb up the city walls and use the tall city walls to implement their defense tactic.
The weaker practitioners were in charge of evacuating the people as soon as possible.
Lu Yu came to the top of the city wall and observed the surroundings. He immediately frowned.
It was indeed safer to use the tall walls and the weapons on the walls to defend.
However, in this way, he would not be able to obtain the corpses of the Fearsome Beasts he killed.
Moreover, Lu Yu originally wanted to use the act of defending the city as an opportunity to train and develop his own combat skills and experience.
Although it was safe to defend on the city wall like this, he would not be able to get any training. Without the chance to improve his combat skills and gain more experience, this endeavor was not worth it.
With this thought in mind, Lu Yu glanced down at the aggressive charge of the Crimson Haired Warthogs and decided to jump down from the city wall.
Lu Yu didn’t do this on reckless impulse. He only dared to do so because he had a certain degree of confidence.
Dressed in heavy plate armor, these Crimson Haired Warthogs could not touch him at all.
As for Lu Yu, he still had the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and the Shadowstep technique. Coupled with his terrifying strength, dealing with these Crimson Haired Warthogs should be very easy.
Even if he encountered unexpected circumstances, he could always escape easily by utilizing Shadowstep.
On the city wall, the other guards and martial arts practitioners were extremely shocked when they saw what Lu Yu did.
At such a critical moment, they were all focused on protecting their lives. Even with their high level abilities, they were still wretchedly defending, afraid of being injured. However, this person, much to everyone’s disbelief, actually jumped off the city wall and landed right in the midst of the herd of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
For a while, many people on the city wall looked at Lu Yu from time to time to observe the situation down there.
However, they soon discovered to their surprise that Lu Yu wasn’t at a disadvantage at all against an army of Crimson Haired Warthogs. Instead, he continuously slaughtered them, one after another effortlessly!
At this moment, standing in the midst of the Crimson Haired Warthogs, Lu Yu was wielding the damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber in his hand.
He circulated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill. With his strength multiplied by 14 times, he was still able to move freely despite wearing the heavy plate armor. He continued to fight with ease.
All around him, large numbers of Crimson Haired Warthogs kept charging towards him.
However, with the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, Lu Yu simply swung and hacked without any technique. He relied solely on his own terrifying strength and the sharpness of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, easily slaying the endless stream of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
This was Lu Yu’s first real battle, but he was not afraid at all. On the contrary, he moved with practiced ease.
Lu Yu looked at the Blood Emperor Battle Saber in his hand with some surprise. He didn’t expect it to be so powerful and sharp.
In front of Lu Yu and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, these Crimson Haired Warthogs were totally defenseless.
At this moment, 7 or 8 Crimson Haired Warthogs suddenly charged towards Lu Yu at the same time.
Lu Yu didn’t panic. He simply swung the Blood Emperor Battle Saber in a horizontal sweep.
Critical Hit Enhancement was triggered, increase by 50%!
In the blink of an eye, all 7 or 8 Crimson Haired Warthogs were eliminated by Lu Yu.
All of a sudden, more Crimson Haired Warthogs nearby were attracted by Lu Yu, and they all charged towards him.
Outside the inner city, the ordinary civilians in the outer city and a small number of martial arts practitioners responsible for evacuating them immediately felt less pressure and felt that they had escaped danger.
All of the civilians were moved to tears when they saw Lu Yu ceaselessly slashing away at the big horde of Crimson Haired Warthogs surrounding him.
If it weren’t for Lu Yu attracting the Crimson Haired Warthogs away from them, many of them would have already died.
“Thank you so much, our savior, our benefactor!”
“Benefactor, you must be careful.”
For a time, Lu Yu was like a demon lord descending from the heavens. He was truly the savior of the world!
Standing alone, he had single-handedly repelled a group of Crimson Haired Warthogs!
Chapter 25: Red Lotus Battle Energy
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Outside the inner city walls, in the outer city.
The martial arts practitioners responsible for evacuation were all dumbstruck as they watched Lu Yu slaughter a whole herd of Crimson Haired Warthogs all by himself.
The other practitioners who came down were trying to evacuate the people quickly and direct them into the inner city. Thereafter, they quickly returned to the inner city and climbed onto the inner city walls to fight.
This guy, on the other hand, charged towards the place with the most Crimson Haired Warthogs all alone.
“Who is this person? Why haven’t I seen him before? He’s so strong!”
“Probably some big shot from somewhere.”
“Quick, let’s retreat while he attracts a large number of Crimson Haired Warthogs away from here.”
“…”
On the other side, City Lord Yan Hong stood on top of the city wall.
Watching Lu Yu battling at the foot of the city walls, he stroked his beard and nodded with approval.
“You dojo masters, take a look at the newly emerged Great Martial Master. He’s so strong and has such a great sense of duty. You guys should learn from him!”
“His name is Lu Yu, right? When he returns, I will reward him well!”
“Such Great Martial Masters are the future of us mankind!”
When the four dojo masters heard this, they recalled that they had tried to avoid the battle in order to avoid losing their strength. They all felt ashamed instantly.
The West Universe Dojo Master then suggested, “Although these Crimson Haired Warthogs are overwhelming in quantity, our overall strength is not weak. As long as we join hands and work together, we should not suffer too much loss. We will be able to defeat these Crimson Haired Warthogs then!”
“That’s right. As long as our 4 dojos are united and attack together, we can easily deal with them!” The dojo master of East End Dojo, Tan Jun, said in concurrence.
“All right, let’s join hands and attack together!”
“That’s right. If we attack together, we won’t suffer much loss.”
“That’s right. We can’t let a new Great Martial Master take action while we hide behind his back.”
The 4 dojo masters came to a collective agreement. They then swiftly led their members of the dojo and headed towards the horde of Crimson Haired Warthogs in a bloodthirsty charge.
At this time, Lu Yu was relying on his powerful plate armor and the sharp Blood Emperor Battle Saber. Stranded in a no man’s land in the midst of the onrushing Crimson Haired Warthogs, wherever he swung, the Crimson Haired Warthogs would fall one after another.
Lu Yu noticed that among the Crimson Haired Warthogs not far away, one of them was much bigger in size.
Most of the other Crimson Haired Warthogs were only about the size of half a person, while that particular Crimson Haired Warthog was actually the size of 3 to 4 persons combined. It was unbelievably huge.
Not only that, but it was also covered in fiery flames, making it look extremely bizarre.
Lu Yu immediately realized that this should be a high-level Crimson Haired Warthog, most likely the leader of this herd of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
Relying on his terrifying strength, Lu Yu fearlessly charged and slashed his way through the thick wall of Crimson Haired Warthogs, heading for its leader.
Currently, Lu Yu had only activated the Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill and hadn’t even utilized his full strength. Therefore, he hadn’t triggered the Critical Hit Enhancement.
On top of that, there was the Furnace skill that he had not activated.
In other words, he was able to handle this herd of Crimson Haired Warthogs with ease without even using half of his strength.
The reason he was able to do all this was the plate armor he had just obtained and the damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber.
The plate armor’s defensive power was frighteningly strong. These Crimson Haired Warthogs couldn’t even leave a mark on the plate armor, let alone hurt Lu Yu.
As for the damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber, it truly lived up to its reputation as an S-class weapon in the past.
Under Lu Yu’s incredible strength, the full power of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber was triggered. Wherever it touched, the Crimson Haired Warthogs would be decapitated. It was extremely sharp.
Not only that, Lu Yu also noticed that the damaged Blood Emperor Battle Saber seemed to be constantly absorbing some blood.
As it absorbed more and more blood, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber began to show a faint blood-red glow. It also seemed to have become stronger.
Now that he was in the middle of a battle, he didn’t have time to explore in detail the changes on the Blood Emperor Battle Saber. Instead, he charged toward the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader.
Not long after, he arrived in front of the massive beast.
The humongous leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs charged towards Lu Yu, its massive body engulfed in fiery flames.
Lu Yu dared not underestimate his opponent. He activated the Shadowstep technique and nimbly dodged to the side of the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader.
Following that, Lu Yu lifted the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and slashed out with all his strength.
Critical Hit Enhancement activated, increase by 30%!
In one stroke of the saber, the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader was seriously injured and let out a ferocious roar.
As if sensing that Lu Yu was no ordinary human, the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader lost all will to fight and hurriedly retreated, trying desperately to escape.
At the same time, the other remaining Crimson Haired Warthogs around him also rushed over and began charging at Lu Yu.
In fact, some of the Crimson Haired Warthogs were still fighting other warriors when they suddenly abandoned their battle midway to charge at Lu Yu.
Lu Yu was a bit surprised. He did not expect that the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs had developed intelligence and had a humanized consciousness.
Naturally, Lu Yu wouldn’t let him go so easily. He activated the Shadowstep technique again.
Even though he was wearing an extremely thick and heavy plate armor, Lu Yu’s figure was still incredibly agile. In just a few steps, he caught up to the fleeing Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader and swung his saber out in one big slash.
The Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader tried to counter attack in panic, but it was too late.
With a full-strength strike, Critical Hit Enhancement was triggered again, increase by 80%!
With a single slash, Lu Yu sliced the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader in half!
Now, Lu Yu noticed that the blood of the Crimson Haired Warthog was being absorbed little by little by the Blood Emperor Battle Saber.
The leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs had already been slain by Lu Yu. The other Crimson Haired Warthogs around him were all in a state of panic and rapidly retreated towards the outer city.
As for the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs, because its body was engulfed in fiery flames to begin with, even after it died, the fiery flames burned for a long time before extinguishing.
In this short period of time, the corpse of the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs was almost roasted to perfection, and the fragrant aroma of the roast meat wafted everywhere.
Lu Yu was also a bit surprised. He didn’t quite expect that the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs would be cooked immediately after death by its own flames. There was actually a good outcome…
Lu Yu was already a bit hungry. With his Gluttony Talent, he digested food extremely quickly. He had already digested most of the wild bluefin tuna he had ordered at the Resplendent East Restaurant earlier.
At this point, upon smelling the fragrant aroma of the roast meat, Lu Yu couldn’t control himself any longer. He was even more enticed by the fact that the meat of the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs smelled extremely fragrant. It was not something ordinary pork could compare to.
Lu Yu hurried forward and began devouring the meat heartily.
Although there was no seasoning and it was only cooked through its own fiery flames, it was nonetheless extremely delicious.
However, it was a pity that the fiery flames were too strong. Many parts of the body had been burnt to a crisp or burnt to the point that they could no longer be eaten. Only the leg of the Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader was still relatively intact and could still be eaten.
It wasn’t long before Lu Yu finished all of the edible meat on that Crimson Haired Warthogs’ leader.
Lu Yu rubbed his stomach with satisfaction and felt a sense of comfort. He did not feel full yet as there were too many burnt areas that could not be eaten.
At this moment, a series of notifications appeared in front of Lu Yu.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten a B-class elite Crimson Haired Warthog. Received: Strength +302, Constitution +234, Agility+198, Red Lotus Battle Energy (A-class)!]
At the same time, a warm current flowed through his body, and he could feel the strength of his physical body increasing.
Having just exhausted himself in the battle earlier, Lu Yu suddenly felt very energetic, as if his body was filled with infinite strength.
When he saw this notification, Lu Yu was shocked.
It was an A-class fire-attribute skill!
Chapter 26: Turning from Defense to Attack
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu’s face was filled with joy as he hastily checked the effect.
[Red Lotus Battle Energy]
Level: A-class
Introduction: It can transform one’s health vitality into the essence of a powerful Red Lotus True Fire. It can be used to defend or attack, creating terrifying destructive power!
When he saw the effect, Lu Yu was very pleased.
In addition, Lu Yu also thought of the Furnace skill.
Furnace Skills could not only burn one’s health vitality and increase one’s strength.
He could also use it the other way around, burning his strength to increase his health vitality.
This meant that Lu Yu could also use the Furnace skill to increase his health vitality and increase the power of his Red Lotus Battle Energy!
Lu Yu looked at the remaining Crimson Haired Warthogs scurrying around and hurriedly tested the power of the Red Lotus Battle Energy.
With the trigger of his thought, his health vitality surged out and it rallied the fire-attribute energy in the atmosphere.
A beam of red light flashed and a massive ball of red flame appeared around Lu Yu. It’s the Red Lotus True Fire!
As Lu Yu attempted to control it, the Red Lotus True Fire morphed into various shapes along with the change in his intentions.
It could turn into fireballs, fire beams, or a rain of fire. It could attack, or it could turn into an armor of fiery flames and surround Lu Yu’s body to act as a defensive shield!
At this moment, three totally clueless Crimson Haired Warthogs charged towards Lu Yu.
“Just in time! I can use you to test the power of the Red Lotus True Fire!”
With a fierce shout from Lu Yu, the Red Lotus True Fire turned into three beams of fire that shot towards the three Crimson Haired Warthogs.
All 3 beams hit their targets. The 3 Crimson Haired Warthogs instantly became complete roasted pigs. In fact, due to the overwhelming power of the Red Lotus True Fire, they were all burnt to a crisp!
Lu Yu was very surprised to see this. At the same time, he also noticed something different.
According to the notifications he read about the leader of the Crimson Haired Warthogs, it was only a B-class beast. The fiery flames on its body were only ordinary flames, and its power was not that great.
However, after being eaten by Lu Yu, he had obtained an even higher level A-class skill, the Red Lotus Battle Energy.
The power of the Red Lotus True Fire was also not anything like ordinary flames. Its power was way higher by several levels.
Lu Yu was a bit confused, but at the same time he was also wondering whether his Red Lotus Battle Energy would become stronger if he ate a few more elite Crimson Haired Warthogs.
Thinking of this, Lu Yu looked towards the outer city walls.
There weren’t many Crimson Haired Warthogs around him now, and there was totally no sign of any elite Crimson Haired Warthogs at all.
However, at the outer city wall, there was still a large number of Crimson Haired Warthogs. There would definitely be some elite Crimson Haired Warthogs among them!
Without hesitation, Lu Yu picked up the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and rushed towards the outer city wall.
Along the way, some Crimson Haired Warthogs attacked Lu Yu.
Lu Yu either finished them off with one strike of the saber or manipulated the Red Lotus True Fire to kill them off outright. In his charge, he crushed everything in his path.
All of a sudden, the remaining Crimson Haired Warthogs realized the menace Lu Yu posed and they all fled in the direction of the outer city in fear.
Meanwhile, Lu Yu followed closely behind in hot pursuit.
At the foot of the inner city wall, the martial arts practitioners who were still fighting were suddenly left stranded as their Crimson Haired Warthog in front of them fled.
All of the practitioners were stupefied when they saw the Crimson Haired Warthogs fleeing in the distance and Lu Yu chasing after them all alone with his saber.
Initially, they had come here to fight a defensive battle, so why had the battle changed from defending to attacking? And that one person chasing after a group of Crimson Haired Warthogs? What in the world was going on?
“D*mn, who is that old man? Why is he so aggressive?”
“His combat strength is too terrifying. These Crimson Haired Warthogs are not his match at all!”
“That seems to be the new Great Martial Master. He hasn’t joined any dojo yet.”
“D*mn, which dojo master wouldn’t want to grab this sort of talent?”
“Quick! Follow him and attack together!”
“…”
Immediately afterwards, all these warriors ran after Lu Yu.
However, Lu Yu’s pace was too fast. In addition, there were still some remaining Crimson Haired Warthogs that they had to dispatch along the way. These warriors simply couldn’t keep up with his pace.
On the other hand, Lu Yu was chasing them relentlessly with his saber.
Initially, the Crimson Haired Warthogs were scattered far and wide, and Lu Yu’s speed was very slow. However, as they approached the outer city walls, the Crimson Haired Warthogs gradually increased in number, and Lu Yu’s speed also slowed down further.
With the Red Lotus True Fire in his left hand and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber in his right, Lu Yu continued the bloodbath, and one Crimson Haired Warthog after another fell to the ground.
As he battled, Lu Yu’s control over the Red Lotus True Fire became more adept.
Lu Yu then tried deploying the Red Lotus True Fire behind his back, forming a wall of fire in a flash.
This way, Lu Yu’s fight with the Crimson Haired Warthogs would become much easier. The Crimson Haired Warthogs behind him would be burned to death by the wall of Red Lotus True Fire, and Lu Yu would not have to deal with the Crimson Haired Warthogs behind him.
As Lu Yu continued to push forward, one Crimson Haired Warthog after another turned into a corpse and collapsed to the ground.
These ordinary Crimson Haired Warthogs wouldn’t increase Lu Yu’s strength by much. Under normal circumstances, he could still eat them for leisure to occasionally to increase his strength a bit. However, Lu Yu was naturally not satisfied with this now. He wanted to leave the remaining space in his stomach for the powerful Fearsome Beasts to increase his strength by leaps and bounds.
Moreover, there were not many opportunities to come into contact with large numbers of Fearsome Beast corpses.
The city siege of the Fearsome Beasts was a crisis for other martial arts practitioners and ordinary citizens. Their lives could be in danger at any time.
However, for Lu Yu, this was a rare opportunity to increase his strength.
Not long after, there were signs of flames flickering nearby, and Lu Yu finally encountered another elite Crimson Haired Warthog.
Similar to the elite Crimson Haired Warthog from before, it was humongous and its whole body was surrounded by fiery flames. In fact, it was even slightly larger than the earlier elite Crimson Haired Warthog and so, seemed to be stronger.
Upon seeing this powerful elite Crimson Haired Warthog, Lu Yu felt as if he had just seen a piece of delectable meat.
Health vitality surged as the Red Lotus True Fire burst forth. The thick Red Lotus True Fire raged across the surrounding areas.
Immediately, the 7 or 8 Crimson Haired Warthogs around Lu Yu were engulfed by the Red Lotus True Fire and killed instantly.
An empty space was cleared around Lu Yu in the next second.
Lu Yu picked up the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and finished off the few remaining Crimson Haired Warthogs in front of him. He then came to the elite Crimson Haired Warthog.
As if it had smelled the blood of many Crimson Haired Warthogs on Lu Yu’s body, this elite Crimson Haired Warthog glared at Lu Yu with bloodshot eyes filled with vengeful hatred.
Lu Yu didn’t say anything else and straightaway activated his Red Lotus Battle Energy.
A huge beam of Red Lotus True Fire shot towards the elite Crimson Haired Warthog.
The elite Crimson Haired Warthog’s body was huge, so it could not dodge in time and was hit directly.
The elite Crimson Haired Warthog belonged to the fire-attribute, but hit by the Red Lotus True Fire, it sustained severe injuries, and its body was covered in burns.
Now that he had the upper hand, Lu Yu followed up immediately with another attack using the Furnace skill.
Burning his strength to increase his health vitality, he doubled his health vitality!
Next, he activated the Red Lotus Battle Energy again, and the Red Lotus True Fire appeared once more. It was about the same size as before, but now it was much more fiery, and the power contained within it had multiplied!
With the enhanced Red Lotus True Fire, he formed a fire beam and shot it out.
The humongous elite Crimson Haired Warthog was pierced through like paper. Immediately after that, the Red Lotus True Fire flamed up and in one swift blaze, it took the life of this powerful elite Crimson Haired Warthog!
Lu Yu quickly withdrew the remaining Red Lotus True Fire to prevent the beast from being burnt. Then he wouldn’t be able to eat it again.
After a while, the fragrant smell of the roast meat mixed with the smell of blood spread out. Lu Yu rubbed his hands together eagerly, then he licked his lips, and walked forward with happy anticipation.
Chapter 27: The Terrifying A-class Fearsome Beast, Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Looking at the nicely roasted elite Crimson Haired Warthogs, Lu Yu was absolutely delighted.
This time, Lu Yu withdrew his Red Lotus True Fire in time, then extinguished the fiery flames on the body of the elite Crimson Haired Warthog, so he managed to retain more edible meat.
Lu Yu hurried forward and simply tore out the meat with his bare hands. Then he began gobbling down the meat hungrily.
It didn’t take long for Lu Yu to finish the 20 over catties of elite Crimson Haired Warthog’s roasted meat.
When Lu Yu had just transmigrated here, he would feel full after consuming 7 or 8 catties of Barbaric Blood Ox meat.
However, now, including the food he had eaten before, he had eaten a total of 30 to 40 catties of elite Crimson Haired Warthog meat, but he still did not feel satiated.
It seemed that as his evolution level rose, Lu Yu’s appetite and digestive speed also increased.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten B-class elite Crimson Haired Warthog meat. Received: Strength +324, Health Vitality +278, Agility +158, Crimson Haired Fiery Flame (B-class!)]
[Crimson Haired Fiery Flame (B-class) has automatically fused with Red Lotus Battle Energy (A-class), increasing its power by 10%!]
Lu Yu suddenly felt a warm current flow through his body, and found that his strength had increased by quite a bit.
The new fire-attribute skill had already fused with the Red Lotus Battle Energy, which confirmed Lu Yu’s earlier hunch. He suspected that eating these elite Crimson Haired Warthogs would increase the power of his fire-attribute skill, the Red Lotus Battle Energy!
As his health vitality surged, a ball of Red Lotus Battle Energy appeared in Lu Yu’s palm.
It had the same health vitality, but Lu Yu could feel that its power inside had greatly increased.
“Not bad! There should be more elite Crimson Haired Warthogs hanging around here. Forward!” Lu Yu’s eyes lit up with excitement.
Following that, Lu Yu picked up the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and continued to slaughter his way through the sea of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
When dealing with a single Crimson Haired Warthog, Lu Yu simply swung the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and killed it in one strike.
In the face of a large number of Crimson Haired Warthogs, Lu Yu switched to using his Red Lotus Battle Energy, deploying his Red Lotus True Fire to attack the whole horde.
Lu Yu also discovered that after obtaining the Red Lotus Battle Energy, his combat strength had risen to an alarming level. He had also gained the ability to launch group attacks, making it much more convenient.
After slaying most of the Crimson Haired Warthogs around the outer city wall, Lu Yu climbed to the top of the outer city wall.
On the top of the outer wall, there were still many Crimson Haired Warthogs.
With the launch of his Red Lotus True Fire, the group of Crimson Haired Warthogs were eliminated instantly.
Thus, on the top of the outer city wall, Lu Yu continued to slaughter until he had almost killed all of them when he spied another elite Crimson Haired Warthog.
After successfully killing it, Lu Yu stepped up once more, put down the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, and began wolfing down the roast meat.
As soon as he finished eating, warm currents flowed through his body, and his abilities were elevated once more.
A notification then popped up.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten B-class elite Crimson Haired Warthog. Received: Strength +294, Health Vitality +238, Agility +128, Crimson Haired Fiery Flame (B-class!)]
[Crimson Haired Fiery Flame (B-class) has automatically fused with Red Lotus Battle Energy (A-class), increasing its power by 8%!]
Even though the rewards from this beast were not comparable to the last elite Crimson Haired Warthog, it had still given Lu Yu a significant boost.
And now, Lu Yu had already eaten the elite Crimson Haired Warthog 3 times, for a grand total of probably 50 catties of meat. It was an astounding amount.
However, Lu Yu only felt just barely full, and that if there were more, he should be able to continue eating a lot more.
At this moment, Lu Yu suddenly heard the sound of movement nearby.
Lu Yu thought it was an enemy and immediately turned around. Just as he was about to take up the Blood Emperor Battle Saber to fight, he discovered that it was a human.
A woman appeared before Lu Yu’s eyes. She wore body-fitting combat clothes and her voluptuous figure was clearly outlined.
However, she was in an extremely sorry state right now. Her body was covered in blood, indicating that she had just engaged in a bloody battle.
Upon seeing Lu Yu, the woman stepped forward and squatted down to try and help him up, thinking that he was injured.
In truth, when Lu Yu squatted down just now, it was simply to gobble down the elite Crimson Haired Warthog meat, that was all.
“Are you all right? Why didn’t you follow the other residents retreating? Are you lost? Seriously, how can they abandon an old man like you here? How dangerous!” the woman grumbled in annoyance.
When he heard her, Lu Yu immediately understood that this was a misunderstanding. She must have seen his white hair and assumed that he was an ordinary person.
However, after carefully thinking about it, Lu Yu also understood. If a normal martial arts practitioner was really powerful, he wouldn’t have white hair even if he was 90 years old. He would not age so easily.
Only those whose powers were weak or if they were ordinary people would they age as they grew older. Their hair would turn all white and their faces would be filled with wrinkles.
Lu Yu knew that he had been misunderstood, but he couldn’t be bothered to explain. So he simply shook his head and said, “I’m fine.”
The woman thought that Lu Yu didn’t want to be a burden to her, so she quickly said, “I am the deputy-captain of the 4th squadron, Song Yu. It is my responsibility to protect all you residents, so you don’t need to worry about being a burden to me. Wait a moment, I have something urgent to report first.”
Song Yu looked around in confusion. She remembered that this place was swarming with Crimson Haired Warthogs just now. She and her teammates had tried to break out of their siege together, but her teammates ended up suffering serious injuries.
Now, she was the only one left in the entire squadron.
When Song Yu heard some commotion earlier, she quickly rushed over. She thought that the warriors inside the city had come to pick them up.
However, when she arrived, she did not see a single Crimson Haired Warthog. She also did not see any warriors either. She only saw one old man who survived.
Song Yu didn’t understand how all the Crimson Haired Warthogs had disappeared. What she didn’t know was that most of the Crimson Haired Warthogs had already been burnt to ashes by Lu Yu’s Red Lotus True Fire.
Nonetheless, Song Yu did not dwell on this for long. She quickly took out her communicator and tried to contact the people inside the city.
However, after fiddling with it for some time, Song Yu fell into despair.
In the battle just now, all her communication devices were damaged.
“What should we do? The communicators are all broken. We can’t contact anyone in the city!” Song Yu muttered anxiously.
Her 4th squadron was the first to reach the battlefield, and also the first to come into contact with the horde of Crimson Haired Warthogs.
In the battle just now, Song Yu discovered that the information provided was wrong.
In the original report, this round of Fearsome Beasts attacking the city was mainly led by C-class Crimson Haired Warthogs. The strongest among them were the B-class elite Crimson Haired Warthogs.
However, after the real battle commenced, Song Yu realized that the hordes of C-class Crimson Haired Warthogs were only leading the charge upfront.
Behind the herds of Crimson Haired Warthogs was the truly powerful Fearsome Beast. It was actually the A-class Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth!
An A-class Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was way too powerful. The city would need to mobilize a large number of experts to deal with it in order to have some chance of winning the battle.
However, now that the communicator was broken, Song Yu had no way of contacting the city to convey this latest information to them.
Right at this moment, continuous light trembling could be felt on the ground.
Lu Yu and Song Yu turned around. A massive Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth emerged before their startled eyes.
It was completely covered in red fur, and its body was incredibly big, easily reaching 4 to 5 meters in height.
Standing in front of it, Lu Yu and Song Yu appeared so tiny.
Song Yu was very frightened inwardly. With her strength, there was no way she could fight an A-class Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
However, steadfastly upholding the belief that soldiers had to protect the defenseless civilians, Song Yu still stood up with her saber and faced the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth head on, fully prepared to risk everything she had.
Chapter 28: Bloody Battle Against the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Song Yu stared at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, a humongous A-class Fearsome Beast, with nervousness and anxiety written all over her face.
In the face of such a monstrous creature, she had no confidence of winning at all.
Earlier, even with the full squadron’s support fighting valiantly alongside her, she and her team were no match for the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth. Now that she was all alone with injuries to boot, how could she possibly defeat it?
However, she was the only one left in the squadron now, and there was no way for her to retreat.
Behind her was an unarmed, defenseless old man. There was no way out for them.
Song Yu gritted her teeth and prepared to give everything she had.
However, at this moment, Lu Yu pulled her away.
Song Yu felt the tremendous strength in Lu Yu’s hand and was caught off guard. This old man was not an ordinary civilian after all but a martial arts practitioner?
Under Song Yu’s astonished gaze, Lu Yu walked forward with the Blood Emperor Battle Saber in his hand and stood face to face with the A-class Fearsome Beast, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
Lu Yu also felt quite a bit of pressure facing the A-class Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth. He didn’t dare lower his guard and unleashed his full aura.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth let out a loud, long roar, as if it felt that it had been looked down upon. Then it immediately charged across the ground and as it reared up, it extended one massive foot, preparing to stomp on Lu Yu.
It was impossible to stop such a humongous body and the terrifying charging force.
“Be careful!” Song Yu cried out in fear.
However, Lu Yu didn’t retreat.
The Great Dao Heaven Devouring Skill activated, 14 times increase!
The Furnace skill activated, igniting health vitality, strength was doubled!
He then mobilized all his strength and triggered the Critical Hit Enhancement, increase by 50% !
Layer upon layer of augmentations led to a 42 times increase!
Lu Yu raised his arm and intercepted the attack by the charging Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth head on.
The two collided violently and the ground trembled slightly.
Lu Yu’s arm sank slightly, then he stabilized himself and was no longer sinking down under the beast’s weight. He was able to repel this terrifying attack from the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth head on with brute force!
Right behind him, Song Yu stared in shock.
“He’s a Great Martial Master!” Song Yu exclaimed.
At first, Song Yu had thought that Lu Yu was an ordinary civilian simply because he had a head full of white hair and wrinkles.
She never once thought that Lu Yu could be so powerful that he could intercept the violent attack of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth with his bare hands!
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was an A-class Fearsome Beast. Its forte was brute strength. For someone to be able to repel the fierce attack of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meant that he must have the strength of a Great Martial Master at the very least!
Lu Yu pushed up abruptly. Exerting his full strength, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was forced back several meters by Lu Yu.
In the brief respite, Lu Yu turned around and glared at Song Yu. “Go hide by the side. Protect yourself properly and don’t get in my way!”
Song Yu’s capability was far from enough. Coupled with the fact that she was now injured, her combat ability was severely curtailed. If she remained here, not only would she be of no help to Lu Yu, she might end up causing more trouble.
Upon hearing these words, Song Yu immediately realized what was going on, and hastily ran to one side to hide, trying her best not to get in the way of Lu Yu’s battle.
At this time, Lu Yu was looking at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth with a deadly serious demeanor.
This Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, an A-class Fearsome Beast, was unbelievably strong.
In the earlier head-on clash of strength, Lu Yu had also clearly understood the strength of this Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth. Its overall strength was just slightly weaker than Lu Yu’s full strength.
However, Lu Yu’s advantage over the beast in strength was just that little bit. He wouldn’t be able to do much damage to it based on this slim edge. Moreover, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s size was so much bigger, so its physical strength was definitely a lot greater than Lu Yu’s.
Lu Yu knew that it would not be advantageous to himself if the battle dragged on for too long.
Currently, there were only two choices. One was to go all out, making good use of the Red Lotus Battle Energy, and kill the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth as quickly as possible. There must not be any delay.
The other option was to parry with the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth and stall for as much time as possible, while waiting for the other warriors in the inner city to come and provide support.
However, in the second option, if the reinforcements from the inner city did not arrive in time, Lu Yu would be in danger. By that time, he wouldn’t have the strength left to fight the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth anymore.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Yu still felt that it was safer to rely on himself. He chose to fight with his full strength and slay the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
Apart from having the assurance of his own reliability, if Lu Yu slew the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth all alone, then the spoils of war belonged to him alone.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was so powerful, and it was an A-class Fearsome Beast at that. If Lu Yu could eat it, he would definitely be able to elevate his ability by leaps and bounds.
After making up his mind, Lu Yu immediately took action.
In terms of strength, Lu Yu had a small advantage, but it wasn’t enough for him to win outright.
However, Lu Yu still had the powerful Blood Emperor Battle Saber and Red Lotus Battle Energy. If he could make good use of both of them, he felt that his chances of winning would be very high.
Lu Yu raised the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and activated all of his augmentation skills at once. The augmentation factors overlapped and stacked up, unleashing his aura at full force. A terrifying strength was infused into the Blood Emperor Battle Saber.
The characteristic of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber was that, the greater the power, the stronger the saber.
Under such a powerful force, the Blood Emperor Battle Saber glinted with flashes of light. It emitted a continuous drone of low saber hums, as if it was yearning for battle and fresh blood.
Lu Yu activated Shadowstep and charged towards the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth came charging at Lu Yu again in a stampede.
However, this time, Lu Yu didn’t go for a head-on clash with it. The first time he did it was only to protect Song Yu and get some idea of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s actual strength.
As the Shadowstep launched into action, Lu Yu’s speed immediately increased.
His body flashed momentarily and he nimbly dodged the stampede of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth and reached its side. Unleashing his full strength, he swung the Blood Emperor Battle Saber at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
With his full strength, combined with the sharpness of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, in one single slash, the saber tore open the thick armor covering the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s body, leaving a long gash.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth let out a roar in pain. Immediately afterwards, red fiery flames burst forth and covered its whole body before sweeping out in a sea of fire towards Lu Yu.
Although the plate armor on Lu Yu’s body had incredibly powerful physical defense, it wasn’t very effective against flames.
All of a sudden, Lu Yu’s entire body heated up. He hurriedly activated Shadowstep and retreated into the distance.
Even Lu Yu was shocked by the scorching heat of the plate armor on his body. If he had retreated too late, he might have been roasted already.
Lu Yu did not expect the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth to possess such a powerful fire-attribute energy, besides having tremendous physical strength.
However, at the same time, Lu Yu’s eyes were now filled with desire. If he could successfully slay this Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth and eat its meat, then Lu Yu’s Red Lotus Battle Energy might receive a big boost!
At this thought, Lu Yu hurriedly activated his Red Lotus Battle Energy. A huge beam of fire about the size of a person appeared and went shooting towards the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was not to be outdone either. Red fiery flames converged and went flying in the opposite direction.
On one side were red fiery flames, and on the other side were blood-red fiery flames. They clashed together explosively.
On impact, Lu Yu’s Red Lotus Battle Energy was slightly superior and it successfully suppressed the other strike. It then continued its momentum and finally hit the body of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
However, after having much of its power absorbed on impact by the red fiery flames of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, there wasn’t much power left in the Red Lotus Battle Energy and it did not cause much damage to the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s body.
Seeing his Red Lotus Battle Energy succeeding and coming out ahead of the opponent’s strike, Lu Yu felt very relieved. After all, this was an improved Red Lotus Battle Energy that was extremely powerful. It was not at all inferior to the fire-attribute skills of an A-class Fearsome Beast.
After learning that the Red Lotus Battle Energy was better at neutralizing the opponent’s attack, Lu Yu then activated the Furnace skill in reverse.
Igniting strength, he doubled his health vitality!
As his health vitality surged, the Red Lotus True Fire converged once again.
This time, the Red Lotus True Fire was much smaller in size than before. Instead of the size of a person, it was now as thick as a leg.
However, its power was concentrated inside this smaller size, and the power contained within it was several times greater than before!
Chapter 29: Battle To Death
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
With the doubling of health vitality, the power of the Red Lotus True Fire was also doubled.
Coupled with the experience that Lu Yu had gained earlier, he compressed the Red Lotus True Fire and condensed its strength. By doing that, he enabled the overall power to increase several times.
After condensing, the fire beam formed by Red Lotus True Fire shot out.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth once again launched its wall of red fiery flames and came charging at Lu Yu.
This time, Lu Yu’s Red Lotus True Fire shot through it and struck the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s body directly, leaving behind numerous wounds.
However, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth had dense skin and thick flesh. It didn’t seem to be affected much and was still able to continue fighting.
Song Yu, who was not far away, watched all this scene unfold in utter disbelief. This guy was actually able to fight head-on with the A-class Fearsome Beast, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, and even suppress its attacks! How terrifying was his strength?
This guy was no ordinary Great Martial Master!
Meanwhile, Lu Yu continued to battle.
Although the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth had dense skin and thick flesh, the attack by Red Lotus True Fire earlier had already caused considerable damage.
If the battle continued in this vein, he should be able to defeat the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth very soon.
Like before, Lu Yu deployed the same tactic of doubling his health vitality, then with the condensed Red Lotus True Fire, he launched it at the beast.
At the same time, Lu Yu raised the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and charged towards the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth struggled to fight back. Having just sustained some injuries from the impact of Lu Yu’s Red Lotus True Fire, it now faced Lu Yu with his Blood Emperor Battle Saber.
It immediately charged towards him.
However, Lu Yu didn’t face it head-on anymore. He activated Shadowstep and dodging nimbly, he instantly arrived at the side of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
This was the location where the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth had been injured by Lu Yu’s Red Lotus True Fire. Blood was flowing out non-stop from the wound.
If not for the dense skin and thick flesh of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, it would have collapsed a long ago after losing so much blood.
Lu Yu’s eyes were cruel and merciless as he brandished the Blood Emperor Battle Saber and struck out with all his might.
Critical Hit Strengthening was triggered, increase by 60%!
Lu Yu suddenly slashed viciously at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s gaping wound.
As the saber stuck, the enormous Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth emitted a loud wail of pain and anguish.
However, Lu Yu didn’t stop. He continued to slash several times, aiming his saber directly and repeatedly at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s wounds.
The wound was less than half an arm’s length initially. Under Lu Yu’s relentless hacking, within a few strikes it had enlarged to half the size of a human. One could even see the flesh and blood right inside the opening.
Unable to bear it any longer, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth aimed a mighty kick at Lu Yu.
Mobilizing his Shadowstep, Lu Yu nimbly dodged again and reached the other side of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
Over here, there was also a small wound left behind by the Red Lotus True Fire.
Lu Yu repeated the same tactic. With a few strikes of the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, he slashed open the existing wound, and blood flowed out endlessly.
The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth wailed and howled desperately. Despite its overpowering strength, it couldn’t even touch Lu Yu.
At this moment, Lu Yu was feeling very glad that he had chosen the Shadowstep technique in the beginning.
Compared to other movement techniques of the same level, Shadowstep might not be the speediest, but it was definitely the most agile and nimble within a short distance.
It was just like right now. As Lu Yu utilized his Shadowstep, he could move extremely nimbly and dodge and weave within short distances. On the other hand, with the massive bulk of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, it wasn’t able to catch him at all. Even though it had the strength, it was useless against Lu Yu.
Furious, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth kept unleashing red fiery flames at his attacker, but Lu Yu simply evaded them effortlessly.
Lu Yu did not let up on his attacks even as he dodged. Alternating between the Red Lotus True Fire and the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, he unleashed a flurry of relentless attacks.
Moreover, whenever there was a chance, Lu Yu would try his best to attack the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s existing wounds.
There was no other method he could deploy. The Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s dense skin and thick flesh were simply too tough. If Lu Yu did not focus on his wounds, it would be difficult for him to inflict much damage.
Finally, after 4 or 5 attacks by the Red Lotus True Fire and dozens of strikes by the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth could no longer hold on and collapsed.
There were two huge wounds on the left and right side of his body that kept bleeding endlessly. It was seriously injured.
The impact from its collapse caused the ground to tremble.
Lu Yu didn’t dare to lower his guard. He hurriedly rushed forward with the Blood Emperor Battle Saber, and slashed down a dozen more times.
It wasn’t until the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth stopped moving and howling, and was confirmed to have died that Lu Yu finally relaxed.
Song Yu, who was hiding on one side, could not believe her eyes. She thought that it was amazing that Lu Yu was engaging the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth in close combat, and had assumed that he would hold on until reinforcements arrived.
Contrary to her expectations, within such a short time, Lu Yu had single-handedly slain an almighty A-class Fearsome Beast, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth!
Only now did Song Yu realize how badly she had underestimated Lu Yu.
How was this an unarmed, defenseless old man? He was clearly a terrifying Great Martial Master!
At this moment, when Lu Yu verified that he had successfully slain the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, he let out a big sigh of relief. He first used the Blood Emperor Battle Saber to slice off a piece of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s meat, and then used its own condensed flames to roast it on the spot.
It wasn’t long before the fragrant aroma of roast meat filled the air. Lu Yu couldn’t care less about his image as he grabbed the meat and started wolfing it down ravenously.
It didn’t take long for Lu Yu to finish roughly another 20 catties worth of Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat.
Lu Yu burped with satisfaction as a notification appeared before his eyes.
[Ding! Detected that host has eaten the hind leg meat of an A-class Fearsome Beast, Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth. Received: Strength +632, Health Vitality +452, Spirit +345, Red Raging Flames (A-class)!]
As soon as the notification sounded, Lu Yu felt a warm current flow through his body and a tingling sensation spread through his body.
Immediately afterwards, every aspect of Lu Yu’s body experienced an astonishing upgrade.
At the same time, Lu Yu’s external appearance changed again.
The few wrinkles that were left on his face faded away, and his white hair gradually turned black.
Before long, Lu Yu’s full head of white hair disappeared, and in its place was a head of black hair.
With a wrinkle-free face and a strong, muscular body, he did not look like an old man in his 90s at all. He was clearly a mature man in his 40s in the prime of his life!
At the side, Song Yu let out a sigh of relief after seeing Lu Yu succeed in eliminating the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth.
She had already been injured earlier on and had been holding out for a long time. After the sense of relief washed over her, she slowly fainted.
Just before she completely lost consciousness, she happened to witness the change in Lu Yu’s appearance, changing from an old man to a mature middle-aged man.
Lu Yu was also overjoyed as he sensed the changes in his body.
This was a change brought about by reaching a certain level of strength and having a sufficient concentration of health vitality
Lu Yu looked at the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s corpse again. Earlier, he had only cut off a piece of meat that weighed about 20 catties and eaten it, but with that, he had already obtained a significant boost in strength.
And that piece of 20 catties meat, compared to the whole Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth that was about 4 to 5 persons tall, was merely a drop in the ocean.
The remaining Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat was a huge fortune for Lu Yu.
Later on, when Lu Yu slowly consumed all of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth meat, his strength would definitely receive a massive boost, raising it to an incredible level.
However, the body of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was too big, and carrying it was extremely troublesome.
At this point, Lu Yu recalled that the woman seemed to have an interspatial ring on her hand. He hurriedly walked towards Song Yu.
Chapter 30: Arrival of the Military Lord
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lu Yu came up to Song Yu and saw that she did indeed have a light gray ring on her hand.
It seemed rather ordinary, maybe even a little crude. However, from what he remembered, this was an interspatial ring. It was made from special materials and crafted by ancient array formations. It was extremely rare.
Lu Yu removed the ring from the unconscious Song Yu’s hand and put it on his own.
All of a sudden, Lu Yu sensed a space that was about a hundred cubic meters in size.
This was only a basic interspatial ring, so the space was still relatively small. It was only a hundred cubic meters in size.
Fortunately, there weren’t many things inside. Only a small portion of the space was needed for Lu Yu to put the corpse of the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth away.
Lu Yu walked over to the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth’s corpse and activated the interspatial ring. He then enclosed it inside.
After putting the corpse away, Lu Yu was finally relieved. This Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was simply too precious to him.
With his SSS-class Gluttony Talent, Lu Yu could completely rely on the corpse of this A-class Fearsome Beast, the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, to increase his strength greatly.
Lu Yu walked to the edge of the city wall and looked down at the remaining Fearsome Beasts. To his surprise, he discovered that at some unknown time, the remaining Fearsome Beasts that had been battling ferociously down there had all departed from the city wall and were gradually disappearing off into the horizon.
Lu Yu suspected that it might have something to do with him killing this Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth. Perhaps this Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth was the commander leading this wave of attack by the Fearsome Beasts.
With the fall of their commander, the Fearsome Beasts lost their leader and therefore, gradually retreated.
Lu Yu then walked to the other side of the city wall and looked towards the inner city. It was the same situation.
There were still plenty of Fearsome Beasts remaining, but they too, were retreating.
When he took in all these sights, Lu Yu didn’t try to stop them.
In the earlier battle with the Scarlet Shaggy Mammoth, Lu Yu had expended quite a fair bit of energy, and he was, quite frankly, exhausted.
Besides, these Crimson Haired Warthogs weren’t very attractive to Lu Yu since they did not offer him much benefit in terms of boosting his abilities.
Then, Lu Yu carried the unconscious Song Yu and clambered down the city wall. Thereafter, he headed towards the inner city.
Not long after, he bumped into a large group of warriors who were on their way to render support.
Upon seeing that Lu Yu had returned safely by himself, and even brought back the deputy captain of the 4th squadron, everyone was caught by surprise, unable to believe their eyes.
At this time, Lu Yu was covered in blood from head to toe, and presented a terribly awful demeanor.
However, all warriors looked at Lu Yu with admiration in their eyes.
For a person to be able to slash his way all alone to the outer city and still return safely, he not only must have incredible strength, he must also have exceptional courage that was the envy of everyone.
Very soon, the City Lord, the Advisor and several dojo masters rushed down to the battle site. They were all stunned by Lu Yu’s appearance.
With his white hair turning black, it meant that Lu Yu had broken through to the next stage during the battle to the death, and his strength had risen tremendously.
Lu Yu’s ability wasn’t weak to begin with, yet he had actually achieved another advancement. It made the other people extremely envious.
As for the others, they finally understood why Lu Yu was able to rise from a Grade 1 Martial Arts Warrior to a Great Martial Master in a single year. With such courage, he could charge outside fearlessly to confront the wave of Fearsome Beasts attacking the city all by himself. This sort of willpower was not something that ordinary people possess!
Very soon, Song Yu was secretly sent to the military hospital for treatment.
The warriors who were cleaning up the battlefield quickly discovered a large number of Fearsome Beast corpses at the foot of the outer city walls as well as on the top of the city walls.
Judging from the trail of the corpses, it would appear that they were strewn along the direction that Lu Yu was heading at that time.
When this news spread to the city, everyone marveled at the feat that he accomplished.
At this moment, Lu Yu was invited to the City Lord’s Office.
The dojo masters of the 4 dojos were also here.
“Mr. Lu, in the battle with the Fearsome Beasts attacking the city, your act of heroism is incomparable. I take off my hat to you!” East End Dojo Master Tan Jun cupped his fists at Lu Yu in a respectful greeting.
Jiang Zilong, the dojo master of West Universe Dojo, who was standing by the side, smiled and said, “Mr. Lu, you’ve really opened my eyes. You’ve turned the battle of defending the city into one of attacking the Fearsome Beasts. Only you can achieve such a remarkable feat!”
The other two dojo masters also chimed in,
“That’s right. Most of the corpses of the Fearsome Beasts in the outer city were probably your handiwork, Mr. Lu. It’s really impressive.”
“Oh yes, Mr. Lu. Have you given consideration to which dojo you wish to join?”
Before Lu Yu could answer, the dojo master of West Universe Dojo smiled and said,
“Gentlemen, after this battle, you all still want to recruit Mr. Lu into your dojo? In my opinion, none of our 4 dojos here are worthy of Mr. Lu.”
The other dojo masters were dumbstruck when they heard his words. However, after thinking through for a while, they immediately understood his underlying meaning.
With Lu Yu’s formidable strength and his unrivaled contributions in this battle, he would inevitably be showered with rewards and favor by all sides. Naturally, their dojos would no longer have any competitive edge. It was highly unlikely that any of the dojos would be able to retain him.
In an instant, the dojo masters felt an immense sense of regret.
If they had known about the outcome beforehand, they would have added a few more conditions to make their offer more attractive, sparing no expense to entice Lu Yu to join their dojo.
If he had joined a dojo first before joining in the battle, they would be in a better position to retain Lu Yu.
At this moment, City Lord’s Advisor, Qin Cheng and City Lord Yan Hong walked over at the same time.
Qin Cheng first went up and congratulated Lu Yu. “Mr. Lu, you have demonstrated extraordinary talent in this battle. You are now the center of attention. Congratulations!”
City Lord Yan Hong smiled and said, “Mr. Lu, in this battle, your battle achievements are truly illustrious. You have made the greatest contribution in the city’s success in repelling the Fearsome Beasts. If you want any reward, feel free to tell me. As long as it is within my ability to grant you, I will definitely fulfill it. Oh yes! Would you like me to appoint you to run the 5th dojo in the city? You can be the dojo master of the Central Dojo! Your dojo will be ranked above the existing 4 dojos and it will be the largest dojo in the city. The City Lord’s Office will provide assistance and support in all aspects.”
“Central Dojo?”
The jaws of the other 4 dojo masters dropped collectively.
All along, there had been plans to set up a Central Dojo, but there had never been a suitable candidate to take on the role of the dojo master.
The 4 dojos were also focused on improving their abilities, thinking that they could become strong enough to be the Central Dojo. That was why they had been focused on preserving their strength.
Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that after this battle, the City Lord would straightaway hand over control of the Central Dojo to this new Great Martial Master.
Although they were all exceedingly envious, the dojo masters of the 4 great dojos were not jealous. They had all witnessed Lu Yu’s strength with their own eyes, and they acknowledged that they couldn’t hold a candle to him. They willingly accepted that Lu Yu was the ideal candidate to take on the role of the Central Dojo Master.
When Lu Yu heard this, he was somewhat surprised that the City Lord would directly appoint him as the Central Dojo’s dojo master.
The dojo master of the Central Dojo was ranked above the 4 great dojos. In this city, his position was extremely high, second only to the City Lord. His rank was even higher than the City Lord’s Advisor. It was truly unbelievable.
At this moment, an announcement could be heard coming from outside.
“The Military Lord of the Gamma Military Zone has arrived!”
The City Lord, the Advisor, and the 4 dojo masters exchanged looks of astonishment.
“What? The Military Lord is here!”
This city was under the jurisdiction of the Gamma Military Zone, just one of many under its jurisdiction.
Although the Military Lord was in charge of military affairs and the City Lord was in charge of the city administration, both being responsible for two separate aspects,
the Military Lord’s jurisdiction included several cities, so his status was naturally much higher than the City Lord’s.