I Attained Invincibility In The Real World - Chapter 81
Chapter 81: Chapter 80: River Water and the Official Start
Translator: 549690339
The roaring sound of the rushing water was echoing in their ears.
Chen Sheng and Zhou Li were standing by the cliff, and the only noise they could hear seemed to be this sound alone.
Not far behind them was a giant stone.
Next to the giant stone was a fire they had set up shortly before, with an iron pot on top brought by Zhou Li.
The iron pot was already full of river water.
“Old man, are you sure there’s no problem?”
Even though Chen Sheng was mentally prepared, he still felt somewhat scared when he looked at the waterfall up close and felt the turbulent water. This has nothing to do with his strength, but the instinctual fear humans feel when faced with nature.
For his first time swimming, Chen Sheng needed to become comfortable practicing the Eagle Body Skill in the river.
Once he got used to it, Zhou Li would start boiling the spirit medicine soup to maximize the effect of training.
“Don’t worry, there will be no problem, back when my dad practiced martial arts here, that’s how I watched from the side.”
Zhou Li patted his chest to assure Chen Sheng, but soon a violent coughing fit ensued.
“Old man, you… ”
Chen Sheng was shocked as he looked towards Zhou Li.
“I treated you like a friend, I didn’t expect you to treat me like….”
“Get lost, do you believe that I will kick you down there right now?” Zhou Li blurted out angrily.
Chen Sheng shrugged his shoulders and didn’t continue to say anything.
It’s not because he was afraid Zhou Li would actually kick him down.
The temperature on the stone cliff was incredibly low.
Chen Sheng watched as Zhou Li’s face went from slightly red to completely pale.
Chen Sheng tried to persuade Zhou Li to wait for him by the riverbank, but Zhou Li always worried about leaving Chen Sheng alone.
“This river is more terrifying than you think, once you’re under the waterfall, you will know.”
In response to Chen Sheng’s persuasion, Zhou Li replied seriously.
Seeing this,
Chen Sheng didn’t insist anymore.
He moved a few steps forward toward the edge of the waterfall and looked downwards.
In an instant, his mind was filled with a sense of dizziness.
Zhou Li quickly followed him, pointing towards a protruding stone a few meters below.
“See that stone?”
“I will tie a rope around you later, and you practice your breathing method over there.”
As he spoke, Zhou Li took out a thick hemp rope and tied it around Chen Sheng’s waist.
The other end of the rope was tied to the giant stone at the edge of the waterfall.
“You boldly practice without worry, even if something really happens, old man will pull you up.”
Zhou Li had a wide grin and confidence in his face.
As for this,
Chen Sheng was very doubtful.
But he didn’t hesitate any longer.
He met Zhou Li’s gaze, they nodded at each other.
Chen Sheng took his position, and jumped.
With a splash!
The massive figure immediately disappeared into the water.
“Huff
Cold.
It was ice-cold.
The icy cold aura that could almost freeze his soul penetrated into every pore on Chen Sheng’s skin.
As Chen Sheng stood on the rock, that was his first feeling.
Even with his powerful body when in a state of the breathing method, he was still unable to resist such bone-chilling cold.
He subconsciously wanted to take a deep breath.
But the feeling that followed made it almost impossible for him to do so.
Heavy.
As if a mountain was pressing down.
It was much more severe than the feeling he had when wearing weighted equipment.
The water rushed against his body, he felt pressure coming from all directions down to each corner of his body.
The cold and the heavy pressure came one after another.
Chen Sheng was no longer able to maintain the rhythm of the breathing method.
His huge body rapidly shrank, reverting to normal.
Splash!
His physical attributes reduced by a third in an instant, it became even harder for Chen Sheng to resist the force of the water.
He kneeled on one knee, propping his body up with his arm, barely keeping himself from getting washed away by the waterfall.
Damn it!
What the hell is this water?!
Kneeling on the ground, Chen Sheng’s face was ferocious.
This chilling cold and heavy pull, are beyond that of typical water flow.
He struggled to get up from the ground.
But the continuous impact of the water on his back made him feel as if he were carrying a gigantic rock weighing ten thousand pounds, he was unable to move.
“Kid…are you okay?!”
Zhou Li’s voice faintly came.
Chen Sheng wanted to respond,
Just resisting the water flow already turned his face flushed red.
Once he opened his mouth, the breath he was holding in would release; he might be washed away immediately.
All he could do was slightly shake the rope tied to his waist, giving a response to Zhou Li.
Soon,
The voice from the other arrived again.
“Hold your breath and concentrate, don’t focus on resisting the water flow.”
“Focus on your body!”
Focus on my body?
Hearing this, Chen Sheng was deep in thought.
He retracted his attention from the water flow.
Chen Sheng closed his eyes and began to feel the changes within his body.
Upon doing so, he discovered something strange.
His body had unexpectedly entered a state similar to the Breathing Technique.
His heart started to beat hurriedly, the blood in his body was flushing every corner of his body at an unprecedented speed, trying to dispel the ice-cold sensation invading his body.
At the same time,
Every single muscle in his body was in an unprecedented state of congestion, resisting the oppressive gravity.
Internal organs, limbs, muscles, tendons.
Inside and out, an extreme unity.
Jointly resisting the external threats.
Even if his physical strength was depleting at a rapid pace.
But Chen Sheng’s body was in an unprecedented active state.
With a slight adjustment, he can enter the state of the Breathing Technique again.
Moreover,
It was a stronger state than ever. Having thought that.
“Inhale— “Exhale-—_”
Chen Sheng tried continuously.
Yet, he failed time and time again.
Fortunately,
He wasn’t dispirited.
Time steadily flowed by.
Ten minutes.
Twenty minutes.
Standing by the waterfall, Zhou Li’s lips were turning purple and his face pale from the freezing mountain wind.
But he was still watching worriedly in Chen Sheng’s direction.
Up until now,
It’s been half an hour since Chen Sheng went into the water.
But he was always submerged within and his actual condition was unclear.
In the meantime, if Chen Sheng hadn’t shaken the rope several times to signal
Zhou Li about his condition,
Zhou Li might have already pulled him up from the bottom of the water without any hesitation.
But even so…
It’s already been too long.
Zhou Li was more and more worried in his heart, afraid that Chen Sheng was over-stubborn and refused to give up trying.
Decades ago,
A young Zhou Li had briefly tried waterfall training for the first time.
But he only stayed in the water for a short two-minute period before immediately retreating.
He felt the lingering danger of his life even if he stayed just an extra minute under the waterfall.
That frigid and gravitational double pressure was something he could never forget.
Even his father didn’t endure more than half an hour each time he tried.
However,
What Zhou Li, didn’t know was,
When he tried it back then, the Qi was at a low tide.
But today, it’s a tide-rising period.
The river has now become far stronger than before.
The agony Chen Sheng went through is several times more potent than Zhou Li’s previous experiences.
If he knew this, Zhou Li wouldn’t have dared let Chen Sheng practice here.
Unfortunately,
The lack of accurate information led to this.
Chen Sheng suffered intense pain.
Luckily,
What’s perceived as a curse and a blessing are two sides of the same coin.
At this moment, under the waterfall.
After a half-hour of torment.
Chen Sheng somehow, gradually, felt that he was becoming accustomed to the impact of the surging water.
Each time he adjusted his breathing, he found himself enduring more prolonged periods.
As he kept trying over and over,
His internal organs, muscles, and fascia were beginning to resonate on the same frequency.
“Inhale— “Exhale-—_” Finally.
After trying continuously for half an hour.
Whoosh!
Chen Sheng opened his eyes.
A ring of amber once again encircled his pupils.
“Crack— crack! ”
The noises from within his body were more intense than any other time he had experienced transformation.
Chen Sheng’s body began to swell rapidly.
His palm slightly arched from the ground.
The tough rock underneath turned to mush as if it was tofu, easily penetrated by his fingers.
In just a matter of seconds.
Chen Sheng recovered to his breathing method state.
The skin on his body turned gradually red.
The high internal body temperature countered the ice-cold water, fog rising from his body.
Chen Sheng gradually felt the pressure from the water flow becoming less overbearing.
He smiled.
“Rise for me….. up!!!”
His veins popped on his forehead.
Chen Sheng pushed himself up, using his arms and legs simultaneously.
Eventually,
Whoosh!
Chen Sheng pushed against the cold and water pressure to stand tall upon the rock.
Even the waterfall’s water stream couldn’t hide his enormous figure.
“Excellent!!!”
Zhou Li, standing above, couldn’t help but cheer on seeing this.
“Kid, conserve your energy!”
“What you need to do now is get used to training under the flowing water and avoid unnecessary energy consumption.”
Before he could finish his sentence.
Below the waterfall, a muscular arm rose slowly from beneath the water, making an ok gesture.
Seeing this, Zhou Li couldn’t help but laugh.
He quickly returned to the fireside and used the lighter to ignite the woods.
As the temperature in the pot rose gradually.
Billows of steam rose from the surface of the river water.
An hour and a half later.
Whoosh!
Chen Sheng jumped out of the water.
His massive body hit the ground, making a loud noise.
Taking the towel Zhou Li extended, Chen Sheng wiped his wet hair.
Meanwhile,
The water remains on his skin evaporated continuously under the warmth of his internal body heat.
His whole body seemed to be boiled, continuously giving off steam.
“Is the spirit medicine soup ready?”
He looked toward Zhou Li at the fire.
“In a hurry to reincarnate, are you?!”
“Sit still and wait, also try regaining your strength.
“It will be a joke if you can’t carry on the training suddenly due to power exhaustion— cough cough!”
Zhou Li tried to tease as before.
But he could barely finish his statement before a fit of severe coughing took over him.
The coughing lasted so long that he eventually fell on the ground.
Seeing this,
Chen Sheng quickly went forward, ready to bring him back to the river bank to rest, regardless of his disagreement.
“STOP!”
But then,
Zhou Li immediately spoke a sentence in English.
“I’ll go back once the spirit medicine soup is ready. You can’t control the heat properly, it will be wasteful, and that wouldn’t be good.”
With a trembling body, he climbed up from the ground and leaned against a huge rock to rest.
“If you try to drag me off, I’ll shit on you.”
Zhou Li leaned against the big rock breathing heavily.
Even uttering these few words seemed to consume all his strength.
Chen Sheng was not afraid of him defecating.
But, from the firm conviction in his eyes, he knew Zhou Li would undoubtedly argue about it even if he tried to drag him away.
Eventually,
He sighed helplessly, took off his jacket and put it aside the fire to dry.
He then covered Zhou Li with it.
“Take it easy, old man.”
“Don’t kick the bucket before seeing me sweeping everyone off their feet in the
Martial Arts Conference.” Hearing this,
Zhou Li snickered.
“I sure will be alive till then.”
“To see how this bratt is beaten up.”
As he spoke, it seemed like he pictured the scene in his mind.
With that image, he started chuckling.
Chen Sheng, uncharacteristically, didn’t refute.
He just sat next to the fire without uttering a word, watching the spirit medicine inside the pot.
The delightful aroma drifted with the mountain breeze into his nostrils.
Chen Sheng summoned the panel.
[Chen Sheng]
[Strength:10.4]
[Agility:10.8] [Constitution:10.6]
[Skill Points:12.6] [Eagle Body Breathing Technique Level
Strength increased by 1
Agility increased by 1.1
Constitution increased by 1.1
In the morning, Chen Sheng maintained his three-body breathing rhythm, coupled with an hour and a half hour of practicing the Eagle Body Breathing Technique not long ago.
All his attributes significantly broke the mark of 10 points.
The skill points also reached an adequate level for increasing the Eagle Body
Breathing Technique.
But this is not the end.
What comes next is the real highlight.
Looking at the pot and the spirit medicine soup, giving off a strange glimmer.
How strong can he be, two days later?
Chen Sheng didn’t know.
But he was looking forward to finding out..
