At five o'clock the next morning, Xu Zhou woke up.
He went to his backyard, holding a machete, and began training in the Mountain Breaking Saber Technique.
Starting last night, Xu Zhou made the decision that from now on, the task of enhancing Qi-Blood would be left to his mutated chicken avatar.
His main body's task was to keep practicing battle techniques to improve his combat power.
By working on both simultaneously, he could maximize his advantages.
"Challenging the top hundred ranking, battle techniques are more important than Qi-Blood."
Xu Zhou thought to himself, "If I break through to the second stage of saber technique, I can challenge the top hundred ranking now!"
Those who can reach the second stage of battle techniques are among the top students.
Even among the students on the top hundred ranking of the first year, few have broken through this realm.
Xu Zhou practiced the Mountain Breaking Saber Technique tirelessly, repeating various moves like chopping, hacking, lifting, slicing, poking, intercepting, pushing, and stabbing.
As if he didn't know fatigue.
In a blink of an eye, an hour passed.
Li Ruoxi came out from the house, seeing the figure in the backyard, she was slightly stunned.
"The Mountain Breaking Saber Technique?" Li Ruoxi walked into the backyard and looked at Xu Zhou, "Have you started with the saber technique?"
Xu Zhou did not respond and performed the complete Mountain Breaking Saber Technique before stopping his training.
He looked at his sister and smiled, "Not bad, right?"
"Just average." Li Ruoxi said coldly, "Too much emphasis on posture, it looks pleasing to the eyes, but has no real use."
Xu Zhou's smile froze, and he snorted, "I just started practicing yesterday, and I'm already at the first stage of saber technique."
Li Ruoxi slightly raised her eyebrows.
Then she said "Oh" and continued, "I was at the second stage of battle technique during my first semester of first year."
"..."
Xu Zhou said helplessly, "I know you're amazing, you're a genius."
"Do you even need to say?" Li Ruoxi hummed lightly, her voice crisp and pleasant, a slightly cold or proud expression on her face as she turned to leave.
Watching her back, Xu Zhou showed a helpless expression.
Whenever she could hit him, this sister would never miss a chance, always maintaining a cold and proud demeanor towards him.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhou sighed.
Frankly speaking, Li Ruoxi was indeed very beautiful, with an oval face, delicate and refined features, and skin as smooth and white as porcelain.
Now in her third year of high school, she had grown to 1.75 meters, as tall as Xu Zhou, and developed a very good figure.
Sometimes Xu Zhou thought, having such a beautiful sister, it would be nice if she was a bit more gentle.
Unfortunately, since childhood, Li Ruoxi always looked down on Xu Zhou, and it was even more so now.
"No hurry." Xu Zhou's heart was calm.
Even the coldest woman admires strength.
He believed that he would eventually catch up with Li Ruoxi and surpass her, and by then, she would naturally look at him differently.
Immediately after, Xu Zhou recalled Li Ruoxi's comment just now, "Too much emphasis on posture? Indeed, I've been overly focused on postures."
Xu Zhou thought to himself, "No wonder sometimes I feel awkward when making moves, that's the reason."
At this moment, a slight understanding appeared in his eyes.
In the next second, Xu Zhou raised the machete again and started his training in the backyard.
...
In the following period, Xu Zhou traveled back and forth between home and school.
At home, he stood in the backyard training his saber technique.
At school, he went to Cao Yong's office to practice.
During this time, Cao Yong gave him numerous guidance and help.
Under such persistent training, Xu Zhou's progress was very fast, he could even feel that his saber technique was visibly improving!
Time continued to pass.
Ten days went by in a blink.
At school, in the public training room.
Xu Zhou slashed out with a saber, the saber light crisscrossing, the air emitted a "buzzing" sound.
A terrifying momentum erupted, leaving a noticeable white mark on a ground that could withstand ten thousand pounds of force.
Xu Zhou slowly exhaled, standing with his saber.
"Three days ago, I broke through the peak of the first stage of saber technique." Xu Zhou thought to himself, "Closer and closer to the second stage of saber technique."
He opened the panel to take a look.
Host: Xu Zhou
Qi-Blood: 73.5 cal
Spirit: 1 Herz
Avatar Body: Shark Tooth Mutated Chicken
Rank: 0 stage 1 level (99%)
Net Weight: 34.5 kg
Talent: Gain ten kilograms per day (limit), Devouring All Things
Evolution: When weight reaches species limit, evolution can begin.
——
During these ten days, he kept eating.
His shark tooth mutated chicken had grown by a full 20 kilograms, reaching the peak of level 1.
Just a step away from breaking through to level 2!
Also, the boosts from the avatar to the main body had accumulated a whole 1 cal.
Now, Xu Zhou's Qi-Blood had increased by 2.5 cal compared to when he first crossed over half a month ago!
This is something that most people would take two or even three months to achieve.
But Xu Zhou did it in just half a month.
"Due to my talent, the quality of my Qi-Blood far exceeds ordinary people." Xu Zhou thought to himself, "My real combat power is likely far beyond this surface level."
He went to a corner of the training room, standing in front of a large sandbag, above which was a display meter.
This was a punching power testing instrument.
"Hoo!"
Xu Zhou stomped on the ground with both feet, his spine undulating like a dragon, channeling all his strength into his right fist.
He punched the sandbag hard.
"Boom!!"
With a loud thud, the sandbag shook violently.
The numbers on the display meter started rising at a terrifying speed.
50kg, 60kg, 70kg...
Finally, the number on the display meter froze at 99kg.
"Ninety-nine kilograms?" Xu Zhou showed a look of surprise.
Generally speaking, 70 cal Qi-Blood corresponds to 50 kilograms of punching power.
And each increase of 1 cal Qi-Blood would add 5 kilograms of punching power.
Of course, this ratio is not fixed, after reaching 140 cal Qi-Blood, the increase in punching power with each 1 cal Qi-Blood would be more.
First Rank Martial Artist, with 150 cal Qi-Blood, would have a punching power of about 500 kilograms.
According to this calculation.
Xu Zhou's 73.5 cal Qi-Blood should correspond to 67.5 kilograms of punching power.
But Xu Zhou's punching power reached 99 kilograms!
"For ordinary people, Qi-Blood would need to reach 80 cal to potentially reach ninety kilograms of punching power."
Xu Zhou thought to himself, "But my Qi-Blood is only 73.5 cal. Calculating this way, when I increase 1 cal Qi-Blood, I can at least increase 14 kilograms of punching power?"
Now, he was even more surprised.
This meant that the higher his Qi-Blood, the wider the gap with opponents of the same level!
"Top hundred ranking... I wonder if I have the power to fight them now?" Xu Zhou looked at his punching power, unable to stop himself from mumbling inwardly.
As the month approached its end.
A subtle atmosphere of competition was also quietly growing in the school.
Because at the end of each month, it's the time for the top hundred ranking to be set.
At that time, the geniuses ranking at the top of the school would engage in an extremely fierce battle, claiming victory and entering the ranking list.
And Xu Zhou had yearned for the top hundred ranking for a long time.
"Never underestimate those on the top hundred ranking." Xu Zhou thought to himself, "They have been practicing since the third year of middle school, my foundation is naturally not as good as theirs."
"For safety's sake, I'll decide after tonight."
He wasn't in a rush.
After all, he had been waiting for so long; he wasn't eager for this moment.
After tonight, his avatar would break through to level 2.
By then, Xu Zhou's punching power could likely reach a hundred kilograms, and even against those early-trained geniuses on the top hundred ranking, he wouldn't feel inferior to them.