Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along-Chapter 336 - 85: Body Refinement Evolution, Third Round—Charge!
The Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect, the Qi Phase, is formed through the power of heaven and earth. The foundation for this layer’s awakening is the resonance between the body and the power of heaven and earth, allowing one to absorb and refine this power continuously, evolving one’s physical fitness.
In the process of absorbing and tempering the power of heaven and earth, one seeks to find the response that opens the Qi Phase.
Currently, the spiritual strength has reached 7.71.
With every breath, Ling Feng can feel his body absorbing and refining the power of heaven and earth.
Ever since he formed the Spiritual Realm and found the source of Spear Intent, his body has had a harmonious relationship with the power of heaven and earth. However, because his spiritual strength was not strong enough before, Ling Feng could only sense but not clearly capture the special relationship between the power of heaven and earth and his body.
He recalled Yan Fei’s mention of the Body Refining Technique.
Essentially, both Quenching Body and Body Refinement belong to the same cultivation system.
Quenching Body involves guiding the body through the Breathing Technique, following the path of the Body Tempering Technique, continuously absorbing the power between heaven and earth, allowing each breath to let the flesh, bones, and even the organs and skin absorb power, thereby constantly strengthening the body and enhancing physical fitness.
As for Body Refinement.
It involves the flesh, bones, organs, and skin clashing and colliding with the power of heaven and earth, interacting like muscle tearing, constantly enhancing physical fitness through the process of injury and healing.
Therefore, Body Refinement can more quickly enhance physical fitness.
It also allows for the continued enhancement of physical fitness after possessing the Sixth Layer Dharma Aspect.
Thus, essentially, the Gaseous Armor appears to be the power of heaven and earth covering the body’s surface, providing protection. In reality, it is the flesh, bones, skin, organs, and veins that repeatedly triumph, commanding the power of heaven and earth around it, forming a protective force.
This power is called "affecting the whole body with a single pull."
With each breath, guided by the flesh’s respiration, the Dharma Power quickly forms, not only having the Gaseous Armor protecting the body’s exterior but also internally evolving through the body’s and power’s interplay, in each victory forming a protective qi that operates throughout and safeguards the organs, even blood vessels.
This is the Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect Qi Phase!
Thus, the nodal point for awakening the Qi Phase requires physical fitness to reach 500.0. Only with a foundation of 500.0 can the body withstand and overcome the power of heaven and earth, continually enhancing physical fitness through the cycle of injury and recovery.
The signal for awakening.
Is finding identical responses from both the body and the fluctuations of heaven and earth.
Therefore, spiritual strength is crucial.
Only strong spiritual strength can capture the identical response, ultimately successfully awakening the Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect.
Otherwise, one can only gradually accumulate through time, slowly comparing repeatedly to awaken the Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect.
Now, Ling Feng’s spiritual strength far surpasses that of his peers, reaching 7.71, making it relatively easy for him to find that identical response.
Only with such spiritual strength, after awakening the Viscera Phase, can the Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect be reawakened in less than ten days.
Unfortunately, the laid-back Ling Feng, not in a rush, couldn’t immediately find the response to awaken the Qi Phase with his 7.71 spiritual strength.
However, he believes that it won’t be long before he awakens the Seventh Layer Dharma Aspect.
That is the confidence 7.71 spiritual strength gives him.
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the second day.
The third round of the national exam finally arrived as scheduled.
Ao Dagang was right, from the third round onwards, every round is a real battle.
Likewise, there are clear differences between the martial arts competition standards for first and second tier provinces and those for third and fourth tier provinces.
First and second-tier provinces’ martial artists continue to compete at the same venue, seeing who can kill the required number of Alien Demon Beasts within the given time.
The second round lasted for three days.
The third round is shortened to one day.
The standard is to kill one hundred Bone Realm Alien Demon Beasts, or ten Dirt Realm Alien Demon Beasts, or two Viscera Realm Demon Beasts, and one Qi Realm Great Demon within a day through real battles.
The difference is the shortened time and the shift from simulation to real battles.
Moreover, the number of Alien Demon Beasts in the area is far below what everyone requires, so to kill enough Alien Demon Beasts to pass the examination smoothly, one needs not only faster speed but also terrifying strength.
They also face threats from other candidates.
Ling Feng discovered that in the fourth-tier provinces, besides him and Ming Cheng, only one martial artist from Jiangchuan Province made it to the third round.
It is evident that if five martial artists from Jiangnan Province simultaneously entered the third round, in three years, the emergence of a Realm Traveler could potentially elevate Jiangnan Province from a fourth-tier province to a third-tier, thus receiving more cultivation resource subsidies.
Moreover, the martial artist from Jiangchuan Province is a woman named Jiao Mei.
Her identity information and related data were acquired by the King of North of the River just this morning.
A Viscera Realm expert.
Possesses inherent lineage power, with a high level of lineage.
Has already awakened the Sixth Layer Dharma Aspect.
Combat Power is 1903.2.
She is also a Level 2 Defense System Mental Telekinesis Master.
Simultaneously comprehends Sword Intent and masters the Spiritual Realm.
As the saying goes, "many hands make light work," this time competing alongside talents from third-tier provinces, with the insufficient number of Alien Demon Beasts unable to let all martial artists pass the test, banding together for warmth becomes even more essential.
