Stronger with More Jobs-Chapter 371 - 211: When Water Overflows, the Moon Wanes—Ultimate Perfection
Jiang Wei’s voice was so calm that there was not a hint of ripple.
Like a stone thrown into a deep pool, it sent out an invisible ripple beside the stone table at the edge of the training ground.
As her words fell.
The entire corner of the training ground instantly plunged into a dead silence.
The solemnity on Wei Banmeng’s otherwise cold face, sparked by the Ghost Festival, instantly solidified into astonishment.
Even Fang Qingyu furrowed his brow immediately.
Several gazes, like tangible searchlights, focused uniformly on Jiang Wei.
The air seemed to freeze.
Jiang Wei appeared to finally realize what she had just said.
She lifted her small face, her clear, big eyes sweeping across the faces around her that were filled with shock and questions.
On her usually expressionless little face, her long eyelashes fluttered twice.
Then, her small mouth slightly opened, and in a naturally gentle tone, she softly added:
"I... I mean, I saw it on a forum last time..."
"I heard that the Ghost Festival is not just a festival for Life Ghosts, when the space barrier is weak, it’s even... there might even be a possibility for the Divine True Bodies to come from another dimension."
"Forum?"
Chu Kuanglan’s face went from astonishment to confusion as he repeated in a muffled voice. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Lu Jiuyuan frowned, seeming to contemplate the credibility of this "hearsay."
Wei Banmeng’s cold eyes lingered on Jiang Wei’s face for a moment, then looked at Fang Qingyu, and then nodded slowly, breaking the brief awkward silence.
"I haven’t heard of this." Her voice returned to its cold tone, with a hint of reflection, "but... it’s not impossible either."
She paused, her tone heavy with the unknown.
"With the space barrier in chaos, Life Ghosts can surge through; theoretically, those gods from dimensions closer to reality, if they have enough power and will, might forcibly break through. Although such a ’true body descent’ would come at an unimaginable cost, and the risk is immense... but with the madness and irrationality of gods, who can guarantee they won’t stake everything on one move?"
"If such a thing really happens..." Wei Banmeng’s voice lowered, "it won’t be as simple as a Life Ghost tide. It would be... a God Calamity."
The words "God Calamity."
Weighted with heaviness, made the just-eased atmosphere tense again.
Chu Kuanglan and Lu Jiuyuan exchanged a glance, both seeing deep apprehension in each other’s eyes.
"Damn! This Ghost Festival is really troublesome!"
Chu Kuanglan scratched his head irritably.
Fang Qingyu looked at Jiang Wei, a trace of understanding flashing in his melted-golden eyes.
Only he understood that Jiang Wei’s previous words were not baseless, nor just forum gossip.
He gave Jiang Wei an extremely subtle wink.
Jiang Wei received the signal, lowered her head again, and hugged her tablet.
Her little face returned to an expression that said, "I’m just a normal little girl, I was just recounting forum gossip."
The group chatted for a while longer about past examples related to the Ghost Festival, like a year when a remote town suddenly had a massive outbreak of Life Ghost tide, and the whole area was contaminated.
Or a year when abnormal spatial fluctuations were found in a large city’s underground network, and the Divine Management Bureau’s elite suffered heavy losses to seal it off...
The atmosphere remained somewhat heavy.
Ultimately, carrying a deeper vigilance and pressure regarding the upcoming Ghost Festival, everyone dispersed, seizing the remaining time to improve themselves.
...
Several days later.
Bamboo Creek Courtyard.
A gentle breeze passed through the bamboo forest, creating a rustling sound.
Sunlight filtered through the sparse bamboo leaves, casting mottled light on the courtyard paved with bluestone slabs.
Fang Qingyu stood with his upper body bare, his bronzed skin reflecting a metallic sheen under the sunlight, with muscle lines smooth yet restrained, but filled with explosive power.
Standing quietly in the center of the courtyard.
He did not invoke Qi Blood, nor activate his Golden Body.
Just standing there, he was like an ancient copper statue rooted in the earth, exuding an imposing aura as steady as a mountain.
This was the natural pressure brought about by a Golden Body Value of 99 points, the limit of a martial artist’s physical body.
Hoo!
Fang Qingyu slowly inhaled, his chest rising and falling gently like a bellows.
Then, his figure suddenly moved.
His left fist shot out like a mountain-shattering force.
The fist momentum was fierce and violent, like a volcano that had accumulated for ages erupting in one go.
As the fist passed, the air emitted a dull sonic boom, and nine dark-gold Qi Forces visible to the naked eye, like coiling evil flood dragons, overlapped, compressed, and rotated in front of the fist tip!
Each Qi Force contained terrifying power enough to shatter stones and crack monuments, with nine layers overlapping, pushing this power to a cataclysmic peak!
Nine Prisons Shattering Mountain Fist!
Bang!
The fist wind exploded, sending a front patch of bamboo leaves swirling wildly.
Pull back the fist!
Fang Qingyu’s body sagged abruptly, his right shoulder like a siege hammer, fiercely thrusting forward with an unstoppable might!
Baji Fist: Iron Mountain Lean!
The movements were simple and unadorned, yet contained ultimate penetration and destructiveness!
As if even a real iron mountain in front of him had to be crushed into pieces by this all-encompassing shoulder strike!
At the moment of shoulder impact, the bluestone slab underfoot silently shattered into a web pattern!
The two martial techniques, one emphasizing layer and one penetration, though stylistically different, both demonstrated their utmost power of Perfection Realm in Fang Qingyu’s hands!
After the drills.
Fang Qingyu stood at ease, his Qi Blood gradually calming around him.
Feeling the surging power within his body.
The last time at Starfire Castle competing for Thunder Source Material, he slaughtered many Divine Cultists, and with the Life Ghosts hunted in the abyss, the accumulated Skill Points were quite substantial.
Now his martial arts cultivation has reached the Peak of Profound.
The Golden Body has reached the martial artist’s limit.
