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Chapter 108 - 97: Golden Bell Shield, Hua Jin Minor Achievement_2

Chapter 108: Chapter 97: Golden Bell Shield, Hua Jin Minor Achievement_2

Feels good, keep on improving!

[Golden Bell Shield upgraded to Master Level, 2.6 million Fan Value consumed]

That’s right, upgrading the Golden Bell Shield to Master Level is more expensive than upgrading Xingyi Fist to Master Level, probably because advancing Xingyi Fist to Master Level only enhances control over the muscles and bones of the body, whereas the Golden Bell Shield at Master Level not only enhances the control over Qi and blood but also boosts the strength of Qi and blood, muscle bone power, and muscle strength, equivalent to a buy-one-get-three deal, which is why it’s much more expensive.

After Wu Li upgraded the Golden Bell Shield to Master Level, that swollen muscle feeling from before actually faded away, and his body seemed no different from before.

However, at the whim of a thought, Wu Li almost subconsciously transferred his Qi and blood, and his right arm suddenly swelled, growing thicker, the surface of his skin turning a bluish-black with patterns like special marble veins.

In movies, practitioners of the Golden Bell Shield often have a bronze complexion, and their bodies turn golden when operating their power, but in reality, when the Golden Bell Shield is cultivated to great success, the body should exhibit the bluish-black skin seen on Wu Li now; this is the result of an extreme abundance of Qi and blood. If he stood under the sun, from a distance, it would indeed give off a glinting golden impression, hence the name Golden Bell Shield.

"Qi Blood Transfer, full-body Energy Transfer, Power merges and completes a circle, ready to react at any stimulus... So that’s how it is," Wu Li murmured to himself.

He had assumed this martial art was merely a simple defensive skill, but he didn’t expect that at higher levels it actually involved the concept of Hua Jin.

Thinking about it, the Golden Bell Shield was initially inspired by the Sutra of Marrow Cleansing, and Xingyi Fist’s Bone and Muscle Strengthening eventually lead to the Bone Marrow, which comes from the Sutra of Marrow Cleansing; evidently, the two are related.

The Ming Jin, Dark Force, and Hua Jin of Xingyi Fist actually correspond perfectly to Bone Strengthening, Muscle Strengthening, and Bone Marrow during practice; Wu Li can now easily control Muscle Bone Power, Dark Force is more or less at Great Success; his technique in Ming Jin martial arts, after fourteen years of hard practice, has turned pure and efficient, also considered Great Success; only Hua Jin, Wu Li has not yet dabbled in.

Although Ming, Dark, and Hua Jin are not hierarchical in terms of strength, in terms of the difficulty of beginning, Ming Jin is the easiest to grasp, Dark Force next, and Hua Jin the hardest, which is why Xingyi Fist begin easy and get harder, starting with Ming Jin, then Dark Force, and finally Hua Jin.

The training method for Hua Jin involves Marrow Cleansing, demanding that one’s Power is rounded and complete within the body, facing no resistance while transferring energy, achieving the state where every part of the body can form a fist, only thus one can be instantly responsive, so light a feather cannot land, nor can a fly alight.

Wu Li, for the time being, didn’t have Bone Marrow nor practice Hua Jin, not only because it was difficult to begin, but also because Hua Jin is just a method of transferring energy - it might not directly enhance one’s combat strength. Spending a lot of time to cultivate Hua Jin might not be more effective than using the same amount of time to enhance Dark Force or Ming Jin.

Just like those UFC champions, they’ve cultivated their Ming Jin to the pinnacle, and it’s hard for them to improve their physical fitness or martial arts level anymore. So they start learning Traditional Martial Arts, hoping to use Dark Force to enhance themselves; Wu Li also planned to wait until his Ming Jin and Dark Force reached their peaks before starting to practice Hua Jin, adopting a different method to enhance himself, but surprisingly, upon reaching great success with the Golden Bell Shield, it turned out to be a form of Hua Jin.

Having mastered the Golden Bell Shield, he could achieve some degree of instant reaction as when an opponent hits Wu Li’s body, his body will naturally react to the stimulus, his Qi and blood naturally flowing to the spot, not only strengthening his Muscle Strength but also using the force of his Qi and blood to counter the opponent’s penetrating force.

Therefore, the Golden Bell Shield can block not only Ming Jin but also Dark Force, which is also a manifestation of Hua Jin.

"I didn’t expect to unintentionally achieve so much," Wu Li thought with elation. He had not planned to practice Hua Jin, but with the Golden Bell Shield at Master Level, he possessed a degree of Hua Jin ability, what could be considered a small achievement in Hua Jin.

After upgrading the Golden Bell Shield, Wu Li was left with 515,000 Fan Value. He chose to continue exchanging, this time for the Rare Skill Muscle Mister.

[Exchanged for Muscle Mister, 500,000 Fan Value consumed]

Muscle Mister: Passive Skill, Muscle Strength increases by 50%, available when any External Fist is practiced to Master Level.

Wu Li had already been through the Bone and Muscle Strengthening along with pharmaceutical assistance for a while now, and the period of rapid advancement of his physical fitness was almost over. If he wanted to continue enhancing his Muscle Bone Power and Muscle Strength, it would only be through the painstaking steady effort, slowly standing in stance, refining the body, perhaps in two or three years’ time, able to further improve his physical condition, and in the seven or eight years afterwards, slowly reaching the pinnacle.

Therefore, Wu Li decided to exchange for Muscle Mister now and directly enhanced his Muscle Strength by 50%, which was like saving several years of painstaking effort.

The special effect of Muscle Mister was available upon reaching Master Level in External Fist, which means that if one’s physical fitness is better before practicing External Fist, the greater the enhancement they will achieve in the end.

This is also why many tall and muscular foreigners appear more powerful when using our Traditional Martial Arts because their innate physique is stronger than many people in our country, and practicing External Fist further strengthens that advantage.

With Wu Li’s background of fourteen years of Internal Fist, along with roughly three months of Bone and Muscle Strengthening paired with pharmaceuticals, he was like someone naturally strong in muscles and bones practicing External Fist and had also reached Master Level.

After exchanging for the Golden Bell Shield and Muscle Mister, Wu Li truly achieved the unity of Internal and External: internally, the Golden Bell Shield protects his body, and externally, the figure honed by Iron Cloth Shirt after reaching Great Success; internally, powerful Muscle Bone Power from the Xingyi Fist’s Bone and Muscle Strengthening, externally, Muscle Strength equivalent to having practiced External Fist to Great Success.

This was a peak state Wu Li had never experienced before!

He used System Detection on himself:

[Height: 180cm

Weight: 78kg

Muscle Strength: 178 (135)

Muscle Burst: 170 (148)

Muscle Endurance: 146 (140)

Resistance To Hits: 230 (213)

Neural Response: 143 (143)

Skills: Xingyi Fist (Master Level), Golden Bell Shield (Master Level), Bagua Palm (Master Level), Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Master Level)

Overall Score: A (94%)

(Data in parentheses represent pre-exchange values.)]

The practice of Bone and Muscle Strengthening had increased Wu Li’s height by a bit, reaching 180 cm, and added ten jin to his weight, making it 78 kg; his muscle strength had enhanced by 50%, significantly increasing his muscle strength and burst, surpassing Basong in one go!

As for his resistance to hits, the increase wasn’t very large, partly because his base data were already high and also because the defense of the Golden Bell Shield mainly manifested in a momentary Qi Blood Transfer and internal transformation, whereas the system’s calculation was based only on the physical body’s own resistance to strikes.

This series of exchanges caused Wu Li’s Fan Value to plummet instantly from 3.68 million to a meager 15,000; it could be said that he had returned to square one overnight. However, his improvement was also obvious, as his Overall Score in the system jumped directly from A- (67%) to A (94%), likewise surpassing Basong’s A (14%).

Although the Overall Score couldn’t represent actual combat power, at least in terms of hardware conditions, Wu Li was already above his opponents!

...

That evening, as Wu Li was using his Fan Value to enhance himself, a shocking transformation was occurring in the private estate of the Yu family of New Country.

Under the ghastly moonlight, the vast estate was utterly silent, with a faint scent of blood wafting out.

Bang! A blood-stained long knife was chopped down onto a desk.

The desk, made from a single valuable block of rosewood, was costly. The four treasures of the study placed on the desk were all exquisite items. However, at this moment, all of these expensive objects were splattered with the fresh blood from the long knife.

Behind the desk, an old man with graying hair sat in a chair, his face an iron shade of blue, staring deadly at the person holding the knife.

The knife bearer was a young man, half his white shirt stained with blood. His eyes were defiant, looking bitterly at the old man as he drew out the long knife, pointing at the old man as he spoke.

"You old thing, I’ve told you countless times that the Yu family will eventually be under my command!"