Martial Saint!
Chapter 50 - 0050 Dark Force (2 more updates)

Chapter 50: 0050 Dark Force (2 more updates)

A dreamless night.

At dawn, the sky began to brighten.

It was the perfect time for Martial Arts training.

Upon waking, Chenzhou immediately headed towards Fangshan.

In front of the Tiger Garden, there was not a soul in sight, and the Black Tiger lay there, its eyes wide open.

But its eyes were not closed; it seemed to be waiting for something.

Soon, the figure of Chenzhou appeared.

The Black Tiger knew—that monkey had come again!

"Brother Tiger, thanks to you, I was able to advance my Black Tiger Fist to this level in just one month. I rushed off yesterday and forgot to thank you," Chenzhou said to himself.

Having spent lots of time together, he even found the Black Tiger quite handsome.

"Roar!"

The Black Tiger let out a deep growl.

Chenzhou tried hard to recall the state of inspiration he had felt before, but the feeling was slow to come. He practiced his fist technique on the spot for an hour then descended the mountain.

...

The 29th, cloudy weather.

The monkey had come again.

The Black Tiger was numb to it.

Eventually, Chenzhou returned without achieving anything.

His mindset was good, methodically cultivating. It was best when inspiration came, but its absence did not stop him from fully mastering Black Tiger Fist in the next few days.

...

The 30th, still cloudy.

The monkey had been coming for almost a month.

The Black Tiger wondered how long it could keep this up.

...

May 1st, clear weather.

Early in the morning.

Dragon City High School.

Today was a day off. The students either went home or made plans to hang out, and those practicing Martial Arts also needed to relax from time to time. Chenzhou heard some of the boys in his class were no longer virgins... Except for a few special Martial Arts disciplines, most did not require a Pure Yang Body.

Chenzhou did not go anywhere and did not return home.

He called his family every day.

At the Martial Arts Academy, there was nothing special.

It was just that Teacher Zhang asked Chenzhou about that APP, and Chenzhou said he would consider it after advancing to Fourth Rank. With his current weak strength, no one would hire him as a personal trainer.

After completing the daily Martial Arts knowledge quiz and practising Heavenly Pile and movement techniques, Chenzhou spent the morning at the zoo, planning to break through in one go.

When the Black Tiger saw the monkey appeared to be staying put, it kept its distance and watched Chenzhou practice his punches. It felt that this monkey was increasingly exuding a "tiger’s flavor."

...

The sun set in the west, the remnants glowing red as blood.

Unconsciously, it had reached dusk.

The first breakthrough attempt was indeed challenging.

"Other people don’t have a Martial Arts Tree and can’t see their own progress. Facing such breakthrough obstacles, long-term hard training without success, that’s truly despairing... No wonder many people give up on Martial Arts after being stuck at Third Rank for years."

The Black Tiger Fist was indeed not comparable to Basic Boxing.

Martial Arts are difficult, as challenging as reaching the heavens.

Dark Force was truly the first major threshold on the path of a Martial Artist.

After excessive training over the last few days, Chenzhou felt somewhat fatigued. He felt he was just a step away from a breakthrough and persisted to go through the routine again.

Black Tiger Crossing the Mountain, absolutely unrestrained!

He put all his energy into combining the thirty-six forms with Mountain Crossing Body, fiercely displaying them in the Tiger Garden. Occasionally, passersby noticed it was Chenzhou and shook their heads as they left. During this period, the Tiger Garden had gained Dragon City’s "Tiger Maniac."

This person practically wanted to live and eat with the tigers all day. Then someone discovered this person was a transfer student who had just arrived at the beginning of the month, with low-class root bone. People then understood why he was trying so hard: lacking in talent, he made up for it with effort!

"Roar!"

Black Tiger watched Lu Chenzhou boxing and was actually mesmerized. He saw a monkey darting around outside the garden, leaping like a tiger, landing like a tiger. Each punch thrown was like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, and every kick swung out like a tiger’s tail sweeping across!

For a moment, it even mistook this monkey for one of its own kind. Lu Chenzhou was lost in his boxing, using the trees in the garden as wooden dummies, continuing until the last move.

"Black Tiger Breaking Army!"

Bang!

Caught up in the emotion, Lu Chenzhou jumped several meters forward and struck a tree trunk as thick as a bowl. His entire body shivered, and his bones and organs vibrated simultaneously. In an instant, an incredible force surged out from his palm like a tidal wave.

Roar!

It was as if a tiger’s roar echoed through the mountains in his mind.

Boom!

Crack... The tree trunk as thick as a bowl gave off a crisp sound, and a visible crack appeared on it, about one foot long and an inch deep.

Boundless green leaves rustled down.

They were shaken down by the tremendous force, and at this moment, Lu Chenzhou’s calloused, leather-like palms were red and hot, the rebound of that strike was not light.

He ignored the pain, barely concealing his excitement.

"Is this... Dark Force? Haha, I did it, I succeeded!"

Hong Fu had not deceived him; upon achieving Great Success in "Black Tiger Fist," there was a chance to comprehend Dark Force without waiting to reach Perfection. Lu Chenzhou, drenched in sweat, looked towards the Martial Arts Tree:

[Black Tiger Fist: Great Success (1%)]

"Half a year’s time, Great Success in Black Tiger Fist... When I threw that palm strike, my bones and organs vibrated simultaneously, and it seemed like new forces emerged from the five already-opened acupoints. My Qi-Blood, though not yet at the Fourth Rank, is quite close."

Dark Force was the most crucial special ability at the Fourth Rank.

This was why the Dark Force Realm completely overwhelmed the Peak of the Ming Power Realm; it wasn’t just a slight difference in Qi-Blood but in "Dark Force". Lu Chenzhou at the Second Rank could defeat Du beyond his level, but it was impossible for him at the Third Rank to defeat a Fourth Rank opponent—there was a world of difference.

Lu Chenzhou looked at the leaves of "Mountain Crossing Body."

To his surprise, they flickered, exceptionally noticeable.

[Inspiration, double the effect!]

[Mountain Crossing Body: Proficient (90%)]

"Wait... Did I inadvertently trigger the inspiration of ’Mountain Crossing Body’ while I was boxing just now? How unlucky, I have no strength left."

Lu Chenzhou sat on the ground and quickly adjusted his breath.

After pondering for a moment, he took the Qi Boosting One medicine that he carried with him. This bottle should have been kept for next week, but not to waste the inspirational state, he took half of it now, rapidly recovering his physical strength.

Under the forced stimulation of the medicine, he stood up again ten minutes later.

"Overexerting the body is actually not advisable... but today was exceptional, states like this are rare; I will try to avoid it in the future, and I should consider my capacity."

Under Black Tiger’s attention.

Lu Chenzhou resumed his martial arts training, and Black Tiger was also shocked; if it were in his place, it would have been exhausted long ago. This monkey’s toughness was too strong.

In the school, classmates were gradually returning home.

Liu Huan passed by Lu Chenzhou’s dormitory and knocked on the door.

No response; he must be out.

"This guy, he really works hard."

In the Martial Arts School, not many are lazy. But like Lu Chenzhou, who works to the extreme, he hadn’t seen many in his life; this guy was incredible.

Regardless of whether Lu Chenzhou could get into Dragon City Martial Arts University in the future.

He sincerely admired this person.

...

The night was deep, nine o’clock.

Lu Chenzhou was still practicing "Mountain Crossing Body."

Black Tiger had already returned to its nest.

Behind the zoo on the hillside, a sign hung saying "Director’s Office," a middle-aged man with an old face and graying hair, about 1.8 meters tall, wearing a normal outfit, finished practicing Dragon and Tiger Heavenly Pile and casually stretched his muscles.

He yawned and sighed:

"Heavenly Pile takes so much effort... When will opening acupoints ever end?"

With every move, all 450 of his acupoints buzzed within him, his majestic presence scattered the night clouds, and a thick and fierce image of a Five-clawed Golden Dragon emerged from his vast Qi-Blood, coiling behind him, the dragon’s roar echoing among the stars.

He glanced downward inadvertently, peering into the distance, and raised his eyebrows:

"Eh, why is that kid still out there?"

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