Martial Arts: Starting with Creating a Genius Persona

Chapter 40 Zhao Li, Early Stage of Blood Coagulation

Lu Yuan withdrew his hand and gave a cold look to Lu Chuan, who was lying there spitting out blood.

shook his head.

They continued walking down from the ring.

Lu Yun rushed out from the crowd.

She ran to Lu Chuan's side, squatted down, squeezed his shoulder, and checked his breath.

"It's nothing serious."

A few breaths later, she raised her head and looked at Lu Yuan's back.

He sighed.

Then she looked down at Lu Chuan, her eyes filled with disappointment and frustration, not pity.

"You worthless piece of trash. Do you know that? If he had used his full strength in that strike—he'd be a cripple lying here right now!"

Lu Chuan closed his eyes and did not answer.

Lu Yun stood up and shouted something at Lu Yuan's back.

Thank you.

Thank you, Lu Yuan, for ultimately showing mercy out of consideration for the Lu family.

Lu Yuan didn't turn around; he simply raised his right hand and waved it casually.

From the seat of honor, Tie Qianshan finally spoke.

The voice was flat.

"The youngest son of the Lu family has good talent for cultivation. Unfortunately, he is of bad character."

This statement is referring to Lu Chuan.

Lu Youde stood by the ring, his face dejected.

Looking at Lu Chuan, who was covered in blood, he wanted to say something, but his lips moved and he only managed to utter one sentence.

"Someone, carry Chuan'er back."

Lu Chuan, who had just left the stage, opened his eyes.

His eyes were filled with intense resentment.

He silently vowed in his heart: "Lu Yuan! The humiliation you have inflicted on me today, I will repay you in full!"

……

After Lu Chuan was carried away, the competition quickly resumed.

Zhao Li was fighting against a member of another family.

Zhao Li and Lu Yuan, like everyone else, defeated him with almost no effort.

After a short rest

As expected, the final showdown in the arena became a contest between Lu Yuan and Zhao Li.

Lu Yuan and Zhao Li stepped onto the arena at the same time.

The two of them didn't exchange any opening remarks or make eye contact.

Unlike other matches, there wasn't even any trash talk between them before the game.

The moment the two stood still,

"start!"

As the sound faded,

Zhao Li exerted force with his feet instantly.

He pounced on her like a tiger unleashed from its cage.

Lu Yuan did not retreat, but met the attack head-on.

Two fists collided in mid-air.

The shockwave exploded, even scattering dust from the edge of the ring everywhere.

After the first punch, it became impossible to tell whose punch it was.

The two of them started throwing punches in quick succession.

The two of them moved faster and faster, and their strength increased.

The movement left trails of afterimages in the air.

At this point, the audience could no longer clearly see their specific moves.

Only two blurry shadows could be seen...

They kept colliding in the center of the ring... separating... colliding again.

Each collision was accompanied by the sound of fists slamming together.

After hundreds of moves, the two figures were simultaneously thrown backward.

Each person stabilized themselves at their respective ends of the ring.

Zhao Li's chest heaved violently, and the veins on his forehead bulged slightly.

Lu Yuan's blood and qi were also circulating rapidly, his skin was slightly red from the continuous impacts, and he was panting heavily.

Peak of Body Tempering versus Peak of Body Tempering.

To the untrained eye, the two prodigies of Qingzhou are still evenly matched.

But true experts can tell.

None of these hundreds of moves are aimed at vital points.

It was all just a test.

Zhao Li grinned and chuckled.

Sweat dripped down his forehead.

"At this level, you're not good enough to beat me."

Lu Yuan also laughed; he had a truly satisfying fight this time.

"Who said I went all out?"

Zhao Li's laughter grew louder, but his eyes were filled with seriousness.

Even if you go all out, you still can't win!

"Don't you understand? You can't rely on talent alone without hard work. It won't last."

"There's a calligraphy scroll hanging in my father's study that reads 'Heaven rewards diligence.' I don't believe in heavenly principles. I only believe in diligence."

"Today I'm going to prove to you... I'll personally shatter your arrogance."

After saying that, he took out a blood-red pill from his pocket.

Without the slightest hesitation, he shoveled it into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.

The instant the elixir entered the mouth.

Everyone present could feel it.

Zhao Li's blood and qi suddenly surged.

Below the stage, Lu Youde suddenly stood up, his face ashen.

"Zhao Tianxiong! He actually consumed elixirs to boost his cultivation during the election! Has he no shame? This is against the rules!"

Zhao Tianxiong did not get up, but just snorted coldly.

His tone was full of contempt.

"If you don't understand, just watch."

"Li'er would never stoop to such despicable means."

He tilted his head slightly in the direction of Tie Qianshan.

"Even Sect Master Tie hasn't said anything, so who gives you the right to yell?"

Lu Youde turned to look at the person in the main seat.

Tie Qianshan indeed made no comment.

Instead, he behaved too calmly.

It was as if they didn't take this scene seriously at all.

Lu Youde's heart skipped a beat.

Tie Heng also noticed Zhao Li swallowing the pill.

His brows furrowed, and he leaned down as if to say something to the sect leader.

After all, it would be too unfair to Lu Yuan to forcibly improve his cultivation level with pills during the sect's grand election.

Moreover, there are several other minor sects watching over the area.

But he hadn't even uttered the words.

When his gaze returned to Zhao Li, his pupils suddenly contracted.

wrong.

The surging blood and qi in Zhao Li's body were not the kind of violent, superficial surge forced by external force.

It flows from the inside out, rather than from the outside.

They disperse first, then gather together.

Every strand of it carries a strength that has been suppressed for too long.

He wasn't swallowing pills to enhance his cultivation; he was swallowing pills to release his qi and blood.

In the martial arts world, some cultivators, in order to consolidate their foundation, forcibly suppress their own qi and blood after reaching the point of breaking through their realm.

To keep it at the current stage.

While this may make the foundation more stable, long-term suppression of qi and blood will inevitably lead to meridian blockage.

The elixir was specifically for unblocking obstructed meridians.

Zhao Li was exactly like that.

For the past month, Zhao Li has been suppressing his cultivation level and practicing diligently.

The vital energy that should have dissipated was forcibly pressed deep into his dantian, layer upon layer.

They don't hesitate to press on the meridians until they become blocked and the flow of qi and blood becomes stagnant.

Even at the peak of Body Tempering, he couldn't break through to the Blood Condensation Realm.

Rather, he deliberately prevented it from breaking through.

To further strengthen its own foundation.

It gathers more qi and blood into vortexes.

And now.

Under the influence of the medicine, the gate that had been suppressed deep in the dantian for a long time was completely released.

The blood and qi surged out like a flood.

Lu Yuan stood on the arena.

At this moment, he could clearly feel Zhao Li's blood and qi surging to a peak.

Then suddenly it became quiet.

The surging blood and qi quickly contracted inward after boiling.

until.

Getting smaller and smaller.

It's getting heavier and heavier.

Eventually, it almost completely disappeared.

This is not a decline in cultivation level, but rather the condensation of qi and blood into substantial internal force.

now.

Zhao Li's entire spirit and energy were completely transformed in that instant.

His muscle definition became more pronounced and sharp.

Every inch of her skin looked as if it had been reforged.

The skin even turned a dark red color.

"Early stage of blood clotting!"

Lu Yuan inwardly cried out in alarm.

The so-called Blood Condensation Realm refers to a martial artist's ability to condense the blood and qi throughout their body into internal energy.

Once one's internal energy is fully developed, it signifies entering this realm.

Although Zhao Li had just entered the Blood Condensation stage, his strength was now on a completely different level from before.