「Early one morning.」
Su Yu stood bare-chested under the old locust tree in his backyard, beginning his daily morning training.
This time, he wasn’t practicing his Fist Technique alone. Instead, he consciously began to fuse two Martial Arts: the Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape Fist and the Vajra Fearless True Sound!
"Mountain-Toppling Annihilation!"
Su Yu’s legs were rooted like an old tree as he suddenly threw a heavy punch!
Rampant Qi and Blood burst from his body, solidifying into a tangible, dark-red fist energy. However, just as the edge of his fist was about to shatter the air, Su Yu’s chest swelled, and a deep, sonorous Buddhist True Sound erupted from his throat:
"Om!"
BOOM!
An unbelievable scene unfolded. Within the dark-red, tyrannical fist energy, circles of visible golden sonic ripples had strangely merged!
If the pure fist energy was a battering ram meant to destroy an enemy’s physical body, then this Fist Seal, infused with the True Sound, was a Spiritual Attack!
The sonic waves and fist energy resonated at a high frequency. Combined with the spiritual damage from the Demon Ape’s Evil Qi, this punch generated a terrifying Penetration Power!
Su Yu moved like lightning, his fists like the wind.
"Fierce Ape Splits the Mountain!"
As his fist swept out, a gale kicked up dozens of green leaves falling from the Iron Locust Tree. Before the fist energy could even touch the leaves, the golden sonic waves contained within the wind from his punch had already pierced through them.
"BZZZ—"
The leaves trembled violently in mid-air for a moment. Then, as if their fibrous structures had been completely drained, they disintegrated into a fine powder and scattered on the wind!
This was the terrifying destructive power of the new move Su Yu had comprehended! If it were to hit a person, their internal organs and blood vessels would likely be vibrated into a puddle of mush!
The more Su Yu fought, the more exhilarating he found it, his Fist Stance like a wild dragon bursting from the sea.
The violent wind from his fists howled as it swept toward the nearby lotus pond.
"SPLASH!"
The water’s surface seemed to have been viciously cleaved by a blade. A trough a foot deep blasted open, and the resulting waves ruthlessly crushed a large patch of verdant lotus leaves.
The koi fish swimming leisurely underwater were stunned by the sonic waves. Dizzied, they thrashed their tail fins in terror, desperately diving toward the deepest lotus roots to hide.
"ROAR..."
The little crocodile-dragon, which had been contentedly sunbathing on its back by the lotus pond, was hit by the shockwave from the punch.
The vibrational force, imbued with the Vajra True Sound, directly caused its hard Scale Armor to grate with a "K-K-KA" sound. The little guy was sent tumbling three times before it fell into the lotus pond with a pathetic "PLOP."
It poked its head out of the water, shaking its buzzing head. Its vertical pupils were filled with resentment as it shot Su Yu an aggrieved glare, then blew a bubble in a very human-like manner before sullenly sinking back beneath the surface.
Su Yu slowly withdrew his fist and exhaled a long, white breath.
Before his eyes, the data on his panel quietly updated:
[Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape Fist Skill Level +25]
[Martial Arts]: Mountain-Shaking Demon Ape Fist (Great Success 6,000/10,000)
The moment his Skill Level broke the 6,000-point mark, Su Yu’s body jolted. The Juque acupoint, located in the center of his sternum just below the solar plexus, suddenly throbbed violently!
The Juque acupoint: one inch up from the upper abdomen, hanging below the solar plexus.
An ancient medical text says: "The Juque is the palace of the heart, the barrier for Qi and Blood. When this gate is open, evil cannot invade, and the heart-fire burns eternal."
This was the fatal point colloquially known as the heart’s death spot!
The muscle fibers here were interwoven in a complex mesh. If pierced by a sharp object or struck with heavy force, the heart would stop instantly, causing sudden death.
It was also the most critical life-preserving acupoint of the Three Talents Pass in the Flesh Refining Realm!
At this moment, the Juque acupoint hidden deep within his flesh and blood was like a great silver star being lit. It turned from illusory to real and suddenly generated a terrifying suction force.
BOOM!
The furnace of Qi and Blood within Su Yu’s body instantly boiled in response. Scalding, crimson Qi and Blood surged toward his chest like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, flushing through him!
Su Yu was already well-acquainted with the pain of flesh tearing and reforming during a breakthrough in the Flesh Refining Realm.
He ripped off the sweat-soaked cotton shirt from his body, revealing muscles as sculpted and knotted as marble.
Visible to the naked eye, the flesh over his heart began to squirm violently.
The individual muscle fibers were like steel cables stretched to their limit, snapping one after another with "SNAP, SNAP, SNAP" sounds. Immediately after, nourished by the vast Qi and Blood, they frantically reformed into a thicker, denser mesh!
"THUMP! THUMP! THUMP..."
The sounds of snapping and reforming were enough to make one’s scalp tingle in the quiet backyard.
The newly formed flesh had a demonic, dark-red hue, like a small, horned dragon coiled beneath his chest, filled with a heart-stopping, explosive power.
This inhuman torment lasted for a full hour.
The muscles at his Juque acupoint snapped and reformed a full three times before finally settling down.
Looking at it now, the muscles over his heart had become perfectly smooth. His skin even had a faint, moist luster like high-quality jade, showing no sign of abnormality from the outside.
But Su Yu knew his chest had undergone an unbelievable qualitative change!
His eyes sharpened. He clenched his right fist and, without activating the White Ape’s ultimate state or the Demon Ape’s Evil Qi, smashed it toward his own solar plexus using only his body’s raw, immense strength!
This punch carried the force of thousands of jun, enough to shatter the sternum of a master in the Late-stage of the Flesh Refining Realm!
"THUD!"
A dull thud echoed.
Yet, Su Yu’s body didn’t even sway. The instant his fist struck his solar plexus, the muscles at his Juque acupoint rippled like the surface of water after a stone is tossed in, instantly creating a strange, wave-like shock!