Chapter 20 - Breaking Through to Become a Martial Artist!

Translator: Simple MTL  Editor: Simple MTL

Su Chen gradually realized the dangers in the wild.

If it weren’t for his shadow talent, he would have nowhere to hide and would have died without a doubt.

This was also why the death rate was so high when martial artists went out to hunt fierce beasts alone.

Even if some experienced martial artists formed a small team, they would hear the news of their team being wiped out from time to time.

The appearance of groups of fierce beasts was too terrifying.

The location of the Taichu Base was already very remote. There weren’t too many powerful fierce beasts around. But even so, for ordinary people, it could be called hell.

After Su Chen came to the Blackthorn Forest, he first looked for a small cave.

He planned to drink ten servings of low-level fierce beast blood first to increase his strength.

Su Chen looked around the small cave. If he guessed correctly, this was once the den of fierce beasts.

But judging from the dust on the ground… It had been a long time since any living creature had come here.

It was possible that the fierce beast had died and this place had become ownerless.

Su Chen found a few large rocks and placed them at the entrance of the cave, covering them with a simple cover.

He began to cultivate in the cave.

After gulping down a portion of the low-level fierce beast blood, Su Chen immediately began to cultivate the body tempering technique.

Just like that, he stayed in the cave for five days.

His strength also broke through to 900 jin.

After 900 jin, the effect of the low-level fierce beast blood was already very weak to him.

900 jin was a dividing line.

If it was a person with poor talent, it would be very difficult to increase his strength even a little bit after cultivating to this level.

This was also why it was so difficult to become a martial artist.

After the fierce beast blood was exhausted, Su Chen left the small cave to hunt fierce beasts.

The food he ate every day was all fierce beast meat. It had to be said that he had been nourished by Heaven and Earth yuan qi. The fierce beast meat was rich in nutrients and also very delicious.

From a certain point of view, the nutrients in the fierce beast meat also increased Su Chen’s strength.

Su Chen continued to hunt and cultivate. Hunt and cultivate.

Very quickly, a month passed.

Su Chen practiced the body tempering technique once again.

His strength had already reached 990 jin.

However, during these two days, the growth of his strength was very slow. He had already reached the bottleneck of a martial apprentice.

As long as he increased his strength a little more, he would be able to break through to a martial artist.

Since it was difficult to increase his strength, Su Chen decided to stop practicing his blade technique.

He had an intermediate innate talent, so his cultivation progress was very fast.

Now that he had reached the perfection of the blade form, he was only a little bit away from being able to practice his blade technique.

According to the secret manual, it was also very difficult to break through the blade technique.

He could only calm his heart and practice slowly. Slowly comprehending.

Once his understanding of the blade technique reached a certain level, there was a possibility of a breakthrough.

Su Chen just kept swinging his blade in the cave.

Every time he swung his blade, he would think about the mystery behind it.

After practicing the blade technique, he would drink a mouthful of fierce beast blood when he was tired and also practice the body tempering technique.

Time flew by and, soon, more than half a month had passed.

One day.

Su Chen’s eyes suddenly opened and he brandished the short black saber in his hand.

He seemed to have suddenly realized something and this blade instantly split the surrounding air.

A deep ravine appeared on the stone wall three meters away!

Blade momentum!

Su Chen’s eyes lit up. He had finally cultivated it!

It was also at this moment that Su Chen felt his body heating up.

“Could it be?”

Su Chen hurriedly picked up the kettle and poured a few mouthfuls of fierce beast blood into his mouth. Then, he began to cultivate the body tempering technique.

The energy from the fierce beast blood spread throughout his entire body.

Su Chen felt every inch of his muscles surging with powerful strength. It was as if his body was undergoing a transformation.

This process lasted for half an hour.

Su Chen stood up from the ground and threw two punches into the air. He could feel that his body was much, much stronger than before.

“My strength has already broken through 1000 jin. Now I’m a martial artist.”

Su Chen kept smiling.

His purpose of coming out this time was actually to break through to a martial artist. He had already achieved it.

However, Su Chen did not plan to go back. He wanted to cultivate his Shadowless Blade to the great success stage.

As he had already comprehended the blade force, Su Chen’s understanding of the blade technique was much more thorough.

In just a day’s time, the Shadowless Blade had reached the mastery level.

The speed at which he brandished the blade was ridiculously fast.

Even a peak-level martial artist might be hit if they did not pay attention.

Su Chen stretched his muscles and bones. He felt that his strength was already equivalent to the middle-stage martial artist.

When facing a late-stage martial artist, he could fight or escape.

As for a peak martial artist, Su Chen was unable to deal with him. If he slashed out, he might not even be able to break through his opponent’s defense.

Furthermore, the body tempering technique was already unable to strengthen his physique anymore.

After all, the body tempering technique was meant for ordinary people. For a martial artist to break through the limit of 1000 jin—from a certain point of view—he had already completed the transformation of his life level.

From now on, the way he cultivated was to absorb yuan qi and refine it.

A martial artist previously cultivated his physical body.

After that, a martial artist cultivated his inner body.

Previously, it was purely to increase the strength of his body. However, after becoming a martial artist, he had to cultivate the energy in his body.

This was also why there was such a huge difference in strength between a martial apprentice and a martial artist.

Because in terms of the nature of cultivation, the two were completely different.

“I should go back too.”

Su Chen put the fierce beast blood and materials he had obtained into a big bag.

He turned around and looked at the small cave that he had lived in for nearly two months. Surprisingly, he was still reluctant to part with it. Then, he walked towards the Taichu Base.