Chapter 2: The Hegemon's Trick

  "Ah!"

  Wei Hong let out a long sigh, his whole body feeling wave after wave of soreness and dizziness in his head, but he still persisted, and surprisingly, once again faced the waterfall.

  "Haha, this little injury is nothing, come on, you can do better than that."

  Wei Hong gritted his teeth and laughed loudly, like a madman, and actually ran towards the waterfall. If someone saw him at this moment, they would definitely be shocked, because even a martial artist of the second rank wouldn't dare to cultivate in such a way, for water and fire are merciless.

  Just as Wei Hong felt he was about to give up, suddenly, he felt a surge of energy flowing into his limbs. His exhausted body was instantly filled with vitality once again.

  "Finally unleashed the potential."

  Wei Hong's heart was filled with joy, and he ran again with a full fighting spirit. At this time, Wei Hong finally reached the cultivation of Martial Artist Second Class.

  Another three hours passed, and Wei Hong was battered more than twenty times. After exhausting his last bit of energy, he crawled to the ground, lay on his back, and panted heavily.

  Wei Hong rested for a whole hour before he finally recovered, suddenly jumping up and standing, feeling the power surging through his body, a faint smile appeared on his face.

  "The Hegemony Scripture, in my past life, I missed the best period for cultivation and spent my entire life only cultivating to the beginner level. However, now that I'm cultivating from a young age, it should be twice the result with half the effort."

  Martial arts are divided into four levels: Tian, Di, Xuan and Huang. Each level is further divided into three sub-levels: upper, middle and lower. In his past life, Wei Hong coincidentally obtained the Hegemon's Manual due to a combination of circumstances, which belonged to the Tian level martial art.

  However, he has always been unable to grasp it thoroughly, and only grasping a bit of its surface has allowed Wei Hong to fight beyond his level, using an entry-level Tian Jie Gong Fa to sweep across the Wu Mo continent, also from this, one can see the overbearing nature of this technique.

  "I am the Overlord, I know my lifespan is coming to an end, due to exhausting my heart and blood, I created a martial art, called the Overlord's Fist, if someone with fate learns this technique, then the world will be at your feet, wherever you go."

  At first, the opening sentence of the technique made Wei Hong understand that this person who was called the Overlord should be an extremely arrogant person. However, after cultivating it, it made Wei Hong realize that this person was not arrogant, but rather proud.

  Lying on the ground, Wei Hong's mind recalled the opening of the Hegemon's Art.

  Weapons can be divided into "nine long and nine short". The nine long ones are: guns, spears, clubs, axes, forks, halberds, hooks, staves, and rings; the nine short ones are: knives, swords, crutches, axes, whips, maces, hammers, sticks, and pestles. They are collectively known as the eighteen martial arts, but in my opinion, a warrior should pursue the great way, not over-relying on external objects, yet can also make use of one or two.

  "It is better to store martial energy in the universe and all things rather than just relying on one's own body, practicing the method will make you invincible."

  If you want to learn the Overlord Fist, you must first cultivate your body. Cultivating the body is not just about refining your physical form; more importantly, it requires an unyielding Dao heart. Therefore, if those without perseverance pick up my techniques, I'd rather they didn't practice at all!

  The opening of the Hegemon's Scripture kept echoing in his mind, and Wei Hong suddenly sat up cross-legged. Although the Hegemon's Scripture required him to reach the level of a martial artist before he could cultivate it, some of the physical training methods within it were something he had to master for himself.

  "The Hegemony Scripture can't be cultivated for now. Then, let's master the Barbaric Bull Fist first. In three days' time, we'll give them a surprise in the martial arts competition."

  Wei Hongmeng suddenly stood up, with a flash of light in his eyes.

  Barbaric Bull Fist is a top-grade fist technique of the Yellow Level. When fighting, if one has mastered it, the martial energy will merge with the fist technique and produce the sound of a barbaric bull, affecting the opponent. Barbaric Bull Fist consists of three forms: Barbaric Bull Descends the Mountain, Striking the Bull from Afar, and Barbaric King Under Heaven.

  "Gulu!"

  Wei Hong Zheng was about to start his cultivation when a voice came from his stomach, and he couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.

  "After exercising for so long, I haven't eaten breakfast yet, and even my stomach is protesting. Looks like I should find something to eat first."

  Wei Hong put on his clothes and muttered to himself.

  "Refining the body also has a most important condition, that is to need extremely large food supplements. With my status in the Wei family, it's fundamentally impossible to get excessive demands. If so, then I'll just have to take matters into my own hands."

  "Huangshan Waterfall, here in Huangshan, there are some birds and beasts inside. As long as I'm careful not to run into any powerful demons, I can completely get meat food."

  Wei Hong made up his mind in an instant and headed towards Mount Huang.

  ……

  An hour later

  Wei Hong held a rabbit leg in his hand, taking big bites, with several bones scattered on the ground. Above the fire pit, a pheasant was still roasting, and as he gazed at the flames, Wei Hong fell into deep thought.

  "In my past life, I had already mastered the Barbaric Bull Fist. Now that the sky has darkened, in just two more days, I will be engaging in a duel with Wei Bao."

  "Two days is not enough time, but I still have a grasp of the Fierce Bull Boxing style. As long as I can reach a small level of mastery, even though I've never seen Wei Bao before, he absolutely won't be my match."

  Wei Hong thought of this and suddenly frowned, "Right, there's also the poison on me."

  With his eyes closed, Wei Hong felt that there was a slight suppression at the Dan Tian, and although the circulation of martial energy was slow, five or six out of ten martial energies that reached the Dan Tian were consumed.

  "Damn it, no wonder this body couldn't reach the second rank for so long. If I hadn't broken through my potential today, I probably wouldn't have been able to reach the second rank cultivation in one go."

  Wei Hong clenched his fists and said in a low voice, "This poison is harmless to the body, but it consumes your martial energy. Think about it, when you're gathering your martial energy to prepare for a breakthrough, half of it gets consumed away. It's already a miracle if you can still make progress."

  "The sky is dark, let's go back first. Tomorrow, we'll go to the Wei family's warehouse to get some medicinal materials. I remember that every young member of the Wei family has a chance once a month to enter the warehouse and take a few kinds of pills or medicinal materials to help with their cultivation."

  Wei Hong made up his mind and headed back along the original road. After Wei Hong left, a huge creature suddenly appeared. Its entire body was yellow, with three sharp horns on its head, and the middle horn was actually between its two eyes. What was unexpected was that its eyes revealed not ferocity, but cunning.

  Then, he actually ate all the leftover food that Wei Hong had left behind. After that, he let out a few loud roars and showed an expression of not being satisfied yet.

  As for what happened after he left, Wei Hong didn't know. Half an hour later, he had arrived at the Wei residence and directly headed towards his own small courtyard, while starting to think about future countermeasures.

  "Really?"

  Wei Hong was about to enter the courtyard when he suddenly heard the sound of quarreling coming from inside.

  "Haha, Xiao Ye, I think you'd better follow me! Wei Hong that coward is about to have a martial duel with Wei Bao, I reckon he's already been scared off, hasn't shown up all day, don't even think he can help you!"

  A slightly arrogant voice rang out.

  "Don't be like this, Young Master Worry-Free. If you continue like this, I'll have to call for someone." Little Ye said with a slightly trembling voice.

  "Haha, call for help? You go ahead and shout! Even if you scream your lungs out today, no one will come to your aid. That coward Wei Hong probably ran away with his tail between his legs."

  The loud voice sounded again, followed by the light laughter of several people. Wei Hong's face changed, and he strode into the courtyard. After seeing the situation inside, his eyes turned cold.