In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in late December, winter has already arrived, with temperatures lingering around zero degrees for a long time.

  The Xinghuo Martial Temples Guanshan branch is always at a comfortable 20 degrees Celsius.

  Martial Arts Room 7024.

  Two men wearing full protective gear, including helmets, were engaged in a fierce battle with cold weapons.

  "Kill!" One of the figures, nearly 1.9 meters tall, held a silver long gun and moved swiftly, like a swimming dragon, the long gun swung fiercely and transformed into an afterimage that stabbed towards his opponent.

  Fast! Accurate! Ruthless!

  Another figure stood nearly two meters tall, robust and unmatched, with one hand holding a knife and the other holding a shield.

  React faster, after sending first.

  The large shield suddenly slammed down, like an indestructible copper wall and iron wall, heavily slamming into the incoming spear.

  "Hum~" Li Yuan, holding a long spear, only felt that he had crashed into a steel plate. The terrifying force transmitted through the spear and rebounded back, if it were an ordinary warrior, his arm would probably be numb from this one crash.

  "Stuck!" Li Yuans long spear was incredibly agile, retreating backwards in a smooth motion, even the spear body retreated with the momentum, dissipating as much of the force as possible.

  Retreating does not mean falling into a disadvantageous position.

  Sometimes, only by giving up power can the damage suffered by the body be minimized.

  "Ah!"

  The long spear stabbed again, and with a fierce whistle, in an instant, it seemed to have transformed into dozens of phantom-like shadows that covered the sky and enveloped the opponent.

  "The Boulder Gun Technique" Five Great Killing Moves - "Myriad Mountains and All Living Things".

  Good at group attacks, good at confusing.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! A large number of sword lights burst forth, instantly colliding with the gun shadows. Only to see the black armored warrior holding a knife shield, sometimes swinging his sword and sometimes blocking with his shield.

  He retreated eight steps in a row and managed to block Li Yuans entire set of fatal moves.

  Be careful.

  Li Yuan suddenly let out a loud roar, like a burst of thunder.

  Fortunately, this is a soundproof room, otherwise it would definitely be complained of disturbing the peace.

  It must be known that after firing over twenty shots in a row, Li Yuans momentum had already reached its peak. Along with this loud roar, the long spear in his hand was like a large dragon howling, bringing a terrifying aura as it smashed down on top of him.

  "Gun Technique of the Boulder" Five Great Killing Moves - "Boulder Stabilizes Heaven and Earth"!

  This is a gun like a heavy stick like a war spear, and even more like a giant stone rolling down an unstoppable momentum, its the most ferocious explosion.

  Two major killing moves in an extremely short period of time.

  That black armored figure, at this critical moment, seemed to only subconsciously raise his hand and hold up his shield, doing his best to block the bullet that was about to hit him.

  "Hmm"

  A fierce impact once, the black armor figure was somewhat disheveled, but his body easily withstood the impact and retreated afterwards.

  "Halt!"

  "Li Yuan, you win." The black-armored figure suddenly spoke up, his voice somewhat helpless and nostalgic.

  Li Yuan put down his gun and stood still.

  *crunch*

  The two of them both took off their helmets.

  "Li Yuan, your marksmanship has improved, its really frighteningly fast. Your last combo should have been two killing moves." The shield-wielding man was a burly man with a mustache and a scar on his face, about 40 years old.

  "Right."

  Li Yuan smiled and nodded: "Its the basic killing move of the second-order gun technique Stellar Gun Technique, Ive just mastered the connection between these two major killing moves."

  Li Yuan had indeed mastered the last of the five killing moves, Pán Dìng Qián Kūn, in the virtual network just a few days ago.

  Today is the first time it has been used in actual combat.

  "Awesome."

  "Ive been training with you for two months, and your marksmanship has improved to the point where its frightening. Ive never seen anyone with such natural talent in shooting. At first, my knife skills were still better than yours, but now your technique is even surpassing mine." The big man with a goatee sighed: "Just now, using about 8.0-level physical strength, my speed and power are clearly stronger than yours, yet I couldnt gain the upper hand against you."

  "That last shot, I used almost 9 levels of physical strength, otherwise it would have been impossible to block."

  Li Yuan smiled.

  Cast Pangus Determination, if directly actual combat, it is easy to be dodged by the opponent.

  The best is to accumulate momentum with a multitude of mountains and all things, and finally defeat the enemy with one blow.

  "Your marksmanship." The big bearded man looked at Li Yuan: "Compared to my knife skills, its already stronger by a notch, and should be close to the fourth stage boundary now."

  "Theres still a long way to go." Li Yuan shook his head: "I havent even fully grasped the foundation of the second-level secret manual, so I need Uncle Hu to accompany me in practice."

  "Haha, no big deal." The burly man with a thick beard laughed and said: "Next, Ill attack, you defend?"

  "Good." Li Yuan nodded.

  This burly man with a thick beard, named Fang Longhu, is an ordinary instructor at the Starfire Martial Hall, a 15th-level martial artist, and also the actual combat sparring partner recommended by Instructor Xing for Li Yuan.

  Twice a week, one hour each time, 10,000 blue star coins per session.

  A sparring partner must be much stronger than oneself.

  At least a 15th-level warrior can better grasp the situation in battle and spar with Li Yuan.

  Half an hour later.

  Li Yuan ended todays actual combat and sent away Fang Longhu.

  "Ah!"

  "Actual combat is much more exhilarating than virtual battles." Li Yuan muttered to himself, rather excited.

  Virtual combat can train various skills in all directions, but ultimately lacks a real sense.

  Actual combat is the ultimate goal.

  "Every time I engage in actual combat, I can feel that my marksmanship and physical skills are improving faster." Li Yuan sighed to himself: "Unfortunately, opportunities for actual combat are extremely rare."

  Firstly, actual combat is prone to injury, and once injured, it takes a long time to recover, which greatly hinders cultivation.

  Secondly, good personal trainers are hard to find and expensive, ordinary people cant afford them.

  "Like Fang Longhu, a professional training partner, apart from working in the Martial Temple during the day, just by being a training partner, he can earn tens of millions of Blue Star Coins every month." Li Yuan thought to himself.

  Its worth noting that Fang Longhu has basically given up on breaking through to the Yuan Wu stage, and he doesnt spend much time on martial arts anymore, just enough to maintain his physical condition.

  So he can easily earn tens of millions per year.

  "Martial arts training is a money pit, but if you achieve something, you can earn a lot of money without taking risks." Li Yuan thought to himself: "A 15th-level martial artist can make this much money, what about me? No wonder the Wan Dian Zhu gave me 10 million Blue Star Coins, its nothing to him."

  "My marksmanship."

  "Tonight, its up by another 1%. Progress has been getting slower and slower over this period of time." Li Yuans mind stirred, and the Divine Palace panel appeared in his field of vision.

  ——

  Life Level: 7.7 (Not yet entered)

  Physical Index: 80 (referring to comprehensive measurement of various aspects including explosive power, endurance, speed, physique and mental strength.)

  Punching power: 724 kg

  Speed: 17.3 m/s

  Spirit Power: 14.2 grade

  Physical Cultivation Method: "Rocky Mountain Cultivation Method"

  Mental Discipline Method: "Observing the Great Sun and Starry Sky Sutra"

  Martial Arts Boundary: Gun Technique (3rd Rank 88%), Body Technique (3rd Rank 65%), Fist Technique (3rd Rank 99%)

  Note: A certain higher spirituality dormant within the body has not yet been awakened.

  ——

  "Judging from the progress of the past half month, it will take at least another month to raise my marksmanship to 3rd dan 99%." Li Yuan thought to himself: "From 3rd dan to 4th dan, there will be an even bigger bottleneck."

  "This move entraps countless formidable warriors."

  In these few months at Xinghuo Martial Hall, Li Yuan came into contact with many martial artists.

  In addition to his own practice, he gradually understood the meaning of the four techniques.

  "Wu Dian, I know more than a dozen 16th rank or higher martial artists."

  "Except for Instructor Xing, no one else has been able to cultivate their skills beyond the fourth level." Li Yuan shook his head slightly.

  First-class martial artists, their martial arts skills are mostly at the third-dan level.

  Most peoples martial arts skills are still inferior to Li Yuans current level.

  "Teacher Xu Bos stick technique effortlessly crushed me." Li Yuan couldnt help but think back on the past two months.

  Receive guidance from Teacher Xu Bo once a week.

  "Teachers skills are so excellent, why didnt he become a Yuan Wu warrior? Is it because of injury?" Li Yuan had many guesses in his mind.

  Feeling his body had rested well, Li Yuan suppressed many thoughts.

  "Whatever."

  "Keep practicing your shooting."

  "Ive just mastered the five killing moves of the Boulder Gun Technique. If I can perfectly connect them, I estimate itll be 99% complete." Li Yuan was extremely excited: "Lets strive to make the gun technique approach 99% before the January assessment."

  There are only ten days left until the exam in January.

  "Ah!"

  "Huh!" Li Yuan continued to practice his spear technique, and before he knew it, another hour had passed. It was already past 8 oclock in the evening.

  Put the large gun in the armory cabinet.

  Li Yuan, who was covered in sweat, first went into the locker room and took a refreshing hot shower.

  Then, he took out a delicately packaged medicine bottle from the physical therapy room.

  "Source Energy Pill."

  "Its been 20 days since I last took it, about time for another one." Li Yuan took out a pill from the bottle.

  He is very careful.

  After all, this one is worth 100,000 Blue Star Coins.

  Genli Jingdan, with a purple glow on its surface, thumb-sized, emitting bursts of fragrance, as if teasing peoples appetites.

  Swallow directly.

  Li Yuan returned to the center of the martial arts room, his legs slightly bent and spread apart, standing like a rock, his spirit concentrated.

  Very soon.

  A thread of extremely hot and overbearing energy spread from Li Yuans chest to his limbs, causing his entire body to tremble involuntarily.

  This is the source of power.

  "Ah~ so comfortable!" Li Yuan was thoroughly enjoying himself.

  "Hmph!"

  "Hiss~" Li Yuans muscles, bones and skeleton inside his body were like a starving man devouring food, crazily swallowing the threads of source energy that flowed through his entire body, becoming increasingly robust.

  Your life level has been upgraded from 7.7 to 7.8.

  Your Fist Power is...

  Your burst speed...