MM Racing Chapter 37 Spending the Night in the Wilderness
Chapter 37 Spending the Night in the Wilderness
Song Chen has never spent the night in the wilderness.
Previously, he would return to the camp every day before dark. Later, when he was traveling alone, he would still return at dark and never linger.
but now……
He understood that this step was inevitable, and the practical training for the martial arts college entrance examination couldn't be completed in a day.
After much deliberation, Song Chen decided to stay in the wilderness and spend the night there.
He checked the kill count in the system.
2150 points is enough to buy hundreds of bottles of psionic blood.
If he takes it now, he might be able to break through to the second tier in one fell swoop.
However, breakthroughs take time and require a relatively safe environment.
Breaking through in the jungle? That's suicide. What if a strange beast comes along halfway through the breakthrough? He wouldn't even have the ability to fight back.
He needs to find a safe place.
Song Chen stood up, stretched his stiff body, carefully observed the surrounding terrain, and finally focused his gaze on an ancient tree.
The trunk was so thick that several people couldn't wrap their arms around it, and the canopy soared into the clouds. There was a hollow in the tree about fifty meters above the ground.
He walked over and carefully examined the tree trunk. There were no signs of crawling or the smell of any strange beast, so it should be safe.
Take a deep breath, push off with your feet, and leap into the air.
His Qi and Blood value of 9.6 gives him a jumping ability far beyond that of ordinary people, but a height of over fifty meters is still a bit of a struggle.
He grabbed the protrusion on the tree trunk with both hands, climbed up in a few quick movements, and crawled into the tree hole.
The tree hollow wasn't big, just big enough for him to lie down, and it was well hidden. The entrance was blocked by dense branches and leaves, so it was completely invisible from the outside.
Song Chen leaned back in the tree hollow and let out a long breath.
It's safe now, at least for the time being.
He didn't rush to consume the spiritual energy blood; instead, he first pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the sounds around him.
The jungle remained noisy, with the chirping of insects and the roars of animals rising and falling, but nothing seemed amiss.
He waited for a full hour, and after confirming that there was no danger, he finally opened the system interface.
Current kill count: 2150 points
He took a deep breath.
Start.
[Confirmed consumption of 2000 kill points, purchase of 100 Spirit Energy Blood?]
"confirm."
The light flashed repeatedly.
One hundred small bottles appeared out of thin air and were neatly arranged in front of him.
Song Chen picked up a bottle, unscrewed the cap, tilted his head back and drank it down, the burning sensation washing over his entire body once again.
But this time, he was used to it.
One bottle after another.
He drank it down bottle after bottle, like drinking water.
By the time I drank the fifth bottle, the energy and blood within my body began to surge.
By the tenth bottle, the life core began to heat up.
By the time he drank the twentieth bottle, he felt an invisible barrier.
That's the threshold for the second order.
Without hesitation, he continued drinking.
The thirtieth bottle.
The fortieth bottle.
The fiftieth bottle.
As the fiftieth bottle of liquid slid down his throat, the barrier shattered.
A powerful force surged forth from within his body.
Song Chen gritted his teeth, trying not to cry out. His body was trembling, every muscle was spasming, and every cell was cheering.
His life core was pounding violently, and he could feel something undergoing a qualitative change.
Song Chen closed her eyes, her consciousness sinking into her body.
He "saw" the pale golden life core spinning wildly in the center of his heart.
As it rotates, golden threads emerge from its core, flowing through the blood vessels to the limbs and bones.
Where those silk threads passed, cells were strengthened, meridians were widened, and bones became more compact.
Suddenly, the core stopped rotating.
then……
"Click."
A slight cracking sound.
A crack appeared on the surface of the life core.
Song Chen's heart tightened suddenly, but the crack did not widen. On the contrary, an even stronger light shone through the crack.
The golden light gradually faded, replaced by a deep purple.
The purple color was like the color of lightning, exactly the same as the superpower he had awakened.
"Click, click, click..."
The cracks are increasing.
Bang.
The core of life exploded.
But it's not destruction, it's rebirth.
Countless fragments spun within his heart, then reformed, and as they took shape once more, a brand new life core appeared "before" Song Chen's eyes.
Purple, the color of lightning.
The core was a size larger than before, and the halo on its surface was much denser. With each pulsation, a much greater amount of vital energy surged out from it and flowed throughout its entire body.
Song Chen opened his eyes, and in the darkness, a flash of purple lightning appeared in his eyes.
He clenched his fist.
Power, unprecedented power.
He could feel that he was more than twice as strong as before.
He raised his hand, a thought forming in his mind.
He glanced at the annotations on the system.
[Realm: Second-Tier Martial Artist]
Second order.
He made a breakthrough.
Song Chen leaned back in the tree hollow and let out a long breath.
Outside the cave, the night remained deep.
In the jungle, the roars of strange beasts rose and fell, but at this moment, he no longer felt afraid.
He closed his eyes. Tomorrow, it will continue.
……
Two days later.
In the early morning, a thin mist, like gauze, clung to the mountainside of Cangmang Mountain.
Song Chen emerged from a hidden cave and took a deep breath of the humid air.
After two days of adaptation, he had gotten used to life in the jungle, hunting strange beasts during the day and hiding in a pre-selected hiding place at night to cultivate.
He raised his hand, a thought flickering in his mind.
A purple bolt of lightning danced at his fingertips, more solid and more agile than before.
More importantly, he could clearly feel that the control of lightning no longer required deliberate guidance, but was at his own discretion, as if it had become a part of his body.
The gains he made in the past two days were even greater than he had expected.
My mental strength has reached 10.5, a breakthrough achieved after using over a hundred bottles of potions.
He is now a second-tier superhuman.
The lightning released now is more than twice as powerful as before, and it can release multiple bolts of lightning at the same time to attack enemies from different directions.
"Not bad, but not enough."
He glanced at the system panel.
Current kill count: 3850 points
Upgrading the Killing System and Bloodbath Blade Technique to the Grandmaster level requires 5000 points each, totaling 10,000 points. He currently only has a little over 3,000 points, which is far from enough.
Upgrading these two was a decision he had made long ago.
Continuing today.
He was about to set off when he suddenly frowned.
Has someone gone into the mountains again?
Through mental perception, several faint auras could be heard from afar.
There is more than one second-order.
Song Chen immediately crouched down and hid behind a large tree.
His breathing became long and shallow, and he activated the breathing technique that accompanied the Blood Battle Blade Technique at full speed, as if he had merged into the surrounding environment.
This was a skill he had honed in the jungle these past few days; to survive here, the first thing he had to learn was how to hide.
Those auras were getting closer and closer.
Soon, five figures appeared in his field of vision.
The five people were all dressed in dark green combat suits, which blended almost into the color of the jungle.
They moved nimbly and lightly, clearly seasoned veterans.
Song Chen's gaze swept over them.
Judging from their auras, the two leaders were both at the peak of the second tier, while the other three were at the mid-second tier.
Five people, all at the second tier, this is no ordinary squad.
In Anning City, second-tier martial artists are already the backbone of the force. A team that can assemble five second-tier martial artists is definitely top-tier.
What are they doing here?
Song Chen's curiosity was piqued, but he didn't move and continued to lie in wait.