New Light Orb
Translator: CinderTL
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[Perception: LV2 (1/100)]
At the entrance to the basketball court's iron net, just as his perception leveled up,
Chen Feng felt a buzzing in his head, and the world in front of him suddenly changed.
The floor's patterns expanded rapidly, and the metal frame behind the basketball hoop felt rusty and worn.
In front of him, the decaying black marks were filled with insect corpses, and what was once a blurry outline was now crystal clear.
They resembled ants with wings, with some gray markings running across their backs.
Seeing this, Chen Feng immediately understood the changes brought by his perception upgrade.
"Everything has become clearer!"
Everything was now sharply defined, as if viewed in 4K.
The range of his perception also expanded, with a radius of nearly thirty meters from him, as if he were looking up close.
Whether in front or behind, even without turning his head, he could vividly picture the scenes in his mind.
"Three hundred sixty degrees, no blind spots..."
A glint flashed in Chen Feng's eyes.
He hadn't expected the upgrade to perception to be this powerful.
The expanded range was self-explanatory, as it meant he could detect abnormalities in his surroundings in time, leaving ample space to think and react.
As for the omnidirectional visual perception, whether it was tracking or a sneak attack from behind, anything entering the thirty-meter range was hard to escape from his notice.
Even when faced with situations where he was surrounded, he could handle them with more composure, without worrying about blind spots.
"It seems there's more to it."
With his eyes brightening, Chen Feng felt his perception upgrade had other effects.
He quickly turned around and walked towards the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.
Standing by the street, within a thirty-meter radius,
He focused his perception, and even through the wall's obstruction,
He quickly sensed a powerful life force inside the Extreme Martial Arts Hall.
It resembled the sound of a heartbeat or a light flickering in the dark.
Without a doubt, it was the masked man's presence.
"Presence! Sensing life force!"
Chen Feng's eyes lit up. This was the true effect of the perception upgrade.
It allowed him to detect the intensity of others' life forces, and even within a certain range, he could instantly notice any life fluctuations.
This would certainly be useful for him in exploring the dream world in the future.
"Excellent."
Nodding in satisfaction, Chen Feng suddenly realized that he was like a human radar right now.
No blind spots, full-range perception...
He shook his head to dispel the distraction and quickly returned to the basketball court, storing away the three Broken Limit Light Orbs.
[You have picked up three (Limit-Breaking Light Orb)!]
[Limit-Breaking Light Orb: Residual Will of a Martial Artist]
[Quality: Primary]
[Effect: Can somewhat enhance martial arts skill proficiency]
The prompt appeared, and Chen Feng quickly looked at his panel.
[Limit Break Points: 5]
Two of these were from yesterday's collection, which he had yet to use.
Next, he looked at his skill bar.
[Judo: Mastery (10%) +]
[Explosive Fist: Beginner (11%) +]
[Flame Tiger Stance: Beginner (22%) +]
"Five Limit Break Points should be enough to push Flame Tiger Stance to the Tiger Form level."
He murmured to himself, but his gaze lingered for a moment on Judo.
He hesitated slightly.
Using them on Judo would definitely allow him to reach the mastery level.
But...
He was curious about the improvement from breaking through with Tiger Stance techniques. Not to mention, his current performance in the Extreme Martial Arts Hall was at a genius level.
Delaying further would no longer match his previous displays.
"Upgrade!"
With no further hesitation, Chen Feng chose Flame Tiger Stance.
Buzz!
In an instant, four Limit Break points were consumed.
The sensation of enlightenment surged, like a hundred days and nights of standing and practicing punches alone, enduring the grind of solitude.
Until, at a certain moment, the bottleneck was shattered.
A warm flow surged inside him, his limbs and cells greedily absorbing it, and his skin felt like it had been tempered.
[Flame Tiger Stance: Tiger Form (1%) +]
"Success!"
His eyes narrowed, and Chen Feng clearly felt the change in his body.
His muscles were stronger and more solid.
It was like iron being forged, more refined and powerful.
He immediately looked at the mental attributes on his panel.
Chen Feng couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
[Strength: 9.9 → 10.3]
[Agility: 9.5 → 9.9]
[Constitution: 9.8 → 10.2]
[Willpower: 10.1 → 10.5]
A 1.6 attribute increase.
It was even stronger than the effect of Perfecting Sanda.
"No wonder this is the legacy of the martial arts faction, and this is just the breakthrough to Tiger Form."
Clenching his fists, Chen Feng estimated that his punch power now was at least 150 kg.
This surpassed the level of an amateur ninth-dan fighter.
"The minimum requirement for professional level one is a 200 kg punch, with each subsequent level adding 30 kg..."
"If I use Explosive Fist, with 40% power...!"
His gaze shifted, and Chen Feng suddenly realized that he could now unleash professional level one strength.
Though limited by the stamina cost of Explosive Fist, it couldn't last long.
But that was enough.
"Good."
A wave of confidence rose in his heart, and Chen Feng couldn't help but glance toward the Extreme Martial Arts Hall in the distance.
He hadn't forgotten the grudge from back then.
Not to mention, there were several more Limit Break Light Orbs inside the hall.
But...
"There's no need to rush..."
Taking a deep breath, Chen Feng calmed himself, forcing himself to hold back.
The masked man's presence was far stronger than Coach Lu's, probably at least a professional level two or three.
Right now, he still wasn't quite there yet.
"But I'll be there soon."
Pushing aside his distractions, Chen Feng clearly knew that the gap between them was rapidly narrowing.
The immediate priority was to continue searching for more light orbs and break through to the professional level as soon as possible.
With that in mind, he quickly spread out his perception and began searching.
The nearby park was large, covering at least three to five kilometers.
The mist within was slowly dissipating, and seeing this, Chen Wei's heart moved, and he turned to enter the park.
Step, step!
Footsteps echoed as his perception swept across.
The surrounding plants were all withered, and the gray stone-paved paths crisscrossed through the park.
Looking up, Chen Feng saw a massive tree.
Dozens of meters tall, with twisted roots, and a thick trunk that required several people to circle around it.
But oddly enough, even such a large tree was completely dead, without a trace of life.
"Is it caused by the Black Calamity... or something else?"
It was withered, deadly silent, and on the gray tree branches, not a single leaf remained.
Chen Feng's eyes held confusion and awe, growing more wary of the circumstances in this world.
Until finally, his steps halted.
Chen Feng's heart stirred as he looked toward the center of the park, where a taller dead tree stood.
Its twisted roots were about a meter or two thick, towering thirty to fifty meters high, towering over the land like a giant.
Around it, a sea of withered trees seemed to be huddling around it, as though they were supporting their king.
Seeing this, Chen Feng's gaze sharpened.
Because, looking up toward the top of the tallest dead tree,
He could see the upper branches tangled, resembling the shape of a tree crown.
And within this withered, gray landscape, there was a light orb, about the size of a human head, enveloped in it was the shadow of a rhinoceros beetle, quietly floating.
"Azure Light Orb?"
(End of the Chapter)
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