The power of the master

"No wonder you were able to challenge all the students in the academy. So you've already reached the peak of the high - level elite martial artist. I thought you were just a combat genius, but I underestimated you." Liu shook his head and laughed.

Su Hao said modestly, "My father taught me well."

Liu nodded and didn't delve deeper. Since Su Hao had reached this stage, he could teach him how to break through to a grandmaster martial artist. Whether Su Hao could succeed in the breakthrough would depend on himself.

Liu pondered for a moment and then said slowly, "Xiangwu, has your father ever mentioned to you what a grandmaster martial artist is?"

Su Hao shook his head and said, "My father is a high - level elite martial artist, so he didn't talk to me about grandmaster martial artists. And I've gone through all the materials in the Lingyun Library, but there's no information about grandmaster - level and above."

Liu said matter - of - factly, "That's to be expected. Knowledge about martial artists at the grandmaster level and above belongs to the high - end knowledge of the human race and won't be spread easily. Generally, those who can successfully break through to a grandmaster martial artist rely on family inheritance."

Su Hao was shocked. He immediately understood that the knowledge in this world was controlled by the upper - class noble families, and ordinary people had no access to it. Su Hao hesitated and said, "Will there be any problems if you teach me, Teacher Liu?"

Liu smiled and said, "Family inheritance isn't absolute. There are other ways. For example, in a martial arts academy, since you're a student of the academy, it's only natural that you can learn higher - level knowledge when you reach a certain level. This is also the purpose of our academy's existence, to select talents and create more powerful warriors for the human race.

If the inheritance of knowledge only depends on noble families, the human race wouldn't be able to gain a foothold in this world at all and would have been exterminated by fierce beasts long ago."

Su Hao understood.

Liu added, "You may not know that from the perspective of the human body, reaching the high - level elite martial artist is the end. There's no way to go further."

Su Hao analyzed the meaning of this sentence but couldn't quite get it. "From the perspective of the human body?"

Liu said there was no way to go further, but grandmaster martial artists, grand - master - level martial artists, and patriarch - level martial artists all actually existed. So the key point of Liu's words must be the words "from the perspective of the human body".

Liu nodded and said, "Yes, from the perspective of the human body, when we humans reach the high - level elite martial artist, we've already reached the strongest state we can achieve."

Liu was quite satisfied with the confused expression on Su Hao's face, indicating that Su Hao understood the meaning of his words. He continued slowly, "The human race is different from fierce beasts. The strength of the human race lies in wisdom, not the body. The body structure of the human race serves a smart brain, sacrificing powerful strength.

And this smart brain is the key for us to survive from ancient times to the present. However, even with a smart brain, without powerful strength, we still can't defeat powerful fierce beasts and can only hide and seek survival with great difficulty."

Su Hao nodded in agreement. Intelligence was indeed the foundation of the human race.

Liu continued, "Fierce beasts don't need a smart brain. Their entire body serves to obtain powerful strength. So their strength can become stronger and stronger as their body grows.

There are even some powerful fierce beasts whose body size can grow indefinitely without an opponent, until they starve to death because they can't find enough food."

"In order to obtain powerful strength and improve the survival situation of the human race, our ancestors started a long - term attempt.

First, they discovered the cultivation method of ordinary martial artists, and then they broke through to elite martial artists. Our ancestors were trapped at the elite martial artist stage for nearly a thousand years. They found that elite martial artists seemed to be the limit that the human race could reach."

Su Hao asked curiously, "What happened later?"

Liu said proudly, "Later, an extremely talented person emerged in our human race. He forcefully opened up a path to the sky above the elite martial artist level. Xiangwu, you must remember that he is the Emperor of the Human Race that we all respect - Wu Zongzu."

There was a respectful light in Su Hao's eyes. "The Emperor of the Human Race, Wu Zongzu?"

Liu said, "Yes, so the highest realm of our martial artists is named after him, called the Patriarch - level martial artist. No one will forget his existence."

Liu said, "After reaching the high - level elite martial artist, the Emperor of the Human Race entered the dangerous wilderness alone, hunted a large number of various fierce beasts, and studied the mysteries of the fierce beasts' bodies. Why can fierce beasts grow indefinitely while only the human race can't? Ten years later, he broke through to the grandmaster level and returned to the human settlement."

Su Hao could imagine that scene. This Wu Zongzu was definitely a child of the world.

"Everyone went crazy! The bottleneck that had trapped the human race for nearly a thousand years was broken by him alone. Later, the Emperor of the Human Race began to teach the human race the method of breaking through to the grandmaster level for free. After spreading this method, he entered the wilderness alone again and there has been no news of him since.

However, in just a few years, everyone remembered him and respected him as the Emperor of the Human Race. After countless years, the human race broke through to the grand - master - level and the patriarch - level. One day in the future, we will surely break through to an even higher realm."

Speaking of this, Liu sighed and said, "I probably won't be able to see that day."

Su Hao smiled and said, "Teacher Liu, don't be discouraged. Maybe you'll be the one to make that breakthrough."

Liu was amused by Su Hao. He reached out and stroked his shiny bald head and said with a smile, "It's extremely difficult for me to break through to the grand - master - level now, let alone the patriarch - level."

"Back to the point. Next, I'll teach you the method of breaking through to the grandmaster level."

Su Hao immediately sat up straight, maintaining his usual awe of knowledge.

Liu stretched out his palm and clenched it tightly. The veins on his entire arm bulged, and a fierce aura spread out from him as the center, even slightly blowing Su Hao's short hair back.

Shocked by this momentum, when Su Hao faced Liu again, it was as if he was facing a prehistoric fierce beast that he couldn't resist.

The simple momentum had reached such a level.

Liu said, "This is the power of the grandmaster level, surging and violent. Compared with the elite level, there's an essential difference. If we regard the power of the elite level as a bucket of water, then the power of the grandmaster level is a surging river."

Su Hao's eyes widened. "Is the gap that big?"

Liu loosened his palm and smiled. "It's even bigger than you can imagine."

Afraid that Su Hao wouldn't believe it, he stood up and hooked his finger at Su Hao, saying, "Give me your best shot. Experience the gap between a grandmaster and an elite martial artist for yourself."

Su Hao didn't suspect anything. He nodded and stood opposite Liu. "Here I come, Teacher Liu. Be careful."

The elite blood - qi in his body burst out with all his might. The blood - qi in the nine palaces surged out and covered his whole body.

Su Hao assumed a stance conducive to punching and let out a low shout.

"Horizontal - Slash Hard - Force Fist!"

The technique of gathering all the strength of the body from "Horizontal Slash" and the technique of explosive punching from "Hard - Force Fist" were combined. Su Hao delivered his most powerful punch so far.

"Peng!"

There was a dull thud.

Liu caught Su Hao's punch with his chest.

Liu only felt an unexpectedly powerful force coming at him, and he was actually forced to take five or six steps back with a "deng deng" sound.

The confident and casual expression on his face had disappeared. His eyes widened again, and he coughed continuously while covering his chest, saying in disbelief, "Xiangwu, are you sure this is the high - level elite level? You're not kidding me?"

Su Hao shook his aching fist and said in surprise, "Yes, my father told me this is the high - level elite level."