Chapter 52 Three Realms of Body Technique (Seeking Monthly Votes and Followers)_1

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The projection disappeared.

Pei Jinye reattached his mask, his palms actually sweating.

But at this moment, he was very clear in his mind that the crisis regarding his identity had been resolved.

He narrowed his eyes.

Which Elder had called for this?

It had to be Black Shark!

Could this guy have started to suspect him?

Damn it….

Pei Jinye opened the door expressionlessly, and Black Shark greeted him with a brilliant smile. Evidently aware that Pei Jinye had passed the assessment, he spoke in a relaxed tone, “Demon King, I have received the Elder’s notification. From now on, I will cooperate with you to complete the missions together.”

“You’ve put a lot of effort into it.” Pei Jinye replied indifferently.

Black Shark chuckled softly, “Honestly, you used to be reticent, but you were like a dummy who knew nothing. Now you have matured a lot….. Forgive me for thinking too much before.”

“Everyone grows.” Pei Jinye said blandly.

Black Shark shrugged, “Indeed.”

He paused,

then said in a low voice, “Recently, we’ve completely fallen out with Heaven God; it seems that future friction is inevitable… In addition, about your Demon King identity, people have already started to investigate in secret. Today, I caught a spy who was from Heaven God’s side…”

He tried to sell Pei Jinye a favor.

Pei Jinye gave him a silent glance, “Do you think Red Rose is still safe?”

Black Shark said gravely, “For the moment it’s still safe, but the number 5 base has started to show cops… They’ve brought in Xing Tian, which is quite troublesome. Next, it will depend on whether Sequence can complete the research on Sun Lei.”

Pei Jinye raised an eyebrow slightly, “What is he researching?”

Sequence was none other than Xiao Fengchen who had escaped from the Federation Research Institute, and Sun Lei was that mad researcher from the Light Research Institute who experimented on himself.

Upon hearing this, Black Shark stopped for a moment, but then hesitated before saying, “Sun Lei is a Blood Stainer by nature. Sequence’s ability is related to genetic surgery. The higher-ups have instructed us to research Sun Lei to see if we can obtain useful genetic information…”

Pei Jinye nodded.

He wasn’t interested in these things.

“Anything else?”

“No, that’s all. We will only contact you when there is a mission. Take care.”

Pei Jinye nodded, turned, and merged into the darkness.

Black Shark watched Pei Jinye’s retreating figure.

His face gradually eased into a relaxed smile.

“It seems I was overthinking it…”

After completely leaving the secret house’s territory,

Pei Jinye finally let go of his restraint. His heartbeat began to race, his Vitality fluctuating.

The faceless old man represented the real upper echelons of the Old Gods Association.

Terrifyingly powerful.

If there had been any slip at all, it might have led to him being silenced by the other party.

Fortunately, he had taken the initiative to display openness.

That was also thanks to Lan Feng’s memories.

However—

“Still too weak…”

“Otherwise, I would have killed them directly.”

Under the cover of night,

Pei Jinye was like an unnoticeable shadow, disappearing in an instant.

Early the next morning.

Bronze Association.

A gust of wind stirred the fallen leaves on the ground, and amidst the rustling sounds, Tang Huoyang let out a low call, lifting his elbow for a sudden sprint while stepping forward.

This move “Sticking to the mountain” was the technique he had been focusing on today—it was both fast and fierce.

Unexpectedly, Pei Jinye didn’t back off but advanced further, his two hands crossed and extended in front of him, charging forward and firmly catching Tang Huoyang’s elbow. The moment he diverted the force, he activated the Technique “Quake”.

“Bang!”

A cloud of dust exploded between the two men in an instant.

They quickly disengaged and moved about, trading blows in a dazzlingly fast exchange of positions.

Tang Huoyang, having strengthened his physical body, was like a rampaging mountain at this moment—massive and forceful.

On the other hand, Pei Jinye relied purely on physical strength, planted his feet firmly on the ground—he had trained his stance to be extremely stable over this period, dissolving Tang Huoyang’s fierce attacks with ease and poise.

“Old Pei, you’re impressive. Your physical body strength is even more formidable than it was a few days ago, and you’re better than me at adapting and countering moves. Without using abilities, I’m truly no match for you,” Tang Huoyang said with a look of admiration.

Technique isn’t just about rote memorization; in actual combat, it’s about using the best move at the right moment, creating a chain of attacks…

One is to prevent the opponent from predicting your next move, and another is to gain an upper hand in momentum.

Pei Jinye at this moment was no longer as he had been.

Especially in adaptability, his sharp and balanced attacks were superior to Tang Huoyang’s, to which Tang Huoyang readily acknowledged.

“Brother Yang, thanks for going easy,” Pei Jinye said with a smile.

Tang Huoyang passed over a bottle of unopened replenishment water from the steps nearby, “I once heard from some senior brothers in the club that the three stages of Power Practice, Exfoliate, and Tendon Forging are not the same limit for everyone…

In other words, if my limit in Power Practice is 1 and breaking through 1 takes me to Exfoliate, then your limit in Power Practice might be 1.5 or even 2, so you don’t need to rush into Exfoliating. As long as you solidify your Power Practice foundation, the strength you unleash won’t be weaker than the average person who has exfoliated.”

Pei Jinye speculated that his current body strength might be related to the Body·Golden Armor.

Since devouring and integrating that Extraordinary-Human Genes, his body had indeed undergone many changes, not to mention that Jin Wuji also practiced “Unbreakable Vajra” before.

This technique had also been raised to the Minor Level by Pei Jinye.

If he could gain more Proficiency in the future, who knows, he might further strengthen his body.

“By the way, have you ever practiced with a wooden dummy before?” Tang Huoyang asked.

Pei Jinye shook his head.

Tang Huoyang chuckled, “That’s perfect, there are wooden dummies in the back mountain, left by a senior brother from before, ideal for your Power Practice. I specifically asked advice from an experienced boxing master who said that ironwood dummies greatly benefit Power Practice and Exfoliating. I only regret that I didn’t know this earlier, or I wouldn’t have trained the Iron Sand Palm…”

Pei Jinye laughed lightly.

Later, the two went to the remaining stumps near the woods on the back mountain.

Three black-brown wooden stumps about a meter tall stood in this open area.

Tang Huoyang patted one of the stumps, sending a shower of dust cascading down—it was clear that no one had used them for a long time.

Unperturbed, Tang Huoyang smiled and explained, “I’ll demonstrate a set for you. The idea is to land every move on this ironwood stump. There are a few key points.

First, when you strike, can you gauge your speed?

Second, when you hit the ironwood dummy, can you determine the strength of your blows through the pain?

Third, once you get used to that pain, it means your skin and flesh have become tougher.”

With that said,

he quickly started to hit the ironwood stump.

The dull “thud thud thud” resonated.

Pei Jinye took a few steps back and watched the shadowy figure shrouded in dust.

Halfway through his show-off, Tang Huoyang sneezed and stumbled out, patting his hair as more dust fell from it.

“How long has it been since anyone practiced here?”

He cursed loudly.

Pei Jinye couldn’t help but laugh.

The two returned to the martial arts training ground to fetch two buckets of water to clear the dust.

What they hadn’t expected

was that someone had come looking for them.

“Brother Tang, I’d like to talk to Pei Jinye alone.”

“You guys chat.” Tang Huoyang looked at them with a strange expression, sensing that the atmosphere was a bit off, and quickly dashed off to the back mountain with a full bucket of water.