Seven days later.
In the depths of the Cross Mountains, a young man with a bow in hand navigated through the dense forest. A faint black light flickered in his left eye, giving it a deep, distant look.
Standing atop a towering thirty-meter tree, he notched an arrow and drew the bowstring taut...
Mysterious and hazy light emanated from the bow's intricate patterns.
"Whoosh!"
A swift sound broke the forest's stillness as the arrow flew towards a distant target.
"Howl..."
A faint cry of pain echoed from afar.
Simultaneously, a notification popped up in front of Chu Feng:
"Congratulations on killing a Fourth-Stage Fierce Beast 'Scarlet Frenzy Bear,' earning 20 reputation points."
Opening his status panel, he noted the updated data:
**Character**: Zhao Yi
**Age**: 13
**Status**: Inner Disciple of the Zhao Clan
**Cultivation**: Martial Arts Stage Three (Peak)
**Skills**: Basic Fist Technique, Basic Footwork, Flaming Dragon Fist (Advanced), Fluttering Steps (Perfected), Dawn Meteor Arrow (Perfected)
**Silver**: 0
**Reputation**: 1125
"After seven days, my movement and archery skills have both reached perfection!"
Chu Feng felt satisfied with his progress.
With the super vision of his Eternal Divine Eyes, Chu Feng could capture more details, significantly accelerating his martial arts training.
Martial arts skills are categorized into four stages: Initial, Intermediate, Advanced, and Perfected.
Typically, even a talented martial artist would need several months to reach the Advanced stage of a martial art.
Chu Feng, however, had achieved Perfection in both a superior movement technique and a superior martial skill in just one week.
His progress was nothing short of astonishing!
During real combat, the medicinal properties within Chu Feng's body were continuously being activated, pushing his cultivation to the peak of Martial Arts Stage Three, just a step away from breaking through to Stage Four.
After defeating one fierce beast, Chu Feng quickly relocated to another area.
The Eternal Divine Eyes extended his vision far and wide, making it easy to spot distant fierce beasts.
With his Dawn Meteor Arrow technique perfected, Chu Feng's arrows had immense power, allowing him to hunt fierce beasts from miles away, avoiding the risks of close combat.
At this moment, Chu Feng used his Eternal Divine Eyes to spot a fierce beast at the peak of the Fifth Stage guarding a cave entrance.
"If a fierce beast is guarding a cave, there must be some rare treasures inside!"
"Although my cultivation is only at the peak of Martial Arts Stage Three, with the true essence boost from the Star Ripper Bow and the perfected Dawn Meteor Arrow, I can exert power equivalent to Stage Five."
"As long as I maintain enough distance, hunting a Fifth-Stage fierce beast shouldn't be a problem."
Drawing the Star Ripper Bow, a brilliant arrow shot through the forest like a meteor, heading straight for the beast!
"Roar!"
The arrow struck the beast's eye, piercing its brain, killing it instantly!
The eyes are particularly vulnerable spots for fierce beasts.
Chu Feng had successfully used this tactic to take down beasts stronger than himself multiple times!
Meanwhile, his reputation points increased to 1225!
A Fifth-Stage fierce beast provided significant rewards!
After collecting the most valuable parts of the beast, Chu Feng entered the cave.
"Three hundred-year-old blood ginsengs and one thousand-year-old blood ginseng. This should be enough to help me break through to Stage Five!"
Upon entering the cave, Chu Feng immediately noticed the rare treasures growing inside.
Compared to pills, wild blood ginseng had much stronger medicinal properties, and ordinary martial artists wouldn't dare consume them casually.
However, Chu Feng discovered that his Eternal Divine Eyes were gradually transforming his bloodline, allowing him to absorb the medicinal properties with almost no side effects.
He immediately sat down, picked one of the hundred-year-old blood ginsengs, and began cultivating the 'Gathering Yuan Mind Technique.'
"This technique is relatively easy to cultivate and progresses quickly."
"The martial arts competition in Yu Yang City, held every four years, will take place in twenty days."
"I've heard that this time, the rewards are extremely generous, potentially including pills that aid in breakthroughs."
"If I can reach Stage Five or even Stage Six within these days, winning first place will be no problem."
Chu Feng speculated that the competition might be the key to gaining significant reputation points.
After all, during the competition, super-eyed individuals from different factions would gather on one stage to compete...
The corresponding fame would spread throughout Yu Yang City.
Therefore, Chu Feng chose the 'Gathering Yuan Mind Technique' for its rapid progression, planning to advance far ahead of the other super-eyed individuals and dominate the competition!
Consuming the first hundred-year-old blood ginseng, Chu Feng activated the 'Gathering Yuan Mind Technique' and used his Eternal Divine Eyes to observe the flow of medicinal properties within his body.
Breaking through from Stage Three to Stage Four required condensing true essence in the dantian.
This process involved gathering true essence from all over the body into one point, which was very dangerous!
However, the super vision of the Eternal Divine Eyes allowed Chu Feng to see the flow of internal energy, making it much easier to control!
In less than half a day, Chu Feng gathered all his true essence into his dantian, condensing it.
"I've reached Stage Four!"
However, Chu Feng did not stop his cultivation.
After condensing true essence, he officially entered Martial Arts Stage Four.
At this point, the amount of true essence was still small and needed to be further condensed.
The residual medicinal properties of the hundred-year-old blood ginseng were quickly absorbed by the true essence.
Feeling the progress was still slow, Chu Feng consumed a second blood ginseng!
Instantly, his cultivation began to soar again!
After one day, he reached Stage Four (Initial).
On the third day, Stage Four (Intermediate).
On the sixth day, after consuming the third blood ginseng.
On the seventh day, Stage Four (Advanced).
On the thirteenth day, Stage Four (Peak).
On the twentieth day...
"I've reached Stage Five!"
Feeling the changes within his body, Chu Feng couldn't hide his joy.
Since entering this instance, it had taken less than a month for him to reach Martial Arts Stage Five!
None of the other super-eyed individuals could boast such a terrifying speed of progression.
Even among the four major factions of Yu Yang City, it was unlikely any super-eyed individual progressed faster than Chu Feng.
"It's time to return to the Zhao Clan for the initial trials."
Only the top twenty disciples from each martial arts family could advance to the Yu Yang City Martial Arts Competition and compete against stronger geniuses.
After a month, many super-eyed individuals must have figured out their own methods.
With the super-eyed talent, many of the top twenty should be super-eyed individuals.
Being a super-eyed individual but losing to natives would be quite embarrassing, wouldn't it?
Taking the unconsumed thousand-year-old blood ginseng, Chu Feng set off to return to Yu Yang City.