Chapter 304 – [Grandmaster’s Overload Mode]!

The moment Lu Yuan sensed the killing intent, he lost sight of Yin Muqing, even his mental power lock missed.

He instinctively raised his hand, and then…

“Boom!”

The delicate fist, shimmering with a faint brilliance, collided with the white Thunder-encircled hand. The resulting impact collapsed into a shadowy explosion in the air.

Lu Yuan staggered back, his feet cracking the ground like a spider web.

Slightly surprised, he gently shook his slightly numb arm. Although he was mentally prepared, he hadn’t anticipated that Yin Muqing’s explosive power would be this fierce.

She had completely suppressed him in pure physical Strength.

Moreover, he could sense that her force exertion techniques were quite rough, mainly relying on the huge energy within her to generate the explosion.

“Yin Muqing is still a woman, having only activated two star acupoints.

The Starry Sky martial arts are indeed domineering. Her body, tempered by the energy of the universe, has already manifested a life level distinct from ordinary humans…”

Lu Yuan estimated that this level could only be reached after a second limit break in Strength and constitution.

For ordinary people, relying on arduous cultivation or drug modification, achieving a second limit break was impossible. A first limit break was already the limit of life.

“Smack-“

As Lu Yuan’s mind raced, Yin Muqing’s fist approached once again.

Her speed had clearly broken the sound barrier. Each punch created a huge explosion in the air, like a hydrogen balloon bursting.

“Boom!”

Caught off guard, Lu Yuan took a heavy punch to the chest.

His entire body flew backward like a cannonball.

Before he could hit the ground, Yin Muqing’s ghostly figure reappeared behind him, delivering another punch.

Repeated again and again, in less than a second, Lu Yuan’s body, accompanied by crisp explosive sounds, twisted through the air, being knocked around like a bouncing ball.

At the fourth twist, time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Then-

“Boom!”

An intangible, thick, and twisted force suddenly erupted from within Lu Yuan.

Grandmaster’s Domain!

In an instant, Lu Yuan, frozen in midair, became blurred.

Ripples visible to the naked eye spread out from his body, creating multiple illusions, as if countless invisible figures were madly howling around him.

The power of the domain pushed Yin Muqing’s figure away, interrupting her attack rhythm and giving Lu Yuan a moment to catch his breath.

“Whoosh-“

Lu Yuan landed, gazing solemnly at his own body.

At this moment, the front of his chest, his back, and several other spots, showed deep indentations.

His fair and delicate skin was undulating like mercury, rippling out waves that quickly dissolved the residual power in those indentations.

It was his first time being hit like this by someone’s fists…

If it weren’t for the natural “Abyss of Skin” effect of his true grandmaster body, which had deflected most of the power-

Just these few punches alone might have caused him serious injury.

“Hiss-“

Lu Yuan took a deep breath, and the indented wounds on his body instantly filled in and recovered.

In the depths of his clear eyes, a trace of golden light surged up.

[Grandmaster Instinct]!

“Boom!”

Lu Yuan suddenly moved, twisting his body to intercept Yin Muqing’s punch with a perfect whip kick.

“Whoosh-whoosh-“

The aftermath of their collision stirred the air currents, whipping up violent gusts that made their sleeves and hair billow wildly.

After freezing for half a second, both figures vanished simultaneously.

Instantly reappearing in another location with a thunderous explosion, maintaining their combat stances as if they had teleported.

“Smack!”

“Boom!”

The two fought with incredible speed, like light and fog, like electricity and illusion.

Thunderous explosions constantly erupted in the arena.

After each explosion, their figures would briefly become visible before melting back into the air and disappearing once again.

…

“Whoosh-“

Lu Yuan exhaled lightly, his eyes flickering with a fiery golden light.

It had been a long time since he had encountered an opponent like Yin Muqing in a pure physical contest.

She brought him overwhelming pressure like a storm, like roaring waves.

“Swish-swish-“

The blood sphere within Lu Yuan’s body spun rapidly, his blood and energy flowing like tidal waves.

“Buzz-buzz-buzz-“

Utilizing the [Grandmaster Exertion] skill to its utmost, Lu Yuan could almost hear the humming sound of his muscle fibers tightening and relaxing continuously.

Yin Muqing’s speed was astonishing.

So fast that even his mental power struggled to keep up with her.

He had to rely on instinct in battle, using the subtle changes in the air currents and short-term predictions of the combat scenario by his brain to locate her.

The longer the fight went on, the more exhilarated Lu Yuan felt.

The golden hue in his eyes grew increasingly intense.

He hadn’t been a martial arts grandmaster for long and had yet to face a truly formidable opponent.

Han Xun was too weak, while Yuwen Tong was too strong.

Despite his daily self-training through [Grandmaster Meditation Battle], the true potential of a grandmaster had yet to be fully tapped.

The type and quality of the opponent were crucial!

Clearly, Yin Muqing was such a high-quality opponent.

This visceral, punch-for-punch fight had greatly enhanced the power of both his [Grandmaster Instinct] and [Grandmaster Exertion] skills.

Unconsciously, Lu Yuan realized something surprising.

His body had “swelled,” and numerous anomalies had appeared on it.

–The continuous activation of [Grandmaster Exertion] had kept his muscles in a state of high-frequency vibration.

This resulted in his entire body expanding uniformly.

His originally lean and well-proportioned physique now looked like that of a muscular hulk.

The vibrating force escaping from his skin created countless surging air currents, and combined with the effects of his Platinum Qi-

Lu Yuan now seemed to be commanding both white thunder and storm at the same time, like a god-king renowned for their Strength and beauty in ancient mythology, with every strand of hair infused with destructive power.

“Whoosh-“

Suddenly, inspired, Lu Yuan’s majestic body, wrapped in Platinum Thunder and storm, made an abrupt teleportation.

He cleverly intercepted Yin Muqing’s flashing figure in mid-air.

With a powerful punch, he struck her chest.

Yin Muqing grunted as her chest caved in from the impact.

Before she could react, Lu Yuan’s follow-up punches had already landed forcefully on her neck, ribs, and abdomen…

Finally, a heavy palm landed on her forehead, producing a sound akin to the cracking of bricks.

Yin Muqing didn’t utter a single sound; her graceful body was thrown like a ragdoll, landing heavily on the ground.

She lay there in a twisted position, her entire body emanating a radiant glow from every pore as she glared intently at Lu Yuan.

Her vitality was astonishingly resilient.

Despite the severe injuries, she hadn’t succumbed immediately, and there was even a possibility she might get up and fight again.

But for Lu Yuan, the battle was already over.

“Whoosh-“

Lu Yuan exhaled deeply, the golden light in his eyes fading.

His swollen body released a massive amount of white steam from every pore, deflating like a leaking balloon.

His body temperature was alarmingly high, and his entire skin was flushed, resembling an overheated machine that had been running in overload mode.

Lu Yuan gradually adjusted his physical state, taking the opportunity to check his Grandmaster blood sphere.

He found that the battle had depleted about a quarter of his blood sphere.

It was an enormous drain.

The primary reason was the extreme exertion of the [Grandmaster Exertion] just now.

For Lu Yuan, the gains from this battle were enormous.

Not only did he gain a preliminary understanding of the combat capabilities of Starry Sky martial arts, but he also inadvertently developed a brand-new combat form.

“[Grandmaster Overload Mode]!”

This was the name Lu Yuan gave to the state he had just been in.

It was composed of the ultimate use of [Grandmaster Exertion] and [Grandmaster Instinct].

In this “overload” state, not only were his Strength, speed, and explosive power significantly enhanced, but his control over the battlefield also reached a new level.

“The only problem is its duration; otherwise, it could cause continuous damage to the body…”

The portion of the blood sphere that was consumed went to repairing the micro-injuries caused by the high-frequency vibrations of his muscles during the battle.

This was the origin of “overload mode.”

Lu Yuan looked at Yin Muqing in the distance, still struggling to stand, and reflected on the gains from this battle.

“Yin Muqing, with third-stage mental power and two activated star acupoints, surpasses me in every attribute. Without using [Grandmaster Exertion], my Strength is far inferior to hers.

Her speed is incredible; I couldn’t catch a glimpse of her figure at all. The entire fight relied on [Grandmaster Instinct] to extrapolate and predict the battle situation.

Her third-stage mental power rendered my Grandmaster’s Domain barely impactful on her…”

The reason Lu Yuan stood here, unharmed, from this battle boiled down to one thing-

“Her technique… is just too crude!”

Lu Yuan regarded the fallen Yin Muqing with a look of genuine regret.

Technique constitutes a significant portion of combat effectiveness.

Starry Sky martial arts bestowed upon Yin Muqing an extraordinary physical constitution, with the two star acupoints in her body functioning like a super nuclear reactor, pushing bursts of cosmic energy that left Lu Yuan in awe.

However, her application of this immense Strength was rather poor.

At this moment, Lu Yuan finally felt a hint of superiority from his pure martial artist system.

In terms of combat techniques, Yin Muqing wasn’t even worthy of lacing the boots of a rightful martial arts grandmaster like him.

Perhaps…

Yuwen Tong insisted he ascend to grandmaster before formally Cultivating Starry Sky martial arts also took this into consideration.

Lu Yuan once again felt the thoughtful consideration of Lord Tong.

“If her technique was on par with mine, given her advantages, I might be the one lying on the ground right now?”

However, Lu Yuan thought otherwise.

Because he hadn’t yet utilized his ultimate move, the lv3 [Grandmaster Dharma Form].

Once the Dharma Form was unleashed, he believed he could obliterate Yin Muqing in an instant.

In comparing the two systems…

Lu Yuan found it challenging to definitively judge which was superior between pure martial artist and Starry Sky martial arts.

“Yin Muqing is only ranked in the 80s on the supernova ranking, not even considered middle-tier. There are many more formidable practitioners of Starry Sky martial arts above her. Testing against each might reveal which system is truly superior…”

As these thoughts ran through his mind, Lu Yuan exited the Consciousness Space.

He glanced at the time, finding that the entire battle had taken less than half a minute in reality.

Everyone in the Camp remained the same, chatting or meditating.

Having assessed Yin Muqing’s capabilities, Lu Yuan felt much more relaxed.

He sat alone in a corner of the Camp for a while when a robot came over and handed him two items.

One was a supply pack containing some food, water, and Potions.

The other was a head-sized spherical device of unknown purpose.

Lu Yuan studied it for a while, and just as he was about to message Han Xun for some advice, he noticed two figures flying over from the direction of Javier the Sleepless’s Camp.

With a quick glance, Lu Yuan’s eyes narrowed.

He stared intently at the two figures.

Both were males, dressed in gold and black combat suits with a distinct Javier style.

One had a strange little figure emblem on his chest, while the other didn’t.

What caught Lu Yuan’s attention about these two was that they both exuded a unique aura very similar to Yin Muqing’s.

This aura… only those who have Cultivated Starry Sky martial arts possessed it.

Two members of the supernova ranking.

Moreover… judging by their energy, they appeared to be even stronger than Yin Muqing!

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