10: The Fifth Wave

Night fell, and the bright moon hung high in the sky, like a giant mirror.

Swish swish swish!

In an empty clearing, Chen Du held a long sword and swung it rapidly.

Large beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, dripping from his sharp jawline.

Since he didn't have a private Martial Arts Room, Chen Du could only practice outside.

【Congratulations, Host! Flowing Light Sword Technique has advanced from Rank 1 90% to Rank 1 91%】

The familiar notification sound rang in his mind.

"As expected," Chen Du murmured to himself.

Once the Bottleneck was Broken, the speed of Martial Skill improvement would greatly accelerate.

Ultimately, it required a significant amount of time for practice and accumulation.

However, to be able to progress at 1% every day—that speed could be called terrifying!

It seemed that his countless battles in the Crystal Space had indeed achieved a qualitative change from quantitative accumulation.

It had forcefully transformed him, a person with ordinary talent, into a Genius!

The battles in the Crystal Space were similar to and different from virtual battles.

The similarity was that neither resulted in death; the difference was that the pain in the Crystal Space was 100%!

This meant Chen Du experienced at least one death every day, and after a thousand deaths, this feeling had become numb.

It wasn't that he couldn't feel pain, but rather that this pain could no longer affect Chen Du's actions.

For example, if his stomach was cut open, no problem; he would grab his large intestine, small intestine, and duodenum with his hand and continue fighting!

Unable to breathe due to poison? No problem; he would just cut open his belly and let his lungs breathe on their own!

Returning home, he took a cold shower.

Chen Du checked the money in his card; there was a full two hundred thousand.

Now, with four months left until the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, it meant he could spend fifty thousand each month.

Although he didn't know where his family got this money, since his father had gone to such lengths, he naturally wouldn't let him down.

Getting into one of the Eight Famous Schools was the best way to repay his parents!

Chen Du planned to buy some high-priced Qi and blood medicine at the pharmacy after class tomorrow morning.

Lying in bed, he used a sleep induction method he learned online.

One sheep... two sheep... three sheep... he soon fell asleep.

He opened his eyes to the Pale Dense Fog enveloping everything and the two-meter-tall blue crystal beside him.

Crystal Space!

Every time he fell asleep, he would come here. From the day he started high school until today, there had never been an exception.

Chen Du subconsciously glanced at his virtual panel.

Name: Chen Du

Life Strength: Rank 5.2

Mental Energy: Rank 5

Fist Strength: 1050 jin

Speed: 21 meters/second

Martial Skill: Flowing Light Sword Technique (Rank 1) 91%

Defense Waves: 4/5 (Unfinished), 4/10 (Unfinished), 4/15 (Unfinished), 4/20 (Unfinished), 4/25 (Unfinished), 4/30 (Unfinished), 4/35 (Unfinished)

For every 6 Ranks his Life Strength increases, he will gain one "Evolution." He is 0.8 Ranks away from the next Evolution.

After Chen Du's Martial Skill reached Rank 1 Perfection this afternoon, his Life Strength also increased by 0.1 during dinner.

Martial Skill is a development of the body's latent power; the higher the Martial Skill, the faster the Life Strength will increase.

Breakthroughs in Martial Skill also contribute to increased Life Strength.

According to the standard for ordinary classes, a 0.1 increase in Life Strength per month is considered good.

Chen Du's Life Strength was only 5.0 a month ago, and in just one month, it has increased to 5.2.

This speed is so fast that it's even comparable to, if not surpassing, those spenders in the Hongzhi Class!

Click... The sound of footsteps interrupted Chen Du's thoughts.

"They're here!"

No matter which wave you fall in, the monsters in the Crystal Space will always start appearing from the first wave.

First wave of monsters: Bibi Wolf (LV2), quantity 30.

They stand upright like wolf-beasts, are over 3 meters tall, and have Wolverine-like claws on the backs of their hands.

They become berserk after seeing blood, and their speed and strength increase.

LV2 represents a Life Strength of Rank 2. Apart from the name and Life Strength,

all other information was summarized by Chen Du through countless deaths.

He remembered when he first entered the Crystal Space.

Chen Du's Life Strength was only Rank 2.1, just 0.1 Ranks higher than these Bibi Wolves.

But there were 30 of them, and they had a berserk-like skill.

He only managed to kill them all after being torn to shreds dozens of times.

But now... Chen Du's eyes narrowed, and a long sword materialized in his hand.

"Die!" Chen Du snorted coldly, swinging his sword and directly splitting an approaching Bibi Wolf in half.

Purple beast blood instantly stained his clothes, and the expressions of the other Bibi Wolves immediately turned ferocious.

But in front of Chen Du, who now commanded the four forms of Flowing Light, they were no match.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

In 1 minute and 12 seconds, all 30 Bibi Wolves were dead.

Chen Du's figure was already a "purple mass"; he was long used to this.

"The next wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds!"

This sentence was the only voice in the Crystal Space besides his own.

Second wave of monsters: Gouba Bear (LV2.7), quantity 30... "The next wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds!"

Third wave of monsters: Minotaur (LV3.5), quantity 30... "The next wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds!"

Fourth wave of monsters: Green-capped Monkey (LV4.6), quantity 30... After his Life Strength increased to 5.2, his overall strength and speed saw a slight increase.

Dealing with the fourth wave of Green-capped Monkeys felt even more effortless than before.

After three hours, Chen Du cut down the last Green-capped Monkey with his sword.

"The next wave of monsters will arrive in 30 seconds!"

Chen Du looked up, his expression solemn, at the sky obscured by the Pale Dense Fog.

Having been killed by them several times before, he knew that the next wave of enemies would come from the sky!

"Wooo!!!"

With a monster's roar, a black winged lizard flew down from behind the mist.

Fifth wave of monsters: Flaxen Giant Lizard (LV6.1), quantity 1, capable of flight and fire-breathing, wingspan 6 meters.

Judging by the defense waves on the panel and the opponent's Life Strength, this should be a mini-BOSS.

"Come on!" Looking at the Flaxen Giant Lizard swooping down at him, Chen Du's eyes were firm!

With a 0.9 Rank difference between them, he would normally have no chance of winning.

However, the monsters here didn't use Martial Skills; they fought purely by instinct.

This gave Chen Du, who possessed the Flowing Light Sword Technique, a fighting chance.

Before, when he only mastered the three forms of Flowing Light, he was repeatedly slaughtered by it.

Crushed to death, burned to death by fire, torn to shreds by claws, whipped to death by its tail.

Now, not only has his Martial Skill improved, but his Life Strength has also increased!

The giant lizard's merciless black claws appeared above Chen Du's head like the arrival of night, pressing down forcefully.

Splat!

Countless web-like cracks instantly appeared on the ground, and the giant lizard proudly moved its claws away.

But not finding Chen Du's corpse, a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes.

"Where are you looking?"

Chen Du's voice suddenly appeared behind the giant lizard.

Then, at the moment it turned its head, a cold gleam arrived first, followed by the sword striking like a Dragon!

"Azure Dragon Thrust!" Chen Du thrust his sword!

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