Martial Arts Overlord - Chapter 10: Acquired Genius

Chapter 10: Acquired Genius

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

A commotion was caused by the sudden change in the arena. The observant students on the bleachers could clearly sense that Lin Hui underwent an energy surge after consuming a Blood Sacrifice Pill since his strength was nearing Level Four Meridian Cycle Boundary, Strength Boundary!

“Swoosh”

Ji Wuyue’s rebuke was ineffective. From a few meters away, Lin Hui pounced toward Luo Feng with bloodshot eyes as he roared. “Evil Tiger Turns Head!”

Maintaining a low body position, Lin Hui charged toward Luo Feng like a raging tiger. As Lin Hui twisted his body, he swung his left fist at Luo Feng.

Lin Hui’s fist was extremely violent due to the sudden surge of energy. It kept pressurizing the air around him which resulted in high wind pressure.

“This is Roaring Tiger Fist! Lin Hui actually cultivated Roaring Tiger Fist to Level Two!” Exclaims were heard. Many students recognized the martial arts that Lin Hui performed. It was the Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts taught by Ji Wuyue a few days ago, Evil Tiger Turns Head!

Since most students of Silver Moon Class had average qualities, they had only cultivated the first level of Roaring Tiger Fist over the course of ten days. In fact, some of the students had not even fully controlled the first level of Roaring Tiger Fist. Hence, they were dumbstruck when they witnessed Lin Hui performing Evil Tiger Turns Head.

The high wind pressure blew Luo Feng’s hair and caused his robe to flutter as well, but he still remained steady. Like a huge mountain that towered between Heaven and Earth, he was unshakable!

“Luo Feng, avoid him quickly!” Ji Wuyue yelled anxiously when she noticed that Luo Feng did not budge.

Ji Wuyue knew very well the power of this fist technique since she cultivated Roaring Tiger Fist too!

In terms of power, Roaring Tiger Fist was not at all inferior to Yellow Rank Upper Class martial arts. In addition to the fact that Lin Hui consumed a Blood Sacrifice Pill, the combination of his rise in energy and Roaring Tiger Fist turned Lin Hui into a ferocious beast in the form of a human!

Luo Feng glanced at Lin Hui who pounced at him but had no intention to move away.

Upon facing Lin Hui’s fierce attack, Luo Feng had a strong fighting will. He clenched his left fist tightly, arched his back forward, then pounced like a preying tiger akin to an arrow leaving its bow!

“Evil Tiger Turns Head!” Luo Feng’s voice echoed in the arena. As Ji Wuyue and countless students present watched fearfully, both Luo Feng and Lin Hui’s fists met.

“Bam!”

An intense explosion was heard the moment both fists met in the air. They flew backward at the same time, then staggered for a while before they stopped.

“Not bad, you actually withstood my fist.” Luo Feng smirked at Lin Hui once he stopped.

“You learned Roaring Tiger Fist too!” Lin Hui gritted his teeth at Luo Feng.

After consuming a Blood Sacrifice Pill, Lin Hui’s strength was approaching Level Four Meridian Cycle, Strength Boundary. His full blow had a force of over 4400 pounds! Lin Hui initially thought that he could defeat Luo Feng easily with Roaring Tiger Fist, but it turned out that Luo Feng was completely untouched.

“You’re not the only one who knows Roaring Tiger Fist!”

Luo Feng sneered as he swayed a little. All of a sudden, he took a deep breath, then clenched both his fists, and glared at Lin Hui. “I’ll let you experience the real might of Roaring Tiger Fist!”

“Woosh!”

Luo Feng lunged at Lin Hui. His sleeves bulged and caused flapping sounds due to the wind.

“Bam, bam…”

Luo Feng launched tens of blows instantly, and was so quick that his punches could not be seen clearly!

The layers of fist shadows were so immense that the strong fist winds pierced the air and forced a transparent film of air out. The entire process was accompanied by a deafening sound equivalent to the roars of ten thousand tigers!

“Flaming Tiger Sets Fire!” Luo Feng shouted. Like the king of ten thousand tigers, Luo Feng carried a supreme aura as he pounced on Lin Hui!

“Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist!” Lin Hui watched and trembled with fear.

He wanted to move away but was suppressed by Luo Feng’s horrifying aura. Lin Hui looked with his bloodshot eyes as countless fist shadows enlarged in front of him!

“Bam, bam, bam…”

The fist shadows drowned Lin Hui in the blink of an eye which caused his body to fly up like a sandbag. His mournful screams and the sound of his bones breaking sent chills down the other students’ spines!

“Thump!”

After being hit tens of meters away by an enormous force, Lin Hui landed hard outside the arena and was covered in blood.

“You! Pchht…” Lin Hui forced himself up and stared at Luo Feng hatefully. He later passed out after spitting blood.

It was dead silent around the arena. Everyone fixed their gaze on the figure who stood still in the center. This figure looked like a mighty tiger king who left everyone else in awe.

“Luo Feng actually won, he’s too powerful!”

“His strength advanced by leaps and bounds after just ten days! Lin Hui used to be in the top twenty in our class, and he also consumed a Blood Sacrifice Pill just now. His strength is approaching Level Four Meridian Cycle, Strength Boundary! Since Luo Feng defeated Lin Hui easily, Luo Feng is probably in the top ten now!”

“I think he’s better than that. Luo Feng performed Flaming Tiger Sets Fire earlier, looks like he has cultivated Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist! Based on what I know, apart from our class representative Bing Ruolan, nobody has cultivated Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist,” A calm student explained.

“Level Three of Roaring Tiger Fist…” Another student gasped. He looked at Luo Feng respectfully.

All of them cultivated Roaring Tiger Fist and knew very well that fist techniques were very difficult.

“Older Cousin!”

Looking both upset and resentful, that person left the bleachers immediately to look at Lin Hui who fainted. The person was Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows after looking at Lin Hui’s injury.

“Luo Feng, how ruthless of you!” Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at Luo Feng bitterly.

All of Lin Hui’s bones were broken. On top of that, he suffered a side effect of the Blood Sacrifice Pill. Even if he survived, it was very likely that he could never cultivate again. Lin Hui really had become a worthless person.

Luo Feng stood in the arena with his hands behind his back. He looked at Lin Xiaoxiao plainly. “Hmph! I was ruthless? If it wasn’t because of my increase in strength, I would’ve probably been dead by now! I showed him mercy by letting him live.”

Lin Xiaoxiao was stunned. Luo Feng’s sharp look seemed so unfamiliar to her that she became terrified.

“If you delay this any further, he’ll really die.” Luo Feng smiled and pointed at Lin Hui who was half-dead.

Lin Xiaoxiao uttered, “Luo Feng, don’t think that you can act so arrogantly just because you’ve gained some strength! I’m unconcerned about that insignificant strength of yours! You’re just trash to me! I won’t let this go, you better watch out!”

Later, Lin Xiaoxiao disappeared from the gymnasium with Lin Hui.

“You’ll soon find out who’s the real trash.” Luo Feng watched as Lin Xiaoxiao left.

“Tsk, tsk, I didn’t expect to witness such a great fight today.”

Two young figures suddenly appeared on the steps of the bleachers further away.

The two young men wore robes with purple edges. The person on the left carried a long sword, had fair skin and a long body, and the person on the right carried a fan, had slanted eyebrows, and looked like a rich gentleman.

People recognized them very quickly.

The young man who carried a sword was one of the top ten elite students from Wing Tiger Class in Purple Sun Institution’s Inner Institution, Zhou Jian. His sword technique was very prestigious in Wing Tiger Class as he was as fast as lightning, hence gaining the nickname Wind Chasing Sword.

On the other hand, the attractive man who carried a fan was a reputable genius in Purple Sun Institution, as well as Lin Xiaoxiao’s sweetheart, Duanmu Yu. While he was not even sixteen years old, he was ranked higher than Zhou Jian!

The person who spoke earlier was Zhou Jian, who later said to Duanmu Yu, “Luo Feng’s only in the middle phase of Energy Boundary, but he defeated a martial artist in the later phase of Energy Boundary who even consumed a Blood Sacrifice Pill, he’s not bad! I think his force is stronger than normal martial artists in Strength Boundary, it’s unbelievable.”

Duanmu Yu shook his head and replied, “Silver Moon Class students are just a bunch of trash. At the age of fifteen, they’re still in the middle phase of Energy Boundary. Even if they’re talented and have stronger forces, their achievements are very limited. Entering the Inner Institution will be an issue for them too.”

“Hehe, of course, they can’t be placed on par with geniuses like us.”

Zhou Jian chuckled, then continued, “Luo Feng’s Roaring Tiger Fist is almost near perfection though, looks like he has better comprehension than the others. If he’s trained properly, he’ll be successful.”

Duanmu Yu nodded calmly. “Although they’re all trash to me, Luo Feng’s quite unique, I could use him. Since he and Xiaoxiao are acquainted, I’ll approach him in two days to ask if he’s willing to follow me.”

“He’ll be surprised to have your guidance, Mister Duanmu, how can he reject…” Zhou Jian smiled.

“That’s true.” Duanmu Yu nodded proudly, then waved his hand. “Let’s go, we’re being too relaxed.”

The two of them had only passed by the gymnasium by chance. Zhou Jian nodded, then the two of them left.

The moment Luo Feng left the arena, he was welcomed by Ji Wuyue and Bing Ruolan.

Bing Ruolan tucked her hair behind her ears and looked at Luo Feng with her sparkling sapphire eyes.

She initially thought that Luo Feng was only sharp-eyed for being able to notice the flaws in her Roaring Tiger Fist, but she now knew that it was because Luo Feng had cultivated Roaring Tiger Fist to the third level…

It hit Bing Ruolan hard as she had always been proud of her superb apprehension.

“Luo Feng, how did you improve so quickly?” Bing Ruolan was extremely curious.

“Did I improve a lot? I don’t think so.” Luo Feng scratched his head. He had not figured out an appropriate answer to this question since he could not just disclose that there was a merge of souls in his body, giving a total of eighteen meridian cycles.

Bing Ruolan was unwilling to give up. “You just advanced to the early phase of Energy Boundary ten days ago, and you achieved the middle phase ten days after. Moreover, you defeated Lin Hui easily when he’s already in the later phase of Energy Boundary! The youngest genius in the Inner Institution, Duanmu Yu didn’t have that cultivation speed!”

“Uh, maybe I was enlightened.”

Upon hearing Luo Feng’s explanation, Ji Wuyue nodded.

“I see. Some people are called geniuses because they were born with strong spiritual powers, but some people are enlightened halfway through, which elevates their apprehension in martial arts, providing them with exceptional cultivation speeds too. The former’s an innate genius, while the latter’s an acquired genius. Looks like Luo Feng belongs to the latter.”