If he follows the rules of the Fengcheng knockout tournament, he will meet Xue Jing in the quarterfinals, but the rules of the finals have changed. After the quarterfinals, it will be a double-elimination system and a new draw will be conducted.
Therefore, whether he can meet Zhou Yinglin depends on whether he can draw him in the quarterfinals draw.
However, Xue Jing did not doubt this. Zhou Yinglin's participation in the U19 was very abrupt and had no benefits. It was basically certain that his purpose was to cause trouble for him. In this case, given his status, it was impossible for him to be stumped by a small draw problem.
Xue Jing estimated that he would meet this person in the first or second game of the quarterfinals.
The third person Xue Jing noticed was a contestant named Ji Huaiyu.
This person was an acquaintance, a disciple of the Four-phase Yinshen School. During the Fengcheng elimination round, Xue Jing had had an encounter with him before he entered the arena for the first time.
At that time, Xue Jing taught a lesson to a disciple of the Sixiang Taoist Temple who had shoved a passerby violently. However, Ji Huaiyu started by thanking him, which left a deep impression on Xue Jing.
Apart from these three people and Yin Muhu, Xue Jing didn't know any other contestants, or even if he knew them, he didn't care about them.
"That's fine. Since we can only meet Zhou Yinglin in the quarterfinals... I can try some tricks."
Xue Jing touched his chin.
He had already decided to steal the man's skills, the flawless gun that was known as "the best in the world".
In this case, before he meets Zhou Yinglin, he can watch two of Zhou Yinglin's games from the sidelines... This should be enough for him.
Now that [Visualization·True] has reached Lv8, as long as Zhou Yinglin performs his spear skills under his nose, Xue Jing will be able to firmly imprint it in his consciousness.
Then, through consciousness simulation, surgical anatomical level observation and analysis are repeatedly performed in the consciousness space.
Coupled with the all-weapon effect of his [Weapon Strike], his understanding of spearmanship has almost reached the level of swordmanship. It is not impossible for him to learn it 'perfectly' within a few days.
"Defeat Zhou Yinglin with Perfect Skill... His expression will be very funny."
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On the rooftop of the building, Xue Jing had dragon horns on his head, his body was wrapped in silver-white dragon lightning, his legs were slightly bent, he was in a fist stance, and slowly practicing the armor-shaking skill.
Now, after several days of practice, the limit of gravity he can withstand has increased again to eighteen times.
In an environment of eighteen times the permanent gravity, practicing high-intensity physical exercise such as the Shaking Armor Skill is an extremely difficult task even for him now. It makes him sweat profusely, and a pool of water keeps spreading under his feet.
The building quality of the Zhige base is quite excellent. Xue Jing weighs over 120 kilograms, which is more than two tons under 18 times gravity. With such a weight, the area touching the ground is only the soles of his two feet. The pressure is extremely high, and it has to withstand Xue Jing's occasional jumping and landing movements.
But the floor of this building showed no signs of collapse.
"call-"
After practicing a whole set of armor-shaking exercises, Xue Jing exhaled, and with a burst of force, he shook off all the sweat on his body and turned it into mist.
The Huang Po energy runs in the body, and the five internal organs move slowly like a fetus, just like a living thing, absorbing nutrients in the body and gradually becoming stronger.
Xue Jing picked up a transparent glass container on the table next to him, which was filled with bright red liquid medicine. This was the secret medicine for Huang Po Gong that he had prepared in advance.
He opened the lid of the container and drank it all in one gulp, not paying attention to the slightly bitter and strange taste. Xue Jing wiped the corner of his mouth and thought to himself:
"My current pure martial arts strength should be enough to handle this match... But I can't guarantee a win, so I have to find a way to improve it."
He always remembered what Maomao once said, that the battle between martial artists was not a comparison of numbers, and whoever had the higher number would not necessarily win. There were countless cases of the weak defeating the strong since ancient times.
He had a big battle with Ogame Suzuka yesterday, and he won by a small margin, but the difference in hard power between the two was not that big, and he could not crush Ogame Suzuka with the kind of combat power that would guarantee him a 100% victory.
The same goes for Zhou Yinglin... This guy's strength might even be above Otogi Suzuka.
Although Xue Jing was confident that he could win... but what if, what if they suddenly exploded on the spot, were in great shape, and exerted 200% of their strength
The chance of winning is only 98%, what's the difference between that and committing suicide
Xue Jing thought about it, opened the panel, cast his eyes on the divine skill column, and looked at the skill ranked first.
[Twins Lv4]
This was the first divine skill he activated. Its passive function was still on cooldown and would take another month to recover.
This skill was of great help to him in the early days after he obtained the golden finger. Many times, he won the battle by relying on the double combat power amplified by it.
But since Shadow Flame reached Lv4, it had the ability to activate into a physical entity. In addition, his two new loves, [Plant Contract] and [Dragon Horn], were also hungry for food. Therefore, [Twins], his old and ugly wife, fell out of favor and was put aside by him. He basically did not spend any more divinity on it.
This is also because the main active effects of the twins, double strength, double speed, double defense... have all been activated by him.
The remaining active amplification effects are not cost-effective compared to skills such as Shadow Flame Planting Contract, which can bring obvious combat power improvements after upgrading.
However, the situation is different now.
U19 is a martial arts competition, and only by defeating Otogi Suzuka with pure martial arts can he be convinced and gain the recognition of the Unsharpened Blade.
Therefore, skills like Shadow Flame, Planting Contract, and Dragon Horn that cause sparks and lightning all the way cannot be used...
And [Twins]... no one would notice when using it.
What does "open" mean? If it's not closed, it's open
How can Xiao Kai be considered open
However, the twin active effects that can significantly increase combat power have already been activated, so the rest...
Xue Jing's eyes moved back and forth among the dozens or hundreds of remaining active effects on the panel.
Should I choose 'Reaction Speed'? This seems to be the option that can increase combat power the most.
However, his current reaction speed is already completely sufficient due to [Aiming], and even if it is doubled there will be no qualitative change.
No matter how fast your reaction is, it will be useless if your body can't keep up.
Perception, concentration...
Xue Jing's eyes swept across the options that seemed to have obvious benefits for combat power.
Finally, he stopped at an option that looked unremarkable.
—Flexibility.
Flexibility refers to the range of motion of human joints and the elasticity and stretchability of all motor tissues such as joint ligaments, tendons, muscles, and skin.
This is an option that doesn't seem to help with combat power... Xue Jing already has enough flexibility, and he can now basically do all the movements that humans can theoretically complete.
But... these are [Twins].
That "Twin" who didn't follow reason or physics, and arbitrarily increased the effect of a certain ability of the body by double the effect regardless of everything...
The double flexibility that defies physics...
Xue Jing glanced at the current inventory of divinity.
[Possessing Divinity: 1193]
"Well... it's only 800 points anyway, so I'll just level up."
Xue Jing, who had earned too much divinity recently, felt that he was quite good at making money and didn't need to be so careful when spending it. He didn't take the eight hundred points of divinity seriously and made a decision immediately.
He clicked on the upgrade button on the [Twins] page.
[Twins Lv5 (393/1200)]
[Passive: Possessing two lives, after death, you can freely choose the time of resurrection within seven days, cooling time: fifty days (current cooling time: 19 days, 22 hours, 41 minutes and 27 seconds)]
[Active: Each Lv1 can specify an ability related to your own body, which will produce double effect when used]
[Currently activated: physical strength, movement speed, physical defense, instinctive intuition]
[Currently available options:…]
"Oh? After upgrading, the passive effect is enhanced, directly covering the ten-day cooldown time, not bad."
Xue Jing nodded and looked at the active effect selection.
Without hesitation, he directly selected the new active effect - flexibility.
[Currently activated: physical strength, movement speed, physical defense, instinctive intuition, flexibility]
Xue Jing's mind moved, and he immediately used the Twins, instinctively activating [Twin Flexibility].
He turned his head first.
“Click, click—”
With a few crisp sounds of bones crackling, he turned his head 180 degrees behind himself.
This is not his limit, he can do this without using twin flexibility.
So he continued to turn his head.
“Click, click, click—”
Then, a strange scene happened.
Xue Jing's head turned 360 degrees... and returned to its normal position.
If it weren't for the wrinkled skin on his neck, he would look like a normal person.
With a snap, he turned his head back.
“Try this…”
Xue Jing clenched his right fist and swung it forward suddenly.
His arm seemed to have eaten a rubber fruit. It extended more than twice as long, reaching nearly two meters. It hit a fist pole and sent it flying dozens of meters away.
"The skin, muscles, bones, meridians... everything can be stretched and lengthened. It's great."
Xue Jing nodded, then looked down at his crotch thoughtfully.
"So, if it's congestion... forget about this, it's more than enough."
Xue Jing shook his head.
"Then the next step is the key point."
The reason why he upgraded the twins and chose double flexibility was to test whether the following effect could be achieved.
If you can... that would be awesome.
Xue Jing took deep breaths through his mouth and nose at the same time, quickly inhaling a large amount of oxygen from the surrounding area into his lungs.
The inhaled volume was so huge that it even caused obvious air flow fluctuations around him, forming wind pressure visible to the naked eye.
His lungs were constantly filled with oxygen, and soon it reached the limit of what he could bear... But now, having activated his twin flexibility, he did not stop and continued to inhale.
It is well known that the amount of strength a martial artist can mobilize is strongly related to his lung capacity.
Xue Jing, who is twice as flexible, has double the ability of his lungs to expand. Therefore, his lungs can withstand twice their original amount of oxygen.
At the same time, the huge amount of oxygen transmitted within the body creates an intense burden, but because of the twin flexibility, all internal organs have double the expansion capacity and can easily withstand it.
therefore…
Xue Jing can now use twice as much strength as before!
“Gu—”
Xue Jing's whole body suddenly swelled up, and his entire body became larger in proportion.
The height increased from nearly 1.9 meters to about 2.2 meters.
Since it grows in the same proportion, it doesn't look bloated at all, but there is a little more sense of oppression due to the body shape.
"Hidden Dragon Flow—"
Spiral indentations appeared on his right arm, gradually spreading and covering his chest and legs.
"Thunderstorm!"
As he swung his fist, a dragon roared and thunder exploded.
On the tip of his fist, the storm was born.
“Boom boom boom—”
The violent air tornado started from his fist, spinning forward, reaching a diameter of more than five meters, sweeping up everything in front of him.
Tiles flew everywhere, fist piles broke... After the storm, the rooftop was in a mess.
Looking at the power of this punch, Xue Jing clenched his palms, surprised and delighted.
"Sure enough, it's just as I imagined."
"The twin flexibility has doubled my body's internal endurance, and the strength I can mobilize has also doubled!"
"What Zhou Yinglin, Yuga Suzuka, they are nothing but chickens and dogs, who in this world can stop me? Damn it, who in this world can resist me!
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