Chapter 5: The Three Great Realms!
Iron Tower Pass, second floor.
Rumble...
The massive black gate slowly opened in front of Tang Lin, he took a deep breath and walked inside, behind him on the stone steps, copper men fell all over the ground.
Breaking through the last copper man formation, Tang Lin thought for a moment and finally launched "Kanglong Jin". Although one punch hit the bottom layer of copper man, but with great force, the copper man standing on top directly fell over.
Tang Lin clenched his fists and struck out with a series of punches, completely dismantling the entire Copper Man formation.
Break through with force!
……
The second layer, in front of Tang Lin, was a completely identical elliptical room, with the 72 black bronze men still standing inside. At the moment when the giant black gate closed, a red glow burst forth from the pupils of each bronze man's eyes.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~
A bronze figure's body flashed by like flowing light.
Tang Lin's eyes widened, "Martial artists! It's all the speed of martial artists!"
Boom!
His body didn't have a hint of suspense, directly hit by an impact, directly knocked flying out, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.
The seventy-two bronze men on this second floor are actually all martial artists in reality!
Wow!
A strange light enveloped Tang Lin, and his body suddenly disappeared into thin air.
……
Iron Tower Pass, entrance.
Whoosh!
Tang Lin's body suddenly appeared, lying on the ground in front of everyone, his martial attire tattered and worn out, with fresh blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, looking utterly disheveled.
Liu Hui's body flashed, and he hastily helped Tang Lin up. He quickly snatched a handful of dan medicine from Zhao Ziyu's hand and stuffed it into Tang Lin's mouth. After a moment, Tang Lin's strength recovered slightly, and he opened his eyes to find himself miraculously standing outside the Iron Tower Gate.
"Are you all right?" Liu Hui asked with concern.
Tang Lin shook his head.
Although these copper men are incredibly fast and have powerful strength that is terrifying, they did not attack the vital parts, so they will only suffer some superficial injuries.
"How did I end up here?" Tang Lin couldn't help but ask.
Liu Hui let out a sigh of relief and smiled, saying: "This Iron Tower Pass is an entire treasure in itself. When you enter the second level, there's no turning back, and the Iron Tower Pass will automatically send you out."
Tang Lin suddenly came back to his senses and turned his head to look around.
Zhao Ziyu, Xie Jianfeng, Wang Yong and others all looked at him with a strange gaze, their faces filled with an air of weirdness.
"Hmph!" Xie Jianfeng let out a cold snort, turned his head away with a chilly pride, and clenched his fist secretly under his sleeve.
"Unexpectedly, a genius has emerged among our group." Liu Hui looked at Tang Lin with eyes shining with admiration and said: "Just entering the Martial Arts Academy and being able to break through the first layer of the Iron Tower Gate, such people are extremely rare even in the entire academy."
Tang Lin smiled slightly.
If it weren't for having swallowed half a piece of the demon pellet, greatly increasing his strength to almost rival that of a second-stage warrior, plus the power of the dragon mark on his hand, he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for even four or five minutes!
"Teacher." Tang Lin looked at Liu Hui and said, "This second layer is all seventy-two bronze men of the warrior level. Like our Red Star Building, can anyone really get through?"
Zhao Ziyu and Xie Jianfeng's faces changed color beside her.
Seventy-two bronze warriors?
What a beast!
To know, these copper men are all made of copper skin and iron bones, they are the components of the law, cannot be damaged, and everyone is a martial artist, facing seventy-two opponents with the same strength, how can you win?
The second floor is so perverted, what about the third floor?
Liu Hui smiled and said, "Of course, there are people who can rush through, but the entire Red Star Building has only thirty or so people. This Iron Tower Gate is an important test of your strength!"
"The first floor of Iron Tower requires a warrior with intermediate strength at the level of Wu Zhe Yi Jing to pass through!"
"The second layer requires a warrior of the highest level, one who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, to break through!"
"The third layer represents being able to kill enemies across levels."
Liu Hui smiled and said, "You should know that the eight realms of martial arts are each vastly different, with huge gaps in between. It's extremely difficult to skip levels and kill an enemy, it's like trying to climb to the sky! If a first-realm warrior encounters a second-realm warrior, they will be directly crushed by their opponent's true energy and won't be able to withstand it!"
"Only true genius can transcend class and fight beyond it!"
"So, the third floor of Iron Tower Pass, only a handful of people have been able to break through in thousands of years! To break through Iron Tower Pass and become the strongest in the same realm, one needs to cultivate their movement skills, weapon skills, and martial arts to a certain level!"
Everyone was left breathless.
Can those who have passed the third level, with a martial artist's first realm, kill strong martial artists of the second realm?
Although everyone present is a genius, there is absolutely no arrogance to be able to fight across levels, because of the eight realms of martial arts, each realm has its own characteristics, and the gap is like a chasm.
Like a martial artist in a state of unity, opening up the chest and mouth acupoints, one's lifespan reaches 200 years, with strength exceeding 1,000 jin!
Martial artist's two realms, open up the elixir field's orifices, true energy kills the enemy!
Martial artist's three realms, open up the back's acupoints, strength reaches ten thousand jin!
Wu Zhe Si Jing, open up the waist's acupoints, and the whole body will be impervious to swords and spears!
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"Body method, martial arts, and weapons." Tang Lin thought to himself: "These three things, I'm still at the foundation level. As for weapons, I'll have to wait until I'm fourteen years old before I can formally learn about them. At that time, my body will be fully developed, and I'll be able to forge a weapon that belongs only to me."
Liu Hui looked at the crowd and said, "After today's trial, you all know your own shortcomings. With your current strength, although you have become warriors at a young age, there are still too many things that need to be honed! Your strength is only in the middle to lower reaches of the warrior realm. There are many 40-50 year old warriors who, although not as talented as you, are absolutely unbeatable by you!"
"Do not underestimate time, it will always come in handy."
Tang Lin and others were shocked in their hearts, they all learned a lesson.
"I've seen your data." Liu Hui looked at the crowd, smiling and said: "Your movements are all basic, among which Xie Jianfeng's movement is the best, but still at a basic level! The movement is divided into three realms!"
"Fundamental, transcendent, and sublime!"
"In this, the external will be transformed into small success and great success, two realms, but both are considered basic body methods. As for transcending the ordinary and entering sainthood, such a body method already belongs to the highest realm, it's not too possible to reach. If you can make your body method reach the 'unity of heaven and man' realm, passing through the Iron Tower Gate will be easy!"
"Heaven and Man in One!" Tang Lin secretly thought, "That Stone Sword is indeed the Heaven-Man Unity Body Technique, but during battle he was too careless and got caught off guard by me, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to deal with him."
"Beyond the physical body, there is martial power. No matter what kind of martial power it is, when you reach the state of 'unity between heaven and man', the martial power is no longer just martial power, its might is unimaginable."
Liu Hui looked at everyone and smiled: "The road you want to take is still long, let's stop here for today. Tomorrow I will teach you how to train."
Tang Lin and others nodded one after another.
They all felt a pressure through Liu Hui's words.
Warrior?
This is just the beginning!
I thought becoming a warrior would lead me into the hall of warriors, but I found myself still just an outsider, a beginner in martial arts!
After everyone dispersed, Tang Lin did not return to the dormitory, but instead came to the martial arts training ground, where he practiced on the wooden stakes. Accompanying him was also Xie Jianfeng.
Tang Lin didn't pay attention to him and continued walking on the wooden stakes by himself.
Xie Jianfeng's expression was cold and stern, his body treading on the thin rope as he trained, sometimes falling due to walking too fast, but getting back up to continue again.
Hard training!
Tang Lin and Xie Jianfeng refused to give up, crazily practicing until dusk. When Tang Lin returned to the dormitory, he still saw Xie Jianfeng practicing in the dark of night, treading on a thin rope.
Tang Lin's eyes flashed, and he didn't say anything, returning to his dormitory to watch the mysterious scroll directly.
……
In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed.
Although he had only been at the Seven Stars Martial Arts Academy for ten days, Tang Lin felt that what he had gained was something he hadn't obtained in his previous decade, whether it was the explanation of various martial arts, the practice of moves, or the cleverness of light body techniques, all of which were unheard of.
In the martial arts arena.
Boom!
Tang Lin's fist waved and slammed onto a wooden stake, seemingly with the force of ten thousand jun, but the stake didn't budge.
Tang Lin's eyes flashed and he withdrew his fist.
Pfft!
The wooden stake suddenly burst open.
"The teacher said that the essence of boxing lies in lightness, not heaviness. Being able to lift heavily as if lightly is the realm of martial arts!" Tang Lin's face broke into a smile, "After ten days of bitter practice, I can finally barely achieve this step!"
"The teacher said that the fist method and the body method are divided into three realms, but in the basic realm, there are two transitional realms. The first is 'lifting heavy as light', and the second is 'lifting light as heavy'. If you can practice your body method or fist method to this level, you are not far from 'heaven and man united'."
"Qiang Long Jin" was originally a boxing technique that emphasized internal strength, which Tang Lin had learned since childhood. Relying on this technique, he could touch the realm of "lifting heavy as light", making it relatively easy for him.
After all.
The mighty dragon's vigor is all about strength following one's heart.
Learning different boxing techniques also accelerates the speed of understanding the realm of boxing, just like a person looking at water flow and sandy land, it is easy to feel "softness" from the water flow, but it is difficult to feel it from the sand!
But no one can deny that there is no "gentleness" in the sandy soil.
"Everyone gather!" Liu Hui shouted on the martial arts training ground.
Tang Lin quickly followed everyone back to the team.
"You've been here for ten days." Liu Hui looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, "After this period of training, although you haven't shown any obvious improvement, you've made some progress. Today, I'll take you to the underground cave to hunt demons and evil spirits!"
"Dungeon?" Everyone's eyes lit up.
"Go to the underground hunting grounds, first is to train your skills, after all, talking on paper isn't enough, without actual combat experience you can't become a strong one. Second, it's for your battle achievement points!"
"Each of you will have three chances per month to enter the underground cave, which is the only way for you to obtain achievement points!"
Everyone was thrilled at once.
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