When the Grandmaster of Martial Kingdom was born, you had already arrived in He'an Town, a relatively peaceful town. However, a fierce tiger had recently taken up residence in the nearby mountains, posing a danger to passersby.
So when you walk into He'an Town, casually (after all, the Qinghe Gang wouldn't post a wanted notice there), order some local food at a restaurant, and not long after, the town mayor comes to ask for your help.
[When a martial artist doesn't deliberately conceal it, their gaze, aura, and overall spirit are completely different from ordinary people. It's like a wolf king mixed in with a husky; anyone with a discerning eye can see the difference.]
[After hesitating for a moment, and confirming that you were not the only tiger-slaying warrior, and that the reward was quite generous, you accepted this triggered quest.]
[Afterwards, you meet your five temporary teammates, all of whom are second-rate martial artists. One of them runs a school in town, one lives here, and the other three were recruited from the surrounding area.]
[There are no top-tier martial artists here. After all, this is just a small town, not a big city like Qingcheng. Besides, top-tier martial artists are all renowned figures. The town mayor would have to sell his blood or cut off his own flesh to afford to hire one unless he had to go to great lengths.]
[You heard from your teammates that the tiger was incredibly ferocious, capable of stirring up winds as it crossed the mountains. It was truly a king of tigers, over ten feet long excluding its tail, and could swallow half a person whole in one gulp. If it weren't for you, making a total of six people, two or three second-rate martial artists alone would have been no match for it.]
"A tiger that's 10...3.3 meters long?" Yun Shou was a little stunned. He thought it was an ordinary tiger, the kind that's about 2 meters long (not counting the tail). In his previous life on Earth, that kind of tiger was considered quite large, weighing close to 200 kilograms.
Two hundred kilograms is already far beyond the average person. Coupled with naturally strong muscles, bone marrow, and body structure, it would be difficult for even a second-rate martial artist to fight against. So what about someone who is ten feet long?
Its weight is probably close to one ton!
An absolute ferocious beast on land; if it weren't a fat tiger, it might very well have the power to lift a small car!
[You're a bit off. The mayor said it was a tiger. You think a Siberian tiger, with a head and body length of around 2.3 meters, is an overestimation? At most, it'd be 2.6 or 2.7 meters? Those giant hunting beasts, including their tails, are over 4 meters long.]
[You're confident you can defeat a four-meter-tall tiger unscathed, even with your helpers. But with a "Tiger King" whose head and body are ten feet long and whose total length is five meters, you know that among your six men, some will be injured, or even killed.]
But they didn't care. Although you felt threatened, you had no regrets—because you are now Yun Shou, forged in over a decade of arduous martial arts training and gang warfare, tempered by swords and blood!
[This isn't the guy who gained strength effortlessly after two simulations, never faced any real challenges, and whose mentality remains that of a lazy, good-for-nothing!]
Yun Shou: "Who the hell is that cricket?"
"I've been fishing every day (except today), and the trials and tribulations I've experienced are nothing compared to what you've encountered in the simulation..."
He stopped mid-sentence, still having some sense of shame.
"Damn it, this simulation didn't mention whether you have a ladle or not, so it's not convenient for me to use that to attack your character."
[Haha, but even the original body didn't enjoy it as much as you. That two-life Chu Nan doesn't know the pleasure of physical intimacy.]
You win!
"Damn ladybugs are disgusting!!!"
[An individual's martial arts skills are a very private matter. You don't know the fundamental martial arts of your five temporary teammates (another name for martial arts, which feels more fitting after the introduction of the "martial arts assimilation foundation" concept), but through nearly ten days of familiarization and sparring, you've gained a general understanding of their abilities.]
Second-rate martial artists can be roughly divided into three stages: the emergence of internal energy, the unification of qi and strength, and the final step is the transformation of blood and solidification of flesh.
Two of your five teammates have not yet achieved full power, two are currently achieving full power, and one is undergoing a blood transfusion and flesh coagulation process.
[In terms of martial arts cultivation, I am inferior to you, who have already completed the blood transfusion and flesh condensation, reaching the limit of a second-rate martial artist.]
[However, your Water Dragon Skill is only slightly better than the average one, and its depth is only at the minor mastery level. Other martial artists have excellent foundations, and with the addition of mastered or stronger fundamental martial arts, their strength is roughly the same as yours.]
In other words, among the six, your strength is tied for first place with another young man named "Ye Hongqi," while the other four are somewhat weaker than the two of you.
After more than ten days of familiarization and practice, you have not only gained combat experience but also improved your teamwork. You will no longer fight individually but will instead work together.
After a day and a half in the mountains, a stench of blood wafted on the wind. The six-person team stood atop a mountain and looked down, seeing a valley filled with bones, blood, and large amounts of rotting, decaying flesh.
One of his teammates nearly vomited. Although he was a second-rate martial artist, he had clearly never seen such a bloody scene before; at most, he had only sparred with others and killed enemies with a single sword strike.
[Rustling sound—the grass rustled loudly behind you, almost ear-piercing. Your teammate Ye Hongqi gave a low shout of alertness, and you suddenly realized: a giant, striped tiger, over five meters long, had appeared behind you, only a few dozen meters away!]
[You've gained a glimpse into the Tiger King's appearance: the scent of blood in the valley carried by the wind brought it to you, and your own "human scent," too, carried by the wind, attracted the Tiger King!]
The battle was about to begin. The first to strike was the middle-aged martial arts hall master wielding a long spear, followed by a flying arrow that pierced the tiger king's fur.
Although its fur is valuable, you don't have the ability to control the parts of the body that are injured.
[You and Ye Hongqi followed closely behind. You wielded a hundred-times-refined steel blade, and with your masterful Overlord Blade Technique, you managed to block thirty percent of the Fierce Tiger King's attacks!]
[The remaining 70% will be held off by three other men: the middle-aged man wielding a spear, Ye Hongqi, and another man with a sword. As for the remaining two, one will provide ranged archery support, and the other will attack the weak points behind the Tiger King.]
With the combined efforts of the six of you, you managed to suppress the Tiger King for a time, but its injuries gradually worsened and expanded.
[But suddenly, disregarding its injuries, the Tiger King, having been slashed by your blade, leaving a foot-long bloody gash, lashed out with its tail. The steel-like tail snapped open the spine of the attacker behind it, sending him flying backward, screaming as he gradually died.]
The remaining five of you paled. Tiger King seized the opportunity, braving his injuries, and pounced again. The swordsman in his thirties had half his shoulder and neck bitten off, and he too died on the spot.
"Don't mess this up, we finally got out of the starting village." Yun Shou clenched his fist nervously.
Never choose to leave Qingcheng, or you'll end up living a shorter life.
That would be hilarious.
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