Tang Tian carefully stroked the Spirit Card with his hand. It was his first martial arts Spirit Card.
The size of the Spirit Card was similar to a poker card, thin and made of metal, hard yet flexible. The spirit silhouette on the Spirit Card was blurry but slender. Although it was unarmed, it carried an aura that could make one's heart pound.
Rank Two martial arts. I can finally cultivate Rank Two martial arts!
Excited, Tang Tian took a deep breath to calm himself.
His gaze returned to calmness and focused on the Spirit Card in his hand. The Bronze Grade Spirit Card began to shine as if the soul within the card had come alive. The aura that could make one's heart pound doubled.
Suddenly, a beam of light burst from the Spirit Card and was absorbed into Tang Tian's body.
Instantly, Tang Tian's head exploded with sensations. Many things were stuffed into it. Unable to withstand it in time, his brain became numb.
However, he quickly escaped from that state and felt something strange. He seemed to know the messages that had been inserted into his brain. They were familiar yet unfamiliar.
The feeling was strange.
Suddenly, he felt his palm becoming hot and immediately Tang Tian woke up from the daze.
Looking down, the cross had already been engraved on his palm.
"Hah?"
Tang Tian was confused.
Before he could react, his palm produced a pulling force. His mind became blank again.
The sudden change frightened Tang Tian.
When he finally regained his senses, his expression changed abruptly.
Damn!
The Bronze Plate wouldn't destroy the Spirit Card that he had obtained with such difficulty, right?
Tang Tian's eyelids twitched when he thought about it. Without saying anything else, he focused his thoughts on the Bronze Plate.
The surroundings became dark as the Southern Cross Door shone and floated in front of him.
However, the moment Tang Tian looked at the door, he was shocked.
The Spirit Card that had previously disappeared had appeared on the door.
Although the slender silhouette was blurry, Tang Tian was certain he recognized it. It was the same shadow that was on the Spirit Card!
While he stared at the slender silhouette, a series of words suddenly appeared in his mind.
Celestial Door Guardian!
Although the Celestial Guardian looked the same as the silhouette on the Spirit Card, it emitted a powerful aura far stronger than what it previously radiated from the card.
On the Southern Cross Door, the cross stood vertically as its core.
On the left was the gray man who looked like Tang Tian, and on the right was the blurry shadow.
On both sides, the gray man appeared fierce, while the shadow looked savage.
Tilting his head, he studied it for a while.
The two shadows on both sides of the door looked extremely similar to the Celestial Guardian. Their features were so alike that anyone would mistake them for another Celestial Guardian.
Tang Tian laughed and thought the idea was quite interesting.
However, not long after, he could no longer laugh.
Although the Celestial Guardian looked interesting, the Spirit Card that he had obtained with such difficulty had simply disappeared. Tang Tian's face became bitter.
Suddenly, he slapped his forehead.
He remembered that when the gray man appeared earlier, he had fought with him.
Could it be that this shadow also wanted to fight him?
His eyes lit up and he eagerly wanted to try. He was not afraid at all.
Although the opponent's strength appeared fierce, Tang Tian felt excited whenever he encountered something he had never seen before.
"Hey! Young man… um, no, Uncle!"
Tang Tian pointed his right finger toward the shadow on the door and shouted.
"Do you want to fight?"
The shadow on the door did not react.
The method was wrong…
Tang Tian muttered and walked forward.
His face was only a few inches away from the door as he widened his eyes to stare at the shadow while continuing to complain.
"Hey, young man, are you already scared…"
The method was still wrong…
Tang Tian did not think too much about it and stretched out his hand to slap the shadow.
His hand hit empty air.
Surprised to see his hand in the middle of the door, Tang Tian felt a strange sensation in his hand.
The door felt like a soft yet dense net. With his hand halfway through the door, it was as if he had opened that net.
However, what was strange was that countless messages from the net flowed through his arm and entered his body.
Wait a moment…
Tang Tian's pupils widened as he felt shocked.
These were messages being transmitted into his body from the Spirit Card!
So this is where you went!
Tang Tian grinned.
He tried extending his arm further in order to absorb more messages into his body.
Instead, he squeezed his entire body toward the door.
At this moment, half of Tang Tian's body was inside the door, as if he were embedded within it.
Suddenly, he felt a powerful force pulling him.
Unable to react in time, he was sucked into the door.
Inside it was completely dark until a dull light began illuminating the place.
His vision blurred.
Eh?
Tang Tian looked around and discovered that he was facing a black mirror behind the door.
He focused on the surroundings, and within moments he felt a sense of familiarity.
Tang Tian lowered his head and looked at his fists.
A strange feeling… as if he had practiced the Flash Fist Technique for a very long time.
He suppressed this strange feeling in his heart and tried throwing a punch.
Hu!
The punch seemed to disappear into the air.
Tang Tian only needed to blink once before his punch pierced through the air.
Such a powerful Flash Fist Technique!
Tang Tian calmed himself.
He had rich combat experience and realized that if he encountered such a punching technique during a battle, it would be extremely troublesome.
"Spirit Card possession, possession duration: 3 days."
"You are as weak as an ant, and your talent is terrible. Your status is low and you are powerless. Sweat and hardship are your only weapons. You have no time to waste."
Many red words appeared within Tang Tian's gray vision.
He was curious, but when he saw the last sentence, he clenched his fists tightly.
The red words had completely struck the nail on the head.
He had already fallen far behind others.
As long as he worked harder and pushed himself more than others, he would eventually see hope!
Cultivation and training were the only things in Tang Tian's mind.
He had already forgotten about trying to solve the mystery of the Bronze Plate.
He had become used to the cold numbers constantly jumping.
"Keep pushing, Tang Tian!"
Tang Tian raised his fists and shouted to encourage himself.
His face was filled with determination and the desire to fight.
!
Sweat poured heavily from his forehead.
Panting heavily, Tang Tian gasped like a roaring wind.
His face turned pale and he could no longer lift his arms. His knees felt weak.
He had been cultivating continuously for the past two hours and had almost exhausted all his energy.
He sat down and used Qi Cultivation Secret to strengthen his qi and nourish his body.
One hour later, his fatigue disappeared.
He jumped up and began cultivating again.
The selling point of the Flash Fist Technique was the word "Flash".
The fist would suddenly disappear, and when it reappeared, it would strike the enemy.
The speed of Flash Fist was astonishing.
It required a powerful burst of energy within a split second. Besides the arm muscles suddenly exploding with strength, it also required the waist and abdomen to coordinate their power.
The most difficult part was the change of tempo.
Only with high-speed punches and rapid rhythm changes could the true potential of the Flash Fist Technique be revealed.
The Flash Fist Technique was only one rank higher than the fundamental fist technique.
However, it involved complex skills and difficulty.
Likewise, its power was not something that could be compared to the fundamental fist technique.
With the Spirit Card possessing Tang Tian's body, he could understand exactly how to release the technique accurately.
Although there were still some hits and misses, he could land a correct strike every five or six punches.
There was a limited time for the Spirit Card to possess his body.
He needed to ensure that his body remembered the technique within this limited period.
Otherwise, he would return to the starting point once the Spirit Card left his body.
When the Spirit Card possessed him, he could understand the Flash Fist Technique within the card.
However, if he wanted the technique to truly become part of him, he had to force it into his body through continuous cultivation.
Tang Tian did not dare waste any time.
He calmed himself and carefully polished his skills.
With the help of the predecessor's previous experience, he could easily absorb the martial art.
Teachers could only teach martial arts, but they could not do what Spirit Cards could do—allow students to practice until the technique became part of them.
Spirit Cards were extremely popular because of this special ability.
Bronze Grade Spirit Cards had the shortest possession period, which was three days.
Silver Grade lasted one month.
Gold Grade lasted one year.
Tang Tian continued throwing punches in order to understand the smaller details of the technique.
He was completely absorbed in it.
One punch after another echoed along with his shouts.
Without stopping, he raised his fists and used his heart to comprehend.
His energy was drained again and again. Then he would sit down, recover, and repeat.
The space behind the door was magical.
He could feel fatigue in this space, but he would never feel hungry.
Unknowingly, three days passed.
Tang Tian's body suddenly trembled.
All the unfamiliarity and familiarity disappeared.
He looked up blankly and let out a long sigh.
This was the first time he had trained for so long without stopping.
During these three days, apart from meditating, he had not rested even once.
He opened his fists, unable to believe that he had endured for such a long time.
Smack!
He clenched his fists tightly and grinned from ear to ear, revealing his white teeth.
Raising both hands as if embracing the sky, Tang Tian shouted.
"Tang Tian! You will become strong! You will definitely become stronger!"
A red word appeared floating in front of him.
Surprised, he lowered his hands and examined it carefully.
"Flash Fist Technique, Rank Two technique. Number of repetitions required to completely master this technique: 200,000. Number of repetitions required to awaken the Flash Fist killing technique: 400,000."
"Cultivation difficulty activated. Time given: Ten days."
This…
Tang Tian was stunned, but he quickly reacted.
When he trained the fundamental fist technique before, he also needed 200,000 perfect punches to master it.
There was actually a killing technique!
Tang Tian became excited.
Bronze Cards were the lowest grade Spirit Cards. Many martial arts details were unclear and only contained the shallowest experience.
Because of that, it was normally impossible to comprehend a killing technique from a Bronze Card.
Killing techniques could only be found in Silver and Gold Cards.
Unexpectedly, this Southern Cross Door could actually comprehend killing techniques!
Killing techniques were treasures.
Any kind of martial arts killing technique possessed power far greater than ordinary martial arts.
Some killing techniques were even stronger than ordinary martial arts by an entire rank.
As for the 400,000 repetitions required to unlock the Flash Fist killing technique, Tang Tian did not mind at all.
He only needed to endure a little hardship to learn a killing technique.
Where else could he find such an opportunity?
"I've found it!"