CHAPTER 136: CHAPTER 137 HEART BURST (3000 WORDS!)

With a muffled groan from his mouth and nose, Lu Ren’s body suddenly expanded. Although his height didn’t change, the high-speed circulation of qi and blood in his veins caused his muscles to tautly bulge, making his overall frame nearly one size larger.

The vigorous heartbeat, like an engine, transmitted its intense sound throughout the classroom, causing some of the Martial Path experts below, whose constitution was somewhat weak, to pale and clutch their chests.

It was as if their hearts were going to burst due to Lu Ren’s beat.

The opponent’s physique had almost reached the peak of human physical capacity to achieve this.

The two Martial Artists of Great Perfection in the room saw Lu Ren’s physical transformation and were also incredulous.

This was incredible!

Even with their current strength, they couldn’t make their bodies reach the extreme like Lu Ren in an instant and temporarily break free from physical restrictions.

There must be a process.

This is too much of a cheat, director!

Lu Ren’s loose clothes were now bulging, almost torn, with numerous veins and blood vessels popping up all over his body like serpentine snakes crawling wildly on the surface. He could clearly feel the blood flowing at an extreme speed within these bulging veins.

This was the heart contracting to the extreme and then expanding, like a high-pressure pump, transmitting blood with engine-like sounds, permeating out of his body.

Li Changming looked somewhat surprised.

"Heart Burst?"

This was a signature move from the Beidou Heart Intent Fist, and to think Lu Ren could grasp it to some degree after his battle with Chen Daoli, without secret training, the mastery over his body must be extraordinarily high.

This Lu Ren continues to astonish him.

A Martial Artist of Great Perfection of Fist Technique under thirty, with such control over his body reaching the realm of ’A tiger roars within, yet smells the roses softly’.

Despite Lu Ren’s impressive aura like raging fire and thunder, Li Changming remained loose and relaxed, waiting, even somewhat anticipating Lu Ren to deliver an earth-shattering punch.

And watching Lu Ren’s transformation, the martial artists from the Security Department below were equally stunned.

"How is it possible... This, only those who have achieved Great Perfection of Fist Technique can do this, right?"

"Impossible, isn’t he just twenty-five, twenty-six?! No, he must be twenty-eight or twenty-nine!"

"I’ve seen his profile, three years ago he wasn’t even considered a martial artist! Could Phoenix Falcon Fist really be that powerful?"

"Humph, it’s merely luck."

Sitting below, Chen Daoli remained expressionless, but his hands tightly gripped the armrest, with the veins bulging on the back of his hands betraying his serene appearance.

"How’s this possible? How could he have reached the Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique, how did he achieve it? Even if it’s in harmony with Phoenix Falcon Fist, it’s just not possible to advance so quickly."

In his heart, Chen Daoli roared, knowing even if the mind and spirit reached the state required, understanding of the fist technique was possible, but the honing of the body was not achieved overnight. It was gradual, slowly refined, until success, counted in years.

No matter how high his talent, how well he harmonizes with Phoenix Falcon Fist, the ideal state would still require at least two more years.

There’s a secret, surely a big secret.

Chen Daoli squinted, staring intently at Lu Ren, thoughts flashing through his mind, but upon seeing Lu Ren, all fiery thoughts were extinguished with cold water.

Lu Ren now has the power to overturn tables, and he isn’t even a crucial figure within the faction.

Rising?

Chen Daoli finally somewhat understood the feeling of oppression from the gradual rise of protagonists in novels.

No!

Chen Daoli was suddenly awakened, when did he start considering Lu Ren as an enemy?!

Is it his own state of mind?

That’s it, the opponent doesn’t see him as an enemy; only he plays psychological games by himself.

In a moment of trance, Chen Daoli felt his spirit to be more rounded, sensing insight into the essence of fist techniques that he previously never understood.

Watching Lu Ren step forward, Li Changming suddenly spoke: "Do you know why the body is limited but the heart is limitless?"

Lu Ren remained silent, the Lamp of Freedom Observation naturally ignited, spirit condensed into pearls, heart combusted internally, as blood boiled all around, unlocking the deep-seated, or rather in his brain, the shackles were temporarily broken.

Releasing restrictions!

Whoosh!!

An extremely sharp air explosion sound erupted, and at that moment, Lu Ren forcefully tightened his body’s skin, causing the pores to constrict and twist, making his entire body sprout pea-sized bumps, looking ferociously terrifying.

Suddenly, when spreading his palms, Lu Ren abruptly relaxed the constricted pores between his palms, and the soaring heat within found an outlet, rushing aggressively from around his hands, with steaming heat swirling around them.

At a glance, these arms, steaming from within, spread as his hands opened, with fingers slightly flexing, arms painting an arc, astonishingly resembling a pair of expanded wings.

And in Li Changming’s eyes, Lu Ren, aflame with Lamp of Freedom Observation, seemed like a burning Divine Bird, his body, form, and meaning perfectly coinciding together.

Lu Ren’s wide-open eyes suddenly glared, akin to copper bells, his hands like Divine Bird Flapping Wings, headed towards Li Changming with a swooping flap!

Phoenix Falcon Flapping Wings!

This move is the most powerful single-target strike in the Phoenix Falcon Fist. Under Lu Ren’s perfect control of his own body strength, he has already unleashed the secret killing move’s power to 150%.

Even if a bronze cauldron weighing a ton were placed in front of Lu Ren, it would definitely be shattered into pieces by this punch.

Although there are still two deadly moves, Feather Blade, this move is a technique to seek life in desperate situations, a death-defying method to achieve victory in danger. It was also the last move Li Ziqing left him before he left for what was suspected to be the Immortal’s Tomb.

Even the founder of the Phoenix Falcon Fist would feel inferior upon seeing the Phoenix Falcon Flapping Wings.

"Good!"

Facing Lu Ren’s earth-shattering punch, Li Ziming’s eyes shone brightly. Before the fist arrived, the strong wind brushed his face, causing the loose skin on his lean upper body to tremble continuously. It wasn’t just the whirlwind caused by Lu Ren’s punch but his own muscles and skin membranes quivering constantly.

Bang!

Every inch of Li Changming’s skin was simultaneously vibrating the air due to the rapid trembling of muscles and skin membranes, forming an air shield around him, connecting in a chain.

He then shook his whole body, and an extremely miraculous scene appeared. A semi-transparent, thick air shield visible to the naked eye appeared around Li Changming, firmly protecting his body.

What the heck?!

Is that even possible?

Golden Bell Shield?!

These thoughts flashed through Lu Ren’s mind. At the moment the fist collided with the air shield, the punching speed suddenly slowed down by more than half, and a large portion of the force was dissipated.

Even when all his strength was exhausted, Lu Ren still did not touch Li Changming’s body.

He concentrated all his strength and couldn’t touch a hair of the opponent. Is the gap really this huge?!

Lu Ren’s eyes grew profound, filled with shock. It was at this moment he finally understood why those extraordinary martial Taoist family members who have broken through the human shackle and reached the Bright Awakening realm are called extraordinary.

To rely solely on the vibration of the skin to form an air shield defense around oneself is simply unbelievable.

Li Changming’s lean body looks like it possesses no strength, but Lu Ren could guarantee that every muscle fiber, every inch of bone, every fascia, organ density, and strength was astonishingly exaggerated to an extreme extent! Compressed to the extreme.

If he erupts, perhaps the entire body will undergo earth-shattering changes.

To hell with boxing theory!

Sounds nice!

Are you fooling newbies?!

"Ding, your attack on Li Changming using Phoenix Falcon Flapping Wings was ineffective. Phoenix Falcon Fist skill level +50"

50?!

Wouldn’t it be great if this big shot could be my sparring partner!

With a sigh in his heart, Lu Ren slowly retracted his fist, as his bulging muscles rapidly subsided, and his body returned to normal.

He cupped his hands and said, "Teacher Li, thank you for your guidance."

Li Changming chuckled softly, his skin and fascia stopped trembling, the air shield around him vanished into thin air, and after slowly putting on his Taoist robe, he leisurely said, "What do you think Bright Awakening is?"

Without hesitation, Lu Ren replied, "It’s a state where spiritual power can be stimulated, capturing forces that ordinary people cannot perceive, using the mind to touch, the spirit to feel, and thus affecting one’s body, surpassing human limits."

Li Changming neither confirmed nor denied, saying, "Bright Awakening, what is Bright Awakening, to divine it clearly, to perceive it and act upon it, to understand the mind, grasp the spirit, perceive the Dao path, and walk to the end. Only when you are ready will you be qualified to step onto Bright Awakening."

After saying this somewhat cryptic, yet high-minded sentence, Li Changming left with his hands behind his back.

Lu Ren watched him leave without speaking, his mind only thinking about the visual impact of the air shield created by the muscle and fascia vibration around the other.

No wonder you have to take off your clothes. If you wore clothes, it would be impossible to form an air shield around you. Even if it was formed, the Taoist robe would be torn apart by the airflow.

It is said that the Golden Bell Shield within the Buddhist Zen Sect also relies on this principle, and at its highest level, it can resist bullet penetration.

But as for these claims he hasn’t seen with his own eyes, Lu Ren considers them all as rumors.

It’s hard to comprehend, those below Bright Awakening can’t do it, but those above can easily use it.

Why bother practicing it.

Once the classroom quieted down, everyone’s gaze at Lu Ren changed. The cold looks of the past turned eager, and those who held discontent, like the hostile He Liran who Lu Ren had taught a lesson, hid their dissatisfaction deep within their eyes.

Lu Ren’s gaze shifted, looking at a tall, short-haired girl. Seeing Lu Ren’s gaze, the short-haired girl forced an unpleasant smile.

Ugh... That’s worse than crying.

He remembered this girl was from the third team, named Pei Lin. Back then, Lu Ren used a heavy hand, and her panda eyes took a month to slowly fade.

Tsk...

You see, once you’ve got the power, the world becomes so much friendlier.