Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1421 - 686: Developing a New Technique, Part 2

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Fang Cheng tests his new crystallized True Qi abilities, finding that his palm strikes now possess incredible cutting power, capable of slicing through stone and grass with ease. He also discovers he can project this energy as a "Sonic Hand Blade," a devastating ranged attack, shattering the conventional limit of "Qi not leaving the body." He then prepares to unleash a massive, three-meter long "Light Saber" by channeling his full strength into his palms.

"Break!"

With a low shout, the layer of highly condensed Gang Qi separated forcefully from his hands.

"Screech—"

A massive golden Light Saber whistled out, creating a clear, distorted water ripple in the air, slashing forward with unstoppable force.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

In a straight line ahead, five or six towering trees, thick enough for three people to embrace, were sliced in half by an invisible Qi Blade.

The deafening sound of breaking echoed through the forest.

The heavy crowns collapsed one after another with a roar, branches and leaves whirring, and wood chips flying everywhere.

After slicing through multiple large trees, the Gang Qi Light Saber continued its momentum and finally struck the rock wall nearly a hundred meters away.

Boom!

The surface of the rock wall was cut open with a crack half a meter deep.

The rocks at the edge of the crack couldn’t withstand the residual wave of Gang Qi and instantly shattered into countless fragments, shooting out like shrapnel.

Fang Cheng maintained his slashing posture, his eyes bright as stars:

"Is this the power of Gang Qi formed outside the body, with ultra-long distance?"

His heart leapt with joy as he slowly lowered his hands.

The degree of True Qi condensation increased by three hundred percent, and the effective killing range and destructive power have also multiplied several times compared to before.

Fang Cheng assessed internally.

Even if his future Strength attribute reverted to an ordinary human level, relying solely on the abundant True Qi in his Dantian, he could still cause terrifying damage.

With this move, he was qualified to compete with those mutants who awakened extraordinary talents.

No wonder Ma Jianguo and other Martial Arts Masters highly praised Qigong cultivation, believing it to be the strongest means for ordinary people to fight against monsters.

Gazing at the ruins of the rock wall a hundred meters away, Fang Cheng’s mind swiftly conducted a tactical assessment.

Having mastered Condensing Qi into Gang, he could now strike out with Qi Blades through empty air, delivering physical strikes from mid to long distances.

When encountering enemies who like to maintain distance and kite, he no longer needs to charge through gunfire.

Fang Cheng rotated his shoulders, his gaze crossing the shadows of the dense trees, looking towards a small hill nearly a mile away.

With the test reaching this point, a bolder idea suddenly popped into his mind.

What if... the extreme outburst of "Kirin Arm" was combined with "Condensing Qi into Gang"?

Perhaps, this could measure the true maximum range of Gang Qi emission.

In the past, Fang Cheng’s Air Boxing Power could only reach a little over thirty meters.

But after mastering "Condensing Qi into Gang," he believed it could definitely break this limit!

No sooner thought than done.

Fang Cheng then took a deep breath, his feet firmly clawing into the soil.

He lowered his center of gravity, raised his arms, and assumed a standard Charging Fist stance.

The next moment.

His heart beat like a war drum, and the Qi and blood inside him roared and boiled like mercury.

Fang Cheng’s right arm swelled violently as if inflated, stretching his already strong muscular lines as if cast in steel.

Dazzling golden light shone through the pores of his skin, quickly enveloping his entire right arm.

Simultaneously, his spine cracked and twisted violently like an awakening dragon.

The entire muscle group of his back bulged due to extreme blood flow.

A clear, twisted ghostly face, seemingly in silent cry, emerged on his back.

Fang Cheng mobilized all his internal True Qi without reservation, madly compressing and crystallizing it, gathering it atop the fist edge of his right fist.

The golden light and semi-transparent dense Gang Qi intertwined and merged, forming a substantial-looking golden fist shadow in front of his fist.

The surrounding air, unable to withstand this terrifying concentration of high energy, began to ripple in a water-like distortion visible to the naked eye.

Building momentum.

Compressing.

Until six seconds later, a clear sense of swelling pain came from the muscles of his right arm.

Fang Cheng’s eyes suddenly burned with fiery intensity.

His waist and hips twisted, his spine sprang like a dragon, and his right arm, carrying apocalyptic power, slammed forward with a punch.

Boom——

A sonic boom ten times louder than thunder exploded in the forest!

For a moment, time seemed to stand still.

Fang Cheng’s fist did not directly touch any object.

Yet, a gigantic golden fist shadow, completely condensed from real Gang Qi, carrying terrifying energy enough to shift mountains and overturn seas, detached from the fist’s edge and surged forward wildly.

The wind roared as it arose.

Air along the way was violently compressed and torn apart.

Wherever the golden fist shadow passed, whether it be half-human-height shrubs, ancient trees three people could barely encircle, or granite half-buried in the soil, all were pulverized into dust upon contact by the violent Gang Qi.

The ground shook, soil overturned, and the turf was lifted in whole chunks.

A terrifying trench five meters wide and nearly a meter deep, formed rapidly on the forest floor as the golden fist shadow pushed forward, extending ahead.

Flappety-flap——

The sound shocked birds within several kilometers into eruptions, shrieking as they flew high into the sky.

From the depths of the forest came scared whimpers and the sound of beasts fleeing, as if the apocalypse had arrived.

The golden fist shadow sped over 500 meters, flattening all obstacles before it and finally crashing into a hill a kilometer away.

Then, with a muffle of thunder, it exhausted its energy and dissipated into countless golden light particles.

Fang Cheng maintained his punching stance for a full five seconds before slowly retracting his right arm.

The muscles of his right arm twitched slightly, veins bulged up high, emitting bursts of astounding heat.

He stepped forward, following the trench created by his punch.

Soles made fine cracking sounds against the blackened, overturned soil.

A kilometer away, Fang Cheng stood before the hill, half of which had been leveled.

Looking at the forest environment completely destroyed, he couldn’t hide the surprise in his eyes.

"This destructive power is just like a humanoid Gundam..."

Fang Cheng lowered his head, observing the steaming fist, unable to help but click his tongue at his own creation.

The attack with the punch just now didn’t involve accelerating with a movement technique, he merely stood on the spot and gathered power before blasting.

However, the range and lethality of the destruction had already completely surpassed the scope of cold weapon combat, akin to flat-firing a heavy howitzer.

This not only meant he possessed extremely formidable remote attack capabilities, but more importantly, combined with the explosive power of the Kirin Arm, every punch he threw now could be a ranged lethal weapon.

Facing those mobs or enemies trying to hide at a distance to shoot, a mere punch from him could destroy them to ashes.

Even more crucially, this shouldn’t be his current limit!

When gathering power just now, he thought the distance of 500 meters was far enough.

Unexpectedly, the shock wave crossed this distance unobstructed.

Thinking again, it made sense.

His strength attribute had already broken through the human limit milestone of 80 points, and just the shock wave from physical strength was horrifying.

Further adding the Gang Qi effect from the palm technique boost, the punch power amplification of "Kirin Arm" and "Ghost Back", such destructive power was normal.

Fang Cheng clenched his fists, feeling the blood and Qi inside gradually calming.

This morning exercise not only sharpened his body to the extreme but also gauged the power of the new skill effect.

He lifted his head, looking at the sky through the gaps in the broken tree crowns.

The sky was already bright, and the risen morning sun cast its pale golden glow amidst the forest.

"The commotion just now was a bit too loud."

Fang Cheng glanced around the surroundings that had undergone a heavy bombardment-like destruction, raising his brow slightly.

Although the security system of Cui Valley Sanatorium was lax, there was a secret base of the Special Search Team stationed not far behind here.

The successive sonic booms and tree-falling sounds might have attracted the attention of the monitoring personnel there.

To avoid unnecessary trouble and questioning, it was wise to retreat first.

The remaining Air Attack training project could be dealt with back in the dormitory.

Fang Cheng turned and walked to the old oak tree, picking up the black sports jacket hanging on a branch.

He casually draped the jacket over his bare shoulders, pulled up the zipper, concealing those explosively muscular lines.

He then draped a towel around his neck, slightly exerted force with his legs, and like a nimble leopard, quickly ran downhill using the trees as cover.

With just a few leaps, Fang Cheng’s figure completely disappeared into the depths of West Mountain as the morning mist gradually dissipated.