ATPnovel Chapter 1 Max Level Iron Shirt
Chapter 1 Max Level Iron Shirt
Barren mountains, rainy night.
In the dilapidated mountain god temple, with a cry of alarm, Li Xiuyuan, covered in blood and emaciated, struggled to sit up from the broken ground covered with weeds.
"Ouch...that hurts!"
Staring blankly at the dilapidated environment before him, a memory that did not belong to him flashed by rapidly.
"Xiuyuan, run!"
"Run into the mountains, don't look back!"
……
After a long pause, Li Xiuyuan frowned deeply, his face grave.
He crossed.
Just now, Li Xiuyuan, who stayed up all night playing games, was transported to this world where strength reigns supreme.
This body is also called Li Xiuyuan, who was originally the young master of the Li family in Xiayuan Guangcheng, Heishui County, Yunzhou.
Li Canghai, the father, was the fourth child in the family. He didn't have a deep impression of his mother, only knowing that she came from the Shangguan family in Yunzhou and had never been by his side since childhood.
The Li family was considered a large and prosperous family in Yuanguang City, but Li Xiuyuan's meridians were blocked from childhood, and his martial arts career was almost cut off.
He was a completely marginal figure in the Li family.
However, because his father, Li Canghai, was at the peak of the eighth rank, and Li Xiuyuan was Li Canghai's only son, Li Xiuyuan still obtained some basic cultivation resources.
Upon sensing his surroundings, Li Xiuyuan discovered that he actually possessed the cultivation memories of four different martial arts techniques.
"Thunder Swift Sword Technique", "Sudden Rain Sword Technique", "Iron Shirt", and "Absorption Technique".
Among them, the "Thunder Swift Sword Technique" and the "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" are techniques that all bloodline disciples of the Li family can practice.
The Iron Shirt Technique and the Absorption Technique were left behind by the mother he had never met, and were also secrets between Li Xiuyuan and his father.
Unfortunately, even after more than ten years of practice, Li Xiuyuan had only barely mastered the basics of the "Thunder Swift Sword Technique," "Sudden Rain Sword Technique," and "Iron Shirt Technique."
As for the "Absorption Technique," even Li Canghai tried to cultivate it several times without success, let alone Li Xiuyuan, whose meridians were blocked and who might never be able to enter the martial arts realm.
Originally, he was the young master of the Li family. With the protection of his father, Li Canghai, even if his martial arts were cut off, as long as he didn't cause trouble, he could live a peaceful and worry-free life.
But not long ago, a disciple of the Fallen Sword Sect named Lin Shuang came to the Li family.
At that moment, Li Xiuyuan realized that his mother, Shangguan Xiuhong, whom he had never met, had arranged an extraordinary marriage for him since he was a child.
The object of his affections is Lin Wanqing, the senior disciple of the Fallen Sword Sect.
A peerless prodigy who, before the age of sixteen, cultivated martial arts true qi and broke through to the sixth rank.
She is also the granddaughter of the Grand Elder of the Fallen Sword Sect.
The two reasons for coming here are twofold: first, to completely sever this karmic ties; and second, to obtain the mysterious cultivation technique that Shangguan Xiuhong promised when they were engaged.
The way to sever the causal relationship is simple: kill Li Xiuyuan. After all, he is a useless person with blocked meridians, so killing him is no big deal.
Only in this way can we avoid leaving any potential troubles or hidden dangers for Lin Wanqing, the proud daughter of the Lin family, on her future path in martial arts.
As for that mysterious technique, Li Xiuyuan and his son knew in their hearts that it must be the mysterious "Absorption Technique".
According to Lin Shuang, this mysterious martial arts technique was a promise Shangguan Xiuhong made to her as part of their engagement.
Naturally, we must take it with us.
It was at this time that the Li family learned that Li Canghai's father had actually hidden a powerful and mysterious martial arts technique.
They didn't know what it was, but it was enough to enrage the Li family members. After all, a cultivation technique that even the Lin family coveted and desperately wanted to obtain must be extraordinary.
Over the years, Li Canghai's father had kept it hidden and had not contributed it to the family.
Almost before Li Xiuyuan and his son arrived at the family council hall, Lin Shuang had already decided on Li Xiuyuan's fate with Li Cangshan, the current head of the Li family and Li Canghai's elder brother.
That would mean killing Li Xiuyuan on the spot, then forcing Li Canghai to hand over the mysterious technique; if he resisted, he would also be executed.
After all, the Li family of Yuanguang City is too small to afford to offend either the Lin family or the Luojian Sect.
Moreover, Lin Shuang also promised to give the Li family a set of ninth-grade cultivation techniques as compensation.
Therefore, they immediately started fighting over a disagreement. Li Canghai, along with Li Xiuyuan and under the cover of several trusted confidants, escaped from the family in a badly injured and disheveled state.
However, under the combined attack of the Li family's experts and Lin Shuang, a martial artist at the early stage of the eighth rank, Li Canghai finally fell outside Yuanguang City.
As the memories merged, the blood-soaked roar of his father, covered in blood, as he was thrown to the ground, still echoed in his ears.
"Xiuyuan, run!"
woohoo...
Li Xiuyuan let out a long breath, feeling a sharp pain in his dantian, and even blood was flowing out because he had just sat up.
This sword was kicked out by the man named Lin Shuang while he was fleeing, and it pierced straight through his abdomen.
The original body had run here almost entirely out of hatred and willpower, and its final obsession was revenge.
"Why……"
Having completely merged his body and memories, Li Xiuyuan let out a long sigh, his eyes filled with helplessness.
Listening to the howling wind and rain outside the dilapidated temple, and thinking about his current predicament, Li Xiuyuan felt utterly hopeless.
Given the current situation, forget about revenge; if we don't run away soon, we might not even survive!
He grabbed the blood-stained longsword beside him, clutched his bleeding abdomen, and stood up shakily.
Judging from the wound, the previous owner must have only recently escaped here.
Lin Shuang came specifically to kill him and steal his cultivation technique, and the entire Li family was absolutely cooperating; there was no way they would let him go.
The thought of his father dying in a pool of blood, and the Li family where he grew up, filled him with a profound sense of loss.
Thinking about that genius fiancé who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, someone I had no idea about.
And there's my mother, whom I've only seen a few times since I was a child.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan, who had merged with everything from his predecessor, felt only laughter and resentment towards everyone he could think of.
Even the mother, whom her father had described as perfect since childhood, was now completely hated.
Because if it weren't for that ethereal mother, my father wouldn't have died, and I wouldn't have ended up like this!
cough cough...
He stood up, coughed violently, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
Filled with resentment and bitterness, Li Xiuyuan felt a blur before his eyes.
"Am I going to become the transmigrator with the shortest lifespan?"
Just as Li Xiuyuan was feeling sorrow and emotion, the blurry vision slowly cleared:
[The system has been successfully bound to the max level. Once the corresponding conditions are met, you can instantly reach the max level by entering the cultivation technique.]
The "Iron Shirt" martial art, which meets the requirements, has been successfully entered.
Requirements for reaching the maximum level of "Iron Shirt":
Swords and blades slashed, cut, and pierced the body once!
Ok?
Just as he coughed up a mouthful of blood, Li Xiuyuan, who was struggling to stand, saw the panel appear in front of him.
His eyes gleamed with excitement.
As expected, there's always a way out!
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Xiuyuan immediately brandished his longsword and slashed it directly at his own thigh.
With a sharp "swoosh," the longsword sliced across Li Xiuyuan's thigh, and his already trembling body could no longer hold on, causing him to collapse to the ground.
But at that moment, the panel in front of me changed.
[Level requirements met, Iron Shirt has reached max level!]
Almost the instant this line of text appeared.
"Buzz"
As Li Xiuyuan lay on the ground, he suddenly felt countless cultivation experiences related to the "Iron Shirt" technique flooding his mind. His skin felt numb and hot, and an invisible layer of energy quickly condensed to cover his body.
The injuries on his body also healed rapidly along with the burning sensation that spread throughout his body.
Before he could even process what was happening, Li Xiuyuan instantly felt a surge of intense heat rapidly converging into his dantian.
The previously pierced abdomen was instantly healed under the sweep of that mysterious, scorching airflow.
Furthermore, his dantian felt warm, with a scorching current of energy constantly brewing and surging within it.
This is... internal energy.
At that moment, Li Xiuyuan felt his pain and injuries completely disappear, and he suddenly leaped up.
The fist clenched so tightly that it made a series of "crackling" sounds.
Feel the faint but scorching current in your dantian.
His eyes became even brighter.
He gripped the longsword tightly, opened his palm, and slashed down with a fierce motion.
The sensation of metal cutting through flesh was incredibly clear.
But when you open your hand, only a faint white mark is left.
Suppressing his excitement, he forcefully slashed down with his sword at the huge clay foot sculpture in the dilapidated temple before him.
"Thud..."
The clay feet, covered in weeds and dust, were swiftly severed by the sword.
"My father had previously said that the Iron Shirt Technique was an eighth-rank martial art."
Now that I've reached perfection, ordinary swords and blades can hardly harm me. Not only that, but unexpectedly, it has also helped me successfully advance to the next level, becoming a true martial artist!
At this moment, hot tears welled up in Li Xiuyuan's eyes.
You should know that if someone's meridians are blocked from a young age, they've almost certainly been deemed hopeless in their lifetime to achieve a higher level of cultivation.
Over the past ten years, even with relentless day and night training, all I've managed to develop is a reasonably strong physique.
Without entering the ranks and without the support of internal energy, one's skills will not progress.
This is why Li Xiuyuan, after practicing the "Thunder Strike Sword Technique" and "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" for so many years, has only barely mastered them.
As for why "Iron Shirt" was the first technique successfully entered into the system, it's probably because Li Xiuyuan was bullied and beaten by his family for many years, so it was a true entry-level technique for him.
At this moment, Li Xiuyuan gripped the long sword tightly, feeling the changes in his body.
Li Xiuyuan completely ignored the effects of the "entering the realm of cultivation" on his body, which left him feeling as if he had been soaked in mud and covered in filth.
He then channeled the faint internal energy from his dantian into his right hand, wielding his longsword and wildly swinging it at the clay sculpture before him.
One sword strike after another, as if venting the hatred and resentment in his heart.
[Sudden Rain Sword Technique successfully entered. Max level requirements:]
1. Swing your sword ten thousand times in the rain. (Incomplete)
2. Using the Sudden Rain Sword Technique, kill more than ten martial artists of the same level. (Incomplete)
Become!
Standing in front of the pile of chopped clay sculptures, Li Xiuyuan looked at the panel in front of him, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
Sure enough, after reaching the next level, I truly mastered the "Sudden Rain Sword Technique".
If that's the case, then the "Thunder Sword Technique" isn't far off.
He wielded his sword in the rain, slaying ten rank-1 martial artists.
It seems that just after awakening the system, instantly maxing out one's "Iron Shirt" skill with a single sword strike is a beginner's quest.
The conditions for reaching the maximum level of the "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" are not so simple.
Before, Li Xiuyuan wouldn't have dared to even think about it, but now he has the cultivation level of an entry-level cultivator, plus the max-level Iron Shirt skill.
Li Xiuyuan feared that he wouldn't have ten rank-one martial artists to kill.
Next, all I need to do is complete the tasks, and the "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" will reach the maximum level.
The eighth-grade Iron Shirt technique is already at its maximum level. All that's needed is to strengthen the physical body and cultivate the power of qi and blood to smoothly reach the eighth grade!
"The path has taken a turn for the better, the martial arts have found their light, and revenge is within reach!"
With his fists clenched, Li Xiuyuan trembled slightly, his eyes brimming with tears.
That was excitement, but even more so, it stemmed from the original owner's insane obsession!
Ok?
Just as Li Xiuyuan's body recovered and his cultivation level increased significantly, an overwhelming killing intent surged in his heart that he could not suppress, wondering why the Li family members had not yet caught up with him.
A series of chaotic footsteps, mixed with the sound of rain, rushed closer in the distance.
coming……