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Chapter 121 - 121 99 Scheduled Time Competing for Race Spots

121: Chapter 99: Scheduled Time, Competing for Race Spots 121: Chapter 99: Scheduled Time, Competing for Race Spots Under the bridge, by the riverbank.

Amidst the rumbling of heavy trucks passing over the flyover, a series of faint booming sounds could be heard under the bridge.

A deliveryman was riding an electric scooter towards the bridge, delivering packages to the nearby slum for ordinary people.

From afar, he thought he could hear the sounds of impacts, but upon reaching under the bridge, he could only see Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen standing face to face.

“Here’s your delivery.”

The delivery boy handed a package to them, and as he glanced at Bai Zhenzhen, his face flushed slightly.

This high school girl was just too beautiful and delicate for him.

Recalling the class belle and school belle from his middle school, the boy thought to himself, “High school students are indeed like the darlings of heaven…

their temperament and looks are nothing like middle school students.”

But he quickly averted his gaze, fearing he might offend them.

The boy wasn’t delivering here for the first time; he vaguely knew that the pair of high school students frequently came here at night to do something unknown.

He also knew that there used to be a gang of thugs around here, but after finding out about the presence of high school students, they had run away.

After all, high school students…

are capable of working in the city, unlike them, and even the delivery charges are much higher than theirs.

With a hint of envy, the deliveryman took one last look at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen before riding away on his scooter.

Zhang Yu opened the package and said to Bai Zhenzhen, “It’s your ordered synthetic food and beast protein milk.

I wonder how they taste compared to the cafeteria.”

Bai Zhenzhen shrugged indifferently, “As long as they don’t taste worse than crap, I’m fine with it.”

Once the deliveryman was completely gone, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said, “Let’s continue.”

Zhang Yu stood there, white clouds of mist rising from his entire body.

As his mana increased, the Limitless Cloud Hand technique became even more vibrant after being exercised, and the Formless Cloud Gang enveloped his entire body, leaving only a faint figure visible within a large mass of white mist.

Meanwhile, Bai Zhenzhen’s figure flickered rapidly around Zhang Yu, creating booming sounds like thunder passing through the mist—it was Bai Zhenzhen’s Thunderbolt True Body that had progressed rapidly during this period.

In terms of long-distance movement, Bai Zhenzhen naturally couldn’t compete with Zhang Yu’s Running Car Leg at level 10.

But in battle, with sprints, footwork, positioning, dodging, and reflexes…

Bai Zhenzhen was now much more agile than Zhang Yu.

Bai Zhenzhen’s fist repeatedly pierced through the mist, colliding with Zhang Yu’s Formless Cloud Gang, producing crackling explosive sounds.

The next moment, as the mist formed by the Formless Cloud Gang spun at high speed like a vortex, sucking in Bai Zhenzhen’s striking fist, Bai Zhenzhen felt her balance shift, and she was flung away.

However, Bai Zhenzhen twisted her body while airborne, regained her balance deftly, and landed stably on the ground.

She looked at Zhang Yu, who was still shrouded in thick mist, and thought, “As Yu Zi’s mana deepens, the Formless Cloud Gang becomes denser; the area it spreads in the air is also growing, making it increasingly hard to deal with.”

Reflecting on the sensation of charging into the dense mist repeatedly…

With the combination of Limitless Cloud Hand and Back Dragon Flipping Mountain Hand, not only was Zhang Yu’s figure and movements difficult to observe, but all around her, forces came crashing, tossing, swirling, shaking, and rebounding from various directions, trying to break her balance or keep her trapped within the clouds.

And with the cooperation of the Limitless Cloud Hand and Undying Seal Technique, Bai Zhenzhen’s Breaking Body Sword Qi attacks further expanded the mist, which after building up power, would repel the attacker, making every hit more uncomfortable.

In such a situation, she had to remain constantly wary of Zhang Yu’s unseen physical form striking from within the mist.

“Enough, I give up,” Bai Zhenzhen waved her hand and said, “Your Formless Cloud Gang is now an impenetrable shell bristling with spikes, using my Spirit Root, there’s no flaw to find—it’s just no good for practicing anymore.”

During this time, aside from their respective solitary cultivation, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen often sparred together to hone their combat skills.

Without others watching, they no longer had to worry about exposing high-level techniques, unleashing various level 10 techniques, and the combat training was more effective than in school.

At this moment, hearing Bai Zhenzhen’s call, Zhang Yu dispersed the Formless Cloud Gang surrounding him.

After practical training for some time, Zhang Yu gradually got a grasp of things in his heart.

“If the True Spirit Root were with me, I would stand undefeated.”

“If the True Spirit Root stayed with Azhen, our fights end with either of us winning or losing.”

Of course, these outcomes happen without either going all out to harm each other.

After all, without enough spare cash to visit the clinic, neither wanted to get injured during combat training.

As Bai Zhenzhen signaled a stop, with Zhang Yu just having dispersed the Formless Cloud Gang, a figure suddenly dashed towards him, gently leapt up and hugged him from behind.

Bai Zhenzhen laughed heartily, “My turn to use it!”

As Bai Zhenzhen’s body touched, the Spirit Root returned to her body.

Throughout these repeated exchanges of the Spirit Root, both had become very familiar with the actions.

Watching Bai Zhenzhen engrossed in her practice nearby, Zhang Yu smiled softly and looked at his Yu Shu.

Though his main focus was on physical strength, his Dao Heart and mana were also steadily improving.

The Dao Heart reached level 4 (28%), which without a doubt enhanced his control over both his body and mana, and improved his martial arts techniques.

With the aid of the True Spirit Root, his mana raced to grow quickly, now at 34.8, allowing him to wield the Formless Cloud Gang ever more powerfully.

“However, as the mana progresses higher, the refining speed has been slowing recently, indicating that the Circulation Qi Gathering Method is becoming less effective and likely approaching a bottleneck.”

Being an introductory cultivation technique, Circulation Qi Gathering Method has its limits; Zhang Yu speculated that around 50 mana might be its upper limit.

“To gain more substantial mana, I’ll need to switch to an expert-level Breathing Skill eventually.”

As for physical strength, Zhang Yu’s main target for improvement during this time, it’s now reached level 3.21, a dramatic rise since the martial arts competition a month ago.

Of course, this significant improvement also cost Zhang Yu quite a bit of money.

Despite earning extra income from tutoring and occasionally selling Lian Tianji clothing, Zhang Yu made tens of thousands over this period.

But the Primordial Pill costing 30,000 each and the continually rising food expenses with increased physical strength consumed his funds quickly, leaving his savings under 20,000.

As dawn broke, Zhang Yu glanced at the rising sun and said, “Azhen, get ready for school.”

“You remember what day it is?”

With a faint flush from her recent exercise, Bai Zhenzhen wiped sweat off her forehead, “Of course, today is the day we go grandstanding at the sports competition team!”

…

In the stadium.

With training commencing, students opened big bottles, downing Dao Heart Buffering Agents.

During the training, however, a student suddenly had a muscle spasm in his arm, feeling a wave of exhaustion.

Wang Hai approached and grabbed his arm, frowning, “Did you drink enough Dao Heart Buffering Agent yesterday?”

Observing his hesitant expression, Wang Hai snorted, “Having undergone special training, your physical strength can easily surpass the Dao Heart’s control.

You need to increase the dosage by at least five times every day, even a little short could lead to losing control.”

“Drinking the Dao Heart Buffering Agent isn’t for the school’s profit; it’s for your own good.”

“You’ve spent so much money and gone through rigorous training.

Do you really want to miss the athletic meet’s ranking just to save on the agent?”

Seeing him hang his head in shame, Wang Hai let him go.

Then, he looked at He Dayou who was training, sighing with a complex expression, “Hasn’t He Dayou completely surpassed Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen by now?

Ah, with advancements in Immortal Technique, personal talent and effort mean little.”

He Dayou was lifting a heavy and massive barbell slowly at that moment.

Meanwhile, his Heavenly Demon Parasitic Method operated from within, accelerating the integration of transplanted body parts during strength training for better control and power management.

Transplanted flesh isn’t mastered immediately by default.

He Dayou still recalled post-transplant surgery feeling like he was wearing an iron armor, restrained and limited.

But through persistent effort, though surgeries continued, his ‘iron armor’ lightened and thinned over time as he worked out consistently.

Transforming from iron armor into a coat, then into undershirts, He Dayou now hardly felt constrained, wielding the transplanted flesh like an almost imperceptible skin, fully mastered.

“Good, maintaining this state means I can proceed with the next stage surgery soon.”

“Then keep training, with expectations of pushing physical strength above level 4.0 before the competition still plausible.”

Just then, amidst calls of “Hello, Senior!” from others, He Dayou looked over to see Lanling and other sophomore sports members arriving at the gym.

Lanling scanned the surroundings, frowning, “Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen haven’t arrived yet?”

He Dayou knew today determined final sports competition entries, also marking the time for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s self-inflicted humiliation.

“Those two skipping classes frequently; who knows their progress?”

“Well, it doesn’t matter.

Regardless of their progress, overcoming the special training plan that propelled me is impossible.”

He Dayou continued quietly training, gradually disregarding his past rival Zhang Yu after surpassing him on the last monthly exam.

“One must look ahead; my future opponents are geniuses from Bai Long High School, Purple Cloud High School, and Red Tower High School.”

Meanwhile, Lanling glanced at the training He Dayou and others, instructing, “Since Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen aren’t here yet, start with your physical strength test; once they arrive, one test will conclude it.”

In Lanling’s view, just the physical strength test alone should eliminate those poor fellows without further comparison.

First, He Dayou, Physical Strength 3.07 level.

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Fourth, Li Yong, Physical Strength 2.96 level.

Fifth, Ye Haitao, Physical Strength 2.94 level.

Seeing the physical strength values, Lanling gave a slight nod, “He Dayou, you’ve improved rapidly.

Keep this up; placing in the sports competition should be no problem.”

“Ye Haitao, you’re the latest to join.

You need to speed up; this score barely stands a chance…”

Faced with critique by Lanling, a sophomore student council member, the freshmen naturally accepted with enthusiasm, bowing in acknowledgment.

Just then, under the scrutiny of others, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen walked in.

Lanling glanced at them coldly and said, “Begin the physical strength test; reach over 2.94 levels, and you secure your competition spot.”

A moment later, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s physical strength appeared on the big screen, joining the rankings.

First, Zhang Yu, Physical Strength 3.21 level.

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Fifth, Bai Zhenzhen, Physical Strength 2.98 level.