Qin Feng seized the opportunity, using "Fierce Owl Chasing Shadow" to strike from an incredibly tricky angle, piercing its eye socket and crushing its brain.
[Challenge Successful!]
As Qin Feng watched the War Lord slowly dissipate into motes of light, he was filled with emotion.
Four months ago, he had been completely powerless before it.
But now, just by opening one more Great Sun Acupoint, he could already kill it in under a minute.
’Now, my Life Force Index is no longer my shortcoming. If anything... my arsenal of slaughter methods is what’s lacking.’
Qin Feng keenly recognized his problem.
’My ’repertoire’ is far too limited! No matter the enemy, I just cycle through the same few moves. This severely limits my ability to leverage my Control Realm strength!’
’I have to learn a large number of new slaughter methods as soon as possible to expand my repertoire!’
’At the very least, I need a top-tier slaughter method to serve as the core for my offense, footwork, and defense!’
With this in mind, he relentlessly continued to challenge the higher floors.
Battle Twenty-Three...
Battle Twenty-Four...
...
Battle Thirty-One...
Once again, Qin Feng blazed through ten consecutive battles with unstoppable momentum!
Until Battle Thirty-Two.
He was stopped in his tracks again.
The opponent in Battle Thirty-Two was once again a Green-skinned assault squad.
But this time, it wasn’t three weak Green-skinned kids.
Instead, it was three Green-skinned Elite Veterans whose auras were several times more terrifying than the War Lord’s!
Their teamwork was flawless.
Their Life Force Indices were extremely high!
Their strength and speed completely crushed the current Qin Feng!
The moment the battle began, Qin Feng couldn’t even see their movements clearly.
He just felt his body being instantly torn to shreds by three irresistible forces from three different directions simultaneously.
’Unstoppable. Completely unstoppable.’
Qin Feng’s consciousness returned from the Virtual Colosseum, a place reeking of rust and gunpowder, to his quiet and luxurious dorm room. For the first time, a trace of deep helplessness and bitterness appeared on his usually calm face.
It didn’t feel good to be killed instantly.
Especially being crushed so helplessly again, just when he thought he had made significant progress.
He didn’t even attempt a second challenge.
He knew it would be meaningless.
Against the three Green-skinned Elite Veterans in Battle Thirty-Two of the Canaan Tower—with their perfect coordination and an insurmountable gap in strength and speed—any combat technique or Combat Will seemed pale and laughable.
This was no longer a gap that could be bridged with skill.
It was a pure, statistical, and stark chasm.
’I can only possibly defeat them when my comprehensive strength—my physical stats plus my Slaughter Realm—surpasses theirs.’
He glanced at his personal terminal.
[Contribution Points Balance: 21.]
A smile appeared on Qin Feng’s face as he looked at his hard-earned 21 Contribution Points.
’What should I do next?’
He made his decision without the slightest hesitation.
Keep training!
Keep opening acupoints!
Keep raising his most fundamental and important Hard Power—his Life Force Index!
He once again opened the Imperial Trading House interface. Without hesitation, he exchanged the 20 Contribution Points that had just arrived—barely having had time to register in his account—for two Special Grade Spiritual Energy Potions.
Then, he walked into the Martial Arts Room once more.
And once again, he began the long, tedious, arduous process of training in seclusion.
...
Time slipped by quietly and unnoticed, like sand through one’s fingers.
This period of secluded training was even longer.
Just as Qin Feng had predicted.
As he began to assail the fourth Great Sun Acupoint, he could clearly feel that the difficulty of Seeking Acupoints and the complexity of constructing the Acupoint Shell had both increased by more than a single level.
After undergoing three baptisms of Spiritual Energy, his physical body had become unbelievably resilient.
To break new ground in this increasingly "solid" territory, the mental and physical effort required grew exponentially.
In the end, it took him a full four and a half months and both precious Special Grade Spiritual Energy Potions to finally succeed in lighting up the fourth brilliant, golden "sun" within his body.
When the new, even more violent baptism of Spiritual Energy concluded...
Qin Feng slowly awoke from his deep meditative state.
He felt the boundless, inexhaustible power emanating from the four Great Sun Acupoints within him, a force as vast as the ocean. A hint of unconcealable exhaustion flickered in his eyes, but it was overshadowed by the joy of his achievement.
He opened his personal panel.
[Life Force Index: 70.34]
’Finally... I’ve broken the 70-point mark.’
He let out a long, turbid breath, a complex expression of emotion on his face.
’Opening acupoints really is getting harder and harder.’
’Opening the third acupoint only took me four months. But this fourth one took a full four and a half months.’
’And I can clearly feel that as my body gets stronger, the effect of the Special Grade Spiritual Energy Potions on filling the acupoints is beginning to diminish. I estimate that by the time I start on the fifth acupoint, two Special Grade Spiritual Energy Potions might not even be enough to fill it completely.’