Chapter 18 Breakthrough

"I broke through?" Although he didn't check his combat power panel, Xu Jingming clearly felt the transformation in his body's control.

After the battle with his master, Liu Hai, Xu Jingming could clearly sense all the cells in his body, but controlling the body at the cellular level was not easy. Xu Jingming practiced tens of thousands of spear thrusts every day.

The three major training methods for tempering willpower—cold, heat, and pain—as well as spear thrusting at the edge of the star system, bullet practice in the dark, volley of arrows practice…

Different training methods, but all targeted at the Huahong Spear Technique.

Because whether it was possessing the cosmic legend or obtaining the first part of the eighth-order inheritance, *Hualong* (Transformation of Light), it helped the Huahong Spear Technique the most. Naturally, he concentrated his efforts and practiced the Huahong Spear Technique wholeheartedly.

"There are trillions of cells in the human body, and it is impossible to control every cell with divided attention." Xu Jingming continued to use his spear technique. His movements were much smoother and faster, and his agility had increased dramatically. In the same amount of time, he could only thrust two spears in the past, but now he could thrust three.

Seemingly just one more thrust, but in fact, the speed of the thrust had completely transformed.

Incredibly, the spear in Xu Jingming's hand turned into streaks of spear shadows, continuously hitting the super-fast bullets.

"According to the inheritance, after sensing all the cells, one can begin to consciously mobilize all the cells as a whole! Try again and again, ten thousand times, one hundred thousand times, one million times… If the number of times is enough, the mind's control over the cells will slowly increase. When it reaches a certain level, you can break through to the fifth level." Xu Jingming was in a cheerful mood.

This was a natural occurrence.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Xu Jingming's footwork was also much faster. With the same body, when he could control and mobilize it from the cellular level, the explosive power, speed, and flexibility were naturally much more terrifying.

Relying on his footwork, he could dodge most of the bullets. If he couldn't dodge, he could hit them with his spear. The number of bullets attacking him didn't increase, but the speed kept rising, until it reached 1250 meters per second, and Xu Jingming finally couldn't defend against them.

There was no way, after all, it was dark and they were coming from all directions, so he couldn't see them with his eyes.

If it were a frontal bullet, even if it exceeded 3000 meters per second and was fired from a distance of ten meters, Xu Jingming could easily hit the tip of the spear. This was the terrifying reaction speed and spear speed after reaching the 'cellular level.'

When he was hit by a bullet, all the bullets fired stopped, and then all turned into nothingness.

This training session ended.

Xu Jingming put away his spear and opened his personal combat power panel—

Genetic Evolution Method: *Tian Mang* (Heavenly Python) Evolution Method (Super-tier 99%) (Practice time 360 days, cannot be improved)

Body: 702

Skills: Huahong Spear Technique (Fifth Order 3%), Starry Sky Spear Technique (Fourth Order 99%), Footwork (Fourth Order 99%), Shield Technique (Fourth Order 99%)

Base Combat Strength: 126360

Actual Combat Bonus: 200%

Combat Strength: 379080

"The Huahong Spear Technique has indeed broken through." Xu Jingming also noticed the footwork. "The footwork hasn't broken through… That's right, only the few footwork moves that cooperate with the Huahong Spear Technique have transformed. I can't achieve cellular-level control in other footwork aspects."

Footwork has to break through comprehensively to be recognized by the virtual world.

"My body hasn't changed, but my base combat strength has doubled." Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "After all, strength, speed, and agility have been comprehensively improved."

"A 200% actual combat bonus? I remember after the battle with my master, my actual combat bonus transformed to 100%. My spear technique broke through to the fifth level, and my actual combat bonus has increased so much." Xu Jingming understood. "Cellular-level control is of great help in actual combat."

Whoosh!

Xu Jingming jumped up and turned into a blurry afterimage, directly leaping onto a tall building in the dark city, more than a hundred meters high.

Even ordinary people who haven't evolved will become terrifying if they can control their bodies at the cellular level. Not to mention being based on a 'super-tier 99%' body.

"Breaking through to the fifth level, next, as long as I spend time, I can naturally become a Starry Sky lifeform." Xu Jingming knew that his path to becoming a Starry Sky lifeform was already smooth.

"Become a Starry Sky lifeform."

"One, is to reach the perfection of a Planetary lifeform."

"Two, is to reach 50% of the fifth level. Generally, you can practice the Starry Sky Lifeform Evolution Method and use it to break through to become a Starry Sky lifeform."

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "Neither condition is difficult. My current evolution method is super-tier 99%, and my body control has reached the cellular level. Soon, the evolution method will be perfected, which is the perfection of the Planetary lifeform. As for reaching 50% of the fifth level, I estimate that a year and a half will be enough."

"According to the inheritance description, once you reach the fifth level, you can control your body at the cellular level." Xu Jingming thought, "This will greatly slow down the rate of aging, and your lifespan can reach eight hundred years."

"But in reality, this is meaningless! Because once you reach the fifth level, you will soon become a Starry Sky lifeform."

Xu Jingming sat on the rooftop of the high-rise building, looking up at the starry sky.

This was a virtual starry sky, but it was even more dazzling.

"The Blue Star civilization is insignificant in the vast universe." Xu Jingming looked at the starry sky and thought about the future. "My becoming a fifth-level, or even a Starry Sky lifeform, is just the beginning."

The experience of possessing someone made Xu Jingming very clear about how weak he was.

…

Virtual world, Xia Country Life Evolution Bureau.

More than thirty people gathered here, all core members of the Xia Country Life Evolution Bureau.

Director Zhou, the four deputy directors, and the key personnel responsible for various aspects were all a little excited.

"Everyone." Director Zhou was in high spirits. "Since the virtual world officially opened and the entire human race began to practice the evolution method, our Xia Country has finally produced the first fifth-level expert."

"Of course, this does not include the previous two or three decades of small-scale training of evolutionaries." Director Zhou said with a smile.

A female deputy director beside him said with a smile, "Our previous two or three decades of small-scale training also took a lot of effort. However, we have only trained three people who have reached the fifth level in the country. Moreover, the longest time spent by these three people was more than ten years, and the shortest was more than three years. This time, the worldwide cultivation selected the most talented people in the world… Look, this Xu Jingming, from practicing the evolution method to now, has only taken half a year to reach the fifth level."

"It only took half a year to cultivate to the fifth level. This speed is indeed amazing." A middle-aged man shook his head. "I cultivated for more than eight years before I managed to break through to the fifth level."

"Being able to cultivate to the fifth level on your own and become a Starry Sky lifeform is already amazing." Director Zhou said.

The middle-aged man said with shame, "I am just an ordinary Starry Sky lifeform, still trapped at the fifth level, unable to break through to the sixth level. I can't make much contribution to the Blue Star civilization."

"Old Liu, don't say that." Director Zhou said, "Becoming a Cosmic Citizen and having the rights of a Cosmic Citizen is already contributing to the entire Blue Star. Like ordinary people around the world, they can't interact with the outside world."

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "This time, the virtual world is fully open. In addition to minors, more than five billion adults around the world are competing. With so many people competing, we can select the most talented people in our Blue Star civilization. For example, Xu Jingming's talent is much higher than mine."

Everyone present was very excited.

In the past, it was only small-scale training, and no one knew who was the most talented among billions of humans. Only when the virtual world is fully open and everyone cultivates the evolution method together… can we see who has the highest talent!

"Becoming a Starry Sky lifeform is just the beginning." Director Zhou said, "Everyone, continue to screen geniuses and prepare the fourth batch of cultivation lists."

"Yes." Everyone responded.