Chapter 31:Celestial Titan Body!!!
Chapter 31: Celestial Titan Body!!!
"Looks like your parents failed to teach you manners. Let this old man surnamed Zhang teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents," the old man said.
"You seem to have a special ability to be able to anger people easily. I wonder how you have been able to survive all these years with that horrible face and tongue of yours," I said.
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The old man's face grew redder and hotter because of the anger. He had been repetitively humiliated by a child in the middle of nowhere. It looked like he was really angry this time. As the aura emanating from him was more and more dangerous and terrifying than before. He must have killed many people before I thought. I also released my killing intent I had amassed by fighting the monsters. But it was clearly lacking as compared to that of the old man. It was like comparing a river with an ocean.
The Zhang family of China was one of the biggest families whose history could be traced back to more than 500 years. They were an ancient family with a martial art of their own. Their martial art was called Titan Body.
It was a martial art of strengthening one's body, a body tempering cultivation technique that makes your physique as sturdy and as strong as that of the ancient mythical titans. It had been passed down the family for ages now and it had transformed greatly over the years. With 8 stages to master, each stage grants a great boost in either strength or defense of the body. But no one had managed to master the technique to the eighth stage and reach its fullest potential until now. Even the first user of the technique, the founder of the Zhang family, had only mastered 7 stages. And it was said that he had a physique that could destroy the mountains with his bare hands.
As the old man surnamed Zhang started passing his origin ki, his body started to glow with golden light and his physique changed from that of the old man to that of a small giant. After the transformation, he had become a 7 feet tall giant with the physique as that of the green Hulk. I was astounded by the transformation of the old man. He had become a giant so easily. Looks like the world had many mysteries still waiting to be unraveled I thought.
Roar~~~
The old man roared like a giant and charged at me and woke me up from my thoughts. Seeing the old man, I didn't dare to be careless at all. I activated <Tranquility> and <Heavenly Eyes> instantly. It wasn't like any of the battles I had before as my enemy this time was an old monster who had practically lived in combat. So, I didn't dare to underestimate him at all.
The old man punched me with great strength behind it as soon as he neared me. I rolled backward 6 steps and avoided the blow. I looked at the place where I was standing and noticed a huge crack on the ground. I gulped hard.
I had to fight carefully as the old man seemed to have a drastic increase in his strength. He charged at me again and attacked me endlessly with punches, chops.
But it was full of holes, completely different from the ones I had expected. Even though each punch and blow connected massive strength, I was still able to dodge them nimbly. It looked as if he had lost his thinking ability when he became a giant. He was attacking like any mindless giant or monster would do. He was attacking blindly with rage only. I felt that he hadn't mastered the transformation technique fully or maybe it was the effect of the technique itself.
After exchanging hundreds of blows, I was able to counter them easily. Even though each of his blows carried a great deal of strength, my counter also carried equal power as I was able to use his momentum against him. Being an engineering student came like an advantage at this moment. I knew all the theories behind it and was able to use his momentum against him very easily.
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After exchanging another 100 blows, the old man was already on his knees and coughing blood. Even his giant body had started to shrink down. I realized that it was time to finish the fight with a final attack.
Bang
I punched him on his head with all my might and the old man fell unconscious. His body also became normal as he fell unconscious. But his body state was a little different from before. It looked extremely fragile and weak now unlike his previous full of vitality body. I picked up the old man, threw him to the girl's table, and sat back at my table.
I sat at the table as if nothing had happened. I wasn't bothered by the strange looks everyone was casting at me. the restaurant was extremely quiet right now as every customer had rushed out before and only some brave at hearts had decided to watch the monster who defeated another master. I ignored them and ordered new sets of dishes upon noticing that my previous dishes had already cooled. I then thought about the battle and started analyzing them.
According to the system, the transformation technique was a special technique called Titan Body. And the old man had managed to master its 3 stages out of 8 already. He was able to transform due to the 3rd stage he had recently mastered. He must have been eager to try out the 3rd stage. The 1st stage boosted the strength and the 2nd strengthened the vitality of the body. And the 3rd stage was the first transformation. He was able to transform after mastering this stage. This stage was clearly full of weaknesses. He was only able to transform his body physique in this stage and his mind would be that of a normal monster with low intelligence. Only after mastering the 4th stage, would he have been able to fight well. I thought that the battle might have been harder if he had fought with <Mushin State> rather than the titan body. Being too eager is also bad for oneself I realized.
I checked the reward from defeating the old man.
<Mission cleared. Defeated the old man with the same state>
<Rewards calculating>
<Calculated: Celestial Titan Body, 100 CP>
I was excited upon receiving the celestial titan body and checked its content immediately.
<Celestial Titan Body>
A special and modified technique of Titan Body to temper one's physique.
Stages Unlocked:0
Stages to unlock:10
It had 10 stages unlike that of the titan body. It was the modified version of the technique with all the weaknesses modified.
Hail the system…
All Hail
I screamed in my mind.
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After trying out the dishes, I exchanged the 100 CP I just got and paid the dinner tab. I was thinking of doing dinner and dash before I got the mission. Fortunately, I didn't have to do it. I walked out of the restaurant and headed to a quiet place to try out the new technique I had just acquired.
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Inside the restaurant
The 3 girls had been shocked when they realized that the old man was defeated. He was from one of the biggest families of China and had mastered the 3rd stage of their family technique already. Still, he was defeated. They brought the old man to their resting place with the help of the restaurant personnel. Clearly, the girls weren't well off as they didn't even have their own servants.
The old man slowly came to when it was evening. He had remained unconscious because it was the 1st time, he had tried the transformation and it was a lot on his body more than he had thought. But had already recovered already. He thought about the battle before and was extremely furious. He took a mobile phone out of his pocket and sent a message describing everything that happened today to someone. He got a reply after a while and only then he relaxed.
<3 days.>
It was only 2 words but it completely eased him. It meant that the target would be eliminated in 3 days.
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While the old man forming an ambush for me, I was trying out the new technique in the mountains. I was able to master only the 1st stage after trying it all day. I knew that it couldn't be rushed as it would take time to master it completely.
<Celestial Titan Body>
A special and modified technique of Titan Body to temper one's physique.
Stages Unlocked:1
Stages to unlock:9
1st stage: Giant Strength
20% increase in Strength
2nd stage:<Locked>
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10th stage:<Locked>
The 1st stage boosted my strength department. I couldn't wait to unlock more stages as I wondered about their effects. I soon fell asleep as I was more tired than I had been before. Cultivating this technique was a lot harder than I had thought. Cultivation techniques like this were very rare. Some had acquired them due to their fortuitous encounter. Like Zhang Feng, founder of the ancient Zhang family acquired the Titan Body, there were other cultivation techniques discovered by some lucky peoples.
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