Freshmen Competition

Red went through the next steps in the Profound Asura Scripture. Upon unlocking the second Chakra point, he had a new exercise to practice and it was a kick. Once again, the intent branded a kick by the same Asura, equally mysterious as the punch into Red's brain. Unlike the first time, Red could see several of the profundities of the kick immediately. Although Red was still very far away from the Asura's level when it came to the punch, he had reached a very high level of proficiency. It was just that Red didn't realize that he was trying to reach the perfection level of an Asura whose power he couldn't even begin to comprehend and thus had set up a towering goal without realizing.

As the Profound Asura Scripture said, Red began integrating both the punch and the kick together. And like before, each time he practiced this exercise the absorption of heaven's energy became more virulent. He didn't realize it, but his roommates had certainly noticed it. Red's body had started to exude a hint of domineering aura that felt like it was belittling the psyche of others. Sven was the one who was most surprised. One day, while playing with his dagger, he commented. "Red, your aura has developed a domineering element." When Red realized that, he bitterly smiled. The domineering aura was a side effect of constantly feeding his body with chaotic energy, he had no way to hide it. It made him worried what would happen once he unlocked all seven chakra points.

A couple of months had thus passed and Red had opened up his third chakra point and along with it was now practicing a new movement exercise. He had been practicing the three simultaneously and his exploration into the exercises had reached a profound level, yet it seemed many a distance away from the Asura's. The Freshman class had been convened for a competition to decide rankings. The top rankers would get cultivation treasures which would help in increasing the speed of cultivation, martial arts and guidance from teachers. The famous martial artist teachers will also look to take in students from among the students from this group of freshmen.

There would be three different tests before there was a friendly fighting competition. In the first test the students would be testing their base strength without using qi. Most of whom were tested were getting in the range of 300 - 500 kgs of force. The talented ones were able to generate over a thousand kgs of force. Soon the noble elites from the four kingdoms began testing and they all had strengths in the range of 1000-1500 kgs. The other students were shocked at the result and it made them realize the disparity between Nobles and them. Sven and the princess both managed to get around 1500 kgs.

When it was Red's turn, he had already got a good scope of what other people's ability was shown to be with the body. So he controlled his power and hit a practice punch first after asking permission. "1111 kg!" When other students saw that they laughed at the absurd coincidence. Red's roommates too were finding it hilarious. Then Red increased his power a bit and hit again. "2222 kg!" When others saw that they were flabbergasted. Sven was shocked. The princess spoke out. "Fierce!" Many of the professors noted his performance.

An old man was standing in the corner. He looked like a crazy beggar with unkempt hair and a goat beard. But his body was very tough. He was a teacher at the school and had been a nominal teacher there since before most teachers were even students. But he had not taken a student in a long time and most didn't even know him. As habit, he was eating a walnut while sitting on the roof of a building when he saw Red's punches. When he saw it, his eyes suddenly glowed. "Myriad punches in one, he is comprehending the boundaries of intent?" The old man's interest was piqued and he began watching the competition carefully.

In the second test they had to display their qi cultivation. Almost everyone with the exception of Red had cultivated their qi. Most of them were in Qi condensation stage which was the first realm, some were still at Beyond Mortal stage which was just at the precipice of reaching the boundaries of the first realm. The nobles were all reaching the peak of qi condensation stage while some of them actually reached Foundation Establishment. Red on the other hand had not cultivated qi at all. Surprised, the teacher asked. "Red, why haven't you cultivated qi? You have a 95 on the test for the energy control pillar!" When others heard that Red scored 95 on the energy pillar they were shocked. The old man began laughing when he heard that.

Red nodded and answered. "The qi method that I wish to pursue needed me to have a stronger body first, so I haven't yet cultivated it or I would have gotten backlash." When the teacher heard that he frowned. The noble children frowned as well. Sven murmured to himself. "Is he trying to train in the Herculean Beetle Art? What a waste." The Herculean Beetle Art was an infamous Qi art that gave it's user a lot of power early on, but it's requirements were too harsh and also its future was limited. the art had only 3 levels, it was useless. When others heard that they were puzzled as well. Why train in this peculiar art?

Red inwardly thanked Sven for overthinking it. He could not tell others that he had a powerful art with such high physical requirements that he had already tested and reached 2500 kgs of force despite only having opened his third Chakra point. Technically when it came to comparing with traditional qi arts, Red was yet only at Beyond Mortal Stage and was simply tempering his Body, he hadn't really begun a true body cultivation either.