area51novel Chapter 308 Peak of Grade 7
Chapter 308 Peak of Grade 7
Chapter 309 Peak of the Seventh Rank
During the period when the Magic Martial Arts Academy was closed for training, Zhang Tao didn't waste any time either.
He distributed some of the energy stones to the martial arts armies of the three departments and four prefectures, ensuring that every soldier had an energy stone to use.
Zhang Tao also put the other energy stones to their respective uses, maximizing their potential.
A batch was assigned to other Wuhan Universities, so that they could also increase their efforts in cultivating students' abilities.
One batch was transformed into energy liquid, which helped some warriors who had reached a bottleneck to break through and reach a higher level.
Meanwhile, Zhang Tao was also verifying Lu Hao's statement that there were still two years left through various sources.
After verifying the information, Zhang Tao's face darkened. Based on the information he had gathered, it was indeed true that all the channels would open within two or three years, at which point a full-scale war was highly likely to break out.
Zhang Tao was in a real headache. After all, according to what Lu Hao had said about his opponents, even the old-timers from the sect era could barely reach the sixth level. Zhang Tao, who was even more powerful, could only reach the fourth level now, and was still some time away from reaching the fifth level.
So he called Li Zhen and Nan Yunyue over. Zhang Tao first explained his recent actions, and then said that he planned to activate strategic resource reserves to rapidly enhance humanity's strength.
"Use strategic reserves? Zhang Tao's situation isn't that serious yet," Li Zhen was the first to question.
As for Nan Yunyue, she didn't say anything. She knew Zhang Tao's character. Since Zhang Tao had called them over, it meant that the matter was basically settled.
"It hasn't come to that? I feel it's too late to use it now. Li Zhen, think about what the underground world has been doing in recent years."
"Once the entire underground cavern is fully opened, they won't give us time to prepare."
Zhang Tao said.
"But the people in the underground world aren't united either. There are still conflicts between the demon plants and the demon life lineage. Even if the passage opens, they might not launch a full-scale attack," Li Zhen said.
"No, we can't gamble everything on the enemy not attacking. What if they put aside their grudges and turn on us? If we're attacked from two sides at the same time, humanity will definitely not be able to withstand it," Zhang Tao said seriously.
"Based on your deduction, the passage will indeed open within two years. But what if your deduction is wrong?"
"If we use up our strategic reserves in advance, there will be no room for regret if something happens later," Li Zhen said.
"All intelligence now points to it opening in two years, so we must prepare early."
Even if a full-scale war doesn't break out, it'll probably be close enough. And by using strategic reserves to boost their strength, even without a full-scale war, they can still plunder resources from the underground. Strength is everything; they'll never fall behind.
After pondering for a while, Li Zhen finally agreed to Zhang Tao's request. He would then activate the resources that China had accumulated over the past few decades to fully enhance the strength of martial artists.
"Nan Yunyue, you should be fine on your end, right? The Tiannan Cave will open again this year. If you mess up, we'll be in big trouble this time."
Zhang Tao was relieved to see that Li Zhen had agreed. As for Nan Yunyue, she was always very self-aware and had always supported his ideas.
"Don't worry, I feel like I'm about to break through, but I've been suppressing it. If the Tiannan Cave doesn't open soon, I feel like I'm about to lose control. When I break through, I'll show them how powerful I am. I won't be like some people who wake up as a top expert after a nap," Nan Yunyue said with a smile.
As for who she was talking about, all three people present knew perfectly well.
"Hmph, you'd better be confident, otherwise don't blame me for not stopping Li Zhen when he cuts you down with thousands of swords," Zhang Tao sneered.
Nan Yunyue was teasing him. Nowadays, which human at the pinnacle doesn't break through on the battlefield, taking advantage of the moment of breakthrough to kill a few more ninth-rank cultivators from the underground caves to relieve pressure? But Zhang Tao's breakthrough to the pinnacle back then was earth-shattering. The fact that he woke up to the pinnacle after a nap became a laughing stock among many ninth-rank cultivators.
On the other side, in the Magic and Martial Arts dormitory area, in dormitory number one.
Lu Hao focused his mental energy on his skull, as the last bit of killing power surged into his parietal bone.
The last bit of impurities seeped from the top of Lu Hao's head, and his entire skull turned white.
At the same time, the entire skull appeared shiny from the outside, the sound of bone marrow surging could be heard, and a layer of ashen-like substance was peeling off the surface of the bones.
Lu Hao was completely enveloped in a blood cocoon, and his aura was constantly increasing. If Lu Hao hadn't set up a mental barrier around himself beforehand, it would have been incredibly powerful.
Everything in this room was probably reduced to ashes under the oppressive force unleashed by Lu Hao.
One hour, two hours, three hours later, Lu Hao's breathing finally stabilized. Another half hour passed.
Lu Hao, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, shuddered. The blood calluses on his body fell off, revealing healthy skin without any roughness.
If Lu Hao were to go into certain industries now, he would definitely be a top star based on his looks alone.
Lu Hao opened his eyes, and a flash of lightning streaked through the air.
Open your hands, clench your fists.
Lu Hao could feel the power of his blood and qi within his body, which was more than twice as strong as when he was at the high-level seventh rank. If it weren't for his exceptional control, he would have lost control long ago in the face of this surge in blood and qi. However, he still needed to go to the Dharma Space to familiarize himself with his combat strength later.
After all, only by clearly understanding one's own true combat strength can one fight better.
Lu Hao first opened his panel to check his surface stats: [Kill Points].
[Host: Lu Hao]
[Qi and Blood: 22457/40324 calories]
[Spirit: 2146/3319 Hertz]
Storage space: 1000 million cubic meters
【Dharma Space 1: 1000】
Kill Points: 117547 (Can be materialized)
After the skull was tempered, the amount of energy and blood increased to about 40,000 calories, compared to about 15,000 calories before, an increase of more than six times.
It wasn't in vain that Lu Hao spent a lot of killing points to temper the skull. The number of killing points required to temper a skull was much higher than he had originally expected.
Refining one piece requires 1,000 kill points, so 23 pieces would require 23,000 kill points.
Fortunately, the spiritual power was provided by the Heavenly Golden Lotus; otherwise, I wouldn't have had enough killing power to break through to the eighth rank of the Forged Golden Body.
The two Heavenly Golden Lotuses initially had a very good effect. Using just one of them, Lu Hao's mental power increased from 2300 to 2999, which was the limit, by almost 700 Hz.
The effect of the second flower was reduced. Although it helped break through the barrier, one flower only increased his mental power to over 3300 Hz. The effect after that was only 300 Hz, so it was estimated that it would be even worse. However, it was enough for Lu Hao to use for now.
With 3300 Hertz of spiritual power, Lu Hao could at most convert about 330 liters of heaven and earth energy into a qi and blood attack of 16. Such a massive attack would be unbearable even for a low-level eighth-rank cultivator.