Swallowed Star: Drawing Talents

August 2nd, evening.

Bright Moon Estate, Yang Wu declined Luo Feng's kind invitation for a home-cooked meal and returned to his own villa alone.

It wasn't that he was aloof or boring, but such scenes of family harmony easily stirred up memories he didn't want to recall.

Second floor, media room.

Yang Wu's fingers flew across the keyboard, quickly typing in the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo's website address.

Instantly, a massive screen projected onto one wall of the media room, displaying a personal information page.

Name: Yang Wu

Gender: Male

Address: Jiangnan City, China

Martial Artist Certificate Number: 426123205608010001

Level: Warrior ( প্রাথমিক)

Contribution Points: 0

Currency Balance: 20,000,000 Hua Xia Coins

...

The two million starting capital promised in the contract had already been deposited into his account when Yang Wu passed the martial artist assessment and officially obtained martial artist privileges.

Yang Wu clicked on one of the two emails at the top of the webpage, and a video appeared on the projection screen, showing a middle-aged man in a black suit.

This assistant to Supervisor Zhuge Tao, in addition to confirming the arrival of the two million starting capital and outlining some expense reimbursement procedures, also left Yang Wu with a piece of advice.

"Finally, Supervisor instructed me to tell you that the funds in the unregistered account are best transferred to your martial artist account. Unregistered accounts are not protected by law and are ultimately risky."

After the middle-aged man finished speaking, the video ended abruptly.

"Transfer!"

He had to transfer the funds. Leaving aside the risk issue, it would be more convenient to pay for things if the money was transferred over.

No sooner said than done.

After completing a series of operations, all the funds from the unregistered account were transferred, and Yang Wu's martial artist account balance reached:

1,917,500,000 Hua Xia Coins.

Clicking back to the email button, the second email that opened was also a video, but this time it featured a sweet-looking and well-figured young woman.

"Mr. Yang Wu, hello!"

"I represent the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo in welcoming you to our family."

Yang Wu sat upright, listening attentively to the sweet girl's introduction, watching a beautiful woman was much better than watching a hairy-legged man.

The beautiful girl, with a smile on her face, introduced Yang Wu to the various uses of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo through the speakers, her sweet voice echoing in the media room.

Including, but not limited to, martial artist forums, online stores, donation systems, publishing and receiving mission templates, cultivation video explanations...

"..."

"Finally, I wish Mr. Yang Wu the best in reaching the peak of martial arts in the future."

After saying that, the video girl bowed, and then the video ended.

This left Yang Wu in awe...

Awesome!

...

After briefly familiarizing himself with the various functions of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, Yang Wu couldn't wait to enter the online store and search for the Extinction manual.

Since he was going to cultivate, he had to cultivate the best and most suitable manual. He practiced with a spear, so naturally he had to choose the best one he could access, "Extinction".

Immediately, the screen displayed the categories, ratings, prices, physical photos, manual names, and various introductions of "Extinction".

...

"Extinction" First Three Levels, full price 5 billion Hua Xia Coins, half price 2.5 billion Hua Xia Coins (Requirement: Two-Star Contribution Points.)

"Extinction" First Two Levels, full price 2 billion Hua Xia Coins, half price 1 billion Hua Xia Coins (Requirement: One-Star Contribution Points.)

...

At the bottom of the purchase interface, there was also a conspicuous red-letter reminder.

Ignoring the reminder.

Yang Wu gently swiped his finger and chose to purchase the first two levels of "Extinction".

Confirm purchase!

Verification passed, the funds subsidized by the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo were instantly cleared, and then his account balance also shrank by more than half.

Fortunately, new members of the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo can ignore contribution point restrictions for their first purchase of manuals or equipment, and purchase at the best price, i.e., half price.

However, this discount is only available for the first purchase. If you want to purchase again in the future, you either have to pay the full price or make up the contribution points.

Contribution points are a contribution system specially set up by the higher-ups of humanity to encourage martial artists to hunt more monsters.

It has many uses, not only can you buy things at half price, but if the contribution points reach a certain level, you can also enjoy the special rights that come with it.

Each force has its own contribution system, although they differ in details, their main structure is roughly the same.

There are only two sources of contribution points: hunting monsters and donating money.

The ratio for donating money is 10,000:1, donating 10,000 Hua Xia Coins will only get you one contribution point, and there is a limit of 100 billion for the highest donation, which is a four-star contribution.

Yang Wu sat alone on the sofa, quietly thinking about the matter of contribution points.

He wasn't considering donating money to get contributions for the time being, he was still short of money, so the only option was to go to the wilderness to fight monsters.

Hunting monsters would earn him both money and contributions.

...

The next day, Villa No. 198, second-floor training hall.

"Hello!"

"Oh, okay, I'll be right there."

At about six o'clock in the morning, a strange phone call came, causing Yang Wu to immediately stop absorbing cosmic energy and end his cultivation state.

Since his physical fitness had been raised to the advanced warrior level and he had successfully cultivated genetic energy, he rarely slept anymore.

The process of body cells absorbing cosmic energy and converting it into genetic energy, this process of cell transformation will eventually reach saturation.

However, the efficiency of cell energy conversion is determined by physical fitness. The stronger the physical fitness, the longer it takes for cell absorption and conversion to reach saturation.

Therefore, the stronger a person's physical fitness, the faster their strength actually increases.

Yang Wu originally thought that the manual he ordered last night had arrived, but he didn't expect that it was the weapon that Han Xiu had purchased on his behalf that was being delivered.

Although Yang Wu's weapons and equipment were purchased by Han Xiu at the Extreme Martial Arts Dojo, the delivery personnel were from the HR Alliance and did not have permission to enter Bright Moon Estate.

At the entrance of Bright Moon Estate, Yang Wu confirmed that everything was correct, then took the delivery note and signed his name.

Yang Wu carried back the weapon he had purchased and was about to unpack it to see the quality of the equipment.

However, another strange phone call came, forcing him to stop unpacking.

The manual he purchased last night had been delivered to his door today.

At the entrance of the villa, the delivery man handed Yang Wu a sealed alloy box. After the inspection was completed, the delivery man left.

"Extinction"!

Second floor, training hall.

Yang Wu sat cross-legged on the ground, with two thick manuals in front of him, which were the first two levels of the ultimate spear technique "Extinction".

Opening the first page of the manual...

Uh, very ordinary!

Having Luo Feng's example in the original work, Yang Wu was prepared to deal with the kind of saber aura that came at him when Luo Feng first opened the "Ninefold Thunder Blade".

As a result, nothing happened.

Turning back to confirm again, it was the real thing.

In that case, either it was restrained to the extreme and returned to simplicity, or...

They just didn't care!

Withdrawing his thoughts, Yang Wu turned his gaze back to the book page.

"The fundamental mystery of the Extinction spear technique that I created lies in the two words, stillness and movement. There are no fancy moves, just between stillness and movement."

"Still as still water, moving like thunder."

"The heart is as still as water, without ripples; its speed is like the wind, its movement is like thunder."

"Using stillness to control movement, once an attack is launched, it is as fierce as thunder, unstoppable."

"This "Extinction" incorporates some of my insights into the domain. Once you have some understanding, you will be invincible at the same level!"

A complete set of manuals includes body techniques, spear techniques, and guiding techniques...

However, Yang Wu's spear technique had reached the expert level, and his body technique was close to the perfect level, and the guiding technique was more to cooperate with the cultivation of genetic energy.

What Yang Wu valued more was the part of "Extinction" that involved domain insights.

But unfortunately, there was not much description of this in the first two levels of the manual.

After practicing the first level of "Extinction", you can increase your power by one time, stacking the original one time, that is, having twice the power.

The second level has three times the power, and so on, the fifth level is six times the power, and the sixth level will involve domain insights.

"Practice?"

No sooner said than done.

Yang Wu got up, walked to the weapon rack on the side, and picked up the A6 model Po Jun spear. He began to practice his spear technique in the training hall.

The first level of the Extinction spear technique only has seven moves. These seven moves of the Extinction spear technique are conducive to understanding the doubling power skills of the first level.

Although this is the wrong way to exert force in the universe, and Luo Feng in the original work spent several years correcting it, firstly, he does not have the correct and better way to exert force, and secondly, even if it is wrong, simulating it is just a waste of a few months.

At present, the main focus is on increasing strength.

Yang Wu always felt that this spear technique was very suitable for his current self. If the characteristic of the Ninefold Thunder Blade was speed, then the characteristic of Extinction was that it had a domineering artistic conception of destroying everything.

Many top powerhouses in the world are practicing this set of "Extinction" spear techniques, including those planetary-level councilors, who may not care on the surface, but may be secretly studying it in some corner.

Some people even speculate that this spear technique hides Hong's secret. If it can be thoroughly studied, it may reach Hong's realm, or even surpass Hong and become the new number one in the world.

Of course, this is purely nonsense. If this kind of thing can really be cultivated with a manual, then why would the human race choose geniuses?

This kind of thing exists, but at least it does not exist in the original universe!

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