With the Bronze Plate number hitting a million, the Southern Cross’ doors opened!

It was as though he were in the midst of a universe with a river of brilliant stars. Like the river’s gravel, there were countless stars. Suddenly, a spark flew out of the river, towards Tang Tian. The spark grew bigger and bigger as it approached him.

He then realized this spark was actually four stars.

The four stars flew to his front, forming a connection. An almost unrecognizable cross appeared. Traces of bright rays encircled the cross, forming a door. The cross was imprinted on the door.

“With humility, and an undying perseverance, the Southern Cross signifies the doors of the Hardships of cultivation.”

Below the cross, sixteen characters glowed right at the door.

“Is this the secret of the Bronze Plate?” Tang Tian murmured, he stared at the glowing cross in a daze.

After five years, he finally broke the code of the the Bronze Plate!

But, what exactly was that thing?

Staring blankly at the glimmering cross on the door for half a day, Tang Tian had no clue what this thing was all about.

All of a sudden, a dull grey shadow in the shape of a man emerged from the door.

The man in grey looked like Tang Tian.

“Hey, who are you?” Tang Tian tried to ask.

As if he did not hear him, the man in grey started practicing the fundamental martial arts, the fundamental fist art, fundamental palm art, fundamental light body art, fundamental concealed weapons art, and fundamental sword art. Tang Tian felt weird, as it was as if he were practicing in a mirror.

There were generally not many moves in fundamental martial arts. They did not take long to practice, and with the last movement, when Tang Tian thought it was over, the man in grey’s left hand gave off a ‘pa!’ sound, as he executed the Fist Art’s Fundamental Technique [Pull] , followed by the swift and fast footworks of [Broken Steps], he jumped and did a bend in midair, pulling out his fists [Rushing Fists]!

He did not feel anything when he was fighting yesterday. Now that he had witnessed it himself, he could feel a gush of ferocious aura coming through.

What an excellent move!

Tang Tian was surprised that he could pull off such an amazing move.

Comprehension of the fundamental fist art’s killing techniques: [Reverse Lethal Punch]!

A row of blood red words started to float above the forehead of the man in grey.

Tang Tian grew excited, and blurted: “Killing technique…”

Killing technique!

The move he pulled out subconsciously was actually a killing technique!

Tang Tian was shocked.

Having stayed in Andrew Academy for five years, he had no idea what killing techniques were.

Every killing technique required enlightenment on the martial art trained, with its power much higher than its base techniques. Generally speaking, one martial art’s killing technique’s power was equivalent to the power of a martial art one level higher. Yet its energy consumption was much less.

Hence, to master killing techniques, was a goal everyone wanted to reach.

Theoretically, it was possible to use any martial arts to create a killing technique. Yet in reality, there were many martial arts that did not have killing techniques. To awaken a killing technique, one had to be harsh on oneself and one had to fully comprehend and integrate the profound truths of multiple martial arts. In most cases, one’s luck in fate was needed.

The name ‘killing technique’ may sound impressive, but Tang Tian knew it was still considered weak. Rarely would people waste their time on low level martial arts, and there was no need to even mention fundamental martial arts.

Spirit Cards increased the speed at which martial artists learned new martial techniques, and only those who were richer could afford to spend more time on mental cultivation arts.

Only with a sufficient level of strength would one use a higher grade Spirit Card, and this allowed the advantage of practising higher ranked martial arts.

Once the man in grey finished with the last move, he became like a puppet and stopped moving.

Tang Tian’s lips twitched, as he somewhat thought that the both of them were of the same caliber.

Seemingly to have heard his thoughts, the man in grey trembled. With one step, he crossed the Southern Cross Light Door.

This was…

Tang Tian was astounded by the realistic scene. In a second, the man in grey walked out from the door.

The man in grey raised his head, with a piercing gaze, he looked around.

Huh?

Like a wild beast with animal instincts, Tang Tian sensed a sudden hostility from the man in grey, the hair behind his back stood instantly. Slanting his waist quickly, feet in stance and body orientating forward to the opponent, he raised both his hands ready for battle.

In front of him, the man in grey did the exact same actions as him.

Tang Tian has had several fights in the past and immediately understood he could not run away from this particular fight!

He squinted his eyes. Without an ounce of regret, he instead felt elated. It was simple, he thought. The man in grey was the key to unlock the secrets of the Bronze Plate. All he had to do was to defeat the man in gray to obtain the secrets.

Come, you young one!

I have been waiting for this day for five years!

Licking his lips, Tang Tian used the power of his legs as though he were a leopard, he pounced as fast as lightning towards the man in grey.

The man in grey did the same.

The distance between the two was not far.

[Cross] versus [Cross]

A powerful impact was transmitted from the fists. Tang Tian’s figure stood still. Looking in bewilderment, he was shocked at the power of the cross fists.

He had fought with Ah Mo Li a couple of times and like Ah Mo Li’s cross fist, the power of it was heavy and vigorous. But this fist brought an entirely different feeling. The fist pulled out by the man in grey was filled with an explosion of power.

The frequency of both of their strikes and kicks was unusually astonishing. With sounds of crashing, the boxing fists, leg punching and kicking were intense as though it were a rain storm.

[Fundamental Fist Arts], [Fundamental Sword Arts], [Fundamental Concealed Weapons Art], [Fundamental Light Body Arts], and [Fundamental Palm Arts].

The frequency of the five fundamental martial arts was impressive. They continuously disassembled, collided, and resisted.

In the next ten rounds, Tang Tian did not have the upper hand. It was the first time Tang Tian encountered such a situation. It was not that he had not gotten beaten up badly before, but when it came to these five fundamental martial arts, he had never been inferior to anyone.

This was truly a match for him.

The feelings the man in grey gave him were weird. It was like Tang Tian was fighting himself. Every time he made a strike, the man in grey was very familiar with it. Even if Tang Tian attempted to use some unconventional attack techniques, the man in grey managed to avoid all the attacks.