Chapter 160: Advanced Physical Combat

Under David's guidance, the shadow servant transferred the knowledge orb of the Advanced Body Technique (66 Mastery) directly into David's body.

In an instant, David plunged into an illusion. He entered a physical form that was constantly practicing a special body technique, and he could feel every movement of this body.

From the motion of every tiny muscle to the mobilization of each bone, down to the flow rate of the blood, it was precise almost to the cellular level.

At the same time, a massive amount of related knowledge poured into David's mind. This advanced body technique, named 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', was a derivative of numerous foundational body techniques.

Unlike the common eighteen forms of body techniques, which were suitable for the vast majority of people and could be practiced by ordinary citizens with minimal required resources, the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' was completely different. It was created exclusively for the strength and constitution of armored soldiers.

Practicing the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' required consuming a portion of tier-one fortified meat every day, and after a short period, gene repair fluid was needed to heal the hidden injuries within the body.

This showed that the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' was not suitable for ordinary armored soldiers; only those who did not need to worry about resource consumption had the qualifications to practice it.

As David experienced the process of this body practicing the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', he discovered its extraordinary nature even more. Each of the thirty-six forms of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' drove the body's functions to their absolute limits in full explosive bursts.

During the practice, the 206 thigh bones and 639 muscles were constantly mobilized. Approximately six billion muscle fibers needed to perfectly cooperate with the thirty-six movements of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', and the slightest carelessness would result in injuries caused by improper coordination between muscles and bones.

Even with perfect execution, this brutal 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' would still inflict a certain degree of damage on the body.

However, compared to the damage it caused to the body, its enhancement of strength and constitution was enormous.

This was like a double-edged sword. If used well, it would steadily enhance an armored soldier's strength and constitution, especially the constitution.

One had to know that an armored soldier practicing the eighteen forms of body techniques could also reach the pinnacle of strength, but reaching the pinnacle of constitution was extremely difficult. This was the exact reason why many peak-level armored soldiers were trapped at this level, lacking the courage to take risks even when they had the material conditions for a breakthrough.

The illusion did not last long. After completing a full practice cycle of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', it automatically exited.

Yet these thirty-six forms of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' were deeply engraved into David's soul, transforming into his own knowledge.

David opened his eyes, a look of astonishment on his face. He had never imagined that a body technique could be complex to this extent.

Fortunately, he had practiced the Soft Body Technique, and his control over his body had long surpassed the limits of a human being. Otherwise, even with the 66 mastery level of advanced body technique proficiency he had acquired, it would have taken him a while to overcome his physical limitations.

Right there in the living room, he began to practice the thirty-six forms of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique'.

As the first form commenced, an unusual red color spread across his entire skin. The consequence of his blood being rapidly driven was that numerous capillaries could not withstand the stimulation, triggering massive capillary hemorrhaging.

David's body temperature also rose rapidly, soon surpassing the limit that even ordinary people with a high fever could never reach.

His entire body looked as if he had just stepped out of a steaming basket, with white vapor rising from his skin.

The tier-one fortified meat that had not yet been fully digested was continuously and forcibly broken down along with the movements of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', and even the breakfast he had just finished was entirely converted into energy within a short time to replenish the body's massive consumption.

His spiritual power, standing as high as 5.05, now enabled David to accurately judge and compare the minute differences between the advanced body technique knowledge he had just mastered and his current practice, allowing him to make corresponding adjustments.

Perhaps even the powerhouse who created the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' would never have imagined that anyone could accurately and completely execute all thirty-six forms on their very first attempt.

One must understand that the entire training process of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' was essentially a process of constantly ravaging one's own body.

Starting from the first form, it forced the blood, muscles, and bones into an overclocked explosion. Following the damage, tier-one fortified meat and gene repair fluid were used to heal the injured body. Through this cycle of damage and repair, the body grew accustomed to the practice of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique'.

David paid no attention to his body; at this moment, he was fully focused, dedicating all his mental energy to executing the movements demanded by the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' with absolute precision.

When he completed the final form, his mind finally relaxed.

The moment his mind relaxed, he felt pain all over his body, accompanied by a profound weakness and exhaustion, just as if he had just emerged from a prolonged and grueling battle.

Looking down at his body, he was horrified to find that his skin was covered in blood scabs.

David sensed his entire body and discovered that not only was it on the surface, but even his muscles had suffered extensive tearing. His bones, particularly those that were rarely exercised during daily routines, had even developed cracks on their surfaces.

Fortunately, these cracks were confined to the surface of the bones and did not cause major structural fractures, while the muscle strains remained within a manageable range.

None of these injuries affected his ability to walk normally. Suppressing the pain, he walked step by step toward the bathroom.

The clothes on his body were glued together with blood scabs and could no longer be peeled off.

David retrieved a tier-two military dagger from his leg sheath, sliced open his clothing all over, and rinsed himself with water before finally managing to strip the garments off.

Once the blood scabs and fabric were cleared away, his skin was revealed. It was densely covered in tiny red dots, each corresponding to a ruptured capillary beneath the skin.

If the knowledge of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' in his memory had not assured him that advanced body technique mastery was no deception, he would have thought someone was trying to murder him.

Ever since the battle with Officer Kush, he had never suffered such severe injuries.

And this was under the premise that his constitution was as high as 3.5—he possessed 3.5 times the physical constitution of an ordinary person. If an ordinary person were to attempt practicing the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', the result would most likely be exploding blood vessels, shattered bones, and torn muscles.

In fact, the knowledge David received was missing one crucial piece of content: the absolute baseline requirement for cultivating the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique' was to be a senior armored soldier.

The reason for this was simple. Only senior armored soldiers whose strength exceeded 1,600 kilograms and whose constitution approached 4 points could withstand the damage inflicted by practicing the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique'.

If David had not possessed Horatio's experiential mastery of 66 in the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', and had instead learned this body technique from scratch, he would not even have been able to pass the introductory phase before crippling his body with severe injuries.

The sole reason David only sustained minor injuries this time was because he possessed Horatio's most accurate practical experience of the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', which reduced the damage the technique inflicted on his body to an extremely low level.

One could not entirely blame the knowledge orb for failing to transmit these restriction conditions to David, because Horatio himself was already a senior armored soldier when he practiced the 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique'.

Moreover, just by looking at the name 'Senior Armored Soldier Body Technique', one could clearly deduce the fundamental prerequisites of such a technique. It was simply that David had been too excited and failed to pay attention.

After washing his body, David changed into a fresh set of clothes. However, looking at the tiny red dots exposed on his face, neck, and the backs of his hands, he felt a deep sense of helplessness.

Naturally, he could not simply wait for his body to recover slowly on its own. The apprenticeship ceremony was to be held in the coming days, and he could certainly not attend looking like this.

David recalled the relevant knowledge of advanced body techniques, which included using gene repair fluid to heal the body.

However, he did not possess any gene repair fluid here. He activated his identity bracelet, selected a merchant with a good reputation on the Skynet, ordered a set of gene repair equipment, and requested immediate delivery.

After placing the order, he remembered that the medium-sized server had not yet been installed. He retrieved the contact information provided by General Manager Lucien of the Pelan City Lixin Security Company and contacted the installation personnel for the medium-sized server.

Having settled all of this, he once again felt a gnawing hunger in his stomach and promptly asked the smart butler Emma to prepare another breakfast.