Chapter 17: Rapid Improvement

When he located another bamboo, he observed it for a while before heading close, and this time he focused on the one he could manage to break.

That did take a lot of work, and by the time he was dragging bamboo back, it was already getting dark. He did not think much about it and went straight to the edge of the stone steles, before starting to slowly break some of the branches of the bamboo.

With the bracelet on his wrist still blinking blue, Musk was reminded of something he had forgotten all this time. He came from a world that he had watched develop through stages of technological evolution.

At this moment, he had to make some small changes, and the first thing he had to do was come up with simple tools. He would not need to do much to accomplish this, so he went ahead and stated that he would gather some things.

At the edge of the island, he could see the huge sea, but he had no guts to approach the water, as his senses were ringing alarm bells for him.

In the place he was, the sky was white and not blue like the earth he had come from. Looking at the nature of the plants in this place, he was also sure that things in this world were very difficult to accomplish with the same mindset he had, and he needed information.

But that was not in a hurry; his strength was important, he could barely break the bamboo he had dragged near the stone stele. At this moment, he needed some method to slowly turn it into a cane for his practice, but the materials necessary for this seemed absent.

What he did not know was that someplace, a group was sitting and observing the situation in the region he was in in what seemed like some independent space, making comment

"What geniuses do you think will appear this time?"

"I've heard that all the low-level planes have brought about their geniuses in less than 20,000 years in this competition. In the Medusa Territory, we have more than six billion competitors."

"Who do you think will reach the center of the completion grounds the fastest and comprehend the most martial arts to improve their foundation?"

"It's hard to say. Rumors are that this time there are many locals from the Medusa Territory participating and even some genius seems to have taken the path of space."

"Who is it?"

The voices kept echoing in the huge stadium-like structure and it went beyond this as some people also were gathered in some other regions, such as cities and huge protection could be seen all over.

The number of people gathered in all these places was not small. Entering the region seemed to be an opportunity to participate in some completion and yet someone had just thrown Musk at the center of the completion.

The initial stages each had obstacles and perhaps would require a long time by his standard for them to reach but in this place, hundred years was just a flash.

This completion in itself was not just for obtaining the group on the lead; rather, it was an opportunity, and the display on the screen would not cover everyone, but only the best.

In that way, it kept following the participants, and even after four decades, the fastest group was only at the third level.

The ninth level is the place with numerous techniques—the island where Musk was located.

To his bad luck, he was unaware of this and kept at his antics, and in less than three months, he managed to come up with some cutting tools.

Musk needed some tools to use for the practice of the Nivarna cane, and the bamboo he had seemed to not meet his requirements. Even after the passage of time, he was able to make some changes to the bamboo and the stick in his hand, which was now the best version he could have at the time.

With it, he started to train on the Nivarna stick technique, and in less than three months, he reached the second level. In half a year, he entered the third level, and it took close to one and a half years to attain a half-step fourth level. To his surprise, though, he could not break through, so he stopped bothering with it and decided to strengthen his foundation, as he already understood his problem.

The first thing he did was learn boxing and escape techniques, and just like the Nivarna cane, he could only reach the third or half-step fourth level.

The thing he did not know was that the movement technique was space related. He just thought it had a cool name, like the techniques he had studied back on earth.

The movement technique was referred to as a space shift. In this way, he kept studying it and the boxing technique of the Overlord Fist.

Overlord Fist had one advantage for him: it helped in body refinement, and in the period he spent at the edge of the island, the completion had become intense, and the groups involved had even created names for themselves.

Standing at the edge of the island after having come out of the first stone stele, Musk started to train in his stick techniques again, but this time he felt different looking into the sea in the distance.

He could see that the sea was always calm, but the wind was not, and it could affect the sea, but in the end, the sea would remain the same.

With the swing of the stick, it made some turn in the air, and when it landed on the ground this time, he did not feel the force being rebounded through his hands at all. In the process, his eyes were dazed and he kept repeating the process.

"So that is how it is. The sea affects the wind, and the wind affects the sea, both of which affect the world. Is this the power of nature, each affecting and balancing each other, silent but supreme?"

He seemed to have realized something, and the moment he swung his cane, it seemed to make the sound of water, and in this instance, he not only broke through in will but gained some insight into a property of water.

At the same time, he kept standing but the situation around him seemed to change and the small cane could be seen slowly manifesting behind him with some unique tunes on it.

It produced some unique pressure that spread around, and at the same time, he was sure that his realm in martial arts had improved, but to his surprise, the Nivarna cane martial art seemed to be changing, and his focus is to improve his spirit and make the manifestation of the stick permanent.

It was important for the next stage of cultivation, and in this moment, he could feel the energy from all around him entering the body at will, he could also attract it, unlike in the past.

Something had been opened in his body and he did not know what it was but he felt different.

In the same way, he started to feel the Tortoise Longevity Art bottleneck that had stopped him for a long time loosen.