vrcanaries Chapter 187.2: Breaking Through the Ten-Thousand-Point Threshold! Perception Transformed Into A Dragon Among Men, the Name of A Genius Spreads Across the World! (II)
Chapter 187.2: Breaking Through the Ten-Thousand-Point Threshold! Perception Transformed Into A Dragon Among Men, the Name of A Genius Spreads Across the World! (II)
"I need to depend on my own strength if I want to obtain Heavenly Demon Essence Blood. This drop of Fire Crow Heavenly Demon Essence Blood is far too precious. With my Perception, a single drop of Heavenly Demon Essence Blood can only increase my Principle's progress by around five percent.
"At this rate, I would need twenty drops of Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, which would be equivalent to killing twenty heavenly demons. That is too hard."
Lu Changsheng felt that his previous mindset was wrong. If he wanted to cut wood efficiently, he had to sharpen the axe first. His priority was to improve his Perception as quickly as possible.
Once his Perception transformed, a single drop of Heavenly Demon Essence Blood would make Lu Changsheng's Principles skyrocket in progress. Perhaps he would not need as many as twenty drops; perhaps he would only need ten drops, or five drops, or even a drop by then.
That was possible. After all, once his Perception reached ten thousand points, it would transform. As for how miraculous his Perception would become after its transformation, even Lu Changsheng himself did not know.
Lu Changsheng glanced at his Perception. It had already exceeded 8,700 points. He was still 1,300 points away from reaching 10,000. Lu Changsheng thought that he could first head to the third layer of the Ancient Region to kill heavenly demons, obtain their Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, and then contemplate Principles, but now, it seemed like he had no choice but to improve his Perception first.
Lu Changsheng could clearly feel that his Perception was already struggling to keep up with his strength and realm. Perhaps 8,700 points of Perception still allowed him to look down on other Dao Foundation experts, but it was no longer like when he was at the Divine Fortification Realm or Divine Treasury Realm, when he had completely crushed all other experts on the same realm.
At this point, 8,700 points of Perception could no longer provide Lu Changsheng with much help at the Dao Foundation Realm. He had to find a way to improve it!
In the past, I only treated martial techniques as support. I only took a little time each day to practice them, and the martial techniques I practiced were all fifth-tier martial techniques.
If I want to rapidly improve my Perception, then I need to devote all my energy to practicing martial techniques. Moreover, I shouldn't limit myself to fifth-tier martial techniques. There are sixth-tier and seventh-tier martial techniques out there. The faster I improve my Perception, the better!
Seclusion. From today onward, I'll enter complete seclusion until my Perception reaches ten thousand points and fully transforms!
I'll keep this drop of Fire Crow Heavenly Demon Essence Blood for now. Once my Perception transforms, I'll use it to contemplate. I really want to see just how fast my transformed Perception can allow me to grasp Principles through contemplation with the help of the Heavenly Demon Essence Blood.
Lu Changsheng made up his mind.
During his journey to Flame Mountain, he had successfully killed the Fire Crow Heavenly Demon and obtained a drop of Fire Crow Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, but the journey was perilous. A single wrong step would have placed him in mortal danger.
Dancing on the tip of a knife again and again was not Lu Changsheng's style. Lu Changsheng's style was to crush and dominate everything. He would not take his own life and risk it again and again.
"Let's begin." Lu Changsheng immediately sealed his cave residence and began his seclusion.
While Lu Changsheng entered seclusion, the third layer of the Ancient Region remained the same as before. There weren't even the slightest changes. Even the fact that Lu Changsheng had gone to the Flame Mountain and killed a Fire Crow Heavenly Demon did not attract anyone's attention or discussion.
After all, a mere Fire Crow Heavenly Demon was not worth mentioning at all.
One day, two days, and three days... Lu Changsheng immersed himself in martial techniques every day. He practiced fifth-tier, sixth-tier, seventh-tier, and even eighth-tier martial techniques. With his Perception of over 8,700 points, he could grasp all kinds of martial techniques with ease. Practicing them was simply not difficult for him.
Since he had decided to devote himself to practicing martial techniques, Lu Changsheng's speed at practicing martial techniques soared. The rate at which he obtained Perception points improved as well.
From the previous 150 Perception points a month, it suddenly more than doubled, reaching 350 Perception points a month. In fact, his Perception points were still increasing and were now approaching 400 Perception points every month.
One month, two months, three months, four months, and finally, on a certain day four months later, Lu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes.
In his eyes, his Perception rapidly jumped. 9,995, 9,997, 9,999, 10,001...
The moment Lu Changsheng's Perception points broke through the ten thousand threshold, a boom rang out in his mind. He felt as though everything before his eyes had changed. The originally ordinary air, in Lu Changsheng's eyes, seemed to have turned into a kaleidoscope of dazzling colors. Each color seemed to represent something, such as fire, water, wind, and so on.
Lu Changsheng was shocked. "Are these... Principles?"
Principles! He could actually see Principles! He was not sensing them. His naked eyes could see Principles. But how was that even possible? He had never heard of anyone who could see Principles with their eyes.
Lu Changsheng stretched out his hand and grabbed the dazzling, fiery red color before him, but he caught nothing. The fiery red color was clearly like flames; it was definitely the Fire Principle, but no matter what Lu Changsheng did, he could not make contact with it.
Lu Changsheng immediately called up his Status Panel to examine himself.
[Status Panel]
Host: Lu Changsheng
Perception: 10,001 (A Dragon Among Men)
Fire Principle Seed: 11% progress
Heart Sword True Mantra: 1% progress (Golden Heart Sword)
Lu Changsheng saw that his Perception had indeed transformed. It had surpassed the 10,000 point threshold, becoming 10,001. Even the title had changed from "Praised by All" to "A Dragon Among Men."
"The name of a genius spreads across the world, and such a person is called a dragon among men!" Lu Changsheng murmured in a low voice.[1]
Genius! This was the first time the Status Panel had called him a genius. That did not come easy.
His previous Perception titles had been Ordinary and Unremarkable, The Bearing of an Average Man, Full of Potential, Hidden Dragon in the Abyss, and Praised by All.
None of these titles had anything to do with the word "genius." The sight made Lu Changsheng entertain a bold idea.
With his "Praised by All" Perception, Lu Changsheng became famous throughout the entire Ancient Region by becoming the foremost Divine Treasury martial artist from ancient times to the present, and he even crushed an entire generation of Immortal Masters.
Despite those feats, he still wasn't considered a genius. Even though his Perception was less than ten thousand points, he was already the supreme genius among Dao Foundation experts; no one could surpass him.
In anyone's eyes, no one would deny that Lu Changsheng was a genius. Yet according to the Status Panel, only when one's Perception points had exceeded ten thousand could one be considered a genius.
Then just how high was the Status Panel's limit? Lu Changsheng couldn't imagine it.
"Then let me see just how terrifying the genius judged by the Status Panel really is." Lu Changsheng took out a drop of Fire Crow Heavenly Demon Essence Blood.
This was the drop of fire-attribute Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, which he had obtained with great difficulty after killing the Fire Crow Heavenly Demon in Flame Mountain. By contemplating Principles using this drop of Heavenly Demon Essence Blood, the former Lu Changsheng could have increased his Fire Principle by roughly five percent. What about now?
Lu Changsheng's heart was filled with anticipation. "Let's begin."
1. "A dragon among men" is a Chinese proverb that means a person of exceptional, unmatched talent or outstanding leadership. ☜