I Can Upgrade Everything Infinitely-Chapter 62 - 61: Another Upgrade, Withering Sword

Xu Qing already possessed the Level 10 Evil Ghost Mask, the Level 10 Iron Sword, the Level 10 Wandering Dragon Sword, and the Level 10 Copper Coin Sword, in addition to the Soft Hedgehog Armor he wore.

With a thought.

The Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with a faint light, and the basic information for the Soft Hedgehog Armor appeared in Xu Qing’s mind. He had been wearing the Soft Hedgehog Armor for over ten days.

Wearing the Soft Hedgehog Armor for ten minutes granted one experience point. A day has twenty-four hours, and each hour has sixty minutes.

Therefore,

wearing the Soft Hedgehog Armor for a full day yielded one hundred and forty-four experience points.

[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV1: 2000/10 (Upgradeable!)]

"Hmm."

Xu Qing nodded. ’Upgrade Soft Hedgehog Armor.’

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV2: 1990/20 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV3: 1970/40 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV4: 1930/80 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV5: 1850/160 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV6: 1690/320 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV7: 1370/640 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Soft Hedgehog Armor LV8: 730/1280 (Originally a form-fitting soft armor woven from golden thread and centennial vine, it offers both concealment and defense, protecting the body’s vital areas. After seven upgrades, it has undergone an unprecedented transformation. Its defensive capabilities have been greatly enhanced, enough to withstand most attacks below the level of ’Martial Dao Second Step: Innate Gang Qi’.)]

...

After seven consecutive upgrades.

The Soft Hedgehog Armor had gone from Level 1 to Level 8. After undergoing seven transformative upgrades, it had become a piece of inner armor with unparalleled defense.

"Not bad."

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction.

Time flew.

「One and a half months later.」

On this day at noon, Xu Qing stopped practicing the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist. For the past month and a half, he hadn’t gone out, instead staying in his courtyard to relentlessly practice the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist and the Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

’I’m out of Black Mountain Tiger Meat again,’ Xu Qing mused. ’Also, winter has passed, and spring of the new year has arrived. It won’t be long before the Jiang Family makes its move.’

’I don’t have much time left.’

With a thought.

The Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with a faint light.

...

[Baji Heaven-Striking Fist LV5: 2000/2000 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV7: 2000/1920 (Upgradeable!)]

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[Blood Curse Beast Taming Technique LV9: 400/2880 (...)]

...

’Upgrade Baji Heaven-Striking Fist.’

Xu Qing commanded internally.

BZZZT!

At his thought.

Xu Qing’s consciousness trembled. He felt as if countless small black figures had appeared before his eyes, endlessly practicing the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist.

BOOM!

The next moment.

These small black figures turned into a torrent, surging entirely into Xu Qing’s mind. He felt his own consciousness enter a mysterious space.

Within this mysterious space.

Xu Qing relentlessly practiced and extrapolated the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist, continuously comprehending its mysteries, integrating various profundities, and innovating.

Finally.

After an unknown amount of time.

The further extrapolation of the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist was complete.

BOOM!

In that instant, 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

it was as if Xu Qing had received a profound enlightenment from a great expert. All sorts of information, insights, understanding, and epiphanies flooded into his mind.

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Baji Heaven-Striking Fist LV6: 0/4000 (Originally a new Martial Art formed by fusing Baji Fist and Heaven-Fighting Cyan Eagle Force, it had nearly reached the extreme for ordinary Martial Arts, only a step away from a ’Fundamental Skill’. It integrated the mysteries of Fist Technique, Stepping Technique, and Claw Technique. Now, after further extrapolation, it has transformed, opening the Ren and Du Meridians, building a Bridge of Heaven and Earth, absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, and transforming Qi and Blood and Power into ’Gang Qi’ that can leave the body for more than ’Nine Inches’. It is now a complete Low-grade Fundamental Skill.)]

"Haaa..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. ’The upgrade is complete.’

Moreover.

This time, after the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist reached Level 6, Xu Qing’s Outer Gang’s Gang Qi transformed further, as did the strength of his physical body.

Furthermore,

the Outer Gang’s Gang Qi that Xu Qing could project could leave his body by ’Nine Inches’. This was practically the peak of the Outer Gang Level. The Baji Heaven-Striking Fist had also become a complete Low-grade Fundamental Skill.

A Low-grade Fundamental Skill.

The upper limit of this type of Fundamental Skill wasn’t high; one could only cultivate it to the Peak of External Gang. To step into the Inner Gang Level, one would need to cultivate a higher-grade, Mid-grade Fundamental Skill.

’No, that’s not right.’

As Xu Qing perceived the changes in his body and felt the strength of his Gang Qi, he shook his head and mused, ’I haven’t reached the Peak of External Gang yet. A Level 6 Baji Heaven-Striking Fist isn’t enough to raise my Cultivation to the Peak of External Gang. I still need to raise it one more level, to Level 7, to do it.’

BOOM! BOOM!

With a soft shout, Xu Qing practiced the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist in the courtyard, comprehending the changes and improvements in his body and gradually mastering this ever-growing power.

"Haaa..."

More than ten minutes later.

Xu Qing finished a complete set of the Baji Heaven-Striking Fist.

[Experience +1]

’Upgrade Life-taking Thirteen Swords!’

Xu Qing commanded.

BZZZT!

Similarly,

the Encyclopedia of All Things flickered with a faint light. Countless sword shadows and flashes of Sword Light seemed to appear before Xu Qing’s eyes, drawing his consciousness into a mysterious space.

And so,

within this mysterious space, Xu Qing began to practice and extrapolate the Life-taking Thirteen Swords. He actually managed to build upon the ’Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking: Sword of Destruction’ to create the ’Sixteenth Sword of Life-taking: Withering Sword’, which surpassed its predecessor.

Its power was immense.

One must understand that

when the Life-taking Thirteen Swords was upgraded to Level 4, the ’Fourteenth Life-taking Sword: Sword of Death’ had already been completely perfected, containing all one hundred and eight variations of its sword techniques.

And when it was upgraded to Level 5, it created the ’Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking: Sword of Destruction,’ which surpassed the ’Fourteenth Life-taking Sword: Sword of Death’.

However,

the ’Sword of Destruction’ was far from perfect, possessing only thirty-six variations of its sword techniques.

As a result,

after the Life-taking Thirteen Swords was upgraded to Level 7, the ’Fifteenth Sword of Life-taking: Sword of Destruction’ was also completely perfected, now containing one hundred and eight variations of its sword techniques.

Now,

the Life-taking Thirteen Swords had been upgraded again, in turn creating the ’Withering Sword’ that surpassed the ’Sword of Destruction’. When this sword fell, all things would wither.

[Upgrade Successful!]

[Life-taking Thirteen Swords LV8: 80/3840 (This is a Swordsmanship that transcends the Mortal World, as if it does not belong to it. Death, Destruction, Withering. It has created the ’Sixteenth Sword of Life-taking: Withering Sword’. When the sword technique falls, all things wither. It is not yet perfect, with only thirty-six variations, but it is powerful enough.)]

"Haaa..."

Xu Qing took a deep breath. With a beckoning motion of his right hand, the Level 1 Fine Iron Sword by the door flew through the air and into his grasp. He gripped the hilt and began to practice the Life-taking Thirteen Swords.

Sword Qi filled the air as sword shadows danced.

SWISH!

Finally,

Xu Qing slashed out with his sword, a faint trace of Sword Qi streaking across the sky.

[Experience +1]

"Not bad."

Xu Qing nodded in satisfaction. ’I’ve now reached the Outer Gang Level. With the Swordsmanship I’ve mastered, plus my weapons and equipment, I can handle the vast majority of dangers.’

’Also,’

’Over fifty days have passed, and I’ve finished all five hundred pounds of Black Mountain Tiger Meat. Now that I’ve reached the Outer Gang Level, I need to eat ten pounds of Black Mountain Tiger Meat every day to maintain a perfect state for my martial practice.’

「That night.」

Xu Qing put on the Evil Ghost Mask, transforming into the mysterious swordsmanship expert ’Lv Dongbin’. After nearly two months, he once again came to the Outer City’s Black Market.

Inside the weapon shop.

"Shopkeeper."

Xu Qing called out.

"Coming."

Guo Qianming replied, quickly walking over. When he saw it was Xu Qing, his smile widened even more. "Honored guest, what can I do for you?"

"This sword, what’s the best price you can offer?"

This time,

Xu Qing had only brought a single Iron Sword. However, this Iron Sword had been raised to Level 8 by Xu Qing. In other words, this was a true Divine Weapon, a Treasure Sword forged by a Grandmaster Blacksmith.

It was powerful enough to be classified as Armor-Piercing Thirty.

"Th-this..."

At that moment,

Guo Qianming was completely stunned. The moment he saw the Divine Weapon, he froze on the spot, intimidated by the chilling Sword Qi radiating from it.

"Y-you... you really want to sell this Divine Weapon?"

Guo Qianming couldn’t help but ask.

"That’s right."

Xu Qing nodded.

"P-please... please wait a moment."

Guo Qianming’s voice trembled, and he even shivered a little, stammering. Although he had witnessed many grand scenes, he had truly never encountered a situation like this before.

Because,

with his discerning eye, Guo Qianming could tell this was a genuine Divine Weapon. Even a Master Blacksmith might not be able to forge one in their entire lifetime.

Perhaps only a Grandmaster Blacksmith, a level beyond a Master Blacksmith, could forge such a Divine Weapon, and there were no Grandmaster Blacksmiths in Qingbei Town.

"Very well."

Xu Qing’s expression was calm.

「Half an hour later.」

Xu Qing once again met the behind-the-scenes boss of the weapon shop, the beautiful Miss Mo Yi Yun, who had appeared inside the store.

As before,

Xu Qing saw Mo Yi Yun’s two guards, both at the Peak of Dan Jin.

!!!

At first glance.

Just a single glance.

The pupils of the two guards at the Peak of Dan Jin constricted. They felt an invisible pressure radiating from Xu Qing that made the hairs on their arms stand on end, as if they had encountered a lethal presence.

Danger!

Extreme danger!

!!!

Inwardly,

the two guards at the Peak of Dan Jin were utterly shocked.

They knew that,

about two months ago,

while the man before them had been dangerous, he hadn’t been dangerous enough to elicit such a strong reaction. Yet, after just two months, his cultivation and strength had advanced another step.

This meant that...

the man had most likely broken through Dan Jin and stepped into the ’Martial Dao Second Step: Outer Gang’ level. Only this could explain their instinctive reaction.

"Miss..."

The two guards at the Peak of Dan Jin couldn’t help but call out in warning.