Chapter 70: Chapter 69 Wrong Way to Clear the Level 1

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The Jin State’s army had suffered too many failures, causing even someone like Meng Jingzhou to fall into despair, feeling it impossible to achieve victory.

“Can I really win?” Meng Jingzhou sat in a cave and questioned his heart, finding the answer bitter and hard to voice.

“Hmm, a spider?” Meng Jingzhou noticed a spider spinning a web.

The spider’s continuous attempts despite numerous failures left a deep impression on him.

“If a spider keeps battling after each defeat, can’t I do better than a spider?”

Meng Jingzhou felt greatly inspired, gathering his morale to fight the Liang Kingdom once again!

“Liang’s army is stronger, but the gap is not insurmountable. How can I give up after just a few setbacks? If I do, what will become of Jin State behind me?”

“I believe we can win this time, as long as we strategize correctly!” Meng Jingzhou clenched his fists tightly, his heart already filled with a plan.

After a few failures, he had familiarized himself with the tactics of the general of the Liang Kingdom. Believing that the Liang general’s confidence had grown due to his victories, he planned to pretend to be beaten, make a hasty retreat and lure the Liang’s army into a canyon, then surround them.

This time, he would definitely catch them off guard and meet the expectations of the people of Jin State!

“Thank you for your guidance.” Meng Jingzhou thanked the spider with a fist salute. Without the inspiration from the spider, he would have been utterly crushed, eliminating all hope of victory.

There were many insects in the cave. To show his gratitude, Meng Jingzhou caught an insect and put it next to the spider.

However, the spider seemed to not understand Meng Jingzhou’s intentions and mistook him for an enemy, biting him.

“A venomous spider…”

Meng Jingzhou felt dizzy and passed out.

After an unknown period of time, maybe a few minutes or a dozen minutes but not too long, Meng Jingzhou awoke feeling stronger than ever.

“What’s happening to me?”

Meng Jingzhou felt a transformation occurring within his body. His eyesight, hearing, and senses were all improving, and his body was more flexible than ever before, as if he were reborn.

The ring and pinky fingers on his right hand moved unconsciously, and a white thread shot out from his wrist.

“!!!”

“What the hell is this?”

The white thread stuck to the wall; Meng Jingzhou tugged at it and realized it was extremely tough.

“Is this like a spider’s silk?”

Meng Jingzhou put his hands on the wall and was surprised to find that his hands could stick to it, making it easy to scale walls.

“I remember I was bitten by the spider… Wait, where is the spider?” By the time Meng Jingzhou had located the spider, it had been killed by a mantis.

Meng Jingzhou stepped on the mantis, avenging the spider’s death.

He inherited the spider’s will, reorganized the army, and prepared for another battle with the army of the Liang Kingdom.

On the night before the decisive battle, wearing a suit for night activities and relying on his newly acquired strength, he carried out a solo beheading mission, killing the general of the Liang Kingdom.

The Liang general was dumbfounded. As fellow generals, shouldn’t they have faced off on the battlefield for a final battle? Why did Meng Jingzhou directly aim for the ultimate goal—killing the general?

The Liang general had cultivator bodyguards, but they weren’t as nimble as Meng Jingzhou. Meng Jingzhou successfully killed the Liang general.

The Liang general was a tactical genius rarely seen in military circles. After his death, the Liang army found themselves without a leader. Meng Jingzhou led the Jin army to crush the Liang’s forces.

Meng Jingzhou passed the test.

At the Eternity Sect’s headquarters, the Master and Deputy Master looked at Meng Jingzhou’s method of passing the test and were silent for a long time.

The second method of passing the test had indeed emerged.

The Master rubbed his eyebrows: “What’s the deal with this spider? How can a bite grant someone the powers of a spider?”

“Could it be that if I bit a spider, the spider would mutate?”

The Deputy Master was stunned too. He pondered for a while, as if thinking about something. He then took out a book from his storage ring and pointed to a section of text, saying, “Found it. According to ancient records, there was a special kind of spider in the Central Continent. It had the same strength as an average spider and never bit humans. However, anyone who was bitten by it would mutate.”

“This type of spider became extinct tens of thousands of years ago.”

The Deputy Master logically analyzed: “The war between the Jin State and Liang Kingdom took place a hundred thousand years ago. We perfectly recreated the scenario at that time. So theoretically, it’s possible for this unique spider to appear in the cave.”

The Master nodded, “It seems this Meng Jingzhou not only has persistence and an active mind, but also good luck.”

Luck is something elusive, probably only the legendary ‘Technique of Observation’ can actually evaluate how much luck a person has.

But it can be somewhat reflected from other aspects. For instance, Meng Jingzhou, among so many people going through this test, was the only one bitten by the spider and mutated, which shows that his fortune is extraordinary.

Those with exceptional luck have a smooth cultivation path and can achieve great success in the future.

“Let’s see if there is a third way to pass the test.”

Lu Yang observed the spider that was tirelessly building and failing its web, falling into deep thought.

“Spiders can catch prey with their webs, so why did the plan to catch a rabbit fail? Isn’t it the same strategy to stay in one place and wait for the prey? What’s the difference?”

“Is it because insects are brainless and just blunder into the web, while rabbits are clever and avoid trees?”

“If insects are brainless, that means spiders are too. So is the spider’s incessant attempts after countless failures a manifestation of willpower or just a fool’s persistence?”

“Even a rabbit knows not to run into a tree, so why do some people not turn back until they hit a wall?”

Lu Yang let his thoughts wander, contemplating deeply over these questions.

After experiencing failure, he wasn’t discouraged. He was merely sheltering in the cave from the rain while pondering strategies to defeat the enemy.

Now, upon observing the spider building its web, he thinks about seemingly profound questions that, in actuality, hold no real importance.

Suddenly, a mantis appeared, launching a surprise attack on the unsuspecting spider. Despite the spider putting up a strong resistance using its web, the agile and fierce mantis killed it after a few rounds.

Witnessing this process, Lu Yang thoughtfully stood up and recalled the mantis’s movements.

He mimicked the mantis’s adept use of its two flexible forelimbs and its nimble leaps in executing the movements.

“Imagine myself as a mantis…” Lu Yang muttered to himself, feeling as though he had naturally inherited a similar skillset.

Lu Yang, like a human-shaped mantis, was a mixture of firmness and flexibility, brave and swift. Any opponent would fall under his fists.

The historically recorded general of the Jin State’s cultivation level was at the mid-stage of Qi Refinement, a stage which Lu Yang had also inherited.

Upon reaching a certain level, he transformed himself directly into a giant mantis. A swift attack from his forelimbs was powerful enough to tear down the cave.

Lu Yang sighed in awe, “So this is the legendary Mantis Fist of the martial arts world? Its power is tremendous, but it’s too complex for ordinary people to learn.”

Lu Yang simplified the Mantis Fist, making it simple and easy to learn. He widely promoted it in his army, significantly enhancing the Jin army’s combat power and making them superior to the Liang’s forces. They didn’t need a strategic plan and went all the way head-on.

Lu Yang passed the test.

‘ Who would pass the test like this!” The Deputy Master yelled in anger.