Qin Hao's body felt incredibly heavy, and every movement drained all his strength.
At this moment, Qin Hao clearly felt that he had reached his limit, both physically and mentally, and was on the verge of exhaustion.
However, this was far from enough; only by breaking through his limits could he activate the power of the meteor tear, allowing himself to complete his transformation and open his path as a warrior.
The path of a warrior was never simple, unlike what was described in the novels of his previous life, where it could be achieved with a few light strokes of a pen.
In the past 18 years, he had clearly felt the difficulty of becoming a warrior.
Even though he had paid attention to training since childhood and maintained high-intensity workouts after joining the Dojo of Limits, the result was that he was still miles away from becoming a warrior.
Now was the beginning of breaking his limitations, the start of his warrior path, the beginning of changing himself, the beginning of moving towards the universe, and the first step towards future transcendence.
Thinking of this, Qin Hao's sluggish spirit jolted, and a powerful force erupted from his body.
A faint, shattering sound came from within his body.
As the shattering sound echoed, Qin Hao felt as if the shackles on his body had been broken, his essence, qi, and spirit began to return, and his physical strength became even greater.
However, Qin Hao also knew that this was just the beginning; the shackles of his limit had been broken, and if he did not activate the power of the meteor tear, he would face extremely severe side effects.
Just like breaking the genetic lock in the novels of his previous life, the lightest consequence he would face later would be severe full-body injuries, or at worst, death.
But, he still had to persevere now.
Constantly expending the power erupting from his body, Qin Hao felt the immense strength within him, something he had never experienced in his two lives.
However, this power was only temporary.
As time passed, Qin Hao already felt the power draining away.
In less than five minutes, Qin Hao felt pain in his body, unlike the previous mix of fatigue and pain; this pain was bone-deep, as if every single cell was protesting.
“Boom”
Just as Qin Hao felt he was about to be completely engulfed by the pain, a burst of power erupted from deep within his body, flowing along every inch of muscle, meridian, blood vessel, and cell, instantly enveloping Qin Hao.
Qin Hao felt as if he was soaking in a hot spring; his body's fatigue and pain rapidly disappeared, his body was transforming, and his strength was continuously growing.
The power came quickly and left just as quickly; in less than three minutes, this power rapidly dissipated, returning once again to the depths of his body.
Qin Hao stood on the training ground, feeling the strength in his body.
“Whoosh”
He threw a punch, and the force of the punch raged, a powerful force that Qin Hao felt he couldn't fully control.
“Boom”
“923kg”
He slammed a punch onto the punching machine, and the data quickly jumped, stopping at 923.
Compared to the 600kg tested the previous day, it had increased by over 300kg, a growth of more than 50%.
Although not as significant as the growth brought by dragon blood and essence of vegetation, the growth brought by the meteor tear, in addition to strength, also included healing effects and potential excavation.
Qin Hao could feel the changes in his body after the transformation; his strength had increased, his mind had become clearer, and his five senses had become much sharper.
Qin Hao quickly suppressed the joy in his heart and carefully felt the changes in his body.
Compared to his previous mediocrity, his current physical talent should be considered genius among Earthlings, but among the human race, he was still at the bottom, and the future remained arduous.
To stand out in the Universe Genius Battle, he still needed to work hard.
For the next month, Qin Hao continued to maintain high-intensity training, though the pressure it could bring him was now relatively limited.
However, after breaking through his limits and completing his transformation, Qin Hao's strength increased much faster.
Within a month, his strength increased by 200kg, exceeding 1100kg, firmly placing him above the Quasi-warrior threshold.
At the same time, Qin Hao had also completed the advanced student verification and was preparing to take the Quasi-warrior assessment on June 1st, to obtain the Five Hearts Towards Heaven cultivation method earlier and become an official warrior.
“I’m going to the Dojo.”
“Gege, good luck!”
On June 1st, under the expectant gaze of his family, Qin Hao left home and took the subway to the YZ City Dojo of Limits headquarters.
After identity verification, he went directly to the Quasi-warrior testing area.
Qin Hao arrived quite early, and no one else had arrived for the test yet.
Qin Hao found a spot, sat down, and began to wait.
He was very confident about this test.
His strength had already reached the standard, and in the past month, his speed and neural reaction speed had also exceeded the Quasi-warrior standard by a significant margin.
After waiting for about half an hour, people began to arrive one by one for the test.
Qin Hao also met familiar faces from the Yian District Dojo of Limits: Instructor Jiang Nian and Yang Wu.
Qin Hao also had an impression of Yang Wu's test this time; he was a bit short on speed and did not pass, having to wait until next month to test with the protagonist Luo Feng to pass.
As he thought, his gaze towards Yang Wu couldn't help but change.
If his golden finger had not arrived, he would probably be similar to Yang Wu, breaking through to warrior in his twenties and eventually becoming a supporting character in the novel with only a name left behind.
“Testing begins.”
Wu Tong's voice rang out, and all the testing students and instructors from various districts gathered.
Following the crowd, Qin Hao handed his ID card to Wu Tong.
Speaking of a crowd, there were actually only about ten people.
Although Swallowed Star was a cultivation world, the number of warriors on Earth was still very small.
After all, the Jiangnan Base City had two practical assessments a year, with only over 1000 people each time, making the number per month very scarce.
It was quickly Qin Hao's turn for the assessment; he stood straight, bent his knees slightly, and swiftly threw a punch.
1135kg
“Pass.”
Looking at the data Qin Hao punched out, Wu Tong was slightly surprised.
Qin Hao was arguably the youngest in this batch, but the strength he displayed was the highest.
Moreover, Qin Hao was very steady throughout the entire process, punching and retracting his fist with ease, clearly very confident in himself.
“Good, next.”
The tests for the dozen or so people were very quick; the punching power test did not eliminate anyone, so everyone smoothly entered the second round of testing.
“Yang Wu, 24.9 m/s, failed.”
“Next, Qin Hao.”
As the results were announced, Yang Wu walked to the side dejectedly.
After Qin Hao gave him a comforting look, he walked to the test track.
After preparing, he pushed off with his feet and shot out like an arrow.
31.9 m/s, Pass.
His results were similar to those he tested at the Dojo, as stable as ever.
The speed test was not as lucky as the strength test; half the people, including Yang Wu, were directly eliminated.
Qin Hao also directly entered the final neural reaction test.
Standing within the circle, watching the rubber bullets continuously shoot towards him, Qin Hao calmly dodged.
His body movements were not large, yet he could precisely dodge every attack.
This was also the subtle movement technique he had been exploring for the past month; although he had made significant progress, he still couldn't completely dodge and was hit 10 times.
“Qin Hao, within 60 seconds, hit 10 times, did not touch red light, excellent, pass.”
The results of the last test appeared, and Qin Hao's Quasi-warrior assessment was officially passed.
However, he still had to wait for the remaining few people to complete their tests.
It didn't take long for the tests to be completely finished; only five people, including Qin Hao, passed.
Once the assessment was passed, an official certificate would be issued within seven days, and it would also be recorded in his citizen identity information.
It was from this moment on that Qin Hao's identity officially changed, becoming a Quasi-warrior.
“Old Jiang, you’ve got a big star there!
An 18-year-old Quasi-warrior, 1100kg of force, 31 m/s speed, close to subtle movement technique—another genius warrior.
You have to treat us this time!”
“Alright, alright, I’ll treat, I’ll treat, I’ll treat,” Jiang Nian said.
He was aware of Qin Hao’s changes in the past two months, which could be said to be contribution points that fell from the sky, and he had no hesitation about treating them.
“The five of you, follow me.”
Qin Hao followed Wu Tong to a large screen.
On the screen appeared an article— “Genetic Energy Cultivation Method”.