Counter Storm, Sky Martial Battle Body, Face of the Azure Sky

Hunger.

That was Shi Tiexin's first sensation.

Not hunger in his stomach, but hunger from his kneecaps to the back of his head. Every part of him was starving, like a ravenous beast that needed more energy to unleash its wildness.

So the half-shark left over from before vanished into Shi Tiexin's mouth in huge chunks once more.

The circulating Essence Flow immediately drew power from the food, funneling it into the upgrade and transformation of his body. Today's four thousand units of essence had already been used up. Fortunately, Essence Flow could directly extract the essence of food to refine his body; otherwise, Shi Tiexin would have had to sacrifice Core Formation.

The old Muscle Armor had also needed energy for tempering, but compared to body refinement, the amount required had been small. After all, it was merely a thin external defensive layer covering the skin, membranes, and muscles; it did not consume much red mist.

But this time was different. Intuitively, Shi Tiexin felt that he had poured in at least three times as much energy as before.

And once the energy had been filled in, the second sensation arrived.

Powerful.

There had been no change in his strength, but Shi Tiexin clenched his fist and felt as though his body were indestructible. The thickness and density of his cultivated physique had undergone an iterative improvement. Combined with the Valiant Battle Physique's original effect of increasing the body's fundamental strength, Shi Tiexin even had an illusion: even if that shark came back to life and bit him again, it might not be able to quickly bite through his cultivated physique.

If Qiu Huang were dragged out as the unit of combat power, then his Arhat Evil Body—who knew how far he had trained it—was no longer worth looking