Inner Refinement Second Layer

Having grown used to it, Song Ankang still endured through gritted teeth despite the pain in his five viscera feeling as though they were being churned by blades. He did not faint.

Song Ankang had already used the Organ Injury Fist once in the Training Room, and his five viscera had suffered some damage then. Before the backlash from that had even arrived, he had thrown another three Organ Injury Fists. The pain was imaginable.

Song Ankang's flawless handsome face had twisted out of shape. He rolled back and forth on the bed in agony, yet to avoid letting Qiushi hear any commotion, he forcibly endured it.

Perhaps some might think Song Ankang was being too fragile, but if they knew that this pain rivaled Guan Gong scraping poison from his bone, they would not think so.

For his mental will to reach such a level in merely half a month or so, Song Ankang was already remarkable enough, alright? Back on Earth, he had been nothing more than an ordinary person.

Although the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance had amplified him, Song Ankang's own willpower was also quite formidable. Otherwise, he could never have reached this point.

Perhaps fear of death played a part as well, but who was not afraid of dying?

The Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance has accumulated sufficient energy and is beginning to take effect... Your injuries have been healed, your qi and blood are increasing, and your five viscera are strengthening!

After waiting for a long time, the surging backlash came rolling in. It swiftly healed Song Ankang's injuries, then brought him a considerable amount of Seven Injuries Qi and Blood, along with further enhancement to his five viscera.

Although he had already reached the limit of organ refinement—or rather, the limit of his current realm—Song Ankang had discovered that even after theoretically reaching the limit of a realm, absorbing backlash could still break through that limit.

It was simply that breaking through the limit consumed too much and progressed too slowly, requiring far too much time and effort. Song Ankang felt it was not cost-effective, so he had not used it excessively.

In truth, if Song Ankang were willing to spend the time and effort, he could use the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture's method of fighting to temper his skin, flesh, tendons, bones, five viscera, and more until they became even stronger.

However, Song Ankang's Cultivation Foundation was already sufficiently astonishing, nearly among the best of those in the same rank. There was no need to spend too much more time and energy on this.

If he had ample time in the future, he could return to using the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture's fighting methods more often and continue consolidating his Cultivation Foundation.

As the backlash arrived, Song Ankang clearly sensed the existence of a bottleneck. Threads of Seven Injuries Qi and Blood surged mightily toward his six bowels, only to be blocked by the bottleneck.

Following the techniques and methods within the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture, Song Ankang effectively organized wave after wave of Seven Injuries Qi and Blood to batter the bottleneck. He did not dare mobilize too much, because the six bowels were inherently fragile. While more qi and blood could break through the bottleneck faster, it would also damage the six bowels.

The so-called six bowels were the gallbladder, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, bladder, and Triple Burner.

Among them, the gallbladder stored and discharged, the stomach received and ripened the essence of food and drink, the small intestine governed holding and transforming substances, the large intestine transmitted waste, the bladder participated in the metabolism of essence, and the Triple Burner governed all qi.

If tempering and enhancing the five viscera could greatly improve a warrior's endurance, then tempering and enhancing the six bowels could send a warrior's digestive ability soaring, greatly increase absorption efficiency, and even resist all manner of deadly poisons and illnesses.

Of course, whether organ refinement or bowel refinement, both could enhance a warrior's strength, speed, reactions, and other overall qualities, making the warrior increasingly formidable and less and less like an ordinary person.

With the backlash brought by the Organ Injury Fist, and the pure, vigorous, razor-sharp Seven Injuries Qi and Blood as the main force, Song Ankang's charge into the Organ Refining Realm went quite smoothly. Before long, threads of qi and blood broke through the bottleneck and began tempering the gallbladder.

As his gallbladder was tempered, Song Ankang could clearly feel more and more Seven Injuries Qi and Blood being stored within it. The Seven Injuries Qi and Blood inside also flowed smoothly, and he gradually entered a state where self and surroundings were both forgotten.

He did not know how long had passed. By the time the backlash from four Organ Injury Fists had been fully absorbed, Song Ankang had stabilized at the Inner Refinement Second Layer.

Feeling his overall qualities surge by a large margin, Song Ankang beamed.

In merely half a month or so, he had leaped from an ordinary person without the strength to truss a chicken to the Inner Refinement Second Layer's Organ Refining Realm. Such a rate of improvement could no longer be described as fast—it should be called terrifying.

Moreover, Song Ankang cultivated the Seven Injuries Demonic Scripture and had absorbed its backlash. His foundation was incomparably solid, and his strength, speed, reactions, and more were not inferior in the slightest to many warriors at the Inner Refinement Fourth Layer.

Among the Human Race of the Profound Desolate Great World, warriors of the Marrow Refining Realm had a particular title: Hundred Man Foe!

One man against a hundred, effortless and easy—such was a martial arts powerhouse.

Song Ankang's current combat power had already surpassed that of Marrow Refining Realm warriors, reaching the Blood Replacement Realm above marrow refinement. One could imagine just how formidable his combat power was.

Although his lack of extensive combat experience and fighting techniques somewhat affected his performance, dealing with ordinary Blood Replacement Realm warriors was no problem.

One had to remember that Song Ankang also cultivated Treading Snow Without a Trace and the Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art. The Heaven Concealing Earth Absorbing Art's Form Concealment further solidified his Cultivation Foundation, while Treading Snow Without a Trace needed no further mention. Having reached minor mastery, Treading Snow Without a Trace allowed him to come and go without a trace; even First-rate Warriors would find it difficult to catch him.

Song Ankang's overall strength had reached its peak since his transmigration. Even if he fought Jiang Yunhe and could not defeat him, he could still escape.

Only now did Song Ankang truly possess a certain degree of self-preservation. At the very least, if he encountered Miss Lilac again, he could easily destroy her rather than fall into a desperate situation.

As for the ferocious Earthworm Beast that had once caused Song Ankang no small amount of fear, although it was only at the Inner Refinement Second Layer, it excelled at burrowing underground and launching sneak attacks. Song Ankang was still not confident he could kill it, but neither could the Earthworm Beast do anything to him.

Relying on his powerful spiritual strength, Song Ankang could detect the underground Earthworm Beast a step ahead of time and evade in time, leaving it to return empty-handed.

He checked the time. It was already the dead of night, so he could adapt to his greatly increased strength tomorrow.

However, before sleeping, he might as well do something else so as not to waste time.

"Viscera Injury Fist!"

"Viscera Injury Fist!"

"Viscera Injury Fist!"

After throwing three Viscera Injury Fists in succession, Song Ankang clutched his stomach and collapsed onto the bed, passing out immediately. The gallbladder he had only just tempered into stability nearly collapsed, a horrifying sight to behold.

If an ordinary person had done this, they would certainly die this time. But for Song Ankang, who possessed the Heavenly Book of Fate Defiance, the more severe the Viscera Injury Fist's damage to his gallbladder was now, the more astonishing the feedback he would receive afterward.

Painful yet joyful—this was Song Ankang's current state. Merely thinking about it made one's entire body tremble, yet made one unable to stop.