Cultivation Makes Me Stronger

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After waiting patiently for an hour.

The Limitless Martial Arts Academy personnel delivering the reward finally arrived at the Training Camp's main gate and called Luo Shen, informing him to come collect it.

Fortunately, it was around two in the afternoon.

At this hour, the trainees who had gone out to hunt monsters had yet to return, while most of those remaining in the Training Camp were cultivating in the Nine-story Tower. There were no trainees still lingering at the main gate.

Moreover, Luo Shen moved quickly.

Other than the patrol guards watching the gate, he alerted no one before slipping into the back of the truck.

A blue light scanned him.

"Trainee Luo Shen, identity confirmed!" an electronic voice announced.

The spacious cargo compartment contained only three delivery personnel and a large combination lock case. Before Luo Shen could speak, another blue light scanned the case.

"Reward item confirmed. Trainee Luo Shen, please accept the reward item."

Luo Shen was surprised. That was fast.

He stepped forward.

The middle-aged Asian man among the three solemnly held the lock case and handed it directly to Luo Shen. Only after Luo Shen accepted it did the man's grave expression ease somewhat.

"Thank you all for making the trip," Luo Shen said with a smile.

The middle-aged Asian man let out a long breath and smiled. "It is our duty. Since Trainee Luo Shen has received the items, we should not linger here and must leave as soon as possible."

Luo Shen got out of the truck.

He watched the truck drive through the gates and quickly vanish at the end of the road.

Carrying the lock case, Luo Shen did not wander around outside. Instead, he took a side path back to his residence without alerting anyone.

Just as quietly as he had come.

In the underground chamber of his private courtyard.

Every trainee's residence had a separate underground chamber for free cultivation. The chamber walls were made of Kro Alloy and were extremely durable.

Even Luo Shen as he was now could only leave a fist mark a few dozen centimeters deep in the wall.

Bright lights illuminated the entire underground chamber.

After locking the heavy door, Luo Shen placed the case on the floor and ran his finger across its fingerprint sensor. With a click, the case opened.

The interior of the case was spacious.

It was divided into upper and lower layers. The upper layer held neatly stacked combat uniforms, a Ghost Shadow Battle Blade, a communications watch, and more. The lower layer contained only two wooden boxes: one held the complete Nine Heavens Thunder Blade manual, while the other held Dragon Blood.

Click. He opened the wooden box containing the Dragon Blood.

Inside was a test tube secured in foam and sealed with a stopper. Golden liquid flowed within it, filling roughly one-third of the tube.

"So this is Dragon Blood!"

Luo Shen lifted the test tube.

Holding it toward the light, the golden liquid was breathtakingly beautiful beneath its glow.

"A few days ago, my punch power was close to 35,000 kilograms, which barely crossed the threshold of a High-level Warlord." Luo Shen shook the test tube, watching the golden liquid ripple within. "I wonder how much this stuff can improve me?"

Rumor had it that Dragon Blood could double its user's strength.

But that depended on the user's original strength. The weaker the user, the more apparent the improvement after using Dragon Blood. In the Original Work, Luo Feng's physical fitness more than tripled after using Dragon Blood.

"I'm not expecting fivefold or tenfold growth, but since it's my first time using it, tripling should not be a problem, right?"

He glanced at the instructions in the wooden box.

Just as described in the Original Work, it could not be taken orally and could only be applied externally.

Luo Shen casually took off his shirt, pulled out the test tube stopper, and poured the mercury-like golden liquid over his chest. Then he spread it around with his broad palms.

Hot, hot, hot... hot!

The moment he rubbed it in, Luo Shen felt his chest and both palms begin to heat up and burn. The Dragon Blood seeped into his body, and a blazing energy coursed through him. Every part of his body could feel that energy growing hotter and hotter.

Then, intense pain and numbness spread through every inch of his body.

"Hiss~~ That's intense!"

Luo Shen sucked in a breath, his scalp tingling as though countless ants were crawling over it.

Even his transformed will found the pain difficult to endure, yet he could also clearly feel that alongside the searing pain, the medicinal power of the Dragon Blood was steadily enhancing and transforming his body.

His tendons and bones, muscles, fascia... even his countless cells...

"This really packs a punch... no wonder even Luo Feng passed out from the pain..." He drew a deep breath, feeling wave after wave of pain wash over him.

Suddenly, inspiration flashed through his mind.

"How did I forget about the Five Hearts Vortex? This thing should speed up absorption and digestion!"

As he spoke, Luo Shen endured the pain in his body and sat down cross-legged. He assumed the posture of five hearts facing heaven, forced himself to focus, and entered a state of selfless, thoughtless cultivation.

Under the instinctive effect of the Five Hearts Vortex, vast amounts of cosmic energy flowed in from the outside world and mixed with the Dragon Blood energy.

The cool cosmic energy.

Sure enough, it effectively eased the intense pain caused by the Dragon Blood energy!

At the same time, Luo Shen activated the Nine Heavens Origin Guidance Art. Cosmic energy and Dragon Blood energy flowed through his body, awakening countless dormant cells. They ravenously devoured the energy, growing stronger at a terrifying rate.

"Wind Thunder Galloping Star!" Luo Shen's gaze sharpened.

With his keen perception sensing the changes within his body, Wind Thunder Galloping Star—created on the foundation of the Nine Heavens Thunder Blade Fifth Level—sent six layers of hidden force bursting and surging through him, like thunder exploding and spring rain nourishing all things!

The transformation efficiency of his tendons, bones, muscles, and countless cells surged dramatically at that moment.

It abruptly reached an unimaginably terrifying speed!

"Ah!!"

Feeling the power in his body soar with every passing second, Luo Shen could not help releasing a hearty shout. His voice echoed throughout the underground chamber and even reached the private courtyard above.

Fortunately, Luo Shen's courtyard was located in a remote area, so no outsiders noticed the commotion from his underground chamber.

Yet the terrifying transformation continued!

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour...

A full fifty-two minutes!

"Huff... huff..."

Luo Shen's bare upper body was already soaked with sweat. Large pools of sweat had gathered beneath the floor where he sat cross-legged, and his drenched pants were stained with broad patches of gray grime.

Yet he felt no exhaustion. Instead, he felt unprecedented, terrifying power filling his entire body!

With a casual push of both hands, he sprang up from the floor.

"Pah! Pah!" After slightly loosening his muscles and bones, he threw two fierce empty punches. Even without using any force-amplification technique, his terrifying strength still produced two sonic booms!

Luo Shen's eyes shone brightly, dazzling as stars.

"I can create sonic booms with a casual punch. It seems this Dragon Blood improved me even more than I expected!"

He went up from the underground chamber to the second floor.

After taking a quick wash and changing into a clean set of training clothes, Luo Shen headed for the Nine-story Tower. Only the Nine-story Tower had the highest-grade Punch Power Testing Machine, capable of accurately testing his current strength!

The sixth floor of the Nine-story Tower.

It took him quite some effort to find an empty small training hall. The other training halls had long since been occupied by other trainees.

He shut the hall door tightly.

Unlike large training halls, small training halls placed greater emphasis on privacy. Although the space was not large—only thirty to forty square meters—it was enough for an ordinary trainee to fully unleash their blade techniques and movement techniques.

"Let's see what level my physical fitness has reached."

He switched on the Punch Power Testing Machine.

Taking a deep breath, his eyes flashed like lightning as his body suddenly moved!

Without any special force technique, he simply unleashed all of his body's raw strength. His waist and hips tightened, and his right fist shot out like a cannonball leaving its barrel, carrying a sharp, piercing whistle as it slammed into the punch target!

Bang!

The punch target shook violently, producing a low, muffled sound.

A line of numbers immediately appeared on the display beside it—"121381KG"!

"That high!?"

Looking at the number on the screen, Luo Shen was stunned. It was like walking down the street and suddenly picking up a gold ingot; the unexpected joy left him unable to believe his own eyes.