A Familiar Feeling

Villa 198, second-floor training hall.

Yang Wu sat cross-legged on the floor and took the pristine Ku Xuan Root from the alloy box before him.

The Ku Xuan Root was a Plant Spirit. Wind and rain could not touch it; it emerged unstained from the mud. Even after Yang Wu had roughly pulled it from a crack in the rocks, not a trace of dirt clung to it.

The simulation had said that the Ku Xuan Root could be consumed directly. Yang Wu tried biting into the root. It was crisp, slightly sweet, and fragrant.

After taking several large bites, he swallowed the entire Ku Xuan Root.

"Ugh..."

A bitter, astringent taste churned in his throat before surging upward. That bitter, puckering flavor spread rapidly from his mouth throughout his entire body.

Yang Wu shuddered involuntarily, nearly springing straight up from the floor.

The bitterness on his taste buds was enough to make his scalp tingle.

Fortunately, after that intense wave of bitterness, the suffocating taste in his mouth suddenly vanished without a trace.

Then, a lingering sweetness gradually rose in his mouth and began flowing through his body.

"This feeling... isn't bad at all!"

Yang Wu's expression twisted and shifted. Only after a moment did he slowly utter those words.

It was a very special feeling. After enduring that unbearable bitterness, he finally tasted the sweetness that followed, its aftertaste long and lingering.

It was as pleasant and refreshing as the revival of all things and the blooming of countless flowers after suffering through the ravages of a harsh winter.

Then, that familiar feeling returned.

A cool, comfortable sensation began spreading through his entire body, making even his soul tremble.

The abundant life energy within the Ku Xuan Root instantly seeped into every corner of his body, triggering astonishing changes in his muscles, bones, tendons, and cells.

Half an hour later, the transformation ended.

Boom!

His physical fitness had been elevated once more. Yang Wu casually threw a punch, and the surrounding air exploded.

"Just a casual punch is already comparable to my former full-force burst."

"My physical fitness is at least at the Intermediate War God Level, perhaps even the High War God Level!"

Based on his vague sense alone, Yang Wu could confirm that he was at least an Intermediate War God. However, he still needed equipment to test exactly how much punching force he possessed.

Seeing the punch-testing machine in the corner, Yang Wu walked over and threw a full-force punch at the target.

"193,542 kg."

The punch target shook violently, and the testing machine's display immediately showed the answer Yang Wu wanted.

Intermediate War God Level!

With his physical fitness at the Intermediate War God Level and his mastery of the third level of the Extinction Spear Technique, a fourfold burst of force allowed him to unleash 770,000 kilograms of punching force with one punch.

"However, this spear..."

Yang Wu walked over to the weapon rack and picked up the Po Jun Spear, intending to practice his spear technique for fun. Yet he discovered that its weight felt wrong—it had become lighter again.

That made sense. With the drastic improvement in his physical fitness, his weapons and equipment could no longer keep up. This scene was so similar to what had happened before.

Yang Wu carefully examined the Po Jun Spear that had accompanied him in battle for a month.

At last, it was being retired.

Although he had long realized this would happen, he had not expected that before the month was even over, this Po Jun Spear would truly become a collector's item.

"Ah, I'll buy another one!"

Arriving in the audiovisual room, Yang Wu entered the website address. After passing fingerprint verification, he successfully logged into Limit Home.

"Hmm? I have mail?"

The moment he entered the website, a message at the top of the homepage kept flashing a notification—"You have one unread email!"

Yang Wu immediately opened his inbox with the controls. The subject line read—War God Palace Notification.

"Huh, what a coincidence?"

Yang Wu was somewhat surprised. He had only broken through less than ten minutes ago, yet someone had found out so quickly?

He hurriedly scrolled to the bottom of the screen and checked the email's reception time.

August 16, 2056!

All right, he had overthought it!

The communications watch Yang Wu currently wore had been purchased for him by Han Xiu last month.

Yang Wu had long known that communications watches had backdoors, so he had only activated its communication function and balance-change notifications.

It was not that he had no use for its other functions. He simply intended to replace the watch, so he felt there was no need to activate them at all.

Opening the email, Yang Wu carefully read through it.

Generally speaking, anyone who reached the Advanced Warrior Level would be informed about the War God Palace.

Of course, if an Advanced Warrior Level fighter had limited potential and no hope of ever reaching the War God Level, it would be difficult for them to learn of such things. There was no need for them to know, either.

After reading the email, Yang Wu returned to Limit Home's homepage. He entered the online marketplace, selected the weapons list, then entered the cold weapons category.

He soon found the Po Jun Spear series.

Po Jun Spear Series, A6 model—Price: 20 million Hua Xia currency at full price, 10 million Hua Xia currency at half price. Requirement: One-Star Contribution Points.

With Yang Wu's Intermediate War God Level physical fitness, he needed at least a Series 9 Po Jun Spear. He directly dragged the weapons list to the bottom.

Po Jun Spear Series, A9 model—Price: 3 billion Hua Xia currency at full price, 1.5 billion Hua Xia currency at half price. Requirement: Three-Star Contribution Points.

Po Jun Spear Series, SS Grade—Price: 30 billion Hua Xia currency at full price, 15 billion Hua Xia currency at half price. Requirement: Four-Star Contribution Points.

"Damn..."

Yang Wu checked his balance. He only had a little over 200 million, which might only be enough to buy an S-Grade Weapon's ornament.

"Let me check the price of combat suits too, so I can give up on that idea sooner."

Combat suits were life-saving equipment, naturally making them the most expensive gear a warrior wore.

Yang Wu's current combat suit, including the bracers, combat boots, and the rest of the set, was only a D6-series combat suit. It could only withstand the bites of most Advanced Beast General Level monsters.

To withstand the tearing attacks of most High Lord Level monsters, one needed at least a D9-series combat suit.

Combat Suit Series, D9—Price: 12 billion Hua Xia currency at full price, 6 billion Hua Xia currency at half price. Requirement: Three-Star Contribution Points.

Yang Wu assessed his own strength. If he fought a High Lord Level monster, the safest option would actually be to buy an SS-grade combat suit.

After all, a Series 9 S-grade combat suit could only withstand the bites of most S-grade High Lord monsters. It was not guaranteed to withstand them all.

War God Palace.

Yang Wu thought of the War God Palace. Buying weapons there at the best price was even cheaper than Limit Home's half-price discount.

A full S-grade combat suit cost 12 billion at the martial arts hall's full price and 6 billion even at half price, but the best price at the War God Palace was only 4 billion Hua Xia currency.

However, no matter how much the price dropped, it could not change the fact that he could not afford it.