Song Hailong had moved into second place on the track after overtaking Hu Yuntao.
Yet there was not the slightest hint of joy on his face. He only stared fixedly at Yu Xinghan in the distance.
"That man..."
To Song Hailong, the only opponent in this race was Yu Xinghan.
At that moment, the muscles all over Song Hailong's body had drawn tight. He looked a whole size thinner, filled with the sleek beauty of a streamlined form.
Relying on his powerful control over Imitation Demon Muscle, he had temporarily reshaped himself into a speed-oriented form.
Thanks to its immense malleability, Imitation Demon Muscle allowed students who had undergone the modification to continuously retract the beast-like traits on their body surfaces as their bodily control improved.
For a top student like Song Hailong, who had already undergone an Elephant Muscle implant, adapting to Imitation Demon Muscle was not difficult. As his bodily control continued to rise, he could even temporarily alter the form of his physical body to enhance his speed.
Though the speed gained this way was only explosive and lacked controllability, making it unusable in the previous stage, it was perfectly suited for this contest of speed.
Every muscle fiber contracted to the extreme before erupting, like springs forged from steel rebar, unleashing surging kinetic force.
With every violent beat of his heart, blood was pumped into every muscle throughout his body, continuously transporting boundless energy and dispersing the effects of various medicines through his limbs and bones.
"But it's still not enough."
"If I want to defeat Yu Xinghan, this still isn't enough."
Song Hailong recalled his failures over this period. Again and again, he had fallen before Yu Xinghan, losing to that man in every aspect—Dao Heart, Magical Power, athletics, Martial Arts, Dao Arts...
He recalled