Super-Strong Drug Effects

Back in the dorm, Gao Wu took a hot shower first. He was not particularly afraid of the cold; being soaked all over just felt awful.

After changing into clean pajamas, Gao Wu sat on his bed and took out the Flying Squirrel Serum.

The dorm was hardly safe, so he only took one dose of Flying Squirrel Serum and one Neutralizing Agent.

According to the old man, truly wealthy people used drugs custom-tailored to their own genes. Clearly, Song Mingyue did not have that kind of money, so the standard Neutralizing Agent paired with it was less effective.

Gao Wu, however, did not intend to use the Neutralizing Agent. Song Mingyue had made it very clear: while the Neutralizing Agent reduced the drug's harm to the body, it also reduced the drug's effects.

With the Boundless Merit Book allowing him to closely observe his own condition, and the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation cleansing his body and mind, one dose of Flying Squirrel Serum would be enough for an accurate test.

If the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation could not cleanse the drug's negative effects, it would not be too late to use the Neutralizing Agent then.

Just as when he had first injected the Blood Dragon Agent, Gao Wu began by injecting two milliliters of Flying Squirrel Serum.

Intramuscular injection took effect extremely quickly. In less than a minute, Gao Wu felt an indescribably pleasant tingling numbness at the injection site, and the sensation rapidly spread.

Before long, his entire body was tingling inside and out.

It was hard to describe the feeling. It was like when your body itched and someone vigorously rubbed and scratched the itchy spot for you—it seemed a little uncomfortable, yet it also felt extraordinarily smooth and exhilarating...

The crucial thing was that the sensation penetrated deep into his marrow, his internal organs, even into his skull.

After the intense pleasure and exhilaration, Gao Wu felt his whole body floating lightly as though he had climbed into the clouds. The world seemed to vanish all at once. Only he truly existed; only his body and spirit truly existed; only that boundless delight and exhilaration truly existed!

After drifting in such a hazy state for quite a while, Gao Wu finally came to his senses.

The first thing he looked at was the syringe in his hand. A powerful urge rose in his heart: inject the remaining eight milliliters immediately. He did not want to wait even one second.

But his reason suppressed that instinctive urge. Such an intense impulse was clearly abnormal.

Gao Wu did not open the Boundless Merit Book. Instead, he directly recited the incantation in silence: "Azure Dragon flies into the heavens, Qi rises from the east. Ten thousand scales form its armor; its lifespan knows no bounds..."

Azure spiritual light transformed into an Azure Dragon that appeared and swam through Gao Wu's body.

After reciting the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation ten times in succession, Gao Wu completely calmed down and shook off the immense emptiness that followed that intense pleasure.

When he summoned the Boundless Merit Book, Gao Wu discovered that his lifespan had been reduced by a full seven days. That was only two milliliters of the drug, and he had even recited the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation ten times, yet this was still the result!

For an ordinary person, one dose of Flying Squirrel Serum would probably shave two or three years off their life.

The Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation was actually useless? Gao Wu found it somewhat unbelievable. To put it plainly, this was just a neurological drug meant for Martial Artists. How could it be so tyrannical?

Or was his mastery of the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation still insufficient, leaving him unable to cleanse the drug's neurological side effects?

After considering it for a while, Gao Wu gritted his teeth and injected all eight remaining milliliters into his body.

Since things had already come to this, he wanted to see just how harmful the Flying Squirrel Serum could be! With his one hundred and thirty years of lifespan, he could afford to lose a few years.

Very quickly, that tingling exhilaration surged over him like a tide, several times more intense than the first time.

When Gao Wu returned from the clouds to reality, he felt incomparably empty. Living seemed to hold no meaning at all!

At that moment, only injecting Flying Squirrel Serum again could give life meaning.

Fortunately, Gao Wu could still retain his basic rationality. He knew that all kinds of hormones were violently impacting his brain, affecting not only his six senses but even damaging his ability to think.

In essence, humans were creatures governed by all kinds of hormones.

So-called higher wisdom and thought all originated from the brain's neural tissue. The facts proved that neural tissue was extremely susceptible to all kinds of hormones.

It was said that only powerhouses at the Martial King level could basically break free of the body's limitations and maintain the independence and stability of their spiritual will.

Gao Wu silently recited the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation dozens of times before finally adjusting his mental state and recovering his deep tranquility.

When he looked at the Boundless Merit Book again, his lifespan had decreased by one hundred and nineteen days.

By that calculation, ten doses of Flying Squirrel Serum would consume three years of his lifespan. For him, that was not a problem at all.

Within two years, his Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation would be able to level up again. By then, he should be able to make up for all the lifespan he had lost.

From the current situation, the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation could also suppress the powerful sense of emptiness brought by the Flying Squirrel Serum and effectively restrain its addictiveness.

To him, addictiveness was the most terrifying part. Losing a few years of lifespan was not a major issue.

Gao Wu suddenly felt an intense hunger. He was so hungry that his vision swam, as though his stomach had opened a huge mouth and was madly devouring his body...

Fortunately, Song Mingyue had prepared Advanced Golden Ginseng Oral Liquid for him long ago. Gao Wu opened the cap and drank it in one gulp.

As one hundred milliliters of medicinal liquid flowed into his stomach, the intense hunger was immediately suppressed, and the body's various abnormalities swiftly vanished as well.

Before long, Gao Wu felt warmth spread all through his body, as if he were soaking in a hot spring. He felt extremely comfortable and relaxed.

He let out a satisfied breath of stale air, then sighed again. Just injecting a drug involved so many intricacies and placed such high demands on resources.

His talent was lacking, but he had a divine artifact in hand. His luck was not bad either—he had run into a rich beauty willing to keep him!

Song Mingyue was good in every way, except that she was too cold. As a friend, she was naturally the best friend under heaven; as a wife, though, she would be far too dull!

If Song Mingyue truly insisted on being with him, it would not be impossible. After all, her features were exquisite, and her legs were long...

Gao Wu let his thoughts run wild for a while before getting up to practice the Nine Dragon Forms twice, then performing one set with the Dragon-Roaming Sword.

The dorm was cramped, so he had to be especially careful when practicing swordsmanship. Gao Wu had only just injected the drug, and his hand was somewhat unreliable, so he barely completed one round before sheathing the sword.

Practicing swordsmanship in the middle of the night was mainly because he truly liked this sword.

In front of Song Mingyue, Gao Wu had to restrain himself somewhat. But in the dorm, he had no such reservations. He stroked the sword, unable to put it down.

Even when he slept, he placed the sword beside his pillow and fell asleep holding it...

When Gao Wu woke the next morning, he felt refreshed, clear inside and out.

He was progressing rapidly in the Nine Dragon Forms, and the results of sleeping with the Hidden Dragon Does Not Act method were getting better and better.

Without the appropriate testing instruments, Gao Wu could not be certain whether he had entered deep sleep. But every time he woke after a long sleep, he could feel vigorous life force, renewed from within to without.

Whether it was deep sleep or not, it showed that his sleep quality was extremely high, allowing both his body and mind to receive ample recovery.

When he opened the Boundless Merit Book, his agility had noticeably increased by 0.1 points, reaching 7.9.

Calculated proportionally, his reaction speed, explosive power, and other aspects had all risen by five percent. It was difficult to sense any obvious difference through his senses or bodily reactions.

An increase of 0.1 points in just one night—the drug's effects came fast and strong!

Looking at his lifespan again, it had decreased by another ten days. Clearly, as the drug took effect, its negative effects on his body also increased.

After pondering for a while, Gao Wu changed into his weighted clothing. Because his strength had grown rapidly, he had replaced it with thick steel plates in front and behind that hugged the curves of his body. It looked a little like an oversized bulletproof vest, and its total weight had reached one hundred and forty kilograms.

He slung the specially made high-elasticity sword case over it, adding another thirty kilograms.

After putting on his action camera and picking up the drone case, Gao Wu quickly headed down from the dorm. Once out of the school, he kept accelerating and ran up Bailong Mountain in half an hour.

The weather was getting colder and colder, and fewer young people came up the mountain to practice martial arts.

Martial Artists had tough bodies, but high-intensity training also placed enormous pressure on the body. Even if the youths were not afraid of the cold, they had to maintain their bodies and avoid needless depletion.

Only Gao Wu, relying on his formidable physique, dared to train at such terrifying intensity with utter abandon, completely unconcerned by harsh weather.

Standing atop the mountain and looking down at the great city below, then at the overlapping, endless distant mountains, a surge of heroic spirit naturally rose in Gao Wu's heart. Yet he always felt something was missing, and that heroic spirit had nowhere to be unleashed...

Over the next few days, Gao Wu settled into a fixed routine: cultivation, injections of Flying Squirrel Serum, cultivation...

On the weekend match day, they faced a weak team, and Gao Wu was not given a chance to play. He did not care about it.

The Flying Squirrel Serum was rapidly improving his neural reactions and greatly enhancing his muscular explosive power. His strength was advancing swiftly every day. He had no interest in fighting weaklings, either.

He only waited for next Sunday's home match against First Middle School. He wanted to see just how capable Han Yang, the student of Dongjiang First Middle School, truly was!