Inside the hospital ward.
The instant Fang Qingyu opened his eyes.
It seemed that white lightning flashed deep within his pupils.
He slowly spread open his palm, and a faint, intangible qi vortex coiled around his fingertips.
Though its shape was invisible, it seemed to create faint ripples in the air.
Just like the waves of heat rising from a road in midsummer.
Fang Qingyu activated the Dragon-Tiger Force.
Two roars like peals of thunder suddenly exploded beside his ears.
A deep dragon roar came from his left ear, while a violent tiger's howl shook his right.
The two waves of sound collided inside his skull, numbing the crown of Fang Qingyu's head, yet they fused into a clear stream at the qi core in his dantian.
Looking down, he saw fine golden and silver patterns moving beneath the skin of both his arms.
"Is this the Dragon-Tiger Force?"
Fang Qingyu casually picked up the stainless-steel kettle beside the bed. With only a slight exertion of his five fingers, clear fingerprints sank into the kettle's body like it was dough.
He stared at the scene, somewhat dazed.
Just how much had the Dragon-Tiger Force increased his strength by!!?
He then got out of bed.
He stood on the floor.
The qi core in his dantian trembled slightly, and a current of qi flowed along his spine toward all four limbs and every bone in his body.
He could clearly feel that every bone seemed to have been reforged from darksteel, while his muscle fibers twisted together beneath his skin like steel wires.
He didn't know if it was just an illusion.
Fang Qingyu picked up the fruit knife beside him and slowly brought it toward the intangible force surrounding the surface of his skin.
But he stopped.
Even when he