The gravity was indeed extraordinary. Being constantly subjected to such powerful pressure was undeniably beneficial to improving one's cultivation.
Other members of the Giant Stone Clan were practicing their martial skills inside the seventh-level Starfall Cave. People also came in from time to time. Lu Xiaotian continued exploring deeper into the cave. After going several dozen li in, the gravity kept increasing, from fifty times the usual force to more than ninety times.
Even moving was becoming difficult. This was about as far as he could go. Lu Xiaotian circulated his energy slightly, and his body bounded across the stone walls like a nimble demonic ape. In no time, his movements shifted again, and he descended from the air like a circling snow eagle. As he landed, both hands struck out repeatedly, the energy at his fingertips as sharp as an eagle's talons. Once on the ground, he turned and lashed out with a whip kick, like a tiger sweeping its tail.
In just a moment, Lu Xiaotian had shifted from the ape form to the eagle form, then to the tiger form. The various moves did not connect smoothly; their flaws were glaringly obvious. Rather than being alarmed, Lu Xiaotian was delighted. He had never stopped practicing these techniques while out in the world. He had already mastered several, and could perform them fluidly, even linking many of their movements together without the slightest hitch.
Only after becoming a Golden Core body cultivator had the power of the Ruyi Battle Armor truly come into its own. These techniques had also made him even more formidable in close combat. But he had practiced these moves out in the open. Now, inside the Starfall Cave, the powerful gravity had greatly slowed his movements, and actions that had once flowed together now