Iron Body (Seeking Monthly Votes)

In the refinement pool, time flowed by.

In the blink of an eye, several hours passed.

By now, many people in the refinement pool had contorted faces and were trembling all over.

Starry Sky Energy possessed Extraordinary characteristics, fundamentally altering the human body.

This process was akin to cells breaking apart and reorganizing.

The longer the modification lasted, the greater the pain endured, but correspondingly, the greater the benefits.

"Ah!"

Finally, someone couldn't take it anymore, let out a roar, and fled the refinement pool in a sorry state.

They left through the passage entrance.

After a while longer.

More and more people tremblingly got up and left the area.

Time continued to pass.

In the blink of an eye, this Starry Sky Refinement had been ongoing for three hours.

One hundred people had already successively left the refinement pool.

On the suspended platform.

Zhang Jianwu watched this scene and nodded slightly, saying, "Those participating in the Starry Sky Refinement for the first time have basically finished their refinement."

The pain of the first Starry Sky Refinement was generally unbearable.

Being able to endure until this point was considered exceptionally outstanding.

Cao Feng nodded, "The longer one cultivates the refinement method, the longer they can endure the pain."

"These first-timers have just begun, so naturally, they can't hold on for much longer."

Speaking of which, he looked at Jiang Ye with some surprise.

"This kid is still holding on," Cao Feng's eyes widened in astonishment.

Zhang Jianwu was not surprised.

He had long known that Jiang Ye's Martial Will was quite powerful.

Even if he hadn't begun the advancement method, he could still endure for a longer period.

However, as time went on, the pain intensified, and Jiang Ye should soon be unable to continue.

In the refinement pool.

Jiang Ye was completely unaffected by the outside world.

He closed his eyes tightly, sensing the starlight within his Guanyuan Acupoint.

"Three hours have passed, and the starlight in my Guanyuan Acupoint has exceeded three hundred strands."

Jiang Ye calculated, "But to completely fill the Guanyuan Acupoint, it should require nearly ten thousand strands of starlight."

Looking at it, there was still a significant gap.

But Jiang Ye was currently full of confidence.

Because not long ago, he had noticed something that filled him with pleasant surprise.

"As the pain continuously intensified, the speed at which I absorb starlight seems to have gradually increased!"

Jiang Ye speculated that this might be the effect of Finding Joy in Misery.

Under a state of pain, all his attributes received a considerable boost.

The increase in his overall attributes also accelerated his rate of absorbing starlight.

"The deeper the pain, the greater the increase."

Jiang Ye was secretly delighted, "According to this pattern, as long as I stay longer, the further into the process, the faster I will absorb starlight!"

Before.

He could only absorb a hundred strands of starlight per minute.

But now, he could absorb at least three hundred strands of starlight per minute!

However, the absorption efficiency hadn't changed; it was still 1%. Of the three hundred strands of starlight, less than three entered his Guanyuan Acupoint.

The increase in attributes couldn't change his innate talent.

But even so, Jiang Ye was still very pleased.

"Keep going," Jiang Ye thought to himself, "Strive to fill the Guanyuan Acupoint as soon as possible, and then refine it here."

The effect of refining in the refinement pool was undoubtedly better than refining alone after returning.

After all, the Star Energy in the Guanyuan Acupoint would also dissipate.

It was just that the dissipation speed wasn't that fast.

Jiang Ye closed his eyes and began to absorb at full speed.

Two hours.

Four hours.

Unconsciously, this Starry Sky Refinement had already lasted for more than seven hours.

At this moment, less than a hundred people remained in the refinement pool.

Half of these hundred people were students from Ancheng First Middle School.

From Ancheng Third Middle School, less than twenty people remained.

Outside the arena, Zeng Xueqing watched Jiang Ye in the refinement pool, her face filled with disbelief. "Is this guy crazy?"

"He can actually last this long!"

She considered her own strength to be similar to Jiang Ye's.

She had only lasted for less than four hours before withdrawing.

Yet, seven hours had passed, and Jiang Ye was still inside.

Not far away, Lin Xuan from Ancheng First Middle School had an even grimmer expression. "Damn it, is this guy cheating?"

"How can he last so long with his Primitive Talent!"

On the suspended platform.

Zhang Jianwu, Cao Feng, and Cang Haisong were also extremely surprised.

"Is this kid's Martial Will this strong?" Zhang Jianwu pondered with a frown. "His performance during the last Thunder Fire Trial wasn't this impressive."

Beside him, Cang Haisong suddenly said, "Old Zhang, have you noticed? His absorption speed seems to have increased!"

Zhang Jianwu and Cao Feng's eyes both sharpened.

They had noticed it too.

Previously, Jiang Ye could absorb at most a hundred strands of Star Energy per minute.

But now?

He was absorbing five hundred strands of Star Energy per minute!

"With this absorption speed, has he mastered the Advancement Method!?" Cao Feng exclaimed in shock.

The longer one cultivated the Advancement Method, the faster their absorption speed would naturally become.

However, this varied from person to person.

When Jiang Ye was absorbing a hundred strands per minute before, he thought it was highly unlikely he had mastered it.

After all, he didn't have the Primitive Talent to cultivate this technique, so it was hard to make a comparison.

But now, five hundred strands per minute?

He had definitely mastered it!

"More than mastered," Cang Haisong beside him also showed surprise. "This speed is even faster than Zhao Qingli and Lin Yushu!"

Zhao Qingli and Lin Yushu were both close to reaching great mastery in their refinement methods.

Could it be that Jiang Ye's Advancement Method was also close to great mastery?

What a cosmic joke!

Zhang Jianwu's eyes, however, flashed as he recalled something Chen Zilu had told him earlier.

"Could it be..." his gaze flickered.

Just then, in the refinement pool, Jiang Ye suddenly stood up.

"Hmm?"

The eyes of the three men sharpened.

"Is he finally about to give out?" Cao Feng looked at Jiang Ye.

But in the next second, Jiang Ye walked to another refinement spot and sat down again.

Seeing this, the corners of their mouths twitched.

"This kid, is he complaining that the Star Energy at his previous spot wasn't concentrated enough?" Zhang Jianwu and the other two were speechless.

As the Starry Sky Refinement had progressed to this point.

Everyone else was already at their limit, enduring immense pain.

Yet Jiang Ye was still dissatisfied with the amount of Star Energy and deliberately moved to a more concentrated spot to absorb it.

One had to know, the more concentrated the Star Energy, the more terrifying the pain it brought!

Could it be that Jiang Ye truly had a body of steel and felt no pain!?

"Interesting," Cang Haisong suddenly chuckled. "I'm starting to get curious about how long this student can last."

Time ticked by, second by second.

As the Starry Sky Refinement progressed, the later stages became increasingly agonizing with each passing minute.

Everyone felt as if they were in a furnace burning at a thousand degrees, enduring extreme pain.

Even Zhao Qingli bit her red lips tightly, her fair forehead covered in sweat.

As for Lin Yushu, he had long since abandoned any pretense of composure, his large, pockmarked face contorted in agony.

Another hour passed.

Wang Ziang finally couldn't take it anymore and withdrew from the refinement.

At this point, only two people remained from Ancheng Third Middle School.

Zhao Qingli, and Jiang Ye!

On Ancheng First Middle School's side, fewer than ten people were left.

Time continued to tick by.

The last few individuals from Ancheng First Middle School also left one after another.

It was the tenth hour of the Starry Sky Refinement.

Only three people remained in the refinement pool.