### That was it.
Just six words.
Shi Kang clutched the jade slip, the hopeful look on his face shattering to pieces.
He had waited half a day, only for a single useless sentence?
He stood and walked toward the Bone Armor Tide beside him.
The girl was immersed in the quiet secret realm, her fingertips gleaming as she sat cross-legged, a faint smile hidden at the corners of her lips. Under the tenfold boost to her comprehension, she was making rapid progress.
Shi Kang felt a little jealous. In a place like this, the quiet secret realm treated the girl far too well, while he had to train his body alone. It was clearly trying to torment him.
Rather than sitting there foolishly, he might as well fight.
Shi Kang's eyes hardened. The path of body cultivation had never lain in meditation, but in fist and blood.
He stopped hesitating and strode out of the cave, plunging headfirst into the Bone Armor Tide that filled the mountains.
He did not use true qi, relying solely on the strength of his physical body to meet them head-on.
There was no dazzling light, no earth-shaking battle technique. There was only the pure explosion of physical strength.
With one punch, bones shattered and the bone beasts flew apart. More than ten Bone Armor creatures charging in formation were blasted into powder.
Yet the instant those Bone Armor creatures struck the ground, their broken bones wriggled together again, reforming and pouncing at him once more.
Shi Kang did not tire. Instead, he grew increasingly focused.
He did not force himself or rush. He simply concentrated on his movements.
When throwing a punch, how should his shoulders, elbows, waist, and hips exert force?
When kicking, how should his center of gravity sink into the