Night fell.
Stars dotted the sky, and summer insects danced wildly.
A pregnant female mosquito slipped through a crack in the door and flew into the dim room.
It quickly locked onto its target: a naked red-haired woman sitting cross-legged on the bed.
Buzzing, the female mosquito swooped toward her like a wanton harlot.
Just as it was about to land on the woman's graceful body, it spontaneously combusted with a bang.
In less than a breath, the mosquito was reduced to ashes.
The woman slightly opened her phoenix eyes and glanced disdainfully at the mosquito's corpse in the air.
Her rose-petal-red lips parted slightly. She slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and said with a delighted smile, "I never expected this slave's heart's blood to be so pure. It let me break through to Silver Three-star in one go!"
"With this Bloodthirsty Demonic Art I got from the Dark Guild, I'll soon cultivate to Gold rank and become the greatest among Glory City's younger generation! Ye Han, just you wait. I'll repay you a hundredfold for the humiliation you put me through that day!" Shen Xiu clenched her dainty fist, her eyes gleaming with menace.
Meanwhile, in the underground cavern.
Chang Ping, who had endured for three days and nights, suddenly stood up.
His strength had already increased to over four thousand pounds. He was now a Silver Four-star Warrior.
After becoming a Silver Warrior, Chang Ping had naturally comprehended Dark Energy.
Dark Energy, also called Penetrating Force, could bypass an enemy's external defenses and directly damage their internal organs.
Silver Four-star could ignore 80% of an enemy's defenses.
"You little turtle bastard, you've had a good time watching Grandpa these past few days, huh? Come on, let Grandpa have a look at you too." Cracking his knuckles, Chang Ping passed the torch and strode straight toward the Black Water Mysterious Turtle.
The torches he'd exchanged for in the shop seemed to run on nuclear energy. As long as they weren't completely submerged in water, they'd keep burning forever.
The Black Water Mysterious Turtle had been watching Chang Ping the whole time. Seeing him come out without the torch, it immediately stood up and faced him head-on.
"Roar!"
It opened its bloody maw and snapped at Chang Ping's head, moving faster than a bullet shot from a gun.
If it hit, Chang Ping's head would burst like a watermelon, spraying juice everywhere.
"Slap Down!"
In Chang Ping's eyes, the Black Water Mysterious Turtle moved slower than a crawling snail. He merely tilted his head to dodge its lethal attack, then gave it a resounding slap.
With a bang, the turtle's head exploded like a light bulb, smashed to pieces by Chang Ping's palm.
The poor Black Water Mysterious Turtle was killed in a single move.
And to think, it had waited a full three days and nights just to get a hot meal!
It hadn't even blinked.
During those three days, Chang Ping had drunk only a few bottles of purified water he'd exchanged for in the shop. His stomach had long been rumbling with hunger.
Hunger overcame reason. He grabbed the Black Water Mysterious Turtle by the neck, put his mouth to the gushing wound, and sucked furiously.
In just a few minutes, he'd drunk every last drop of the warm Mysterious Turtle precious blood.
Once the blood reached Chang Ping's stomach, it was digested and absorbed in an instant.
Tens of trillions of cells greedily devoured the energy he'd taken in. Before long, they'd consumed all the Black Water Mysterious Turtle's precious blood.
At the same time, Chang Ping's muscles visibly swelled, gradually giving off a faint silver glow.
His once well-fitting clothes became too short and too tight, clinging to his skin like medicinal plasters and turning into a second skin.
"I'm so hungry!"
Even after finishing the Black Water Mysterious Turtle's vital blood, Chang Ping still felt ravenous.
His eyes glowed green. Without even roasting it, he grabbed the shriveled turtle by the neck and started devouring it.
Chang Ping gnawed away noisily, not sparing even the bones. He chewed them up and swallowed them all. To him, the Black Water Mysterious Turtle's bones were as crisp as roasted peanuts. A little force was enough to snap and grind them.
After a whirlwind of eating, all that remained of the Black Water Mysterious Turtle was its shell.
If he'd been able to bite through it, he wouldn't have spared even that porcupine-like shell.
"I'm still a little hungry..." Chang Ping rubbed his sharply defined abdomen.
Wait, that didn't feel right!
It used to feel soft to the touch. Why did it feel kind of hard and bumpy now?
Chang Ping lifted his robe and looked.
"Whoa! A golden legend!"
He had an eight-pack now, and every muscle felt as hard as No. 45 steel.
It seemed his attack power had increased, and his defense had gotten stronger too.
He could definitely punch Shen Xiu, that Silver Two-star Demon Spirit Master, so hard she'd stop menstruating.
"But the Sacred Family is full of experts, with at least three Black Gold Warriors. If I take Shen Xiu down now, the Sacred Family's experts might tear me apart. Better to play it safe and wait until I reach Black Gold One-star before getting my revenge."
There were plenty more Black Water Mysterious Turtles in the Cold Pond, enough to keep him fed for a while.
After returning to the safe zone, Chang Ping brought up the data panel.
He had nothing to do right now except look at the data panel.
Name: Chang Ping Gender: Virgin Boy Hobby: Beautiful women Talent: Physical Augmentation+ (increases strength by one pound per minute) Strength: 4321 (Silver Four-star) Soul Force: 13 (Spirit Master Apprentice) ...
You wouldn't know unless you looked. Once he did, Chang Ping laughed out loud—the data panel had changed!
"Holy crap?! Virgin Boy? I'm still a boy, damn it!" Chang Ping complained, his face dark with frustration. "It's one thing to change my hobby, but don't go changing my gender too! People could get the wrong idea!"
Speaking of which, what was the "+" after his talent?
Chang Ping tentatively tapped it.
"Whoosh!"
His strength instantly dropped by a hundred.
"Holy crap?! What's going on?" Chang Ping hurriedly opened his eyes wide and studied the data panel.
To his surprise, the note after his talent now read, "Increases strength by two pounds per minute"!
"So I can upgrade my talent by spending Strength Value? Awesome!"
Chang Ping immediately tapped the "+" again.
This time, his strength dropped by two hundred.
"Why did it get more expensive? Does it cost more with every upgrade?"
Even if it was expensive, he still had to upgrade. His dreams of becoming insanely cool and awesome depended on this talent.
He kept tapping until it read "increases strength by eight pounds per minute," then stopped, because the "+" after his talent had disappeared.
He didn't know whether he'd reached the upgrade limit or run out of strength.
Eight pounds of strength per minute meant 480 pounds per hour and 11,520 pounds per day.
In other words, he now needed only one day to become a Gold Star One Warrior. His leveling speed surpassed that of 99.99% of warriors worldwide.
There were pros and cons. His leveling speed was now almost ten times faster than before, so he got hungry even faster.
Fortunately, it was just ordinary hunger. His body hadn't changed in any noticeable way; he was still just as muscular.
"I can't keep starving like this. I need to eat something right now!" Chang Ping stood up and walked toward the porcupine-like turtle shell.
He'd used most of his strength to upgrade his talent. What remained wasn't enough to hunt the Black Water Mysterious Turtle, so he could only make do with chewing on the empty shell.
Those giant turtles were all lying in the water. Even if he had enough strength, it'd be no use if he couldn't swim.
Come to think of it, did the shop have anything that could help him fight underwater?
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