Body Defense Greatly Increased! Bones Like Profound Iron!

"You're definitely not right!"

Seeing the Hunter's strength, Shi Mingdong secretly thought his premonition was correct. He wanted to capture the Hunter to see what was wrong.

Shi Mingdong flipped his body, like a swimming dragon, and suddenly appeared behind Su Mo. The arrow Su Mo shot startled Shi Mingdong, and he naturally didn't dare to let Su Mo continue shooting from a distance. He wanted to get close and capture the Hunter.

However, Su Mo didn't want to grant his wish. With a light tap of his toes, he created distance from Shi Mingdong. His speed was so fast that Shi Mingdong could barely react. Immediately, Su Mo raised his hand and shot another arrow.

Facing such a swift and fierce arrow, Shi Mingdong could only dodge. This made Shi Mingdong extremely angry. As a genius from the prefectural city, when had it ever been so difficult to capture a Hunter from a remote mountain village?

He swung out a palm, and it seemed as if tidal waves surged from his palm. The dead leaves and broken branches on the ground in front of him were as if drawn by some suction, gathering in his palm. Just as Su Mo shot another arrow, he gathered these dead leaves and broken branches into a ball of leaves and violently blasted it towards the incoming arrow.

Bang!

The arrow Su Mo shot directly pierced and exploded the ball of leaves. The dead leaves and branches instantly burst apart, scattering from the air and falling down. In this fleeting moment, Shi Mingdong moved.

The distance closed. This time, he grabbed for Su Mo's shoulder. Just as he thought Su Mo would try to create distance again, Su Mo suddenly turned and punched out, smashing towards Shi Mingdong's palm.

Shi Mingdong was very confident. The Hunter in front of him couldn't block his claw. Boom! Shi Mingdong's palm collided with Su Mo's fist. Instantly, Su Mo's body trembled slightly, and he was forced back three steps.

Shi Mingdong, however, stood steady and took one step back.

Su Mo's expression was solemn. Were all Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists this strong? First, they easily dodged his arrows, and now they took his punch head-on and gained the upper hand.

Su Mo was deeply unsettled.

Shi Mingdong stabilized his body, his face calm, but his heart was churning like a stormy sea. Who was he? He was a renowned talent from the prefectural city, a prodigy in his family, who broke through to the late Body Tempering Realm at fifteen and was almost invincible among those of the same realm.

Moreover, his cultivation at the late Body Tempering Realm was intentionally suppressed, all to lay a solid foundation in the Martial Dao within the Body Tempering Realm. Otherwise, Shi Mingdong would have already broken through to the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, or even advanced to the Meridian Opening Realm.

It was precisely because he intentionally suppressed his cultivation that his foundation was so thick, and few people of the same realm were his match.

Only those true prodigies dared to contend with him!

But this small Hunter from a remote mountain village could fight him to a draw? Who would have thought?

Shi Mingdong shot out like lightning. He didn't think this Hunter from a remote mountain village could cause him any trouble. He wanted to let this Hunter know the consequences of angering him.

He waved his palms, like giant millstones churning the air in front of him. Clearly, this was another extremely powerful martial art technique. Seeing this, Su Mo's Great Strength surged around him. He didn't know any fist techniques, so he just threw punches one after another.

The air crackled with bang bang sounds, the sound of flesh hitting flesh, of muscles colliding.

Su Mo saw that all his punches were blocked by Shi Mingdong, and his heart grew even more solemn. He reached for the ancestral Hunting Knife at his waist.

He was ready to use the Basic Saber Technique. Yes, the Perfection level Basic Saber Technique!

"Stop! Stop fighting!"

Just as Su Mo was about to take out his ancestral Hunting Knife and use the Basic Saber Technique, Shi Mingdong suddenly shouted, urgently calling for a stop.

At this moment, Shi Mingdong was still in his fine clothes, unharmed, but his gaze towards Su Mo was extremely strange, even complex.

Seeing Su Mo stop, Shi Mingdong let out a sigh of relief, trying to hide it.

"My name is Shi Mingdong, from the Shi family of Northern Cold City. This is for you."

Then, Shi Mingdong took out a booklet from his embrace and threw it to Su Mo.

After that, Shi Mingdong left.

Yes, Shi Mingdong left. He finally realized where the problem was: if they continued fighting, he might get himself killed...

"Introduction to Martial Arts!"

Su Mo looked at the booklet in his hand, somewhat surprised. It was actually a book explaining the Martial Dao, detailing the Martial Dao Realms and the characteristics of each realm. Although he didn't know why Shi Mingdong gave it to him.

However, this Introduction to Martial Arts was extremely helpful for Su Mo, a complete novice in the Martial Dao.

"My name is Su Mo, from Qingliang Mountain, uh, I'm a Hunter."

Perhaps to reciprocate Shi Mingdong's gift, Su Mo spoke. But he wanted to return the favor, only to find he had nothing worthy to offer. He could only introduce himself.

However, Shi Mingdong, who had already walked far away, heard this and his mouth twitched violently. If one looked closely, blood was already seeping from the corner of his mouth...

Where was Northern Cold City? Su Mo didn't know. He only knew there was a large Qingshan Town outside Qingliang Mountain. But today's battle had served as a reminder: Martial Artists in the Body Tempering Realm were all very strong, not weak at all.

Su Mo felt he should be careful and continue practicing.

With Shi Mingdong's departure, the Green Wolf King, which he had beaten to the brink of death, was naturally left for Su Mo to finish off.

Su Mo stepped forward, his Hunting Knife slashing. The Green Wolf King, lying on the ground and heavily wounded, had almost no power to resist before Su Mo killed it. However, what surprised him was that the Green Wolf King's bones were very hard; even the ancestral Hunting Knife had difficulty cutting through them.

This was also why the Green Wolf King could withstand several of Shi Mingdong's moves without dying – its bones were too tough.

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The moment he killed the Green Wolf King, the Ancient Profound Pearl, which had been dormant within Su Mo's body, began to slowly rotate, emitting a faint glow. Inside the Ancient Profound Pearl, a phantom image of the Green Wolf King was roaring and struggling, wanting to break free.

Su Mo's thoughts moved, and the Ancient Profound Pearl's light intensified. The runes and imprints on it directly ground and devoured the Green Wolf King's phantom image. At the same time, that familiar warm current flowed and covered his entire body, strengthening his physique.

The innate talents of the Green Wolf King manifested.

[Iron Bones], [Wolf Howl]!

Su Mo directly fused these two innate talents. The warm current cleansed his body, and his bones emitted strange sounds, the sound of being tempered and polished. A moment later, the warm current disappeared, and Su Mo's bones underwent earth-shattering changes.

He gently moved the bones in his body, and they emitted crisp cracking sounds, like fine iron being vibrated. This greatly increased Su Mo's physical defense, along with enhancing his physical strength and speed.

The characteristic of Iron Bones is to strengthen and temper the bones throughout the body, making them as hard as profound iron. Of course, even if it didn't reach the level of true profound iron, Su Mo knew that the hardness of his bones had absolutely reached a terrifying degree.

Ordinary attacks were no longer effective against him at this moment.

Even if he faced Shi Mingdong again, he was confident he wouldn't be at a disadvantage in a palm-to-palm confrontation, because his physical body was now strong enough.

The characteristic of Wolf Howl was that Su Mo could let out a roar to intimidate surrounding wolves and make them submit. Its effect was generally negligible, but better than nothing.

Su Mo then packed up the several Green Wolves killed by Shi Mingdong nearby, along with the Green Wolf King, and the gray rabbit he had shot earlier.

Upon returning to Shuanglin Village, Su Mo remained very low-key. He first gave a portion of Green Wolf Meat to Uncle Chen Shan next door. Uncle Chen Shan finally noticed something different about Su Mo this time.

It wasn't that he discovered Su Mo had become a Martial Artist in the Body Tempering Realm, but rather that Su Mo's frequency of hunting beasts like Green Wolves was too high. Regarding this, Su Mo simply said, "Uncle, there's plenty of meat, eat to your heart's content."

Back then, Uncle Chen Shan had saved his life with a rabbit leg. Now that he had the ability, how could he not repay the kindness?

"Su Mo, you've really grown up. Perhaps it's just that I'm getting old!"

Seeing Su Mo's strong hunting skills now, Chen Shan couldn't help but lament his own old age. At the same time, he felt Su Mo was very low-key and practical. Even though he had hunted beasts like Green Wolves multiple times, he never boasted about it.

In this regard, Chen Shan also secretly kept Su Mo's secret.

Aunt Cui Hua even cried at one point.

Other elders in the village who had helped Su Mo also received Green Wolf Meat from him one after another. While they were touched, they also quietly kept the matter to themselves.

This resulted in very few people in the vast Shuanglin Village knowing that Su Mo had hunted several Green Wolves.

Everyone only knew that Zhang Tieshan and Zhang Hai, a father and son, had hunted a Plum Deer a while ago.

However, what everyone didn't know was that this Plum Deer wasn't hunted by them through their own skill, but was killed casually by Shi Mingdong, a genius from the prefectural city, and given to them.

"So that's why the Hunter seemed so strange. It's because this Hunter has the strength to kill me!"

On the other side, Shi Mingdong, who had left Green Wolf Ridge, traveled at full speed and arrived at a mountain hollow. He could no longer bear it, clutching his chest as he violently spat out a mouthful of blood. His face was incredibly pale, and his aura fluctuated weakly.

Clearly, Shi Mingdong was injured.

And the one who injured him was none other than Su Mo, the village Hunter he had previously looked down upon.

During his earlier exchange with Su Mo, Shi Mingdong became increasingly alarmed as they fought. Su Mo's physical strength was too immense. Even though his cultivation realm was higher, he still couldn't withstand Su Mo's head-on close-quarters combat. His internal organs were shaken by that immense force, causing varying degrees of internal bleeding.

This was also the reason Shi Mingdong called for a halt, because if they had continued, he would have been killed by the Hunter.

At the same time, he finally understood why he felt something was off when he first saw Su Mo. It was because Su Mo's physical body was terrifyingly strong, posing an unprecedented threat to him. However, because he looked down on Hunters, Shi Mingdong had never taken this feeling seriously.

But now he knew. It was his body warning him that he had encountered a stronger opponent.

As for giving Su Mo the Introduction to Martial Arts, it was because Shi Mingdong observed that Su Mo was a complete novice in martial arts, lacking even basic common knowledge.

And the reality was just as he thought. Su Mo only knew about cultivation realms, which he had learned from a Bearded Man at Black Wind Stockade.

He didn't even know that Body Tempering Realm cultivation required a martial art technique as a foundation.

This was why Su Mo always felt something was missing.

"After I go back and cultivate, and my strength increases, I will definitely return to Qingliang Mountain. By then, I will let this Hunter know how powerful I, Shi Mingdong, am, and tell him what a genius is."

"It's just a pity. If I had met this Hunter two years earlier, no, this prodigy, I would have definitely made him my follower!"

"But now, that Hunter should be eighteen years old. His roots are solidified, and his potential for molding is not high. The upper limit of his martial path is too low, almost sealed. He won't see much further martial path scenery. What a pity!"

Shi Mingdong circulated his cultivation technique, stabilizing his internal injuries. He secretly vowed to return to Qingliang Mountain once his strength increased to settle the score.

Although Su Mo was born in a remote mountain village near Qingliang Mountain, in Shi Mingdong's eyes, he was an undeniable prodigy.

However, he was too old, already eighteen. His roots were fixed, and the upper limit of his martial path was too low. He would likely not achieve much in martial arts in the future. What a pity.

But he didn't know that the next time he saw Su Mo, being able to see Su Mo's back would be enough for him to be proud!