Dragon Blood!

There were a total of five reward clauses, matching the number in the contract Luo Feng had signed with Limit Martial Hall, but their contents were worlds apart.

Things like Dragon Blood, the Black God Set, and a full set of any secret manual aside, while immensely valuable, they could still be measured in monetary terms to some extent. But the Thousand-year Snow Orchid and the Ten-thousand-year Purple Gold Wood Heart were certainly beyond the measure of Earth's currency!

Otherwise, they could not possibly have earned the thousand-year and ten-thousand-year suffixes from Hong.

As for the secret manual Lightning Flash and the Universe-level Smart Fighter Jet, those were things only Planetary-level beings could access. Although the requirement was to possess Planetary-level combat power within ten years, these things were being given away for free!

Not to mention the rewards with no requirements at all!

An SS-class Combat Suit, a Full Set of Weapons, a complete set of the Annihilation secret manual, and one portion of Dragon Blood.

In other words, Vinina only needed to sign this contract to immediately obtain treasures and equipment worth hundreds of billions!

How could she possibly refuse?

When it came to money, he really threw it around!

Thus, when Vinina emerged from the villa again, she had become a core member of Limit Martial Hall. By the time she returned to her residence, the SS-class Combat Suit, SS-class Dragon Roar Battle Spear, complete set of Annihilation manuals, and Dragon Blood—items worth hundreds of billions in total—had already been delivered.

Taking out the black wooden box containing the Dragon Blood, Vinina headed to the underground chamber beneath the villa. After locking the door, she opened the box, revealing a test tube secured in foam.

The test tube contained golden blood, filling roughly one-third of its volume.

"This is Dragon Blood?"

Vinina took it out and held it up to the fluorescent light.

Under the refracted light, the golden blood made one's heart tremble.

If no one explained it, who would believe this thing could double a Martial Artist's base strength and was worth as much as eighty billion?

"My Punch Power is currently 8,100 kg. Doubled, that would be 16,200 kg, barely enough to reach the standard of a Mid-level Battle General."

Vinina stared at the test tube in her hand, countless thoughts running through her mind.

Using it now would clearly be a loss.

After all, because she had trained for too short a time, Vinina's base strength was still far below the level it should have reached. Given a few more months, she could raise her base strength to 20,000 kg or even higher through her own efforts!

After all, she would soon begin climbing the Black Dragon Engraving rankings, allowing her to gain more time in the Ancient Civilization Gravity Chamber. That thing could make her progress twice as fast with half the effort.

By then, Dragon Blood would be even more effective.

But after thinking it over for a moment, Vinina still decided to use it immediately.

After all, Dragon Blood did not provide a fixed doubling effect. That was merely an approximate figure. One's strength was the main factor affecting the outcome. If a Warrior-level Martial Artist used Dragon Blood, their strength could even increase to more than four times its original level!

Vinina's current physical fitness was at the Initial Battle General level. The benefits she gained from using Dragon Blood now would be less than if she waited until she had cultivated herself to the Mid-level Battle General or even High-level Battle General stage, but no one could say exactly how much less.

To wait several more months for an uncertain additional increase was simply not worth it in Vinina's eyes.

Having made up her mind, Vinina no longer hesitated. She lay flat on the floor, holding the test tube of Dragon Blood in her left hand. Then she pulled out the stopper, and an incredibly peculiar scent immediately spread through the room.

It was impossible to describe, but merely smelling it made Vinina's entire body go numb.

"Come on."

Murmuring softly, Vinina tilted the test tube and watched the heart-trembling golden blood drip onto the center of her chest. Then she set the tube aside and swiftly smeared the Dragon Blood over her entire body with both hands.

Her body reacted at once.

Her entire body grew scorching hot, as though a stream of heat were constantly surging through the meridians and blood vessels beneath her skin.

"That's it?"

Vinina frowned slightly.

Hadn't they said the process of using Dragon Blood would be unbearably painful, painful enough to make someone faint?

That was it?

Vinina could not help shaking her head slightly. She had already prepared herself to endure pain, yet it felt no worse than a severe cold. It left her somewhat disappointed.

Still, this was good too. She was not a masochist. If she could avoid pain, then naturally—

"Hmm?!"

Before Vinina could finish complaining internally, the heat flowing through her body seemed to have heard her and abruptly surged!

Violent pain crashed over her!

It felt as though tens of millions of ants were biting every inch of her body!

If Vinina had to describe it—

She could only say that even being sliced alive was not as bad as this!

Heat!

Numbness!

Pain!

Each sensation was excruciating. It had only just begun, yet beads of sweat were already rolling down Vinina's forehead. Every muscle in her body twitched, while the pounding of her heart resounded like heavy war drums!

"How the hell did Luo Feng endure this?"

Forcing herself to withstand the pain, Vinina's face turned pale, but she still cursed aloud.

If she had not constantly used fighting spirit to temper her will whenever she had nothing else to do—and if willpower did not include endurance and resilience—Vinina felt that she would have lost consciousness and fallen into a coma the instant the pain intensified.

"Endure it!"

Vinina gritted her teeth. Her beautiful face had twisted into a fierce grimace, yet she still slowly rose and sat cross-legged.

If she wanted to grow stronger, she had to be ruthless with herself!

Sweat dripped from her forehead as the flow of blood within her body continued to accelerate.

Across her body, muscles wriggled and convulsed like earthworms. Her entire body was burning hot, veins bulging and twisting beneath her skin!

Her heartbeat rang out.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Every beat was like the strike of a heavy drum!

But—

Her consciousness remained!

Though Vinina herself had become dazed by the end, she could still clearly sense every cell in her body madly devouring the strange energy carried by the golden blood, shedding useless genes before improving and perfecting themselves!

That was right, down to the cellular level!

And as time passed, Vinina's tendons, bones, membranes, muscles, skin, internal organs, and everything else underwent astonishing transformations in hardness and resilience!

Everything was happening swiftly!

Yet everything was also unbearably slow!

Every second was torture for Vinina!

Only after two hours did Vinina's body finally calm down. She lay flat on the floor, limbs spread wide, as though utterly drained.

But this exhaustion was not physical. It was mental!

After maintaining that position for nearly ten minutes, Vinina slowly rose. Seeing that her entire body was covered in black grime, she let out a long breath and headed straight for the bathroom.

After all, the filth covering her skin consisted of impurities expelled during the transformation of her cells.

After washing herself, Vinina found that, for some unknown reason, her skin had not turned the bronze color of forged steel like that of others who had used Dragon Blood. It remained as fair as before.