Skin Refining Perfection

"Ah!" "Ah!" "This is bad!"

"It's a Martial Artist, this kid is definitely a Martial Artist! Brothers, run!" The bald guy standing next to the bearded man shouted loudly at the people behind him, having watched Luo Yi's decisive move.

These thugs, who usually only dared to bully ordinary townsfolk, had never seen such a scene. They were so terrified by Luo Yi's swift and brutal actions that yellow liquid involuntarily streamed from their crotches.

Aside from the bald guy, who still had the strength to crawl away, the other three were frozen in place, their legs trembling uncontrollably. They couldn't move.

Seeing their terrified state, Luo Yi exerted force with his legs and caught up to the fleeing bald guy in a few steps.

Crack.

He split the bald guy in half with a single strike.

The three trembling figures standing in place watched as another brother was cleaved in two. Besides the residual yellow liquid on their pants, a strange foul odor emanated from where they stood.

"Such weaklings! So cowardly! And they dare to try robbing others," Luo Yi couldn't help but grumble.

Having personally witnessed the man before them slay the bearded man and the bald guy with a single strike, the three men, on their knees, begged for mercy:

"Big brother, don't kill us! We are from the Green Wolf Gang. Please don't..."

"Green Wolf Gang, I wasn't looking for you, and yet you come to provoke me." A fierce glint flashed in Luo Yi's eyes as he swung his Dao.

Crack! Crack! Crack! The heads of the three men rolled into the depths of the alley.

He casually found a corpse and wiped the bloodstains from his Dao.

Luo Yi then searched through the bodies of the others. In the end, all their possessions combined amounted to only a few thousand copper coins, not a single tael of silver.

"A bunch of poor devils. They don't even carry much silver when they come out to rob," he cursed. Luo Yi walked to the end of the alley, picked up the grain he had placed there, and headed in the direction of his home.

Dong, dong, dong.

"Who is it!" Hearing the knocking at the door, Luo Xi rushed into the kitchen, holding a cleaver, and cautiously approached the courtyard gate.

"It's me! Xiao Xi."

Hearing her brother's voice from outside, Luo Xi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly opened the courtyard gate.

Luo Yi entered the courtyard and locked the gate. He looked at his younger sister, who was holding a cleaver, and rubbed the little girl's head, praising her.

"Well done, Xiao Xi. When I'm not here, don't open the door for any strangers."

Praised by her brother, Luo Xi's mouth stretched into a grin that almost reached her ears. She looked at Luo Yi, who was carrying bags and packages.

"Brother, what did you buy today? Why so much?"

"Xiao Xi, the county might be a bit unstable for a while. I bought more food just in case."

After explaining the reason to his younger sister, Luo Yi put the food in the kitchen. He returned to the courtyard and began practicing the "Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique."

"Brother, time to eat!"

After practicing for about three hours, it was noon. Hearing his younger sister's voice, Luo Yi stopped practicing. They ate a simple lunch.

Luo Yi sat on a stone stool under the large banyan tree and mentally opened his status panel. He looked at the "Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique," which was only 80 points away from leveling up, and thought.

The Green Wolf Gang was scared off by the Constable this morning, but they would return sooner or later. Also, with the large number of refugees flooding the county recently, it seemed the Qingzhou rebels wouldn't be too far from Yunlu County either.

Strength, strength, he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible. He had originally planned to raise the "Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique" through diligent practice, but now Luo Yi changed his mind.

He directly used 8 Energy Points to max out the progress of the "Fierce Tiger Skin Refining Technique."

Crack.

He felt a certain shackle within his body break, and his skin surface was wracked with excruciating pain.

His "bronze" skin, which had covered his body, peeled off completely like a snake shedding its skin, revealing fresh, bloody flesh beneath.

As the "bronze" skin completely sloughed off, new skin began to grow on the exposed flesh.

The newly grown skin on his body emitted a faint glow, appearing crystal clear and translucent.

As the new skin completely covered his entire body, the realm advancement concluded.

Luo Yi, whose face had been contorted in pain, gradually relaxed.

"So satisfying." Feeling the immense power surging within him, this feeling of being full of strength was truly intoxicating!

Luo Yi sat on the stone stool, carefully savoring the gains from his realm advancement. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at his crystal-clear skin, which now had a jade-like luster.

Is this the "Skin Refining" perfect realm? I wonder how much it has improved my strength?

He stood up and looked at the stone table beside him. He bent down and slid under it, then exerted force.

"Hup!" With a shout, he lifted the stone table, which weighed nearly a thousand jin.

Feeling that he still had some strength left, Luo Yi placed the four stone stools on top of it.

"Hup!" Using all his might, he barely managed to lift the stone table with the stools on it.

Knowing his physical limit, Luo Yi returned the stone table and stools to their original positions.

The stone table weighed around a thousand jin, and each stone stool weighed about 150 jin. In total, Luo Yi's current strength was at least close to 1,500 jin.

Hearing her brother's voice from the courtyard, Luo Xi in the room had just stepped out of her room.

He saw Luo Yi lift the stone table and stools, his heart filled with shock. Was this still his own thin Tongsheng brother?

Despite her doubts, Luo Xi couldn't help but exclaim:

"Brother! How are you so strong!"

Hearing his younger sister's gasp, Luo Yi turned his head, looking at his younger sister whose mouth was wide open, and said with a smile:

"Practicing martial arts! Your brother is a peerless genius in martial arts!"

Listening to her brother's wild boasting, Luo Xi couldn't help but laugh.

After chatting with his younger sister for a few sentences, Luo Yi began to test his speed and defense.

He struck a pose, exerted force with his legs, and took a step, appearing six to seven meters away. Compared to the five meters of a Great Accomplishment step, the speed increase at the Perfected realm wasn't as significant as the strength increase.

Let's try again. This crystalline skin, how strong was its defense?

He drew the Dao hanging from his waist. His current strength was too great, and Luo Yi wasn't confident in his skin's defense. For the first strike, he only used one-tenth of his strength.

"Zzzt." The blade grazed his arm, producing tiny sparks. Only a faint white mark appeared on his skin.

"So strong!" The skin's defense far exceeded Luo Yi's imagination.

"Again!"

This time, Luo Yi used thirty percent of his strength.

"Zzzt." A large amount of sparks erupted where the Dao's blade rubbed against his skin.

The white mark on his skin deepened, and small wounds appeared in the center, from which blood seeped.

What kind of defense is this? Looking at the wound on his hand, Luo Yi couldn't help but sigh:

His current thirty percent strength was at least four to five hundred jin. A Martial Artist at the Great Accomplishment of Skin Refining could only muster five to six hundred jin.

With such formidable defense, in the future, only Martial Artist at the Great Accomplishment of Skin Refining wielding weapons could injure him.

Even if ordinary people stood still and let them attack, they wouldn't be able to break Luo Yi's defense.