Beyond that, he also needed to deepen his cultivation of the Ape Clan Battle Method.
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His control over projecting and retracting his aura was still lacking. Remedying that deficiency could easily add another five percent to his strength.
Meng Chuan had already arranged to meet the Ape Lord the previous evening, asking him to help with sparring practice over the coming days.
With this two-pronged training approach, clearing the ninth floor's hidden challenge quickly was not out of the question.
And then there was...
Meng Chuan considered his options. As his startling wisdom worked, various "unorthodox" methods for rapidly improving his strength surfaced in his mind. He committed them all to memory, planning to try each one during this period.
An opponent at the seventh tier, and no ordinary seventh-tier opponent, either. Only by giving it everything I have will I stand a chance...
He pondered until his mental energy had mostly recovered, then closed his eyes and recalled the [Esoteric-Exoteric Perfectly Integrated True Dragon Art], beginning to study it.
As Meng Chuan had suspected, the essence of this immensely powerful secret art, which reached perfection at its ninth level, lay in exploring and developing the body's meridians until they ultimately underwent a transformation.
It sounded somewhat like the meridian training involved in human Stake Techniques, but after experiencing it himself, Meng Chuan understood that the two were entirely different.
Looking inward, he saw his meridians spread clearly throughout his body, surging starlight illuminating the darkened regions.
Although humans and apes both belonged to the furred class of creatures, their bodies differed. Meng Chuan still needed to adjust these meridian diagrams slightly before cultivating the art, adapting them to the human body.
*This truly is a supreme secret art. Aside from not involving comprehension or cultivation