If Lu Hao wanted to take on an early-stage Rank Eight, his physical strength was still a weakness. His attacks were powerful, but he could not instantly kill a Rank Eight. If a Rank Eight's power of heaven and earth struck him directly...
With his current body, Lu Hao would be slapped to death in a single blow. So his next step was to break through, then keep breaking through.
Advancing from peak Rank Seven to Rank Eight was not difficult, either. He just had to temper his bone marrow, then temper his golden body to reach Rank Eight.
In the New Martial era, a typical peak Rank Eight could complete five temperings of the golden body. Completing the first tempering meant entering Rank Eight, the second meant reaching early-stage Rank Eight, and the third meant reaching middle-stage Rank Eight. Lu Hao planned to use Slaughter Points to achieve a Second-Tempering Golden Body in one go, taking him straight to early-stage Rank Eight.
Lu Hao was confident about this. After all, he still had over a hundred thousand Slaughter Points left. During the transformation that accompanied his breakthrough, he could simply pour points into himself until he reached the second tempering.
After that, he would go to the King Battle Land and quickly complete the Ninth Tempering of the Golden Body and the Nine Forgings of Spiritual Sense. Then he would be able to match even a powerful Rank 9.
Lu Hao checked his condition. He had only just finished tempering his skull, and it was still being nourished.
There was no rush to break through over the coming days. Tempering bone marrow might be difficult for others, but it was easy for Lu Hao.
He could simply use Slaughter Points to brute-force a miracle. All he had to do