Reborn and Remade, Cleansing Marrow and Forging Bones

Whale Rubber was a special substance produced in the brains of whale-type sea Soul Beasts.

Even the Ice Empress considered ten-thousand-year Whale Dragon an invaluable treasure not to be missed.

It had excellent restorative effects for Soul Masters, strengthening the body and enhancing the endurance of muscles, bones, and meridians.

That was recorded in Peerless Tang Sect.

Huo Gua had relied on ten-thousand-year Whale Dragon to greatly improve his physical constitution.

It was practically a cheat.

Since Tie Xiong knew about it, how could he not make use of this advantage?

He had long asked Liu Erlong to help him search for high-quality Whale Rubber.

Yet after searching, he discovered that most Whale Dragon on the market was only a few hundred years old.

After all, this stuff was used as an aphrodisiac, and a few hundred years' worth was enough for some nobles.

Tie Xiong had originally planned that if he still could not find thousand-year or ten-thousand-year Whale Dragon before absorbing his second Soul Ring, he would just settle for a few-hundred-year one!

Until today, when Liu Erlong suddenly found one that was at least five thousand years old.

Tie Xiong was overjoyed.

He took off his leg weights and began running laps around the small lake.

One lap.

Two laps.

Three laps.

He kept running for a full half hour.

Tie Xiong then took out the Heaven Breaking Hammer, without relying on Soul Power at all.

Relying solely on his physical strength, he began performing the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

A humming sound of air tearing echoed beside the small lake.

Liu Erlong stood nearby, Whale Rubber in hand, watching Tie Xiong excitedly perform his hammer technique.

"Fifty-seven strikes! I can already perform fifty-seven strikes! Just wait—within half a year at most, I'll be able to perform the complete Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!"

Tie Xiong shouted toward the small lake.

Then, drenched in sweat and utterly exhausted, he ran over to Liu Erlong.

"Sis, let's begin!"

Liu Erlong nodded, and flames appeared in her right hand.

Under the scorching Fire Dragon flames, the Whale Rubber gradually began to change.

But the five-thousand-year Whale Dragon was indeed of exceptional quality.

Its hardness exceeded Liu Erlong's expectations. Only after she continuously fueled the flames did the Whale Rubber gradually melt.

A strange fragrance wafted from the Whale Dragon. It was extremely rich, yet condensed without dispersing.

It lingered only within a radius of about half a meter around Liu Erlong's hand.

The golden Whale Rubber gradually turned into a soft, gelatinous substance.

Tie Xiong stretched out both hands and activated Iron Forging Hand. His palms turned the color of black iron as he eagerly grabbed the golden gel.

He tore off a small piece of the scalding substance.

After blowing on it twice, he stuffed it into his mouth in one go.

Tie Xiong hurriedly sat down cross-legged.

The Whale Rubber entered his mouth with a thick fishy taste, but it quickly became a warm current that flowed into his chest and abdomen.

Without stopping, Tie Xiong tore off piece after piece of the soft gel and swallowed it.

Until the entire Whale Dragon had been eaten.

Tie Xiong felt warm currents flowing through his chest, abdomen, limbs, and bones. His body began turning red, and reddish-brown beads of sweat emerged all over him.

Tie Xiong had already exhausted himself just now, using up every bit of strength in his body.

Now, as the warm current flowed in, his muscles, bones, and meridians hungrily absorbed the energy like parched land receiving timely rain.

Tie Xiong felt indescribably refreshed.

In truth, Tie Xiong had begun practicing hammer techniques when he was just over a year old. Although he had medicinal paste, and later, after arriving at Shrek Academy, he told Flender about the Hair Crystal matter.

Shrek Academy's finances improved somewhat, meat was constantly available, and there were also fine medicinal herbs for body tempering.

But how could someone who practiced martial arts so often have no hidden injuries in his body?

Tie Xiong trained at an extremely high intensity, while the resources he used to replenish his nutrition only barely maintained a balance.

But now that he had Whale Rubber, this great tonic of pure yang and strength, Tie Xiong felt as though every cell in his body was cheering.

Every bone and muscle frantically absorbed the energy, making up for the damage his past training had inflicted on his body.

This Whale Rubber was far too beneficial for his body.

Tie Xiong was thrilled. This feeling was wonderful.

He began meditating. The several meridians through which his Soul Power usually circulated rapidly widened and strengthened. What had once been country paths had now become broad highways reaching the heavens.

His heart and blood were not to be outdone, strengthening his vitality and blood energy.

The greatest changes occurred in his bones and muscles. This energy flowed through more than six hundred muscles and over two hundred bones throughout his body.

Many of them were areas he could never normally train, yet they were all being strengthened now.

Gradually, his bones, meridians, and muscles had all been reinforced once over.

It was practically a complete rebirth, cleansing his marrow and forging his bones. Tie Xiong was exhilarated.

This was different from absorbing a Soul Ring, where Berserk energy destroyed and then rebuilt the body to make it stronger.

The Whale Dragon's energy was not so overbearing; it was directly absorbed by Tie Xiong's body.

As his body finished strengthening, the energy his body could absorb gradually reached saturation.

Yet this energy was still far from spent.

A series of popping sounds rang out.

Tie Xiong suddenly sprang to his feet.

The Bear Paw External Soul Bone on his right foot appeared.

The heat surged toward the External Soul Bone as if it had found an outlet.

The Bear Paw External Soul Bone visibly changed.

Previously, it had been a black Bear Claw. Now, rings of golden patterns appeared over its black body, dazzlingly bright and sharp.

Even its size changed. It grew a full circle larger. It had previously been twice the size of his foot, but now it was three times as large.

Golden patterns also appeared in the black fleshy energy beneath the Bear Paw, filling it with a sense of power.

Tie Xiong felt like he could jump high enough to touch the sky.

But even then, the energy within his body still remained.

With nowhere to go, the energy caused his body temperature to soar rapidly.

Tie Xiong entered an excited state. His eyes turned red, and his mind fell into a hazy state that was both clear and unclear.

He felt that he had to find an outlet. If this continued, he would lose control.

Tie Xiong suddenly stood up, the Heaven Breaking Hammer appearing in his hand.

The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer naturally began to unfold.

There was an obsession in Tie Xiong's mind: to perform the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer through eighty-one strikes and bring the hammer technique to completion.

Now, endless energy filled his entire body.

His mind had also entered an excited state, so that obsession naturally surfaced.

Yet the results were unexpectedly excellent. His strengthened body was extraordinarily nimble, coupled with his eight years of hammer training.

It allowed him to enter a state akin to enlightenment.

His mind was astonishingly clear.

He could precisely control every muscle.

The Heaven Breaking Hammer also seemed to become a part of his body.

At that very moment, Tie Xiong realized that a Martial Soul had always been part of the body.

The Heaven Breaking Hammer is me! I am the Heaven Breaking Hammer!

Tie Xiong's hammer technique became increasingly fluid, its power growing ever greater.

Even Liu Erlong beside him felt alarmed, fearing that Tie Xiong would be unable to control the accumulated force.

But Tie Xiong still seemed to have strength left to spare.

A heavy blow smashed into the ground.

Eighty-one strikes!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Tie Xiong threw back his head and laughed. He had finally done it.

Liu Erlong looked at the Berserk Tie Xiong. "Nothing's going to happen, right?"

Red steam rose from Tie Xiong's body, and his eyes were bloodshot. It was clear just how high his body temperature was.

He wasn't going to burn himself stupid, was he?

Only then did she feel some regret. She should not have let Tie Xiong eat so much at once.

Even if it was beneficial, she should have let him eat it little by little. Looking at him now, he had clearly taken too much.

And this Whale Dragon also had aphrodisiac effects.