Douluo: I Am the Hammer King!
Chapter 42

Limit Strength: Sixty-Nine Thousand Jin! (Please Keep Reading)

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The innermost room of the Mimicry Cultivation Building.

Tie Xiong strode in excitedly.

Lu Qibin, Tai Nuo, and Tailong were inside the room. Looking at Tie Xiong today, they all felt that he had changed.

Even Tai Nuo sensed a hint of danger.

Could it be that the Little Monster had improved again yesterday?

Tie Xiong was not wearing his leg weights today.

He wanted to test the gains from absorbing the five-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

The Heaven Breaking Hammer appeared directly in his right hand.

The hammer was too light. Tie Xiong found it somewhat unsatisfying.

His physical condition had improved, but his Martial Soul had not changed in the slightest.

It still weighed two hundred and eight jin, while it felt like only twenty jin and eight liang in his hand.

Too light!

It seemed he needed to quickly make plans for an Immortal Herb and trigger a Martial Soul Evolution.

Tie Xiong stood before the enormous metal pillar, gripping his hammer in his right hand.

"Bang!"

A thunderous sound rang out.

Tie Xiong took two steps back, dissipating the force.

In his initial state, two thousand jin!

Without using Soul Power, his full-force strike had reached two thousand jin. As expected, it had doubled.

Tie Xiong was thrilled.

A yellow Soul Ring rose beneath his feet.

"Berserk State!"

This time, in Berserk State

Tie Xiong felt every bone and muscle in his body brimming with strength.

"Full-force strike!"

With another deafening bang, the entire metal pillar trembled.

Six thousand jin of force!

But he was not done yet. Tie Xiong took off his shoes.

With several soft pops, the External Soul Bone on his right foot appeared.

Lu Qibin's expression changed.

This External Soul Bone was Tie Xiong's secret. Even Tai Nuo and Tailong did not know about it.

For some reason, Tie Xiong had suddenly revealed it.

Tai Nuo and Tailong's eyes were already wide with disbelief as they stared at Tie Xiong!

"A Soul Bone?"

A Bear Paw three times the size of an ordinary foot.

Attached to his right foot, its Bear Claws, two inches long, were like sharp blades.

Its body was black, its patterns gold, and it radiated attack power.

Tie Xiong felt out the power of the Bear Paw.

His right foot exerted force first, then the muscles throughout his body transmitted that power as he delivered another fierce strike against the metal pillar.

Nine thousand jin of force.

The Bear Paw on his right foot had indeed evolved. Its boost to strength had already reached fifty percent!

And it did not only boost strength.

Using the External Soul Bone on his right foot felt the same as using his first Soul Ring.

It boosted resistance to abnormal conditions, defense, attack power, strength, and speed by fifty percent.

"Hahahaha!"

Tie Xiong threw back his head and laughed three times.

He felt that he had taken a huge step closer to becoming the Hammer King.

Without using Soul Power, his initial strength was now two thousand jin.

Using his first soul skill, Berserk State, his initial strength was six thousand jin.

Using the External Soul Bone, his initial strength was nine thousand jin.

If he also used the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, even if he only stacked the first hammer strike, his strength would reach nine thousand nine hundred jin.

"Teacher, there is no need to worry!

Senior Tai Nuo, Tailong, this is the External Soul Bone I obtained when I absorbed my first Soul Ring.

A few days ago, under the pressure of the headmistress's Red Dragon True Form, it completely fused with my bones.

I hope the Strength Clan will not spread word of it!"

Tie Xiong looked at the stunned Tai Nuo and Tailong.

His External Soul Bone had long since fused into one with him. After all, Liu Erlong, a powerful Soul Saint, was by his side.

When he absorbed his second Soul Ring, the External Soul Bone would definitely have appeared.

He had not planned to conceal it anymore.

Most importantly, after the External Soul Bone fused with him, it could not be stripped away.

"So it really is an External Soul Bone!"

Tai Nuo's envious eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

The Strength Clan still had some foundation, and they had heard of External Soul Bones.

"No wonder your strength is so great and your speed is so fast. This External Soul Bone is on your foot, so it must make up for your weakness in speed!"

Tailong was equally envious, though there was also a hint of longing on his face.

Would he get one too if he absorbed his third Soul Ring beyond his level?

"Next, I'm going to use the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer!"

Tie Xiong said to the three of them.

Lu Qibin and Tai Nuo exchanged a glance, both watching expectantly.

Tie Xiong's heart pounded rapidly as both calves began to exert force.

Repeated bangs rang through the room.

Tai Nuo's expression changed. The Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Tie Xiong displayed was natural and fluid.

"His hammer technique has reached perfection, moving as he wishes!"

Tai Nuo sighed.

Strength had limits.

This was Tie Xiong's realization after completing the eighty-one hammer strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer last night.

Last night, in his excited state of mind and with inexhaustible strength coursing through his body, Tie Xiong had executed all eighty-one strikes.

He had completely comprehended the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer. It was a divine skill.

The final eighty-first strike was something even gods could not withstand.

But precisely because of that, humans could not execute it.

Because the force stacked to the end was infinite, reaching a God Level. How could an ordinary human body endure it?

Naturally, Tie Xiong could not execute it either.

Then why had he been able to complete the eighty-first strike?

Because, fundamentally, the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer was a technique of exerting force.

It relied on borrowing force to bring the body's strength out to the greatest possible extent.

In theory, it had no limit and could borrow force endlessly.

But in reality, there was a limit.

Thus, Tie Xiong had already understood what Tai Nuo meant by the hammer technique reaching perfection with eighty-one strikes: using Limit Strength to complete all eighty-one strikes.

Rather than truly stacking force infinitely through the eighty-first strike.

Tie Xiong had realized this principle in that state yesterday.

If his body could reach a near-godly level, Tie Xiong was confident he could unleash the infinitely stacked eighty-first strike.

But now, Tie Xiong could only deliver the eighty-first strike according to his Limit Strength.

His hammer technique had reached perfection!

Initial strength: nine thousand jin!

After ten strikes, Tie Xiong's strength had reached twenty-four thousand jin.

Starting from the eleventh strike, each strike increased his strength by twenty percent.

Tie Xiong's movements became very slow.

The eleventh strike: twenty-eight thousand jin.

The twelfth strike: thirty-three thousand jin.

The thirteenth strike: thirty-nine thousand jin.

By then, Tie Xiong's entire body had begun to tremble. His heart, muscles, and bones were under an enormous burden.

The speed of the stacking had also slowed greatly.

The fourteenth strike: forty-eight thousand jin.

Lu Qibin and Tai Nuo beside him were both stunned.

Forty-eight thousand jin of force!

No matter how one dissipated or borrowed force, the force placed upon the body would not be small.

If such a strike landed on him, even Tai Nuo would have to deal with it at full strength.

But it had not reached Limit Strength yet.

"So that's it. No wonder I sensed danger just now. This strike can already injure me!"

Tai Nuo muttered.

The fifteenth strike: fifty-eight thousand jin.

The sixteenth strike: sixty-nine thousand jin.

This is my Limit Strength!

Tie Xiong understood in an instant.

To Lu Qibin and Tailong, if the force continued stacking higher, it would be terrifying beyond measure.

They even began to worry that Tie Xiong would Collapse.

But Tai Nuo smiled in gratification. Tie Xiong had already understood the true meaning of the Roaming Cloak Hammer Technique.

The seventeenth strike: sixty-nine thousand jin. The force did not change.

The eighteenth strike: sixty-nine thousand jin.

The nineteenth strike: sixty-nine thousand jin.

After the seventeenth strike, Tie Xiong's speed suddenly changed. His hammer strikes became incredibly fast.

Tie Xiong felt as though he were flying.

The burden that immense strength placed upon his body seemed to vanish in an instant.

Even his Soul Power consumption decreased.

This was the Limit State.

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