The blazing sun hung high. In the Blazing Fire Land, which covered a territory of several thousand li around, Lu Ye took off his shirt, bared his upper body, held the Crag Mountain Saber in his hand, and walked forward step by step.
He did not activate his Spiritual Power to protect himself, instead allowing the scorching heat around him to erode him, using it to increase his body's resistance to this harsh environment. At the same time, it let him feel the limits of what he could endure more directly.
Back when he had been a Mine Slave in Evil Moon Valley, because the labor had been intense and he had lacked food and clothing, Lu Ye's figure had still seemed somewhat thin and weak.
But after he stepped onto the path of cultivation, his physique had slowly strengthened. In particular, after he obtained that Scale Armor in Dragon Spring, the enhancement of his physique had been visible to the naked eye.
At this moment, his bare upper body was covered in lean, powerful muscle, as well as crisscrossing scars left by sharp weapons.
These scars were all marks of the bloody battles he had fought against enemies.
In truth, the last time he had returned from the Inner Circle to the Crimson Blood Sect and stayed for a month, Second Senior Sister had already used the methods of a Medical Cultivator to remove the remaining scars on his body.
But cultivators could hardly avoid fighting and killing others. Old scars vanished, and new scars were added; it was only too normal.
Sweat slid down his spine and chest, then quickly evaporated. Even a Heaven Seven cultivator like Lu Ye had to take out his water pouch from time to time to replenish the moisture he was losing.
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