Deep winter had arrived.
The drips beneath the eaves had frozen into a row of smooth icicles, while the rooftops lay buried beneath thick white snow, as though wearing snow-white caps. Looking down from above, all one could see was an endless expanse of white throughout the city.
A patch of snow in the rear courtyard had been cleared away. Chen Mu stood at its center, wearing only a short-sleeved shirt with both arms bare, yet not a trace of chill could be seen on him. Instead, billowing white heat constantly rose from his body.
The heat forced the nearby ice and snow to slowly melt.
"Raging Bull Horn Thrust." "Raging Bull Stomp."
With every breath Chen Mu took, scorching air turned into dense white vapor that burst from his nose and mouth. His entire body resembled a wild bull charging through the snow, solid and heavy, every movement brimming with power.
When he stood still, the tough membrane of skin tightly bound every muscle on his body, leaving scarcely any visible change in his outline. There were only faint bulges of muscle, making him seem like an ordinary practitioner of rough martial arts. But once he moved and his arms exerted force, his muscles immediately drew taut. A faint humming could be heard as they propped up skin as tough as copper and steel.
Suddenly.
Chen Mu changed his stance. The originally weighty, steady Wild Bull posture abruptly transformed into something light and keen. Raising his head to the sky, he pounced and leaped, rising nearly two zhang from the ground.
"Heavenly Wolf Howling at the Moon." "Heavenly Wolf Chasing the Sun."
This was the skill of another Body Tempering Method, the Heavenly Wolf Lian Rou Method. It imitated the Heavenly Wolf among demon creatures. Legend had it that