A month later.
Xu Yue, seated cross-legged in the center of the secret chamber, slowly opened his eyes. A flash of dazzling golden divine light streaked through them.
"Phew!!!"
He let out a long breath of stale air, his exhalation deep and steady, brimming with immense vitality.
As he carefully sensed the changes within his body, Xu Yue felt a surge of delight.
This cleansing by the Golden Tree's origin, combined with the energy released by the unsealing of the second layer of the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, had enhanced him in every aspect.
First came his physical body.
Under the continuous stimulation of the Golden Dragon King bloodline's energy and the nourishment of the ancient tree's origin, his physique had undergone unprecedented strengthening.
If his bones, after forging the "Star Rock Dragon Bone," had previously possessed strength comparable to the metal used in two-word battle armor—
Then now, their toughness was not far from the soul-forged alloys used in three-word battle armor.
His pure base strength had nearly doubled, and the strength of one arm had firmly surpassed several dozen tons.
Once he activated the Rock Dragon King's dragon transformation, his power could surge even further. If he then added the fifty-percent boost granted by the Blood Essence Soul Ring's soul skill, along with the effects of the Gravity Domain...
Xu Yue roughly estimated that he could now even hurl objects weighing several thousand tons as weapons. The destructive force would be unimaginable.
Worth mentioning was that, with the awakening of a new Blood Essence Soul Ring, Xu Yue's Gravity Domain had improved once more.
Its radius had reached six hundred and forty meters, while its gravity amplification and weakening had both reached sixty-fourfold.
With such a wide-ranging domain, if Xu Yue wished it, he could even dictate