A perfect body, an innate physique!

In the training grounds.

Jiang Ning bathed in lightning, yet felt comfortable all over.

With every swing of a drumstick, lightning burst across his body.

"Tempering the body with lightning—is this the wonder of the Kui Ox Drum?"

As lightning coursed through him, he felt every cell awaken from dormancy, ravenously absorbing the energy flowing through his body.

His cells also became more active in the process.

Rumble—

Another thunderclap sounded overhead.

It was the roar of heaven and earth caused by colliding clouds.

This roar traveled far faster than sound, faster even than lightning.

It rang out simultaneously for dozens of li around.

Countless bolts of lightning poured down from above again, coursing through his body before flowing into the Kui Ox Drum before him.

Every bolt that passed through his flesh and meridians seemed to put them in order anew.

He could feel his already powerful body growing even stronger.

His flesh strengthened, and his channels expanded.

The Kui Ox Drum! he murmured inwardly.

His hands swung with even greater abandon.

Every falling drumstick marshaled the strength of his entire body.

With every vibration of the drum, he felt his blood and qi seethe more fiercely.

He felt the vibrations of the Kui Ox Drum travel deep underground through the earth's veins.

Rumble—

Another thunderclap exploded overhead, followed by a torrent of lightning.

Just then.

Roooar—

A dragon's cry suddenly rang out in everyone's minds.

The next instant.

They saw a crimson dragon soar into the air beneath the shroud of lightning.

"Blood and qi taking the form of a crimson dragon!" someone immediately exclaimed.

At this sight, the gazes of Wan Jianyi, Mingxin, and the others grew slightly grave.

"A crimson dragon ninety-six feet long!" Mingxin slowly uttered.

"Master Mingxin, how does that compare with yours?" Wan