Feasting on a Ten-Thousand-Year Turtle, Tempering Bone and Marrow, Gaining Wondrous Traits, and Bolstering Undying Resilience!

The Spirit-Treasure Alligator Turtle had lived for ages. Though it could not understand human speech, it sensed the danger around it. Gathering its brute strength, it charged wildly to one side. The turtle was swift and ferociously strong. Riding its back, Li Xian punched at its head.

The alligator turtle pulled its head in, dodging the blow, while its four feet kept scrambling outside its shell. It was about to plunge into the sea. Zhao Yingqiong had exhausted herself badly. That day, the four great generals had burned through their Inner Qi until their Qi Lakes ran dry. At the final moment, when she forced out one last surge, several streams of Inner Qi had run wild inside her, leaving her gravely wounded. Major and minor injuries from the battle had piled up, internal wounds atop external ones. Recovery had never been easy, and now, as she watched the turtle rampage and prepared to use a martial art, she felt a dull pain in her chest.

With a crash, the turtle smashed through the ship's railing and hurtled into the air. Li Xian, still riding its back, went with it. He shifted his stance in midair and clamped his legs around its shell and belly. Zhao Yingqiong pulled the Mithril Flower Cord from her waist and tossed it to him.

Li Xian caught the cord. Then he poured out all his strength, gripping the turtle between his legs and using nothing but the power of his abdomen and thighs to fling it back onto the deck. It slammed down hard. The Cavaliers snapped out of their daze. Iron Fu roared, leaped high, and brought a Thousand-Weight Plunge down squarely on its shell.

His body seemed to weigh a thousand jun. Driven by the urge to survive, the turtle still managed