Black light flickered around Lin Yan's body. He immediately felt his body grow several degrees heavier; even breathing normally took more effort.
"Sure enough, it works!"
Lin Yan was delighted. Training this way would definitely make it easier to reach his limits than training under normal conditions.
Only by pushing against the ropes of his limits would the unique qualities of his physique emerge, allowing his physical strength to improve.
After that, Lin Yan cautiously increased the gravity he was bearing.
First twice gravity, then three times, four times, five times!
When it finally reached eight times gravity, Lin Yan felt that he could no longer endure it. His face flushed bright red, and his body felt as though it were about to collapse. He immediately lowered the gravity imposed on himself back to twice gravity.
"You can't get fat with one bite. I'll start with twice gravity!"
Lin Yan calculated inwardly, then assessed the consumption as well.
The larger the area covered by the domain, the greater the Soul Power consumption.
Lin Yan only applied the domain's power to himself, and at merely twice gravity, the Soul Power consumption was not particularly high. With his level twenty-three Soul Power, sustaining it for two hours would not be a problem.
Two hours might not sound like much, but the training effect was greater than four hours of training without gravity.
When Lin Yuhuan arrived at the training grounds and saw Lin Yan using the domain's power to temper his body, she was instantly stunned. She could not find words to describe Lin Yan's self-discipline and diligence.
"Grandma!"
Dripping with sweat, Lin Yan hurriedly put down the stone lock in his hands and dispelled the Gravity Domain imposed upon himself.
Lin Yuhuan said strangely, "You brat, you're being far too reckless for the sake of cultivation. You're actually using the Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain to train your body. How did you even come up with such a bizarre method?"
Even if she had been given a Titan Giant Ape's Gravity Domain, she would never have had such an idea.
It made her somewhat admire her grandson's wild imagination.
Of course, Lin Yan would not tell her that Sun Wukong and Vegeta had inspired him. He said, "Grandma, the Titan Giant Ape's Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone have greatly improved my physical strength. Ordinary training no longer has much effect on me. While experimenting with the Gravity Domain, I discovered it could be used this way, and the results are especially good."
"Yes, but be careful. Don't hurt yourself," Lin Yuhuan advised earnestly.
She did not oppose Lin Yan's diligent body tempering.
After all, the Black Demon Mace Martial Soul was inherently a power-focused assault-type Martial Soul. She had followed this path herself when she was young.
Moreover, Lin Yan's second Soul Skill, Titan's Fury, had an Inner Force passive when used. The greater his strength, the higher his normal attack damage. That made it even more necessary for him to improve his physical strength.
As for whether it would affect the growth of his cultivation, Lin Yuhuan was not worried in the slightest.
Lin Yan had been born with mental strength far beyond ordinary people, allowing him to spend more time meditating each day. Furthermore, he was focused by nature and did not indulge in play. His cultivation would certainly not fall behind that of his peers.
The days passed, and Lin Yan strictly followed his plan every day, either meditating or training.
Even Lin Yuhuan, a Titled Douluo, was greatly astonished by his diligence.
However, unlike before, his training grounds had gained two regular visitors: Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
Worried that Lin Yan would train himself stupid, Lin Yuhuan called Ning Tian over, intending for her to take Lin Yan out to relax and have some fun. As Ning Tian's good friend, Wu Feng naturally came along as well.
In the end, not only did the two fail to lead Lin Yan away from the training grounds, but Lin Yan persuaded them to stay, and the three trained together.
"Brother Lin Yan, will this really work?" Wu Feng, dressed in training clothes, looked at the heavy stone lock before her and asked innocently.
"Of course. Aren't I the best proof?"
Lin Yan lifted a stone lock weighing a hundred jin and raised it dozens of times without effort. "Sister Wu Feng, as an assault-type Soul Master, you must never lack strength. Only fists filled with power hurt when they hit people. Otherwise, you're just scratching their itch, understand?"
"I understand!" Wu Feng nodded seriously, then found a smaller stone lock and began training.
At the side, Ning Tian blinked her innocent big eyes and asked, "Brother Lin Yan, I'm only a Support-Type Soul Master. Do I need to train too?"
Lin Yan said earnestly, "Of course, Sister Ning Tian. Although you're a Support-Type Soul Master, you can still use offensive Soul Tools in battle. To use those Soul Tools, your physique cannot be too frail either. Understand?"
"Brother Lin Yan, I'll listen to you!" Ning Tian nodded seriously with her little face, then joined the body-tempering group as well.
From the second floor of a distant pavilion, Lin Yuhuan watched the three train together with an expression caught between laughter and tears. "That brat is really single-minded!"
Lin Yan had a special physique. Once his stamina neared its limit, he could rapidly recover by replenishing his energy through food, then continue training.
Ning Tian and Wu Feng clearly could not do the same. Once they became tired, they paused their cultivation and rested nearby.
The days passed. Three months later, Wu Feng reached level ten Soul Power and obtained her first Spirit Ring.
At the training grounds, Wu Feng, who had just returned after obtaining her Spirit Ring, demonstrated her Soul Skill before Lin Yan and Ning Tian.
A resounding dragon's roar echoed through the training grounds, followed by a wave of scorching heat. At the same time, Wu Feng's body abruptly changed.
Her eyes became crimson vertical pupils, her body grew half a foot taller, and a layer of dark-red dragon scales covered the exposed skin of her body.
A bright yellow Spirit Ring slowly rose around her.
"My first Soul Skill is called Dragon's Fire!"
As she spoke, Wu Feng directly activated her first Soul Skill. The next moment, the dragon scales on her body shone brilliantly, and the spreading red light enveloped her entire body.
This red light was not merely for show. It possessed an extremely high temperature; if an ordinary person came into contact with it, they could even be roasted alive.
"Sister Wu Feng, this Soul Skill of yours would be pretty good for roasting meat," Lin Yan teased.
Hearing this, Wu Feng immediately puffed up in anger. "Brother Lin Yan, this is my offensive Soul Skill! I won't use it to roast meat for you!"
Another three months passed.
More than half a year had gone by since Lin Yan obtained his second Spirit Ring. During those six months, Lin Yan's physique had improved considerably through training with the Gravity Domain.
At the same time, his Soul Power cultivation had progressed noticeably, rising from level twenty-three after obtaining the Spirit Ring to level twenty-five. He was only five levels of Soul Power away from becoming a level thirty Soul Elder.
At this rate, Lin Yan was confident that he would break through and become a Soul Elder by the time he was ten!
This was a full two years earlier than his original expectation of becoming a Soul Elder before the age of twelve when he had first awakened his Martial Soul!
This was not solely because he possessed Innate Full Soul Power and gained excellent results from meditation. It was also because his powerful mental strength allowed him to meditate for longer.
Beyond that, there was another reason: his second Spirit Ring had been a Millennium Spirit Ring from the Titan Giant Ape, and he had also obtained a Spirit Bone.
The two had directly raised his Soul Power by three levels.
If it had been an ordinary seven-hundred-year second Spirit Ring, it would have raised his Soul Power by at most one level.
The difference in Spirit Rings had directly saved him half a year of arduous work!
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