Tenfold Gravity, Metal-Stone Body Tempering

Jiang Yuan used the high-level access card specially approved by the principal to unlock the door to No. 7 Gravity Chamber in the underground training grounds.

The heavy alloy door closed behind him, shutting out all outside noise.

This gravity chamber was the highest-spec training facility in the school. Its surrounding walls were made entirely of high-strength composite armor plating, enough to withstand the full-force attacks of high-level martial artists.

Jiang Yuan walked to the control console and swiftly swiped across the screen, directly setting the gravity parameter to three times normal.

Buzz.

The air throughout the room trembled.

An invisible pressure surged in from all directions, bearing down heavily on Jiang Yuan.

His legs sank slightly, and the specially made floor beneath his feet gave a faint creak.

For ordinary Body Tempering Stage students, three times gravity would rupture their internal organs after only a few minutes.

Jiang Yuan rolled his neck, his joints cracking sharply.

After being tempered by the Crimson-Scaled Python's heartblood, his Baxia · Stone-Metal Body had already reached the minor achievement realm. Three times gravity was just within a comfortable load-bearing range for him.

He reached behind his back, removed the wooden case, and drew the partially restored Heaven-Reliant Dragon-Slayer Thunderfire Sword.

The blade was dark red, with flame patterns spreading all the way to the guard.

Jiang Yuan held his breath and focused, channeling the Nine Yang Inner Force in his dantian through the meridians in his arm and into the blade.

A brilliant blaze instantly flared across the dark-red sword edge.

Along with the flames came threads of wandering blue lightning.

"The key to Thunderclap Vibration lies in controlling the frequency." Jiang Yuan recalled the essence of the technique that the system had instilled in his mind.

With a flick of his wrist, he thrust the sword straight ahead.

The sword tip sliced through the air, producing an unusual hum.

Unlike an ordinary sword whistle, the sound carried an intensely high-frequency vibration, as though it could pierce straight through one's eardrums and reach the depths of the brain.

Jiang Yuan continuously adjusted the output ratio of his inner force, trying to perfectly fuse the explosive power of flame with the piercing force of lightning.

After thrusting several hundred times in succession, he felt that he had grasped a hint of the trick.

"Again!" Jiang Yuan shouted, his blood and qi surging throughout his body as the Nine Yang Inner Force erupted without reservation.

The longsword became a bolt of lightning woven from crimson red and deep blue, blasting straight toward the composite armor wall ahead.

Boom!

A thunderous crash exploded inside the gravity chamber.

Violent sword qi, mixed with the force of high-frequency vibrations, instantly poured onto the wall.

The armor plate, which could withstand attacks from high-level martial artists, was torn open as if it were made of paper, leaving behind a hole more than two meters wide.

Shattered chunks of metal flew in every direction.

Jiang Yuan sheathed his sword and stood there, staring blankly at the hole.

He had not expected that strike to be so powerful.

Before he could react, a strong smell of moisture mixed with disinfectant rushed through the hole from the other side.

The sound of rushing water was unceasing.

Next to No. 7 Gravity Chamber was actually the school's high-end indoor swimming pool.

Huge amounts of pool water poured in through the breach.

Amid the splashing water, several piercing screams came from next door.

Jiang Yuan narrowed his eyes and looked over.

Inside the swimming pool, several girls in skimpy bikini swimsuits were scrambling out of the water in panic.

Large swaths of fair skin were exposed to the air, their graceful curves especially enticing beneath the glistening droplets.

Jiang Yuan was a hot-blooded young man, and the Nine Yang Inner Force was inherently pure yang and fierce. Seeing such a sensual sight, his heart skipped a beat, and his blood and qi churned within him.

Amid the chaos, a short, chubby figure appeared from nowhere and charged directly through the hole into the swimming pool.

It was Zhou Hu.

A lecherous grin covered his face. He spread his arms wide and, while the terrified girls scattered in all directions, wildly groped at people in the crowd.

"Ah! Pervert!"

"Get lost!"

The girls' screams became even more shrill.

Zhou Hu took several slaps, but instead of getting angry, he raised his hand beneath his nose and sniffed it, wearing an expression of pure enjoyment.

Jiang Yuan frowned, just about to step forward and stop that scum.

But Zhou Hu suddenly turned around and, using the incoming spray of water as cover, rolled back into the gravity chamber.

His target had never been those girls. It was the gravity chamber's control console.

Zhou Hu pulled a pitch-black magnetic card from his pocket and swiftly swiped it through a hidden card slot on the console.

The parameters on the control screen instantly turned blood-red, and the numbers began jumping wildly.

The original three times gravity shot up to ten times in less than a second.

After doing all that, Zhou Hu grabbed a metal fragment nearby and smashed it viciously into the console's communications module.

Sparks flew everywhere, and the emergency communication line was completely severed.

He casually pressed the swimming pool's emergency drainage gate, then slipped away through the ventilation ducts like a loach.

It had all happened incredibly fast.

By the time Jiang Yuan realized something was wrong, ten times gravity had already crashed down on him like an invisible mountain of steel.

Bang!

Jiang Yuan's legs gave out, and he dropped heavily to one knee, cracking the specially made floor.

"Pfft!"

The immense pressure instantly injured his internal organs. He spat out a mouthful of blood that stained the floor before him red.

Jiang Yuan clenched his teeth and tried to circulate the Azure Wolf Art, but the moment his blood and qi entered his meridians, it could barely move under ten times gravity.

Deep within his dantian, the Nine Yang Inner Force surged forth on its own.

The scorching inner force coursed through his meridians, protecting his organs and bones while lifting his constantly sinking body.

His back gradually arched upward. Both palms pressed against the floor, the muscles in his arms shaking continuously as his wrist bones creaked beneath the pressure.

The Baxia · Stone-Metal Body began circulating as well.

A dark-golden sheen flowed beneath his skin. His muscles and bones suffered damage under the crushing pressure, only for the Nine Yang Inner Force to immediately mend the ruptured areas.

The body-tempering technique no longer required Jiang Yuan's focused guidance. His blood and qi spread along the paths traveled by his inner force, and every part of his body endured tempering beneath the gravity.

[Detected sustained effective attacks!]

[Hit-Based Ascetic Training mechanism activated!]

[Baxia · Stone-Metal Body proficiency increased by 2%!]

[Baxia · Stone-Metal Body proficiency increased by 3%!]

System notifications appeared one after another, only to be covered by new ones.

The tenfold gravity did not weaken, nor did the Hit-Based Ascetic Training mechanism stop. Tiny tears formed in his muscles, and the Nine Yang Inner Force immediately filled them. His bones bore the pressure, while the Metal-Stone Body sent blood and qi deep into his bone marrow.

From a posture where he could only cling to the floor, Jiang Yuan gradually pushed up half his body.

Ten minutes later, he was kneeling on the ground, his knees pressed against the alloy floor and his hands braced before him. Only ragged breathing remained in his chest.

Twenty minutes later, his right foot finally planted firmly on the ground.

Another half hour passed. He stood with his legs apart, straightening his back inch by inch beneath the crushing pressure as the sound of bones grinding came from his shoulders and spine.

He withstood ten times gravity and stood upright. His chest heaved violently, and every breath carried the scent of blood.

[Baxia · Stone-Metal Body minor achievement realm stabilized!]

[Physical strength greatly increased!]

Jiang Yuan lowered his head and examined his hands.

Ten times gravity still weighed on his body, yet he could already stand steadily. After the Nine Yang Inner Force fused with the Metal-Stone Body, power flowed from his waist and back into all four limbs, and a force far greater than before surged from within his heavy body.

He placed the broken sword back into the wooden case.

Jiang Yuan walked to the alloy door. The external control circuits had already been damaged, the lock no longer responded, and the emergency opening mechanism showed no sign of movement.

He lowered his stance and planted his feet, drawing his right fist back to his waist. Nine Yang Inner Force pressed into his bones, and a dark-golden sheen spread along his arm.

His fist came down.

The alloy door bulged outward, its lock core shattered, and the entire door tore free from its tracks before crashing into the opposite wall.

The smoke and dust in the corridor had yet to settle when Jiang Yuan stepped out of the gravity chamber, his gaze sweeping along the passage.

At the corner, Zhou Hu was still clutching a fire extinguisher, half his face hidden behind the wall.

Their eyes met.

The fire extinguisher slipped from Zhou Hu's hand and hit the floor. Its metal casing rolled repeatedly as his legs lost all strength, and he slid down the wall to collapse onto the ground.

Jiang Yuan raised a hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and walked toward Zhou Hu.