The wounds seemed to give off waves of beastly roars. Driven by the cultivation method, the blood of those metal-attribute exotic beasts seemed to come alive. For a dazed instant, what he had poured onto his bones seemed to be a dense swarm of golden ants, tearing and gnawing at them!
Even more terrifying pain surged through him!
It reached straight into his soul!
But all Zhou Chen could do now was endure.
Only after enduring this for a full hour did Zhou Chen feel the intense pain and itching in his bones slowly subside.
At the same time, the panel before his eyes changed.
A cultivation method field appeared.
He raised his eyes to look.
[Name: Zhou Chen] [Cultivation method: Bone-Eating, Spine-Nurturing Chapter (minor accomplishment) 369/2000]
Since he was working backward to cultivate the method from the second-rank realm, his progress was faster by more than a little.
Looking at the panel, Zhou Chen blinked, then suddenly seemed to think of something and murmured, "The Stake-Standing Exercise I practiced before couldn't appear on the panel, but this cultivation method can. Presumably, that's because the Stake-Standing Exercise is just a simple way of tempering blood vitality. Once you memorize the movements, you can rely on it to slowly build up your blood vitality. But a cultivation method is different!"
He quickly figured out the reason.
"A cultivation method has its own routes for circulating blood vitality. Not only does it require comprehension, it's also tied to cultivation level. Advancing through a cultivation method also grants special effects. For example, the Bone-Eating, Spine-Nurturing Chapter can strengthen tendons and bones at the first and second ranks, which is why it can appear on the panel."
Simply put, the Stake-Standing Exercise was the simplest way to increase blood vitality, like pouring