"How do you feel now?" Li Chen asked when Black Spirit finally opened her eyes again after quietly contemplating the changes within herself for a while.
"Very good. I feel as though my whole body is brimming with strength!" Black Spirit said, unable to conceal a trace of excitement. "Is this what it feels like to be powerful? I was stuck at the peak of the great monster stage for years, and now I've finally made some progress!"
"Of course," Li Chen said. "I implanted a supreme-grade false core of a full eight-star grade into you. Its output rivals the main furnaces of some warships."
"Only sufficiently strong bones, sinews, and flesh can withstand such surging power, but the improvement it brings is immediate."
"Although your other abilities haven't improved along with it, as the saying goes, sheer strength defeats ten kinds of skill. Your indestructible diamond body and this immense strength alone are enough for you to sweep through the Nascent Soul Realm. Ordinary cultivators won't even be able to hurt you anymore."
"I want to challenge you! Do you dare face me?" Black Spirit asked, her eyes blazing as she itched to give it a try.
She was eager to test her strength. Despite her delicate appearance as a classical beauty, she managed to reveal a vicious, ferocious grin.
"There's no need," Li Chen said calmly. "Until you truly advance, you'll never understand the gap between the Primordial Spirit Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm. But if I suppress my cultivation and strength to peak Nascent Soul and refrain from using the power of law, I might not be able to break through your defenses. A match like that would be utterly meaningless."
On reflection, Black Spirit felt he had a point. However arrogant she might be, she