Millennium Willow Heart

A dozen days later, Luo Feng returned from the Australian Continent.

He made a flashy return to the Mingyue Residential Area in his King-Level Intelligent Fighter, causing a stir throughout the neighborhood.

By then, Luo Feng had earned the title of Invincible War God and taken up the post of Inspector for Jiangnan Base City. He had truly returned home in glory, brimming with confidence.

That afternoon, the Luo Family prepared a lavish dinner to celebrate Luo Feng's achievements and invited Yun He over.

After dinner, Luo Feng walked Yun He out, and the two strolled through the neighborhood, chatting along the way.

After recounting what had happened on the Australian Continent, Luo Feng handed him a small metal box. "Bro, this is a millennium willow heart. Its uses are..."

Luo Feng explained the millennium willow heart's effects and how to take it. Only then did he ask in puzzlement, "Bro, how did you know I'd come back from the Australian Continent with something this time?"

Yun He took the millennium willow heart and carefully tucked it into his pocket, replying casually, "How could I have known you'd really find anything? It was just a spur-of-the-moment thought. I said it offhand."

"Really?" Luo Feng looked doubtful. Something still felt off.

"You're already an Invincible War God now? And you've become the Dojo of Limits' Inspector for Jiangnan Base City?" Yun He swiftly changed the subject.

"Yeah."

Luo Feng nodded with a smile, then teased Yun He, "Now you can't beat me anymore, bro."

"Yeah, yeah." Yun He promptly nodded and conceded. "I can't beat you anymore. You're the best. I'm off, no need to see me out!"

Yun He made a quick getaway. If he kept talking, the kid might find an excuse to give him a beating.

In the training hall, Yun He sat cross-legged on the floor, bare-chested.

Click!

The small metal box opened, and a glimmer of green flashed across Yun He's eyes. An egg-shaped green crystal lay quietly on the sponge inside.

"A millennium willow heart!"

Yun He gently picked up the green crystal and held it before his eyes for a closer look.

The green crystal had a peculiar structure, as though green liquid were flowing inside it. The mere sight stirred his heart, as if it were the most beautiful crystal in the world.

Just holding it, Yun He could feel waves of coolness seeping into his skin, refreshing his entire body and mind.

The millennium willow heart had two effects: it could increase cellular vitality and improve physical fitness.

The most important effect was the increase in cellular vitality. The improvement in physical fitness was secondary.

Cellular vitality was essentially the body's ability to recover. Among monsters, for example, even if someone severed part of a King-level Earth Dragon King's body, it would rapidly grow back at a speed visible to the naked eye.

That was cellular vitality!

Someone with strong cellular vitality might recover from severe injuries to their internal organs in just half a minute.

Even broken bones in their arms or legs would heal completely within a short time.

The stronger the cellular vitality, the faster the recovery!

"A millennium willow heart? What an incredible thing!" Thinking of its effects, Yun He couldn't help marveling.

For Yun He as he was now, this millennium willow heart was probably the most suitable treasure of all.

His physical fitness was already close to the Intermediate War God level. Even a ten-thousand-year willow heart would, at most, bring him to the peak of the War God level.

Even a ten-thousand-year willow heart was useless for taking the step to the Planetary Level.

That required many things: willpower, insight, and more...

Right now, this millennium willow heart was just right.

Drawing the S-grade longsword beside him, Yun He sent a flash of sword light past and pierced a small opening in the green crystal's surface with the tip.

Gurgle~~

The liquid essence within slowly flowed out, and the air immediately filled with an aura of vigorous life. Yun He pressed his mouth directly over the opening and sucked hard.

There was only about a small shot glass's worth of liquid essence, and Yun He swallowed it all in one gulp.

The liquid essence flowed down his esophagus and into his body.

At once, a cool, comfortable sensation spread throughout him, making even his soul tremble.

Bliss!

Yun He simply lay flat on the floor without moving, clearly sensing the changes in the cells inside his body.

It could increase his strength and feel this good, this comfortable.

Yun He raised his arm. Even with the naked eye, he could see the skin on his hand vibrating rapidly, with tiny yet astonishing movements.

As it vibrated, traces of black matter seeped from his pores.

"Again?"

The sensation was extraordinary...

His entire body felt cool, as though he were soaking in cold water on a scorching day.

At the same time, it felt as though a massage chair were constantly vibrating and massaging his whole body.

Inside him, the essence contained in the millennium willow heart, with its surging, boundless vitality, merged into every cell of Yun He's body almost instantly.

This life energy brought astonishing changes to his tendons, bones, muscles, and every single cell.

His genes developed at tremendous speed, constantly refining themselves, discarding useless genes, and undergoing another perfect recombination.

The process was incredibly rapid, and his cellular vitality soared.

Even the composition of his tendons and bones seemed to change, while his muscles and skin underwent astonishing transformations.

Amid these changes, Yun He's strength also rose rapidly.

His physical fitness improved.

From the peak of the Beginner War God level, he easily crossed into the Intermediate War God level.

From the Intermediate War God threshold of 128,000 kg, he rose to the average Intermediate War God standard of 182,000 kg, then to the peak Intermediate War God standard of 250,000 kg.

Then on to High-level War God!

His physical fitness climbed step by step...

Finally, when the changes stopped, two or three hours had passed.

Moonlight streamed through the window and spilled into the room like water.

Yun He opened his eyes and slowly clenched his fists.

Crack, crack, crack~

Boundless, surging power coursed through his body, far, far stronger than before. At that moment, Yun He felt as though he could shatter space with a single punch.

Of course, that was only an illusion caused by his strength increasing too much all at once.

"I've never felt this powerful before. This is amazing!"

Covered in grime, Yun He slowly stood up.

Boom!

A casual punch made the air before him burst.

"Even a casual punch is stronger than my previous all-out attack!" Yun He nodded in satisfaction.

Previously, his full-power attack had reached roughly 300,000 kilograms, an average standard among High-level War Gods.

Now, even a casual strike was stronger than before. That meant Yun He's physical fitness had definitely reached the High-level War God level, and was quite impressive even within that rank.

With the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade's 4.2-fold force multiplier, wouldn't a single punch deliver at least one or two million kilograms of force?

Even someone at the Planetary Level wearing a Black God Set wouldn't dare take that kind of damage head-on, would they?

Next, he would first familiarize himself with his body's skyrocketing strength, then master the sixth and seventh layers of the Nine-Layered Thunder Blade. He would then count among Earth's powerful fighters.

After that, Yun He would enter the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins with Luo Feng at the end of September.

It was now mid-August, leaving over a month. That should be enough time to master the sixth and seventh layers, giving him a much better chance of passing the assessment when he entered the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins.

He had chosen to enter the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins because he knew they were a trial ground the Master of Yunmo Star had established on Earth.

He wanted to pass the fighter assessment in the No. 9 Ancient Civilization Ruins and obtain fighter cultivation methods from the wider universe.

Just as Luo Feng would obtain the Basic 312 Forms, the secret Controller teachings for spirit readers, after entering, the fighter passage would surely have an Elite Passage as well.

After all, any faction in the universe possessed such foundational teachings. The Master of Yunmo Star was naturally no exception, and given that his strength barely qualified him as a Marquis, whatever he offered certainly wouldn't be commonplace material in the universe.

Anything he made available to screen disciples would surely be outstanding even among foundational teachings.

After all, he had several immortal servants under his command, and those immortals all followed the fighter path.

Such foundational teachings were things an immortal could create with ease.