After grasping the underlying intent of the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt, Chen Jue found this external hardening art of Wudang's Taihe Gate much clearer when he returned to practicing it.
Moreover, his perfection of the Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield meant he had already mastered the internal penetration techniques of Tiger-Leopard Thunder Sound, greatly increasing his efficiency in practicing the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt, which used thunderous vibrations of the spine to transform the marrow.
On top of that, with the dual buffs from [Unrivaled Taibao] and [Lü Zu's Enlightenment], Chen Jue ground the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt up to Lv2 (120/500) in three hours of practice that evening.
During this time, the thunderous sound produced by his spine working in concert with the bones throughout his body gradually grew from faint to strong. It was a peculiar sound, like muffled thunder in a storm, then gradually weakened and faded into the distance.
People said that creatures called "dragons" appeared only amid clouds and mist, occasionally revealing a scale or claw, remaining impossible to fathom.
Now, the thunderous sounds coming from Chen Jue's body, accompanied by the moaning mountain winds of the Gongshan region, evoked something of the legendary scene of "the Dragon King traveling with wind and thunder in his wake."
The Iron Shirt that accompanied the "dragon roar" acted entirely upon Chen Jue's skin and fascia.
Whenever he exerted force, the skin all over his body took on a dark blue-black hue. The fascia beneath it also grew thicker and stronger, becoming even tougher and more resilient. From a distance, he looked as though he wore an iron-gray garment woven from iron wire.
Just as the Tiger Roar Golden Bell Shield could be divided into two arts for practice, the same principle applied to the Dragon Roar Iron