Afterward, Shiheng taught the mysterious and powerful secret method to everyone present, personally giving them exhaustive guidance. He was just as patient and meticulous as he had been when teaching Kelin and Xiaoman, guiding them step by step and breaking down everything from the circulation of the mental cultivation method to the channeling of emotions, afraid they might misunderstand even the smallest detail.
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, three full months had passed.
Throughout those long three months, Shiheng never took a single step outside the camp. He devoted himself wholeheartedly to tending to and healing his injuries-working to stabilize his previously severely damaged meridians and restore order to his chaotic battle qi. At the same time, he repeatedly quieted his mind to consider how best to plan the road ahead, making careful preparations before undertaking his future cultivation and trials.
Meanwhile, Huohe and the others had not been idle either, throwing themselves into studying the legendary Berserk Secret Method. Unfortunately, however, this secret method placed extremely high demands on one's state of mind and comprehension, and not everyone could master it. After a long period of persistent attempts and exploration, only Kelan Kai and Huohe ultimately broke through their constraints and successfully learned the Berserk Art.
The reason Kelan Kai had distinguished himself was rather dramatic. Having accidentally broken an arm earlier, the young warrior had once been filled with uncertainty, pessimism, and despair about his future. Yet that very state of utter despair had instead given him the opportunity to grasp the true meaning of the emotion of sorrow. Following the insights gained from that state of mind, he successfully cleared the secret method's hurdle and became able to use the Berserk Secret Method. Not only that, but thanks to recently consuming large quantities of magical beast meat rich in spiritual energy, Kelan Kai's own strength had advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the peak of a fifth-level warrior! With the added power of an instantaneous burst of berserk strength, he now even possessed the combat prowess of a mid-stage sixth-level warrior! More remarkably still, through this crucial breakthrough, Kelan Kai had finally fulfilled his wish of crossing the bottleneck of the early sixth-level warrior stage, and his foundation had grown ever more stable.
As for Huohe, he had always harbored an intensely powerful, unwavering desire and conviction to carry on his family's legacy and restore its prosperity! That obsession drove him forward as though he were possessed, and it also allowed him to deeply comprehend the immense energy contained within the emotion of desire-the very core source for triggering his own berserk state and obtaining extraordinary, ferocious power.
It was precisely through that fire of desire, burning ceaselessly like a blaze deep within his heart, and the boundless drive it generated, that Huohe successfully awakened and channeled a trace of divine beast bloodline power hidden within his body, exceedingly faint yet truly present! Under the influence of the Berserk Secret Method, that ancient bloodline from the Basik Family finally surged into towering waves, becoming the greatest aid to his breakthrough.
Thus, after more than three full months of arduous cultivation, day and night, forgetting food and sleep, wholly focused and free of distractions, his hard work had finally paid off! Huohe had now undergone a complete transformation: not only had his strength grown by leaps and bounds, but he had also advanced straight into the remarkable late stage of a sixth-level warrior!
And this was still not the true peak of his combat prowess!
Once he entered that legendary berserk state, he would become even more formidable, sweeping all before him with unstoppable force, and his combat prowess would instantly soar to an entirely new height-directly shattering the impregnable, indestructible barrier among sixth-level experts, charging across it in one bold push, and successfully reaching the level of a mid-stage seventh-level warrior! This was a height that even Huohe in the original world had never reached!
The others in the group had each made progress as well, rather than remaining stagnant. Through tireless, arduous cultivation, Xifaman's strength had steadily improved, and he had already reached the peak of a fifth-level warrior. The battle qi throughout his body was condensed and robust, and he needed only the right opportunity to break through to the sixth level. Nalan Ruoshui and her sister had devoted themselves wholeheartedly to magical cultivation, deepening their mastery of wind-element and fire magic. Coupled with their long-term consumption of high-rank magical beasts' flesh and blood, rich in spiritual energy, their physiques had undergone tremendous tempering and were far sturdier than those of ordinary mages. They had already touched the threshold of a first-level warrior, and with time, they would certainly enter that rank securely, achieving improvements in both their magic and their bodies.
Everyone also gradually came to understand that perhaps no cultivation method or secret method suited everyone. Talent and opportunity had always both been indispensable, and the fact that each of them had transformed and grown during these trials was already an immense gain.
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