Improvement

Two hours.

Under normal training conditions, Fang Yu could have gotten through them easily. But in the gravity chamber, he found them excruciating and utterly exhausting. It was not just a tempering of the body, but a test of the mind as well.

Many martial artists whose willpower was not firm enough would instinctively slack off when training in such conditions, finding ways to make their movements easier.

Or they would lower the gravity multiplier slightly.

Living creatures instinctively sought comfort, but if they wanted to transcend their bodies' original genetic shackles and pursue their limits, even break through them...

Then they had to do their utmost to defy that instinctive desire for comfort.

Circulate qi and blood.

Open the Dragon Spine. Fang Yu gritted his teeth and persevered. For the first hour, he practiced stance training, allowing his body to fully adapt to the high-gravity environment.

During the second hour, he practiced the Twenty-Four Basic Fist Forms. Movements he had once completed with ease became incredibly difficult, and every move and every form left his muscles, tendons, and bones utterly exhausted.

But at the same time...

As an expert who had reached Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety, Fang Yu could feel the rapid changes in his muscles and bones even more clearly. Some of the Star Power previously hidden within his body was also being devoured at a furious rate.

Absorb!

Absorb it all as fast as you can! Fang Yu's gaze was unwavering.

Two hours passed. The moment Fang Yu stepped out of the gravity chamber, he felt wonderfully at ease, like an ordinary person freed from a thousand-pound burden.

A deep sense of exhaustion followed close behind.

It was like an ordinary person who normally exercised suddenly spending an entire day doing intense physical labor. Their back would ache, and they might not even be able to get out of bed the next day.

The same principle applied to martial artists' training.

Fortunately, Fang Yu had reached Greater Mastery of Minute Subtlety in his skills. He could clearly sense the changes in his body as he trained, preventing any serious injuries.

The physical therapy energy chamber. Fang Yu chose another privilege of a Tier-One Civilization Warrior without hesitation.

The physical therapy building was right next to the gravity chamber building.

Essentially, it was a medicinal bath.

But rather than ancient herbal medicines, it was prepared by mixing a high-energy drug with a special liquid. It also came with massages from a large number of microbots, electrical stimulation... Fang Yu lay in it for a full hour before coming out, feeling that well over half of his exhaustion and soreness had disappeared.

He also felt an unprecedented hunger.

It was not simply an empty stomach... His muscles, bones, qi, blood, and even his cells felt hungry, as though they urgently needed more energy to nourish them.

The medicinal power left over from the Crimson Star Pill I took last time should have been completely used up, Fang Yu thought.

There was a cost to doing this, too.

A full 5 Primal Points had been deducted from Fang Yu's account.

It was worth it, though.

Without the physical therapy energy chamber, even with my skill level, it would take me two or three days to fully recover, Fang Yu thought. And we're heading to the wilderness zone tomorrow.

Time was money.

So, in Fang Yu's view, spending money to save time and make faster progress in martial arts was only natural.

Fang Yu returned to his room and washed up again. Then he put on his full set of equipment, which he had sent out for cleaning yesterday and which had already been returned to his room.

Only then did he hurry off to meet up with the captain and the others.

At the bottom of the building.

"Fang Yu, we were just waiting for you," Bai Chen said with a smile.

Xia Yao, Xiong Meng, Qin Yang, and the others had all put on their equipment and arrived.

"We haven't seen actual combat in half a year either, so today we'll head to the safe zone first," Bai Chen said with a smile. "We'll find some low-level vicious beasts to practice on and run a few teamwork drills."

"That way, we won't be caught fumbling when we get to the wilderness zone."

"What a fast saber."

"Weapon Subtlety really is impressive." Bai Chen was quite shocked. "Even I would have trouble killing those three shadow wolves quickly."

"Captain, I'm only somewhat effective against low-level vicious beasts," Fang Yu said with a smile. "If we really face high-level vicious beasts, we'll have to rely on you."

The two exchanged compliments for a while.

Time passed.

The five of them found more than ten vicious beasts in the wilds and tried all kinds of variations in their moves... Fang Yu's maturity came as a pleasant surprise to Bai Chen, Xiong Meng, and the others.

They had long since heard about Fang Yu's training from Xia Yao.

But only after seeing him for themselves did they understand just how monstrous Fang Yu was, and they were excited to have a teammate like him.

Likewise...

His teammates' strength also surprised Fang Yu, especially Qin Yang, the archer... His archery could only be described as masterful.

Even against a level 20 vicious beast, he could easily kill it with a single arrow in a long-range sneak attack.

This gave Fang Yu a deeper understanding of what made archers special.

In the environment of the Primordial Star, a martial artist's powerful arms, combined with a bow and arrows specially purchased from the Starry Sky Base, made it entirely possible to deliver a lethal strike from hundreds of meters away or even farther, provided their skill was high enough.

Take Qin Yang, for example.

His life level was only 22, but with his bow and arrows, he could pose a real threat to level 25 vicious beasts or even higher-level ones.

On the nineteenth, at eight in the evening.

The five members of the Crimson Flame Squad returned to the base and agreed to meet at six the next morning to set out for the wilderness zone. Then they each returned to their rooms to rest.

Inside his private room.

The first time absorbing Star Power brings the greatest improvement. Fang Yu took out a Crimson Star Pill, feeling quite expectant. The effects weaken with each subsequent session.

I originally thought it would take at least ten days of normal training to absorb all the remaining medicinal power. Using the gravity chamber shortened that process considerably.

This is my second time absorbing it, so the effect shouldn't be much worse.

Fang Yu hesitated no longer.

He swallowed the Crimson Star Pill in one gulp. His Innate Divine Ability, Devour, quickly took effect, and streams of Star Power surged through every part of his body.

His ravenously hungry muscles, bones, and flesh began to devour the streams of pure energy.

Four hours later.

The floor was soaked with sweat, and Fang Yu, looking quite excited, finally came to a complete stop.

It's already past midnight. I didn't expect to take seven Crimson Star Pills during my second Star Power training session. Fang Yu's eyes shone with joy. It wasn't as much as my first Star Power training session, but it was still amazing.

After all, with the help of his Innate Divine Ability, one Crimson Star Pill had the same effect on Fang Yu as one and a half pills or even more would have on an ordinary martial artist.

My life level...

It also rose straight from level 21.0 to level 21.6. Fang Yu gently closed his eyes, and his consciousness quickly reached that mysterious place.

Aspect Observer

Life level: 21.6 (Intermediate Martial Artist)

Martial arts skill: Advanced Subtlety (qi and blood, weapon Subtlety)

Soul level: 24.7

Void Star Aspect: unknown (first-stage awakening imminent)

Although he had not tested his punching force, Fang Yu understood that his base punching force should have risen from 2,800 kilograms to 3,280 kilograms.

In just a few days.

That degree of improvement was already extraordinary.

The captain's life level should be a little over 23 now, and his base punching force should be around 4,500 kilograms, Fang Yu thought. The gap in strength between us is already quite small.

Without today's breakthrough, Fang Yu would have been no match for Bai Chen, even with his Subtlety-level saber technique.

After all, the gap in their base strength was too large. Once both of them unleashed their hidden force at the same time, the difference in their strength would reach a staggering twofold.

But now? The gap in strength had narrowed considerably.

If I can master a special move from either the Thousand Mountains Saber Technique or the Flowing Light Saber Technique, I'll be able to overpower the captain. Fang Yu was lost in thought.

Ever since his saber technique had reached Subtlety, he had been pondering how to master a special saber move.