The ability development training room was quiet and pleasant, with plenty of potted plants arranged throughout the spacious room.
The 53 training camp members were concentrating on a variety of strange movements.
These movements all came from the Alliance General Gene Exercise Method, developed through the combined experience of generations of ability users and vast amounts of data collected by the Alliance's most advanced artificial intelligence.
Performing each movement correctly stimulated the gene chains into an active state, allowing ability users to sense the state of their abilities more clearly and advance their development.
Because the movements were strange and could easily cause physical injury, Jace was the instructor for ability development classes.
Jace's healing ability was extremely powerful. Not only could it heal external injuries, but it could also gradually repair damaged internal organs. With his help, the training camp members were making excellent progress in developing their abilities.
Lancelot sat in a corner and took out a bottle of Vitality Elixir.
He had received one bottle of Vitality Elixir for placing second in the team competition and another for placing ninth in the individual competition. He had two bottles in total, though he didn't know how long they would last.
The Vitality Elixir was pale gold. In the sunlight, tiny particles drifted through the clear liquid. When he gave the bottle a gentle shake, the viscous liquid struck its sides, surged upward, and slowly slid back down.
Lancelot pulled out the stopper, tipped his head back, and drained the bottle.
A fresh herbal fragrance filled his mouth. The liquid slid down his throat into his stomach, where the Star Swallowing Technique quickly digested it.
Lancelot's gaze sharpened slightly, and he whispered inwardly, Flow Method, heightened focus!
Hum!
His mental will converged, and his perception soared. The complex structures inside his body gradually came into focus: his internal organs, bones, blood, skin...
It was like having a god's-eye view. In this state, the efficiency of Lancelot's training was easy to imagine.
But the state of heightened focus didn't come out of nowhere. It consumed a great deal of energy, and even with Lancelot's constitution, he could maintain it for only half an hour at most.
After taking the Vitality Elixir, he could extend that time severalfold. The elixir could also stimulate his gene chains, making ability development easier.
With both effects working together, the development progress of Lancelot's [Body of Steel] ability was rising rapidly.
Ability development, put simply, meant improving one's control over an ability.
In the Astral Realm, stability and controllability were important factors in judging the strength of a supernatural class.
As the development level of his Body of Steel ability rose, Lancelot's control over it would also improve greatly.
Once activated, Lv1 [Body of Steel] directly increased his constitution by 15 points.
It sounded powerful, but it was uncontrollable.
Lancelot could only activate the ability; he couldn't control how much it increased his constitution.
At this stage, the ability was like a wild horse that had yet to be tamed. Its rider could only make it run, with no control over when it stopped, how it turned, or how fast it ran.
A sudden increase of 15 constitution points would put an imaginable strain on his body, and he would most likely drop dead on the spot after using it.
That was also why the information panel stated that the ability must never be activated with less than 5 constitution points. He really would die.
The maximum development level of [Body of Steel] was 15. With each level gained, the amount of constitution he could freely control increased by one point.
For example, after activating Lv2 Body of Steel, he could choose to increase his constitution by either 14 or 15 points, giving him another option.
That also meant the prerequisites for activating the ability had been lowered. Put simply, it was easier to use; it was no longer something he could only look at but not touch.
If he could raise Body of Steel's development level to 15, Lancelot would be able to control the ability however he pleased, freely increasing his constitution by up to 15 points.
By increasing his constitution by different amounts to suit the situation, he could not only greatly boost his combat power but also adapt better to different kinds of combat scenarios.
Two hours later, Lancelot's eyes were bright. He could feel that his ability was different from before, more controllable.
He brought up his information panel, and sure enough, Body of Steel had risen from Lv1 to Lv2.
"What a shame. I've already used up a whole bottle of Vitality Elixir."
Lancelot smacked his lips. If he could get his hands on a large supply of Vitality Elixir, wouldn't his ability development level shoot right up?
With the Star Swallowing Technique and the Flow Method, he had used up a bottle of Vitality Elixir in two hours, while the other members could barely manage to take one bottle every four or five days.
"Looks like I need to find a way to make some money," Lancelot muttered.
As an ability user, making money wasn't difficult.
The vast majority of company websites carried notices recruiting ability users, with generous compensation.
Major banks were also willing to offer ability users low-interest loans, with the loan amount determined by factors such as strength, potential, and status.
If Lancelot went to a bank for a loan now, he should be able to get around 250,000.
"That could work!"
Rubbing his chin, Lancelot shifted his gaze to Windsor, the tall girl training diligently not far away.
Someone with A-grade potential could naturally digest Vitality Elixir more effectively, but only to a limited extent. She could use at most three bottles in ten days.
Windsor had taken first place in both the team and individual competitions, earning a full five bottles of Vitality Elixir.
Yet Lancelot had never seen her take any Vitality Elixir.
The woman used another potion: the Light of Revival.
Its effects were even better than those of the Vitality Elixir, and its value was about the same as the Jade Potion's.
More importantly, the Light of Revival was priceless on the market. Even with money, there was nowhere to buy it without the right connections.
According to Cole, the Leite City government had specifically hired an intermediate potion maker to prepare the Light of Revival for Windsor. She was the only person in the entire training camp who received such treatment.
The world of the supernatural rarely bothered with that phony equality nonsense. The more talented you were, the more resources you received.
You had a problem with that?
Then keep it to yourself!
Who told you your talent and strength weren't good enough?
This circle recognized only the naked law of the jungle.