We made you practice martial arts, and you've mastered the Great Golden Body?

Chapter 197 Basic Sword Techniques Upgraded! An Astonishing Transformation!
Shen Bailian has never given up on the diversified development of his innate talents.

For example, from initially binding himself to the entire Five Elements Fist set instead of just one form... to when upgrading his skills, he would use the healing effect and slight amplification of combat power from the primordial power surging from his lower abdomen in actual combat.

Then comes the auxiliary enhancement effect. By utilizing the warm current that emerges from skill upgrades and advancements, and merging with the elemental power of heaven and earth, the effect of the elemental power of heaven and earth can be greatly enhanced, eliminating its "wildness".

As Zhanlong absorbed the essence of the Crimson Stone Statue's flesh and blood to slowly transform, it also emitted a faint warm current. Although it was not the power of origin, and the magnitude and speed of its transformation were far inferior, it still provided a powerful boost.

However, the results were all roughly the same.

Because of this, a brilliant idea suddenly came to Shen Bailian's mind: since the elemental energy of heaven and earth can exert a far greater effect than usual after being amplified.

What about the pseudo-original power, which is closer to that original power?
without hesitation.

Shen Bailian acted swiftly and decisively, spending nearly half an hour slaughtering all the ferocious beasts in this small but precious land.

To ensure the safety of the plan.

Although Shen Bailian currently has a relatively abundant supply of divine matter, such good fortune is not something that can be encountered all the time. The situation he encountered during this mission served as a stark warning to him.

Unless it's a wild, ferocious beast stimulated by the primordial energy of heaven and earth, the divine substance within it has probably long since become the favored leeks of the gods, harvested again and again.

Furthermore, as the ferocious beast's strength increases, it can gradually digest and absorb a portion of the divine matter within its body, thus gradually evolving into a pseudo-mythical or mythical ferocious beast.

Thanks to Shen Bailian's powerful physical attributes, after dealing with the crimson stone statue, no ferocious beast in this treasure land could withstand his sword strike or even a simple punch.

Therefore, under his deliberate control, after sending the last ferocious beast to the underworld, his Gale skill just reached the threshold for upgrading.

hum~
Immediately afterwards, Shen Bailian felt a surge of warm current welling up from his lower abdomen, gradually permeating his limbs and bones, with heat emanating from every pore of his body.

The power of origin has begun to take effect.

"The speed this time is surprisingly fast." Shen Bailian sensed his own condition and immediately realized, "This is bad, I need to speed up."

All of a sudden.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A series of thunderous sounds suddenly echoed through the air. Shen Bailian's primal force surged forth like a flood, gathering on his feet as he stomped on the air.

The speed immediately increased to a new level!

Shen Bailian moved like lightning, and in the blink of an eye, he darted over a thousand meters away, arriving at a wilderness training room that had already been set up.

In just those few seconds, he felt his body temperature rise sharply to nearly 60 degrees Celsius, and his blood became scalding hot.

"Pfft!"

With a slight thought, Shen Bailian's two unused Star Crystals and Dragon Slayer appeared in his hand, the latter of which went straight into the massive heart of the crimson statue.

"Hoo~breath~"

Take a deep breath.

"Now I can finally cultivate in peace." Shen Bailian immediately calmed down, holding a second-tier star crystal in one hand, and began to guide his muscles, bones, flesh, tissues, and cells through the Five Elements Breathing Technique with his powerful spiritual energy.

In an instant.

"Boom~"

Shen Bailian's heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys resonated intensely at their own distinct yet shared frequencies, and his blood was stimulated to flow like a surging river into the meridians and capillaries of his limbs and bones.

Then, the purest and most refined primal power surged from his lower abdomen, merging with the primal energy of heaven and earth in his blood, as well as the pseudo-primal power.

With its all-embracing nature, the power of origin demonstrated the leadership expected of a high-ranking being, subduing the primordial energy of stars and the unruly pseudo-origin energy.

As the surging blood flowed to every tiny part of Shen Bailian's body, his muscles, bones, and flesh were as if enjoying a gluttonous feast.

It is constantly being enriched and strengthened.

"Indeed, my idea was correct." Shen Bailian's consciousness sank, feeling his near-perfect state, and he couldn't help but think to himself.

With the help of true primal power, the pseudo-primal power provided by Zhanlong, which was originally not very effective, suddenly became much stronger.

"If the plan goes smoothly, this time we should be able to break through to level 20.3 in physical fitness."

Although his physical attributes only increased by 0.1 levels this time, it should be noted that this is 0.1 levels at the peak of the Transcendent Realm, not 0.1 levels at the Establishment Realm or the early to mid-stages of the Transcendent Realm.

This 0.1-level increase in primal power is far more powerful than before. Combined with the Five Elements Breathing Technique and the assistance of pseudo-primal power, it is enough to push Shen Bailian's physical attributes to level 19.3.

however.

Just as Shen Bailian's body was undergoing a transformation.

Congratulations! Your mental strength has been enhanced!

【Mental Power: 20.1】

boom!
It was as if a thunderclap had suddenly exploded in Shen Bailian's mind, making him feel dizzy. A strange yet familiar power surged into his mind and merged into his spiritual ocean.

Wow!
Wow~
The already powerful and vast ocean of spiritual energy continued to expand, stirring up waves that rapidly digested and devoured the strange power, while the soul power continued to leap and improve.

The conversion efficiency is extremely impressive.

In just a short time, the increase in mental strength level was hundreds or even thousands of times faster than the speed at which Shen Bailian usually increased his mental strength by practicing the Great Sun Visualization Method.

It's like riding a rocket.

This rapid increase in mental strength is also exceptionally stable, directly eliminating the need for the subsequent step of increasing mental strength intensity, and without any pain; on the contrary, it feels exceptionally comfortable.

It felt like soaking in a hot spring.

"I actually forgot about that!" As Shen Bailian felt his unusually clear mind, he immediately recovered from his slight shock.

Before upgrading his Gale skill, his mental strength level had already reached 19.8.

The Gale skill increases mental strength by 0.3 levels per level, which is equivalent to Shen Bailian's mental strength directly increasing from the late stage of the first tier to the peak of the first tier.

This level of improvement is quite significant.

Suddenly, for some unknown reason, at this crucial moment, Shen Bailian separated a wisp of his spiritual power and directly controlled the shrinking of the wilderness training room around him.

They completely exposed themselves to the treasure land.

All of a sudden.

A foul stench, a mixture of rainwater, mud, and soil, along with a strong smell of blood, rushed directly into Shen Bailian's nostrils.

However, in just a moment, he expelled these unusual energies from the outside, activated the air filtration system, and set up a simple alarm.

Although most of the ferocious beasts in this treasure land have been killed by Shen Bailian, the divine substance can compress the field of vision of the Eye of God.

So you never know when a ferocious beast might suddenly emerge from the catalysis.

just in case.

And just then.

"Boom~~"

Above the sky, a bolt of lightning, the size of the mouth of an ordinary water vat, suddenly descended from the thick black clouds, spreading into the dense forest and instantly illuminating this deep, dark mountain forest.

"Mental strength!"

"The Way follows nature." "Indeed, after reaching the fourth level of martial arts skill, along with the improvement of spiritual power, the perception of the mysteries of heaven and earth and nature became clearer and clearer." Shen Bailian silently felt the raindrops falling on his body and everything around him.

With the help of that strange power that enhances his mental strength, his consciousness is now exceptionally clear and powerful, and his thoughts are processing at an extremely fast speed.

Even without relying on the Eye of God, Shen Bailian can still perceive everything within a radius of several kilometers, and it is showing a tendency to transform into divine sense.

Most importantly, after the wilderness training room disappeared, his body's subtle senses became more sensitive, and his perception of the external environment became clearer...

It is now much easier than before to capture the subtle mysteries of the universe.

Among these were the five elements of heaven and earth energy that Shen Bailian was quite familiar with, as well as a gentle breeze, a fierce gust of wind, a violent storm, and a chilling wind that made people tremble...

Of course, there are also some unfamiliar elements, such as frost, lightning, light, waves... the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and a series of other things in the world.

Drawing upon his insights into all things in the world, Shen Bailian subconsciously wanted to incorporate them into his basic swordsmanship, creating his own unique swordsmanship.

Time passed by little by little, and soon more than half an hour had gone by.

Congratulations! Your physical attribute has been improved!

【Physique: 20.3】

Two notification messages flashed rapidly across the panel.

However, this held almost no appeal for Shen Bailian, who was already completely immersed in cultivating and studying his own swordsmanship, because it was something that was entirely expected.

He has now devoted all his attention to understanding swordsmanship, hoping to take advantage of this rare opportunity to upgrade his basic swordsmanship as well.

Although the improvement this time was not significant enough to allow Shen Bailian to reach a state of enlightenment again, he did gain a perception that was hundreds of times greater than usual.

On the panel——

[Congratulations! Your basic swordsmanship skill has improved. Experience points +1]

Congratulations! Your character level experience has increased by 1.

……

[Congratulations! Your basic swordsmanship skill has improved. Experience points +2]

【…】

[Basic Knife Skills LV4 (1094/1100)]

The experience bar for basic swordsmanship is slowly but steadily climbing, getting closer and closer to the experience points needed to level up.

"faster!"

"Faster!" Shen Bailian shouted frantically in his heart as he felt the gradually calming primal power within his body and the expanding ocean of spiritual power in his mind.

Opportunities are earned, not just given away.

without hesitation.

Shen Bailian gritted his teeth, and with a slight thought, he took out two second-tier Star Nourishing Spirit Potions, each worth 100,000 Great Xia Coins, from his storage ring.

Before the mission began, Cheng Shangwu specially prepared some Star Crystals and Star Nourishing Potions for him, which could be considered a privilege of top martial arts prodigies.

After all, if something really happens to the boy, Cheng Shangwu will definitely take the blame, regardless of how Duan Wuyai explains it.

Anyway, that old bastard who never regrets his actions will definitely slap Cheng Shangwu to death!

In the past, Shen Bailian would never have been willing to waste 200,000 Great Xia coins so easily, but today is different.

He owns an entire area with hundreds of high-level spirit fruit trees. Once this mission is over, he can easily earn a small fortune.

"Gulu~"

With his eyes closed, Shen Bailian tilted his head back and swallowed the two second-tier Star Nourishing Spirit Potions, which instantly transformed into a cool liquid that seeped into his flesh and blood.

Wow~
This cool liquid, flowing along the meridians of the limbs and bones, quickly converged into the head, finally entering the illusory yet clear ocean of spiritual energy.

Although the quality of this cool liquid is far inferior to that strange power, and the main function of the Starry Sky Nourishing Spirit Potion is not to enhance mental strength.

But the quantity is large!
An ordinary martial artist at the peak of the first-order spiritual power level would take at most one-third of a dose of Star Nourishing Spirit Potion at a time, but Shen Bailian took two doses at once.

In other words, only Shen Bailian, who possesses the divine skill [Shadow Follows] passive ability and is still upgrading his skill, would dare to do such a thing.

Otherwise, if it were an ordinary martial artist, their head would probably have been burst by now.

Three-drug.

Especially when used improperly.

With the help of two second-tier Star Nourishing Elixirs, Shen Bailian's pseudo-enlightenment state was barely extended for a short while longer.

Time seemed to pass extremely slowly to him.

However, no matter how slowly time passed in Shen Bailian's eyes, it remained unchanged from a macro perspective, and the pseudo-enlightenment state would eventually come to an end.

And just at the last moment when he was about to forcibly exit the state of pseudo-enlightenment.

[Congratulations! Your basic swordsmanship skill has improved. Experience points +2]

Congratulations! Your basic swordsmanship skill level has been improved!

Congratulations! Your physical attribute has been improved!

【…】

Congratulations! Your Spirit attribute has been improved!

【…】

In an instant.

Rumble~
Just as messages popped up on the illusory yet clear panel in front of Shen Bailian, a surge of primordial power simultaneously erupted from his lower abdomen's dantian and above his spiritual sea.

In a short period of time, his physical fitness level and mental strength level underwent a complete transformation in both quantity and quality.

"finally!"

"I've finally waited for this moment." Shen Bailian immediately revealed an excited smile. With a thought, several first-tier star crystals appeared neatly beside him.

Under the guidance of the Five Elements Breathing Technique, the primordial energy of heaven and earth and the power of stars within the Yuan Crystal were instantly absorbed by the young storm, fully enhancing his physical attributes.

……

A few hours later.

Shen Bailian's internal organs gradually calmed down, and his body temperature, which was nearly 100 degrees Celsius, began to drop. He took a deep breath and then opened his eyes.

Suddenly.

boom!
Like a tidal wave, an invisible, terrifying wave suddenly erupted from Shen Bailian, its terrifying pressure sweeping across everything around him.

The gravel and rainwater were pushed back by the majesty, and the air surged, as if forming a vacuum zone with a diameter of several hundred meters.

(End of this chapter)