High-level martial arts: Starting with a heart of steel, stats crush everything.

The Great Xia Grandmaster Academy, the Pharmacy Academy.

The director of the pharmacy is named Xu Qing, a middle-aged woman who appears very gentle.

She looked at the four enormous heads in front of her and felt a headache coming on, so she couldn't help but rub her temples.

Honestly, in all the years since the Great Xia Grandmaster Academy was established, this was the first time she had ever seen someone eat medicinal herbs raw and end up like this.

"You kids are really something. Even if you can't take it with you, you can't just eat it."

"All medicinal herbs have some degree of toxicity. Consuming small amounts is harmless, but judging from your condition..."

"Each person must have eaten at least five or six pounds, right?"

"More than that, it should weigh over twenty pounds..." Gu Feng smacked his lips; his mouth still tasted earthy.

"Thank goodness you came back early, otherwise you would have either been poisoned to death or overwhelmed by the effects of the medicine..."

Xu Qing sighed; these newly admitted children were really giving her a headache.

No, they're already in a real bind.

"Chen Mo, your body has a strong recovery ability. Just go to Dean Xue and use your aura to temper your bones and consume the excess medicinal power in your body."

"As for the three of you, Chen Mo's method is not suitable for you. Only bloodletting and a large consumption of your qi and blood can prevent you from being overwhelmed by the medicine's effects."

"Find a place and use your most energy-consuming martial arts techniques to the fullest. Once the medicinal power in your body is used up, you'll be fine."

"You must hurry, or your meridians will be damaged."

"Also, this is an antidote pill. Taking it for three consecutive days will cleanse your bodies of all the toxins."

"Go."

Xu Qing's solution was simple: after all, as a military doctor with a military background, the first priority was to save lives, and everything else was secondary.

Chen Mo and the others were very obedient. They took the antidote pills, threw their identity cards and medicinal herbs to Zhu Long, and then began to consume the medicinal power in their bodies according to the instructions.

At the Boxing King Academy, Xue Le stared in silence at the person in front of him whose head was a size bigger than a winter melon.

"Dean Xue, don't just stand there, I'm going to explode if I don't use up the medicinal power in my body soon."

Chen Mo was also terribly swollen, but his life force was high enough and his recovery speed was fast enough that he was fine except for feeling a little uncomfortable.

"What have you been doing again? Why are you stuffed with such low-grade medicinal herbs?"

Xue Le sighed. He didn't know whether taking these children into his Boxing King Academy was a blessing or a curse.

"It's nothing, I'm just about to run out of credits, so I was thinking of getting some more."

"There happened to be a large medicinal herb farm in the Silver Wolf Mountains. It was in a remote location and there were no powerful people in charge, so we took Senior Brother Zhu Long there to clear out some land."

Chen Mo waved his hand, downplaying the matter.

"..." Xue Le fell silent again. He really wanted to complain, but his pride as a grandmaster made him suppress the urge.

"Do you know that those senior students at the Grandmaster Academy only descend into the Deep Abyss once a month?"

"Even so, their mortality rate remains high, and you've already gone down three times in just one month?"

"You really think you're incredibly lucky, huh?"

"Dean Xue, you have to understand me." Chen Mo was also helpless, after all, his life value was too high, which made his overall physical strength frighteningly high.

At level four, he was no weaker than a level six martial artist who had tempered his skin, blood, and bones to the point of being steel. Now at level five, his physical strength is even higher than that of a level seven martial artist.

Without the assistance of high-intensity pressure, it would be virtually impossible for Chen Mo to temper a body of this strength.

"I understand. It's incredibly difficult for a martial artist like you, who is born with steel skin, steel blood, and steel bones, to undergo a second tempering."

"His speed is also much slower than that of ordinary martial artists, but once the tempering is completed, his strength is several times greater than that of ordinary martial artists."

"You are a living example."

Xue Le nodded and released his Grandmaster-level aura.

"Um, Dean Xue."

Chen Mo scratched his head; five times the gravity plus the pressure of a grandmaster was a bit too much for him now.

"Could you use a little more force?"

"Okay, okay, try a little harder, huh?" Xue Le's blood pressure had already spiked when he saw Chen Mo's big head, and now that he heard this, it spiked even higher.

hum!

The surrounding pressure suddenly increased, and the ground beneath Chen Mo's buttocks sank deeply.

"call......"

Chen Mo exhaled a breath of stale air and used his mental energy to guide his blood and qi to permeate his bones.

Although he looks rather unsightly now, the combined medicinal power of these low-grade herbs has provided considerable assistance to Chen Mo in tempering his steel bones.

Furthermore, Xue Le increased the gravity from five times to eight times, making Chen Mo's steel bone tempering speed incredibly fast.

......

Three days passed in a flash, and Chen Mo went to the Boxing King Academy early in the morning and found Xue Le doing his morning exercise.

"Shall we start now?"

Xue Le glanced at the time; it was only five in the morning, and he had just started his morning exercise.

"Yes, I only have my crown chakra left to be tempered; the rest of my bones have already been successfully tempered!"

Chen Mo is quite excited now. It took him three whole days to digest the effects of the medicine last time, and during those three days his steel bone tempering progress reached 93%.

Only one step remains to complete the tempering of the steel skeleton!

Once he completes Perfect Steelbone, he will not only be able to unlock the invisibility function of Demonic Phantom, but also unlock the fifth skill slot.

Furthermore, Chen Mo has been saving up gold coins recently, just waiting to unlock the fifth skill slot and draw a useful skill.

"Let's begin then." Xue Le nodded. Chen Mo was the most proactive kid he had ever met when it came to physical tempering.

Tempering the body is no simple matter; the pain involved is unimaginable.

Chen Mo is not only exceptionally talented, but also possesses extraordinary perseverance. Becoming a grandmaster in the future is not a difficult task for him.

Perhaps we can even touch that ethereal realm...

hum!

The overwhelming pressure of a Grandmaster erupted instantly, and at the same moment, Chen Mo took out five Level 5 Body Tempering Pills and swallowed them.

Feeling the stinging and itching from the top of my head, the originally white top of my head gradually began to emit a metallic luster.

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