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

If Gu Feng didn't even notice something, then Chen Mo and Yang Zuo shouldn't be expected to notice it either.

One was still savoring the feeling of pulling out someone's scalp, while the other was battling with a grilled large intestine that had become incredibly chewy after cooling down.

Ma Wanglin got into the car with mixed feelings, and He Miao noticed her unusual behavior.

But she didn't say anything, saying she'd ask again when they got back to the hotel.

No sooner had Chen Mo and his group left than three expressionless, short-haired youths appeared in the shop.

The three short-haired youths didn't say a word, but grabbed the South Asian man by the collar and lifted him up.

"This matter must not be publicized. If any information about this is leaked to the outside world, you know the consequences yourselves."

The South Asian man nearly wet himself the moment he saw the three crew-cut youths, immediately realizing who he had messed with.

Luckily, I only whistled. If I had said something I shouldn't have, it wouldn't be as simple as just a warning now.

The Great Xia is the country with the most Grandmasters on the entire Blue Star. Small countries like theirs, which don't even have any Grandmasters, are absolutely not to be trifled with.

"I...I understand."

The South Asian nodded, and the three young men with buzz cuts, dressed in Zhongshan suits, loosened his collar.

"Reporting to the leader, the conflict has been resolved."

......

It was already evening when we got back to the hotel, and the sunset reflected on the sea, making it appear exceptionally calm.

After dinner, Ma Wanglin and He Miao returned to their villa, and Chen Mo and the other two did not linger outside.

As for that old scoundrel Geng Lianhu, Chen Mo and the others didn't find any trace of him, guessing he was out partying.

"This seems to be the first time I've had a break since June..."

Chen Mo lay on his large bed and let out a long sigh.

The long-lost comfort made him feel a little uncomfortable, so he sat up after lying down for a while.

He came so far in advance, he can't possibly lie in bed for eight days straight, can he?

Aren't those people all crippled?

"How about trying a bath?"

Chen Mo glanced at the bathtub in the bedroom, deciding to try the energy liquid bath he had been looking forward to for so long.

Close the door and turn off the drain.

With a thought, Chen Mo instantly filled the bathtub with purplish-black energy liquid.

"This is the color it turns after cooling?"

Chen Mo took a deep breath, took off his clothes, and immersed his body in the energy liquid.

Almost the instant his body came into contact with the energy liquid, an indescribable tingling, pain, and numbness enveloped Chen Mo's body.

The feeling was like a thousand ants gnawing at his heart, and Chen Mo activated Perfect Steel Skin almost instinctively.

He knew that once the Ghost Armor was activated, his body would be isolated from the energy liquid, thus preventing him from achieving the desired effect.

After enduring the first wave of excruciating pain, Chen Mo could clearly feel his muscles automatically being tempered.

Moreover, the speed of tempering is no slower than when he ingests energy liquid, and is even much faster!

"Wait a minute, if soaking in energy liquid can strengthen muscles, what about my steel marrow?"

Chen Mo didn't quite grasp the situation at first. If the effects of the energy liquid were all absorbed by the muscles, wouldn't the steel marrow be useless?

Perhaps the effects of the liquid bath were too good, and he was somewhat reluctant to give up the pleasure of this high-speed tempering.

Chen Mo's muscle tempering progress is increasing at a rate of 0.005% per second, and it takes less than four minutes to increase by 1%.

At this rate, it will only take a little over an hour to complete 75% of the task!

However, as the muscle tempering progresses, the amount of energy fluid consumed also increases.

The energy liquid in the bathtub began to decrease at a visible rate, and Chen Mo's originally bright red muscles began to turn purplish-red.

At this moment, Chen Mo was unaware of any of this; he was staring blankly at the [Unclaimed Rewards] displayed on the system panel.

"When... was this a reward?"

Chen Mo scratched his head. How come he couldn't remember completing any mission?

[Note: This is a reward for a challenge mission. The system has repeatedly reminded the host that the mission is complete, but the host has not responded.]

"..."

Chen Mo then remembered the mission that was issued forty-eight hours later. He had forgotten about it because the battle had been so intense.

Chen Mo's eyes lit up when he opened the unclaimed reward page.

[Hero Skill Selection x1, Iron Heart Buff x1]

Both of these rewards are exactly what Chen Mo needs most, so they are practically equal.

The "Steel Heart" ability can significantly increase Chen Mo's steel stacking speed, and the hero skill selection is extremely important.

So far, Chen Mo has two more uses of the "Iron Heart" buff, but he doesn't have a chance to use them yet.

As for the hero skill selection feature, Chen Mo already had his own ideas.

That single, breathtaking attack killed at least hundreds of thousands of Abyss Beasts.

Chen Mo was thinking that it would be great if we had Thresh's passive and Belial's passive.

Now, he can choose between these two passive options.

The order doesn't really matter, since you'll get another hero skill to choose from after completing the new challenge.

Chen Mo's current attributes are somewhat like those of a well-rounded warrior, except that his defense is not something he is very satisfied with.

Those fourth-tier martial artists have defenses that easily reach millions, while I can only barely reach a million by activating Ghost Armor and Perfect Steel Skin.

It's still too low.

"System, I remember that Thresh's passive ability allows him to infinitely increase his defense and ability power by collecting souls."

"My attribute panel doesn't even have a spell power option..."

[Please rest assured, the spell power will be converted into attack power in equal proportion.]

"That's settled then."

Without further hesitation, Chen Mo directly used the hero skill selection feature.

"I choose... the curse of hell!"

[Skill exchange successful!]

[Equip immediately?]

[Passive skill slots are full. Please select and replace any passive skill.]

Without any hesitation, Chen Mo immediately replaced Berserker's Fury with Hell's Curse!