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

As the mentalist responsible for communications and logistics in the team, He Miao always felt like an alarm clock.

An alarm clock that automatically notifies everyone when it's time to eat...

"Okay, tell them I'm going to the cafeteria first, and I'll get them whatever they want to eat."

Chen Mo nodded, got up, went to the changing room to change into clean clothes, and then went to the cafeteria.

Today's cuisine is still a feast made from various super ingredients, not much different from usual.

The only difference was that there were three old men in the cafeteria.

"Come, come, you must be Chen Mo, right?"

"Come and have a meal with us old folks. You can stay until your team arrives."

Master Huang waved to Chen Mo and gave him a kind smile.

The group wasn't making baseless accusations; they had noticed the changes that had occurred in Chen Mo.

Chen Mo nodded, picked up his meal, and sat down next to the three grandmasters.

"Chen Mo, you... seem to have changed a bit."

After Chen Mo sat down, Xie Qifu began to carefully examine Chen Mo's skin, and even touched it.

"How could that be? I remember you already finished tempering the steel..."

Before Chen Mo could explain, Xie Qifu, Master Huang, and Master Gu exchanged a glance, a hint of disbelief flashing in their eyes.

"Kid, tell me honestly, can you turn your skin iron-gray by releasing your qi and blood right now?"

Xie Qifu grabbed Chen Mo's wrist, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

"You noticed?" Chen Mo chuckled. It seems that even a Grandmaster whose foundation has been damaged is still a Grandmaster.

My little secret is nothing to a grandmaster.

"As expected, it is a naturally formed steel skin that has been tempered twice. It actually possesses the unique abilities of the ninth-level Golden Body Realm at the fourth level."

"Show us!"

The three grandmasters stared intently at Chen Mo, as if he were some rare treasure.

"Okay." Chen Mo did not refuse, but readily activated his Perfect Steel Skin.

"No, that's not right, this isn't the Iron Body of the Golden Body Realm." But when the three grandmasters saw Chen Mo's iron-gray skin, they all fell into deep thought.

"Could this be a special ability granted by his naturally steel-like skin?"

However, there have been martial artists who were born with steel skin and underwent secondary tempering before, but none of them have achieved a transformation like Chen Mo's.

"It might be related to his innate spiritual power."

Master Huang stroked his beard and offered his guess.

"Chen Mo possesses both spiritual power and blood energy, and he guided the process of tempering his skin on his own."

"It's possible that his skin absorbed spiritual energy during the tempering process, which caused him to form an iron body ahead of schedule."

"It's possible, but the conditions are far too demanding. Not only would one need to be born with steel skin, but one would also need to possess both spiritual power and vital energy..."

The three old men started discussing it right in front of Chen Mo.

Fortunately, none of the three asked Chen Mo how he did it. Chen Mo couldn't very well say that he spent five hundred gold coins to buy it, could he?

"Sorry, Xiao Chen, this is the first time we've seen you like this, we completely forgot about you."

Master Gu smiled at Chen Mo and took out a small bottle from his pocket.

"Consider this bottle of Chaotic Sea Beast blood your reward for keeping us old men company."

"Blood of a Chaotic Sea Beast?" Chen Mo took the small bottle handed to him by Master Gu and examined it.

"This beast blood is quite magical; it was extracted from a level ten sea beast called the Wandering Siren."

"It can significantly accelerate blood circulation without any side effects."

"That means it can make you unleash much stronger power than usual within ten minutes."

"Keep it to save your life."

Master Gu explained the effects of the Chaotic Sea Beast's blood, then turned to continue discussing the changes in Chen Mo with Master Huang and Xie Qifu.

Chen Mo nodded and put away the blood of the Chaotic Sea Beast.

......

At night, after a full day of training, Chen Mo and the others felt exhausted.

"We've been working non-stop for a week now, shouldn't we take a break?"

Gu Feng lay on the bed, listening to the rushing water and the girls' playful voices from the bathroom, and asked.

"So, after training tomorrow morning, we won't go for physical conditioning in the afternoon?"

"We've come all this way to the South Island, shouldn't we enjoy ourselves a bit?"

"Sure, you can name your destination." Chen Mo didn't mind; after all, tempering blood wasn't something that could be done in a day or two, and he just needed to finish it before the actual combat training started.

"We definitely have to go to the Abyss Rift in Dawn City. It's one of the few Abyss Rifts that has been conquered."

Gu Feng sat up; he had long wanted to see the real 'Dawn City'.

In fact, the city where Chen Mo and the others are currently located was not originally called Dawn City.

After the abyssal rift here was conquered, a massive experimental city was built in the shallow abyss above, named Dawn City.

The city outside the rift was renamed Dawn City at that time.

"The abyssal rifts we conquered..."

Chen Mo put his hands behind his head and looked up at the ceiling.

"Dawn City has a gladiatorial arena specifically for entertainment, where thousands of abyssal beasts are kept for martial artists to use for practical combat training."

"It is also one of the largest sources of revenue for Dawn City."

"Alright, let's go to Dawn City tomorrow!" Chen Mo's eyes lit up immediately. Why didn't you tell me about this great place sooner!

He was already looking forward to those rows of abyssal beasts eagerly awaiting steel.

"What are you talking about?" The bathroom door opened, and Ma Wanglin and He Miao, fresh from their shower, came out.

"Ah, let's discuss going to Dawn City in the Shallow Abyss tomorrow and try our luck at the Dawn Arena."

Gu Feng looked up and sighed with some regret.

It's wrapped up really well...

"Count me in." Ma Wanglin was also a battle maniac, how could she miss out on something like this?

...

"No, there's no such thing as taking leave at the training camp."

After hearing Chen Mo and the others' request, Song Bin refused without even thinking.

"There will be plenty of opportunities for real combat. Just don't complain about being tired after the remaining 23 days of training."

"If you're still in the mood after the combat training is over, then you can go and have some fun in Dawn City in the shallow abyss."

"Fine..." The group was somewhat disappointed, with Chen Mo being the most disappointed.

"Chen Mo, go and fetch the Phoenix Beak Dragon Tooth Halberd. I want to test your basic halberd combat skills."