Chinese Martial Arts: My Super Beast Clone

Not far from him, the dragon-snake lizard ate in a completely different manner.

The little guy completely disregarded the blood and fishy smell in the meat, swallowing piece after piece of flesh directly into its stomach.

The dragon lizard eats extremely fast. Lin Hai observed it from the side and saw it devour tiger meat almost equal to its own weight in just half an hour.

The large amount of food brought immediate benefits; the dragon lizard's spirits clearly recovered, and the wound at the severed tail even showed signs of healing.

At the same time, a strange sensation came through the connection deep within my soul.

Lin Hai sat by the fire, his fists clenched so tightly that his knuckles cracked slightly. The energy transformed from the tiger meat consumed by the dragon-snake lizard was directly fed back to him through the characteristics of his soul clone. In a short while, he saw on the panel that his physique had increased and his strength had increased by more than twenty jin.

He stood up and glanced at the jade-horned deer still hanging in mid-air. After most of the day's ordeal, the spirit deer had little strength left to struggle, occasionally letting out a weak moan.

Lin Hai decided to stay here for a few days, so he cut down a few tough green vines from the surrounding area and built a sturdy hammock among the branches of the big tree where he had previously hidden.

For the next few days, Lin Hai did not leave the pool.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

By the pool, Lin Hai, having eaten his fill of tiger meat, naturally assumed a stance of the Tiger-Taming Fist, his back straight, his strength rising from his heels and flowing through the tendons of his calves and thighs.

With his right hand, he unleashed a powerful strike, like a tiger emerging from the forest.

This punch was thrown extremely fast, with all the force concentrated at the tip of the fist, without any dispersion.

Then came the second punch, the third punch...

He threw ten punches in a row, each punch delivered with full force.

Become!

Clumsy strength is transformed into whole-body power; this is the sign of breaking through the first stage of the foundation building in the realm of strength training, namely the Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Technique).

Lin Hai withdrew his fist and let out a long breath. He turned to look at the open space in front of him, where the once enormous male tiger carcass was now reduced to a massive, white skeleton.

Several hundred kilograms of flesh and blood, along with internal organs, almost all went into the dragon-snake lizard's stomach.

The dragon lizard was resting beside the tiger bone. Its body had noticeably grown larger, and its scales were even denser and shinier. The most obvious change was its severed tail; thanks to the nourishment from the massive amounts of flesh and blood it had consumed and its own healing abilities, a pinkish bud had grown from the stump.

With a slight thought, Lin Hai saw clear handwriting appear in his vision.

Name: Lin Hai

Physical Strength: 8.2

【Spirit: 5.2】

Strength: 906 jin (approximately 84,000 catties)

Martial Arts: Tiger-Taming Stance (Beginner), Tiger-Taming Fist (Advanced)

【Soul Clone: ​​Dragon-Snake Lizard (Evolution Level 88/100)】

[Spiritual Essence: 1]

In the past few days, thanks to the feedback from the dragon-snake lizard's continuous feeding, his physique and strength have increased significantly.

What Lin Hai was most concerned about was the evolution level of the Dragon-Snake Lizard. It had skyrocketed from over fifty points to eighty-eight points. It was only twelve points away from reaching the maximum value of one hundred.

These past few days in the wilderness have calmed Lin Hai's mind.

He walked to the hanging animal net, where the jade-horned deer was still hanging, surviving only on a handful of dew-covered grass thrown up by Lin Hai each day.

At this moment, the fawn's eyelids were half-closed, and it seemed to have little energy.

"Why are you circling around this pond?" Lin Hai muttered to himself.

This problem had been bothering him for several days.

The mythical beast is naturally inclined to seek advantage and avoid harm; there must be something in or near this pond that attracts it.

But in the past few days, Lin Hai had searched the area thoroughly. He pushed aside every clump of bushes and turned over every rock. Yesterday afternoon, he even dived into the pool to investigate. The pool was several meters deep, and at the bottom, there was nothing but thick silt and aquatic plants.

He returned to the shore, squatted down, and touched the dragon lizard's head.

"If we can't find a reason, keeping you around is just a burden." Lin Hai brushed the dirt off his hands, his voice calm. "The most important thing now is to improve our strength."

He glanced at the sky; the sun was beginning to set in the west.

Lin Hai pointed to the Jade Horned Deer in the tree and said to the Dragon-Snake Lizard, "Wait another day. If there's still no movement, swallow it by this time tomorrow. That Jade Horned Deer will definitely make up for the twelve evolution points. Then we'll see what your second evolution looks like."

The dragon-snake lizard stuck out its long tongue and emitted a soft hiss, seemingly having long coveted the treasure beast hanging in the tree.

After nightfall, the temperature in the mountains and forests dropped rapidly.

Nights in the wild are always full of unknown dangers, and these past few days, Lin Hai has remained vigilant even when he is sleeping.

The air in the mountains was particularly damp and cold that morning.

As dawn broke, a thick white mist rose from the surface of the pool. The mist quickly spread across the flat ground, enveloping the surrounding bushes.

"Yo...yo..."

A sharp cry of a deer suddenly rang out in the air, breaking the tranquility of the morning.

Lin Hai opened his eyes.

Apart from the rustling of leaves in the wind, there was no sound of any other wild animals approaching.

The jade-horned deer, which had been quiet and half-dead for the past few days, now seemed to have gone mad, struggling violently in the rough hemp net suspended in mid-air. Its four hooves kicked wildly, its neck stretched outwards desperately, and its head turned towards the pool in front of it, emitting high-pitched cries incessantly.

Lin Hai rolled off the hammock.

He walked to the tree and followed the gaze of the jade-horned deer. The mist obscured most of his vision, but an unusual change was faintly visible in the center of the pool.

Lin Hai slowed his pace, stepping through the mud and water, and slowly walked to the edge of the pool.

He stared intently at the center of the pool, where a small patch of lotus leaves grew. He had seen this lotus grove before when he went underwater to explore, and at that time he hadn't found anything unusual; it was just the most ordinary wild lotus. But now, in this lotus patch, a flower bud was undergoing a strange transformation in the morning mist.

The originally green flower bud suddenly developed a faint jade-like luster on its surface. Then, under Lin Hai's gaze, a crack appeared at the top of the flower bud.

There was no wind, yet the petals began to unfold one after another. The pinkish-white petals had clear veins, and the speed at which they bloomed was almost unreal.

Lin Hai stood on the shore, staring intently at the strange sight.

In those few short minutes, the lotus flower fully bloomed.

As the flowers bloom to their fullest, the edges of the petals quickly begin to yellow and curl, then fall off one by one into the pond. With the petals withering, the central green lotus seedpod begins to swell and enlarge at a visible rate. Its original tender green color rapidly deepens, gradually turning dark green.

On the surface of the lotus seedpod, nine lotus seeds slowly emerged from the holes, their tips revealing a slightly yellowish hue.

This is a sign that the fruit is fully ripe.

From bud formation, flowering, withering to fruit ripening, this plant compresses the growth process that normally takes a long time into just a quarter of an hour.

"Baozhi?"

Lin Hai recalled a rumor he had heard before. It was said that in the deep mountains and marshes, some plants absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, remaining hidden for years. They looked no different from weeds, but only when they matured would they reveal their true wonders.