Swallowing the Stars: Cultivate to Become Stronger.

Chapter 45 Luo Shen's Strength

After patiently waiting for an hour.

The members of the Extreme Martial Arts Academy who were delivering the rewards finally arrived at the main entrance of the training camp and called Luo Shen to inform him to come and sign for the rewards.

Fortunately, it was around 2 p.m.

At this time, the students who went out to hunt monsters had not yet returned, and most of the students who remained in the training camp were cultivating in the Nine-Story Building. There were no students still waiting at the main entrance of the training camp.

Moreover, Luo Shen acted swiftly.

Apart from the patrolling guards at the gate, without alerting anyone else, Luo Shen had already slipped into the back door of the truck.

A beam of blue light shone.

"Student Luo Shen, identity confirmed!" the electronic voice announced.

There were only three transport personnel and a large combination lock box in the spacious carriage. Before Luo Shen could speak, another beam of blue light shone on the combination lock box.

"The reward has been confirmed. Please accept the reward, Luo Shen."

Luo Shen was surprised: "They're quite fast."

Take a step forward.

The middle-aged man with an Asian face among the three solemnly presented the briefcase to Luo Shen. Only after Luo Shen took the briefcase did his solemn expression ease somewhat.

"Thank you all for making the special trip," Luo Shen said with a smile.

The middle-aged Asian man breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's all part of our duty. Now that Luo Shen has finished receiving his students, we shouldn't linger here and need to leave as soon as possible."

Luo Shen got out of the car.

Watching the truck drive out of the gate and quickly disappear at the end of the road.

Carrying the briefcase, Luo Shen did not wander around outside. Instead, he took a side path back to his residence without disturbing anyone.

Just as he came quietly.

A secluded courtyard, inside a secret underground chamber.

Each student's residence has a separate underground chamber for free practice. The walls of the chamber are made of Kro alloy, which is very strong.

Even now, Luo Shen can only leave a fist print several tens of centimeters long on the wall.

Bright lights illuminated the entire underground chamber.

After locking the large lock on the underground chamber, Luo Shen placed the suitcase on the ground, ran his finger over the fingerprint sensor on the suitcase, and with a 'click,' the suitcase opened.

The suitcase has a large interior space.

Divided into two layers, the upper layer contains neatly stacked combat uniforms, Ghost Shadow Blade, communication watch, etc., while the lower layer contains only two wooden boxes, one containing the complete "Ninefold Thunder Blade" manual and the other containing dragon blood.

The wooden box containing dragon's blood was opened with a click.

Inside was a test tube secured with foam and plugged with a stopper. Golden liquid flowed through it, filling about one-third of the test tube's volume.

"This is dragon's blood!"

Luo Shen held up the test tube.

Facing the light, the golden liquid looked breathtakingly beautiful under the illumination.

"A few days ago, my punching power test showed close to 35000 kilograms, which means I've crossed the threshold of the advanced warrior level." Luo Shen shook the test tube, watching the golden liquid oscillate within. "I just wonder how much this stuff can improve my power?"

Legend has it that dragon blood can double the user's strength.

However, this also depends on the user's strength. The weaker the user, the more obvious the improvement effect after using the dragon blood will be. In the original work, Luo Feng's physical attributes more than doubled after using the dragon blood.

"I don't expect it to increase five or ten times, but since it's the first time using it, tripling the return shouldn't be a problem, right?"

I looked at the instruction manual in the wooden box.

Indeed, as described in the original work, it cannot be taken internally and can only be used externally.

Luo Shen casually took off his shirt, then uncorked the test tube, poured the mercury-like golden liquid metal onto his chest, and then spread it casually with his large palm.

Hot, hot, hot!

As soon as he wiped it off, Luo Shen immediately felt his chest and palms begin to heat up. The dragon blood seeped into his body, and a fiery energy flowed through his body. He could feel the increasingly hot and scalding energy in every part of his body.

Immediately, intense pain and tingling sensations occurred throughout every part of my body.

"Ouch~~ That's amazing!"

Luo Shen gasped, feeling a chill run down his spine, as if countless ants were crawling across his scalp.

Even with his transformed will, he found the pain unbearable, yet he could also clearly feel that, along with the burning pain, the medicinal power of the dragon blood was clearly enhancing and transforming his body.

Tendons, bones, muscles, fascia, and even countless cells.

"That's really intense, no wonder Luo Feng fainted from the pain." He took a deep breath, feeling wave after wave of pain surging through his body.

Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed into my mind.

"How could I forget about the Five Hearts Vortex! This thing should be able to accelerate absorption and digestion!"

As he spoke, Luo Shen endured the pain in his body, sat down cross-legged, assumed the posture of facing the sky with his five hearts facing upwards, and forced himself to cheer up and enter a state of selfless and mindless cultivation.

Under the instinctive influence of the Five Hearts Vortex, a large amount of cosmic energy surges in from the outside and mixes with the dragon blood energy.

Cool cosmic energy.

It effectively reduced the intense pain caused by the dragon blood energy!

At the same time, Luo Shen also activated the Ninefold Chaotic Origin Guiding Technique. Cosmic energy and dragon blood energy flowed through his body, awakening countless dormant cells that were violently absorbing energy and growing stronger at an alarming rate.

"Wind and thunder, shooting stars!" Luo Shen's gaze sharpened.

With keen perception, he sensed the changes within his body. Based on the fifth level of the Nine-fold Thunder Blade, the Wind and Thunder Rushing Star technique, with its six hidden energies, exploded and surged within him, like thunderclaps and spring breezes!

The efficiency of the transformation of muscles, bones, and countless cells in the body skyrockets at this moment.

It suddenly reached an incredibly terrifying speed!

"ah!!"

Feeling the power surging within him every second, Luo Shen couldn't help but let out a triumphant shout, the sound echoing throughout the underground chamber and even reaching the independent courtyard above.

Fortunately, the courtyard where Luo Shen was located was in a remote area, and his movements in the underground secret room were not known to outsiders.

But this terrifying transformation continues!

One minute, five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour

A full fifty-two minutes!

"Huff, huff."

Luo Shen, shirtless, was drenched in sweat. Large puddles of sweat lay on the floor beneath him as he sat cross-legged, and his soaked trousers were stained with large gray stains.

But he didn't feel tired; instead, he felt an unprecedented, terrifying power filling his entire body!

With a push of his hands, he easily pushed himself up from the ground.

"Crack! Crack!" After loosening his muscles a little, he suddenly threw two punches into the air. Even without using any power techniques, the terrifying force still created two sonic booms!

Luo Shen's eyes were bright and sparkling like stars.

"He can create sonic booms with ease; it seems this dragon blood has an even greater impact than I imagined!"

Go up to the second floor from the underground secret room.

After a quick shower and changing into a clean set of training clothes, Luo Shen headed towards the Nine-Story Tower. Only the Nine-Story Tower had the highest-level punching power testing machine, which could accurately test his current strength!

The sixth floor of the Nine-Story Tower.

We finally found a small, unused training hall; the other training halls had long been occupied by other students.

Close the hall door tightly.

Unlike large training halls, small training halls place more emphasis on privacy. Although the space is not large, only thirty or forty square meters, it is enough for most students to practice their swordsmanship and movement techniques.

"Let's see what level my physical fitness has reached."

Turn on the punching power tester.

He took a deep breath, his eyes flashed like lightning, and his body moved suddenly!

There was no special way of generating power; it was simply a pure explosion of brute force. With a tightening of the waist and hips, the right fist, like a cannonball fired from a barrel, slammed directly into the punching bag with a loud, silvery-white sound!

Pong!

The punching bag vibrated violently, producing a deep, muffled sound.

A line of numbers immediately appeared on the display screen next to it—'121381KG'!

"So tall!?"

Looking at the numbers on the screen, Luo Shen felt a little dazed. It was like walking down the street and suddenly finding a gold ingot. This unexpected surprise made him almost unable to believe his eyes.

More than 12 kilograms!

He's definitely a beginner-level War God, not far from the threshold of becoming an intermediate-level War God!

If Luo Shen were to unleash the full power of Wind and Thunder Star, this strike would weigh over 600,000 kilograms, almost comparable to the full-force burst of a peak War God martial artist!

Even if we encounter Li Yao again, we will have the strength to fight!

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PS: Li Yao is a senior high-level war god. Putting aside the Black God Set, it is normal for his ordinary brute strength to exceed 300,000 to 400,000 kilograms. With the addition of his physical strength, a single slash can weigh over a million kilograms.

In the original story, the sword strike extended from the Black God Set still managed to cleave Luo Feng's arm, fracturing his arm bones.

(End of this chapter)