Chapter 7: The Beginning of Transformation
At 10 p.m., in the Forbidden Purple Pavilion. Inside the secret room made of Ke Luo alloy, Shen Mu sat cross-legged on a soft cushion. In front of him was a black briefcase.
Click! The briefcase opened, revealing three neatly arranged wooden boxes, containing the secret manuals "Destroyer" and "Spirit Master Basics", as well as Dragon Blood.
"This is Dragon Blood, let's see its effects." Shen Mu picked up a tube. The Dragon Blood was viscous and light golden in color, faintly glowing with golden fluorescence under the dim light. The wooden box also contained detailed instructions for the Dragon Blood. Shen Mu was familiar with the method of use and directly applied it all over his body. He mainly wanted to see the effects, as he couldn't remember much from all those years ago.
The effectiveness of the Dragon Blood depended on the user's strength. If a Warlord-level fighter used it, the improvement in physical fitness might not even be double. If an advanced warrior-level fighter used it, it could even increase by three to four times. Based on Shen Mu's weak physical fitness, the improvement should be at least four times or more.
Shen Mu directly opened the tube and then poured the viscous Dragon Blood into his palm, beginning to apply it all over his body.
Soon, at the places where the Dragon Blood was applied, streams of heat seeped into his body, quickly spreading throughout Shen Mu's body, flowing into every limb and bone. In just a dozen seconds, Shen Mu's body temperature rapidly rose, and a sharp pain and itching sensation swept over his entire body.
As time passed, the pain deepened into the marrow, and it felt as if every bone in Shen Mu's body was being cooked at an extremely high temperature. Shen Mu's expression remained unchanged, but his whole body was still trembling slightly, a response from the body to the intense pain, which did not change with one's willpower.
Invisible spirit force emanated from Shen Mu's body, and as his physical fitness improved, the amount of spirit force his body could contain also increased rapidly.
No one knew how long it took, but the transformation within Shen Mu's body finally ended, and the scorching pain quickly dissipated. At this moment, Shen Mu's body was covered with a thick layer of dirt. This was not the cultivation-novel-style marrow cleansing, but the failed cells from the transformation being expelled from the body.
Shen Mu exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, opened his eyes, and clenched his fist, carefully perceiving the powerful force hidden within his body.
"Let's go wash up first, then test how much my physical fitness has improved."
Ten minutes later, on the first floor of the pavilion, in the training hall. In front of the power testing device, Shen Mu clenched his right fist and punched.
Bang! Accompanied by a dull collision sound, the test result appeared on the screen: 10,914 kg.
Shen Mu's previous physical force was just over two thousand kilograms, and he had improved by about eight thousand kilograms, which was indeed quite effective.
"Most of the effects of the Dragon Blood are still in the body. After all, with my physical fitness, even a five or six times improvement is possible."
It seemed that for a while, he would need to train extensively to dig out the remaining effects of the Dragon Blood.
For Shen Mu's Earthling clone, there were mainly two tasks: one was to improve his spear technique, and the other was to enhance his physical fitness.
As for the force amplitude technique, that was not important for the time being. After all, the force techniques on Earth followed a wrong path, and he could practice them later.
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The next morning, in the courtyard of the Forbidden Purple Pavilion. Shen Mu and Chu Qiang stood opposite each other, holding long spears.
Chu Qiang looked at Shen Mu and said, "Junior Brother Shen Mu, how much do you know about the four realms of techniques?"
Shen Mu had some understanding of spear technique realms. In his previous life, he struggled on the brink of death and naturally devoted himself to studying spirit master techniques, with poor close combat skills. But in this life, his spear technique had reached the micro level.
The basics need not be mentioned. Mastery of the moves was considered entry-level. The micro level of spear technique represented no longer being constrained by rigid moves, with thrusts, jabs, sweeps, and parries... all executed spontaneously, greatly enhancing power.
As for the perfection level, it was what was called human-spear unity in ancient times, making the long spear as natural as a part of the body, able to be wielded with ease. The Artistic Conception level was about integrating with the nature, which was not something Shen Mu could achieve at the moment.
Shen Mu explained his understanding of spear techniques in detail and then looked at Chu Qiang.
Chu Qiang held his long spear horizontally, its sharp edge pointing at Shen Mu: "Not bad, now let me see your spear technique."
Without further ado, Shen Mu's figure shot out like a bolt of lightning, sweeping his spear towards Chu Qiang. While Shen Mu was practicing his spear technique, thousands of miles away, in the depths of the ocean.
"Roar." A majestic dragon roar echoed at the bottom of the sea. A green dragon tumbled in the deep sea, with twelve sharp dragon scales forged into spirit weapons circling and dancing around it. If one looked closely, they would notice that the traces left by the scales intersected, forming a very exquisite and complex maze-like drawing. The 12 dragon scales moved fast and slow, interweaving and outlining. In just 25 seconds, they finally completed a maze drawing.
"Completing the second drawing of the 'Celestial Deity Diagram' within 32 seconds, very good."
The "Celestial Deity Diagram" was a controller technique manual in the 'Spirit Master Basics', containing 99 drawings.
Currently, the strongest spirit master on Earth, East, could only complete the training of the 18th drawing, but Shen Mu knew that Luo Feng, who was now trapped in the No. 9 ancient civilization ruins, should have surpassed East.
Understanding the Artistic Conception was the responsibility of Shen Mu's Earthling clone. Enhancing the spirit amplitude was naturally left to his Planetary-level second-stage spirit master Azure Dragon clone to cultivate.
Under the turbulent waves of the deep sea, the vast spirit force drove the dragon scales to repeatedly practice the profound drawings.
And throughout the entire month of January, Shen Mu trained his spear technique within the training camp without going out. It was not that Shen Mu didn't want to go out. He couldn't officially join the camp until February 1st. Before that, he couldn't leave the camp, nor did he have access to the gravity room and the training room. He could only practice his spear technique diligently.
In the blink of an eye, the time came to January 31st.
In the courtyard of the Forbidden Purple Pavilion, after another sparring session with Shen Mu, Chu Qiang threw him a bottle of water.
"Junior Brother, tomorrow you will officially join the camp. According to your ranking, you must go to City No. 1001 to hunt monsters on odd-numbered days. There's something I must remind you."
Speaking of this, Chu Qiang's expression was extremely serious: "Junior Brother, you are an advanced Warlord-level spirit master and can control 10 flying knives. The monsters in City No. 1001 are basically no match for you. But remember, you must not hunt primary Horde Leader monsters. Once you become a Wargod-level individual, you will be forced to graduate."
"Senior Brother, don't worry. I go to the wilderness area only to hone my spear technique. I generally won't use spirit force. Anyway, with my combat power amplitude, killing a few monsters at random can push my ranking to the top."
Chu Qiang couldn't help but say, "Indeed, with your combat power amplitude, surpassing me is simple."
This year was Chu Qiang's last year in the training camp. The old student who used to compete with him had already left, leaving him as the only student with a combat power amplitude of over 16 times. He originally thought he could dominate the rankings for the last few months to exchange for more resources, but then Shen Mu, this super freak, appeared.
The next morning, February 1st, Shen Mu followed ninety or so training camp students and headed straight for City No. 1001.
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