Lu Sheng sat in the spacious underground martial arts training room. The previously empty cultivation room now had some semblance of life to it. There were all kinds of testing equipment and training equipment.
There was even a combat power testing device. These were all sponsored by the Baihe City’s Martial Arts Association. With Lu Sheng’s current status, even if Xiao Yuhe emptied his family’s fortune, he would be willing to do so. Not to mention the White River City Government.
Three test tubes as thick as a baby’s forearm were neatly arranged in front of Lu Sheng. A pale golden liquid flowed in the test tubes.
These were the three bottles of Level 5 Exotic Marrow he won from the idiot Shangguang Ling during the Qiming General Selection. Dong Qingxue had sent someone to deliver them, but Lu Sheng had never used them.
Now, he had completed the third tempering of his inner strength (internal energy), but he was still one step away from transforming his inner strength into Qi. Hence, Lu Sheng thought of these three bottles of Exotic Marrow Fluid.
“Transforming inner strength into Gang Qi is also a process of further stimulating the Qi and blood in the body to promote the transformation of inner strength. But the quality of Stellar Energy after the third tempering is too high. Even if my Qi and blood are close to a Level 6 Martial Artist, it’s still not enough to stimulate it. If I add the Level 5 Exotic Marrow Fluid, it should be sufficient.”
Lu Sheng had been stuck at the step of transforming his inner strength into Gang Qi for a week. Today, he finally decided on relying on external supplements to break through. After making up his mind, Lu Sheng did not delay and directly poured the three bottles of Level 5 Exotic Marrow Fluid into his mouth.
The first spurt of energy, the second spurt of energy, and the third spurt of energy.
Either he did not do it, or he did it in one go!
The pale golden Exotic Marrow Fluid emitted a faint fishy smell as if he was eating an egg. It flowed smoothly into Lu Sheng’s gullet. Feeling the Level 5 Exotic Marrow Fluid transform into a torrent in his body, Lu Sheng immediately stimulated his Qi and blood.
His two hearts thumped loudly.
Divine Illumination Meditation Scripture, Qi and blood increase!
In an instant, the Qi and blood in his blood vessels surged violently like a rising tide. Under the dark red, viscous blood, there seemed to be tiny dragons rolling and roaring.
The Exotic Marrow Fluid transformed into a warm current that blended into the blood, increasing the tide. More and more Flood Dragons appeared under the currents of blood, and they became more and more rowdy. With the help of this power, Lu Sheng mobilized all the inner strength in his body.
A large amount of Qi and blood merged with the golden internal energy. This energy was like a golden dragon, running all over Lu Sheng’s body. The more moved the faster it became, the faster it became, the fiercer it ended up being. Suddenly, he seemed to have reached a critical point.
The tiny blood vessels could no longer restrain the proud golden dragon. The golden dragon roared and rushed toward the world outside of the flesh and blood. A radiance as bright as the first rays of dawn gushed out from Lu Sheng’s body.
In an instant, Lu Sheng felt as if he was sitting under the scorching sun at noon. His entire body was wrapped in a brilliant golden light.
He opened his eyes, and the blazing sun in his eyes shone even brighter. When he stood up, he looked like a heavenly soldier from the legends. His body was covered in golden light, dazzling and resplendent. Lu Sheng suddenly punched out.
His body moved with his fist, and a golden light flashed in the cultivation room. Lu Sheng’s figure had already traversed more than half of the training room, and he smashed his fist into the giant dynamometer (combat power testing instrument, i.e, the dial on it) in the corner.
A loud and dull sound echoed in the vast space. The number on the Master Strength Testing Apparatus jumped wildly.
Soon, it broke through one million.
It only stopped when it reached over 1,300,000.
Lu Sheng looked at the number on the instrument. The golden light in his eyes pulsed, and an unprecedented sense of power arose spontaneously.
Internal energy turned into Gang Qi!
He had finally stepped into Level 5.
Just by using Gang Qi, he could produce a combat strength of over one million. He was four times stronger than an ordinary Level 5 Martial Artist!
Moreover, this was just the beginning. Lu Sheng had just stepped into Level 5, and his Gang Qi still had a lot of room for improvement. Not to mention, he had not used Stellar Power to increase his physical strength, nor had he used Stellar Power to increase the explosive power of his Gang Qi.
If he added all of these together, Lu Sheng estimated that he could easily produce a combat strength of over two million.
“The improvement is too great!”
Lu Sheng looked at the golden Gang Qi flowing slowly like liquid gold on his hands and muttered to himself, “No wonder strength-type martial artists become more and more mediocre as they progress. It’s because Gang Qi increases a martial artist’s combat strength by a lot. This is also because I have Stellar Power and can continuously stack my strength. If it were an ordinary martial artist, the little strength brought by internal energy would be nothing compared to the destructive power of Gang Qi. That’s why Stellar Power is recorded in the introductory chapter of Stellar Body Refinement Technique, while Stellar Power is a secret technique that only Level 5 martial artists are qualified to learn.”
Of course, the source of Gang Qi’s strength came from a strong physical body. The stronger the physique, the more Gang Qi would be enhanced to a certain extent. The two were interdependent. After stepping into Level 5, Lu Sheng also understood.
“Although a combat strength of over one million is the threshold for Master Martial Artists, I reckon that even the weakest Master has a combat strength of over one million.”
To reach Level 7 Master, one had to have at least have a BQV of 10,000.
With that high BQV, one’s physical strength would be over one million. Coupled with the Gang Qi of a Master, one’s combat strength would definitely be over one million.
Similarly, a Level 6 Martial Artist with high quality Gang Qi might be able to produce a combat strength of over one million. Lu Sheng was not the only one who had a Master’s combat strength despite not being a Master. Now that he thought about it, when Yu Feiyi tested him with his palm, he did not even use Gang Qi of a Master. It was really a “light” palm strike.
The closer he got to this realm, the more Lu Sheng yearned for it, and the more he could feel the mystery and power of this realm.
Lu Sheng named his golden Gang Qi. Looking at the Gang Qi gathering in his hand and becoming as dazzling as the sun, as if he was controlling a small star, Lu Sheng took a deep breath.
“It’s time to send that one on its way.”
With that, Lu Sheng sat down cross-legged in the cultivation room and quickly entered the dream world.