2: Continuous harvest and rapid growth in strength

A giant steel needle pierced the Vicious Beast's main artery.

Then, a massive amount of blood flowed out.

Within a few minutes, the Vicious Beast completely lost all signs of life.

From Lin Wu's perspective, several spherical glowing objects had dropped beside the Vicious Beast!

"The System detected absorbable entries. Absorb immediately?"

"Yes!"

"Please select the entries to absorb:

Brute Strength (Green), Thick Skin (Green), Qi and Blood Like an Ox (Green), Easily Irritable (White)."

The System had provided an introduction above.

Lin Wu didn't think much; the first three entries were essential!

Easily Irritable had too many negative effects; he dismissed it without a second thought!

"Absorb all except Easily Irritable."

"Integrating..."

"Ding, integration successful!"

Lin Wu immediately felt a warm current surge through his entire body!

His body was clearly being transformed by this warm current.

Lin Wu felt his skin become tougher, and he also felt his muscles undergoing a qualitative change!

Then, this warm current integrated into his bone marrow.

About ten seconds passed before this integration officially concluded.

Lin Wu felt his Martial Artist power increase by more than ten times!

No exaggeration, Lin Wu felt he could truly beat an ox to death!

The System panel reopened.

"Name: Lin Wu"

"Realm: Body Tempering Realm First Level"

"Strength: 2070kg"

"Qi and Blood: 1017 Calorie"

"Speed: 23m/s"

"Spirit: 14 Hz"

"Cultivation Technique: Dragon Country Basic Body Tempering Technique (Proficient)"

"Entries: Brute Strength (Green), Thick Skin (Green), Qi and Blood Like an Ox (Green), Considerable Charisma (Green)!"

"Not bad, it seems the original negative trait has been automatically offset."

Lin Wu looked at the System panel.

First was the Realm improvement, skipping the transitional Realm of Provisional Martial Artist and directly advancing to the Body Tempering Realm!

The Martial Artist Realms in this world were divided into:

Provisional Martial Artist, Body Tempering Realm Ten Levels, followed by True Qi Realm, and further on were Grandmaster and so on.

In this world, being able to become a Provisional Martial Artist in school was already considered an excellent student.

Becoming a Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist was usually a level only achieved by Prodigies and wealthy scions.

Body Tempering Realm First Level also corresponded to a First-Order Vicious Beast.

And the four-dimensional data also increased proportionally.

"Two tons of strength and a thousand calories of Qi and Blood, I'm afraid even some official Martial Artists can't compare to me."

However, in actual combat, it would still be very difficult to defeat an official Martial Artist.

After all, the improvement was too fast, and he lacked corresponding Cultivation Techniques.

As for speed and Spirit, that was because the increase in strength and Qi and Blood incidentally boosted them a little.

Lin Wu closed the System.

He was already eager to test his strength.

The slaughterhouse was still processing the mutated wild ox; it wouldn't be finished for at least half an hour.

So Lin Wu stood up, casually walked to the edge of the slaughterhouse, and picked up a concrete block under a dilapidated house.

With just a gentle squeeze, the concrete turned into powder!

He reached out and gripped a rebar exposed from a wall.

With just a slight effort... an imprint of his hand was pressed into the rebar!

Not only that.

Lin Wu also tested his skin!

He picked up a piece of iron and, when he scraped it with 30% of his strength, it left no damage, only a white mark!

"It seems to be the effect of the Thick Skin trait."

"This makes my resistance to strikes very strong."

Lin Wu tested it again.

At this time, the sun was gradually setting in the sky.

Lin Wu didn't plan to stay here; after all, his home was in Peaceful Community.

Before returning home, Lin Wu passed by the slaughterhouse again.

The ox had already been dismembered and loaded into a refrigerated truck, ready to depart.

Lin Wu saw the slaughterhouse preparing to close for the day and simply turned and left.

"It seems they won't be slaughtering today."

"I'll try my luck again tomorrow."

When entries dropped nearby, they wouldn't disappear immediately but would persist for two hours.

If he just took another stroll early tomorrow morning, he might be able to acquire new entries!

Lin Wu then turned and walked towards home... Half an hour later.

Lin Wu returned home before dark.

At this moment, Mother Lin was cooking in the kitchen.

Lin Wu changed into his slippers.

"Brother, you're finally back!"

The speaker was Lin Wu's younger sister, Lin Luoluo.

She was currently in her third year of junior high, and like Lin Wu, she was very beautiful and a popular figure at school.

"Why are you home so late today? Did you go out on a date with your girlfriend!"

Lin Wu chuckled.

"Your brother is as poor as a ghost; he can't even pull a few coins out of his pocket, let alone date."

Lin Wu flicked Lin Luoluo's head with his finger.

"Hehe, Brother, putting everything else aside, you're really handsome. Why don't you find a rich woman in the future and improve my life too?"

"You certainly dream big," Lin Wu laughed helplessly.

The Lin family consisted of three people.

That is, Lin Wu, Mother Lin, and Lin Luoluo.

As for Father Lin, he was an official Martial Artist whose job was to capture Vicious Beasts. Later, he was severely injured during an exploration and passed away a few days after being rescued.

Thus, the burden of the family fell on Mother Lin.

To pay for both of their tuitions, she worked two jobs, plus a stable compensation pension, to raise them. She had toiled a lot over the years.

Soon after.

A table of dishes was ready.

It was a simple three dishes and one soup.

During the meal, the family chatted and laughed, sharing their experiences.

Due to his actual strength having increased to Body Tempering Realm First Level, Lin Wu's appetite had grown significantly.

After eating his fill, he felt very sleepy, so after showering, he returned to his room to sleep!

...He woke up early the next morning.

Lin Wu checked his phone messages.

It was a mass message from his Class Teacher.

"In two days, the Martial Artist test will begin. All students must ensure adequate rest, eat more supplements, and absolutely avoid staying up all night or going out..."

Lin Wu turned off his phone and changed into athletic clothes.

It was 5 AM.

This was when the slaughterhouse opened for business.

Lin Wu quietly left, bought some breakfast, and headed straight for the slaughterhouse.

It was still dim.

And that slaughterhouse was bustling with activity!

They had already slaughtered a mutated wild ox.

However, the entries were all duplicates of those he already possessed.

Just as Lin Wu was about to go to other slaughterhouses...

There were some changes at the slaughterhouse.

The men unloaded a new mutated Vicious Beast from the van.

It was a horse-like Vicious Beast!

"Name: Savage Wild Horse"

"Realm: First-Order Vicious Beast"

"Bloodline: None"

"Entries: Galloping Horse (Green), Extraordinary Endurance (Green)!"

"Status: Dying"

Lin Wu immediately became interested.

Two blue entries appeared at once!

The former increased speed, and the latter increased stamina!