31: Chapter 31 Third Stage Tendon Training

The Tiger King stared at the bowl of water, sniffing it, a flash of confusion and desire crossing its eyes.

The aura emanating from that bowl of water held a fatal attraction for it, stemming from instinct.

It hesitated for a long time, but in the end, unable to resist the temptation, it stuck out its tongue and carefully took a lick.

With just one lick, its pair of golden pupils suddenly lit up!

A pure and gentle energy flowed down its throat and through its entire body, nourishing the Meridians and organs it had damaged in battle, making it feel an unprecedented sense of comfort.

It hesitated no longer, quickly drinking the entire bowl of Spirit Spring Water clean, then raised its head to look at Gao Feng with a complex gaze.

In that gaze, the hostility had diminished significantly, replaced by a hint of curiosity.

Gao Feng smiled; he knew the first step of his plan had succeeded.

In the following days, Gao Feng would personally feed the Tiger King a bowl of Spirit Spring Water every day.

He did not rush for success, but repeated this action day after day, using this method to convey his goodwill to this arrogant beast.

Meanwhile, the entire Panshi Stockade was developing and growing at an unprecedented speed amidst this atmosphere of external calm and internal fervor.

Gao Feng devoted most of his personal time to Cultivate.

He knew clearly that all external conditions were merely supplementary.

In this coming chaotic world, the only thing that could allow him to establish himself was his own increasingly powerful fists!

He was getting closer and closer to that threshold.

The night was as deep as the sea.

Panshi Stockade had fallen completely silent, save for the crackling of torches held by the patrol squads and the chirping of insects from the distant mountain forest.

In Gao Feng's room, however, a dim oil lamp was lit.

He sat cross-legged on the bed with several pottery jars placed in front of him, containing various auxiliary medicinal herbs that he had asked Uncle Sun to help process.

These were simplified from the Pill Formula of the Tiger Venerable Art; although their effects were far inferior to true Medicinal Pill, they were better than nothing.

In his hand, he held a bowl of water that was different from the rest.

This bowl of water was not taken from the spirit spring space, but was prepared by mixing Spirit Spring Water with a few drops of the captured Tiger King's essence blood.

This was a bold attempt on his part.

He wanted to use the violent Qi and blood of the Tiger King, a third-stage exotic beast, as a catalyst to break through the barrier within his body in one go.

"Success or failure, it all depends on this one move."

Gao Feng took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incomparably firm.

He first took all the auxiliary medicinal herbs one by one, feeling waves of gentle medicinal power dissolving within his body, slowly nourishing his Meridians.

Then, he picked up the bowl of Spirit Spring Water mixed with the Tiger King's essence blood and drank it in one gulp!

"Boom—!"

It was as if a volcano had erupted within his abdomen!

An incomparably violent energy, filled with brutality and masculine Qi, rushed toward his limbs and bones like a breached flood!

"Ugh!"

Even with Gao Feng's iron-like will, he couldn't help but let out a painful groan.

His skin instantly turned crimson, and veins like angry Dragon stood out and twisted crazily under his skin!

His entire person felt as if he had been thrown into a Pill Furnace, enduring the roasting of raging fire from the inside out.

The Tiger King's essence blood was far more domineering than he had imagined!

"Refine for me!"

Gao Feng's eyes were crimson, his teeth clenched tight, blood seeping from the tip of his tongue. He frantically circulated the Tiger Venerable Art, guiding this violent energy like a giant siege hammer, slamming it again and again against that incredibly tough second-stage Bottleneck!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

He could almost hear the dull thumping sounds coming from within his body.

His Meridians were tearing inch by inch, and then rapidly repairing under the gentle medicinal power of the Spirit Spring Water.

This extreme pain intertwined with comfort almost tore his consciousness apart.

He felt his body was like raw iron, being tempered a thousand times!

With every impact, that invisible barrier loosened by a fraction.

With every repair, his Meridians and skin membrane became tougher by a fraction.

Time seemed to have lost its meaning at this moment.

He did not know how much time had passed, but when the energy in Gao Feng's body was about to be exhausted, he suddenly felt that rock-solid barrier emit an imperceptible "crack" sound.

It cracked!

Opportunity!

Gao Feng's spirit was greatly boosted; he mobilized the last trace of his strength, condensing it into a cone-shaped spike, and fiercely stabbed it toward the crack!

"Break... for me!!!"

He let out a roar from the depths of his Soul!

"Rumble—!"

A loud sound, as if heaven and earth were opening, exploded in his mind!

That solid barrier that had troubled him for so long shattered instantly at this moment!

A torrent of Qi and blood, several times stronger and purer than before, broke through the restraints and surged out, no longer staying only on the surface of the skin membrane, but pouring into the Meridians of his entire body like a rushing river!

He clearly felt that every one of his major tendons, under the scouring and nourishment of this Qi and blood, was rapidly becoming tough, thick, and full of explosive elasticity.

The major tendons throughout his body rolled slowly under his skin like Dragon and snakes, emitting crisp "cracking" sounds.

Under his skin, a thin yet incredibly tough fascia was rapidly forming, as if adding an extra layer of top-tier inner armor between his muscles and skin.

Third Stage, Muscle Refining!

Success!

An unprecedented sense of power filled Gao Feng's entire body.

He stood up slowly, and just by clenching his fist casually, a dull sonic boom echoed in the air.

He felt that with one punch now, he could punch through a city wall!

His speed, endurance, reaction time, and even his five senses had all achieved a qualitative leap.

He could even clearly hear the slight sound of a patrol squad soldier accidentally kicking a pebble a hundred meters outside the door.

The entire world had become different in his perception.

If the second-stage Skin Refining only barely gave him the power to protect himself in the chaotic world.

Then this third-stage Muscle Refining allowed him to truly possess the power to protect himself, and could even allow him to occupy a mountain as king and expand his territory!

"Hoo..."

Gao Feng exhaled a long breath of turbid air with a faint bloody smell; the turbid air sprayed onto the ground, actually blowing a shallow pit into the hard ground.

He looked down at his body, his skin covered in a layer of sticky, foul-smelling black Impurities.

This was the filth expelled from his body during the Breakthrough.

He pushed the door open, walked to the well in the courtyard, drew a bucket of icy well water, and poured it from head to toe.

The icy well water washed away the filth from his body, and also allowed his mood, which had been somewhat excited due to the Breakthrough, to gradually calm down.

He stood bare-chested under the cold moonlight, clearly seeing the smooth and explosive muscle lines on his body.

Just then, the door behind him was gently pushed open.

It was Luo Qin.

She had obviously been awakened by the noise just now, wearing only a thin outer garment, and walked out with sleepy eyes.

When she saw Gao Feng's body, filled with a sense of power like a god or demon under the moonlight, she was stunned, her pretty face instantly flushing red.

"Bro... Brother, you..."