96: Devour, and the strength will surge!

Li Ziyu looked at the countdown in the last column.

He subconsciously sat up straight, his expression turning serious.

After thinking for a moment,

Li Ziyu stood up again and walked to the window, pulling the curtains shut.

The Martial God System said that when the second function unlocked, there would be an anomaly.

It was better to be discreet.

5...

4...

3...

2...

1...

As the last second ended on the Martial God System panel,

Li Ziyu felt the dim room suddenly brighten.

It was like a light had been switched on.

Then,

It returned to dimness.

“That’s it?? ”

“What about the promised special effects? ”

“It just flashed once? ”

Li Ziyu pouted, looking speechlessly at the room, which had returned to dimness and was no different from before.

His gaze returned to the Martial God System panel.

At the very bottom of the originally thin Martial God System panel,

An additional entry explanation appeared.

Name: Li Ziyu.

Realm: Intermediate Level Second Grade Martial Artist.

Battle Skills: Crystal Contemplation Method, Elementary Great Sun Body Tempering Method, Elementary Natural Breathing Technique, Elementary Thunderclap Slash, Peak Savage Bull Body Tempering Method, Peak Body Technique, Peak Blade Technique, Advanced Vajra Body, Swift Wind Blade Technique.

Ninefold Thunder Blade (Not yet mastered).

System: Martial God System.

Function 1: Can absorb all things to enhance Qi and Blood.

Function 2: Can devour Battle Skills and inherit Battle Skill levels.

Other functions are to be explored by the Martial God System itself.

Li Ziyu’s expression subtly furrowed.

This Martial God System explanation was as simple and crude as ever.

“Devour, inherit? How does this devouring and inheriting work? ”

Li Ziyu’s mind raced.

“Could it be that I can use Battle Skills to feed other Battle Skills? ”

“Inherit the levels of my other Battle Skills to another Battle Skill? ”

The more Li Ziyu thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

He acted on his thought.

Li Ziyu rubbed his chin, pondered for a moment, then whispered:

“Inherit the Peak Savage Bull Body Tempering Method to the Great Sun Body Tempering Method! ”

Peak Savage Bull Body Tempering Method → Peak Great Sun Body Tempering Method.

As Li Ziyu’s words fell,

In an instant,

Boom!

Li Ziyu felt as if a planet had exploded within his body!

His heart began to pound wildly.

His heart rate instantly surpassed two hundred!

The blood in his veins also felt as if it wasn't blood.

But surging, flowing magma!

This magma-like blood impacted his blood vessels, causing them to constantly expand and enlarge!

Li Ziyu felt all the muscles and bones throughout his body constantly tearing and then reorganizing.

Tearing.

And reorganizing.

Repeatedly.

Damn!

The intense pain

Made Li Ziyu groan, sweat pouring out!

Li Ziyu’s skin turned crimson, like a cooked shrimp.

At the same time,

Li Ziyu also felt

An extremely intense sense of hunger emerge in his body.

“Damn it, I bit off more than I could chew.”

Li Ziyu cursed inwardly.

Enduring the severe pain, he stumbled to the refrigerator and yanked it open.

He took out the thirty Qi Blood Pills Xia Lin had given him.

He shoved them all into his mouth like eating beans.

He understood this feeling.

It was the hunger caused by the body’s cells needing a strong and massive nutrient supplement when a Martial Artist’s physique undergoes a leap-forward improvement.

He had thought that the second function unlocked by the Martial God System

Would just devour lower-level Battle Skills as experience to upgrade the inherited Battle Skill.

He thought that since the Great Sun Body Tempering Method was a Ninth Grade Body Tempering Battle Skill,

Although his Savage Bull Tempering Technique had already reached the peak level,

The level difference between the Savage Bull Tempering Technique and the Great Sun Body Tempering Technique was so significant.

It wouldn't be 100% fully inherited.

But he hadn't expected

The Martial God System's second function, the devouring and inheriting function, to be so heaven-defying!

It directly pushed his Great Sun Body Tempering Method to the peak level in one go!

The Ninth-level Technique, Great Sun Body Tempering Method, instantly advanced to peak level!

Half an hour later,

The pain in Li Ziyu’s body disappeared.

His body returned to peace.

Aside from a faint lingering hunger, there was no other discomfort.

Moreover, this hunger was no longer as unbearable as it had been just now.

Li Ziyu found a mirror and examined his hands and body changes.

“My height has increased by an estimated ten centimeters.”

“My muscles have also become firmer and more elastic.”

“My skin has also become fairer and more delicate.”

Li Ziyu gazed at his perfect physique in the mirror, like an ancient Greek statue.

His skin was fair, and under the light, his body surface subtly reflected an ivory-like luster.

“My current situation is similar to the Bone Tempering process that Second-Level Martial Artists undergo when advancing to Third-Level Martial Artists.”

There was a huge difference in combat power between Second-Level Martial Artists and Third-Level Martial Artists.

The maximum combat power of a Second-Level Martial Artist was 1000.

While the maximum combat power of a Third-Level Martial Artist was 10000!

It was ten times higher than a Second-Level Martial Artist!

The reason for this was that after a Second-Level Martial Artist advanced to a Third-Level Martial Artist,

They would undergo the Bone Tempering stage!

Making all their bones more solid and stronger!

The more powerful the Body Tempering Battle Skill,

The more powerful the body tempering effect.

It could unleash several times, or even dozens of times, the strength of a Second-Level Martial Artist!

And one of the most obvious characteristics of Bone Tempering

Was increased height, increased body density, and increased weight!

Li Ziyu felt that

His current state was Bone Tempering!

“The Great Sun Body Tempering Method truly lives up to its name as a Ninth-level Technique; it actually allowed me to experience Bone Tempering, which only Third-Level Martial Artists can experience, while I’m still at the Intermediate Level Second Grade Martial Artist stage!”

“It seems that there has never been any record of such a thing happening before.”

“Perhaps it’s because no one has been able to master a Ninth Grade Body Tempering Battle Skill to the peak level while still at the Second-Level Martial Artist stage!”

Li Ziyu thought to himself.

He let out a low cry:

“Great Sun Body Tempering Method!”

Boom!

As soon as Li Ziyu’s voice fell,

He saw that

In the mirror, his perfect physique, originally one meter ninety-two, like an ancient Greek statue,

Began to constantly grow taller!

Directly breaking through two meters!

Two meters one!

Two meters two!

The muscles on his body also began to constantly swell!

His entire body, covered in explosive, granite-like muscles, caused his combat suit to strain under the pressure.

Tearing inch by inch.

And as Li Ziyu’s body grew taller,

Behind him,

A golden scorching sun, twice as large as before and even more solid in appearance, emitting endless light and heat,

Slowly rose from behind him.

Hovering behind Li Ziyu.

As soon as the golden scorching sun appeared,

The air around him instantly became distorted.

The sofa a dozen meters away,

Also seemed unable to withstand the scorching heat.

Showing faint signs of catching fire.

“So strong!”

“I feel that my current strength is at least ten times greater than before!”

Li Ziyu, before the sofa could catch fire,

Quickly threw a few punches into the air.

His fists produced bursts of piercing sonic booms in the air.

And even sparked in the air due to the extreme speed.

Seeing that the second floor of the villa was about to be ignited by the scorching aftershocks produced by the Great Sun Body Tempering Method,

Li Ziyu hastily put away the Great Sun Body Tempering Method.

His body returned to its original height of one meter ninety-two.

“Powerful!”

“Although the process of improvement wasn’t very comfortable, with the peak-level Great Sun Body Tempering Method as a foundation,

My body will be able to withstand devouring and inheriting Battle Skills next!”

Li Ziyu’s expression was excited.

Thinking this,

He looked at the information displayed on the Martial God System panel and quickly said:

“Devour the Peak Blade Technique and inherit it to the Ninefold Thunder Blade!”

The Martial God System did not respond.

Li Ziyu was not surprised.