11: The strength of a bull transforms into the power of a dragon and elephant.

"Rumble—!!!"

A dull roar, like a giant rock plummeting to the ground, accompanied by the groaning of the overburdened wooden platform and dust flying everywhere, instantly engulfed the entire small training ground in the south of the city!

Dead silence!

Absolute dead silence!

Thousands of eyes stared fixedly at the dust-shrouded area, their eyeballs almost popping out. The thousand-jin stone lock, the pride of the Fierce Tiger Martial Arts Hall, specifically used to test the strength of getting Started Disciple, was now deeply embedded in the center of the shattered wooden platform, surrounded by huge, spiderweb-like cracks!

And the perpetrator of all this—Lin Jingyu—slowly withdrew the hand he had pressed against the stone lock. His mountain-like, burly figure was faintly visible in the dust, his knotted muscles bulged and rippled beneath his coarse cloth short-sleeved attire, and the dark golden glow flowing beneath his skin intertwined with an even more violent, primal surge of power, creating a suffocating sense of oppression. He stood calmly in place, as if he had merely brushed away a fallen leaf.

"Gulp..."

Someone finally swallowed with difficulty, breaking the suffocating silence.

The next moment, like hot oil poured into cold water, the entire training ground erupted!

"I... what did I see?! The thousand-jin stone lock... flew?!"

"He... he used Savage Bull Strength just now?! How is that possible! Savage Bull Strength at its peak only grants a thousand jin of power! How could he have sent the stone lock flying and collapsed the platform?!"

"Monster! This is definitely a monster! That stone lock must weigh two thousand jin, right?!"

"Body Refining Ninth Level?! No! This is definitely not the power a Body Refining Realm cultivator could possess! Meridian Opening Realm! He must be a Meridian Opening Realm master!"

"Fierce Tiger Martial Arts Hall has kicked an iron plate this time... no, they've kicked an iron mountain!"

Exclamations, gasps of cold air, and shouts of disbelief mixed together, forming a huge wave of sound that assaulted everyone's eardrums and perceptions! Those wealthy young masters and Martial Arts Hall Disciple who had previously pointed and whispered about Lin Jingyu with superiority now had pale faces, their gazes toward the figure in the arena filled with fear and awe.

On the stage, Instructor Wang's arrogance and gloom had long vanished without a trace, leaving only extreme shock and a hint of imperceptible fear! He looked at the thousand-jin stone lock, deeply embedded in the shattered wooden platform and almost unrecognizable, then at the young man below the stage, who resembled a humanoid Vicious Beast. His clenched fists trembled slightly. "Savage Bull Strength?" What Savage Bull Strength! This power, this Aura, was like an ancient Dragon-Elephant wearing human skin!

"System." Lin Jingyu ignored the surrounding clamor and immersed his consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness. That single press just now was not only an outpouring of power but also the ultimate control over the new, violent power within his body! He felt that the barrier of Body Refining Ninth Level had completely loosened and shattered in that instant!

[host: Lin Jingyu]

[Realm: Body Refining Ninth Level → Meridian Opening Realm First Level! (Breakthrough!)]

[Cultivation Technique/Martial Skill:]

[Iron Sand Palm · Three Hundred Years of Proficiency》 (Masterful) → Evolvable Paths: Iron Sand Palm → Stone Splitting Hand → Earth Cracking Palm → Overturning Sea Seal → Sky Overturning Seal →...]

[Vajra Shield (Proficient) → Evolvable Paths: Iron Cloth Shirt → Vajra Shield → Indestructible Vajra Divine Art → Star Body Tempering Method → ...(0/500 evolution points can deduce to 'Complete Mastery')]

[Savage Bull Strength (Beginner) → Evolvable Paths: Savage Bull Strength → Great Strength Bull Demon Fist → Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique → Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, Only I Am Supreme Art → ...]

[evolution points: 85]

Meridian Opening Realm! His internal Meridians were connected, the speed of Qi and blood circulation surged, and his strength multiplied! An unprecedented surge of vast power filled his limbs and bones, like a rushing river! But Lin Jingyu's gaze was fixed on the evolution path of Savage Bull Strength.

"Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique..." He silently recited the name, a deep-seated longing boiling from within his Bloodline. Just the Beginner-level Savage Bull Strength combined with Vajra Shield could unleash such terrifying power. If it evolved into this Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Divine Art containing Dragon-Elephant Power, what level would his strength reach? Tearing apart Meridian Opening Realm cultivators? Directly confronting Bone Forging Realm cultivators?

"System! Evolve Savage Bull Strength! Target—Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique! Consume 85 evolution points!" His will was like a knife, decisive and firm! There weren't enough evolution points to deduce Vajra Shield, so he would pour them all into strength evolution! He wanted ultimate offense, ultimate brutality!

[Command confirmed! Consuming 85 evolution points! Starting evolution of Savage Bull Strength → Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique!]

[Evolving... 1%... 10%... 50%... 100%!]

[Evolution complete! Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique (Beginner) has been mastered!]

**Roar—!!!**

A terrifying roar, as if from ancient primordial times, did not come from Lin Jingyu's mouth, but directly reverberated and boomed within his body, deep within his bones and Bloodline!

Buzz—!!!

A visible plume of Qi and blood, tinged with faint dark red and bronze, suddenly shot up from Lin Jingyu's burly body!

Although only about a foot high and condensed without dispersing, it exuded a terrifying might capable of suppressing Hell and shattering mountains and rivers! The ground beneath his feet, centered around him, cracked inch by inch, spreading several meters like a spiderweb! A violent wave of Qi exploded outwards from his body, stirring up dust everywhere!

"Thud!" "Thud!"

Some people who were closer were so shaken by this sudden, terrifying pressure of pure power that their legs went weak, and they collapsed to the ground, their faces ashen!

Instructor Wang on the stage grunted as if struck heavily, stumbling back several steps before steadying himself. The fear in his eyes was replaced by a look as if he were staring at a primordial giant beast that had crawled out of an ancient abyss! **Qi and Blood Plume?!** How the Hell could this be an anomaly for a Body Refining Realm cultivator breaking through to the Meridian Opening Realm?! This was clearly a sign of some supreme Body Refining Cultivation Technique reaching initial mastery!

In the tea house's private room, Wang Fu, who had been leisurely holding a teacup, crushed the expensive celadon teacup with a "snap"! Hot tea mixed with porcelain shards splashed all over him, but he didn't notice! His corpulent body suddenly leaned forward, gripping the window lattice tightly, his handlebar mustache trembling violently, his eyes wide as saucers, staring fixedly at the figure shrouded in the dark red Qi and blood plume in the center of the training ground!

"Dragon-Elephant Power?! The Aura of suppressing the Hell Sea?! This... could this be..." The two Wang family guards beside him also had their hair standing on end, as if facing a formidable enemy, their hands already on the hilts of their swords, their bodies tensed to the extreme!

Lin Jingyu slowly raised his head. The towering Qi and blood plume around him slowly receded, merging back into his body. But the terrifying sense of power that suppressed everything did not diminish; instead, it became more internalized, like a dormant volcano, containing energy capable of destroying the world. In the depths of his pupils, phantom images of Dragons and Elephants seemed to gallop and roar, flashing by.

[Ding! Savage Bull Strength has successfully evolved! Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique (Beginner) has been mastered!]

[Physical Body strength, explosive power, stamina, total Qi and blood, and bone strength have greatly increased! Obtained a slight 'Suppressing Prison' pressure (has a deterrent effect on evil spirits and those with weak willpower)!]

[evolution points: 0]

Power! Pure to the extreme, power capable of crushing all obstacles, surged and roared through his limbs and bones! Lin Jingyu felt that with one punch now, he could easily pulverize the thousand-jin stone lock from before!

His gaze, like lightning, swept over Instructor Wang, whose face was pale and eyes filled with horror. His voice was calm, yet it boomed like muffled thunder over the training ground, silencing all the clamor:

"Now, am I qualified to see your Eagle Claw Technique?"

Instructor Wang's throat was dry, his lips trembling, unable to utter a single word. See? See what? This monster, did he still need to see his Eagle Claw Technique? The opponent's pure power could probably overcome ten techniques with one, making any exquisite claw technique a joke!

Lin Jingyu's lips curled into a cold arc. He no longer paid attention to the distraught Instructor Wang on the stage. He turned around, parted the still-shocked and petrified crowd, and strode out of the training ground. Wherever he passed, the crowd automatically split into a wide path like a tide; no one dared to block him!

In the tea house's private room, Wang Fu watched Lin Jingyu's receding figure, the initial shock in his eyes quickly replaced by a fervent greed and calculation. He violently pushed away his guards, his voice distorted by excitement:

"Quick! Follow him! Find out where he's staying! Spare no effort to investigate his origins! Such a person... must be used by my Wang family! Report to Third Master immediately!"

The two guards exchanged glances, not daring to delay. They immediately turned and, like two shadows, silently slipped out of the tea house, trailing Lin Jingyu's tall, burly figure, which resembled a moving mountain.

How keen was Lin Jingyu's perception? The two Auras behind him, like leeches clinging to bone, were as clear as fireflies in the dark after he broke through to the Meridian Opening Realm and mastered the Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique.

"Wang family?" He sneered inwardly, his steps not pausing in the slightest. Just two small fish, not enough to lure out the big one behind them.

He needed evolution points! Massive amounts of evolution points! How much would it take to deduce the Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique to the next level? What about Vajra Shield? And that tempting Eagle Claw Technique... Slaughter was the fastest way!

He changed direction, not returning directly to the "Youcai Inn," but heading towards a more chaotic and better-informed area of Black Stone City—the entrance to Black Stone City's underground market.

There, perhaps he could find large groups of fiends outside the city, or... some "valuable" clues about evil cultivators.

After all, with the Wang family people following, he had to give them something "to do."

His burly figure merged into the flow of people on the street. With every step, the ground let out a faint groan. Beneath his skin, Dragon-Elephant Power surged and roared, and his Vajra body was as solid as a mountain. With his Meridian Opening Realm First Level, combined with these two Heaven-Defying Cultivation Techniques, he feared no challenge in this frontier town.

Next, it was time to let this city truly experience the power of "Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison."