Chapter 24: Crushing Claw

After resting for more than 10 minutes, Aixi felt much better; it looked up at Li Zhangsheng, who was 'serving' it, its eyes filled with a rare gentleness.

This poop-scooper is quite qualified!

After the rest, Li Zhangsheng continued to direct Aixi's training; he had to squeeze Aixi as much as possible to fully convert its potential into strength.

With abundant energy, Aixi exerted itself to move its four limbs, sprinting around the Training Ground like the Wind.

Following three consecutive failures earlier, this time, Aixi finally broke its previous record and successfully drank the Healing Spring it had been longing for; this feeling of sweet rain after a long drought left a deep impression on it.

Unfortunately, this situation could not last long; soon, Aixi fell into a bottleneck again, failing to break its previous record several times in a row.

"Aixi, pause for a moment. We are heading to the bamboo forest now. Your task is very simple: master Crushing Claw as soon as possible!"

Looking at Aixi's disheveled appearance, Li Zhangsheng knew clearly that it no longer had the strength to break its previous record, so he found another reason to change the training method.

Unlike before, after entering the bamboo forest, Li Zhangsheng did not let Aixi attack the green bamboo again; with Aixi's current strength, using green bamboo for training was no longer effective, so the target had to be changed.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng found the target: this was a piece of thousand-layer stone over two meters high, with a hard and dense texture and clearly visible patterns.

"Aixi, tear this thousand-layer stone apart!" Li Zhangsheng pointed at the thousand-layer stone and issued an order to Aixi.

Almost without hesitation, Aixi lunged at the thousand-layer stone; several sharp claws quickly popped out from the pads of its forelimbs, and its two paws crossed rapidly!

Swish—swish—

The next moment, several marks of varying depths appeared on the surface of the thousand-layer stone.

With Aixi's strength, it would take a great deal of effort to completely tear this thousand-layer stone apart.

Swish—swish—swish—swish—

Without waiting for Li Zhangsheng's command, Aixi jumped up again, continuously unleashing Tearing Claw, leaving more and more claw marks on the thousand-layer stone!

Compared to the past, Aixi's hit rate had improved qualitatively, repeatedly deepening and expanding the wounds on the existing marks.

Time passed slowly, and some stone fragments began to fall off; these fragments were irregular in shape, and although they were far from being powdery, they were one step closer to Crushing Claw.

Crushing Claw is an advanced skill of Tearing Claw; usually, a single strike can cause massive destruction to the opponent's bones and muscles.

If manifested on rock, it means destroying the surface layer of the thousand-layer stone, and the scraped-off fragments will be in a powdery state.

Simply put, Crushing Claw has greater power and significantly increases damage.

Whenever Aixi made progress, Li Zhangsheng would never be stingy with his praise, pouring it a bowl of Healing Spring as a reward.

Under such circumstances, Aixi was full of motivation and erupted with intense fighting spirit.

It is unknown how much time passed, but just as the sky was gradually darkening, Aixi finally underwent a qualitative change; a faint, barely perceptible white light appeared on its sharp claws, and it slammed into the thousand-layer stone.

Clatter—

As a muffled sound rang out, the thousand-layer stone vibrated violently; at the newest wound, a patch of white powder began to shake off, and as the breeze blew, it scattered onto the ground, looking particularly conspicuous.

"Crushing Claw?"

Li Zhangsheng hurried forward, dipped his hand to get some powder, and rubbed it, feeling the smoothness; this powder was fine and silky, and only Crushing Claw could cause such a phenomenon.

Having comprehended Crushing Claw, Aixi's attack power had been greatly improved; if it were to duel with Li Jianren's Flame Wolf again, he believed it could kill the opponent in one strike—this is the advantage of a high-level skill.

Of course, most skills are built upon the Demon Pet's original foundation; the higher the foundation, the stronger the power the skill can exert.

"Aixi, continue to use Crushing Claw!" Under Li Zhangsheng's direction, Aixi jumped up again and continued to attack the thousand-layer stone.

This time, no white light appeared, and the Crushing Claw attempt failed.

"Crushing Claw is not an energy-type move, so logically speaking, it shouldn't have a cooldown time. The appearance of this phenomenon is likely related to having just comprehended it; only by continuing to train can one completely master Crushing Claw!"

Soon, Li Zhangsheng obtained the result.

From a probability perspective, Aixi would successfully unleash Crushing Claw once every three attacks, but under targeted training, the probability of Crushing Claw began to gradually increase.

Judging by Aixi's rate of progress, it would likely take a few more days to completely master Crushing Claw.

In the following week, Aixi's training was mainly divided into two aspects: in addition to consolidating Crushing Claw, all remaining time was used for extreme training.

With the assistance of the Healing Spring, Aixi's training intensity was several times that of an ordinary Demon Pet, and coupled with the advantage in quality, this caused Aixi to progress rapidly, growing at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

In just one short week, Aixi not only mastered Crushing Claw, but its physical fitness also made significant progress, especially in terms of speed and stamina.

At this moment on the Training Ground, the panting Aixi successfully reached the finish line; this time, it had broken its previous record again.

However, the all-out burst consumed a large amount of its stamina; at this moment, it was panting with its tongue out, breathing in fresh air in large gulps.

The moment Aixi crossed the finish line, Li Zhangsheng immediately looked at the hourglass to calculate Aixi's speed.

This time, under the weighted state, it took Aixi 1/15 of an hourglass to complete the course.

1/15 of an hourglass is equivalent to 1 minute; under the condition of carrying ten kilograms, Aixi's average speed had increased to 13.3 meters per second.

Compared to when it first started extreme training, Aixi had made significant progress, and its speed was clearly much faster, which also indicated that the effect of the extreme training was excellent.

Of course, this was also related to its realm; now, Aixi had grown to the Lower 7th Rank, and its body length had reached about two meters, barely enough for Li Zhangsheng to ride.

"Congratulations, you've made progress again!"

Looking at Aixi, who was staring at him expectantly, Li Zhangsheng revealed a smile; he naturally guessed what Aixi was thinking.

Upon learning that it had broken the record again, Aixi's eyes revealed a human-like joy, which meant it could drink the Healing Spring again.

"Aixi, hard work will not lie to you; I believe you can feel this yourself!"

Li Zhangsheng wore a smile and then continued: "Alright, now I announce that the extreme training has come to an end; next, we will focus on actual combat!"

Roar-woo—

Aixi wagged its tail and let out a happy cry, not knowing whether it was proud of its progress or happy to be rid of the Hell-like training.

PS: There is a creature that looks like a human, with two white ribbons hanging in front of its shoulders; it is good at howling, jumping, twisting, and playing with round objects. Its lifespan is about two and a half years, and it even contains a trace of Great Kun Bloodline.

(End of chapter)