Chapter 90: Body Breaking (Part II)

The movement of the steel armor implant beneath his skin became increasingly obvious; Li Fei could feel something burrowing into his muscles, which caused his entire body to itch, accompanied by a sensation of intense pain.

The so-called "Body Breaking" refers to the implant breaking through the obstacles presented by the human body, destroying a portion of the body's original tissue and replacing it.

During the Body Breaking realm, the steel armor implant would replace a portion of Li Fei's muscle and skin tissue; this process is accompanied by intense pain, even more painful than childbirth for a woman, and is not something an ordinary person can endure.

Therefore, Hao Yi wrote a prescription for Li Fei, telling him to go to the supplies building to purchase pain relievers and blood-replenishing medicine specifically for the Body Breaking realm; this is medicine that almost everyone uses when becoming an official martial artist.

Li Fei only bought the pain relievers and did not buy the blood-replenishing medicine.

Although the process of Body Breaking is harmful to the body, it is something that must be experienced, so he had to voluntarily cut off his connection with the Myriad Blood Bead during this process and rely on himself to endure this stage.

Li Fei took the pain relievers he had purchased in advance and sat in his room to welcome his breakthrough.

The process of Body Breaking lasted for an entire night, and the blood souls within the Myriad Blood Bead were continuously decreasing; this was the reason why Hao Yi wanted Li Fei to buy blood-replenishing medicine.

Before becoming a martial artist, an ordinary person's blood and Qi are insufficient to support the entire process of Body Breaking.

However, for Li Fei, who possessed 40 blood souls and a "blood bar" several times that of an ordinary person, this was nothing. Even if he cut off the connection with the Myriad Blood Bead, his blood bar would still not change.

When the morning sun rose and a ray of dawn shone into the room through the window, Li Fei slowly opened his eyes.

His appearance at this moment looked no different from last night, but the entire world had already changed for him!

He could feel the slight flow of air in the room, feel the swaying of the hair all over his body, and he could precisely control every inch of his skin and the muscles beneath it.

He could even immediately perceive the dust in the air as it landed on him!

As his intent moved, the blood and Qi within his body surged, and his power circled his body as naturally as flowing water; his skin turned a dark cyan, as if he had donned a suit of iron, and his muscle lines bulged, full of a sense of power.

Clad in the Zhou Yuan Power, cold light shines upon the iron garment!

This was a sign that the Heavenly Gang Tyrant Body had reached perfection.

This martial art was designed to correspond with the steel armor implant; once the steel armor implant reached the Body Breaking realm, this martial art naturally reached perfection as well.

He took a look at the Myriad Blood Bead within his body:

【Level: 6, 7%

Blood Souls: 36 + 46%

Blood Soul Skill: Blood Rage】

A single night of Body Breaking had reduced the count by more than 3 blood souls.

Li Fei stood up from the floor, stepped forward, and pushed the window open completely.

The cool morning breeze with its fresh scent rushed toward his face, and the golden sunlight shone upon him.

Looking at the azure sky outside the window, a line of egrets was spreading their wings and flying high.

Li Fei revealed a brilliant smile.

He had successfully broken through to the Body Breaking realm and become an official martial artist!

"Master."

Li Fei arrived at the Martial Arts Hall as usual and found Hao Yi in his office.

Hao Yi was stunned the moment he saw him, his expression turning joyful:

"You broke through?"

Li Fei nodded: "I started Body Breaking last night, and it is finished now."

Hao Yi stepped forward, skillfully grabbed Li Fei's hand, and injected a strand of innate Qi into his body.

The scorching energy slowly circulated through Li Fei's body, taking nearly ten minutes.

"Hmm, very good, very complete."

Hao Yi nodded and withdrew his innate Qi.

Some people's Body Breaking realm results in an incomplete replacement of the implant due to various mistakes, thereby burying hidden dangers for future cultivation; Hao Yi checking so carefully at this moment was to avoid such problems for Li Fei.

"After completing Body Breaking, the next few days will be your high-speed growth period; your physique, blood and Qi, physical strength, and so on will all increase rapidly. Once this growth period ends, you can try to trigger the power of the steel armor implant and begin the cultivation of the Body Breaking realm."

Hao Yi instructed.

"Master, what should I cultivate next then?"

Li Fei asked.

Hao Yi: "Your Heavenly Gang Tyrant Body has reached perfection; you no longer need to soak in medicinal baths every day or do Qi-circulating training and impact-resistance training. You only need to practice the Heavenly Gang One-Qi Stance once in the morning and once in the evening. For the remaining time, I will conduct combat training with you, practicing blade techniques and fist techniques. You must trigger your steel armor implant again and again in battle to familiarize yourself with and master this extraordinary power as quickly as possible."

"Master, does the cultivation of the Body Breaking realm require any medicine?"

Li Fei asked the question he cared about most.

He wanted to know how expensive this stage was, because Hao Yi had told him before that the further one goes in martial arts cultivation, the more expensive it becomes!

Hao Yi said expressionlessly: "There is no essential difference between the early, middle, and late stages of the Body Breaking realm; it is just about making the implant more and more mature and more and more compatible with the human body, so that you can trigger the power of the implant more and more. Therefore, at this stage, every time you trigger the power of the implant, you need to provide it with sufficient nutrition, just like how a person needs to eat well after high-intensity training."

Li Fei understood.

Simply put: the harder you train, the more money you burn!

If he wanted to make the steel armor implant grow rapidly and enter the late Body Breaking stage as soon as possible, then his daily training frequency had to be high enough, and the money spent on elixirs would naturally be higher.

Looking at it this way, the ten thousand yuan he hadn't even received yet might not last very long.

After finishing the discussion on the precautions for the Body Breaking realm, Li Fei and Hao Yi went to the training room in the practice building together, and the two picked up wooden blades to begin practicing blade techniques.

Over the next few days, Li Fei could feel his body changing almost every second.

His strength grew greater, his reactions faster, and his perception more acute.

What surprised him most was the change in the Myriad Blood Bead:

Without leveling up, his number of blood souls had increased!

"A martial artist's physique and blood and Qi are stronger than an ordinary person's, so their vitality is naturally higher than an ordinary person's as well. I reached the Body Breaking realm and became a martial artist, so my vitality increased, and therefore the blood souls increased along with it?"

Li Fei quickly deduced the reason for the increase in blood souls.

That day on the hillside outside the mountain stronghold, he had seen with his own eyes those official martial masters from the Stop-Conflict Academy get hit by over a dozen bullets and not die, which showed how powerful their vitality was.

"So it's not just the Myriad Blood Bead leveling up; the higher my martial arts realm is in the future, the more my blood souls will increase!"

Li Fei thought with great anticipation.

On August 10th, his fourth day after reaching the Body Breaking realm, the number of increased blood souls reached 11, bringing the total to 51, which caused the Myriad Blood Bead to undergo a new change:

【Level: 6, 33%

Blood Souls: 51

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage, Blood Fiend】

Back when the total number of blood souls exceeded 20, the Myriad Blood Bead unlocked the first blood soul skill, "Blood Rage."

Now that the total number of blood souls exceeded 50, the Myriad Blood Bead unlocked the second blood soul skill—

Blood Fiend!

(End of chapter)