Chapter 44: Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt Reaches Great Completion!

The next day, early morning.

Changping County.

After Lu Zhangsheng got up early, he came to the study.

With resources in hand, he prepared to start improving immediately.

Now the situation was extremely strange, and with various factions intersecting, the smell of gunpowder was becoming increasingly thick, so he couldn't afford to relax.

Not only that, these past few days, through his observation, even the injury rate of the Demon-Suppressing Envoys performing tasks outside had greatly increased.

"This world is becoming increasingly difficult."

Lu Zhangsheng sighed and put away his thoughts.

Open the panel.

He directly clicked on 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】, 【Overlord Blade】, and 【Spiral Nine Transformations】.

That's right, he started to improve comprehensively.

With several clicks in a row, Source Energy Points were consumed rapidly.

At the same time, a fluctuation from the darkness descended, as if practicing various martial arts in his own mind.

【After your years of bitter practice, Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt has reached Great Completion...】

【After your years of bitter practice, Overlord Blade has reached Great Completion...】

【After your years of bitter practice, Spiral Nine Transformations has reached Great Completion...】

……

The system prompt sounded crazily.

I don't know how long passed.

Lu Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes, essence light flashing in them.

Looking at the panel ahead again, it had changed greatly.

Host: Lu Zhangsheng.

Age: Twenty 【One hundred and twenty】.

Realm: 【Flesh-Refining】.

Cultivation Technique: 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 (Great Completion), 【Great Strength Bull Demon Fist】 (Entry Level)...

Skills: 【Overlord Blade】 (Great Completion), 【Spiral Nine Transformations】 (Great Completion), 【Blood Ignition Secret Art】 (Perfected), 【Bone-Shrinking Art】 (Perfected)...

Equipment: 【Slaughtering Knife】 (Sharp-Grade Weapon).

Status: Good.

Source Energy Points: 60.

Bound Exotic Beast: Mountain Spirit (Third-tier)

……

Looking at the earth-shaking changes on the panel, a trace of confidence suddenly surged in Lu Zhangsheng's heart.

Not only had 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 reached Great Completion, but with his perfect breakthrough, he was enough to rival any Flesh-Refining perfection martial artist.

Coupled with his Great Completion level Spiral Nine Transformations, even if facing some Bone-Forging experts, he could escape unscathed.

At this moment, in this strange world, he finally had a trace of security.

The two newly fused skills were also directly upgraded by two levels, synchronized with his cultivation realm.

He planned to keep the remaining Source Energy Points for triggering events.

If he encountered a strong enemy, he could still fully stimulate 【Blood Ignition Secret Art】 and then use Source Energy Points to restore his status, which would be enough to let him persist for a long time.

And now with the pangolin harvesting in the mountains and forests, spirit objects were endless, and it wouldn't be long before he could improve again.

He looked at the gray button behind 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】, estimating that elevating it to perfection would likely exceed 60 points.

【Bone-Shrinking Art】, this ordinary secret technique, was also elevated to perfection by him.

Next, Lu Zhangsheng planned to strike at the Sanhe Gang again.

After these days of lying low, the other party had likely relaxed.

With his strength greatly increased, his safety was also guaranteed.

According to his guess, if 【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 wanted to upgrade again, it would require a large amount of Flesh-Refining cultivation techniques.

He only had one 【Great Strength Bull Demon Fist】 in hand, which was far from enough.

He hadn't elevated this cultivation technique to Great Completion either, preparing to fuse it when the time came.

Coupled with the blade techniques and footwork in his hand, if he wanted to improve synchronously, he would also need massive amounts of cultivation technique secret manuals.

Relying on himself to slowly exchange these resources in the Demon-Suppressing Division, he was afraid that a hundred years wouldn't be enough.

Naturally, he couldn't use this as his own goal.

He could only pin the source of these cultivation techniques on the Sanhe Gang and some of their allied factions.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts, came to the courtyard, picked up the slaughtering knife, and started to test the new blade technique.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Blade light flickered in the void, wild winds rose all around, rolling up layers of fallen leaves, the momentum quite grand.

A moment later, Lu Zhangsheng stood with his blade sheathed. After the blade technique was upgraded, the attack power increased tremendously, more than several times stronger than when he was at the entry level.

Even his own strength skyrocketed by a large margin.

It reached about twenty thousand jin, which was already extremely terrifying.

Some ordinary Flesh-Refining perfection experts only had over ten thousand jin of giant strength.

It was conceivable that his current strength was like a human-shaped fierce beast.

Just as Lu Zhangsheng was practicing crazily, on Black Mountain, a hundred miles away from Changping County.

Inside the Gathering Righteousness Hall.

A tall man sat in the main seat, his aura as deep as an abyss.

The man was in black tight martial attire, his face rugged, his tiger eyes full of murderous aura.

Beside him sat a handsome middle-aged man; the man was in a Confucian long robe, holding a folding fan, appearing quite carefree.

The two were the two leaders of the Black Mountain Stronghold.

The big man in the main seat was named Su Qilong, who had sat in the position of the First Leader for decades; his methods were extremely cruel, and his nickname was "Violent Dragon."

The middle-aged man in the Confucian robe was named Liu Shiqi, the Third Leader of the Black Mountain Stronghold, known as "Poisonous Snake Liu."

"A few days ago, our letter was intercepted; what is the First Leader's view on this?"

Liu Shiqi smiled faintly.

"No matter, this letter can only be translated by us; just act according to the original plan..."

Su Qilong waved his hand, cold light emerging in his eyes.

Liu Shiqi spoke softly again, his tone deep: "Is it really okay to cooperate with those heretic cultists?"

"They don't have any credibility; if the other party crosses the river and tears down the bridge..."

Su Qilong heard this and snorted

"You and I both know this matter clearly. I, however, would like to know: what exactly is their goal in urgently wanting to breach the county city?"

"When the time comes, both sides will simply rely on their own abilities."

"That old thing Du Wentao has been suppressing us; it is time to strike back..."

A gloomy underground space.

The candlelight flickered, appearing extremely eerie.

"Reporting to the Protector, everything is ready."

A masked man in black knelt on the ground, looking at the man in the red robe in front of him with a face full of awe.

"Arrange it immediately and carry out the first step of the plan."

The middle-aged man in the red robe had a face full of ferocity.

"This order was issued personally by the Venerable Lord; you know the consequences of failure within the Holy Sect..."

"Your subordinate obeys the order."

The man in black nodded with a face full of fear, then rose and walked outside.

The middle-aged man in red watched the other person walk away quietly, his eyes deep and gloomy.

"Hehehe... the good show is about to begin; the Blazing Holy Fire will surely sweep through everything..."

Over the next few days.

Lu Zhangsheng did not choose to strike immediately, but instead adapted to the changes after his breakthrough.

With his cautious personality, he would not strike rashly without great certainty.

During these few days, he tested various martial arts while gathering intelligence.

He even managed to find out quite a bit of information about the Sanhe Gang.

After the last raid, the other side had been vigilant for a period of time, but had since returned to their original state.

Of course, this might be a facade, and it was also possible they were doing it to mislead him.

However, it was simply unrealistic for them to dispatch a large number of Bone-Forging experts to accompany the caravans.

The entire Sanhe Gang did not have many such Hall Master-level experts.

Moreover, his strength had increased greatly now, and it was no longer the same as when he had struck last time.

The morning two days later.

After Lu Zhangsheng went to the Demon-Suppressing Division Yamen to check in, he walked directly toward the city gate.

After exiting the city gate, he activated his footwork and ran quickly toward the official road ahead.

When he entered a small dense forest, he suddenly slowed his speed significantly, and a cold sneer appeared on his face.

It turned out that Lu Zhangsheng had discovered someone was actually following him, and their strength did not seem weak; they were likely a Refining Flesh martial artist.

Only then did he slow down.

(End of chapter)