Wang Xiaoqiang found that this day was somewhat unusual, the Barbaric Demons that were usually seen everywhere had gone silent today, and even the few he encountered were very alert, fleeing from afar.

This morning, like a sniper, Wang Xiaoqiang crouched quietly behind a vine, carefully observing a stretch of greenery ahead, waiting for those weak Barbaric Demons.

Powerful Fourth Level creatures kept passing over that greenery, but Wang Xiaoqiang watched silently, motionless.

Two hours later, a Demon Dog slowly made its way across the green field, its eyes were like a demon's, extremely perceptive, able to accurately lock onto prey five hundred meters away in the pitch-black night,

as if by magic,

It also had two rows of steel-like teeth, very solid and sharp, which made its attack power more formidable than that of the Armored Rage Fox, although its defense was far inferior. Nonetheless, it was harder to deal with than the Armored Rage Fox…

However, the Demon Dog had entered Wang Xiaoqiang's hunting grounds, and since there was only one in front of him, he was even less willing to let it go.

Whoo…

Wang Xiaoqiang exhaled sharply and suddenly burst out from behind cover, charging toward the Demon Dog on the green field…

The Demon Dog quickly noticed Wang Xiaoqiang, but unlike the Golden Armored Violent Fox from yesterday, which was full of caution, it growled wildly and pounced aggressively towards the oncoming human.

Its large body did not appear clumsy; with its leaps, it was as agile as a four-headed Arrow Leopard…

Seeing the Demon Dog lunge at him, Wang Xiaoqiang abruptly stopped in his tracks and drew a dagger from his waist with a backhand motion. Then, he steadied himself in a horse stance, his body leaning back, tensing like a bow while tightly gripping the dagger, lining it up with the incoming Demon Dog...

Poised for a hard clash!

But it was no match for Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang decapitated the Demon Dog with a sword strike, his dagger thrusting directly towards the Demon Dog's hindquarters.

"Wuuuah...!"

The Demon Dog let out a strange cry.

Then, inevitably, Wang Xiaoqiang used his dagger to open up its belly and retrieve the Demon Crystal…

…

By evening, Wang Xiaoqiang dragged the Demon Dog and another Blood Weasel he had caught later to the side of a small pond.

The pond was oval-shaped, not wide nor deep, with clear water showing the slender daffodils and pond algae poking out.

Wang Xiaoqiang sat by the pond to catch his breath for a moment, then poured the blood of the two Barbaric Demons into the pond water, instantly turning the clear pond water a purple-red hue.

When the water was fully dyed by the blood, Wang Xiaoqiang took out several herbs he had gathered from his bosom and threw them into the blood-stained water.

Suddenly...

The water in the pond started to steam as if warmed, bubbling continuously as if it were lime water, and within a minute, the pond water began to boil, like boiling water, frothing and swelling with a scalding mist carrying a medicinal fragrance that was intoxicating...

Looking at the boiling water, Wang Xiaoqiang's face showed a hint of joy, a hint of nervousness, and a hint of panic. He hesitated for a moment, then biting his teeth, he took off his robes and leaped into the pond.

The medicinal power seeped fiercely into his skin, as ferocious as a tiger.

Then…

"Aaaaahhhh..."

Wang Xiaoqiang let out a series of pig-slaughtering screams, feeling as if the boiling water were a scalding knife scraping his skin… as if he were being flayed.

Pain!

Heart-piercing pain!

Pain so severe he wished he was dead!

Unable to bear it, he leaped back to shore, and upon examining himself, he found his skin as if scorched, bright red.

After hesitating, he jumped back into the pond.

The hard-earned old medicine and beast blood could not be wasted.

Pain!

Still in pain!

Pain piercing to the core!

Nima! The Beast Race's Body Refining Techniques were simply not meant for humans; the torment would kill a person...

Wang Xiaoqiang clenched his teeth tightly, closed his eyes, and mentally cursed to divert his attention. However, the pervasive pain seemed to be tearing him apart...

Ahhh...

But just as he was about to leap out of the water again, unable to bear it, suddenly, he thought of Hann Beifeng's hateful face, the vicious face of Li Bali when he killed him, and the disdainful faces of his fellow disciples… With these thoughts, he fiercely steeled his resolve, reminding himself:

Endure!

You must endure!

If you want to quickly become stronger, if you want to survive, if you want to kill Li Bali to avenge your murder, if you want to stand in the Immortal Realm, if you want to become Supreme and have Yans Ruohong willingly hand over Yans Biluo to him, you must endure.

You must endure even if you cannot!

Even at the cost of dying in agony!

The intense pain nearly made him lose consciousness, and just as he felt dizzy and was about to faint, the boiling pond water showed signs of subsiding. With the last ounce of consciousness he had left, he opened his eyes and looked down to see, indeed, that the water was slowly calming down.

And the pain on his body was also diminishing.

When the pond water completely calmed down, the pain on his body had completely disappeared.

And Wang Xiaoqiang's consciousness gradually came back.

...

Night.

Stars dotted the sky.

The moonlight was bright and clear.

Under the starlight and moon glow, the Mystic Yin Mountains too fell into a tranquil silence, with occasional beast roars sounding ethereal.

Wang Xiaoqiang started a fire in his cave and roasted beast meat, devouring wild fruits.

The fat from the succulent Demon Dog meat grilled to a bright yellow oiliness, with a fragrance wafting in every direction.

The ripe Golden Leaf Fruit was a sweet and tangy yellow-orange.

A bite of meat followed by a bite of wild fruit made for a rather delicious taste!

In this way, Wang Xiaoqiang roamed the edges of the Mystic Yin Mountains like a mysterious hunter, hunting beasts,

Apart from absorbing Demon Crystals, he bathed in beast blood every day.

Compared to the first time, he felt the pain of the medicinal bath decreasing with each subsequent time. Even though he continued to increase the amount of beast blood for each bath, the pain still lessened each time.

It was a good sign. It meant that his physical body's strength and resistance were continually getting stronger...

By cultivating the Divine Demon Body Refinement, he had won his gamble!

Ten days later.

Morning.

By the pondside, where the grass was lush and wildflowers intermingled, two Golden Leaf Fruit Trees stood erect in the morning mist, their branches and leaves gently swaying in the morning breeze.

A bare-backed young man stood motionless on the grass by the pond, his skin bronzed and his muscles bulging with an explosive potential. Touching him, one would find a peculiar hardness beneath the skin, like a layer of keratin.

Suddenly, the young man's statue-like figure moved. He planted his feet in a horse stance, then leaned back, his entire body's muscles and bones taut as his form tensed into the shape of a bow.

"Hey!"

With a low shout, the young man's tense body suddenly sprung...

Bang bang bang bang bang...

A series of muscle tensioning sounds erupted like the explosive twang of a gigantic bow, resounding enduringly. The intensity was indescribably greater than it had been ten days earlier.

Surprisingly, the leaves of the Golden Fruit Tree by the pond were shaken by the tensioning sounds, falling like rain.

The mirror-like pond water also started to ripple in layers.

The muscle tensioning sounds echoed for two hundred counts before halting.

Two hundred echoes of muscle tension.

Mid-Stage Muscle Refining, breakthrough achieved.

A hint of surprise appeared on the young man's face.

This young man was none other than Wang Xiaoqiang.

Through Divine Demon Body Refinement, he had made great strides on the path of Body Cultivation, not only crossing two major realms but also reaching the Mid-Stage Muscle Refining Realm.

Congratulations were in order.

In his joy, Wang Xiaoqiang released Yang Ling from the Sumeru Ring to share in his happiness.

Coming out of the ring, Yang Ling saw Wang Xiaoqiang's rapid progress in Body Cultivation, reaching Mid-Stage Muscle Refining in a short time, and felt truly happy for him.

She walked up behind Wang Xiaoqiang and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind.

"I'm all sweaty..." Wang Xiaoqiang turned around, cradling Yang Ling's beautiful face.

"I've been in that ring for so long, I'm getting moldy..." Yang Ling pouted.

"Here..., just right..., there's a pond..." Wang Xiaoqiang nodded toward the pond.

"I need a bath..., do you want to join?"

"What do you think...?"

"Let's bathe together..."

"And after we're nice and clean..." Wang Xiaoqiang asked with a mischievous smile, "Want to get a little wild...?"

"You're terrible..." She pinched his nose.

Wang Xiaoqiang lifted her delicate body and leaped into the pond.

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