Evening.
The bright moon hung high in the sky.
Inside the training hall on the second floor of Nanyuan Community.
Shen Ping, dressed in his training clothes, took out the essence of vegetation, the thousand-year willow wood heart. It was a green crystal shaped like an egg, with a very peculiar internal structure, as if a liquid was flowing within it. Just by looking at it with the naked eye, one could feel a cool sensation surging into the body.
"Consuming the thousand-year willow wood heart is different from dragon blood. I need to pierce its hard outer shell and orally ingest the essence inside. My current punching power is stable at around 80,000 kilograms, so I wonder what level my physical fitness will reach after consuming it!"
His eyes were filled with anticipation.
When Luo Feng used the thousand-year willow wood heart, with the spiritual force enhancement from the dark golden sphere in his sea of consciousness, he leaped from an initial God of War to an advanced God of War, his power surging by nearly three times. He didn't have spiritual force, but he conservatively estimated that he should be able to increase his power by two times!
Exhale.
Inhale.
With deep breaths, his heart gradually calmed down.
Then, using an SS-grade dagger he had prepared earlier, he pierced the outer shell. Immediately, the green essence liquid inside flowed out, and Shen Ping opened his mouth to swallow the essence.
Whoosh.
Immediately, a cool and refreshing sensation spread throughout his body. When he had consumed dragon blood, the pain was enough to make him faint, but there was no pain at all during the process of consuming the thousand-year willow wood heart.
Hiss, hiss.
Soon, his skin began to vibrate. This was the effect of endless vitality surging into his body, allowing the muscles, bones, and fascia to undergo transformation. Every organ in his body, as well as the deep-seated cells in his bones, underwent tremendous changes. Genes ruptured and reorganized, and useless cells were quickly replaced by transformed cells.
At the same time.
His physical fitness was rapidly improving, transforming from an initial God of War all the way to an intermediate God of War, and still not stopping.
Shen Ping stood motionless, closing his eyes and carefully feeling his body improve. Only when the cool sensation gradually faded did he know that the effect of the thousand-year willow wood heart had stopped.
Boom.
He lightly punched the air, and a sonic boom exploded. He could feel the whooshing air currents on his fist.
"This punching power… it's definitely over 150,000 kilograms. The standard for an intermediate God of War is 128,000kg to 256,000kg. Even if I'm not an advanced God of War now, I'm still above average among intermediate Gods of War in terms of physical fitness!"
"Combined with the 4.2 times burst of the fifth stage of Ninefold Thunder Blade, it can reach at least over 600,000 kilograms!"
His face was full of excitement.
500,000 kilograms was the War God Peak, and now he was a martial artist at the War God Peak. As for an invincible God of War, he knew he couldn't reach that temporarily. After all, an invincible God of War was second only to a council member, a respectful title for the strongest existence among Gods of War.
To achieve this level as a martial artist, one must reach invincibility in either blade techniques or movement techniques. There were only a handful of people in the Global who held this title.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the Wilderness Area to see my strength."
He could easily punch over a hundred thousand kilograms. If he were to test it at the martial arts hall, it would cause too much of a stir. The best way was to go to the Wilderness Area and fight Lord-level monsters, and with his black god suit, he didn't have to worry about safety issues at all.
The next morning.
Shen Ping arrived at the train station fully armed. As he walked into the carriage, looking at the martial artists coming and going and their various expressions, his face seemed calm, but he felt a sense of dreamlike emotion in his heart. More than two years ago, he was a warlord martial artist with a severed arm, having lost his potential and future. Now, he already possessed the combat power of a War God Peak.
"I am not a genius; I can only rely on my golden finger."
He silently thought to himself.
The world of Swallowed Star is a world of geniuses. Without comprehension and talent, it's impossible to stand out. Even on this Earth, transformed by a powerful being, it's difficult to excel, and over ninety-nine percent of people are destined to be mediocre and ordinary.
Clang clang ~
As the train started.
He suppressed his thoughts and closed his eyes to rest.
Entering the Wilderness Area.
This time, Shen Ping headed directly into the depths of the Taihang Mountains. Upon arriving at an abandoned town near the mountains, he heard the explosive roars of beasts in the air.
It was a Lord-level monster.
He quickly reached the highest point of the town, took out his binoculars, and saw a Golden Crown Dragon, which seemed to be being hunted by a team of martial artists.
Bang, bang.
The Golden Crown Dragon was enormous, shattering large amounts of rocks as it charged. Its scales, gleaming with a black-gold luster, provided astonishing defense, allowing it to withstand the battle blades of several martial artists as it relentlessly pursued the dodging God of War martial artist at the front.
"Crimson God Squad."
After observing carefully, Shen Ping recognized this squad. The number of God of War-level squads was very rare. Most martial artists, after breaking through to the God of War level, would see their status and position skyrocket and would typically hunt monsters alone. Only a small fraction would continue to form squads.
The Crimson God Squad was a God of War team from Hua Zhong Base City, but there were only two initial Gods of War in the team; the others were Advanced Warlords. With such strength, hunting advanced beast generals was easy, and they could also hunt ordinary Lord-level monsters, but facing a Golden Crown Dragon was a bit difficult.
Indeed.
After fighting for a full half an hour.
The Crimson God Squad, seeing that they couldn't take down the Golden Crown Dragon, decisively chose to retreat.
The Golden Crown Dragon pursued for over ten minutes before returning to its lair.
Shen Ping waited in place for about an hour, confirming that the Crimson God Squad would not return, before setting his sights on the Golden Crown Dragon.
Boom.
He stomped his foot hard on the ground, and his body shot out like a cannonball, reaching the Golden Crown Dragon in a blink of an eye.
The Golden Crown Dragon, having just rested and recovered, looked at the tiny figure that appeared before it, and anger showed in its golden eyes. These humans were truly endless; did they really think it was a pushover? As a monster comparable to an intermediate Lord-level, its intelligence was not low.
Roar!
Its sharp claw struck down like lightning.
Shen Ping, like a feather, easily swayed away using the impact. Then, in mid-air, he changed direction in a peculiar way, stepping on the Golden Crown Dragon's claw to borrow force again, and with a leap, flashed to the Golden Crown Dragon's eye. With a hiss, his battle blade gleamed with cold light.
The Golden Crown Dragon reacted quickly, its golden eyes suddenly turning white. This was a form of defense for its eyes. However, it underestimated Shen Ping's strength. The moment the battle blade touched the white pupil, an impact of over 500,000 kilograms directly sliced open the white pupil and carved a deep, long gash along the eyelid.
The Golden Crown Dragon roared in pain, opening its mouth to spit out a liquid.
It was venom.
Shen Ping's black god suit appeared on his body, completely enveloping him. The venom splashed onto the black god suit, only causing a layer of white mist to rise, but it couldn't corrode through at all.
"Be a good sacrifice for my blade!"
He grinned, not rushing to kill the Golden Crown Dragon, but instead treating it as a training subject for his blade techniques, constantly fighting it with his perfected artistic conception-level movement technique.
It took a full half an hour.
Shen Ping, having fought to his heart's content, reluctantly hunted down the Golden Crown Dragon. With his War God Peak strength, he could even kill advanced Lord-level monsters.
After collecting the materials, he proceeded to the next location.
Since he was out, he planned to complete the military cooperation mission as well.