Lu Li was a bit speechless as he looked at the Sword Skirk handed him.
Lu Li's hands were currently very small; he couldn't even hold the Sword.
Lu Li measured his hand against the old Sword.
He couldn't hold it at all.
Only then did Skirk realize that he had momentarily forgotten Lu Li was just a baby, and Lu Li couldn't use this Sword at all.
Skirk tossed the Sword aside.
He squatted down, took Lu Li's small hand, checked its size, then raised his right hand.
Nearly thirty Crystal Blades instantly appeared around his palm, coalescing and solidifying into a small Sword.
This Sword was tiny, just right for Lu Li to hold.
"You'll use this Sword."
Lu Li reached out and grasped Skirk's Sword; it was quite miniature.
It was like a toy Sword.
"Your physique is still too weak; you should practice swinging the Sword first."
Afterward,
Skirk found a large wooden stump and placed it in front of Lu Li.
"Once you split this wooden stump with your Sword, you can proceed to the next stage."
With that, Skirk turned and continued his training in another open area.
This time, Skirk was practicing spear techniques.
Lu Li watched Skirk practice with the spear for a while.
Then, he began swinging the small Crystal Blade Sword Skirk had custom-made for him at the wooden stump.
With one swing, the wooden stump only suffered a superficial injury.
Some wood splinters were cut off by Lu Li.
Although Lu Li now possessed powerful Sword Intent, his physical strength was truly insufficient.
Even with his body tempered by Abyssal Power,
his current strength was not enough to split this wooden stump in one go.
Lu Li felt that if he used Sword Qi, he should be able to cut very deeply into the wooden stump, and directly piercing it wasn't impossible.
But if he used up his Sword Qi, he would be exhausted and fall asleep instantly.
Lu Li currently didn't want to use Sword Qi as an attack method; using it once would waste a whole day.
He would wait until his body was stronger before trying again.
For the current Lu Li, diligently training his physical fitness was more important.
Therefore, Lu Li did not use Sword Qi, but instead practiced the Sword diligently according to Skirk's arrangements.
Lu Li swung his Sword at the wooden stump.
Although each swing caused little DMG to the wooden stump,
Lu Li swung the Sword many times.
After Lu Li swung the Sword over a hundred times, a visible crack appeared on the wooden stump.
At this rate,
he would need to swing about ten thousand more times to split this large wooden stump.
Lu Li's strength was still too small; being able to swing a Sword was already quite good, while other children his age were still drinking milk and sleeping.
Although his body was only five months old,
Lu Li himself already had over ten years of life experience.
In his previous life, if he hadn't been playing allogene at home but instead went to an internet café, perhaps he wouldn't have been crushed by a meteorite falling from the sky.
Now,
Lu Li possessed heaven-defying comprehension and incredibly powerful Sword Intent!
However, Lu Li's body was too small to unleash the power he possessed.
Strengthening his physical fitness was extremely important for the current Lu Li.
After a few more swings,
Lu Li suddenly felt he had reached his limit; if he continued, his body would be injured.
After Lu Li swung the small Crystal Blade Sword nearly a hundred more times,
he had already reached his limit.
At this moment,
Skirk noticed Lu Li and quickly rushed towards him.
He stopped Lu Li from continuing to practice the Sword.
"Stop, if you keep going like this, your hand will break."
Lu Li dropped the Sword and lay on the ground, panting.
Skirk remembered his own childhood from watching Lu Li practice the Sword.
At that time, his home was destroyed... his parents and friends were all killed.
Skirk followed Surtalogi to practice the Sword; Surtalogi made him train his hands and legs until they broke every day before stopping!
Recalling that time, Skirk was initially incredibly painful.
Now, he even felt a bit nostalgic for that process of growing stronger from weakness; although it was painful, it was still very worthwhile.
However, Skirk couldn't bring himself to be so ruthless as to make Lu Li, who was only five months old, train under Surtalogi like he did back then, breaking his hands and feet.
If possible, he hoped Lu Li would have a happy childhood.
But in this Abyss, or by his side,
the path ahead would be continuous training to grow stronger and constant battles.
It was impossible to have a normal childhood, but Lu Li didn't seem like a normal child either.
"By the way."
"Do you want to reshape your body with Abyssal Power?"
"That way, you won't break your hands and feet from training, and your strength will also increase rapidly."
Listening to Skirk's words,
Lu Li thought for a moment and then made his decision.
Lu Li did not plan to reshape his limbs with Abyssal Power like Skirk, although reshaping his limbs with Abyssal Power could quickly make the current Lu Li stronger and improve his strength.
But Lu Li felt that
the body is best in its original state.
Although a body reshaped by Abyssal Power would be extremely strong, Lu Li possessed heaven-defying comprehension, and in the future, he might be able to create a method to strengthen the body.
If he really created it, and his body was gone,
then what would he create... So, Lu Li decided to use his own body to strive for a higher potential!
Lu Li lay on the ground and shook his small head.
"I don't want to use this Abyssal Power to reshape my body; I want to rely on my own cultivation to grow stronger."
Skirk nodded.
"You've had enough training for today; go rest."
Before Skirk finished speaking, Lu Li was already fast asleep.
Skirk was already used to Lu Li suddenly falling asleep; after a slight smile,
he carried Lu Li onto the spider silk hammock.
An afternoon passed, and Lu Li had woken up.
Today, Lu Li's stamina was better than yesterday; he didn't fall unconscious for a whole day.
After some more time, Lu Li's body would get better and better with training.
A better body meant longer training time, and longer training time meant a better body.
Once a positive cycle formed,
Lu Li's speed of becoming stronger would accelerate like compound interest.
You yearned for a stronger body, comprehended the mysteries of the human body, and created the Primal Vitality Art.
As Lu Li created the Primal Vitality Art,
Lu Li felt a surge of energy pouring into his body!
This energy was not the power of the Abyss, but the vitality of the heavens and earth!
Lu Li seemed to see a blue-green power, flowing into his body.
Unlike the previous body tempering with Abyssal Power,
Abyssal Power was a violent force, while this blue-green vitality was extremely gentle, constantly repairing Lu Li's body.
Previously, when Lu Li absorbed Abyssal Power for automatic body tempering,
the absorption of Abyssal Power would stop when his body reached its limit.
But now,
after Lu Li created the Primal Vitality Art, his body began to repair rapidly.
Abyssal Power also continued to help Lu Li temper his body, making Lu Li's original body stronger and allowing his dantian (energy center) to accommodate more Abyssal Power.
Lu Li felt his body was now filled with two powers, one of destruction and one of creation; these two forces intertwined, making Lu Li's body grow stronger and stronger.