I almost lost my balance after hearing what the notification said, the information that notification contained was ridiculous to the extreme, not only there was a problem with the description the Panel used, but there was a few other problems .
Like what this implied and mean, also make question like how this was even worked keep forcing his way into my my mind and keep provoking my curiosity, the information fell on me like a bolt of lightning, completely leaving me dumbfounded .
I didn't know anything about what the term Formations even meant, but I certainly wouldn't associate it with the weird black rock formations in front of me, after all, the Term was in a book that talked about Immortals and people with flying swords .
So there would be no way that the Formations mentioned in that booklet was close in shape or essence to the Formations that I have read about, but if that were the truth regarding this, then what exactly should I do .
Do I trust the judgment of the Panel, or should I treated it as it just being wrong due to the short amount of information I had on this, I don't know anything about how Formations looked like or were even being used for where Immortals live, but I believe them to be much more magical than whatever was the thing in front of me .
I can't deny that it had magical effects on tempering the body, but after reading about the Treasures Of Heaven-earth, my expectations and standards regarding anything that had a connection to the Immortals were all raised to the roof .
That was why it was quite difficult for me to accept this, my feelings towards this were quite complicated, but after I went back and forth regarding it and wasted quite the amount of time without being able to find neither an answer or a path that I could follow to make a conclusion .
In the end, I decided not to think anymore about it, else I wasted all the free time I have here for nothing, leaving without achieving any actual gains, not to mention that there would be no point in asking about this here, I could always ask senior brother Fu about it later, so there was really no need to dwell about this .
Releasing a deep sigh, I couldn't help but once again thank my lucky star, the Panel for giving me such heads-up, in addition to a few headaches as well, I couldn't help but be in a sore mode for a while .
I was able to become so willful due to the Panel keep transforming the pressure exerted on me into a Tempering Energy without even me needing to move a muscle, I was just keeping my breathing rhythm and kept on infusing my body with Blood Qi that was still trying to force me to retreat backwards .
But with the problem about needing to use Blood Qi to prevent the pressure from causing me any superficial or substantial damages, I was able to act as much willful as I like, I once again was thankful for the Panel help, but this time the feeling was quite genuine unlike the insincere one from before .
I was able to feel that the Tempering Energy was accumulating slightly a bit faster now, but only slightly, once again I was hit with the consequences of my own loss of Blood Vitality deficiency, the speed in which the Energy was accumulating in, was still crawling as before, but it was now crawling a bit faster now and that was all .
Thinking about this, I couldn't help but have a crazy thought in mind, since I didn't need to worry about the pressure increasing even further, how about trying to see at what limit can my Panel be able to take me .
A few seconds before, I was beginning to have doubts about my ability to go any further, but now, now I actually think that if things went as I want then I would be able to have a closer look on that so-called formation and actually might be able to touch those Rocks Formations making that weird diagram .
After having this thought in mind, I once again took a deep breath and took a step forward, but the moment I did the increase in pressure was actually a full onefold, not by percentage like before but the pressure doubled in an instant .
I wasn't able to take hurried steps like before, I needed to adjust my Blood Qi after each and every step, making sure not to use too little and to make sure not to use too much Blood Qi and being quite wasteful .
Another unexpected gain from coming to this weird Practice Hall, I was able to have much easier time in controlling my Blood Qi and being able to efficiently move it in my body, through the method of trials and errors with dealing with the continuous shift in pressure here, I was beginning to get the hang of it .
Looking at myself after each step I took, I was able to sense myself growing in one way or another, my control over my Body and Blood Qi had improved which should be able to help me execute my Martial Skills faster than before .
Maybe in the next sparring session against my senior brother, I would be able to convince him to use more Martial Skills than just movements ones, the next time i face him, I will be much more stronger than before, after all I will have already achieved a breakthrough to the second layer of Flesh Tempering .
With that in mind I once again took another step forward, I had already adapted to the current level of pressure I was under, if I'm not wrong with my judgement, I believed that I was now under an amount of pressure that only those at 3rd layer of Flesh Tempering or above were able to withstand .
Taking another step, another onefold increase in pressure almost made me clench my teeth and my knees bent slightly and I was beginning to hear some cracks in my lower body, I was enticed to use Gliding Swallow before, but now under this kind of pressure, doing that was almost suicidal .
Even though there was Tempering Energy to be gained from the pressure here, at the current level of pressure, it has developed a physical form to it, meaning that I was not only under the constant pressure that was being still exerted on me, but also was wary of the physical form of the pressure that could do actual damage to me, the Panel would be of no use against that .
But the speed in which the Tempering Energy was accumulating increased again which made me a bit happy,after taking some time in regulating my breath and Temper my body using the pressure, I was about to take another step, when suddenly I heard a booming Old but domineering voice .
One that I hadn't dealt with enough to know whom it belonged to, but after hearing what it said, I realized whom voice was that and realized that I also needed to hurry up, the voice belonged to old Ma outside, the voice was faint, he wasn't yelling or anything like that, but I still heard him loud and clear, saying :
You only have 15 minutes left .
As I heard the voice, I turned over out of fright and saw that my reaction wasn't necessary, the old man whose voice just sounded as if he was right behind me was actually nowhere in sight, the Old Man caught my interest, but currently I don't have time to dwell on such matters .
15 minutes, that was all that I have left of time here, I was surprised at how the time passed out this quickly and couldn't help but try to hurry up and finish my practice and achieve the breakthrough I wanted, I took another few steps in a hurry and due to not giving myself enough time to adapt to the pressure on me .
My back hunched a little, but I was still intent on achieving my target and reaching the end of this place, I continued to walk forward and step by step, I was beginning to get close to the end of this huge cave and my back hunched even more, I was beginning to feel some muscles strains all over my body, my spine was being under a constant pressure .
I was even having an illusion about it snapping if I were to take anymore steps forward, that illusion appeared a few steps ago, but I paid it no mind at all and it seemed that the Hall here didn't only tested the endurance of Martial Artist's bodies to the limit, but it tested their mental state as well .
~huff~~huff~~huff~ .
I was finally hitting my limit as well, my body was like trying to move through liquid concrete that was beginning to solidify, I was fighting against the speed of its solidifying, but wasn't fast enough and it sealed my body from moving .
Not to mention that without using my Blood Qi to protect me and fix me in place, I might have already be blown away by how strong the pressure was beginning to impact and clash with me, so I had already taxed my body beyond its capabilities .
If I'm not wrong the pressure I'm under now, should be one that only those at the 4th or 5th layer of Flesh Tempering can bear, but here I was, at reaching this close from the end of the cave, I was beginning to lose hope of reaching the end of the cave .
With the help of the Panel, I was able to reach this position through gritting teeth, but that won't be able to help me anymore, the pressure in front of me currently felt suffocating, it appeared to my mind as if their walls waiting right in front of me .
To take another step forward, I needed to bring the wall in front of me down, by using Blood Qi of course, but that was easier said than done, I only have less than one third of my Blood Qi and it was being consumed just to keep my feet steady on the ground and to help me Temper my body .
If I were to use it now for the purpose of going further, I will need to let go of one of the two uses and that would be barely enough for me to take a few steps more, that was how bad the current situation was for me .
My Body reached his limit, I felt the feeling of being filled to the brim like yesterday and if I were to start using my Blood Qi and interact with the Tempering Energy, I should be able to breakthrough, but only after I regulate my rigid breath back to normal .
So it was time to choose and I already feeling that the time was tight, I began to let go of my control over my Blood Qi, so I no longer tried to guide the Tempering Energy in my body and instead focused on infusing all my Blood Qi to try and take more steps forward but the moment I tried to move forward, my dreams came to an abrupt end .
My Blood Qi in essence was similar in the amount of what a person in the 3rd layer of Flesh Tempering should have, thanks to the pressure here, it was refined to be a bit similar in quality as well, but even with those kind of gain, my body bent down and I fell while having one knee on the ground .
That was how difficult bearing the pressure now was, there was no cards for me to play here in attempt of trying to push forward, I had reached my limit and my body was unable to move an inch now, even with the Blood Qi protecting me, I ended up like that .
That was how scary was the current pressure is, I looked at the end that I was now able to feel closer than ever, but I no longer had the capacity to reach it, I gritted my teeth at this and was beginning to struggle meaninglessly, no matter how hard I tried to push forward, the pressure was like a mountain that was put on my back .
It fixed me in place and stopped me from even being able to return my body posture back to original, I looked at the end of the cave and couldn't help but smile bitterly while sensing that even my vision was beginning to fail me and was getting obstructed, leaving the scene that was clear a second ago to become a bit foggy .
I thought that I would have no problem whatsoever to reach the end of this place before, but here I was kneeling on ine knee in front of it and was completely unable to even move a muscle, so was that how strong my resolve was, should I go back now and just trying again later .
Trying to force my way anymore further would cost me to suffer some severe injury and it wasn't like I had a chance from the beginning, I'm only at the 1st layer of Flesh Tempering after all, yet, I'm able to reach this stage, this was already very good results for a first time .
It should be shocking even, if the other guys outside were to know this, so I should be satisfied with myself and just try again next month .
No, I refused to accept that, as this thought appeared on my mind, I felt that every part of my heart and soul were against doing something like listening to these kind of thoughts, my results were impressive yes, but I had already got the help of the Panel to cross this large area .
Now I wanted to depend on myself, now I don't want to be leaving here without any regrets, I looked at the end of the cave and saw that my foggy vision from before began to be cleared up, I was gritting my teeth so much that I thought that one of them might be popping any second now, but I paid that no mind .
For both the great help that the Panel had given me and to achieve the goal I had set for myself earlier, I will continue forward no matter what it take me, at this thought, I felt a a new kind of power appear suddenly in my body, this new power should have come from my strong belief and resolve .
I began to rise up from the ground, my hunched back returned to normal, my legs were at their end and was already giving up on me, but even with them like that, I already accepted what will happen to me, if I continued to go through this path, so feeling how difficult was it to move fueled my fighting spirit even more .
I was began relishing the feeling of being under constant pressure and danger, something in my mind seemed to snap, the same goes for my limbs and organs, I felt that even my breath was beginning to become more erratic than ever, but no matter what, I still intent on going forward .
I looked at my hands and wondered about what should I be able to do now, my mind was clear and I was using the pressure here to force my mind and body to react faster, even if that wasn't my original attention at all, but I was still glad at this development .
A crazy thought suddenly came to me, I will be using my Martial Skills Secret Techniques, I have only one shot at pulling this off, I won't only be using Dragon-Tiger Transformation, but also the Life-Severing Sword to crush all the obstacles in front of me and reached the area where the pressure would be the strongest .
That place was where I will be increasing my strength in, that's the place I chose to practice in, it was a plan that focused completely on showing the results of my progress and finding the right timing .
Even though my breathing rhythm was all messed up, I was now able to start using the two Martial Skills Secret Techniques without much of a problem, due to the refined control that I was able to have now .
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I only have one shot and then I will be out of Blood Qi, using Dragon-Tiger Transformation, I felt my body was much lighter than before, but there wasn't much time to dwell on this, I was able to recall the Blood Sucking Sword from my pouch and activated the Life-Severing Sword .
And swung the sword with all the strength I was able to forward, instantly, I was propelled forward by the weight of the sword and the walls of pressure that I was facing before fell one after the other .
No matter how much the pressure on me increased, my launch didn't slow down in the slightest, I was finally able to reach the place I wanted to reach, THE END OF THIS CAVE .