In the room, Xiao Shi's face was filled with pain. The ice crystals condensing in his body brought him immense pain.
Whether it was his organs, meridians, flesh, or bones, ice crystals continued to appear. Under the cover of this ice crystal, his entire body felt as if it was being cut by needles and knives. It was very uncomfortable.
Even though he had already undergone two body tempering sessions, the pain during the body tempering process did not decrease at all. Every time, it was a huge test of one's will.
An hour later, the body tempering finally ended.
Xiao Shi felt the changes in himself. The body tempering this time did not change his physique. He did not become shorter or stronger. But there was a tremendous change in Xiao Shi's body All his organs, organs, blood vessels, and meridians were covered in a pale white membrane.
This membrane was extremely tough and could offset a certain amount of power. It had a powerful defensive effect. Once he had this membrane, his originally weak organs would become indestructible.
Although the previous two body temperings had also strengthened the organs in the body, they were far less powerful than this time.
This body tempering could be said to be completely targeted at the strengthening of the body. After such an enhancement, the internal defense of Xiao Shi's body was even stronger than the one outside his body.
All of this was only an improvement under normal body tempering, and it wasn't an additional enhancement after three body temperings.
The additional enhancement after three body temperings was blood and qi!
At this moment, the Qi and blood in Xiao Shi's body had a shocking increase in its original foundation. At the same time, the Qi and blood in his body were compressed even more tightly, making Xiao Shi feel that the weight of his body had increased significantly.
Not only that, the blood and qi in his body even had the ability to recover on its own. This ability could only be grasped when one broke through to the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level. Before reaching the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level, the blood and qi consumed could not be recovered.
Only reaching the ninth level of the Martial Entry-Level would the blood and qi had the ability to recover.
It was just like how Xiao Shi had corroded the ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist's blood and qi to only 10% back then. However, as long as he was given two years, he would be able to recover 90% of his blood and qi.
"If I can recover my blood and qi… I won't have to worry about my blood and qi decreasing greatly and causing my cultivation base to fall after forming too many marks in the future!"
Xiao Shi's eyes lit up.
Using blood and qi to form a mark had always had such a disadvantage. Now that his blood and qi could recover, he no longer had such worries.
"Since I can recover my blood and qi, can I also achieve another ability of Martial Entry-Level Nine, release of blood and qi?"
Xiao Shi's heart skipped a beat. He decided to give it a try.
Boom!!
He unleashed all the compressed Qi and blood in his body, and his entire body was instantly filled with a vast amount of Qi and blood.
"Release!"
Xiao Shi's body trembled. The Qi and blood in his body were successfully released by him and surrounded his body.
"It actually… really works!!" Xiao Shi was extremely shocked. At this moment, he was just like the ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist from back then. His body was surrounded by many Qi and blood that surged like airflow.
In his excitement, he tried to punch forward.
Swoosh!
The augmentation brought by his blood and qi increased the speed and power of his punch by several times. There was a sharp sound of air being torn apart.
"This is… the additional enhancement after three body temperings!" Xiao Shi took a deep breath. He calmed the boiling emotions in his heart.
He knew very well that the strength of a ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist was mainly due to the release of Qi and blood.
This was also the biggest gap between a ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist and an eighth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist.
A Martial Entry-Level Nine martial artist with the ability to release blood and qi was definitely not someone a Martial Entry-Level Eight martial artist could defeat. Even some powerful and special Martial Entry-Level Eight martial artists would find it difficult to defeat a Level Nine martial artist.
And now, he had successfully mastered the release of blood and qi at Martial Entry-Level Eight!
This would directly make him invincible at Martial Entry-Level Eight! He could even fight a ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist. The only flaw was that his blood and qi had yet to reach the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level.
Xiao Shi carefully recalled. He clearly realized that the Qi and blood surrounding his body was not as much as the ninth-stage Martial Entry-Level martial artist from back then. Even though his blood and qi had increased after every successful body tempering, he was still a distance away from the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level.
In fact, the reason why the process of breaking through from Martial Entry-Level Eight to Level Nine was so slow was because the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level required a lot of blood and qi.
Of course, even though Xiao Shi's blood and qi had yet to reach the ninth stage of the Martial Entry-Level, he already had the strength to fight. Even if he was no match for them, he could still survive.
"The next enhancement will be six times! I wonder what kind of enhancement will happen then?"
Xiao Shi was filled with anticipation. The thirst for heavenly treasures became even stronger.
At the same time, in a hidden cave in the Seven Star Province. A group of figures was gathered in the cave.
"Di Jin's assassination attempt failed. There's a vacancy in the assassination of the 473rd place on the bounty list. Is there anyone who wants to carry it out?" A low and hoarse voice resounded in the cave.
When the bounty hunters of the Senluo Organization choose their targets, they were usually one bounty hunter and corresponded to one target. If the target they chose had already been chosen by other bounty hunters in advance, they could only choose another target.
This was also to prevent more bounty hunters from assassinating one person at the same time and causing a fight. Only when a bounty hunter's operation to carry out an assassination fails can the other bounty hunters choose their target.
"I'll go!" A cold voice sounded in the cave. "If that piece of trash Di Jin didn't beat me to it, I would have been the one to assassinate this target. If I can't even kill a target of this level, that piece of trash Di Jin is simply a disgrace to us bounty hunters!"
The figure who let out a low and hoarse voice looked at him and said in a deep voice. "According to the report from the spies in Golden Cloud City, Di Jin was killed before he even started moving. This situation is extremely rare.
"And the person who killed Di Jin is said to be an unnamed night patroller from the Night Patrol Division.
"Although I don't know how this person discovered Di Jin's identity, from the scene, Di Jin was cut in half by this person with a single slash. This means that this mysterious night patroller has at least the strength of a Martial Entry-Level Nine!
"You're the same as Di Jin. You're only at Martial Entry-Level Eight. If you meet this mysterious night patroller, you won't be his match."
The person in the shadows nodded. "I know that. However, I don't believe that he could see through my disguise before I made a move. That trash Di Jin must have been careless or for some other reason that he was discovered. I won't make such a low-level mistake.
"Besides, although I'm also at Martial Entry-Level Eight, my strength is much stronger than that trash Di Jin. Even if I'm not a match for a Martial Entry-Level Nine, I'm confident that I can escape from him."
The figure with the deep and hoarse voice nodded slightly. He also believed that the reason why Di Jin was discovered was either because he had made some low-level mistake or some kind of coincidence.
With their Senluo Organization's ability to disguise themselves, he did not believe that the other party would be able to see through Di Jin's identity before he made a move.
If the night patroller had such an ability, bounty hunters would not be able to escape unscathed after successfully assassinating someone in Gold Cloud City in the past.
With his intelligence, he could tell at a glance that the Night Patrol Division was clearly trying to use this coincidence to deliberately create the feeling that this mysterious night patroller could see through the identity of the bounty hunter.
This was to intimidate the Senluo Organization so that their bounty hunters would not dare to assassinate them in Golden Cloud City again.
This kind of trick was just to scare ordinary people. How could their Senluo Organization be so easily intimidated?