I lost my conscious after what I had just gone through, there wasn't even a hint of me going blank at any point of time, in fact I do actually believe that I have had succeeded in what I was trying to do, I had safely achieved a breakthrough to the second layer of Flesh Tempering and got an actual feeling about it .
It was the feeling of content and great euphoric happiness, it was very difficult to put it in words, but I felt like my body and soul was being elevated, I can't say that it was more impressive than the first breakthrough I made to the first layer .
After talking into consideration the fact that I actually hadn't got a clue about how that even felt, after all I woke up after this happened and passed for quite some time, so I had no lingering feelings regarding that particular breakthrough, I don't remember much of it .
So considering that, I actually think that this addictive feeling of making a progress was really something massive, the blockage that my body had reached before in terms of Tempering were now removed and for the next period of time, I will be able to continue Tempering my body as before .
My body was feeling great, I begin to believe that I had gained a considerable increase in strength and my defense, after all, the road of Full Body Refinement was unlike the normal Body Refinement Road, the first gave more considerable increase in strength than the latter, not only that, the defensive capabilities of my own Flesh got a huge boost to .
I currently don't know how to compare it to anything back in my original world neither would I be able to use something like the opponents I faced off as a measurement .
Some were awfully weak and others were madly strong, but if I were to make a wild guess, that guy who tried to attack me with a dirty attack and almost had me got severely injured, if I were to stand in front of that guy with my current enhanced body, I had no doubt that even if I stood in my place and let his cheap shot hit me, I will still come out of it unscathed, at least in a way better condition than the previous me would .
Those weren't the only gains I got from doing such a suicidal act, there were other few more gains, but I was now more concerned with the expression on Senior Brother Fu's face .
The guy was looking at me with a smile that looked like a frown than it to a smile, not only that but his tone when he asked me that question, his tone was cold, almost as cold as the tone he used when he was saying that he had bea.., cough, taught Gu Chu a lesson, but I still was glad for this outburst of his .
After all, I was finally able to know the name of the formation that I was in just now, Nine-Shock Rock Formation, that was the name of the formation and surprisingly it was actually called a Formation by Senior Brother, leaving no doubt in me about him knowing something about that Formation he mentioned .
Just as I was hit by this realization and woke up from my trance, I was about to reply, but Senior Brother beat me to talking, saying :
You really is giving me a headache with your recklessness, junior brother Tian .
When I told you to move forward in the cave if you wanted to increase the pressure, I hadn't expect you to actually continue to walk until the entrance leading to the Central Area, thankfully you didn't went any further or else, you would have gotten severely injured and as a result of being responsible for you in front of Master, he might have skinned me alive .
Can you practice cautious more with what you are doing from now on, for my sake and yours as well, luckily you still had achieved the breakthrough that you wanted, so luckily there were no losses in letting you come to the Practice Hall, what's with the long face ? .
I had already anticipated Senior Brother's berating so it wasn't that much of a surprise, I wanted to say that I was sorry, but his other words completely left me baffled and at loss of what to think not to mention say .
What entrance, if he was talking about that hole, he can't be thinking that I had only reached to that entrance, right ? .
If Old Ma wasn't quick with his actions, you really might have injured yourself and your practice might end up getting regressed, after all you would have to spent so much time to heal the Internal Damages that might have befell you, be sure to show him your gratitude later .
Lastly congratulations on your successful breakthrough to the second layer of Flesh Tempering, congratula..... .
Just as Senior Brother was about to finish talking and old voice sounded from right behind him, it was the old voice of Old Man Ma the one responsible for the Practice Hall and the well-being of these who enters it, he said something that shocked both me and my Senior Brother, he said :
Third Layer of Flesh Tempering, not the second .
Huh ?.
"Huh .
Don't huh me, I'm telling you that this junior brother of yours had achieved a double breakthrough and reached the third Layer of Flesh Tempering .
The moment that these words fell, not only senior brother was startled and shocked to the core, but me too who was the person in discuss here, I had one thought in mind as I looked at the old man words, that thought was about what had happened back in that place and my mind luckily seemed to have some memories about what just took place .
At the thought, I actually began to recall almost everything that took place before I collapsed and for some reason being found as my Senior said unconscious at the entrance of that Central Area of the Nine-Shock Rock Formation .
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I began to swarm my scalp with Blood Qi, it was actually working well and I was able to do so thanks to the fact that the Panel in my mind was helping me with paving the way, I was able to finally get rid of some of the excessive amount of Tempering Energy .
But more was still being generated again due to where I was currently, so sensing that the time of Old man Ma coming to kick me out was quite nearing, I decided that I would increase the output of my Blood Qi completely in trying to lead the Tempering Energy to every part of my body .
As I did this, the breakthrough began to occur naturally as before, the process went smoothly and I achieved my breakthrough to the second layer of Flesh Tempering, but just as I did that, another pressure bubble bomb filled was a huge amount of shockwave appeared close to me, I had already achieved a breakthrough, so it was enough for me to wake up and get as far away as possible from that pressure bubble .
But here another problem arose for me, I barely cut off the supply of my Blood Qi and decided to play this situation safely and used my Dragon-Tiger Transformation to keep my body protected, my Blood Qi hadn't only rejuvenated, but it also increased in volume after the breakthrough .
Which allowed me now to use Dragon-Tiger Transformation for an extended period of time, so now I'm able to have my body grow even stronger while also have more than enough time to hold this state I'm in .
Dragon-Tiger Transformation helped in making the user leapfrog 3 whole layers, so now I had the ability to fight a 5th layer of Flesh Tempering to an equal footing, it should have been enough to guarantee that even if I were to be hit by another shockwave of pressure, I would be still able to come out without suffering much injuries .
At least that was what I thought, but for some reason the second that strange force that was born from using the Martial Skill secret technique started to consume the Blood Qi that I was using to keep the Tempering Energy that was still accumulating in my body in check .
The results was my Blood Qi then lost the ability to control the Tempering Energy and made it start running amok, the Tempering Energy began to move into every part of my body, sooner it even brought itself automatically to my head and due to how freshly was the circulation routes there being unable to completely hold that much Tempering Energy, it began, they were forced to get expanded .
All that happened in a span of less than a second, even my new refined control wasn't able to cope with how fast everything just happened, the Panel wasn't helping me due to the fact that there was really no damages done and no negative effects were detected from using any sort of techniques or making use of Blood Qi wrongly, that what stopped me from falling into a panicked state at that time .
After I was finally able to realize what was going on, I wanted to react effectively by forgetting about the pressure and instead focus more on escaping this place, but just as I stood up, I coughed a mouthful of Blood and my vision went black, I fell unconscious .
But there were a few things that I was still able to sense going on inside my body second before I collapse, there was suddenly a bothering yet quite familiar feeling that began to appear in the back of my head, it was a feeling that I had been released off one minute before .
The feeling was that of meeting a bottleneck, surprisingly I was able to feel such a thing at this current moment, I thought that I might be hallucinating due to there being some damages that happened to my head from the excessive amount of Tempering Energy .
The other feeling felt more alarming to me, I sensed that the Mysterious Force that were devouring my Blood Qi earlier, was actually devouring a huge amount of that Tempering Energy as well, before I can even try and make sense of any of this happening, I lost my conscious .
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The first thing I did after recalling what had happened a few minutes ago, was to take a deep breath of air that forced even my Senior Brother who was leaning with his head towards me and was cocompletely stunned in place to back away a little .
His movements were a bit stiff and the only thing that was appearing to move were his eyelids, his eyes kept blinking at me, but his face was in a complete disbelief, I can't even find it in my heart to judge him or comment about his current state .
I myself was at loss of what to think about this, all I could do was to look at the Old Man that was frowning at me an hour ago and saw that he was looking at me with appreciation and had even his mouth curled up slightly, giving me a faint smile .
A complete change in attitude, it wasn't like he hated me before or anything like that but he was nonchalant about me, but now I seemed to have become quite close with him, even though this was never my intention to begin with, but I didn't see much of a problem with this, so I accepted it as it's and didn't dwell much on it .
The reason I couldn't help but look for this Old Man Ma was to make sure that I had heard him right just now, I was still in a complete disbelief about what was currently going on, so I couldn't help but wanting to confirm that I heard what I didn't believe that I just heard, I said :
" Senior Ma, could you please tell me at what layer of Flesh Tempering was I currently ? .
The old man attitude changed again and he said coldly :
Don't call me Senior, I don't have nothing at all to teach you, but since you asked, I find myself obligated to answer you, I checked your pulse earlier and there is no mistake about it, you are at the Third Layer of Flesh Tempering not only that, your Blood Qi seemed more vigorous than a normal Third Layer Flesh Tempering .
The most surprising thing to me personally is the fact that your Martial Art Realm seemed quite stable, even though you just made double breakthrough to the Third Layer directly, how peculiar, what is even mort so is the fact that you did all this while your body strangely show a severe lack in Blood Vitality, you are so weird kid .
But no doubt about you are now at the Third Layer of Flesh Tempering, I'm interested to know how were you able to pull this off, tell me what did you experience inside .
I wasn't able to understand why the sudden shift in attitude, but after hearing him confirming that I hade indeed had a double breakthrough and not only that, but he also checked my body when I was unconscious, making me believe that all my secrets were laid bare in front of him .
How was he even able to do this without agitating my Blood Qi defenses, was his strength that many times stronger than mine, was that the reason, I really can't help but wonder, after hearing him confirming that I did indeed achieve a double breakthrough, I was more alarmed than happy .
My body was buzzing with questions about how my fate would now end, will his asking me about the details could be considered interrogation, does this mean that it was now over for me to feign ignorance about what happened .
I had recalled what had happened in the cave, but there was no way that this was all that happened to me, after all from my Senior Brother's words, I was found unconscious next to the entrance of the Central Area of the formation, there was also no way that I would tell him anything of what I recalled, but I had to come with a lie that was acceptable to the two in front of me .
There were two yes waiting for my answer, the senior brother of mine seem to pick a good time to wake up from the trance he was just in, seemed to be still shocked but now, now he seemed more curious about my answer, my brain was currently looking for a feasible excuse I can give the two .
I was wrecking my brain trying to think of anything to tell them, but being under the limelight like that wasn't helping in the slightest, I guess improvising was in essence lying, that's all I can came up with at the moment, I was about to explain, but just as I was about to do so, Old Ma roared at me saying :
What are you hesitant about, if you don't want to say then don't say, what is big deal here .
I was about to thank the heavens for this timely save, but just as Old Ma said this, my senior brother Fu had a complete different opinion regarding this, he said :
I'm not letting the matter go junior brother, I need to know or else I really might go mad, we know of geniuses and proud sons and daughters of Heaven who even were born with superior talent and affinity for Martial Arts, some even were born with Special Body Constitutions .
But even with all of those advantage, I never heard of anyone breaking through two layers in a week or two, not to mention a few hours and most certainly not after entering the Martial Path for no more than a day .
Junior Brother, you had only entered the Martial path yesterday, not only you have a heaven defraying comprehension, but it seems your affinity for Martial Arts is even more stronger than I thought, what exactly happened after you went inside the formation junior brother .
I sensing where he was going with his words wanted to cut him off from talking, but it seemed that I was still a bit late, after old man Ma heard my Senior Brother's words, the guy who showed a little bit of curiosity just now was now completely stunned and he couldn't help but yell loudly, his yelling voice was so deafening that I felt it keep ringing in my brain for a few seconds, he said :
Huh, what are you talking about, who did you say, entered the Martial Path yesterday ? .
This Junior Brother Tian Long had only started to practice Martial Arts yesterday, I can vouch for that .
THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE... .