Lanling sat cross legged, closed his eyes, and waited for the demon star to perform the dragon power tempering.
Master, I have an idea. The demon star said.
Speak. Lanling said.
We devoured a lot of dragon power this time, so I think we should not only strengthen the strength of the arms but also appropriately strengthen the strength of the waist. The demon star said. The waist is the central axis of the human body and the key to the strength of the whole body. If the arm strength and waist strength become too unbalanced, it will cause damage to the lumbar spine.
The demon star made a lot of sense. Lanling said, Then do as you say.
He closed his eyes and entered the spiritual illusion realm, clearly seeing the demon star in the darkness.
At this time it had become much brighter and could not be compared with before at all. It was clear that this devouring had been extremely abundant.
Boom! The demon star light suddenly contracted and released a powerful dragon power energy that moved to the dantian, then moved into the meridians of the arms and released fiercely.
Immediately Lanling clearly felt his arms suddenly jump, swell, and heat up, as if there was a feeling of burning.
It seemed that this power was really too strong.
Boom… boom… boom…
Next the demon star continuously released dragon power, tempering Lanlings arm meridians inch by inch. This time it was actually more painful than before because the energy was much greater.
A full five hours later the arm meridians tempering was completed.
Next came the tempering of the arm bones, which took three hours.
Finally came the tempering of the arm strength, which took two hours.
After a full ten hours the dragon power tempering of the arms ended.
How much arm strength do I have now? Lanling asked.
Four hundred jin. The demon star said. It is roughly at the level of a third level warrior archer.
Lanling was immediately overjoyed. His target had only been three hundred jin, yet he had unexpectedly broken through four hundred jin.
This dragon power tempering had actually increased his arm strength by one hundred and fifty jin.
How much of the devoured dragon power energy is left? Lanling asked.
Eighty percent is still left. The demon star said.
Lanling was truly astonished. Increasing one hundred and fifty jin of strength had only used one fifth of the dragon power.
He knew very clearly that to increase one jin of strength through dragon power tempering required at least several hundred times the energy. Moreover the demon star had only devoured a small part of Mengtuoluos dragon power.
Master, next I will perform dragon power tempering on your waist. This will consume much more dragon power energy. The demon star said. Because there are many more meridians in the waist area and the volume of the waist is also much larger than the arms.
What was my original waist strength? Lanling asked.
If including the hips and thighs, the limit can reach nearly two hundred jin. The demon star said. Waist strength is rarely discussed purely in terms of the waist alone.
Understood. Lanling said.
Next the demon star performed dragon power tempering on Lanlings waist and hip area.
It still continuously released dragon power energy, tempering the waist meridians inch by inch.
This time it took a full eight hours to complete the tempering of the waist meridians. Then came the waist bones and finally the waist muscles.
In the end the complete tempering took a full seventeen hours.
Master, your waist strength has now reached three hundred jin. The demon star said. This dragon power tempering has increased your waist strength by three hundred jin.
How much of the devoured dragon power is left now? Lanling asked.
Thirty percent. The demon star said.
Lanling was shocked. The dragon power tempering for the waist indeed consumed far more, roughly three or four times that of the arms.
The demon star said, I will store the remaining thirty percent of the dragon power first for your future needs.
The so called future needs naturally referred to critical strikes. A warrior generally had three to five opportunities for dragon power critical strikes per day.
The effect of a critical strike could be about two or three times that of a normal attack.
Lanling asked, How many critical strikes can the dragon power you have stored now support?
Probably around one hundred times. The demon star said. Plus your own bloodline dragon power, you still have three critical strike opportunities per day.
My own bloodline dragon power? I also have dragon bloodline? Lanling said in astonishment.
Of course. You have been tested and it is a golden yellow dragon vein. The demon star said. This is probably because you come from another world.
Lanling said, But when I was on Earth I had no so called dragon power at all.
The demon star said, That is because Earth has no energy environment while the Flame Dragon World does. After you crossed over to this world your bloodline dragon power gradually recovered.
Lanling said, That means normal martial dao cultivation in this world is also useful to me.
Correct. The demon star said. However that is only adding flowers to brocade. The fastest way to increase cultivation is undoubtedly devouring energy.
What is the talent of my dragon bloodline like? Lanling asked.
The demon star said, Your bloodline dragon power is gradually recovering, so apart from spiritual talent the other talents are still slowly increasing and have not stabilised.
Spiritual talent does not belong to dragon vein talent? Lanling said in surprise.
The demon star said, To a certain extent that is the case. Spiritual talent is transcendent and independent.
At this time the dragon power tempering had completely ended. Lanlings cultivation had officially exceeded the original expected target and reached the level of a third level warrior archer.
The entire dragon power tempering had taken one day and one night. Now there were less than nine days left until the graduation major examination.
Lanling left the room to look for Mengtuoluo, but Mengtuoluo no longer intended to see him. Moreover the entire Viper Tribe had already prepared to migrate south, leaving the Ten Thousand Mountains and heading to the southern barbarian wilderness continent. This was the price of not killing Suo Lun.
Otherwise the furious Zhi Ning and Zhi Li could wipe out all the barbarians of the Viper Tribe cleanly within a few months.
Therefore Lanling never got to ask that question. Just who was the man who had hurt Mengtuoluo so deeply?
However Mengtuoluo had prepared a beast mount for him, along with two bows, one of three hundred and fifty jin and one of five hundred jin.
The first bow was for normal use. The second bow was for use during dragon power critical strikes. There were also a full one hundred arrows, all gilded with black gold.
In addition there was a package. When Lanling opened it he saw the head of the Shadow Spider Queen.
At this time the Southern Yi border city was offering a reward for the head of the Shadow Spider Queen, more than one thousand gold coins. Strictly speaking this Shadow Spider Queen had indeed been killed by Lanling.
Upon closer inspection he found a line of words on the Shadow Spider Queens head: There is deadly poison inside the head. Do not touch.
There was deadly poison inside the Shadow Spider Queens head? But that was normal. Lanling quickly tied the bag tightly.
Then, led by that barbarian army leader, Lanling was blindfolded, mounted the beast, and left the Viper Tribe in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
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He clearly felt that this beast mount moved as if on flat ground even on steep mountain wilderness.
After galloping madly in the mountains for two full days and nights, Lanling finally left the Ten Thousand Mountains and arrived at the wilderness on the southern border.
That barbarian army leader pointed towards the east, indicating that was the direction of the Shadow Spider Queens cave, then urged his beast mount and turned to gallop madly back into the Ten Thousand Mountains, disappearing from sight in moments.
Lanling put on the barbarian beast clothing and wore a barbarian mask with the mark of the Viper Tribe on it.
With this mark, whether other barbarians or hunters, none dared to attack Lanling. At least for now. Once Zhi Ning and Zhi Li turned hostile, any wild person with the Viper Tribe mark would definitely die.
Without sleep or rest he galloped madly in the wilderness for another two days and nights and finally reached a familiar place.
This lake was the one where he had woken up after Mengtuoluo had brought him out of the Shadow Spider Lords cave.
This place was only a few dozen li from the Shadow Spider Queens cave.
Lanling determined the direction and headed south once more, entering the Ten Thousand Mountains again.
After travelling a few dozen li on the steep mountain paths he saw the familiar cliff and the familiar gorge.
He dismounted from the beast mount and secretly sneaked into the gorge. Soon he saw the entrance to the Shadow Spider Queens cave.
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Big brother, we have slept with all the women here except this one with the hottest figure and the most beautiful face. Inside, a wretched voice sounded. But her martial arts are too high. Once we untie her spider silk she will burst out and injure people. But if we do not untie the spider silk we cannot sleep with her.
I have decided on this woman. A sinister voice sounded slowly. From the first glance I saw her at the inn I swore that I would definitely sleep with this woman.
Is that so? If you have the guts come and try. A familiar voice rang out. It was precisely Ye Jingyus.
From this short dialogue Lanling could infer an extremely evil and ugly fact.
That day after the Shadow Spider Queen was killed by Lanling, Mengtuoluo had directly taken him away without caring about anything else. She had only saved the barbarians of the Viper Tribe and left the rest in the cave to fend for themselves.
Everyone here was tightly bound by spider silk and completely unable to move. But some people were comparatively lucky. During the great battle Mengtuoluos sword or the bones shot out by the Shadow Spider Queen had torn the spider silk on their bodies.
Thus they were freed while the remaining people were still bound by the spider silk.
Then the ugliest scene occurred. These people began to kill and rape.
The wretched man earlier had said that almost every woman here had been violated by them, leaving only Ye Jingyu alone.
Because Ye Jingyus martial arts were too high they did not dare to untie the spider silk on her body.
Lanling was immediately extremely relieved. At least Ye Jingyu was still alive and had not been violated.
Your martial arts may be slightly higher than mine, but I am also a high level warrior and I have more than ten brothers. That sinister voice sounded. And you have not eaten human flesh and have already been starving for more than ten days. But now, do you still have the strength to fight?
You can try. Ye Jingyu said coldly. Although her voice was fierce it already clearly showed weakness.
No, no need. That sinister voice said. I have already sent people to the Southern Yi border city to buy Meridian Severing Soul Water. It will arrive soon. Once we feed you the Meridian Severing Soul Water all the meridians in your body will be destroyed and your martial arts will be completely wasted. At that time you can only be at my mercy. I said long ago that from the first glance I saw you at the inn I decided I must sleep with you, and not just once. I want to make you my woman and sleep with you every day.