Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

Chapter 13 Iron Bone Realm, Longing for Immortality!

After a long time.

Liu Zimo woke up from his meditation, a hint of brilliance flashing in his eyes.

His qi and blood converged, and his bones were as deep as an abyss.

Standing up, every joint in his body made a low humming sound.

His entire body, from muscles to bones, had shrunk by nearly ten minutes.

His original height of 1.79 meters had now directly become around 1.65 meters.

He had become shorter, thinner, and stronger!

This was the sign of a martial artist successfully entering the Iron Bone Realm!

His qi and blood were boiling, and his bones were as dense as iron. His muscles and bones were compressed to the limit.

Although his figure had become shorter and thinner, his weight had not decreased but increased. His muscles were more solid, and his bones were stronger.

If you were to use X-ray projection at this moment, you would find that Liu Zimo's skeletal frame, enveloped in flesh and blood, was emitting a faint metallic luster!

"Concentration is the essence!"

"Compressed to the extreme, even ordinary bones can become powerful weapons!"

This was the overall evaluation of the Iron Bone Realm in the martial arts world.

As cultivation progressed, when reaching the intermediate and peak stages of the Iron Bone Realm, the martial artist's figure would also recover.

With accumulated strength, most Iron Bone Realm martial artists had a height of over two meters, and their weight could exceed a thousand kilograms, exuding tremendous pressure.

In his previous life, Liu Zimo's martial arts realm had just barely broken through to the Iron Bone Realm in the final battle.

His figure looked weak and frail, but the power hidden within his muscles and bones was enough to split rocks and tear apart any medium-level demonic beast with his bare hands!

"I really didn't expect that, in this second chance at life, I would have already restored my peak realm from the previous life before the catastrophe occurred!"

Liu Zimo lowered his head to assess his current physical state, clenched his fists, sensed the surging and astonishing energy within his body, and muttered in amazement.

From the moment he woke up in the hospital until now, only a little over thirty hours had passed.

But he had gone from being an ordinary person with no strength to a martial artist with a strength surpassing a thousand kilograms in the Iron Bone Realm.

One day copper skin, two days iron bones!

Such progress in cultivation was even more remarkable than the memory of the Jade Morning Martial Saint!

Speaking of Lou Yuchen, Liu Zimo couldn't help but be amazed.

The reason he was able to enter the Iron Bone Realm so quickly was definitely thanks to the future Martial Saint, Lou Yuchen!

Who could have imagined that just by using the most common End of the World Breathing Technique, without relying on any auxiliary elixirs or treasures, Lou Yuchen could directly build the foundation of martial arts and forge his body in one step.

Not only did he unleash the power of six hundred directions of qi and blood, but he also burst out with nearly ten years of martial arts cultivation at once!

Who could surpass such heaven-defying martial talent and cultivation aptitude?

"In this life, not only do I have the cultivation strength of the Iron Bone Realm ahead of time, but the Martial Saint Yuchen has also stepped into the martial arts under my influence, possessing a certain self-defense power before the catastrophe arrives!"

"When the world undergoes a change and the catastrophe of the demonic beasts arrives, all living creatures on Earth will have a chance to undergo the baptism of spiritual energy."

"At that time, with Yuchen's heaven-defying talent, his cultivation strength will undoubtedly have another breakthrough!"

"If he can break through to the Golden Body Realm in one fell swoop, perhaps the demonic disaster in Luo Prefecture City can be cleared in advance!"

Liu Zimo's mind surged with excitement.

During the initial outbreak of the demonic disaster, the strength of most demonic beasts was not actually that strong. Almost any martial artist in the Body Tempering Realm could easily kill them.

However, the demonic disaster erupted too suddenly, and there were an extremely large number of demonic beasts. Many people, especially ordinary civilians, had no defenses at all. They were devoured by the sudden appearance of demonic beasts before they even had time to be afraid.

Moreover, with the outbreak of spiritual energy, all electronic devices on Earth were severely interfered with.

Transportation was paralyzed, communication was interrupted, factories caught fire, hazardous chemicals leaked, and even worse, the airplanes flying in the sky were falling like dumplings.

All major cities were in chaos.

All police departments and local garrisons cannot contact each other and can only fight on their own. They are unable to organize effective defense and counterattacks.

At this moment...

If there is a martial artist in the Golden Body Realm who erupts to their limits, releasing their martial domain and flying around the city.

While killing the demonic beasts, they can also transmit messages to guide all parties to gather, establish strong centralized authority, and undoubtedly build a powerful security line within the city.

In Liu Zimo's memory, the reason why the first-tier cities in Da Xia, such as Shangjing City, Longhai City, Tianjin, and Shanghai, did not collapse completely at the beginning of the demonic calamity, and even protected more than half of the population in the city, was because of this method.

Martial artists in the Golden Body Realm have already gained preliminary control over their martial domains and have the ability to briefly fly in the air.

Only they can quickly and safely reach every corner of the city, contact and deter all directions.

Unfortunately...

Before the outbreak of the demonic calamity, there were not many martial artists in the Golden Body Realm in the entire Da Xia, and even fewer were willing to accept the responsibility of protecting the country in times of crisis.

The majority of martial artists are accustomed to protecting themselves and fighting on their own.

As a result, when the demonic calamity broke out, only a few cities such as Shangjing, Longhai, Tianjin, and Shanghai were able to be preserved.

It seems that there has never been a trace of a martial artist in the Golden Body Realm in Luozhou City.

It was not until Lou Yuchen rose to power and broke through to the Copper Skin Realm that he officially unified the major forces in Luozhou, rebuilt order in a military-controlled manner, and established a security line outside Luozhou City.

By that time, the demonic calamity had been ravaging Luozhou City for half a year, leaving many houses empty and causing heavy casualties.

"Now, everything will change!"

"Luozhou will definitely be able to stand tall at the beginning of the apocalypse, just like Shangjing and Longhai!"

Liu Zimo muttered to himself confidently.

Because in this life, Luozhou not only has Lou Yuchen, but also him, Liu Zimo!

[Your good brother Lou Yuchen practiced the 'Guiding Breath Technique', gained insight, and had a burst of energy. He broke through to the Copper Skin Realm, triggering the 'Heaven Stealing' innate talent, sharing half of the cultivation increase, increasing martial aptitude by 1, martial cultivation by 3, and lifespan by 2.]

Huh?!

His martial aptitude actually increased?!

Even more incredible, the 'Heaven Stealing' innate talent can even share and steal half of Lou Yuchen's increased lifespan due to breaking through in martial cultivation!

This... is too amazing!

Liu Zimo's spirit was lifted, unable to help but exclaim in surprise.

It was within Liu Zimo's expectations that Lou Yuchen could break through to the Copper Skin Realm so quickly, so there was nothing surprising about it.

However, what Liu Zimo didn't expect was that along with Lou Yuchen's breakthrough in martial cultivation, his martial aptitude also experienced a certain degree of growth!

In his thirty years of martial arts practice, Liu Zimo had never heard of a person's innate martial aptitude being able to explosively grow again after birth without consuming specific heavenly treasures.

If this was just a one-time explosive growth, it would be understandable.

But if Lou Yuchen's aptitude could continue to improve like this?

Considering Lou Yuchen's future extraordinary performances, this might not be impossible!

However, compared to the abnormal growth of Lou Yuchen's martial aptitude, what Liu Zimo was more concerned about was the two years of lifespan that he received as his share!

Even the increase in lifespan could be shared and stolen. This was something that Liu Zimo had never dared to imagine before.

Lifespan, regardless of whether it was in a prosperous era or a chaotic one, there was probably no one who would complain about having too long a life and too much lifespan.

Under normal circumstances, if a martial artist wanted to extend their lifespan, they would either strive to cultivate and break through to higher realms, or consume special heavenly treasures to strengthen their foundation and cultivate their essence. There were no other methods.

But now, Liu Zimo had discovered another shortcut to obtain lifespan!

After Lou Yuchen broke through to the Copper Skin Realm, he provided Liu Zimo with a full two years of additional lifespan!

If there were two, three, or even ten or a hundred similar Lou Yuchens?

Thinking like this, Liu Zimo's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

It was as if he could see a path to immortality beckoning to him!

(End of this chapter)