Chapter 14

Ye Mo used two wooden sticks to lift the scorching stone bowl from the bonfire. At such a high temperature, he dared not touch it directly with his hands.

After the temperature of the stone bowl had dropped, he drank the bowl of blood-red, thick medicinal soup in one gulp.

With the addition of the seven-leaf lotus, this time the medicinal soup was not as intensely spicy and bitter as before.

However, the medicinal power was clearly much stronger than the last time!

Ye Mo soon felt a vigorous warm current rising in his abdomen, surging through his entire body's meridians, seeping into his bone marrow. Wherever it passed, his blood and qi surged, and his entire body's large and small blood vessels dilated.

Ye Mo hurriedly sat cross-legged and guided this powerful body-refining medicinal power.

"I thought that with the addition of the seven-leaf lotus, the medicinal power this time should be more gentle. I didn't expect it to still be so intense. Truly, these two high-grade body-refining herbs have such strong medicinal power!"

"I am currently at the sixth layer of the Body Refinement stage in the middle of the Martial Artist realm. Taking two high-grade body-refining herbs at once, the medicinal power is a bit too strong!"

"For Martial Artists, each layer of Body Refinement corresponds to a certain grade of herbs. Generally, a seventh-layer Body Refinement Martial Artist would take seventh-grade body-refining herbs. Taking seventh-grade and eighth-grade body-refining herbs at the sixth-layer Body Refinement stage would definitely result in a great deal of body-refining pain."

"Fortunately, I took a small amount, otherwise my blood vessels would have burst!"

Ye Mo quickly guided the medicinal current in his abdomen to impact his unopened meridians, seeping into his bone marrow, stimulating the blood and qi within his bone marrow. He was relieved that he hadn't taken more, otherwise the consequences today would have been unimaginable.

However, taking some risks also brought obvious gains.

After a short while, Ye Mo felt that his entire body's blood and qi, stimulated by the powerful medicinal power, had reached a peak state. The total amount of blood and qi had already reached a clear bottleneck, making it difficult to increase further.

His blood vessels even faintly emitted a pale blood-colored glow.

This powerful medicinal power thoroughly unblocked his entire body's blood vessels and tendons, removing the internal injuries and blood stasis that had accumulated in his body over the years. The warm medicinal current flowed throughout his body, continuously refining and strengthening his physique.

Ye Mo absorbed this body-refining medicinal power for a full half an hour.

"Boom!"

Ye Mo's body trembled, feeling his physique break through a limit. His blood and qi surged like a tide, and he suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes shone with a sharp light, momentarily like stars, standing out particularly in the dim cave.

The light suddenly flared and then subsided.

Ye Mo's eyes had returned to their previous state, but they were radiant and full of vitality.

"Finally broken through! Late-stage Martial Artist, seventh layer of Body Refinement! If I encounter that lean man with the eagle-claw technique and the bearded giant again, I can cut them down with one sword! Let's see if they dare to be so arrogant in front of me!"

Ye Mo was overjoyed.

He could clearly feel his body filled with vigorous strength, and his blood seemed different from before.

The change in his physique was very obvious. Once he reached the seventh layer of Body Refinement, his strength increased dramatically from the 200 jin of a middle-stage Body Refinement Martial Artist to the 300 jin of a late-stage Body Refinement Martial Artist.

Of course, his overall comprehensive strength also improved significantly, with his sword speed, running speed, explosive power, and resistance to attacks all increasing considerably.

"While the body-refining medicinal power has not yet dissipated, I will immediately practice the advanced third move of the 'Wave-Cutting Technique'—'Wave-Stacking Slash'! This isolated island is full of dangers. Not only are the tidal sea monsters getting closer by the end of the month, but conflicts between Martial Artist groups are also constant. I must quickly master the Wave-Stacking Slash!"

Ye Mo thought to himself, eager to improve his strength as soon as possible.

After washing the stone bowl with clear water, he ground the snake gall and bitter sophora root, which he had prepared to treat Mo Ling's injuries, into a powder, placed them in the stone bowl, added water, and continued to boil the medicinal soup for Mo Ling to take later.

"Mo Ling, take care of the fire and the boiling medicine. Don't let it burn. I'm going outside to practice my sword!"

Ye Mo stabilized the fire and instructed Mo Ling.

"Okay!"

Mo Ling, who was cultivating her internal skills, nodded in response.

Ye Mo walked out of the cave and came to the temporary campsite surrounded by a spirit wood fence, finding an open area to practice the advanced third move of the 'Wave-Cutting Technique'—'Wave-Stacking Slash'.

The last move of the 'Wave-Cutting Technique' imitates the surging waves of the river and sea, one wave after another. It can reach two levels of power: 'Wave-Stacking Double Slash' and 'Wave-Stacking Triple Slash'.

This is quite terrifying. For ordinary Martial Artists, the killing power at the late-stage Body Refinement is only 300 jin. Breaking through 300 jin is extremely difficult.

The skill of consecutive strikes is not something a Martial Artist can easily master. Even at the ninth layer of Body Refinement, most Martial Artists find it difficult to perform consecutive strikes.

The key to the 'Wave-Stacking Double Slash' is to make the sword glow vibrate twice in an instant when slashing the target, achieving a consecutive strike effect with a killing power of 600 jin.

The 'Wave-Stacking Triple Slash' has an even more terrifying killing power, approaching 1000 jin, which is incredibly powerful.

1000 jin is the ultimate limit that Martial Artists can pursue.

Only a few world-class Martial Generals and peak Martial Artists have the hope of reaching close to 1000 jin.

Breaking through 1000 jin is a level that only cultivators can achieve, far beyond the reach of Martial Artists.

"Clang!"

Ye Mo casually swung his hand, and the green sword was drawn, emitting a cold light.

"I was originally a middle-stage Martial Artist with only 200 jin of basic strength. Now, at the late-stage seventh layer of Body Refinement, I have already reached 300 jin of basic strength. If I can master the 'Wave-Stacking Double Slash,' I can instantly deal 600 jin of damage, which is absolutely terrifying killing power!"

"I need to master the double slash. If I encounter that damned young sea crab in the wild again, even if I can't defeat it, at least I won't just be on the receiving end of its attacks! It won't dare to bully me so much!"

Thinking of the mysterious water arrow technique of the young sea crab, Ye Mo still felt a chill.

Unless he was forced, he didn't want to fight the young sea crab to the death. The mysterious technique is a considerable terror to Martial Artists.

This cave camp has no waves to slash, so Ye Mo could only use a piece of spirit wood, several feet long and three inches thick, as his target. Using the 'Wave-Cutting Slash,' he could cut about an inch deep. If he successfully mastered the 'Wave-Stacking Double Slash,' he could cut through this three-inch-thick piece of spirit wood with one sword.

Ye Mo held the sword sheath in his left hand and the sword hilt in his right hand, leaning slightly forward, and slashed at the wooden post in front of him.

"Wave-Stacking Double Slash!"

With a loud shout, a cold light flashed first, followed by the green sword slashing at the piece of spirit wood.

However, the green sword got stuck in the spirit wood, cutting about an inch and a half deep, but failed to release the consecutive slash.

"Failed?!"

"Again!"

There was still only one sword shadow, "Crack!" The green sword got stuck in the spirit wood again. Of course, this time it was at a different position on the piece of spirit wood.

Ye Mo pulled out the green sword and began to think.

"With my 300 jin of strength, I can cut into the spirit wood about an inch and a half. The reason I failed just now is that the speed of the consecutive slash was not fast enough, and the sword glow did not vibrate twice in an instant. It seems I need more speed!"

Ye Mo was not in a hurry, repeatedly and quickly drawing his sword.

Sometimes, cultivating martial skills is a matter of water flowing naturally, and forcing it is useless. Once a certain level of proficiency is reached, it naturally becomes initially mastered. If 100,000 times don't work, then try 1,000,000 times. If 1,000,000 times don't work, then try 10,000,000 times.

Ye Mo practiced the slashing technique for several hundred times in one breath, still with ample energy, not needing to rest at all.

"It seems the body-refining herbs have greatly increased my physical strength! If I had practiced the Wave-Stacking Slash a few days ago, I would definitely have been short of energy and needed to rest. Now, even after several hundred consecutive slashes, there's no problem! And the power and speed of my sword strikes are much greater than before!"

Ye Mo was somewhat excited.

This practice lasted for a full half an hour.

Ye Mo's entire body's muscles were taut, his body leaning forward, and his right hand holding the sword.

"Wave-Stacking Double Slash!"

With a fierce cry, the green sword was swiftly slashed out, the sword body vibrating, emitting two sword shadows that almost overlapped.

"Crack!"

A three-inch-thick piece of spirit wood was instantly split into two halves, falling to the ground.

"Double strike?! Two sword shadows in an instant, the combined power can reach 600 jin! Double the killing power, ordinary high-grade Martial Artists can't withstand such violent killing power!"

In the cave camp, Mo Ling, who was silently cultivating her internal skills, was shocked and her face turned pale as she watched Ye Mo practice the Wave-Stacking Slash.

"How is this possible?... Among the young Martial Artists of my Donglai Kingdom, no one can perform a double strike! Only a few peak Martial Artists, world-class Martial Generals, and grandmasters can master such a technique with greatly increased power."

"Ye Mo actually mastered it! He just broke through to the late-stage Body Refinement and has already mastered the double strike. His strength has increased so quickly! There are still more than twenty days until the end-of-month tidal surge. Perhaps, he really has a slight chance of surviving the sea monster attack at the end-of-month tidal surge."