The Supreme God of Martial Arts

In an instant, Austin started regarding the formula with special respect instead of exasperation.

But thinking of the cost it would incur, he was a bit dejected too.

The fifth level would have cost 10 million vital energy crystals, which was an astronomical figure for him. Perhaps only Theon had that kind of money and he wasn't sure about! Thinking about this, his eyes landed and stopped on the big iron bucket sitting and humming quietly in the open space of the forest. The medicinal liquid in it was boiling softly.

It was equivalent to 500, 000 vital energy crystals which would have bled him dry! After thinking for a while, Austin finally made the decision to start from the first level.

It was a great chance to get the medicine liquid after all.

If he really was able to exert a 1, 000 pounds of force in a single punch, his fighting capacity would have increased tremendously.

Once he had decided, he started the cultivation method without hesitation. Since there were two small buckets of vigor tree's sap besides the big iron bucket, he mixed them together.

Suddenly, a loud noise burst out from the giant iron bucket and the liquid started bubbling. Its vapor turned green now, as if he was boiling stew.

After waiting for a while, the vigor tree's sap and the medicine liquid finally mixed together. The green vapor slowly turned a hot shade of bright red. The luster and the clouds of steam that it emanated were flowing around and warning of its high temperature.

‘I'm not going to turn into a boiled fish, right?" Looking at the bubbling liquid, Austin thought worriedly.

Cautiously, he tried touching the liquid with just one finger.

Amazing! Contrary to its appearance and boiling steam, it didn't feel hot at all.

Austin was surprised. He took off all his clothes and jumped into the giant iron bucket immediately.

It was like being immersed in a spring of water at just the right level of warmth and comfort. It made him forget almost everything in this world and focus only on the formula.

Austin couldn't help stretching himself.

Unexpectedly, although the cultivation was extravagant, it looked like the process itself was quite comfortable for the cultivator— It was almost as if enjoying a hot bath on a cold day in a warm, natural spring.

He sat cross-legged in the iron bucket and his hands, initially clenched into his fists. The left fist laid gently on his abdomen while the right one rested on his left one.

This was exactly the posture of the first stage of the Overlord Body-Refining Formula.

As soon as he sat down in the posture the slip had described, Austin felt that the medicinal liquid was beginning to penetrate deep into his skin.

He immediately used his consciousness to guide its flow into several joints of his skeleton as he required. The entire bone structure would have been reinforced anyway.

Suddenly, with no warning, severe pain burst from his joints, like a fierce beast had spread directly into every inch of the body! So painful...

An endless tide of pain covered him and he almost let out a giant how! of pain! It turned out that as long as you weren't in the cultivation posture of Overlord Body-Refining Formula while sitting in the liquid, you would feel nothing but a slight warmth.

Once the cultivation mode had been turned on, the liquid would immediately penetrate into your body for refining, and you would have to bear enormous amounts of pain which would emanate from the veins and go as deep as the muscles and joints.

It felt like someone was hitting his bones one by one with a small hammer and cutting his skin and flesh inch by inch with a small knife...

"Argh!" He had never expected the pain and almost jumped out of the big iron bucket.

However, his rationality finally triumphed over the pain, telling himself that it was for a good cause. Although the pain had made him gnash his teeth, he still desperately resisted the torment which was like being fried with his extraordinary soul power.

At the same time, both of his hands and feet maintained the correct posture for the cultivation mode of the Overlord Body- Refining Formula.

Sitting in the huge iron bucket, he kept his eyes squeezed and gritted his teeth in order to prevent himself from screaming out.

The pain from the nerve endings had sent his body into spasmodic tremble and if it were someone else, he would have jumped out a long time ago.

A cold sweat penetrated through his forehead.

But all wasn't pain. While he was suffering from these terrible pains, his bones and skin were also absorbing the medicinal liquid wildly and it was cleaning his body.

The whole affair lasted for an entire hour! During this torment, Austin almost fainted several times, but he held on with his tenacious willpower and did not give up.

Fortunately, his spiritual soul was strong enough to compete with the spiritual sense power of a Mysterious Realm cultivator. This made him much better and more powerful than others in terms of willpower and resilience. Otherwise, an ordinary person could have even died of the pain.

Finally...

The pain faded away little by little, like the ebb of a tide at the end of the cycle.

His body now felt comfortable and refreshed.

"Ah..." He breathed a sigh of relief and let out a moan, soaking himself into the joy of being a survivor amidst the suffering.

However, his under garments had been saturated by a cold sweat as if he had taken a cold bath, and his perspiration was mixed with some black, foul substance.

A quarter of an hour later, Austin felt a sort of dryness and heat in his body. He was also more energetic than ever. The fatigue and sleepiness of these days seemed to have disappeared.

With almost no effort, he jumped out of the huge iron bucket, spraying out a small burst of medicinal liquid, and stood still on the ground. With a pinch of both his fists, a crisp sound like frying beans burst out.

Feeling with his fingers, he found that his skin had become more smooth and elastic than before. At least it felt so.

"Did I just finish the first level?" Austin brandished his fists and tried a few air punches. With each swipe, wind gushed forth, and he felt infinite strength lurking in his hands. This was different from before. He might just have cleared the first level!