Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

The next moment.

Holding the silver spear, he stood between the wreckage of the two Heavenly Soldiers, his gaze falling on the edge of one Heavenly Soldier’s arm armor.

That was the weakest part of the Silver Armored Heavenly Soldier’s body, the easiest corner to sever.

He took a deep breath, adjusting his own breathing.

Then, his right arm suddenly exerted strength, fully wielding the long spear in his hand!

Silver light tore through the sky—

Boom!!!

With a deafening roar, the long spear struck heavily at the edge of the Heavenly Soldier’s arm armor.

The earth cracked under this blow, land waves surged like tides, dust soared skyward, and rubble splattered everywhere.

However, when the dust slightly settled, Jiang Ning looked closely, seeing only a shallow scratch left on the silver armor, not a fracture.

The strength is not enough!

This thought flashed through his mind, and he frowned slightly.

He also understood why it didn’t work.

Now, his Dragon and Tiger Golden Core was completely depleted, dim and dull, unable to provide the extraordinary power of the Dragon-Tiger convergence.

The Heart Tribulation Fire had just dissipated, and his body was in a state of tired recovery, not boosted by the forbidden technique.

His strength had dropped a major level compared to just a moment ago.

Trying to cut off a corner of the Heavenly Soldier’s remains with the strength of a tired body in its current state wasn’t surprising.

Because it was indeed lacking in intensity.

"Well, let’s adjust for a while."

He wasn’t in a hurry either.

With the battle just concluded, he was in no rush to return to the Royal Capital.

Although someone secretly observed the battle just now.

He still didn’t want it to spread too widely, too quickly.

Returning now would surely stir up a storm in the Royal Capital.

Because everyone in the Royal Capital saw him being chased out by the two Heavenly Soldiers.

As these thoughts flashed through his mind, he then placed the silver spear into the soil beside him.

Sitting cross-legged on site, he closed his eyes and circulated his Qi-Blood, breathing the energy of heaven and earth.

With his every breath, Qi-Blood flowed within him like rivers returning, nourishing his tired limbs and bones.

And with each breath, the wind howled around him.

Invisibly, various energy particles gathered with each breath, merging into his body.

With the nourishment of these energies, he could feel his state slowly recovering.

After approximately the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes, a flash of light in his gaze.

After this short adjustment, the feeling of exhaustion within him had largely dissipated.

While the Dragon and Tiger Golden Core hadn’t fully recovered, it was no longer dim and depleted as before, now flowing with a faint purplish-golden light, enough to trigger the force of Dragon-Tiger convergence once or twice more.

"That should do."

He stood up, reaching for the silver spear embedded in the ground beside him, his fingers tightening around it.

The next moment.

Within his Dantian, the dim Dragon and Tiger Golden Core suddenly brightened, a phantom of gold dragon with white patterns appeared, and the roar of dragons and tigers thundered inside him.

A stream of purple Qi burst forth from the surface of the Golden Core, sweeping through his limbs and bones in an instant, his Essence Qi surging simultaneously!

At the same time, with a thought, scarlet flames spread from his heart, engulfing his body in an instant.

The scarlet flames burned in his blood, leaping in his muscles and bones, dancing in his strands of hair.

In his pupils, scarlet flames flickered.

Heart Tribulation Fire!

At this moment, two forces converged, intertwining as the purple Qi of the Dragon and Tiger Golden Core and the scarlet flames of the Heart Tribulation Fire surged turbulently within him.

His aura rapidly soared, power flooding from every part of his body, growing stronger and more overwhelming.

Seemingly endless!

When his power peaked, Jiang Ning’s gaze sharpened like lightning, scarlet flames burning furiously around him, purple Qi flowing in his veins.

He grasped the spear with both hands, his muscles tensing, bones echoing, blood rushing like a river.

Then, he raised the silver spear high!

Silver light tore through the sky!

Clang—

No longer the sound of metals clashing, but the sound of metal breaking.

The sound of metal breaking echoed across the wilderness.

That small piece of armor shattered under the terrifying impact.

"Clang—"

Then, the fragment fell among the rubble, making a crisp sound.

Jiang Ning withdrew his spear, exhaled a long breath of impure energy, and the red flame around his body slowly converged, while the purple glow of the Dragon and Tiger Golden Core gradually dimmed.

He looked at the broken fragment, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"It works!"

He bent over, picked up the broken piece of silver armor.

It felt cold to the touch, his fingers applying slight force, yet it was still that hard.

"Let’s try it out first!" He looked at the silver armor fragment in his hand, silently thinking to himself.

Then, he threw the finger-sized piece of silver armor into his mouth and bit down with all his might.

He exerted force with his teeth, grinding it repeatedly, but the fragment showed no signs of breaking, only a few faint tooth marks on its surface.

He no longer forced himself to chew it but swallowed it whole.

The silver armor fragment went down his throat into his abdomen, feeling weighty and substantial.

He immediately circulated his Qi-Blood throughout his body, attempting to refine it.

A moment later, he frowned slightly.

Despite his full effort to refine it, after several dozen breaths, the silver armor fragment remained unmoved, showing no signs of being refined, nor did he extract any divine iron energy from the fragment.

"This won’t work," he thought.

Then a thought flashed in his mind, and a panel appeared before his eyes.

[Skill]: Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill (Five times limit-breaking 28799/60000) (Trait: Whale Swallowing (Deep Purple) Dan Sea (Light Purple) Dragon Tendon (Deep Purple) Dragon Body (Deep Purple))

[Whale Swallowing (Deep Purple)]: Devour all things, transform them for personal use.

"Even with the traits’ support, it still doesn’t work!" His brows furrowed deeply.

After a moment of contemplation.

"Let’s try this way!"

He immediately calmed his heart and focused his mind.

Visualizing himself as a furnace, with Qi-Blood as the fuel.

Then, the Dragon and Tiger Golden Core trembled, and golden flames rose in his abdomen, beginning to smelt the silver armor fragment.

This Yangyan True Fire was a special flame he had mastered through the Summer Treasure Manual, imbued with the essence of the Great Sun.

Now, this flame was further enhanced by the influence of the Sun Scripture and the Great Sun Divine Body, making it extraordinary.

At this moment, with all his means unleashed, he sensed the silver armor fragment beginning to undergo some changes.

The fragment’s surface began to soften, emanating a faint silver glow, indicating the start of its melting state.

"It’s working!" he rejoiced in his heart, immediately urging his Qi-Blood with full force.

In the next instant.

An energy erupted from the melting silver armor fragment, and he guided this energy into his body.

He had tried absorbing gold and iron during the mid-stage of Martial Arts, let alone now with his Whale Swallowing talent, making refinement easier.

Soon, he felt this energy permeating his flesh, infiltrating his fascia, and penetrating his bones.

He could clearly feel the slight increase in bone hardness as this energy fused into him.

In about half a cup of tea’s time, the silver armor fragment was completely refined by him.

Only a mass of waste residues, impurities, remained in his abdomen, and he absorbed and refined all the energy from the silver armor fragment.

He opened his eyes, and a hint appeared before him.

[Source Points +0.3]

"Zero point three..." he murmured, his gaze falling on the two complete Silver Armored Heavenly Soldier remnants by his side, his eyes gleaming.

Both Heavenly Soldiers stood over ten feet tall, entirely made of this divine iron. If fully refined, how many source points could he gain?

He quickly estimated in his heart.

That one small fingernail-sized fragment had provided 0.3 source points.

And each of these two Heavenly Soldiers weighed over ten thousand pounds, their entire bodies forged from this divine iron.

"Each should at least give me several hundred, right? Together, they could easily sum up to over a thousand!" he muttered to himself, a wave of uncontrollable excitement surging within him.

With over a thousand source points, his strength could leap up another notch from where it currently stands.

More importantly, he could begin touching the secrets mentioned by the Martial Saint.

The infinite in the flesh, the unbounded in the spirit.

To touch the great secrets of the human body, the treasures within the flesh.

But then, he suppressed his excitement, frowning slightly.

Refining even a small fragment required him to muster all his power and took quite a bit of time.

To entirely refine two complete Heavenly Soldiers, who knew how much time and effort it would consume?

He clenched his fists again, feeling that as the strength of his muscles and bones increased, the power he could harness had also grown perceptibly.

"It’s worth it!" he thought to himself.

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