I must keep building inner qi essence. When I reach the peak of the Tide Aura Stage, I'll naturally advance to the Fortification Realm.0

After gathering his things and hiding his face under a veiled hat, An Jing was ready to leave the guest room. There's no time now. Let's see what tools this world has to offer.0

He passed the scarred wooden dummy on his way out, and a thought suddenly struck him when his eyes landed on the deep gash on the dummy. Gathering his breath in his dantian, An Jing unleashed a powerful punch aimed dead-center at the dummy's head. Evestar lethal qi surged into his right arm, erupting through his fist. A faint, silvery sheen coated his limb, as if it were forged from metal.0

With a brief, muffled thud, the head of the metalwood puppet was gone, reduced to a bowl-shaped wreck with jagged edges that had blasted into the wall. A clean, sharp gash mimicking a sword's strike marred the dummy's nape, yet right at the center of its head sat the unmistakable, crystal-clear imprint...0