Next Realm!!

Ryu was sitting in a lotus position, but there was something different about him. His whole body was now covered in a coat of white energy. There were cracks on all his body.

This was the Implication that he has stepped in body strengthening realm. It was a process which happens to all the cultivators who climb to body strengthening realm.

This process is also called first rebirth. This wasn't more than a way to strengthen one's body enough that it goes beyond the norm.

"I might have to speed up my plans!" spoke the old man while looking at the boy sitting in lotus position.

This was what Roland wanted. His goal was to make Ryu step into the Body strengthening realm as soon as possible. Roland seemed in a little hurry.

On the other hand, the boy, still with his eyes closed, was on the brink of a breakthrough. Ryu had finally done the strengthening of his body and was on the last part of his body that needed strengthening.

'It's time to focus on the bones now!' Ryu spoke to himself, as he had already strengthened all the other parts of the body.

His hands and legs were strengthened and now he is on the last part of that, bone strengthening.

Soon all the Qi in his body, which was practically in a depleted state, started enveloping all the bones in the body. All the spiritual Qi was now being rapidly used.

Soon, all the bones in his body started vibrating to accept the spiritual qi inside them.

'My spiritual Qi is almost depleted, but my strengthening is yet to be finished.'

Ryu had a new question in his mind.

His Spiritual Qi reserves were almost empty. But to keep the Strengthening going, he had to supply more Qi.

'From where?' This question made him perplexed.

He needed spiritual Qi, but he could not stop in the middle of strengthening. Why?

Ryu knew that something had happened, and this was a chance for him to step into his body strengthening realm. And if he stops right now, then he might lose this golden opportunity.

'What if I do both the things together?' A sudden crazy thought appeared in his mind.

As this thought came into his mind, he started gathering the spiritual energy from outside a little by little and started converting it to spiritual qi.

As he started doing this, Roland noticed a change in the surroundings. His adventures in the wild gave him an excellent sense of the environment.

"Is he trying to use breathing technique while doing body strengthening??"

Roland was perplexed. He never thought that one person might do two types of cultivation techniques at the same time.

As he thought, a question appeared in his thoughts, 'Should I stop him or not?'

This was the thought which made Roland stand on toes. He started thinking of various scenarios about what might happen to the boy.

The first problem might be Ryu going into Qi deviation. This was a serious issue, but when Roland looked at the boy, there was no sign of any problem arising. So, he did not think of taking action now.

The second problem being that he might get distracted by doing two things at the same time, which can affect his base building. Which might affect his future potential. Thinking this, Roland wanted to take action.

There was only one problem, 'Martial Intent'. What was this? If this is something that can help Ryu, then it is no problem. What if stopping Ryu now brings more problems?

This made Roland hesitate. As he did not know all the outcomes of things, he was not an omnipotent being. He was still a mortal.

Roland could not take a step further.

On the other side, Ryu was on the verge of collapse. He had been strengthening his body for a while and this made him physically exhausted. His body was already screaming to stop.

There were major changes happening in his body. His regular muscles now had Spiritual Qi inside them. This made the body strong, but it also required sufficient time to get adjusted.

His body undergo many changes and was exhausted, but there was something new this time. He was feeling a little exhausted mentally too.

Yes! This was the first time Ryu began to feel that his mental energy was getting exhausted quickly.

This was not that he did not know the consequences of his actions, but he never thought he would get exhausted from simply doing two cultivation techniques together.

At this moment, a slight smile bloomed on Ryu's face. This was because he found out that he also had limits. He wanted to know his limits so that he would be able to see how much he should walk on a path.

Seeing Ryu smiling, Roland was perplexed. Did something happen or is he near completion of his first strengthening?

If yes, then this was good. He would be able to check what had happened to him.

What Roland thought was not near mark by longshot. Ryu was not in the slightest worried about Qi deviation or a weak base! Why?

In the past two years, as he reached the peak, the body awakening realm he could control to the finest particle of the spiritual Qi.

So, he went and chose the hard path. As this happened, more and more cracks started appearing on the energy surrounding Ryu.

His bones vibrated more and more and as this happened for a moment, he felt pain again.

This pain was coming from his bones as they were shaking his entire body. Soon the vibration stopped, and a sound reverted in the surrounding.

"Krak... Krak..."

And the white light got tattered while the cracks increased.

'Boom'

all the light surrounding him was destroyed.

Ryu opened his eyes and saw Roland standing in front of him. He also noticed a change in the face of the old man, as it had a slight smile on his face.

This smile was the last thing he saw as his consciousness faded!

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