Immediately, Li Hai began to select skills sequentially, like picking soldiers, starting from the first martial art in the skill bar—"Five Animal Qi Gong."
"Beast Intent Demon Claw," "Wild Bull Fist," "Iron Fan Palm"...
It wasn't until Li Hai selected "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill," a Cultivation Technique specifically for training physical fitness and strength, that the System sent another reminder:
Cultivation Technique Fusion selection limit reached (twelve techniques).
Upon seeing this message, Li Hai said nothing and immediately stopped selecting, beginning the Cultivation Technique Fusion.
In an instant, the twelve Cultivation Techniques on his personal panel blurred, transforming into twelve clusters of light that began to fuse.
Just a moment later, "Five Animal Qi Gong," "Beast Intent Demon Claw," "Wild Bull Fist"... "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill"—all twelve Cultivation Techniques completely vanished.
In their place was a brand new Cultivation Technique called "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill."
"Demon Ape Giant Elephant..."
Li Hai's eyes gleamed, "Show me, what profound mysteries do you possess?"
As he murmured softly, all the information about this "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill" instantly surged into his mind.
Boom~
A massive and complex amount of information rapidly flowed through Li Hai's mind.
In an instant, he had completely learned and understood everything about this Cultivation Technique.
Overall, this martial Dao Cultivation Technique, which has a total of nine levels, incorporates most of the basic characteristics of those ten martial arts.
For example, enhancing overall physique strength, deepening hand mutation, increasing hand toxicity, improving body defensive performance, deepening beast perception accuracy, and so on.
And on this basis, this Cultivation Technique has pushed all these aspects to a higher level.
Those who reach this level can maintain a Peak physical state for as long as three Jiazi (180 years), and only at the moment of death after three Jiazi will their essence decline and their consciousness collapse.
This level, according to the records of "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill," is called the Demon Ape Cultivation Body.
The term 'Cultivation Body,' literally means a powerful body that has transformed and been born to carry and exert all the effects of a powerful Cultivation Technique.
The specific process is that when a Martial Artist cultivates a martial Dao Cultivation Technique to a very deep level within their body, it will cause the body, from the most minute level, to produce a series of subtle transformations that are deeply compatible with this Cultivation Technique.
Once this transformation appears, it will progressively change various aspects of the body from small to large, ultimately leading to a qualitative change that causes the Martial Artist's entire body, from head to toe, inside and out, to undergo a drastic transformation.
Thus, one can reach a higher martial Dao Realm above the Steel Tendons Iron Bones Realm—the Thousand Army Grade.
As the name suggests, once this Realm is reached, a Martial Artist can instantly become a true battlefield warrior, capable of facing ten thousand enemies.
He will possess hundreds of thousands of catties of Divine Power, speed that surpasses sound, and terrifying defense that matches both.
Not to mention sword slashes or concentrated gunfire, even an army siege or heavy artillery bombardment will be unable to inflict effective damage on a Thousand Army Grade Martial Artist; instead, they will be wantonly slaughtered without the power to resist.
"Good! Awesome! Powerful!"
The invigorated Li Hai immediately pushed the "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill" from the zeroth level all the way to the ninth and final level of the Cultivation Technique.
Boom!
In an instant, Li Hai's body abruptly swelled, making him, who was already extremely robust, appear even more inhuman.
At the same time, Li Hai's previously bald scalp rapidly grew countless dense black dots; as soon as these black dots appeared, coarse, stiff hairs sprouted wildly from them, stopping only when they reached his waist.
Thus, when one looked at Li Hai now, he seemed like a different person, transforming from his previous bald, browless, cold, and fierce appearance to his current state of thick, wild hair and a formidable, wild demeanor.
Besides these changes, Li Hai's teeth and nails also grew significantly, becoming sharp and pointed like beast fangs and claws, which made the wild aura surrounding his entire body even more intense and fervent.
Finally, Li Hai's original skin, which was as white as jade frost, also changed, becoming a deep bronze, dark and shiny, with a rough and tough texture like scales or armor.
Furthermore, within his skin, large, indistinct blood-colored patterns were spread throughout.
In short, Li Hai no longer looked human after fully mastering the "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill."
With his inhuman appearance, Li Hai, after adjusting the state of his internal organs, meridians, skeleton, and all other aspects of his body, suddenly opened his eyes and swept his gaze in all directions.
Whoosh—
If anyone had been present at that moment, they would have felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck from the dim Void Realm above, illuminating the entire dilapidated training ground below with a blinding white light, dispelling the darkness.
This layer of white light covering the ground lasted for half a breath, then vanished completely as Li Hai blinked his eyes.
This is 'Eyes Like Thunder Light,' one of the characteristics of a Thousand Army Grade Martial Artist.
It doesn't mean he can actually emit light from his pupils, but rather it's a mysterious phenomenon caused by Li Hai's overly potent Mental Energy.
Then Li Hai bared his teeth and let out a mouthful of grayish-white Qi:
"Hoo~"
This Qi, like a heavy arrow, instantly shot several feet away upon appearing, striking a slender tree stump, half a foot thick, that had risen from the ground, and breaking it in half at the waist.
This, then, is 'Qi Forming an Arrow,' and like the 'Eyes Like Thunder Light' before it, it is also one of the characteristics of a Thousand Army Grade Martial Artist.
However, this characteristic demonstrates the unparalleled power of the Martial Artist's lung function in this Realm.
And after Li Hai exhaled this turbid Qi from his body, he willed open his personal interface, where various information had already been updated multiple times—
Master Name: Li Hai
Rank Tier: Zhengchuan Martial Arts → Thousand Army Grade, Bloodline Divine Power → Medium Grade, Ghost Dao → Fierce Soul, Qimen Arts → Spiritual Focus Outing
Skills Possessed: "Demon Ape Giant Elephant Skill," "Blood Soaked Submerged Heart," "Ghost Body Soul Remains," "Evil Spirit Earth Drawing Yin Method (Incomplete)," "Evil Star Descending Yin," "Resentful Spirit Extinguishes Yang," "Moon Marrow Chain Technique," "Seeking Ghosts and Tracking Monsters," "Yin Yang Eyes," "Qi Observation Art," "High-Grade Yuan Breath Refining Yang Method," "Lifespan Reduction Technique," "Heavenly Blaze Drawing Yang Technique," "Shangyuan Spirit Suppression Talisman (Incomplete)," "Yin Accumulating," "Southern Border Zou Clan Poison Arts Compendium (Incomplete)," "Raging Dragon Whip," "Tender Slender Deceptive Hand," "Mortal World Yin Accumulating Method (Incomplete)"
Attribute Entries: 【Strong Soul Level 3】 【Fingers and Claws Level 3】 【Berserk Level 2】 【Wildness Level 3】 【Ethereal Body Level 2】 【Strange Phenomenon Level 2】 【Dual Fiends Level 2】 【Iron Body Level 3】 【Stone Heart Level 3】 【Inspiration Level 2】 【Yang Absorption Level 2】 【Spiritual Focus Level 2】 【Magic Power Level 2】 【Yin Absorption Level 1】 【Breath Concealment Level 1】 【Toxicity Level 3】 【Physical Strength Level 3】 【Rage Level 2】 【Technique Level 1】 【Demon Finger Level 2】 【Evil Thought Level 2】
Strongest Fragments: None
Looking at the dense array of skills and entries on the panel, Li Hai couldn't help but laugh aloud:
"Hahahahaha, I'm... so damn strong now!"
After a long laugh, Li Hai raised his head, looking at the dark tunnel above, and murmured:
"The matter here is concluded; it's time to return to the surface."
With that, he activated his thick, dense Demon Ape True Force, channeling it into the pair of bamboo-jointed steel whips he held tightly in his hands, initiating a miraculous Divine Ability inherent to them.