For Player Zhang Hao, Alchemy was simply putting the required medicinal materials into the pill cauldron. There was no need for any techniques or specific flames.
"Ding dong! Player Zhang Hao's attempt to refine Gold Wound Medicine failed. Proficiency +1."
"Ding dong! Player Zhang Hao's attempt to refine Gold Wound Medicine failed. Proficiency +1."
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao for successfully refining Gold Wound Medicine. Proficiency +2."
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Half an hour later,
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao for leveling up. Current Alchemist level: Tier 2!"
Player Zhang Hao deeply exhaled and muttered, "Finally leveled up, but it's not enough. Continue!"
Another half an hour later,
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao for leveling up. Current Alchemist level: Tier 3!"
He could finally start refining Overlord Body Pills.
Player Zhang Hao was still a bit nervous. After all, he only had enough Spirit Medicine to refine Overlord Body Pills three times. If he failed, there would be no way to upgrade the God-Demon Overlord Body Art. This was something Player Zhang Hao could not allow.
Begin.
Player Zhang Hao placed the medicinal materials into the pill cauldron and silently willed the refinement.
"Ding dong! Player Zhang Hao's attempt to refine Overlord Body Pill failed! Proficiency +1."
Damn, it actually failed. Continue.
"Ding dong! Player Zhang Hao's attempt to refine Overlord Body Pill failed!"
Player Zhang Hao felt like cursing. Failing twice in a row, what kind of luck was this? Would he fail a third time? If that happened, he might as well go back to where he came from!
If Body Refinement couldn't be upgraded, Player Zhang Hao couldn't go up Qi Mountain, and that was certainly not what he wanted.
He'd risk it. Player Zhang Hao began the third attempt at refining the Overlord Body Pill. He carefully placed the third set of Spirit Medicine into the pill cauldron. Then he silently willed the refinement.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao for successfully refining the Overlord Body Pill. Proficiency +3."
He succeeded! Player Zhang Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and the proficiency even increased by +3 at once, clearly due to the Overlord Body Pill's grade.
Opening the pill cauldron, there were ten Overlord Body Pills inside. Seven were Low Grade, three were mid-grade, and there were none of High Grade or top-grade. Despite this, Player Zhang Hao was already very satisfied. Ten Overlord Body Pills were enough for him to attempt to break through to the third layer of the God-Demon Overlord Body Art.
After taking one Overlord Body Pill, Player Zhang Hao felt a surge of immense power spreading throughout his body, causing his body and bones to tremble violently.
Such powerful strength. Player Zhang Hao felt his body solidifying with every passing minute.
He didn't take a second one but instead began walking towards Qi Mountain. He wanted to use the pressure of Qi Mountain to temper his Physical Body. At this moment, because of the enhancement of his Physical Body, he felt much more relaxed than before. One step, ten steps, a hundred steps... It wasn't until he reached eight hundred steps that Player Zhang Hao gradually began to feel the strain. However, he gritted his teeth and persevered. He knew that only by doing so could he truly help him temper his Physical Body.
Moreover, on Qi Mountain, True Qi could not be used. It seemed there was a mysterious force suppressing the True Qi cultivation within his body.
At nine hundred steps, Player Zhang Hao began to swallow the second Overlord Body Pill.
Finally, at one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine steps, large beads of sweat were on Player Zhang Hao's forehead. He began to take the third Overlord Body Pill. The further he went, the shorter the intervals between Player Zhang Hao swallowing the Overlord Body Pills.
Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.
At this moment, Player Zhang Hao had reached the middle of the small mountain. The summit was already in sight. He was contemplating whether he should swallow the fourth Overlord Body Pill when a stubbornness stopped his thought.
No, how could he give up so quickly? He must take it at three thousand steps. Player Zhang Hao gritted his teeth and thought to himself.
Third step.
Player Zhang Hao used all his strength and firmly stepped down the third step. An invisible pressure from Qi Mountain enveloped Player Zhang Hao's body.
That invisible pressure made almost every cell in Player Zhang Hao's body boil. It felt as if every inch of muscle was squirming. However, he was still persisting. That stubbornness made him choose not to give up.
The three thousandth step was finally taken.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao! God-Demon Overlord Body Art has upgraded. Current level: Second layer!"
Damn, it finally upgraded. A powerful force flowed within his body. Player Zhang Hao felt that he could probably walk another thousand steps without a problem.
He didn't continue to swallow the Overlord Body Pills, because having upgraded to the second layer, there was no need to swallow them now.
Player Zhang Hao could now roughly know the power corresponding to each layer of the God-Demon Overlord Body Art. If compared to cultivation power, the first layer of the God-Demon Overlord Body Art corresponds to the Martial Warrior Realm. The second layer corresponds to the Martial Master Realm, and the third layer corresponds to the Great Martial Master Realm. Now that Player Zhang Hao had cultivated the God-Demon Overlord Body Art to the second layer, it was equivalent to the Martial Master Realm.
Finally, at three thousand five hundred steps, Player Zhang Hao felt the pressure. He took the fourth Overlord Body Pill.
At five thousand steps, he had already taken the ninth Overlord Body Pill. At this moment, the summit was in sight.
However, the further he went, the greater the pressure became. Player Zhang Hao was starting to feel overwhelmed.
Only a hundred steps left, and only the last Overlord Body Pill remained. He didn't know if he could hold on. Player Zhang Hao frowned. The further he went, the more he noticed that the pressure was increasing exponentially.
"No, I must persevere." Player Zhang Hao roared in his heart.
After taking the last Overlord Body Pill, his Physical Body solidified again. The pressure slightly decreased, and he walked up step by step. Finally, at ninety-nine steps, Player Zhang Hao found that the pressure enveloping his body suddenly doubled, almost causing him to fall to the ground.
Damn it, he's already here, I can't give up. Since there were no more Overlord Body Pills, Player Zhang Hao now had to rely entirely on himself. But that suppressing force was truly terrifying. Player Zhang Hao felt as if his blood was about to solidify under this force.
Damn it, you want me to yield? That's absolutely impossible. Player Zhang Hao's stubbornness erupted again.
"Ding dong! Congratulations to Player Zhang Hao! God-Demon Overlord Body Art has upgraded. Current level: Third layer."
After Player Zhang Hao's God-Demon Overlord Body Art broke through, he felt a wave of relief. It was as if the restriction that had been binding him suddenly vanished just like that.
After taking the final step, he had arrived at the summit. And the original oppressive force suddenly disappeared without a trace. After adapting to that force, Player Zhang Hao felt a bit unaccustomed when it suddenly vanished.
Is this the summit of Qi Mountain? Player Zhang Hao looked around. It was a flat area about three hundred meters in circumference. It was bare, with nothing there except four statues of strange beasts.
What the hell! Wasn't there supposed to be star origin stones here? Why is there nothing but four statues of strange beasts? Player Zhang Hao felt like cursing. It was like that saying on Earth: You took off your pants just to show me this?