Chapter 14

A golden level-six energy bar was revealed, and as soon as it was taken out, it emitted a strong aroma. Compared to the level-four energy bar, which contained only one-tenth beast meat, this level-six energy bar was made entirely of beast meat.

David Bennett didn’t stand on ceremony—after all, he had done Principal Thompson a huge favor, so eating a level-six energy bar was nothing.

As soon as the level-six energy bar entered his stomach, David Bennett felt a surge of heat in his belly. After drinking a bowl of meat soup, he quickly headed toward the room where the Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram was hanging.

“I’m telling you all, you should learn from David in the future. Look at how hard he trains!” Principal Thompson took the opportunity to say to the surrounding students as he saw David Bennett walk into the room with the Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram.

David Bennett completely ignored his classmates’ discussions. He couldn’t wait to transform the energy in his body into strength.

The Ape-Dragon Foundation Diagram remained unchanged, and David Bennett’s gaze fell directly on the second illustration.

A crimson dragon, its four claws stretched forward, its massive body coiled into circles!

The coiled dragon forms an array!

Seeing this dragon, David Bennett felt his mind go blank—he simply couldn’t see it clearly.

He quickly adjusted the attribute regulator, and all his attributes appeared in David Bennett’s mind.

Strength: 1.

Speed: 0.7.

Spirit: 1.1.

Constitution: 0.9.

Just as David Bennett was about to increase his spirit, he paused when he saw the spirit value had become 1.1—his spirit had increased by 0.1.

Could it be because he killed that mosquito?

Without thinking too much, David Bennett quickly adjusted his spirit to 3.6. When he looked at the coiled dragon array diagram again, the image became crystal clear.

If the Demon Ape Ground-Splitting move activated the muscles, then this coiled dragon array was about training the skin.

The four dragon claws corresponded to a person’s four limbs, and the swinging of the claws mobilized all the skin on the body to contract.

With David Bennett’s comprehension, just by staring at it for half an hour, he had a general grasp of this Coiled Dragon Array move.

However, with David Bennett’s current physical condition, he still couldn’t practice this Coiled Dragon Array. With yesterday’s experience, David Bennett directly adjusted his constitution to 3, and allocated the rest mainly to strength and spirit.

Just like yesterday, today’s training went extremely smoothly. The moment David Bennett’s feet left the ground and his arms arched like a bow, a tightening and contracting force acted on every inch of his skin.

This contraction was quite uncomfortable—even with David Bennett’s current constitution, he felt an intense tearing sensation.

Tearing, fusing, tearing, then fusing again!

David Bennett felt as if he had fallen into a cycle of repeated tempering, but at this moment, he had only one goal in his heart: to persist.

Once, twice, three times...

In the end, David Bennett combined the Demon Ape Ground-Splitting and Coiled Dragon Array moves for training. The surging of his muscles and the swelling and contracting of his skin gave David Bennett a feeling of being on the verge of life and death!

“Pa!”

A light snapping sound like a whip crack rang out as David Bennett retracted his fists—this was the sound of his skin being pulled from retracting his fists too quickly.

The intense hunger in his stomach made David Bennett want to rush out and have a big meal, but at this moment, he still activated the attribute manager in his mind, returning all his attributes to normal.

Enhancing constitution for training felt great, but if spirit was too low, he felt almost stupid.

The moment his mind cleared, David Bennett felt a wave of regret, because with his mind clear, the swelling pain from his body seemed to triple.

It hurt—damn, it really hurt!

If he had to endure this kind of pain, David Bennett really couldn’t believe he could have persisted until now.

It seems that lowering spirit is actually quite helpful for body training!

His taut skin made David Bennett feel a bit uncomfortable, but he had a sense that his skin was now like a layer of cowhide parchment.

Tough—tougher than usual.

He wondered if that level-six energy bar had increased his strength!

Strength: 1.2.

Speed: 0.7.

Spirit: 1.1.

Constitution: 1.4.

Strength had increased only a little, speed hadn’t changed, but constitution had jumped by 0.5. At this moment, little stars seemed to twinkle in David Bennett’s eyes.

4.4—his total attributes now added up to 4.4! That meant, if he went all out, his strength had already reached the level of a first-level martial artist.

A first-level martial artist—this had always been David Bennett’s long-term goal for himself. He wanted to reach the level of a first-level martial artist before the age of thirty.

He never expected that now, by allocating attribute points, he could already reach the strength of a first-level martial artist!

Opening the door, David Bennett saw a crowd of people standing outside. Among them were familiar classmates like Brian Sullivan, as well as many students from other classes whom he didn’t even know.

“David Bennett is out!”

“He really came out—it’s been three hours already!”