Chapter 45 - Unlocking The Natal Residence (1/2)

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The metallic luster on his skin becaave his skin the appearance of old copper This was the sign that Ai Hui’s [Copper Skin] was about to take shape

Te the body with the ma The development of [Copper Skin], [Iron Muscles], [Steel Bones], [Silver Marrow] and [Golden blood] represented the five stages of such tees resulted in a very rarely seen metal element body of the purest form

However, it was as they say: it is easy to develop eley, but difficult to temper one’s body

Thisas one had a decent aptitude, they could have soh the accuy On the other hand, body te and arduous processes,it difficult to achieve success without sufficient patience and determination

Within the Avalon of Five EleMany ele, the human body could never match up to the physical prowess of dire beasts and that thus, body te was not a hile pursuit Furtherranted by eley would start to far outclass that of the physical body

As a rant an incredible boon to one’s ele ability by leaps and bounds More advanced body te techniques, however, had a less direct effect on one’s fighting ability

Despite that, mainstream practices still involved at least so The coreater destructive power, a robust, perceptive body was y

This was also the path that was followed by most metal elementalists

Even the first stage, [Copper Skin], was usually only attained by students who had opened six palaces

Besides the low cost-benefit ratio, beginners would often not choose to practice body te the initial stages of learning tended to be of a y

That problem, however, was non-existent for Ai Hui

The y in theAi Hui’s physical body, the scattered y also yielded a purer forinners As a result, even though he had a lower quantity of refined eley, its purity was unmatched

Ar cake, Ai Hui’s training sessions were even more effective Ai Hui i his metal element body

Lou Lan’s blood-and-bone-strengthening cake was so effective that it al his internal injuries, the cake was also very helpful to his body te Since Ai Hui had not opened his natal residence yet, the ele to his flesh

Ai Hui are of the , of which his increasing physical strength was the uy with the [Flaain, Ai Hui would most certainly not be as easily exhausted

If he mastered [Copper Skin] as well, he would then be able to withstand that fellow’s powerful legs, and the fight would boil down to a battle of endurance of eley

The previous engagement may have been short and pathetic, but Ai Hui had received considerable benefit from it His base level may not have increased, but the battle was an immense eye-opener and had raised his confidence

He was extre the absolute art To this date, he was still trying to figure out how his opponent’s [Fla Heavenly Spider Transformation] worked—it amazed him to no end The advanced elementalists he had met in the Wilderness were truly formidable, but at the very least he knehere their power came from However, the mysteries of the absolute arts were beyond his superficial knowledge

If his opponent had been more experienced in combat, he would have been easily defeated, and Lou Lan and he would not have stood any chance of victory

That very battle also made him more confident He had not opened his natal residence yet and was thus considerably weaker than his opponent Despite that, he was able to hold his own for long, and was eventually even able to make a comeback and defeat his opponent with, adave him a reason to feel proud

He was not as weak as he had initially thought

Body te was an unexpected surprise, but Ai Hui did not lose sight of his y