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The moment Yang Ze promoted the Astra Art, he felt numbness all over his body. It was as if there were countless ants crawling all over his body. This process lasted for a long time before subsiding.

"I'm...." Yang Ze was feeling bloated all over the body. It was as if his body has reached its limit and was about to burst out.

"Ugh." Closing his eyes, Yang Ze felt discomfort all over. At this moment, the skin on his body turned dry. It was as if his skin has turned into stone. Not only was his skin dry, but his body also became rigid. Even doing a small moment was taking a lot of energy.

This was the state of Half-Astra, in which your body will be like a weapon, both figuratively and literally. At this moment, even if Yang Ze didn't protect his body with Qi, he was sure that no one in the entire Qi Condensing realm could harm him.

Although the benefits were massive, the losses were quite severe too. One needed to sacrifice their mobility in exchange for defensive power. No wonder no one was able to practice it. It already takes so much time and resources, along with the fact that no one likes having a body that responds like a puppet.

It was one thing to have a body as strong as a weapon. But if that weapon can only be beaten down and can not be used for attack, then it loses its purpose. Many people gave up practicing after reaching this stage.

However, Yang Ze was not 'many people.' With the help of his plug-in, he could just bring anything to perfection.

And right now, Yang Ze had a feeling that if he continued to break through, then his body will truly reach a realm completely different from before.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Ze looked at the screen in front of him.

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{Name: Yang Ze}

{Realm: Innate (Heaven and earth), Formation Master}

{XP: 2250}

{Martial Art: Astra Art(Half Astra)2000/2250 XP+}

{Fishing: Locked (20/500 spirit stones needed to unlock)}

{Personal Space: 3 cubic meters}

{Efficiency: 300 XP/day}

{Level: 3} (20/1000 spirit stones needed to upgrade)

{Mark Of Sin: 1/11}

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"HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH?"

Looking at the changes, Yang Ze almost jumped out of the bed.

"Two... Two thousand XP???" This was the first time Yang Ze saw so much XP for a single breakthrough. For a moment he even doubted his eyes. Perhaps it was two hundred and that extra zero was an error.

Taking a deep breath, Yang Ze went silent for a long time. After which he picked up the brush and started drawing runes upon runes. With his rigid body, it took him more than three hours to complete around forty runes. After stacking them up, Yang Ze stood up and slowly started arranging them around him.

There was an unwritten rule in the rune formations, the wider the area, the weaker the effect. With this principle, Yang Ze only included his bed in that area. After arranging the formation, the inside haze was almost corporeal. The main function of this haze was to prevent any sound, sight, or fluctuation of qi from spreading out. If someone was able to see Yang Ze before this rune formation, then at this moment, all their eyes could see was a misty haze.

After arranging the formation, Yang Ze took out the safe from his personal space and put it on the ground carefully. After thinking for a while, he picked up the bed and placed it outside the formation.

"This shit is still as heavy as always." Cursing at the stolen safe, Yang Ze moved it with great difficulty to the position where his bed was earlier. After pushing the safe in the middle, he panted heavily.

"Good." Looking around, jumped up slightly before sitting on the safe cross-legged. Yang Ze didn't know the changes that upgrading the martial art would cause, he had already arranged the formation around him. He took out this sturdy safe just in case he causes some damage to the ground. In case the ground of his house got damaged overnight without any sound or sight, those pesky rats outside his house will definitely be alert.

After making sure everything was perfect, Yang Ze looked at the screen and clicked on the '+'.

The moment he promoted it, Yang Ze felt an incredible suction from inside his body.

"What the...." Before he could even understand what was going on, the Qi inside his body automatically began consuming at an alarming rate. As the Qi inside his body began to diminish, Yang Ze slowly began to feel changes in his body. The first thing he noticed was the reduction of stiffness in his body. By the time, half of the Qi inside his body was consumed, his body has recovered its previous mobility.

"Well, that ended fast." In a confusion, Yang Ze tried to stand up to test out his new strength, but the moment he tried to stand up, a piercing pain overtook him.

"AAAHHHH! FUUUUCCCKKK...."

At this moment, the skin on Yang Ze's body was melting slowly. Yang Ze was way too familiar with the pain. It was the same thing that happened to him in the dream when he wiped out an entire city. But the only difference here was that compared to the heat from the Arry, this time the heat came from inside his body.

At this moment, the skin on Yang Ze's body was melting like a candle. From his clothes to his skin, everything slowly melted before falling to the ground.

"Uuuughhh...." The pain was so agonizing that Yang Ze couldn't even cry out loud. At the moment his face looked terrifying to the extreme. His face looked like someone just skinned him alive. His lips were gone along with his eyelids. Leaving his eyes and teeth out in the open. Other than the bloody flesh, and his occasionally moving eyes that seemed to be filled with pain, there was nothing human about him.

Just when Yang Ze thought it couldn't get any worse, his muscles bloated and his bones shattered.

"Ugggg..." Whimpering in agony, his figure fell down at top of the safe, with his face towards the direction of the ground.

His figure which was constantly expanding looked like a balloon. One that could burst out any moment. It was the same thing that happened to him while advancing to Innate, Except this time, it was much much worse.

After occupying the entire area filled with runes, his muscles stopped expanding and suddenly started to contract. Within moments, his figure returned back to its previous stage. At this moment, his shattered bones started gathering together forming a new set of bones. However, compared with the previous ones, these were glowing with Qi.

"Waaaaaqqqqq..." Vomiting on the floor, Yang Ze's eyes blurred. He tried to concentrate and look at the ground, but to his horror, what was lying on the ground were pieces of his internal organs.

Before he could do anything, his muscles suddenly bloated again and his bones shattered. A few moments later, his body returned to its normal state, his bones shining a bit more and he vomited organs once again.

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"Ugh." Yang Ze didn't know how long he was out. By the time he woke up, the sun was already up. At this moment, he was surrounded by the smell of blood and what seemed to be chunks of organs and melted skin. It was as if someone just pulled out people's inside out at this place.

"Fuck." Disgusted by the stench, Yang Ze stood up before walking inside the bathroom. After taking a bath for more than an hour, Yang Ze walked out completely naked. With a wave, Yang Ze picked up all the organs and melted skin from the ground in front of him. Squeezing his hand, he condensed everything into a small ball before throwing it inside the personal space. He was going to dump it once he find a suitable place. Looking at the ground that was still covered with blood, Yang Ze touched the ground with his finger. In that instant, the section of the floor that was covered with blood separated from the ground up in the air. Waving his hand, Yang Ze turned the floor around before placing it down.

"Good." Looking at the floor that was now full of soil and mud, Yang Ze felt much better. In a few moments, his room went from a horror house to a warm and cozy place.

Putting on the new clothes, Yang Ze noticed the changes in his body. At this moment, his body was completely different from before. Be it strength, reaction, or his senses, everything was better and beyond.

It was as if he was reborn. "And then there's this."

Walking to the center of the room, Yang Ze looked at the safe before picking it up in one hand. The box which he was unable to lift was like a small toy in his hand. This Astra Art not only increased his defense but also his strength.

At this moment, if Yang Ze fought that old man in the Ignis city again, he was sure to trash him in two moves. However, as he thought about the painful process, Yang Ze shuddered violently. If possible, he never wanted to go through that process ever again.

Opening his window, he looked outside. The sound of vendors along with the sound of the flowing water improved his mood a lot. At this time, Yang Ze did not even bother about those rats hiding outside. He just looked outside before moving his gaze to the screen in front of him.

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{Name: Yang Ze}

{Realm: Innate (Heaven and Earth), Formation Master}

{Fleshy Body: Innate}

{XP: 550}

{Fishing: Locked (20/500 spirit stones needed to unlock)}

{Personal Space: 3 cubic meters}

{Efficiency: 300 XP/day}

{Level: 3} (20/1000 spirit stones needed to upgrade)

{Mark Of Sin: 1/11}

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