Chapter 10: Being strong in the beginning is a wonderful feeling! A fake world, what are its secrets?

[You have obtained: Patrick's cultivation base until the end of his life: 8th Level of the Consolidated Realm!]

Veins bulged on Zhao Feng's body as his body began to visibly change. His body exuded steam fiercely as his cultivation base and strength in the Consolidated Realm rose from the 1st Level to the 8th Level of a Martial Master in less than a minute.

Before he could comprehend it, Zhao Feng found that he could sense a familiar power within his body. He could even control this power and unleash it outside his body to attack enemies.

This was the rich inner strength he had gained from five years of hard cultivation in the Pirate World throughout the simulation period!

"Oh my... I'm not seeing it wrong... I've actually increased my cultivation level..."

Zhao Feng clenched his fist and heard a strange cracking sound... He could imagine what would happen if he moved now—suddenly...

Crack!

The wall he was leaning against cracked... It turned out that his unstable inner strength caused it to crack when it came into contact with it.

"This is bad. I need to leave the house, or I'll destroy it... My body needs time to adapt to the newly acquired power."

It was logical. There were no muscle memories in this body. Moments ago, he was still weak, at the lowest level of strength, and suddenly he skyrocketed to the peak of the Consolidated Realm.

Such a thing had never happened before, but similar cases had occurred where cultivators advanced a few levels and struggled to control their newfound power.

The situation with Zhao Feng was more dangerous. He had breakthrough eight full levels and gained an inner strength he could instinctively use... If a mistake occurred and he couldn't control this inner strength, he could easily harm something or someone.

Quickly adjusting his breathing, he summoned his experience as Patrick to calm down the turbulent inner strength.

He could feel it, his physical strength multiplied with each breath, reaching the level of his inner strength.

"The system was truly miraculous. It not only gave me a cultivation base but also provided the necessary physical strength for those cultivation levels!"

In less than a minute, Zhao Feng acquired a powerful body like Patrick's, who fought against Kizaru in their last encounter.

"This...!?"

When Zhao Feng stood up, he found that his vision had greatly improved... He was used to this when he was in Patrick's body, but in his own body, it was clear that as a 14-year-old child, he had been short, barely surpassing a height of 140 centimeters.

"I've become taller... No, I've become a giant..."

His height increased dramatically, reaching 170 centimeters! A full 30 centimeters taller!

The newly acquired power in his body caused his spiritual eye to pulsate intensely. The green glow intensified all at once and reached the limit of the human level, another surge, and the green glow would break through to the next level.

The burning sensation in his left eye intensified, but he endured until finally, when his left eye adapted to his new power, the burning sensation subsided and calmed down.

Feeling relieved, Zhao Feng smiled. As expected, his left eye didn't transfer with him into the simulation world. It was its power that did... After regaining the power he obtained in the simulation, his left eye was able to regain it as well and quickly adapt to the changing situation.

"Interesting." Zhao Feng smiled as he touched his left eye.

In addition to the simulation system, this eye was the real deal... Without the power of the spiritual eye, he wouldn't have been able to develop the Trash of the Core-Grade Martial Art to its maximum potential.

His limit would have been the second or third rank... He wouldn't have reached the fourth rank even if he cultivated with Flaming Metal Fists of the Core-Grade his whole life.

"Thank you... Although I don't know who you are, since I haven't read the King of Gods novel, unfortunately, I'm sure I'll find out in the end, right?"

At least Zhao Feng was confident about that.

"Well, now I'll try the Lucky Draw one last time."

The Gacha wheel started spinning rapidly after spending 30 simulation points.

Finally, he obtained the last piece of the puzzle, which would greatly help him, at least in the beginning.

[You have obtained: Flaming Metal Fists Technique (Complete Mastery)]

Now, it could be said that Zhao Feng possessed Patrick's full power.

The moment when Zhao Feng clenched his hand into a fist, scorching flames burst out from his grip.

"Now, I have a powerful technique that I can use my inner strength for... At least until I can control the power of the Devil Fruit using my inner energy, or even learn the highest-level techniques in the sect."

...

"Ah, son, Zhao Feng, is that you?"

Zhao Feng stood in front of his mother, who stared at his face after lifting her head to look at him with difficulty. The look of astonishment on her face was amusing to Zhao Feng, who suppressed his laughter.

The same went for his father, who spilled the tea on the table due to the shock.

If he hadn't just come out of his room, they would have believed that he was someone else... After all, one hour ago, he entered his room as a child measuring 140 cm, and now he emerged as a fully grown young man measuring 170 cm... Even inanimate objects would be shocked by such an illogical change.

"I've fallen asleep, and when I woke up, I found that I had become taller, and I feel that my strength is much stronger than before I slept. Maybe I'm experiencing a growth spurt..."

Zhao Feng couldn't find the right words to explain the current situation, so he attributed everything to a growth spurt, which was the most natural thing that could explain his abnormal state.

He couldn't tell them that he had lived for five years in another world and that after regaining the power he had in that world, he suddenly became taller. That wouldn't make sense to their small minds, which couldn't comprehend things beyond their understanding, even the strongest beings in this world, let alone themselves.

"Oh, a growth spurt? Well, it doesn't matter... I'm happy... My son, my dear, you have grown..." Zhao Shi's eyes filled with tears.

Her son's familiar childish face was reflected in her eyes, and her gaze was drawn to the left eye, which seemed less radiant than the right eye. Suddenly, her heart trembled for some reason.

The moment her eyes fell on that eye, her vision began to blur, and his face started to recede and drown in the mist. She tried to reach out to him, but he continued to move further away. She repeatedly shouted his name, but the more she shouted, the more she found the world around her drowning in the mist.

"Mother...? Why are you crying?" Startled, she woke up from the terrifying waking dream when she found herself in her son's embrace. He was looking at her with worried eyes, wiping away her tears anxiously.

"My son... What happened? For a moment, I thought you— Oh, what am I saying?"

"Zhao Shi, what happened to you? It seems you've become more and more emotional as the years go by, my dear." Her husband, Tianyang, took her in his arms and comforted her.

"Don't worry, my son, you can go now. I know you'll go for your training."

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BlackStar_BH:

I have added an additional chapter to explain the levels of cultivation in "King of Gods" and the levels of techniques. You can refer to it.