Chapter 37: Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique

[Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique- Volume 1]

’Wait, why is there only one volume?’

Levi couldn’t help but feel startled. He hurriedly scrolled through the description, and his mouth opened wide.

[Description- Ancient Dragon Elephant, a behemoth that traverses the universe, using stars as steps, holding a galaxy on its back and bringing down divine lightning if enraged]

[Cost- 25EP]

’What the hell?’

Levi gulped heavily. He tried to look for more clues, but the description was all that was given.

He had to buy this technique if he wanted to understand it more.

Levi was a teenager. Seeing such ridiculous claims, he couldn’t help but get interested.

He thought about it for a moment and eventually bought this technique without looking for more.

’System, do you know more about this technique?’

Only after buying it, Levi remembered the system’s spirit.

Sure enough! Haste makes waste!

Fortunately, this was not a waste.

[Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique was a powerful body-tempering technique that the creator found in his days as an adventurer.]

[Unfortunately, the creator was already practicing another technique, and this technique cost even more resources in later stages.]

[So, the creator set it aside and included it in his legacy.]

That’s all the system knew about this technique. Since its creator didn’t practice it, it didn’t know what this technique would bring to Levi.

’Is that so?’

Levi found an extra item delivered to his inventory. He opened the inventory and took out the book.

He started reading the book from start to finish. It was almost as long as two Chapters of a history book.

A lot of text, much of which he didn’t understand at all.

It felt so mysterious and confusing.

Despite that, he didn’t give up and continued reading the book.

Eventually, he realized he couldn’t comprehend it. Fortunately, he could practice the stances.

This technique was completely different from the Roaring Tiger Strengthening Technique.

By the time he finished reading it and memorizing the stance, it was already one o’clock in the morning.

He checked the time, took a bath, and went to bed.

As soon as his back hit the bed, he remembered something else.

’System, where did I earn those Evil Points?’

[Host, would you like to see the notification logs?]

’No, just tell me!’

Levi liked talking to his system. It wasn’t cruel and bad as he initially expected. It was also a good AI, making it a good friend.

[Evil God is a person who thrives on causing misery and despair to others, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t gain anything from the pain and suffering of others.]

[For Evil God, anything that can bring out negative emotions from people is a happy event.]

[Host earned those points by absorbing the self-loathing, hatred, and anger from another person.]

’That’s kinda messed up!’

Levi shuddered at the thought of standing in front of a large city that was destroyed by some kind of meteorite, feeling happy.

’Is something wrong with me? Why am I having these bad thoughts?’

Levi couldn’t help but feel bad. Although it was just his imagination and nothing would come of it, he still didn’t like it.

’So, if I do nothing and something bad happens, I will still get points.’

Levi thought to himself. This was truly an evil system, getting rewards from the misery of others.

’Well, I can’t stop disasters if I am weak. I should just focus on getting stronger. For now, sleep!’

As he thought about that, he closed his eyes and immediately fell asleep.

The Next Day;

Levi woke up and went to school.

When he met up with Mike, he couldn’t help but remember Harvey.

His body trembled for a moment.

Levi didn’t even know what happened to him. He knew he had threatened Harvey, but at that time, he was too courageous.

’I can’t be reckless like that ever again!’

While making a promise to himself, he continued his day at school. During that time, he tried to earn a few points.

The best way to earn points was by making others unhappy. So, he started flaunting his perfected technique.

He didn’t talk about the Martial Technique or Martial Arts.

But he didn’t stop talking about the Roaring Tiger Strengthening Technique.

Unfortunately, he only earned two points.

The next day, he didn’t have anything to say, so he earned no points.

But he continued practicing the new technique. He didn’t use the EP. Instead, he tried to master the stance first.

At the same time, he also used a Blood Energy Pill to rapidly increase his blood energy level.

This allowed him to practice for hours nonstop.

Within a week, he finally managed to reach the Entry Realm.

Inside his room, he kept practicing the Pile Stance while punching with both of his fists for nearly fifteen minutes straight.

At this moment, his blood energy would tremble every few seconds, and the temperature of his blood energy would increase.

He was keeping his breathing steady, but the amount of oxygen entering his blood was getting higher.

The more oxygen his blood received, the hotter it got.

Levi felt like his entire body was burning because of this technique. He had no choice but to persevere.

He kept his breathing stable, kept his stance going, and kept his movements right.

The blood energy kept burning like hot water, making every second uncomfortable.

But Levi could feel a strange improvement in his body. This improvement wasn’t an improvement in his blood energy level.

Instead, his body was literally adjusting itself to the new technique.

At the same time, it was also affecting his mastery of the new technique. Levi realized that as he practiced the stance, the blood energy was changing.

Previously, his blood energy, while practicing, would produce the sound of a roaring tiger.

But now, it was sleeping like a mysterious behemoth. It was heavy and strong, but it wasn’t making any noise.

Levi immediately understood why this was happening.

The technique itself was divided into volumes, and every volume contained a certain stage.

The first volume contained the first stage of the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique.

This stage allowed the martial artist to gain the body of the Ancient Dragon Elephant, and it was divided into three sub-stages.

-Dragon Elephant Strength

-Dragon Elephant Blood

-Dragon Elephant Body

In the first sub-stage, he could achieve strength five times his blood energy level just by practicing this technique to perfection.

This kind of revelation was crazy to think about, but at the same time, he realized a strange truth.

To obtain and use this kind of strength, he would need to constantly temper his bones and muscles like crazy.

Considering he was only at Apprentice Rank and should focus on bones alone, he found it hard to temper his muscles.

But he quickly realized a simple truth.

He had already practiced Roaring Tiger Strengthening Technique to perfection.

So, he already knew how to temper his muscles. He just didn’t expect to do it at this stage.

Regardless, he would need different resources to practice the first stage of the Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique.

Right now, he didn’t have to think about that. He could feel the blood energy that his blood cells produced merging with the cells in his body.

Unlike before, he felt cool during this process.

Of course, it could also be because he had finished practicing the stance and was just waiting for his blood energy to affect his cells.

’So, this is how higher-grade techniques can improve our strength. It can actually help the same blood energy to produce more life force.’

Life Force was the vitality gained from the nutrients and the special energy produced by the body itself.

This energy was similar to Cosmic Energy but in a very small amount. It was so low that it couldn’t even be considered cosmic energy.

This energy was the result of the Genesis Energy mutation. The blood energy was the result of this energy merging with the nutrients in the human body.

Because of its high vitality, it was referred to as Life Force Energy. Once absorbed into the cells, it could improve the endurance and power of the cells.

This improvement was small, but when overall improvement was counted, the user would gain one extra kilogram of strength per blood energy level.

During this week, Levi’s blood energy level had gone from 8.0 to 8.5. It was only because he hadn’t reached Entry Level with his new technique.

’So, the higher-grade techniques can produce more of the life force which is why the user gains more strength.’

’But then, why do I feel the burden in my head every time I practice it? Should I ask Dad about this?’

He quickly shook his head. He hadn’t revealed this new technique to his parents.

So, he wanted to find the answers himself.

Fortunately, he could access more information about the Martial Artists, as he had recently gotten a new ID Card from the mayor himself.