At a hidden valley over twenty miles away from the Peace Town, A large metal barrel was lying on the
ground. Fire burnt vehemently beneath it as the liquid within the barrel bubbled and boiled away. The
strong herbal scent spread far away and attracted bees and butterflies. They flew in swarms to the
valley and danced around the barrel.
Beside the barrel stood a handsome young man who was gazing intently at the boiling liquid medicine
inside.
"Okay, it's the right time to start."
The man who stood beside the metal barrel was none other than Austin.
"Violet, you have to keep guard. Make sure no one walks in to interrupt me," Austin told Violet through
his mind power. It was extremely important for him to remain undisturbed.
Austin had learned a lesson from his last experience. To prevent the same thing from happening again,
Austin summoned Violet and told her to be vigilant.
Fortunately, the last time when the inner disciples found him, he had already successfully completed
the cultivation of the stage two of the Overlord Body-refining Formula. But if they had arrived in the
middle of his cultivation, he would have been in great trouble.
Violet jumped out from the Illusion Bead after Austin's order. She walked some distance away from the
metal barrel to guard against any intruders.
Seeing that everything was in place and he was protected well, Austin immediately took all his clothes
off and jumped into the metal barrel. Then he got into the posture required for cultivating the third stage
of the Overlord Body-refining Formula.
As soon as he immersed himself in the liquid medicine, he felt comfortable and relaxed. It was as if a
spring breeze stroked his face while he was bathing in sunshine. He closed his eyes and imagined the
cool breeze softened his skin while the warm sun rays made him feel joyous inside. He felt
indescribable comfort and was overwhelmed with the great bliss he was experiencing.
However, at a certain point, the liquid medicine began swirling vigorously and soon a powerful vortex
was formed. The magical power of the medicine flocked together from various directions, plunging into
Austin's body. It soon got into Austin's pores, skins, bones and viscera. It was as if the medicine was
forcefully entering into every inch of Austin's body.
The liquid medicine in the metal barrel rapidly swirled around Austin. He felt trapped inside. The force
of the medicine was one like a whirlpool.
Austin then found that the efficacy of the liquid medicine in the Overlord Body-refining Formula arriving
aggressively, rushing inside of him with a force greater than he ever felt, as he advanced to a higher
stage of the formula.
The efficacy of the liquid medicine in stage three was ten times more powerful than that in the first or
the second stage.
At that moment, Austin lost control over his body and couldn't keep a check on absorbing the medicinal
power. His brain had let gone of trying to fight back against the liquid medicine's irresistible force.
The endless medicinal power wildly surged towards his body and penetrated his every pore and cell.
In an instant, Austin felt great pain. He felt like he was being tortured. The medicinal power entered his
body endlessly without giving him a respite. He was drowning in the pain and desperately wanted to
get out.
He felt that he was about be torn apart by the unbearable pain. His soul was on the verge of a collapse.
The pain he suffered this time was fiercer than what he had experienced in cultivating the stage two of
the Overlord Body-refining Formula.
"Ah!"
Austin let out a miserable cry as he could no longer bear the great pain that was tearing his soul apart.
The pain sent him into a spasm. His whole body convulsed and trembled inside the barrel.
At one point, the pain became so unbearable that it made Austin want to stop. Unfortunately, he
couldn't do anything now. The cultivation process couldn't be paused midway.
"Ah!. .
This is killing me!" Austin groaned.
The medicinal power that rushed into every inch of Austin's body constantly kept remolding it. It tore
apart his blood, flesh and bones and reassembled them. Then, it repeated the process. It seemed that
there was no end to it. The reassembling carried on and on and Austin couldn't bear it.
During the process, Austin felt as if his body was undergoing tortures unheard-of. It was like constantly
traveling through all the levels of hell.
Hearing the horrible cries, Violet who was keeping guard a few feet away, turned to the metal barrel—
the source of such hideous noises. She gazed intently at the big metal barrel and the smoke constantly
exiting the barrel. She didn't know the cultivation method had such consequences. She couldn't bear
hearing them and was extremely worried about her master.
"What kind of cultivation method is the master practicing? It sounds awful," Violet thought worriedly.
The anguished screams sent shivers down her spine.
'No, I can't bear it. If this continues, I'm afraid I will die, ' Austin thought as the pain seared through his
body.
His felt as if thousands of knives were slicing him bit by bit. Every part of him became acutely sensitive.
And his soul had never been so sober and clear. He felt everything intensely.
'I can't do anything with the pain anyway. But now that my body is highly sensitive and my mind soberer
than ever, maybe I can distract myself and take this opportunity to cultivate the sword intent," Austin
thought. He was trying to find a little bit of rationality inside his brain while he consciously fought
against the agony.
Austin suddenly remembered the experience he had the last time when he cultivated the stage two of
the Overlord Body-refining Formula. It was as similar as this one, albeit drastically milder in terms of
suffering.
At the thought, he immediately summoned his sword intent. In no time, three rays of sword radiance
popped out from his soul. Streams of sword aura and sword intent carried by the sword-lights came to
help the soul to maintain sobriety and protect it from being disturbed or harmed. They could prevent the
soul from suffering a breakdown that the great pain in the corporal body might cause. The three rays of
sword radiance continuously hacked at the various distracting thoughts that attacked his soul, and also
cleared the pain that traumatized it.
While the three rays of sword radiance fought, they were also empowered in this process.
As Austin had expected, in a state when his corporal body was extremely anguished and sensitive and
his soul was extremely clear, the cultivation of the sword intent went ahead with great effect than ever.
It was at least dozens of times more effective than the cultivation in a normal state.
As the three rays of sword radiance were being empowered through the process, Austin got a more
thorough understanding of swordsmanship. A lot of enigmas and riddles that he had encountered
before were immediately solved. He could see through the nebulous shape that these puzzles
previously had.
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