Chapter 18: King Kong Transformation! Pushed to the Limit!

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Ape Demon Hugging Tree!”

“Ape Demon Striking Drum!”

The power surging in his body made Su Jie practice the Ape Demon King Kong Fist.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every punch and move was fierce and powerful. The wind from the punch was piercingly cold, causing the surrounding leaves and sand to dance with Su Jie. If anyone got within a meter of Su Jie, their bones would have been broken by the wind alone.

It was hard to imagine that this was the movement of a martial artist practicing his fist technique. It was more akin to a ferocious dancing humanoid beast!

“In this state… if I cultivate the Ape Demon King Kong Fist and the Body Hardening Technique, my cultivation speed will increase exponentially!”

What made Su Jie excited was that he could feel that his body seemed to be pushed to its limits at all times when he practiced in the King Kong Transformation state. Under such circumstances, his efficiency in practicing and tempering his body reached a ridiculous level.

A warm current constantly flowed through his body, tempering his muscles, bones, and skin. He could almost feel his body becoming stronger at a rapid speed!

However, before Su Jie could be too happy, he felt a wave of dizziness hit him. He could not maintain his King Kong Transformation state. His body shrank rapidly and returned to his normal appearance. He gasped for breath and was extremely weak. It took him a long time to recover.

“King Kong Transformation… consumes too much energy. Training in this state is terrifyingly efficient, but I can’t hold out for long on my own.”

Su Jie smiled bitterly, knowing the problem.

King Kong Transformation rapidly consumed Su Jie’s stamina and Qi. He could not maintain it for long.

Su Jie did not hesitate. He took out a Body Strengthening Pill and swallowed it. He sat cross-legged and cultivated the Body Strengthening Technique while quickly refining it to replenish his energy.

“King Kong Transformation!”

After recovering a little, Su Jie activated the King Kong Transformation again, causing his body to expand rapidly. His body reached its limit and he cultivated fist techniques.

“At this speed… within two to three months, my Ape Demon King Kong Fist can reach the perfected third level! My Body Hardening Technique will also be able to break through to the third level within the same time!” After a day, Su Jie’s improvement was remarkable. He was extremely excited.

Originally, it would have taken Su Jie at least a year to reach the third level of Body Hardening Technique and the perfection of the Ape Demon King Kong Fist. Now, the time taken was greatly shortened.

“However… This attrition is too huge. I used up a total of three Body Strengthening Pills in a day!”

Su Jie’s mouth twitched from the attrition.

One Body Strengthening Pill was enough for an ordinary martial artist to consume for five days’ worth of attrition. Su Jie was far stronger than ordinary martial artists. Originally, one Body Strengthening Pill was enough for him to consume for one to two days’ worth of attrition.

Now that he was training and tempering his body in the King Kong Transformation state, his cultivation speed increased exponentially and the attrition was even greater. In just one day, Su Jie has consumed three Body Strengthening Pills.

As his body approached its limit, the attrition would increase.

In that case, Su Jie would have to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a month to maintain his cultivation!

In addition, the ape avatar has already evolved into a demon beast. If he wanted it to continue growing, it would need more resources!

On top of that, Yan Bin was targeted by the government. That meant that his status as an ally of the Flying Cloud Society was most likely over. Su Jie would naturally lose his 200 taels of silver a month!

“Money … I have to get more money.”

Su Jie felt a headache coming on. As the son of Su Wu, he lived quite a wealthy life. However, he now understood that that bit of money was far from enough to support him to become a top expert.

Of course, Su Jie could also slow down his cultivation progress. This way, the resources consumed would be less. However, to Su Jie, time was far more important than money.

“When I run out of Body Strengthening Pills, I’ll go to Heiye City and see how Yan Bin is doing.” Su Jie calmed himself down and decided to go to Heiye City to see Yan Bin after things calmed down. Apart from asking about the Flying Cloud Society’s situation, the most important thing was to ask Yan Bin if he had any other ways to make money.

Ape Demon King Kong Fist (Compatibility: 71%. Cultivation Progress: 91%, Third Level.), Body Hardening Technique (Compatibility: 68%. Cultivation Progress: 45%, Second Level.)

A month after the ape avatar evolved into a demon beast, Su Jie opened the system interface and took a look.

In just a month, Su Jie has improved rapidly. As a price, the Body Strengthening Pills that could support his cultivation for months have been exhausted in less than a month.

“A trip to Heiye City.”

Taking a deep breath, Su Jie did not delay himself and set off for Heiye City.

In the morning, he left Qingshui Town. With Su Jie’s speed, he arrived at Heiye City in the evening.

As usual, Heiye City was bustling with activity. Everything was peaceful.

When he arrived outside the Yan residence, Su Jie carefully checked his surroundings. After seeing that everything was normal, he went to the door of the Yan residence and knocked on the knocker.

“Zhi!”

After waiting for a while, the door opened slightly. The Yan family’s butler looked out warily.

Seeing that it was Su Jie, the butler heaved a sigh of relief and quickly invited: “Mr. Tang? Please come in. I’ll inform Master.”

“Yes, please.” Su Jie nodded slightly. Judging from the old man’s appearance, the government has indeed reached some kind of agreement with the Flying Cloud Society when they attacked them more than a month ago. Therefore, Yan Bin, who was captured at that time, was released safely.

In the Yan Residence’s reception hall, Su Jie saw Yan Bin, who was dressed like a scholar with an elegant temperament. He was no different from usual.

“Brother Tang, you’re finally here.”

Seeing Su Jie, Yan Bin seemed to be in a good mood.

“Master Yan, how’s the situation?” After Su Jie sat down, he asked about the recent situation in Heiye City.

Yan Bin said helplessly: “More than a month ago… we were captured by the officials and imprisoned in the government office for a period of time. Fortunately, we didn’t suffer much. A few of our hall masters agreed to Magistrate Zhou’s conditions and disbanded the Flying Cloud Society. We behaved ourselves and let bygones be bygones.”

Su Jie nodded slightly. As he had expected, the newly appointed Magistrate Zhou made an example out of the Flying Cloud Society in order to warn the others. The Flying Cloud Society was just a small local triad, so they naturally did not dare to go against the government. Yan Bin and a few other leaders of the Flying Cloud Society directly disbanded the society.

This meant that the Yan family and the others would not live as comfortably as before. However, there was no way they would not get their shoes wet if they walked by the river often. Although they would earn less, it was safer and it might not be a bad thing.

“Brother Tang, I kept my mouth shut and didn’t reveal your identity to the government office.”

Yan Bin added.

That night, hundreds of soldiers arrived. The Flying Cloud Society did not even have the mood to resist. Only Su Jie displayed terrifying strength and captured Commander Wang Wu alive among hundreds of people, successfully escaping.

Before this, Su Jie had asked Yan Bin not to reveal his identity. After seeing Su Jie’s strength and potential, Yan Bin did not do anything to offend Su Jie. Even though the government office of Heiye City interrogated him, he insisted that he had never seen Su Jie’s true appearance and did not know his true identity.

“That’s good.” Su Jie nodded. It was good to not cause more trouble and affect Su Wu.

“Also… Magistrate Zhou also asked me to tell you that he wants to see you if I saw you.”

Yan Bin relayed carefully.

“Magistrate Zhou wants to see me?” Su Jie was stunned.