Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 534, Section 532: Sacred Technique [Muscle Overlord] (Two-in-One)

Flower collar,
Lion Manor, second floor, study.

Luo Yi looked at the latest intelligence report in her hand with a very strange expression.

Perhaps there really is such a thing as 'fate' in this world; the seemingly invincible battle situation has suddenly taken an unexpected turn.

He never expected that, at the crucial moment, the Bonaparte Empire would actually find the weakness of the magic tank.

While the Magic Tank is powerful, it's impossible to say it's truly invincible.

Especially this first-generation Land Warfare King, its design and production were ultimately rushed, resulting in some relatively rough aspects.

When Luo Yi conducted the actual tests, he found that the tank's waterproofing was quite good and it was basically unaffected.

However, if the temperature drops rapidly, and moisture accumulates in the internal parts and forms ice crystals, a major problem will arise.

Metal parts exhibit significant deviations in physical properties under normal temperature and cold weather conditions.

At this point, you can't even figure out where the problem is inside, and you feel at a loss when it comes to repairs.

Of course, this problem is not unsolvable, but to address it fundamentally, we need to work on the design and make specific optimizations and improvements.

But this is not something that can be resolved in a short period of time.

Without the magic tanks pushing across the ground, even with artillery positions and soldiers fighting desperately, things returned to the previous state.

As long as the allied forces are willing to suffer casualties, the Empire will find it difficult to gain any advantage.

As her thoughts raced, Loy thought of Grand Duke Carlisle, who had rushed over, agreed to almost all the conditions, taken the document, and then hurriedly left.

There was also a previous report that General Fak Wood had been deployed to the front lines at Verdun, becoming a frontline commander.
With just a little thought, Luo Yi had a plan in mind.

Indeed, when one's life is not meant to end, anything is possible.

However, Luo Yi did not dwell on it. Instead, she tossed aside the intelligence in her hand and picked up another thick document.

This is what Luo Yi wanted. He quickly flipped through it, his eyes flashing with blue light, taking in all the information, which was then quickly organized by Shen Lan.

Finally, he quickly sorted the information deep within his eyes, forming a more concise and clear table.

To be precise, this thick stack is just a catalog, recording all the valuable items that the three leaders of the Allied Forces took out from their own secret vaults.

Deep Blue categorized them into five types: cultivation methods, magic, combat skills, hidden knowledge, and secret sacred techniques.

Each category is further subdivided, such as the magic category, which is the most complicated.

It not only contains high-level magic of various elements, but also numerous potion recipes, methods for crafting magical items, techniques for drawing magical scrolls, methods for crafting golems, and so on.

It can be said that even this directory has been greatly simplified.

As for combat skills, there are actually quite a few of them.

Although each profession has a limited number of combat skills, combatants usually choose one or two to study in depth, thus forming their own unique killing moves.

However, you can't resist the sheer number of all sorts of different professions!

Each profession is slightly different, which leads to new methods, thus artificially increasing the number of combat skills.

As for esoteric knowledge, it is equally diverse and complex, including original historical records, travelogues, specialized books, astral chronicles, and so on.

These are actually the things that best reflect a family's heritage.

Because, after legendary figures from all ages left the prime material plane, regardless of whether they fared well or poorly, they would record the hidden knowledge they had learned upon their return.

Only from this can we see the most authentic side of the entire multiverse, and only by standing on the shoulders of our predecessors can we avoid countless traps and pitfalls.

As for the least common, it is the method of cultivation.

This is the core of the inheritance of great noble families, directly related to the rise and fall, and even the survival of a clan.

Therefore, it's already a big favor if they can pick and choose a few portions to send.

As Luo Yi flipped through the pages, she got a general idea and was quite satisfied.

Compared to the scraps and details given last time, this time they've clearly brought out core information, which is quite a significant investment.

To be honest, if it weren't for such a good opportunity, it would have been impossible for Luo Yi to extort these good things unless he confiscated their property and wiped out their entire family.

With these materials added, the Grand Library of the Mechanical Mage Tower will be further enriched, and the Raymond family's heritage will be enhanced.

Based on this, Luo Yi can truly activate the mechanism for selecting and cultivating strong individuals. With ample wealth and resources, a continuous stream of strong individuals can be born.

You have to admit that the loyalty of the strong is still the most important quality, and they are also more likely to have access to the core secrets of some territories.

If we have to recruit from outside, it's easy for some people with ulterior motives to sneak in.

For example, Jude Stephens, the Snow Hunter.

Of course, Luo Yi only glanced at all of these and didn't spend too much time on them.

It's not that he's not interested, but he plans to gradually add it to DeepBlue's database when he has more time later.

Then, he found the part that interested him most: the secret sacred techniques.

Without a doubt, the quality of this secret sacred technique has been greatly improved.

Ultimately, it's not a core cultivation method, and its difficulty is too high, so its value isn't that great.

Luo Yi even saw the complete version of the [Thunder Titan Body] inside, which was collected by the Slavic royal family. It contained all seven sacred techniques and all the rare items needed for cultivation.

Unfortunately, even mastering these secret and sacred techniques is difficult, let alone seven of them.

As far as Luo Yi knew, there were others who had mastered one or two techniques, but none who had achieved the [Thunder Titan Body].

This includes historical heroes with names and surnames.

There was also a technique that Luo Yi was familiar with called the [Behemoth Power]. It wasn't an incomplete version; not only was the cultivation method complete, but it could even provide the Behemoth's heart blood needed for cultivation.

The Old World is gone, but the New World still has orc races and domesticated Behemoths.

The text clearly states that if Roy needs the heart's blood of a giant beast, the Bonaparte Empire can help contact and purchase it.

It seems they really want him to cultivate.

Giants and Behemoths appeared, and of course, there were also many dragons.

For example, the most prominent sacred skill comes from the Bonaparte royal family and is a required course for dragon knights.

As the pinnacle of knighthood, the powerful dragon knight is not simply someone who rides a giant dragon and that's the end of the story.

They must master the sacred skill "Heart of the Dragon" to be considered qualified.

This [Heart of the Dragon] requires completing a symbiotic contract between humans and dragons, sharing lifespan, and thus achieving a bond of life and death.

They use blood to exchange magical potions, nourishing dragon power within the human body.

The essence of a dragon is dragon power. Even if a human cultivates dragon power, they can borrow power from a dragon through a contract and use it to cultivate dragon power battle qi.

Why is Quentin Perkins, the Green Dragon Knight, so powerful and rare?
Because, apart from him, there was no one else in the Old World who could make a dragon set aside its pride and enter into a pact.

If you're looking for someone powerful enough to defeat a dragon, yes, they exist; powerful legends possess that ability.

But getting the dragon to bow down is almost impossible.

Whether they are metal dragons or five-colored dragons, they are all proud to the core, and most of them are fierce and violent.

Killing them is much easier than taming them.

Therefore, historically, except for certain special periods, there were far fewer dragon riders than dragon slayers.

There is another similar holy technique called [Dragon Soul Resurrection], which involves making a pact with a dragon soul and nourishing it with one's own essence and blood to strengthen the dragon soul.

Then, by using the power of the dragon soul, one can cultivate dragon power and dragon language magic, nurturing oneself into a humanoid dragon.

When cultivated to its peak, one can even possess the lifespan of a dragon in human form. In battle, one can partially transform into a dragon's body, or even directly transform into a dragon, making it even more magical than the Druid's 'Dragon Transformation Technique'.

After all, the dragon that a druid transforms into only has the melee combat ability of a dragon, while this resurrection of the dragon soul is equivalent to possessing the power of a complete dragon.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you must first find a dragon that has just died, and that this dragon has enough trust in you to be willing to give up entering the dragon tomb to rest and continue to fight for you.

This isn't a matter of difficulty; it's purely a contest of luck.

It is worth mentioning that these two sacred skills are actually of the same lineage and share the same origin.

You can first become a Dragon Knight and cultivate the [Dragon Heart]. If you accidentally die in battle, you can switch to cultivating [Dragon Soul Resurrection].

The reason for this is that in the legendary ancient times, both humans and dragons faced the crisis of extinction. In order to enhance their combat power, the sages of the two races worked together to create it.

However, once the crisis was over, few dragons were willing to form contracts anymore. Instead, warriors rose to prominence, and they all became legends.

Clearly, this system, independent of the combatants, is excellent and powerful, but Luo Yi really can't find a dragon to cultivate with.

So, I just watched for the spectacle.

Then, further down, there are many variants of true dragons.

For example, the "True Dragon's Eye" requires obtaining a pair of dragon eyes, soaking them in a special magic potion, and then embedding them with necromancy to obtain a pair of true dragon eyes.

This sacred technique comes at a great cost, but its effects are astonishing, because the dragon's eyes possess [True Insight], and almost nothing can escape its gaze.

There is also the "Dragon Scale Transformation," which involves taking 308 scales from a giant dragon, soaking them in a special magic potion, shrinking them to the size of a soybean, and then embedding them into the dermis layer under the skin using special methods.

If all of them are completed, they will form a dragon scale tattoo, which looks beautiful.

However, if used, it can transform into a full suit of dragon scale armor at any time, possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Whether it's weapon attacks, aura strikes, or magical damage, it can weaken most of them.

As long as the dragon scales remain intact, it is virtually immune to damage, making it arguably the pinnacle of defensive holy skills.

Unfortunately, suitable dragon scales are hard to find, and special potions are also difficult to concoct.

There was also a sacred skill called [Dragon Power], which caught Luo Yi's eye.

Its main purpose is to cultivate the muscle groups of the human body, and to change the shape of the human muscle through strange objects, thereby gaining enormous power, even to the point of being comparable to a dragon.

The required artifact is something that Loy doesn't understand. It looks like a ball of yarn and needs to be irrigated with dragon's blood and a special potion until the solution turns completely pink.

This liquid needs to be injected into human muscles in batches and in specific quantities.

With further high-intensity training, one can experience a surge in muscle mass and strength, even developing an incredibly muscular physique, thus gaining immense power.

On the surface, this technique seems similar to 'taking drugs to build muscle,' but its specific application requires careful consideration.

The human body has approximately 600 skeletal muscles, also known as 'voluntary muscles', which are controlled by consciousness and are responsible for complex movements such as walking, grasping, and facial expressions.

Personal strength is controlled by these muscles. To enhance muscles, you need to differentiate and plan these 600 muscles and inject appropriate amounts of drugs into each of them.

This statement sounds simple, but there are many things to consider inside.

For example, the injection technique, dosage control, muscle load-bearing capacity, and subsequent exercise intensity, etc.

In addition, everyone's physical endurance is different, so it can be said that each person is different.

Therefore, there are actually quite a few practitioners of this sacred skill. In fact, it is very popular among certain strength-type knights and berserkers within the Slavic royal family.

After all, it's rare to see results simply from taking drugs and exercising; it's much more effective than magic potions.

However, if the dosage is not properly controlled and exceeds the body's tolerance limit, it may lead to a complete breakdown, organ failure, and death.

It should be said that the Slavs accumulated experience through the lives of countless warriors, thus gaining a relatively comprehensive understanding of the human body.

But in Luo Yi's opinion, it can be summed up in two words: crude!
In short, it's very rough!
Four words, quite crude!

It's worth mentioning that although this sacred skill is named "Power of the Dragon," it actually has nothing to do with dragons; it's just meant to demonstrate its power.

Luo Yi originally had high expectations for this sacred technique, for a simple reason: he had already cultivated eleven sacred techniques, which covered a considerable number of human organs.

Bones, heart, blood vessels, nervous system, lungs, digestive system, kidneys, hearing...

Although it was like a great melting pot, the benefits that these sacred techniques brought him were beyond imagination.

But it lacks one crucial technique for strengthening muscles.

Although his muscle strength is quite considerable due to the subtle influence of other sacred techniques, which has also raised his upper limit.

Even at Luo Yi's level, she still sensed a faint upper limit.

This is not good for his growth, so he needs to raise this limit, but after searching around, he can't find anything suitable.

Luo Yi didn't care about 'taking drugs to build muscle'. Wasn't using those magical potions to train also taking drugs?

He was even more confident in controlling the dosage and the intensity of the training.

Deep Blue is not a fake; the problems that the Slavic royal family has been unable to solve for centuries are not a problem for him.

Luo Yi could even get Deep Blue to make a detailed plan, down to the dosage of the drug for each muscle and the desired training intensity.

Luo Yi believed that with Shen Lan around, he could maximize the effectiveness of this sacred skill.

The problem is that this sacred technique is clearly based on 'power', which doesn't fit Roy's fighting style.

What he wanted was faster speed, stronger muscle contraction, and greater endurance. His overly developed muscle groups actually limited his speed, making his sword strikes slower and slower.

This is not what he wanted!

Luo Yi slowly shook her head, then looked down again, her gaze sweeping across the area before quickly returning to lock onto a sacred technique.

He watched with great interest, his eyes growing brighter and his expression more excited as he watched.

The secret technique, "Muscle Overlord," does not focus on muscle growth, but rather emphasizes control—absolute control over the muscles.

The artifacts produced by this sacred technique are also quite unique, including a section of pink muscle that remains vibrant even after an unknown period of time.

If you touch it with your hand, you can feel its contraction tension.

If you look closely, you can even see individual muscle fibers inside, twisted together like steel wires.

To cultivate this sacred skill, one must soak this wondrous object in a special magical potion until all the fibers dissipate and merge into the potion, and then drink the potion in one gulp.

Then, these strange things will attach themselves to the muscle groups, integrate with and constantly change the original muscle shape, and eventually transform all of their muscles into pink muscles that combine 'endurance' and 'explosiveness'.

However, this sacred technique cannot increase muscle strength; it requires continuous training and enhancement.

But that's exactly what Luo Yi wanted.

Without limits, one can continuously break through and shape oneself according to one's own needs.

Moreover, the most powerful effect of this sacred skill is actually the control over these muscles; the process of cultivation is to continuously enhance this control.

Its ultimate move, "Muscle Overlord - Liberation," involves using that strange object to achieve temporary, absolute control over the muscles.

In this state, he can even freely mobilize the power of all his muscles and concentrate it in one place, such as between his hands, feet, fists, and palms, thereby unleashing terrifying damage.

The name "Muscle Overlord" actually describes this state.

However, as for sacred techniques, the difficulty of cultivating them is beyond doubt.

This sacred skill is not only difficult to learn, but the magical potion that melts the strange substance seems to be extremely harmful to the body. If the practitioner cannot fuse with it within a certain time, they can be poisoned to death.

After overcoming this hurdle, a great many special substances will still be needed, including but not limited to various precious magical herbs, dragon blood, golden rhinoceros stones, and so on...

Leaving aside how to collect these precious materials, even if one had the means, the cost of consuming them year after year would be an extremely extravagant expense.

Moreover, your body needs to have a strong enough digestive capacity, otherwise you might die from overeating.

Luo Yi didn't care about any of these things.

He possesses the deep blue aura, the dimensional pouch, and has more money than he knows what to do with; he also has the flowers to lead this old continent's distribution center for goods...

After staring at it for a while, Luo Yi felt more and more that this sacred skill was tailor-made for him.

Without hesitation, Luo Yi circled the sacred technique, which made her feel much better. She then looked around and selected two more techniques.

Firstly, it is called "Eye of the Azure Sky," and its effect is similar to the dragon's "True Insight." It grants an extremely powerful dynamic vision, capable of capturing the finest dust trails in the air and seeing through illusions.

It is said that when cultivated to the extreme, one can even perceive the movement of elements, the gaps in space, and the rhythm of rules with the naked eye, making one incredibly powerful.

Unfortunately, the reason for adding "it is said" is that no one has ever mastered this sacred skill to its fullest extent.
The highest level is actually a conjecture.

It's worth mentioning that the prerequisite for mastering this sacred skill is the "Eagle Eye Technique," meaning that one's eyes have undergone specific development.

Loy chose it partly because he himself met the requirements.

As for the second skill, Luo Yi chose the sacred technique called [Azure Divine Tree], which is a rare healing skill among sacred techniques.

First, you need to find a precious and long-lived tree. The longer it lives, the better, and the more rings it has accumulated, the better the effect.

Then, he nourished a rare object called the "Azure Divine Seed" with his own blood and battle qi for a full forty-nine days before planting the seed into the tree.

Later, various precious medicinal liquids are applied until the seeds completely occupy the tree and grow stronger, at which point it is considered successful.

Once this sacred technique is mastered, it will grant an incredibly powerful life force; as long as this life force is not depleted, the user will not die.

Even the most severe injuries can be healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

What's most remarkable is that it can also extend the lifespan of cultivators, just like the Azure Divine Wood.

This sacred skill is also very expensive, requiring the preparation of various magical potions to nourish the trees.

It's safe to say that unless you're rich and powerful, you shouldn't even touch it!
Of course, if it stopped there, those imperial emperors would never miss it.

The biggest problem is that this sacred tree is nurtured by a treasure from the tree shepherd that is indispensable.

That's right, it's Isis Wine Spring!

Others may not have it, but Loy does, and he's confident he can get even more from the red dragon Virgil.

Therefore, this sacred skill truly belongs to him alone.

After selecting the sacred skills, Luo Yi tossed aside the thick stack of documents and stretched.

These sacred techniques are only brief introductions. The real wonders and cultivation methods must be obtained by communicating with Grand Duke Carlisle and having them delivered.

Of course, this is not a difficult task. Right now, the most noteworthy place is Verdun.

I wonder which direction the battle will take today?

P.S.: Someone came over this afternoon, so I didn't have any time to write. I started writing as soon as they left, and I'm still writing now.
This chapter has 5600+ words, so it's considered a two-in-one chapter!
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