Published: February 19, 2025
CHAPTER 2: Can Only Help This Much
After the clone entered the river, Chen Chu also turned to go back. However, due to being distracted while controlling the heavy armored beast, he appeared somewhat absent-minded along the way.
This was also the case during dinner that evening.
Seeing Chen Chu pause while eating, Zhang Xiaolan, sitting across from him, asked with concern, "A Chu, are you okay?"
"Ah, I'm fine," Chen Chu replied, snapping back to attention.
Just now, the heavy armored beast encountered a big blue fish measuring one meter long at the bottom of the river. Without a second thought, Chen Chu pounced on it, directly flipping over the larger blue fish.
Although there was a significant size difference, the heavy armored beast simply pressed its paw against the blue fish's back, and its immense strength rendered the fish unable to move at the riverbed.
After this evolution, the clone's talent for hundredfold volume strength was completely unleashed. At that moment, the force under its single paw exceeded one thousand kilograms—a terrifying sight.
This was still due to the beast's juvenile form, which measured only seventy centimeters.
Once the heavy armored beast grew to three meters long and weighed several hundred to a thousand kilograms, its strength at the same volume would reach an astonishing level.
After dinner, Chen Chu excused himself to go upstairs to practice, continuing to control the heavy armored beast's movements with a divided mind.
After swimming for another hour or so, they finally arrived at the river estuary, dozens of miles away.
The rushing river water surged, and a menacing black head broke the surface among the overgrown grassy riverbank.
Under Chen Chu's control, the heavy armored beast looked around. There were no buildings nearby, and behind them, the riverbank had a road along the river with sparse streetlights indicating a lack of people.
In this area, the yellow earth riverbank was several meters high above the water, suitable for digging and creating a burrow.
The hexagonal salamander was amphibious and could stay in water for extended periods, but Chen Chu still felt it was safer to make a nest on the shore.
Under his command, the heavy armored beast’s claws landed on the muddy shore, and it began to dig, creating an underwater entrance. It continuously expanded the hole, burrowing upwards.
Soon, a dark entrance was formed, several meters deep, twisting and curling upwards, with the deepest part occupying an area of two square meters.
Next, Chen Chu dug a small air inlet above the entrance.
Huff!
Inside the room, Chen Chu exhaled deeply and slowly opened his eyes.
The wilderness was different from indoors. After sending out the clone, Chen Chu needed to remain constantly vigilant, avoiding any accidents that might cause the heavy armored beast to meet an untimely end.
Even though it might not affect his main body much, the loss would still be substantial.
After all, as long as the heavy armored beast continued to evolve, it would not only become a powerful force but also significantly enhance his main body’s strength with every evolution.
Therefore, it wasn't until the burrow was completed that Chen Chu retracted most of his attention, getting ready to start his training for the night.
However, as soon as Chen Chu began his training, he felt something different.
A thick surge of vital energy circulated within him, attracting the surrounding extraordinary energy, which was then guided into his body for refinement by his mental strength.
Both the speed of his vital energy circulation and the amount of extraordinary energy absorbed were doubled compared to before, leading to an overall improvement in training speed by twofold.
He felt that the breakthrough he initially expected to take four months for the first layer of dragon elephant skill could now be achieved in just over a month of training.
This change surprised Chen Chu, prompting him to train even harder.
As his vital energy continuously circulated and refined the ambient energy, every muscle and sinew in his body was being strengthened, becoming more resilient with each cycle.