Chapter 2735: Flesh Strengthening "It is quite big," I said as I appeared beside the luminescent pool Nero had found; he had opened a small tunnel toward the luminescent pool, which is about forty meters deep into the ground. It is deeper than the most luminescent pool I have come across but also bigger. If I were to calculate it based on the data I have got from Rhea, I could tell that it would be enough for seven to nine High-Grandmasters. Buzz! I looked around the pool for a few minutes before removing and taking out the blue pearl which I had created for myself. I activated it as I touched it to my forehead, where it had liquified and began to spread across my body, before covering it whole. As the blue layer covered it, dense runes began to appear on the layer across my body, and in a few seconds, a dense silvery formation appeared on the surface of my body. Dip! I did not waste any time and stepped into the pool, which was deep enough that I got completely submerged as I sat down. A few seconds later, I felt the energies coming inside me; I felt the lacerating luminescent energies coming inside me. They are being filtered by the formation covering me, but despite that, they are extremly painful, that I had to grit my teeth to bear the pain. For a few seconds, my body was able to bear the luminescent energy of the pool, but as time passed, it began to tear apart my skin, seeping into my cells; it was not just skin but also the bones and the soul to some degree. I bore it all with gritted teeth, repeating the mantra of 'no progress without the pain,' which I had read somewhere quite a long ago. It is said that pain is a poor motivator for progress, but I find it great. I even saw the painful methods work better and even made some painless methods painful and tested their effectiveness on my subject and found; that the pain, which is really close to breaking point, really does help a lot. Though the extreme pain could not be used for everyone, those inexperienced and weak-willed are very unsuitable for this method, and it could even be said, it is detrimental to them. The minutes passed, and my body had completely broken down; the luminescent energy had ravaged my body, taking me near death's door; any further, not only the chances of me dying would suddenly increase, but I will also suffer enough damage that it will hurt my foundation. If marina saw it, she would be very angry seeing me taking such a risk, but I wanted to push myself hard, at the edge, to receive the maximum benefits. Buzz! Seeing the damage had reached to precipe, I sealed my body with any luminescent energy and activated the formation inside me and also released my own healing energies, along with the healing rule power and the healing energies from the formation I had just activated in my core. "Ahhhh!" I couldn't help but moan loudly in relief as all the energies mixed and spread over my body; it was like the first rain of the season in the parched desert; everything that came immediately absorbed, but the very next moment, more energies came, more than my body could absorb at any time, and they kept coming. My body is rapidly healing; the formation of healing energy I have created is made specifically dealt with healing the injuries caused by the luminescent energies. The formation is extremly expensive, but seeing how quickly and completely it is aiding in healing the injuries, I know every expensive resource I have used in the formation is worth it. Still, it took six minutes to heal all my injuries, and I have opened the seals again, letting in the luminescent energy into my body. The first cycle is finished, and now it is the second cycle, and looking at the data of the first cycle, I don't think I would have to go through as many cycles as Rhea or Grandmasters, or Masters, have gone through. I did not push them hard or dangerously as I was pushing myself; even with Rhea, who had a powerful defense, I have very carefully. Unlike them, I know my body extremly well and know where my true limit is, and I pushed it myself to that and even slightly above that, which is quite risky, but currently provides me the great benefits. If I did not have these powerful Grimms to kill, I would have pushed myself a little less, but alas, the bastards that have come to these ruins are extremly powerful, and to kill them, I would need to accumulate every bit of the strength I could. Soon, my body had again reached the breaking point, and I again released the healing energy to heal my injuries. The third cycle began, and after a few minutes, it was the fourth and then the fifth and then the sixth and the seventh, which is the last. All the people who have used the luminescent pool till now had to go through more than thirty cycles. Those cycles were small and less painful, mine was longer and more painful, but I have got slightly more benefits, which make all the pain I have suffered worth it. As my injuries healed, I walked out of the pool; the silvery formation disappeared, and the blue layer began to recede back before transforming back into a blue pearl. It is now faded blue from dark blue, but it could be charged, saving me a lot more resources I would need to craft another for a High-Grandmaster using the luminescent pool. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮 The advancement I have made through it is worth the pain; my flesh has gotten much stronger, and now they have a much greater balance with my bones than before. Grimms now should be very cautious of me; they will not have an easy time against me as they used to have a few days ago. I wore back my clothes and sat waiting; there was one more thing I had to do. If I succeeded, then it would save me a lot of trouble. Twenty minutes later, I opened my eyes and in my hand was a clay ball size of my hand with silvery while runes shining all over it. Dup! I threw the ball into the pool, and the next moment, the runes on it lit up, and it began to absorb the water of the luminescent pool rapidly. After I entered this place, I collected the mud and asked my clone to craft a temporary spatial artifact to store the water in a luminescent pool. I don't know whether it will work or not; there is a high chance that the special luminescent energy will disappear as it did when the water is stored in other storage artifacts. To create this temporary storage artifact, I have not only used mud and spatial material, which is quite expensive, but also a lot of rule-bending power. It will be amazing if it works; it will save the trouble of sending a lot of High-Grandmaster to this dangerous area. I could just collect a lot of water from the luminescent pool of all categories with the help of Nero and Ashlyn and use it on the mainland on the subject of the project and other people. It will instantly become a hot commodity that many people would throng to use despite the torturous pain it gives. A few seconds later, the clay ball had absorbed every drop of energy from the pool, and I brough it back to my hand with my strings before putting it back into my core. In an hour, I should be able to know whether it will work or not; I hope it does. With the water from the luminescent pool collected, I walked out of the tunnel; as I did, I removed the small illusionary formation I had placed at the entrance before speeding toward the castle. This trip has given me more than I had thought it would give; I have made huge advancements. Now, I want to reach the castle as soon as possible before the pyramid sends a rescue, before starting the Grimm hunting. I wish the rest of the Grimms of this ruin would give me the satistionary fight than the bastard Fasra.