Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

Chapter 399 Practice

For a Grandmaster-level alchemist, creating elixirs below the Jindan stage is almost effortless. With Liu Xing's skill, he could achieve a near 90% success rate, and operating three or four furnaces simultaneously was no problem. As bottles of finished elixirs were passed into King Kong's hands, the rich aroma of medicinal herbs lingered in his nose, and King Kong felt numb. Liu Xing couldn't be viewed with the same ordinary eye. He had been constantly mentally raising Liu Xing's rank, but the longer he went on, the more he felt Liu Xing's strength was unsurpassable.

These elixirs were primarily used to stop bleeding and heal injuries, but there were also a large number of elixirs for improving cultivation and breaking through bottlenecks. Almost every bottle of elixir was of top-grade quality. With these elixirs, King Kong estimated that he could increase the strength of the Ape Army by at least one-third.

"Marshal, with this batch of pills, we can add at least ten more level five thousand-man captains and one hundred centurions." King Kong said excitedly.

"Well, you apes cultivate through fighting, and usually make breakthroughs in battle. You have a solid foundation and seldom take medicinal pills. So with the stimulation of this batch of pills, the tribesmen who are stuck at the bottleneck should be able to break through soon. You should arrange it as soon as possible. How to distribute the pills is entirely up to you, and there is no need to ask me." Liu Xing pondered for a moment and gave the order.

"On behalf of my people, I would like to thank the Marshal for giving us a new life. My people are willing to serve the Marshal and fight the enemy!" King Kong promised solemnly.

"Go!" Liu Xing waved his hand and didn't care.

King Kong carefully screened the 50,000 ape soldiers, selecting those with exceptional talent but who were stuck in a bottleneck. These were then given elixirs and mentored by several Transformed Masters to help them achieve rapid breakthroughs. As these individuals retreated to overcome their bottlenecks, the remaining members diligently practiced the "Walker Staff Technique." King Kong decreed that anyone who achieved a minor level of success in the technique would receive a precious elixir. Those who achieved mastery would be directly accepted as disciples by several Transformed Masters. With such generous rewards, the ape soldiers were eager to compete and continued their diligent training.

Liu Xing had stored the Nascent Soul stage elixirs in the Chaos Tower, but he hadn't used them yet. He lacked the necessary ingredients, so he couldn't refine them into elixirs. He needed to collect more elixirs to complete the process. Liu Xing wasn't in a hurry, as he had plans to conquer many lands. He didn't have to worry about not having enough elixirs.

"These teak trees that are over a thousand years old are the best material for making warships, and they are rare in other places." Liu Xing couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the more than 100,000 thousand-year-old teak trees in front of him, neatly stacked in piles.

"This time, in order to increase the strength of the ape tribe in a short period of time, the resources of Skull Island have been almost exhausted, and it will take at least a thousand years to recover. But there is no other way. Time is pressing, and we really can't waste time." Liu Xing pondered silently.

He then set to work refining the warship. With his experience studying the blueprints for the Demon Dragon ship and building the Earth Fire ship, he was now much more proficient in refining it. He continued to fuse the Thunder God's body with the Thunder Fire and began processing the mineral materials at a breakneck pace. However, the complexity of building a warship was significantly greater than that of a magical instrument or weapon. Even with the assistance of King Kong, who could only provide assistance, it still took him a considerable amount of time.

After five years, they finally built over a hundred late-stage Jindan warships. Liu Xing named them "Skull Ships," and their defense and attack power were comparable to the Righteous Alliance's Earth Fire Ships. At this point, all the materials had finally been used up.

Looking at the majestic "Skull Ship" before him, which could accommodate nearly a thousand tribesmen, the ape-mastered aquatic Yuan Si hugged King Kong and cried with excitement. With these warships, attacking the surrounding islands would be a breeze.

The ape army has been training on the island for six or seven years. Now they practice stick techniques. Almost all centurions have reached the minor success level, and most of the thousand-man army have reached the major success level. Their combat effectiveness has increased three times compared to before training.

"My king, with these warships, we can start training our navy," Yuan Si suggested.

"Of course you can. Here is a book called 'Naval Secrets'. You can study it first, and then come to me to work out a naval training plan." King Kong had this in mind, and casually took out the secret technique that Liu Xing had given him before.

"Great, there is such a secret technique?" Yuan Si excitedly snatched the secret book and sat aside to study it with great interest.

King Kong looked at Yuan Si with a smile. When he first got this secret book, he was also surprised. The Marshal was omnipotent and was a true god of war.

Crucially, to help him quickly master the art of naval warfare, Liu Xing personally and meticulously explained the key techniques in the manual to King Kong, truly opening his eyes. During these instructions, Liu Xing's imaginary enemies weren't the surrounding monsters with inferior weaponry, but rather foes equipped with warships of the same tier. Through these exercises, King Kong finally developed the ability to contend with foes of equal rank, and even the possibility of defeating them.

King Kong knew that the Marshal's ambitions were to conquer the world, and that his true enemy was humanity, whose weapons were equally advanced. The surrounding monsters were merely minor training exercises.

King Kong employed the same method to teach Ape Four. His previous understanding of naval warfare consisted of simple scenarios like shipboard melee, underwater combat, and landing engagements. However, the "Naval Secret Manual" detailed unprecedented combat techniques and methods, including artillery engagements, submarine warfare, and integrated sea and air warfare. An eighth-level giant demon, capable of cultivating to the point of transformation, possessed intelligence comparable to that of a human. He immediately recognized the value of this manual. It was undoubtedly the most authoritative training method for naval warfare, offering the greatest guidance for future wars.

"Marshal, who wrote this? It's really powerful." Yuan Si couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked the question that King Kong had kept secret all these years.

Whether it was magical instruments, elixirs, warships, or techniques, each one was incredibly impressive, as if a massive team was behind the scenes. They could never have imagined this was the work of a single person. The king's palace was heavily restricted, preventing anyone from peering into its interior. They only knew that the king brought large quantities of raw materials into the palace, and that large quantities of elixirs and magical treasures were brought out for distribution, raising serious suspicions.

"My king, you wouldn't have captured a weapon-refining sect and an alchemy sect, right?" Yuan Si asked tentatively.

"No need to ask too many questions, just do your own thing!" King Kong shouted coldly, as if he was going to hit anyone if they said any more.

"Yes, yes, I won't ask. Why are you angry and mysterious?" Yuan Si was so scared that his neck shrank and he quickly ran away to avoid physical pain.

The Ape Army was moved to the Skeleton Ship and began to conduct naval exercises under the organization of King Kong and Ape Four. They were divided into several teams and practiced attacking each other.