Catherine gracefully stood up, being a beauty as tall as two meters, Baiyu felt enormous pressure beside her.
And this was just her avatar.
If it were her true giant form, who knows how large she would be; Baiyu would certainly appear as a small ant in front of her.
"What brings you here to see me?"
Catherine looked at him, as if trying to read Baiyu's inner thoughts.
Baiyu stretched his muscles, pretending to be casual, "Can't I come over just because there's nothing? I thought of you being alone in the Giant King's Court, can't I come and chat with you?"
Catherine shook her head, "I've stayed here for countless ages, no need to hurry. You wouldn't come to me if there's truly nothing."
Seeing his intentions being revealed.
Baiyu wasn't coy, "I do have a matter to discuss with you, I want to continue refining Blood Qi and Extraordinary Power.
My realm is advancing too slowly.
I want to find some unconventional methods to break through my own shackles."
Catherine stared at him, pondering for a long time, then said, "You are a human Tier Five Martial Artist; I remember this tiering was only proposed in recent centuries. Previously, humans only had three levels for cultivating Blood Qi.
It's indeed somewhat challenging for Mortal Bones to absorb Spiritual Qi, refine themselves, and transcend beyond.
Unlike some inherently advantaged races.
They are born with bodies capable of freely absorbing Spiritual Qi, continuously growing strong, achieving strength in adulthood that your humans struggle to reach in a lifetime."
Baiyu said, "That's why I came to find you, do you have any methods for enhancement? Just think, if my strength can improve quickly, I can sooner help revive the Giant King's Court, help you reshape a physical human body.
My strength increases, there's significant benefit for you too."
Catherine considered seriously for a while, then said, "Although what you say makes sense, my methods originally were used by giants for cultivation, you are still a Mortal Bone and might find it difficult to withstand, plus it may not be effective."
Baiyu had prepared before coming.
Seeing that Catherine had a method, he naturally wouldn't give up.
"Let's try it first, if it doesn't work, we'll say. After all, I'm a Spirit Body, even if I die in the Giant King's Court, it doesn't matter."
"Alright then, but the giants' training methods are hard for humans to bear, you better brace yourself mentally first."
Catherine advised.
...
After they agreed, the female giant began striding, heading towards the depths of the Giant King's Court.
Passing through the hall.
Baiyu also saw the Legendary Sword he used to kill the offspring of the Reversal Egg back then, which belonged to the former Giant King.
This sword was stuck on the throne, motionless.
No trace of the momentum Baiyu had when he pulled it out before.
This was precisely because of this sword that Catherine treated him with great courtesy, almost unconditionally aiding him.
Naturally.
This also helped herself.
Around the hall, Baiyu followed Catherine's steps and arrived at another enormous palace behind the Giant King's Court main hall.
This palace differed from the previous dazzling decoration; its architectural style was more dark and somber.
The two giant doors were a hundred meters high, made of two complete black giant stones, engraved with images of giants hunting various monsters, clearly celebrating the glorious achievements of the Giant King.
Creaaaaak.
Catherine pushed open the door.
What came into view was a pool, extremely vast, with four giant statues around the pool, each as tall as the doors just now.
A stream of fresh red liquid flowed from the mouths of the giant statues, feeding into the pool.
The entire pool was bright red.
Although this liquid resembled blood, Baiyu didn't smell a bloody scent, it was more like red ink.
"This is the Blood Pool of the Giant King's Court. Every giant comes here to receive the Blood Pool bath upon nearing adulthood; only those who pass can become adult giants."
Catherine said as she walked, "Back when the Giant King's Court was at its peak, the pool contained the blood of tens of thousands of extraordinary creatures, refined with special herbs using master-level alchemy techniques, making it the best place to refine the body.
However, it has fallen quite a lot now.
The pool now contains blood from likely over a hundred types, and the effect is not as good as before, but with your human body, you might not be able to withstand too strong medicinal power. Perhaps it's just right."
Catherine explained.
Baiyu nodded, followed her instruction, took off his upper clothing, and jumped into the pool.
Just when entering the water, he remembered a problem.
His actions in the Dream Realm were all using his Spirit Body, gathered through the Dream Battlefield, which was not the real body.
But this Blood Pool was supposed to refine the body.
Isn't this nonsense?
Baiyu just felt something's off, wanted to tell Catherine, but Catherine seemed to have guessed his thoughts, immediately said, "Rest assured, the Blood Pool's effect isn't only that. Although it's usually to refine the physical body, if you jump in as a Spirit Body, it can also refine your spirit and help forge Spiritual Power.
Of course.
This process may be a bit more painful than entering with the physical body, but I believe in your willpower.
Just keep going.
Each refinement lasts a thirty-day cycle, I will quickly adjust the time flow here not to consume your real-world time.
See you in thirty days then."
After saying this.
Catherine snapped her fingers, and the doors closed with a bang.
The entire space turned pitch black.
Baiyu gradually felt a sense of unease, then a wave of pain instantly attacked his whole body.
This wave of pain.
Didn't come from any one place.
But from everywhere in the body; as long as it was soaked in the pool, the pain was endless.
Damn.
Was this the "a bit painful" that Catherine mentioned, almost made Baiyu lose consciousness.
And living like this continued for thirty days.
...
Giant King's Court.
Thirty days later, the Blood Pool palace door opened, Catherine entered, looking at the empty pool, frowning.
"Baiyu?"
"Baiyu?"
She called out twice, but there was no response.
Her frown deepened, a sudden concern; could there really be an issue?
It shouldn't be.
With Baiyu's spiritual resilience, it wouldn't collapse under this level of training. Although the Blood Pool is indeed hard to bear for ordinary people, but he is someone bonded with the Legendary Sword.
Whoosh!
While she was puzzled.
A burst of water suddenly exploded from the pool; Baiyu dragged his exhausted body out from within, landing upon the shore.
At this moment, Baiyu was completely different from before.
Apart from being covered in crimson blood, his spirituality gave off an overwhelming, aggressive aura.
He stood at the pool side, breathing heavily.
Spiritual Strength.
Had increased by more than three times compared to when entering the Giant King's Court previously.
