Once Davis entered the room in the hall's right, he made sure that everything was alright before he set up a defensive formation that would withstand his overflowing energy and undulations. Of course, the wooden house can withstand since it was made with High-Level King Grade wood material, but it didn't cost him much to prepare for unforeseen circumstances.

After all, the Peak-Level King Grade formation could help him against suddenly being interrupted, especially by forceful ones such as receiving an attack while concentrating. Even if it was an attack that wouldn't harm him, it would still disrupt his energy flow, perhaps causing it to turn chaotic.

Davis sat on the bed in the lotus position and took out a water canteen. He was about to drink it to increase his Body Tempering Cultivation, but his brows turned into a frown.

He suddenly became hesitant to use this nectar.

On the other side of the room, there was Sophie Alstreim, and in the hall, there was Nadia.

'This wouldn't make me horny, would it...?' Davis stared at the water canteen as he asked himself.

He knew the nectar itself didn't have a side-effect that would make him horny from his previous experience. He understood it was when the Earth Dragon Immortal's Blood Essences within him starts to assimilate to the next level would it act as an aphrodisiac as it increased his yang and vitality to an overflowing level, making him want to vent it out on any women nearby.

The previous incident was still fresh within his mind where he didn't hold himself back using his will and roughly handled Evelynn, hurting her in the process as a result. It was the first time he abused her, but even then, she didn't dislike him like a goddess who would forgive anything.

He didn't want something like that to happen again.

Nadia was as alluring as ever, and Sophie Alstreim was defenseless. He was aware that he perceived both of them to be women. If the two Earth Dragon Immortal's Blood Essences assimilated within him after he broke through, it was unknown if he could maintain his rationality.

He knew what it was like to be filled with an overwhelming sense of desire for women in that disturbed state.

His will might be essentially crippled, and his lower body would take the place of his will, controlling his body as it pleased. Such ambiguity was what he experienced at that time, so he was not sure if he could hold himself back.

'But, the Earth Dragon Immortal's Blood Essences had just assimilated within me when I entered the Martial Master Stage, so it shouldn't assimilate again this soon, right?' Davis pondered in doubt.

He considered for a few seconds before he felt that it should be safe.

Comparatively, he felt that the next time he experiences a breakthrough, entering the Peak-Level Martial Master Stage or the Martial Sage Stage would the two blood essences completely assimilate within him, imbuing him with the side-effect of uncontrollable horniness.

Davis took a deep breath before he raised his hand towards his mouth and gulped the nectar after he brought the water canteen to his mouth in one fell swoop! A hundred milliliters entered through his throat before turning into a mass of mystical energy that swooped into his abdomen via meridian pathways!

Davis then guided it to his entire body as it abruptly radiated immense energy that served to temper his meridians, veins, bones, and organs. It was part soothing and part painful, better than usual methods to temper the body.

Soon, Davis found his body cracking all over the place. His golden-colored martial energy became more astounding while its intensity increased further, causing his body to emit undulations that struck the defensive formation but served to cause nothing.

With a muffled sound echoing, Davis knew that he had successfully entered Mid-Level Martial Master Stage!

'Success!'

He screamed in his mind, but his excitement lay in the fact that the two blood essences within him didn't assimilate.

Thankfully, he didn't become horny, which made him think if he should continue to break through to the next level in Body Tempering Cultivation. His foundation remained stable, so he felt that it should be relatively safe.

He had spent the same hundred milliliters he used to enter Low-Level Martial Master Stage to enter Mid-Level Martial Master Stage. He knew why, and it was because he had stabilized in the Low-Level Martial Master Stage for a long while, and that effectively allowed him to save a bit of nectar while also making him retain his foundation.

It was similar to Nadia's case.

However, Davis mused that his foundation was now at the Flawless state. Isabella's Body Tempering Cultivation was at Unblemished state, so his foundation was one level lower. It allowed him to fight opponents one level higher apart from his battle prowess, so his overall prowess appeared to be two to almost three levels higher at this moment, effectively making him invisible against the average Seventh Stage Cultivators.

As for the Eighth Stage, he mused that he could somewhat defend himself against the average Low-Level Eighth Stage cultivators, although he also felt that it was unlikely he could struggle against them due to the stage gap.

That's why he felt that it would be better if he entered the High-Level Martial Master Stage so that he could struggle or even battle against Low-Level Eighth Stage Experts!

Davis returned his gaze to the nectar canteen he held. He had drunk 100 milliliters from it, but it still had 1.9 liters of nectar in it.

Initially, he had fifty liters of nectar. ...

At first, Nadia consumed 1.9 liters, and he consumed 100 milliliters. Natalya consumed half a milliliter, and Evelynn consumed 20 milliliters. Ten milliliters had been given to Tanya Frostblight from the Falling Snow Sect, and 100 milliliters had been given to both his father and mother for their Body Tempering Cultivation. Moreover, he had given twenty milliliters to Alexi Ethren and his mother.

Furthermore, he had given Princess Isabella 2 liters of nectar for her breakthrough to the Martial Sage Stage. Additionally, he had given her hundred milliliters to use as she pleased, of which 50 milliliters had returned to him before he had given it to Grand Elder Elise Alstreim to fulfill his promise given to Nora Alstreim. Tanya Frostblight's was also from her holdings, so with the remaining forty milliliters of nectar, she used it to improve that Tyrannical Blue Ape's constitution.

Besides, he had given ten milliliters of nectar to Sophie Alstreim for her hard work regarding the Grieving Emerald Scythe.

Lastly, he had tasked Princess Isabella to give five liters of nectar to his beloved sister, Clara. However, he didn't let her go empty-handed. He handed her three liters of nectar because she requested that she needed it for her little Earth Dragon, Mira.

Of course, she didn't force him at all but pleaded with him, and Davis didn't refuse since an Earth Dragon was a massive magical beast that could help them, especially protect Isabella while he wasn't with her. Although he knew anything wouldn't happen to her, he didn't know where this varied sense of danger is coming from, so he had given it to her without hesitation.

After all, the best usage of this nectar was to break bloodline shackles! Since Nadia had her bloodline shackles broke, allowing her to mutate to Sky Rank Species a single time along with making her a King-Tier Magical Beast, he felt that similar things could happen to Mira since she was just a youngling although the effects might differ.

He could only wait and see the results.

In any case, deducting the amount of total nectar used, he still possessed 37.65 liters of Million Emerald Vines Calamity's Nectar! He still had much more to spare!

Hoping that those two blood essences within him would not assimilate upon breakthrough, he drank from the canteen again!

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Eyelids fluttered, lips trembled. A person suddenly sat up and took a deep breath while having their eyes wide.

"Where am I!?" A weak female voice sounded with alarm.

She had just moved her small frame before a wave of weakness washed over her body, causing her to feel vertigo. Her head swayed before she shook her head, a splitting headache making her brows twitch intensely.

This woman was none other than Sophie Alstreim!

"Why am I here...?" She couldn't help but utter before her memories slowly came flooding back to her.

Sophie Alstreim had left solo a few hours before Davis on a flying boat that held the Burning Sea Brigade's emblem. Looking at the infamous emblem, none of the magical sea-beasts disturbed her or tried to eat her up, enabling her to arrive at the south of Alstreim Thunder Island safely.

After returning to her mansion, she had instantly left as she had resolved herself to become strong so that she would no longer stay weak. Spurred on by Davis's words, she had come to the Hundred Devil Thunder Archipelago to temper herself, laying her life and death on the line, and here, she could obtain many materials that remained useful for blacksmithing.

The Amberal-Armored Armadillos were also one of her targets, so she had taken them on but, she didn't expect to be surrounded by a horde of Amberal-Armored Armadillos. However, she didn't become incredibly nervous, knowing that she would not die but still, there was that slight chance of the unexpected, so she used all her power to get out of their entrapment.

Nevertheless, she ended up failing as she was attacked by three sudden Seventh Stage Amberal-Armored Armadillos!

Then, was she being treated well by those Amberal-Armored Armadillos in this wooden house?

Sophie Alstreim couldn't help but feel another wave of splitting headache. She then noticed that her clothes were slightly wet, and she was still alone in this wooden room with no one coming to see her.

Her expression turned into one of anger, "You bunch of armadillos, despite knowing about the not-to-kill list, how dare you entrap me and take me someplace else instead of leaving me at the south port!?"

She took a step out of bed and pushed the door open with force. The next moment, a man appeared in front of her, seemingly possessing to have a daring look at her body as he scanned.

"You rotten armadillo! How dare you trap-" Sophie Alstreim's words trailed off before she noticed that the man in front of her did not seem to be a transformed magical beast but an extremely familiar man.

The man she dreamt of just a while ago...

"Davis!!!" A scream escaped from her rosy lips before she lost her footing and fell back. Her head became dizzy, and she was unable to keep balance.

Just before she could fall, an arm slipped past her waist like a snake and held her from falling.

Sophie Alstreim regained her vision and balance. However, her expression froze while her body went stiff like a statue!