Drog harrumphed. "Of course I took less time than you or anyone else. I am an elite amongst the elite. I am an unparalleled genius. I am Drog," as he finished his words, he sensed that all the Qi that he was yet to refine was suddenly refined, and because of it, he rose to rank 4 martial mortal from a rank 1 martial mortal.
"Congratulations, my disciple. This time you didn't need ten years for a single rank, but a month for three ranks," Liu Ri laughed as she finished her words.
"As I said before, master," Drog said. "Of course, I didn't need that much time." He closed his eyes and focused on the black dragon god's divine body body strengthening technique. Knowledge on how to reach the first level of black dragon god's divine body body strengthening technique filled his head. "Now that I have spawned the darkness element inside my dantian, I have to repeat doing three things until I reach the first level of black dragon god's divine body," he thought. "The first of those three things is that I have to infuse the darkness Qi into each one of my blood cells, bones and muscles which don't have the darkness element, and infuse the darkness element Qi into each millimetre of my skin which also doesn't have the darkness element. The second of those three things is that I have to use my darkness Qi and destroy all blood cells, bones, muscles and millimetres of skin that the darkness element has failed to infuse with. The third and the final of those three things is that I have to use my darkness Qi and recover the destroyed blood cells, bones, muscles and millimetres of skin. Let's begin."
Drog began by attempting to infuse the darkness element Qi into each one of his blood cells. Then, he attempted to infuse the darkness Qi into each one of his bones. Then, the muscles. And finally, the skin. He focused on them and sensed the darkness element Qi within them, but only in some of his blood cells, bones, muscles and millimetres of skin.
"I won't be in much pain when I destroy my blood cells, but when I destroy my bones, muscles and skin, I will be in more pain than I was in my entire life," Drog thought. He slowly breathed in through his nose and slowly breathed out of his mouth as he attempted to prepare himself for what lied ahead. Using his darkness Qi, he started destroying his blood cells one by one. When he finished, he had destroyed 14% of all his blood cells. He only destroyed that much, because if he destroyed more, he would have suffered side effects from losing too much blood. But unlike with his blood cells, he didn't hold anything back with his skin, bones and muscles, and as he thought, when he destroyed his bones, muscles and skin, he was in more pain than he was in his entire life, but he still bore through it.
When he finished, Drog opened his eyes and began to heavily breathe. He was currently lying on his back with his limbs in positions that were impossible for someone with bones and muscles that were not broken. But that was not all, blood flowed out from almost every part of his body, starting from his toes and ending with his head as almost every part of his body had nothing to stop the blood from flowing out. They didn't have skin, nor did the parts where blood didn't flow out from. What those parts had instead – was scales, and they were black as the void itself.
"I am losing blood fast!" Drog thought. "I can't afford to wait around." He closed his eyes and focused his darkness Qi. He began by recovering his skin. When it recovered, it covered every part of his body, including the scales that were black as the void itself. "Now for the blood, muscles and bones," he thought and followed up by simultaneously recovering his blood, muscles and bones. As he did that, his limbs returned to their normal position.
Drog opened his eyes and sat up on the ground cross-legged. He opened his palms and looked down at them. "I think that I am slightly stronger than I was before," he thought and widely smiled. He closed his eyes and attempted to infuse the darkness element Qi into each one of his blood cells. Then, he attempted to infuse the darkness element Qi into each one of his bones. Then, the muscles. And finally, the skin. He focused on them and sensed that there were more of the darkness element within them than before.
"Time to do this again and hopefully this time around, it won't hurt as much." Drog thought. He slowly breathed in through his nose and slowly breathed out of his mouth as he once again attempted to prepare himself for what lied ahead. Using his darkness Qi, he started destroying his blood cells one by one. When he finished, he had destroyed 14% of all his blood cells. Like before, he didn't hold anything back with his skin, bones and muscles, and unlike what he thought, he was in the same amount of pain as before, but he still bore through it.
When he finished, Drog immediately focused his darkness Qi and started by recovering his skin. He followed up by simultaneously recovering his blood, muscles and bones.
Drog opened his eyes and sat up on the ground cross-legged. "I am once again stronger than I was before," he thought, closed his eyes and repeated the process over and over again until he sensed that his every blood cell, bone, muscle and millimetre of skin had darkness element infused within them. He opened his eyes and burst into deafening laughter.