The Almighty Dragon General

The Light of Acme shone on his body, causing cracks to materialize across his body. Then, the cracks tore apart incessantly,
resulting in flesh and blood splattering all over.
His expression was twisted by the pain, as the Light of Acme continuously destroyed James’ physical body.
Very quickly, his physical body was annihilated by the Light of Acme. What remained of him were some bones. The bones were
not even complete, for some of them were shattered, while others had already turned into powder.
If James could not hold up any longer and allowed the Light of Acme to continue its process of destruction, then it would really
mean the end of him. His soul had merged with his physical body a long while ago. If all of the bones were destroyed, that would
mean total death.
He avoided the last strike in time by reappearing somewhere far away. He started summoning the body refinement technique to
recover his physical body. To this date, he has learned many secret Supernatural arts, many of them being body refinement
techniques.
He recovered very soon, but his physical body’s strength made no gains.
“It doesn’t work,” James looked at the little bird who was deep in thought and said, “This is futile. My physical body is harmed,
but no new potential has been unlocked.”
The bird said, “Maybe you should try more than once?”
“More than once?” James’s eyebrows frowned once again. He thought that what the bird proposed was reasonable. The second
time’s the charm, they say.
So he did it. James headed to the area covered by the Light of Acme. He did not use any strength to fight back and only allowed
the Light of Acme to destroy his body.
In a very short time, blood was dripping from every inch of his flesh, followed by the destruction of his physical body, and the
breaking and disintegration of his bones.
He held on regardless until he could no longer do so. Then, he would heal his body. After it recovered, he would once again use
the Light of Acme to train his body.
Once, twice, ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times...

In the beginning, the living beings within the space would still pay attention to James. But at the very end, even they no longer
looked at James and chose instead to play their game of chess. They knew that James would not die anyways, he was only
embarrassing himself.
One year, ten years, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand years... Time passed without a sound.
James used the Light of Acme to destroy his physical body for a million years, yet his physical body’s power and inner potential
had not increased.
”James, just give up. It’s useless,” the bird advised. Even the bird had lost hope, as it felt that the Light of Acme could never
activate one’s own potential.
But James did not want to give up. If he gave up just like that, he would never be able to leave this place and will be locked here
forever.
He lay on the floor. His blood formed a puddle, with bones floating upon it. The Light of Acme shone from the sky. The colorful
beams of light fell on the bones, causing them to shatter. At this moment, a mystical energy materialized from one of these
bones. This energy enveloped his entire body, invigorating him.