In the next three days, Xu Nian followed Emperor Ye Tian's instructions and did nothing else but practice wielding the hammer.
Initially, he could barely lift the hammer by harnessing both Gang Qi and Dragon Energy, but as he continued to practice, he was able to lift the hammer just with the circulation of Gang Qi, although with great difficulty, and barely swing it.
"Hah!"
Xu Nian's arms bulged with veins, muscles coiling like serpentine dragons, as he swung the hammer in his hands towards a copper tripod not far in front of him.
"Clang!"
A bell-like booming sound shook the heavens as the massive three-thousand-pound copper tripod was displaced by five meters, slamming into the wall beside it, making the wall tremble with cracks spreading all over it.
Xu Nian, leaning on the hammer, gasped for breath, but his face was filled with joy.
The three days of cultivation had not been in vain; Xu Nian's control over his physical body had reached an even deeper level.