Chapter 316: The Third Physique Transformation, Wind, Thunder, Earth, Fire, Wisdom King of Hell (I)

As soon as the final platinum-colored dragon horn, two meters long and as thick as a thigh at its widest, barely made it through, Chen Chu swiftly closed the spatial passage.

Huff! Huff!

Chen Chu breathed heavily, feeling the immense depletion of more than half of his true dragon power in less than a minute. A wry smile appeared on his face.

Opening a spatial passage consumed an enormous amount of energy, and this was with the Thunder Fiery Emperor Beast bearing most of the pressure. This situation would only improve once he broke through to the Seventh Heavenly Realm, or when the Thunder Beast grew to level 9.

After resting for a moment, Chen Chu glanced at the four damp purple energy crystals on the floor and the two droplets of golden blood floating in the air, emanating a ferocious aura.

After a brief contemplation, Chen Chu retrieved a black bottle from his storage space, the same bottle he had used to store the essence of the Gold-Winged Dragon, followed by the Demon Crystal Engraving Powder and True Illusion Essence.

Chen Chu first sealed a portion of the Thunder Beast's essence into the bottle, then carefully added the colorful liquid of the True Illusion Essence.

Gurgle! Gurgle!

The moment the two essences came into contact with each other, the pure golden blood began to churn, and the aura of a level 8 colossal beast spread out.

Chen Chu then poured the black Demon Crystal Engraving Powder into the mixture, causing the essence to boil and bubble continuously.

As the life essence of a colossal beast, it couldn’t be directly used as runic ink without special neutralization and adjustment. With the integration of the two special materials, the essence slowly calmed down, turning into a transparent golden-black state.

Seeing this, Chen Chu set the blood-ink aside.

Next, he took out the Flame Crystal battle armor, ten Wish Crystals, and four pieces of silver Abyssal Tree Bark, each containing spatial properties, and placed them together with the two tempered dragon horns.

Chen Chu planned to use these level 8 dragon horns as transcendent materials to enhance the battle armor’s external support and defense.

Placing his hand on the armor, Chen Chu's mental command echoed in his mind.

Consume 200 attribute points to enhance the battle armor.

Hum!

Dense white energy spread from Chen Chu's palm, enveloping the armor, dragon horns, Wish Crystals, and Abyssal Tree Bark, and dissolving them into a liquid substance.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Amid the blazing white flames, the armor floated, merging with the various transcendent materials.

Chen Chu reached out and picked up the black bottle, pouring out the black-gold liquid inside.

Using his spiritual will as a pen, he enveloped the blood-ink and began inscribing it onto the armor while it was still in the process of enhancement. Gradually, a strange pattern emerged on the armor's surface.

Fully focused on engraving the runes, Chen Chu didn't notice the changes occurring in the armor's form as the basic runes became complete. About half an hour later, Chen Chu exhaled deeply, withdrawing his spiritual will, and then his gaze froze.

A heavy gold-red battle armor floated in the air, looking more majestic and imposing than before, with eerie black-gold patterns covering its surface.

The runes, infused with the Thunder Beast’s essence, resembled writhing serpents, exuding a menacing and fierce aura that could captivate anyone.

What was most striking, however, were the four slowly rotating gears that hovered behind the armor's head. The outermost gear had a diameter of eighty centimeters, while the innermost was about thirty centimeters. They were platinum-colored, inscribed with basic spatial runes in black-gold.

This external construct had been made by fusing the Abyssal Tree Bark with part of the dragon horns. Chen Chu had originally envisioned it forming a banner, but it unexpectedly turned into gears.

Could it be that circular shapes are more stable and align better with the concept of a complete world?

Chen Chu pondered deeply as he gazed at the gears and the spacial fluctuations they were emitting.

Hmm?

At that moment, Chen Chu noticed a conflict between the basic inscriptions of the Thunderbolt, Golden Flames, Regeneration, and Toxin abilities on the gears.

The force fields were incompatible. Under the power and auras of the Thunderbolt and Golden Flames runes, the basic runes for Toxin and Regeneration on the fourth and second gears were fading. Soon, they disappeared entirely.

This result made Chen Chu frown. "Those runes actually conflict with the Beast's external spatial construct?"

The reason likely laid in the fact that these two abilities weren't natural elements, but derived from the physical evolution of flesh and blood.

Chen Chu had long known about the issue of power repulsion, but he had originally believed that since these abilities also came from the Thunder Beast, the conflict wouldn't be significant. During previous simulations in the secret scripture space, there had been no issues.

However, when attempting to truly integrate the four abilities to construct four external "world constructs,” this strong repulsion emerged. Either he would have to abandon two of the constructs, or find new powers whose attributes were compatible with Thunderbolt and Golden Flames to replace them.

"Natural forces similar to lightning and fire: light, wind, earth, water... water won't work, water and fire conflict. In that case, earth and wind are more suitable. Earth for support, wind to fan the flames—wind, thunder, earth, fire."

Chen Chu smiled wryly as he looked at the slowly rotating gears. "It seems my Battle Body needs another adjustment. Never mind, I'll deal with this later. As long as the basic principles remain unchanged, it's fine. Now, it's time to handle the main task."

As he spoke, Chen Chu willed the battle armor in mid-air to split apart.

Crack! Crack!

In the blink of an eye, a figure clad in luxurious gold-red armor appeared, with four gears rotating behind his head. Accentuated by the fierce black-gold runes on his body, Chen Chu now gave off an aura of majesty and sanctity, resembling the Wisdom King of Hell.

Feeling the solid and heavy sensation transmitted by the battle armor, Chen Chu reached out and grasped another portion of golden essence, swallowing it directly. In an instant, an explosion occurred within his body.

Boom!

Compared to the Gold-Winged Dragon essence he had previously absorbed, the Thunder Beast’s essence was even more potent. As soon as it entered Chen Chu's body, it exploded like an atomic bomb, as an endless stream of scorching energy burned throughout his body like invisible flames.

However, due to long-term strengthening from the evolutionary energy of the same origin, Chen Chu's body had a strong affinity with the Thunder Beast’s flesh and blood, so the essence didn't have a significant impact on his body.

Suddenly, Chen Chu willed the true dragon power within him to circulate in a peculiar manner. This was a secret technique from the Eight-Armed Divine Ape's scripture, used to absorb the essence of colossal beasts and fundamentally alter one's genetic form to gain some of the beasts' traits.

Roar! Roar!

Within Chen Chu's dantian, the Divine Might Dragon Elephant rune suddenly emitted the roars of dragons and elephants, and a huge Dragon Elephant Phantom emerged.

Roar!

Another earth-shattering roar sounded, and a more ferocious beast phantom appeared in his dantian, the two colliding with a tremendous boom.

Instantly, Chen Chu's dantian was thrown into chaos; his true power was shaken, and the battle between the wills carried by the essences of the two beasts turned his dantian upside down.

Soon, as the Thunder Fiery Emperor Beast Phantom roared and completely shattered the Dragon Elephant, the originally stable and complete Divine Might Dragon Elephant rune showed signs of collapse.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

The Thunder Beast Phantom let out a proud roar and charged into the rune with a bang. There was no need for Chen Chu to simulate or use attribute points to enhance it. Gradually, a more complete, complex, and profound rune appeared in his dantian.

This was the innate evolution mentioned in the genetic martial arts. All innate abilities were inherited from birth and would evolve into the most suitable form for the cultivator, while true martial cultivation was a different kind of evolution—an evolution of power.

As the Divine Might Dragon Elephant rune transformed, its influence extended to the Divine Might Dragon Elephant Phantom in Chen Chu's sea of consciousness, causing it to continuously tremble.

Black-red scales began to grow on the phantom his will had previously formed. Spikes emerged on its back, its dragon tail became more slender and sharp, and its four claws grew sharper.

Not only were the runes and phantom changing, but Chen Chu's physical body was also undergoing a transformation. His muscles and blood shimmered with a golden glow, becoming more resilient and powerful.

All of his bones turned dark gold, exuding an immense sense of solidity, and dark gold dragon scales appeared on their surfaces, resembling a dragon's skeleton.

Under the reconstruction and enhancement of the same-origin beast essence, Chen Chu became increasingly inhuman, experiencing a qualitative change in his physique similar to when he had condensed the Divine Might Tyrant Body.

Simultaneously, the battle armor on Chen Chu's body emitted a black-red glow as it was stimulated by the same essence’s power.

Entangled in the same-origin aura of power, a vague phantom formed behind Chen Chu, its head touching the ceiling, with three faces, six arms, and four halos slowly rotating behind its head. However, this phantom vanished as quickly as it had appeared.

When his vitality calmed down, Chen Chu slowly opened his eyes. Around the edges of his originally dark eyes, a golden ring appeared, cold and fierce, exuding a terrifying pressure.

𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Feeling the more domineering and fierce power within him, Chen Chu used his thoughts to summon the attribute page.

Realm: Sixth Heavenly Realm [middle stage]

Physique: 1820 → 2232

Strength: 2065 → 2575

Agility: 1495 → 1738

Spirit: 1621 → 1650

Abilities: Soul Splitting + [top-level], Double Pupil of the Void + [high-level]

Arts: Divine Might Dragon Emperor Tyrant Body [max], Eight Desolations Purgatory Halberd [max]

Runes: Blood Sea Purgatory [complete], Blade of Void [incomplete], Hidden Divinity [complete], Divine Might Dragon Emperor [complete: when burning vitality, enter Tyrant Elephant state, strength increases twelvefold.

When burning true dragon power to enter the Dragon Emperor state, strength and defense increase eightfold, agility increases threefold.

Note: Burning both vitality and dragon power simultaneously to enter the Divine Might Dragon Emperor state increases strength and defense twentyfold, granting both Divine Might and the power of the Dragon Emperor.

Warning! The Divine Might Dragon Emperor state heavily consumes willpower, use cautiously.]

Will: Hellblood Battle Will [approaching intermediate level, a special battle willpower that creates a bloodbath and reflects hell]

Attribute Points: 123

Equipment: Dragon Blood Battle Armor [a top-level transcendent armor with four passive functions, doubling the strength of the protective true power, and adding draconic pressure.

Active functions: Mimetic Light Wings

Active functions: Blazing Ring

Active functions: Transcendent Battle Gear. When merged with the True Martial Phantom constructed from the same-origin basic runes, it can transform into a giant armor to contain the power of heaven and earth.

External Construct: Wheels of Worlds 2/4 [incomplete spatial component]

Absorbing the essence of the Thunder Beast had increased his four main attributes significantly. His Strength had increased by over 500 points, bringing his base strength to a level exceeding a hundred tons.

His Strength, Physique, and Agility had each increased by over 200 points from this qualitative transformation, while his Spirit attribute had only grown by a few dozen points.

Aside from the physical enhancement, the greatest change was in his arts, with the Dragon Elephant Tyrant Body evolving into the Divine Might Dragon Emperor Tyrant Body, granting even more domineering power.

With the evolution of his arts, the runes also underwent significant changes, becoming the "Divine Might Dragon Emperor," with the power amplifications from the three transformation stages greatly increased.

Chen Chu clenched his fist. "It's a pity that this transformation was only halfway completed."

Due to only referencing part of the transformation secret art and not actually following the gene martial art path, Chen Chu's physical transformation was only half complete this time.

Even so, after absorbing the Thunder Beast’s essence to reconstruct his body and gaining stronger true dragon attributes, his strength had significantly increased.

Now, under the Divine Might Dragon Emperor Tyrant Body, Chen Chu estimated that his normal combat power was roughly between the middle and late stage of the Seventh Heavenly Realm.

If he entered the Tyrant Elephant or Dragon Emperor state, he could suppress ordinary late-stage Seventh Heavenly Realm experts, to say nothing of the most powerful Divine Might Dragon Emperor state.

With twenty times the strength and defense, along with the power of both Divine Might and the Dragon Emperor, his combat power could reach the peak of the Seventh Heavenly Realm.

Being at the middle stage of the Sixth Realm and being able to contend with the peak of the Seventh, coupled with the fact that he had only been cultivating for just over six months, would be enough to shock the global cultivation world if this news got out.

"

Phew!

This is just the beginning." Chen Chu exhaled. He hadn’t yet reached the peak of the Sixth Heavenly Realm and still had plenty of room for improvement, not to mention the enhancements that would come after breaking through to the Seventh Realm.

After enhancing his external construct and absorbing the essence, Chen Chu took a purple energy crystal and wiped it.

Crunch, crunch.

After tossing it into his mouth, he chewed the hard crystal as if it was a bean.

Whoosh!

Pure purple energy substances dissolved in Chen Chu's body, and a vast amount of energy surged out. His true power circulated wildly, growing stronger with each rotation.

After consuming all four purple energy crystals, his middle-stage Sixth Heavenly Realm true power had doubled, reaching halfway to the late stage of the Sixth Realm.

"Almost there. Without needing resources, I can break through to the late stage within a month. If I get some resources, it will be even faster."

He wasn’t worried about the contribution points he owed; the Thunder Beast could simply kill two more level 7 colossal beasts to gather materials. Then, after a simple tempering process, he could claim they were spoils from his encounter with Maximus.

After all, only he knew what he had truly gained from that event. Given his current cultivation level and status, no one would bother with investigating such trivial matters.