Chapter 23 - Body Forging

Chapter 23 Body Forging

In the dense forest, a Second-rank savage beast, sword-armored pufferfish, was in a pond not far away. It was drinking the water leisurely, unaware that death had arrived.

Roger stood on a hundred-year-old tree and looked down at the sword-armored pufferfish with a smile.

After that, he cut off a part of the vine that was coiling around the hundred-year-old tree, injected mana into it, and threw it at the pufferfish at an incredible speed.

After the mana-infused vine shot out from Roger’s hand, it seemed to flash and cross a distance of five hundred meters in a few breaths, appearing above the pufferfish’s head.

When the armored-sword pufferfish saw the green vines suddenly appearing above its head, a sense of deadly danger instantly engulfed its entire body, and it immediately turned around to escape.

However, just as the pufferfish turned

around, the green vines suddenly expanded rapidly and wrapped around it in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, the more the sword-armored pufferfish struggled, the tighter the vines became. A few seconds later, the crisp sound of bones breaking could be heard from the vines, and the pufferfish was dead.

As for Roger, he had already reached the lakeside when the vines bound the pufferfish. After the armored died, Roger sent the vines spreading out.

First, he condensed a small knife with his demonic power and dismembered it

completely with the force of a butcher dismembering an ox. He then controlled the water in the pool to wash it carefully.

Then, he used magic to dismantle a small tree into thousands of wooden skewers and controlled the wooden skewers to skewer the meat together. The remaining wood was ignited with fireballs, and the skewed meat was levitated by magic and suspended over the fire.

Finally, when the meat was cooked, he sprinkled some salt on it, and the delicious roasted sword-armored pufferfish was done.

After wolfing down the food, Roger, who had not eaten for three days, finally burped in satisfaction.

After cleaning his body and mouth with a cleaning spell, Roger returned to the cave to practice his body forging technique.

Roger had enough of this thin body. Today, he was going to make it change.

As his current magic power was no longer comparable to before, he set up a Dark Moon magic array at the entrance of the cave that he had found in his inherited memory, which was a combination of counterattacks, illusion, sentries, and defense.

The Dark Moon magic array was the most powerful magic array he could release at the moment. Even a fifth-rank savage beast could not enter the cave without a full-force attack for several hours.

After setting up the Dark Moon magic array, Roger began to temper his body, according to the instructions in the manual.

He needed to merge all the demonic power of all attributes together to temper his body.

Roger followed the fusion method described in the manual and only managed to fuse 15 types of magic power after several experiments. He had also reached the level where he could temper his body once.

After the fusion, Roger fused the magic power

into his body and began to temper it.

When he first injected the mana, Roger did

not feel much, but as the mana fused and

began to flow through his body…

Roger instantly felt that every part of his skin and cells were undergoing tempering of different attributes. Some of his cells were

burning, some were freezing, and some were

being struck by lightning. 15 different feelings were churning in Roger’s body as the magic power flowed.

As soon as the fused mana finished one cycle, Roger was already sweating and aching all

over.

Each time he forged his body, the mana would

have to go through his body nine times, which meant that Roger had to endure eight more rounds of pain.

Roger had no choice but to clench through the

pain. The tempering of his body could not be interrupted once it started.

Roger could only endure the pain and

continue to forge his body. There was no other way.

Half an hour later, the last round of Body

Forging finally came. Roger’s muscles were exhausted, and his gums had been chewed raw and bloody. His clothes were also soaked

in sweat.

After a few minutes, the mana finally completed the last circle in Roger’s body and

dissipated.

As the first Body Forging completed, the pain disappeared. Roger collapsed on the ground. His whole body ached and he was exhausted. He fell asleep.

After Roger fell asleep, the magic power that

had dissipated in his body began to nourish,

repair his body, and restore his spirit. His originally thin body began to slowly move toward the level of a first-rank savage beast.

The stars and moon returned to darkness, and the sun rose from the east.

The morning sun shone on the entirety of the

Broken Cliff Mountain Range, driving away

the darkness and the terrifying savage beasts that moved at night.

Roger, who had been sleeping in the cave for a

day, slowly opened his eyes and got up from

the ground.

“I didn’t expect it to be so painful. Was my body just that frail?” However, just as Roger used the rock beside

him to slowly get up, Roger exerted his strength and directly crushed the rock. Roger,

who was caught off guard, directly fell to the

ground again.

This sudden change really surprised Roger. Then, he quickly turned over and stood looked at his hands with excitement on his

up.

face. He had never thought that he would possess

such a powerful body just by tempering his physical body once.

Even though the rocks in the cave were not

He

that strong, it was still not something that could be crushed by ordinary people. The excited Roger immediately walked out of

the cave. After testing on a tree and a rock, he finally knew the strength of his current physical body.

Now, Roger’s body had reached the limit that

ordinary people could reach. One more step and it would match a first-rank.

This discovery shocked Roger, and he couldn’t wait to go through another round of forging. However, looking at the deep footprints left on the grass due to his sudden increase in

power due to his lack of control, Roger forcefully suppressed his excitement. He began to slowly adapt to his sudden increase in strength.

Over the next few days, Roger was both happy

and in pain. After adapting to the power, he continued to forge his body. After the Body

Forging was completed, he continued to use the increased power. With the repeated forging and adaptation, Roger quickly spent seven days in the Broken Cliff Mountain Range.