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

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.

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.