novelbin Chapter 828 - 681: Evil Will of the Deity, 7-Layer Spirit Platform (Part 2)
Chapter 828 - 681: Evil Will of the Deity, 7-Layer Spirit Platform (Part 2)
"Well done, the essence blood of this brute is your reward."
"Thank you, my lord! I shall be forever loyal to you, willing to die a thousand deaths!" Upon hearing Lou Yi’s rewards, the Thousand-legged Insect Demon was overjoyed, its several black antennae on its head enthusiastically swaying.
The Golden Pig Demon had mutated bloodline; its mystic extent was no less than that of royal bloodlines. If it could be devoured, its future path of demonic cultivation would surely become smoother.
After dealing with the Golden Pig Demon, Lou Yi returned to the cave.
Clicked on the new prompt on the Attribute Panel:
’Discovered items that can be collected, choose one from the following three options:
1. Energy: 781 points
2. Slightly enhanced Gold Element Affinity
3. Talent: Golden Treasure Body
Do you choose?’
Golden Treasure Body: A powerful mutated physique, can amplify strength and physical body intensity, and possesses certain effects to ward off evil...
Lou Yi directly chose the Golden Treasure Body talent.
Golden Treasure Body (Uninitiated 0/100) → Golden Treasure Body (Initiated 0/300 + 1 Essence of Gold)
The next moment, the Divine Skills in the Attribute Panel began to flicker intensely, and Lou Yi could feel its strong yearning.
A new prompt emerged: ’Spend 1000 energy points to integrate this talent into the Golden Body Divine Skills, proceed with fusion?’
’Yes.’
Then, the column of Golden Body Divine Skills became blurry for a moment, and when it returned to normal, the text had changed.
Golden Body (Mastery/?) → Golden Body (Minor Achievement/?)
Unfamiliar memories appeared in his mind.
Continuing from the previous memory segment.
He was still that invincible Monkey King in a world without magic, who, in pursuit of a breakthrough, traversed space rifts, overcoming numerous obstacles, and arrived in the legendary Cultivation Realm.
Unexpectedly, he was captured by the ancestor of a cultivation sect, who, using an ancestral Magic Treasure, the Alchemy Furnace of Spirit Refining, tried to refine him into an Elixir to extend lifespan.
Who would have thought, it instead refined the Monkey King into a more powerful body, golden and gleaming, reaching a new realm unseen by previous monkeys.
In a fury, the Monkey King annihilated the cultivation sect, fleeing with the Alchemy Furnace, wandering everywhere.
During the period, he was once again hunted by cultivators from other sects.
The Monkey King became enraged, capturing some cultivators, forcing them to operate the Alchemy Furnace to ’refine’ himself again.
These cultivators all turned into slaves stoking the fire for the furnace, squeezed for their Spiritual Power and Spiritual Essence relentlessly, and after being deemed worthless, were slapped dead by the Monkey King.
And under the continuous honing of the Alchemy Furnace, Monkey King’s physical body became exceedingly powerful, eventually achieving another breakthrough...
In reality, Lou Yi opened his eyes.
Feeling a rush of energy from heaven and earth pouring into him, frantically remodeling his body, his bones, flesh, meridians, internal organs, and every part of his body was reshaped again.
An abundance of impurities exuded from his body, while the intensity of his physical body soared.
If achieving the Golden Body Divine Skills was akin to a rebirth.
Then the advancement of the Golden Body Divine Skills from mastery to the Minor Achievement Realm would equate to a second rebirth.
His skin surface, if not restrained, would constantly burst with golden light, akin to a god descending to the mortal world.
Looking at the Attribute Panel, the most significant change was in age, which increased from 420 years to 450 years.
The introduction to the Golden Body Divine Skills also underwent some changes.
Golden Body (Effect One): Physical and magical defenses enhanced by 300%, doubling the strengthening of effects against negative impacts such as evil and curses.
Golden Body (Effect Two): No vital points, no fatal weak spots, any damage received on the body surface will be evenly distributed across the entire body.
Golden Body (Effect Three): Underneath the defense limit, can reflect 90% of physical damage, 60% of magical damage. Can choose to use this effect consciously, but can only be used once briefly.
First, effect one, the enhancement multiplier increased from 250% to 300%.
This isn’t merely an additional 50%.
Furthermore, it’s an enhancement on the basis of his inherent defense, as Lou Yi’s physical body had already been significantly enhanced, thus the actual increase far exceeds 50%.
Additionally, the Golden Body inherited the evil-warding function of the Golden Treasure Body, doubling the strengthening against negative effects like evil and curses.
For the ever-present threat of deity’s evil intentions, this came as a timely blessing.
Next, effect three, the reflectible physical and magical damage both saw increases compared to before.
Indicating a substantial enhancement in Lou Yi’s survival capability.
Sure enough, he continued to apply his divining talent to assess his current situation.
The divination indicated a shift to: Ominous.
Although the outcome is still unfavorable, it also indicates that the divine malevolence is not invincible, and the gap is not as large as imagined.
If strength can be continuously enhanced, it might be possible to turn misfortune into fortune.
Unfortunately, it’s unrealistic; Lou Yi cannot find a shortcut.
Searching for innate clear energy is entirely dependent on luck. Lou Yi won’t abandon this method, but he won’t pin all his hopes on it either.
’Perhaps a proactive attack could be launched, finding the lair of the divine malevolence and stopping its transformation.’
Thinking of this, Lou Yi immediately left the cave and flew rapidly in one direction.
From previous exchanges with companions, he knew there was a region nearby with powerful local monsters.
...
"Roar!!"
With a sorrowful cry, the body of a hundred-zhang tall Deer Demon shattered, turning into a multitude of flesh scattered across the ground.
Yet mysteriously, not a drop of blood flowed out, as each piece of flesh was coated in a layer of pink, oily liquid.
Moments later, these flesh liquefied and seeped underground, disappearing completely.
’Now’s the time.’
Lou Yi’s eyes turned crimson-silver, and the Eyes of Truth activated.
Simultaneously, he used the detection skill of the Attribute Panel, sending invisible waves rapidly outward like a sphere.
Through his senses, hundreds of zhang underground, a surge of powerful energy was swiftly moving northeast.
Clearly, the lair of the divine malevolence was in the northeast area.
Lou Yi conducted several experiments at different locations, aided by his divination talent and the principle of intersecting lines, locating the approximate position of the divine malevolence.
However, according to the divination results, that place is akin to a dragon’s den and a tiger’s lair; venturing there is likely suicidal.
’Maybe I can try to lure it out?’ Lou Yi immediately changed his strategy and began implementation.
He traveled everywhere, capturing and killing local monsters, and used the Blood Feeding Spirit Transformation Technique to refine their essence blood, leaving nothing for the divine malevolence.
"Damn kid, I’ll definitely kill you!" The angry voice of the divine malevolence echoed in Lou Yi’s ears from time to time.
Momentarily dazed, Lou Yi envisioned a dark space filled with blood, sin, resentment, poison, and evil, akin to the legendary Abyssal Hell, where ordinary cultivators entering would quickly dissolve into pus.
At the center of this space, a pale lotus quietly grew.
The bud awaited blooming, and through its gaps, a true spirit seemed to be gestating, about to be born in a few days.
Once born, it will surely be earth-shattering!
’Even if you’re born, you’ll need nourishment; therefore, I’ll absorb it all beforehand, causing your malnourishment.’
Thinking of this, Lou Yi began a rampage in the blessed land, eliminating one by one those powerful or eerie local monsters.
With the detection function of the Attribute Panel, and support from various companions, achieving this was not difficult.
"I want to kill you!!!" The divine malevolence grew increasingly furious.
Simultaneously, Lou Yi sensed the opponent beginning to lose patience, likely emerging early to pursue him.
If so, its strength would be significantly weaker than if born normally.
’Then let’s add fuel to the fire!’ Discovering the strategy was effective, Lou Yi accelerated the pace of capturing local monsters.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the blessed land.
A yellow-clad one-armed man flew to a wellhead, effortlessly killing the serpent demon inside the well.
The bottom of the well emitted a loud rumbling sound, as if an earthquake were about to occur.
A translucent, three-zhang long multicolored clear energy shot skyward from the well bottom!
Upon seeing this, the one-armed man’s face showed delight, promptly opening his mouth to fiercely inhale, directly absorbing the clear energy into his abdomen.
Then, his entire body emitted a red light, and his aura began rapidly ascending.
’Crack.’
The sound of an eggshell cracking resonated.
A seven-layered glazed pagoda slowly yet swiftly rose above the one-armed man’s head, shining like stars in the sky.
At the four corners atop the pagoda where four celestial soldier phantoms originally stood, distinct faces now manifested, though their bodies appeared somewhat translucent.
Immediately afterwards, the four silhouettes ’zoomed’ into the one-armed man’s body, causing his form to suddenly become somewhat ethereal, with clouds steaming around and constant thunderous sounds.
"Six-Layer Spirit Platform Summoning Celestial Soldiers, Seventh-Layer Spirit Platform Law Activation.
Now, each of my magic spells contains traces of the Power of Laws, greatly boosting my combat power.
Red Hero, your end is near!!!"
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