Chapter 451 50: Monster

To shatter the Core and shield the flesh, a hundred wounds endured,

The Formless lessens trials, its divine light secured.

The Dharma Propagation Kasaya, a bulwark strong and fast,

The Demon-Subduing Vajra Collection, a power meant to last.

CRACK!

A sharp crack echoed.

The pristine Golden Core silently shattered.

Empowered by the Secret Technique, Zhu Ju's Physical Body transformed into a giant Taotie beast, savagely lunging for the shattered Golden Core within him.

As the Eye of Insight shone, a set of numbers appeared before him.

Physical Body Cultivation Technique Progression: 63%!

This level of progress was far from enough to switch cultivation paths, let alone achieve Cultivation Technique Perfection.

Now, Zhu Ju brazenly shattered his own Golden Core, using all the Magical Power from a hundred years of arduous cultivation and his Mid-Stage Golden Core to nourish his Physical Body.

Body of Ten Thousand Spirits!

Many years ago, he had passed the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique to Wuh Qing, who in turn taught it to Wuh Ping.

The two of them walked completely different paths.

Wuh Ping took the path of using Exotic Beast genes to enhance himself.

Over the years, using the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique, he extracted the protective power of the Profound Turtle, the aquatic talent of the Swimming Fish, the speed of the Spiritual Leopard...

By leveraging the advantages of various Exotic Beast genes, he successfully advanced from a Martial Artist to a Martial Master during his four years at the High-Level Academy. He became an outstanding graduate, and it was for this reason that he earned the recognition of the Lin Family.

After graduation, he joined a hunting party, preying on all sorts of Exotic Beasts to seize their genes.

All kinds of excellent genes converged within his body, allowing him to become a Grand Martial Master before the age of thirty.

He was even hailed as the one most likely to become a Martial Saint in Funeng City in the last century.

Wuh Qing was the opposite.

As a researcher, she was well aware that although her brother Wuh Ping's path offered rapid progress, it had major flaws.

First: without powerful Exotic Beast genes to absorb, it would be difficult for him to grow stronger.

Second: the various foreign genes accumulating in his body could not, at present, be perfectly processed.

Third: too many foreign genes would cause a major change in a Cultivator's temperament. The increasingly silent and withdrawn Wuh Ping was a prime example.

Although the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique offered a potential solution, it was ultimately just a theoretical concept, difficult to verify.

Therefore, she took a different path.

Wuh Qing used her position as a researcher to extract numerous Exotic Beast genes. However, she did not perform Refinement on them. Instead, she incorporated them into her body, using the genes to stimulate her own inherent strength.

As a result, her Cultivation progress was naturally far slower than her brother Wuh Ping's, but she still maintained her human form.

Her speed was faster and her strength greater than an ordinary person's. Her five senses and sixth sense were also stronger than others of the same Realm, yet her body showed no abnormalities.

This, seemed to be the true path of the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique.

The reason Zhu Ju had secretly recruited Wuh Qing and kept her by his side to observe was precisely to verify this through her.

'What a pity!'

'If I had another hundred years, I could definitely perfect the Ten Thousand Spirits Body Forging Technique for the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Realms.'

'A pity...'

"HAH!"

With a furious shout, Zhu Ju's eyes blazed. From his storage bag, pieces of flesh and blood flew out one after another.

This was the flesh of various powerful Exotic Beasts he had purchased through underground channels over the years, including the flesh of more than ten types of Holy King Beasts.

'Old karma fades with each passing day; I am breaking free from this mortal cage.'

Zhu Ju's expression was grim. The agony of his shattered Golden Core, the void left by his lost Magical Power—this soul-level pain was impossible to suppress, crashing against his Primordial Spirit like a tempestuous sea.

It nearly tore his Primordial Spirit apart.

"Ten Thousand Spirits Return to Storage!"

He triggered a Spell.

A bloody light suddenly erupted from his body, sweeping out and completely devouring all the Exotic Beast flesh.

Not enough!

Far from enough!

As the thought crossed his mind, a ruthless look appeared on Zhu Ju's face. A great number of Spirit Stones flew out next.

The bloody light enveloped the Spirit Stones, devouring the energy within.

Still not enough!

"Ugh..."

Zhu Ju's body trembled, sweat beading on his forehead. He bent a finger and tapped the spot between his eyebrows. The last of his Seven Spirits, the Spiritual Wisdom Spirit, was brutally ripped from his Primordial Spirit and linked to his Physical Body.

"Celestial Demon Dissolution!"

"All spirits, aid me!"

The shattered Ten Directions Cross Sword, the fragmented Wind and Thunder Blade Wings, all sorts of Magical Treasures.

They appeared one after another, only to be devoured by the bloody light.

"OPEN!"

BOOM...

A violent Strength erupted from beneath the ground, echoing the gentle tremors of the Treasure Sword below.

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"SQUEAK SQUEAK!"

Wukong shrieked, scratching its ears and cheeks. Its body flickered rapidly across several miles, desperately swinging the short staff in its hands.

Its power was utterly terrifying.

When the short staff fell, it could shatter a great mountain; one could only imagine what it would do to a person.

Even Qit Baifeng, a Late-Stage Golden Core cultivator, needed to use external artifacts to resist it, not daring to block it with her physical body.

But this time, its opponents were different.

Although the Holy King Beasts' power was not equal to Qit Baifeng's when she wielded a Spiritual Artifact, their physical bodies were even more terrifying.

A giant blue bird that gathered and dispersed without a trace, a strange poisonous spider that spat silk from its mouth, an ape made manifest from moonlight, a centipede with ten thousand claws growing from its belly...

It had single-handedly blocked the path of the six Holy King Beasts, whose rage now boiled over as they launched a frenzied assault.

Terrifying energy surged across the wilderness.

Mountain ranges were forcibly flattened, the atmosphere was pierced through, and the starry expanse appeared high in the sky.

"BOOM!"

In an instant, Wukong swung its short staff six times in quick succession, its form flickering as it collided with all six Holy King Beasts simultaneously.

The savage force sent it flying.

Even as a Primordial Spirit Stone Embryo, it couldn't withstand such an attack. Cracks appeared across the surface of its jade-like body.

Even the two Immortal Veins within its body were depleted of energy, unable to support its continued battle.

Six powerful auras surged forward once more.

Wukong blinked. Just as it was about to swing its staff to defend, its eyes suddenly lit up.

"PENG!"

An invisible force field materialized out of thin air.

Like a curved barrier descending upon them, the attacks of the six Holy King Beasts all came to a sudden halt.

Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction!

A strange figure appeared on the field.

"Holy King Beasts..."

Zhu Ju opened his mouth, his voice hoarse.

He no longer had a human form. He stood thirty feet tall, his skin possessing a dark, metallic-yellow luster. Upon closer inspection, one could see countless scale-like objects covering his flesh.

No!

Those weren't scales.

They were the shattered fragments of the Wind and Thunder Blade Wings!

At this very moment, Zhu Ju had not only integrated the flesh of Exotic Beasts, but had also refined himself into a Magical Treasure.

A... living Magical Treasure!

'The Artifact Refining Method, the Blood Flesh Martial Dao, the Divine Soul Secret Technique...'

'Heh!'

Zhu Ju let out a soft chuckle, his expression strange.

'It's a bit ugly, but at least the power boost is strong enough.'

Losing his Golden Core's Magical Power and his Personal Magical Treasures had also pushed his Power of Physical Body to its absolute limit.

With his Seven Spirits now Entering the Body, his Physical Body had undergone a qualitative transformation.

Myriad Phenomena Celestial Attraction!

He pressed a single hand forward into the empty air. The Power of his Physical Body erupted, and a terrifying aura spanning a thirty-mile radius descended.

"BOOM!"

The ground suddenly sank by a meter.

The six Holy King Beasts all revealed looks of terror.

In their perception, the Zhu Ju before them seemed more alien than they were, and the energy within his body was simply horrific.

It was like...

...a sun formed from the convergence of flesh and blood energy. Just looking at it for a few moments made their eyes sting with unbearable pain.

"DIE!"

Zhu Ju roared and flickered, charging toward one of the Holy King Beasts.