Chapter 128 - 92: Body Casting Furnace, Win, an Absolute Win!

Chapter 128: Chapter 92: Body Casting Furnace, Win, an Absolute Win!

Inside the Bearers of the Tripod Dungeon, the moment Lu Chen opened his eyes, he found himself in a pitch-black mine.

CLINK CLANK, CLINK CLANK...

Hearing the strange sounds beside his ears, Lu Chen immediately looked in the direction of the noise.

A bizarre-looking Black Iron Tripod Man came into his sight. Aside from its signature Black Iron Tripod body, human limbs protruded from the sides of the tripod. These limbs connected to the rotting flesh packed tightly inside the black iron vessel. Furthermore, a strange human face grew on its belly, giving the Black Iron Tripod Man an indescribably eerie aura that made one highly uncomfortable.

The Black Iron Tripod Man, located not far from Lu Chen, seemed completely unaware of his arrival. It remained entirely focused on excavating the black ores embedded in the walls of the mine.

Under Lu Chen’s curious gaze, it expended a great deal of effort before finally digging the black ore out of the wall. Holding the fist-sized black ore, it let out two excited but incomprehensible cries. Then, it forcefully tossed the ore, throwing it directly into its own Black Iron Tripod body.

As the ore landed on the flesh at the mouth of the tripod cauldron, the densely packed, rotting meat inside immediately began to squirm. It wolfed down the black ore in a frenzy, devouring it completely.

After consuming the black ore, the Black Iron Tripod Man’s body underwent a noticeable change. Not only did the black tripod cauldron body turn slightly cyan, but its size also grew visibly larger.

Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately checked the Black Iron Tripod Man’s status panel.

[Name: Black Iron Tripod Man]

[Cultivation: Qi Cultivation Third Level]

[Features: A special creature that merges its body with a tripod cauldron. It is physically strong and possesses a certain level of Body Skill.]

"Is this just a petty grunt at the Qi Cultivation Third Level?" he wondered.

Confirming that it posed no threat to his Power and had no other special traits, Lu Chen walked toward it. When he closed the distance to about ten paces, the Black Iron Tripod Man, which had been quiet for a long time, finally reacted.

It turned around to look at Lu Chen. The rotting flesh inside the Black Iron Tripod seemed stimulated and instantly boiled with activity.

"Meat... meat... MEAT!!!"

Staring at Lu Chen, the human face on the Black Iron Tripod Man’s belly excitedly screamed out. Then, its slightly bloated body burst with speed, pouncing directly at him. By the looks of it, it wanted to devour Lu Chen right there on the spot.

Facing this Black Iron Tripod Man that was only about a meter and a half tall, Lu Chen didn’t even bother drawing his Ink Flood Dragon Sword. Instead, he simply assumed the starting stance of the Mountain-Breaking Fist, waiting at ease for his exhausted opponent.

When the monster closed in to within three paces, Lu Chen unleashed a fierce punch. Although this punch wasn’t as massively imposing as when the Gold-devouring Ant-man executed it, it was just as heavy and powerful, whipping up gusts of fist wind throughout the tunnel.

BOOM!

Lu Chen’s fist slammed into the Black Iron Tripod Man’s body, immediately ringing out with the crisp sound of colliding metal and stone. The next second, the Black Iron Tripod Man was sent flying backward. It smashed into the wall behind it and shattered into a shower of black metal fragments with a loud CRACK.

[You killed a Black Iron Tripod Man (Qi Cultivation Third Level), gaining 30 Experience Points, Black Iron Ore *1...]

[Black Iron Ore]

[Type: Material]

[Description: A common ore that can be used to forge weapons.]

Lu Chen looked at the panel information after killing the Black Iron Tripod Man, his expression remaining largely unchanged. After all, with his current Power, a Black Iron Tripod Man at the Qi Cultivation Third Level could no longer offer him much of a reward.

He took out the Black Iron Ore dropped by the monster and grasped it in his hand. In the next second, he crushed the hard Black Iron Ore outright. The Gold Power within it was quickly absorbed completely by his body...

[Body Casting into Soldiers: 11/1000]

Watching the Experience Points of Body Casting into Soldiers increase, Lu Chen muttered to himself, "As expected, the minerals in this Dungeon can also serve as nourishment for the Cultivation of Body Casting into Soldiers..."

At this thought, the Cyan Lotus Pupil in his eyes began to spin rapidly. He activated his X-ray Vision and peered at the surrounding mine walls. Instantly, every single scattered piece of ore embedded within the walls became visible to him.

A moment later, he stepped up to a section of the wall and delivered a Mountain-Breaking Fist right into it!

BANG!

Under the force of this heavy punch, the sturdy wall instantly shook, and numerous spiderweb cracks fractured across its surface. However, Lu Chen didn’t continue swinging. Instead, he looked at the cracks with some surprise.

His fist, capable of killing a Black Iron Tripod Man in a single blow, had only managed to leave some minor cracks on the wall. "No wonder that Black Iron Tripod Man seemed to have been digging for ages. Is this ore vein really that tough?" he wondered.

After marveling at the spot for a brief moment, Lu Chen finally began to rain a frantic barrage of punches against the rock wall.

BANG BANG BANG...

He only stopped after completely bashing the Black Iron Ore out of the wall. Holding this chunk of Black Iron Ore—which was visibly a size larger than the one dropped by the monster earlier—he crushed it in his palm once more.

[Body Casting into Soldiers: entry-level 26/1000]

Looking at the once again increased Experience Points for Body Casting into Soldiers, Lu Chen nodded in satisfaction and glanced around.

Within a Fang Yuan of twenty meters around him in the ore vein, there were still plenty of unexcavated chunks of Black Iron Ore. If he absorbed all of this Black Iron Ore, he could roughly push the Experience Points for Body Casting into Soldiers up to around five hundred. In a sense, this meant he was saving five hundred Experience Points out of thin air.