I Can See Your Combat Power

If it wasn’t for the spiritual energy membrane, Tang Luo, who was slightly squeamish, would never touch the Blood Slave’s essence or squeeze Ji Ming’s skull, because the blood splatter could get all over him. Now, however, he remained spotless.

Although Tang Luo’s body had the drawback of not being able to absorb and restore Spiritual Power, the fact that it had such a perverse effect on tempering the body meant that he was not at a loss.

Since the sequence had been predetermined, there was nothing for him to fret over. Tang Luo didn’t glance at any of the martial arts scripts on the fourth underground level. He went straight to the fifth underground level, which was the most expansive level in the underground palace.

As soon as he descended the staircase, the fragrance of hundreds of thousands of spiritual herbs and treasures seeped straight into Tang Luo’s nostrils, stimulating his senses. The underground palace buried deep beneath the earth was as bright as daylight, and another Realm Heart hung high above the palace ceiling, serving as the sun.

Three whole Spiritual Springs, under the control of the array, orderly sprayed spiritual dew onto a field of ten thousand mu filled with lush divine herbs and spiritual herbs. These herbs filled the underground space, creating an area like vast grassland.

The precious divine herbs grew extraordinarily healthy under the nourishing effect of the spiritual dew. Each mu had nearly a thousand divine herbs. Fully matured herbs would let out all kinds of Divine Light. Tang Luo had never seen such a spectacle where Divine Light emanated in huge swathes. These diverse Divine Lights appeared like colorful clouds floating above the field, creating a stunning scene.

Even his powerful gaze could not reach the end of this immense field, which was very inspirational.

Who would still worry about not being able to promote the Undying Battle Body to its peak with this amount of divine herbs?

Tang Luo unfurled the scroll in front of himself and started inscribing his next Divine Rune Spiritual Array – it was a Rune of Tenfold Inscriptions on the lower back, corresponding to the Kidney Water.

Finally, there was no need to hide his cultivation anymore. He released all his Spiritual Power from his Marshal Star and concentrated on controlling his Spiritual Power to inscribe one by one spiritual point on his lower back.

Same as the Tenfold Inscriptions on his arms, under his control, the spiritual power was accurately inscribed into each spiritual point. Before long, a silver glow appeared on his back as ten battle inscriptions, looking like clouds of fire, manifested around his waist.

Every stage of the Undying Battle Body cultivation had its peculiarities. Ordinary people training in the Undying Battle Body technique could add the strength of nine cows and two tigers to their body after achieving the ninth rank, transforming into the Fierce Bull body.

Upon reaching the eighth rank of the Undying Battle Body, the body evolves again, adding the four-colored Bear Strength.

Speaking of bears, these are the strongest members of the pure-blood bear race. Each bear possesses the strength to tear apart tigers and leopards, feeding on ferocious birds and beasts. The four-colored bears refer to the snowy bears of the extreme north, the black bears from the east, the gray bears from the south, and the brown bears from the west.

Combining the four-colored Bear Strength with the strength of nine cows and two tigers allows for practitioners of the Undying Battle Body to wield tens of thousands of Jin of immense strength in every move they make. Just considering close combat, there are few rivals to them in the Mortal Realm.

However, Tang Luo’s ninth rank Undying Body was not just endowed with the strength of nine cows and two tigers, but with the prowess of a Giant Ape and Fierce Bull Battle Body. This changed when he reached the eighth rank of the Undying Body.

The Spiritual Arrays in his body resonated, and more than 2,500 points of Spiritual Power crazily crisscross between the two arrays. His originally robust waist tightened with creaking sounds, and he could feel every muscle in his waist constricting. Energy rapidly drained from his body, leaving Tang Luo feeling slightly hungry.

Luckily, he had experience with this. He exerted force on his lower limbs and charged into the field filled with endless spiritual herbs. Just like a pig foraging through a field, Tang Luo did not care about what was in front of him, grabbing whatever he could get his hands on and stuffing it into his mouth. “Sungrass? Great stuff, nom nom nom~”

“Eternal Blossom? Fantastic, nom nom nom-”

A variety of priceless divine herbs were vigorously crammed into Tang Luo’s mouth. After eating a few hundred strands of these high-quality divine herbs, his hunger faded away. Amid the creaking sounds, Tang Luo’s stature inflated yet again. His workout clothes that fit him perfectly before now looked ragged as his body underwent some changes.

Because the Tenfold Inscriptions on his lower back corresponds with the Spiritual Array that strengthens his bones and nurtured his spine, Tang Luo felt a tickling and burning sensation deep in his bones; as if someone had lit a fire in every inch of his bones causing all the marrow to burn into molten iron, drilling into his bones.

This peculiar sensation caused Tang Luo to leap out of the field, rolling about on the ground, howling incessantly, and twitching all over. His deep moans echoed throughout the entire fifth underground level.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”

Out of extreme discomfort, Tang Luo slammed any part of his body that could touch the ground against the floor strengthened by the bounding array, creating loud sounds. If not for the array isolating each floor of the underground palace, this racket would surely have attracted the attention of the little devils on the second floor.

After a while, Tang Luo gradually calmed down and stood up, panting heavily.

Looking from behind, his wide back now resembled two expanses of wings ready to take flight. His waist had become very slender but looked like it had taken on a metallic quality, especially with the ten silver inscriptions wrapped around his waist like a belt of silver clouds. This displayed the true essence of having a back like a tiger and a waist like a bear.

His already robust arms appeared even bulkier, his pectoral muscles more developed, and his legs’ muscles bulging out. His height had reached about two meters four, and comparing the current Tang Luo with his previous state was like comparing a barrel with a basin, they were not even in the same league. Just by swinging a punch, the mere fist wind could bend a large patch of spiritual herbs. Tang Luo looked at his fist, his face looking sullen. He hoped that the next stage wouldn’t be as painful. When he succeeded in cultivating the ninth rank Undying Body, he could only feel a slight tickling in his bones. But compared to what he just went through, it was really nothing at all.

The good news was his judgment was entirely correct. As long as he had enough energy supply, his body could rapidly reach the limit of transformation. The tempering effect of the ninth rank Undying Body was slow only because his spiritual food was limited and three top-grade Tai Suis were used within a month.

In other words, the nutrition needed for the ninth rank Undying Battle Body was just that much. However, the nutritional demand of the eighth rank Undying Battle Body reached the standard of a few hundred divine herbs.

Each divine herb contained the spiritual energy of at least three top-grade Tai Sui. This meant that the consumption of the eighth rank was genuinely ten times higher than that of the ninth rank, while the increase in strength and physique was only a little more than double.

Looking at the field before him, according to this standard, even though he had only eaten a few hundred divine herbs, it may seem negligible to the field of ten thousand mu. But with a tenfold increase, to achieve the first rank of Undying Battle Body, this boundless field before his eyes might not be enough! “Well, this is definitely awkward!” Tang Luo casually belted out a self-mocking remark. The sound waves reverberated throughout the entire fifth underground level of the palace, creating waves in the misty vapor rising from the colorful herbs..