Chapter 579: Jialuo Sacred Body (First update, requesting all)

Time flowed slowly, and nearly an hour passed before one knew it.

As this process deepened, Li Zhangsheng's physical body inevitably began to tremble, and blue veins began to bulge all over his body, looking like wriggling earthworms; this was a sign of nearing his limit.

The Moonlight Order began to spin round and round, and wisps of silvery moonlight fell upon his body.

Accompanied by a cool aura surging into his limbs and bones, it effectively delayed the burden on his meridians, allowing more Hundred-Armed Giant Essence Blood to be absorbed.

It was also at this moment that the final trace of Hundred-Armed Giant Essence Blood was absorbed into Li Zhangsheng's body.

Li Zhangsheng remained expressionless; his physical body had already become strong to a certain degree, and his capacity to endure far exceeded that of when he had absorbed the Basalt Essence Blood, so this bit of pain could not affect his mind at all.

A quarter of an hour later, as all the Hundred-Armed Giant Essence Blood in his body surged into the Second Profound Aperture, his muscles and bones suddenly began to glow with an intense earthy-yellow light.

Suddenly, a relatively clear phantom of a Hundred-Armed Giant emerged, accompanied by a heavy Pressure.

After a long while, the Hundred-Armed Giant phantom turned into a stream of light and disappeared into Li Zhangsheng's acupoint between his eyebrows.

Li Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes; the phantom of the Hundred-Armed Giant appeared deep within his pupils before vanishing in an instant.

Crackle, pop!

As soon as he stood up from the ground, sounds like popping beans rang out from Li Zhangsheng's entire body.

Li Zhangsheng had extremely strong control over his own body; he could feel that his height had increased by a fraction, and his whole body was filled with explosive power; his physical fitness was likely second only to a King.

Of course, refining sixty percent of the Hundred-Armed Giant Essence Blood in one go also left Li Zhangsheng slightly exhausted.

Gurgle, gurgle!

Li Zhangsheng took out a bottle of Life Water and drank it all in one breath; he felt a wave of comfort throughout his body, and his state soon returned to its peak.

The area within a hundred meters was still shrouded by the red, yellow, and blue Restriction, and Li Zhangsheng couldn't wait to start transforming into the Hundred-Armed Giant.

Li Zhangsheng rolled on the ground and casually performed a few Seal Techniques; a large amount of Mental Power surged into the Second Profound Aperture on the left side of his chest, resonating with the Hundred-Armed Giant Essence Blood.

The next moment, intense radiance enveloped Li Zhangsheng, his body size instantly expanded, and an astonishing Pressure accompanied it.

By the time Li Zhangsheng stood up from the ground, he had already transformed into the Hundred-Armed Giant.

Due to his cultivation realm, the Hundred-Armed Giant that Li Zhangsheng transformed into was only over forty meters tall, with 50 heads and 100 arms, looking quite ferocious.

However, these heads and arms were not all growing on his body; most were located in the surrounding void, yet they still had a close connection.

Simply put, these extended heads and arms could also be regarded as a layer of defense for the Hundred-Armed Giant; unless these heads and arms were broken, it was impossible to attack the Hundred-Armed Giant's vitals.

After transforming into the Hundred-Armed Giant, Li Zhangsheng's field of vision became chaotic yet meticulous; the scenes seen by one hundred eyes were received by him in every detail, leaving absolutely no blind spots.

Additionally, although there were many heads and arms, Li Zhangsheng's sensation was very strange; there was no feeling of obstruction, as if he were born very familiar with this body, and at the same time, he could multitask, able to control his physical body as easily as moving his own arms.

From the outside, the Hundred-Armed Giant was enough to rank among the most ferocious and ugly existences.

It was ugly, but it was quite practical; the title of War Fortress was not just for show.

In head-on assaults, the Hundred-Armed Giant was not much worse than a Golden Behemoth, but what it was best at was not head-on assault, but long-range suppression.

When the Hundred-Armed Giant's fifty heads sprayed light beams together and one hundred arms threw giant rocks, the scene alone made one's scalp tingle; it was worthy of the title of War Fortress.

In terms of strength, even if it was only Fifth Rank, due to the advantages in quality, race, and Bloodline, the strength of the Hundred-Armed Giant that Li Zhangsheng transformed into was likely not inferior to Aixi or Kailan.

The Hundred-Armed Giant possessed two major traits: Jialuo Sacred Body and War Fortress.

Among them, the recovery effect of the Jialuo Sacred Body was comparable to the Limb Regeneration trait, yet it could also greatly increase the owner's strength and defense; it was also the exclusive trait of the Hundred-Armed Giant.

War Fortress could effectively strengthen the Hundred-Armed Giant's long-range attacks, while also allowing it to control its own physical body as easily as moving its own arms.

Possessing these two major traits, the Hundred-Armed Giant could be described as adding wings to a tiger; this was also the key to the Hundred-Armed Giant's fame throughout the multiverse.

The only drawback of the Hundred-Armed Giant was that its intelligence was somewhat lacking, which was also the main reason why they had suffered a great loss when they recklessly broke into the Fairy World.

However, this had no impact on Li Zhangsheng; after transforming into the Hundred-Armed Giant, his thinking and logical abilities were not affected at all, remaining exactly the same as usual.

At this moment, the Hundred-Armed Giant's one hundred arms stretched out in unison, shimmering with rich earthy-yellow radiance, and in an instant, they turned into giant rocks.

Accompanied by harsh and dense sounds of breaking through the air, one hundred giant rocks were thrown by Li Zhangsheng toward a small mountain a hundred meters away.

At the same time, the Hundred-Armed Giant opened its fifty large mouths, and countless earthy-yellow radiance gathered, spraying fifty earthy-yellow light beams as thick as water buckets.

Rumble, rumble!

One hundred giant rocks and fifty light beams hit the small mountain almost simultaneously; accompanied by intense roaring sounds, the nearby ground shook violently, and countless stone fragments flew everywhere, quickly filling the surroundings.

By the time the dust settled, the small mountain had completely collapsed.

Seeing this astonishing effect, Li Zhangsheng expressed that he was very satisfied.

After experimenting for a while, Li Zhangsheng transformed back into human form and took out a set of clothes from his ring again.

This was the bad thing about transforming; every time he transformed, he would burst his clothes, so Li Zhangsheng decided to make a piece of Strange Treasure-class clothing.

Of course, Strange Treasures were not easy to make; he needed high-grade treasure materials.

In the time that followed, Li Zhangsheng stayed in the Twin Volcanoes almost the entire time, occasionally going to rescue teams that had fallen into danger, and his strength was steadily improving.

Before he knew it, half a month had passed.

This day was also the last day of the competition, and the four teams returned to the Twin Volcanoes one after another.

Because Li Zhangsheng's rescue was timely, the four teams did not have any missing members and remained complete.

They looked disheveled, but their eyes were bright and spirited; clearly, they had all gained a certain amount of tempering and harvest.

Not long after, Li Zhangsheng finished tallying their harvest.

Although Li Zhangsheng looked down on these harvests, for them, they were rare resources, enough for them to practice in peace for a period of time.

Just as Li Zhangsheng was about to announce the rankings, Xu Xiangzhi suddenly sent a voice transmission to Li Zhangsheng.

"What is it?"

"Li Zhangsheng, our team discovered a fire crystal ore vein at the junction of the west and north; I wonder if it can be converted into competition points?"

Just when the four teams took out their respective harvests, Xu Xiangzhi could see that their team could only rank second at best, because the harvest of Zhao Shuyi's team was clearly far greater than the other three teams.

Li Zhangsheng nodded: "If the information is accurate, then naturally it can; besides, the Academy will not be stingy with rewards."

"Then I will take you there right now."

Xu Xiangzhi was quite impatient; if this fire crystal ore vein were converted into points, their team would very likely come from behind and become the first-place team.

The fire crystal ore vein was less than one hundred li away from the Twin Volcanoes, so it did not take much time to reach.

The only pity was that this was merely a small-scale fire crystal ore vein.

"First, I will announce the best team!" Looking at the four teams sitting upright and properly, Li Changsheng truly experienced the feeling Instructor Lu Qian had last year.

After whetting their appetites, Li Changsheng finally announced: "Congratulations to the Xu Xiangzhi team for winning the best team honor; each team member is awarded five hundred Academic Credits, as well as the right to choose one item from the second floor of the Treasure Pavilion, with the captain receiving an additional five hundred Academic Credits!"

"Yeah!"

Upon hearing this, the four members of the Xu Xiangzhi team showed excited expressions and celebrated on the spot.

Zhao Shuyi's expression was somewhat dim, yet she had nothing to say; who told their team not to find resources similar to the fire crystal ore vein, otherwise they would not have been overtaken by the Xu Xiangzhi team.

Li Changsheng then announced the rankings and rewards for the other three teams; the Zhao Shuyi team was second, the Luo Jie team was third, and the Zhang Yi team suffered the fate of being in last place.

"Next, I will announce the best individual!"

Unlike the team rankings, there is and can only be one best individual.

Zhao Shuyi and Xu Xiangzhi looked at each other; there seemed to be some gunpowder between the two, both sincerely hoping to win the best individual award.

"Congratulations to Zhao Shuyi for winning the best individual honor; the reward is one thousand Academic Credits, a bottle of Spirit Nourishing Pill, and one half-price discount on point exchanges!"

Although the Xu Xiangzhi team discovered the small-scale fire crystal ore vein, it was shared by four people.

Therefore, in the statistics, Zhao Shuyi's competition points still held a slight upper hand.

Upon hearing her name, Zhao Shuyi revealed a joyful smile; losing in the east but gaining in the west was not bad at all.

Xu Xiangzhi helplessly spread his hands; he was not someone who couldn't afford to lose, so he had no objections.

The others could only look at Zhao Shuyi with eyes full of envy, Jealousy, and hatred, wishing they could take her place.

One thousand points; according to the purchasing power of points, it was almost equivalent to two or three thousand Soul Crystals, not to mention the half-price discount on point exchanges.

The Spirit Nourishing Pill is an upgraded version of the Spirit Cultivation Pill, and one bottle costs three hundred Academic Credits.

"Alright, let's head back!"

Li Changsheng summoned the Black Dragon and was carried directly by the Black Dragon as it flew toward the nearest Teleportation Array.

"Day, Night, Predict Good or Ill Fortune!"

Keeping the idea of safety first in mind, before leaving the Secret Realm, Li Changsheng specifically summoned the two cats.

On the Black Dragon's back, the two cats flickered with black and white radiance, and their cat pupils changed, becoming dull and lifeless.

In an instant, the two cats radiated black and white light, eventually forming two "auspicious" characters.

Although there was a very small possibility of deviation, Li Changsheng did not hesitate because of this; he was no longer the person he used to be, and according to his plans, Xu Wenhua and Ning Bizhen would be there to meet them together, so what danger could there be?

It did not exceed his expectations; after leaving the Fire Flame Secret Realm, Li Changsheng did not encounter any danger and, under the personal escort of Xu Wenhua and Ning Bizhen, successfully returned to the Yuanling Academy.

Today's goal: Three, Pig, Proof!

(End of this chapter)