Chapter 350: Refining the Accumulation Armor

Yan Buji dived for a long while, when suddenly a bright light appeared ahead.

Yan Buji squinted and looked, only to see the light swiftly rushing toward him, a sharp, gigantic mouth opening, aiming to devour him in a single bite!

"Demon King?!"

"It really looks bizarre."

This Demon King looks like a flatfish, but a tentacle sprouting a glowing flesh ball hangs from its head, easily drawing prey's eyes in the dark seawater.

Only pity....

Yan Buji is not prey!

Even while moving in the sea, thanks to the Dragon People's innate talent, he does not feel weightlessness, standing in the water as the raging Demon King charges.

Drumming True Essence, momentum like a rainbow!

"True Flow Fist!"

Boom!

Yan Buji does not dodge or evade, his eyes fixed as the Demon King attempts to swallow him whole, but at that instant he unleashes a fist; the massive True Essence torrent bursts straight through the Demon King's flesh, piercing its back!

A wave of blood scent spreads, Yan Buji emerges from the Demon King's body, and secures the oddly shaped Demon King corpse.

"Indeed, I've become stronger; before, my single punch probably wouldn't have even nicked it, but now it's a killing blow," Yan Buji says, clenching his fist, smiling as he continues to dive.

The Dragon People's unique structure is that their external dragon-scale armor appears to automatically regulate internal and external pressure according to water pressure, so even the deepest trench has virtually no effect on a Dragon Person.

As for most dangers, they still stem from predators in the nearby dark seawater; the Lethargy Flow does not render every creature lazy—conscious resistance and action can lessen its impact.

However, this also demands that beings remain constantly tense; any lazy thought is easily eroded, causing increasing laziness.

Thus two extremes emerge: either unbearably lazy, or.....

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Gurgle gurgle!

A burst of bubbles strikes, Yan Buji swiftly dodges and activates his spiritual perception to sense the surroundings.

"Here we go again," Yan Buji mutters, furrowing his brows.

"The deeper the beast, the more ferocious,"

Half a month later.

Yan Buji, bruised all over, returns to Wanlong Palace, inhales deeply: "I didn't expect there to be so many Demon Kings nearby; I fear my personal strength alone can't clear them quickly."

But fortunately, when Yan Buji descended to the seventh layer outside the Boundless Abyssal Trench, he discovered a group of Demon Kings; luckily he didn't run into a Demon Emperor, otherwise he might have been left there.

After a hard battle, Yan Buji slew several Demon Kings before withdrawing, meeting many predators along the way and expending great effort to return.

However, there were gains: he clarified the resource site's condition and gathered some Spiritual Materials and Demon King corpses, enough to sustain his cultivation for a period.

First, Yan Buji still intends to reforge the Shura Accumulation Armor.

A First-Tier Accumulation Armor can no longer match his current combat intensity; although Yan Buji's Magical Cultivation methods alone cannot be the decisive factor in battle, external items such as Accumulation Devices can still have a huge impact.

He takes off the armor, ponders for a few days, and then begins the reforge.

For this reforge, Yan Buji selects Spiritual Materials and crystal cores of Youming beasts obtained from Youming Jie as the main components, supplemented by Spiritual Materials gathered within the Boundless Abyssal Trench for a single reforge.

Reforging Accumulation Devices is also a compulsory course for cultivators; one can say that although most cultivators lack great skill in refining artifacts, it is still better than refining pills.

Because Accumulation Devices are highly versatile and practical, and their forging difficulty is not too high, every cultivator knows at least some artifact‑forging theory.

However, deeper forging theory remains hard to access; fortunately Yan Buji previously studied at Qingshan Gate for a period.

Especially for this Accumulation Armor reforge, Yan Buji aims to get it right in one go, refining it into a Third-Tier Accumulation Device!

A large number of Youming beast crystal cores are transmuted by Yan Buji using earth fire, while his other hand executes a secret technique to split the armor, quickly extracting all of its components.

The extracted components are set aside, and Yan Buji begins to transmute the remaining Spiritual Materials.

To enhance the original quality, Yan Buji must reforge each armor component individually; the benefit is that during refinement he doesn't need to re‑forge them into an Accumulation Device again, unless he wishes to add components to expand its functions.

However, Yan Buji also possesses a Body‑Refining Profound Skill, and his requirement for the armor's defensive power isn't that extreme, so he merely enhances its shock‑absorption and damage‑absorption effects.

He multitasks, infusing the refined crystal‑core liquid into the armor components; a deep nether qi emanates, but for a cultivator who has lived in the Youming Realm, it's nothing.

Watching the crystal‑core liquid merge into the components, Yan Buji adds the remaining Spiritual Materials and initiates the refinement with a secret technique!

Each component's refinement consumes a great deal of time.

When Yan Buji completes the refinement of all components, he arrives at the crucial sealing stage.

Since this is his first attempt at refinement, Yan Buji carefully controls the earth fire, using external forging methods to observe the armor's sealing process for any problems.

Seeing the armor components re‑seal one by one, Yan Buji sighs in relief.

"Success!"

Originally the armor's quality was low because of insufficient materials, only able to be forged into a First‑Tier Accumulation Device, wasting potential. Now, after re‑refining, the three‑layer pattern marks a Third‑Tier Accumulation Device!

Refining artifacts and refining pills share commonalities; Yan Buji only dared this attempt after having sufficient accumulation.

At this moment the Shura Accumulation Armor has completely concealed its nether qi, and a faint ethereal glow surfaces on the armor, sufficient to absorb massive impacts.

Combined with its shock‑absorption effect and his Immovable Skill, it can stand firm in battle!

Falling is extremely dangerous; although Yan Buji has rarely been unable to rise since entering the cultivation world, in real combat a surprise ambush could be fatal if any mistake occurs.

This is predicated on battles he can handle; if he were to face a Nascent Soul True Lord, he would be helpless.

Counting on a single Accumulation Device to unleash great power is less realistic than simply giving up and returning to the mortal world to cause mischief.

Thus, most of the situations Yan Buji faces are beyond his capacity; when truly confronting peers of his realm, he hasn't lost many times.

After forging the Shura Accumulation Armor, Yan Buji began cultivation.

He continues to cultivate spiritual perception, striving to refine his soul into a true soul. This marks the first deeper cultivation after Foundation Establishment, no longer merely accumulating mana or practicing techniques.

For Martial Cultivation, the absence of technique restrictions actually makes it easier.

Once this hurdle is passed, condensing the Golden Core breakthrough becomes as easy as a flip of the hand.