Chapter 178: Strength Greatly Increased

Night, in the graveyard deep within Xinglong Ling.

At this moment, Lin Feng's bones were "clattering" and his entire physique was becoming taller and more robust.

The accumulation of over five hundred years of internal energy within his body had undergone a qualitative change once again, and the violent internal energy began to surge continuously throughout his entire body.

The result was that he felt as if he had become a human torch, with massive amounts of internal energy transforming into invisible flames and erupting from his pores.

At the same time, this internal energy was constantly remodeling his body: his bones became thicker and harder; his internal organs became increasingly resilient and powerful; his muscles began to bulge, filled with explosive power; and faint, special patterns began to emerge on his skin.

"Hah!"

"Jiusuo Jinlong Lenti Gong!"

At the same time, Lin Feng officially began to practice the top-tier body-refining technique he had obtained from the Iron Corpse.

"Ang~"

As he began to circulate his energy, the internal energy that had been leaking out began to slowly condense into golden dragons. These golden dragons coiled around his body and limbs like giant pythons.

With every move and stance he practiced, these golden dragons gradually linked together, finally forming a complete whole that suppressed all the violent internal energy within his body.

"Boom!"

By the end of the practice, Lin Feng's physique, which had been growing, finally fixed. At this time, he was about three meters tall, with black hair like a waterfall, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and golden dragons coiled around his body. He looked like a god or a demon.

"Hoo~"

Having finished practicing this top-tier body-refining technique, Lin Feng stood firm and slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter."

Immediately after, the eight golden dragons on his body began to squirm and tighten, and his terrifying three-meter-tall physique gradually returned to its normal state.

Finally, the golden dragons hid beneath his skin, making him look no different than usual, except for appearing more spirited.

"Jiusuo Jinlong Lenti Gong, the strongest aspect of this technique is its ability to curb internal energy, forcibly suppressing it to ultimately nourish the physique and constantly temper the body!"

"I didn't expect this hurdle not to be a round number of five hundred years, but five hundred and fifty years. Is there something special about this?"

He had not expected this breakthrough in internal energy to trigger a qualitative change in his body. He had just finished burying the corpses for the day when his internal energy began to stir.

If his foundation had not been stable enough and his body tempered to be strong enough, the tearing effect caused by the body's expansion alone would have been unbearable.

Fortunately, his foundation was good, and the newly acquired "Jiusuo Jinlong Lenti Gong" primarily served to seal internal energy and temper the body.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng prepared to test his current true combat power.

"Bang!"

"Roar!!"

As he released the Golden Corpse, this excellent sparring partner immediately entangled with him.

The Golden Corpse's physique went without saying; it was an existence that was strong to the extreme, even more resilient and terrifying than the body of a fierce ghost of the same level.

At this moment, Lin Feng and it collided, showing a trend of being evenly matched, though the Golden Corpse's physique still held a slight advantage.

However, as Lin Feng released the restraints of the Jiusuo Jinlong Lenti Gong and transformed into his three-meter-tall state, the Golden Corpse's advantage vanished instantly.

"Roar!"

Accompanied by a roar from the Golden Corpse, Lin Feng unleashed an Iron Mountain Lean, and instantly, the Golden Corpse's terrifying body was sent flying more than ten zhang away by Lin Feng.

However, such an impact had no effect on the thick-skinned and fully-defensive Golden Corpse, which stood up from the ground immediately after.

"Qisha Baihu Quan!"

"Roar!!"

Seeing this, Lin Feng directly unleashed his strongest fist technique. A fierce tiger formed around him, and its roar shook the heavens.

Seeing the Golden Corpse charging toward him, Lin Feng instantly hunched over and threw a punch. This incomparably fierce strike collided with the Golden Corpse's claws.

"Boom~"

Lin Feng and the Golden Corpse were both knocked back a few steps by the counter-shock force. The immense power caused cracks to appear in the rocks beneath their feet.

"Stop!"

Seeing this result, Lin Feng directly called a halt, and the Golden Corpse, controlled by the Tou Gui, also stopped in its tracks.

"Clatter, clatter, clatter."

Soon, his physique returned to normal. Putting his clothes back on, Lin Feng fell into deep thought as he felt the recent battle.

There was no doubt that he could now fight a Golden Corpse to a draw, but winning was unrealistic.

"The power of the Baihu Qisha Quan is gradually failing to keep up with the growth of my strength!"

Just now, he had used one hundred percent of his power in that strike, but the Golden Corpse had been able to take it head-on with its tyrannical physique.

While this was certainly because the Golden Corpse's physique was perverse enough, what Lin Feng felt was lacking was that his own martial arts could no longer satisfy the application of his strength after it had increased.

No matter how masterful ordinary moves were, they were ultimately just moves and could not cause a qualitative change in combat power.

"Next, I must find a way to obtain stronger techniques, otherwise, it would be better to just smash things with my fists in the future."

Realizing where the problem lay, Lin Feng began to look toward the Golden Corpse. This corpse must have been an expert while alive.

"I wonder where those corpse-driving craftsmen got this kind of corpse. I'll have to interrogate them carefully later!"

Burying the Golden Corpse directly was clearly not a good choice. It would be much better if he could find out where they obtained the corpses.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng summoned the Qianmian Zhi Gui to set things up in the surroundings, and then a huge Ghost Gate quietly appeared.

"Click, click, click."

Soon, the Ghost Gate opened, and the prepared heavy-armored Paper Soldiers immediately brought various minerals and ghosts out from the Yinjian.

Among them, the number of humanoid ores was the greatest, and piled together, they gave one the feeling of a small hill.

Thanks to the harvest of so many ores, the weapons in the hands of the Paper Colonels had now become Ghost Soldier long spears, though the quality of these spears was only mid-grade and not particularly high.

"Crack, crack, crack."

After the heavy-armored Paper Soldiers transported these supplies out of the Yinjian, the Paper General, the Paper Colonels, and the heavy-armored Paper Soldiers in formation entered Lin Feng's tent directly.

At this time, the Zouyins and those corpse-driving craftsmen also walked out from the Ghost Gate, but this time, in addition to familiar faces, there were also a few new ones.

Among them was the Great Elder of the Jiang family, who had come here today specifically to pay his respects to Lin Feng.

Entering the tent, Lu Daoguang, Jiang Henian, and others bowed directly.

"Subordinate Lu Daoguang pays respects to the Great One!"

"Subordinate Jiang Henian pays respects to the Great One!"

"Subordinate..."

Even the Great Elder of the Jiang family bowed to Lin Feng and said: "Jiang Qingsong of the Xiangzhou corpse-driving Jiang family pays respects to the Great One!"

"All rise!"

Lin Feng spoke, and everyone stood up straight. Jiang's Third Aunt was the first to speak to Lin Feng:

"Great One, I have brought the ancient texts you required!"

"Good!"

The books she brought this time were truly numerous, looking to be at least a hundred volumes.

These ancient texts were brought to Lin Feng by several Paper Colonels. Lin Feng picked up one of them and, after flipping through it carefully for a while, felt quite satisfied.

"You shall be rewarded!" ===== CHAPTER 179 =====