Chapter 210: Metal Immortal Body

Lei En steadied his heart and Qi, activating the fusion icon on the phone interface.

In the next second, the slime monster's demon soul was extracted, entered his own soul, and beneath the roots of the World Tree began a arduous ascent.

This was Lei En's sixth demon-soul fusion, and he was very familiar with the process.

However, this time was slightly different.

Because the slime monster's demon soul was only a primary demon soul, one rank lower than his own strength, it was at an extreme disadvantage when clashing with his existing demon souls, which could cause the fusion to fail.

Normally, transcendants rarely fuse demon souls lower than their own rank, since that would inevitably slow their power growth.

Ordinary transcendants increase their strength or soul power through regular training, meditation, aided by various demon pills, and some rarer methods.

This conventional cultivation's speed and efficiency depend on the completion degree of the Soul Transformation ritual, i. e., one's talent.

The vast majority of transcendants have mediocre talent and must rely on long-term accumulation; their only chance to experience a sudden power surge is each time they fuse a demon soul.

The stronger the demon soul, the more soul power gained after fusion, saving a great amount of cultivation time.

Of course, stronger is not always better, otherwise success would be impossible.

Choosing a lower-rank demon soul forfeits a great opportunity.

Below the Legend tier this may not be obvious, but above Legend, even the most talented transcendants need years, decades, or even centuries of cultivation for each level‑up.

Therefore, unless the Element of the demon soul is truly exceptional, they will not perform a downgrade fusion.

Of course for Lei En, none of this is an issue.

The only thing he must consider is that if the demon soul is too weak, the conflict may become unbalanced and cause the fusion to fail.

At this moment, the slime monster's demon soul seemed somewhat unfavorable.

Under Lei En's command, it smoothly passed the first layer of branches and climbed to the second layer, where two demon souls already resided: the Swift Shadow Thunder Blade Leopard and the Lightning Mouse.

Compared to them, the slime monster's strength was far too weak.

Moreover, after the third Soul Transformation, this fusion itself is the most conflicted and hardest.

The slime monster was stuck beneath the second‑layer branch, barely progressing; its soul power kept dissipating, its state extremely unstable.

Lei En's mind shifted, his soul power trembled, the World Tree shook and shed golden light, briefly suppressing the conflict.

The slime monster seized the chance to climb a bit higher.

Watching its rising height, Lei En estimated that the Yellow Gold Soul Seed would need to tremble more than ten times to succeed.

"A bit troublesome."

Each soul‑power tremor also strikes Lei En's own soul, which is quite painful.

He can endure far more than ten tremors, but they heavily damage the slime monster's demon soul; under these conditions, achieving ultra‑high fusion is impossible.

The previous five demon souls all reached ultra‑high fusion for Lei En, losing no Element.

"At this point, fusion rate doesn't matter."

Lei En didn't overthink; as long as the fusion rate falls below fifty percent, an Element might be lost, but with a perfect Soul Transformation plus the Yellow Gold Soul Seed, he wouldn't be this unlucky.

After the soul power settled, Lei En unhesitatingly made the World Tree tremble again.

Radiant light burst forth, the branches swayed.

The slime monster's demon soul seized the opportunity to ascend; every minute its soul power trembled once, the demon soul grew weaker yet its height rose steadily, drawing nearer to success.

After three tremors, plus intense conflict, the slime monster's demon soul had weakened to ninety percent.

At five tremors, it was at eighty percent.

Seven, nine…

When the tenth soul‑power tremor ended, the slime monster's demon soul had shrunk by half; its two Element runes began to destabilize, on the brink of collapse.

Fortunately, this was already the final one.

The demon soul finally reached the second‑layer branch, and the World Tree immediately absorbed it, sprouting a brand‑new branch that was shorter and thinner than the two beside it, appearing rather frail.

Yet the new branch stubbornly sprouted two leaves!

Though the branch is small, the leaves are mighty.

Especially the rune at the tip representing "Living Metal," shining brilliantly on the World Tree, dazzling.

At the same time, the phone interface displayed a third ring of battery.

This outermost battery had only two green segments, pitifully scarce.

But Lei En didn't care at all; as long as the fusion succeeded, that was enough.

"Phew, that was really close!"

He let out a long sigh, his mind relaxing.

This was his most difficult fusion yet, with a fusion rate only slightly above fifty percent; dropping another twenty percent could even cause failure, which would be utterly heartbreaking.

After the thrill came boundless joy.

Lei En didn't check whether the MutatedPhone had gained new functions; he immediately opened his eyes and saw Ao Xiliya still flying over the sea, and after glancing at the time, only a dozen minutes had passed.

He instantly activated the Steel Body, his whole form becoming incredibly hard, like a cast‑iron statue.

On the World Tree, the "Living Metal" leaf glowed faintly.

In that instant, a strange feeling rose in his heart, as if his body had become "alive," no longer bound by shape; a single thought could reshape it at will.

"Effective!"

"Living Metal works on the Steel Body indeed, excellent!"

Although Lei En had long guessed this outcome, confirming it still thrilled him.

Yet he did not rashly alter his body; instead he took a Gold Shield from his ring, pinched it between two fingers, and held it before his eyes.

The Gold Shield, forged of gold, melted like butter, quickly softened, flowing along his fingers to his palm.

Lei En gently swayed his palm; the gold, like liquid, slid back and forth across his hand.

He sensed that the gold remained at room temperature, not hot at all.

"What a marvelous Element!"

Lei En marveled endlessly, noting that such a thing would have been almost impossible on his previous life's Diqiu, completely defying the laws of physics, but in the supernaturally charged Ai Lun E Si, everything was natural.

He focused his mind, and the gold on his palm immediately began to reshape.

One second later, it turned into a brilliant gold ring, its inner and outer rims engraved with obscure, continuous characters that no one in this world could decipher.

Then, the ring's form shifted, and a tiny statue stood in his palm.

It resembled a youth clad in golden armor, but Lei En had forgotten the boy's facial details, resulting in blurred features and a less splendid golden armor.

The statue softened and reverted to a Gold Shield.

The Gold Shield's shape was identical to before, the only difference being that the figure on it had been replaced with Lei En's likeness.

"Putting one's own portrait on the coin, not bad, not bad..."

Lei En felt pleased with himself and sheathed the Gold Shield.

Through applying the Gold Shield's transformations, he had roughly figured out how to use "Metal Activation", and because it is a Physical Element, each activation consumes his own stamina.

The more powerful the metal manipulation, the heavier it becomes, and the more stamina is expended.

After transformation, the metal retains its shape even after control ends.

This reassured Lei En; if Metal Activation were only temporary and reverted once cancelled, its power would be greatly reduced, its effect diminishing by more than ninety percent.

He lowered his head to glance at his chest.

In his Steel Body state, the wound still looked terrifying, half his chest appeared as if sliced off by the sharpest blade, not even a single grape remaining.

Although this thing is of little use to a man, it still feels awkward, like an incomplete man.

"First heal, then talk."

Lei En concentrated, beginning to expend stamina, and the battery in his phone also drained.

His hardened body turned to liquid, the muscles around the wound started to writhe, filling the gap; in less than ten seconds, the massive wound that once exposed bone vanished, restored to its original state.

Lei En deactivated Metal Activation and exited the Steel Body.

His skin returned to its normal color, his chest became flat and solid, without a single scar, showing no sign of injury.

Even the grapes had regrown.

"Yay!"

Lei En clenched his fist and silently cheered, extremely excited.

However, it was not without cost; his body shrank slightly, and the muscle that filled the wound was not created from nothing but relocated from other parts of his body.

But that was irrelevant.

Unless someone could directly sever his own body or limbs, causing bodily separation, any severe injury could instantly heal, making him an unkillable being.

A third‑grade Steel Body makes breaking its defense difficult, let alone cutting off limbs.

Lei En smiled confidently.

The Steel Body combined with Metal Activation, the stacking of two supreme Elements, achieved the Undying Body effect!

He should give it a new name; Lei En thought for a moment and decided to call it "Metal Undying Body".

He wanted to try metal morphing again, and beneath him Ao Xi Li Ya sensed his movement; the dragon's head turned back, seeing his chest wound disappear, its iridescent twin pupils filled with surprise.

"Your wound is healed?"

"Yes, it couldn't be better," Lei En nodded in response, then asked, "Lu Yin*An Selamu hasn't appeared yet; doesn't he want to catch up?"

While speaking, his gaze searched everywhere but found nothing.

Ao Xi Li Ya felt she could read Lei En less and less, and said in a deep voice, "Perhaps."

She turned her head and scanned the horizon; the sea stretched endlessly, with no land in sight, so she slowed her flight and dove, uttering dragon speech.

A vast stretch of sea froze, instantly forming a solid ice sheet.

The massive body of the Iridescent Dragon vanished, and Lei En fell through the air, quickly activating Electric Flash Teleport to land on the ice. As he steadied himself and looked up, he saw Ao Xi Li Ya had already transformed back into a beautiful, cool‑elegant human female form, drifting down lightly.

The moment she reverted to human shape, her clothing also returned to her body.

She produced an iron awl and began carving on the ice. In less than a minute, she completed a simple rune formation, embedding several magic‑infused gems at its key points.

Then, a crystal appeared in her hand, infused with mana and activated.

It was a Transmission Technique combined with a long‑range positioning rune formation; Lei En watched from beside her, already guessing what Ao Xi Li Ya was doing, and felt a bit nervous.