Chapter 681: Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body

Glamorgan Castle.

Lei En sat alone in the second‑floor study, having already ordered the Extreme Warrior guarding the door that, without his permission, no one may enter.

In his field of view the phone interface opened, and the Soul Power Pool icon kept flashing.

The battery‑shaped icon was almost fully green, the numbers kept ticking, and in a few seconds it would hit its limit of two thousand units. In the past each Soul Transformation had increased the Soul Power Pool's capacity, but only for the main body; when Reslin advanced to Legendary High‑rank, the MutatedPhone showed no change.

From this, Lei En concluded that the phone in Reslin's mind was only a copy, not an independent existence.

The duplicate still differs from the main body.

In the sensing, Reslin had already unleashed the Light Spear, attacking the Abyssal Gate while wiping out the oncoming demon army.

Lei En no longer delayed and hurried to start draining energy.

First, Strength.

His Strength Element had reached level thirteen, and now each tick of the progress bar consumes thirteen units of energy, the highest energy‑draining of all Elements.

That means reaching Strength level fourteen requires 1,300 units of energy!

Next is the Iron Body.

This was the first supreme Element he obtained; without it he could never have his current power, perhaps not even be alive today. The Iron Body has been hard to raise from the start, now only at level five, and another upgrade would promote it to a Legendary Element, though it would cost roughly a thousand units of energy.

Similar to the Iron Body is the Mithril Body, also at level five; upgrading it would also advance to a Legendary Element, with comparable energy cost.

All three Elements rising together caused the energy to plummet rapidly.

Lei En didn't forget to recharge himself; in a few seconds he went from a full‑meter Fourth-level Wizard at level fourteen into a Soul Ascension state, and the World Tree within his soul began to sway.

The energy in the Soul Power Pool burst like a broken dam, spilling away in an instant and soon ran dry.

After a few seconds, Reslin's Light Spear cleared the second wave of charging demon frenzy around it, siphoning hundreds of souls from a distance, and the Soul Power Pool instantly surged.

Lei En kept advancing, and the energy dropped again.

This repeated many times.

Two minutes later, the Abyssal Gate was riddled with holes. Its circular frame, forged from Sarong Dark Iron and nearly a hundred meters in diameter, had a dozen holes punched by the Light Spear, and the massive base was peppered with countless pits, looking precariously unstable, ready to collapse at any moment.

Around Reslin and his five companions, demon corpses piled up like a mountain.

Yet more demons surged over the corpses, trying to overwhelm the enemy by sheer numbers; the entire demon camp's forces encircled them, sealing off several miles, an endless tide.

Except for Reslin, the teammates were starting to falter.

They had just fought a major battle against the Baro Flame Demon, exhausting both stamina and Soul Power, and after only a few minutes of rest they were thrust into another high‑intensity fight, still wounded. The demon army contained many Legendary Great Demons; alone they would fear nothing, but against a tide of foes, mistakes were inevitable.

Even though Reslin bore the bulk of the pressure, the Light Spear swept enemies away wave after wave.

His comrades were also finding it hard to continue.

Bela Ke, while firing at demons, glanced up at the Abyssal Gate and shouted, "Reslin, how much longer?"

It was his third time asking.

"Almost there," Reslin replied coolly.

The Holy Spear Ranger was both urgent and helpless; the first two times Reslin had answered the same, "Almost, almost," the Abyssal Gate was already trembling but still wouldn't fall.

The Bolt Gun in his hand fired continuously, becoming scorching hot, and his arm tingled from the recoil.

Even so, the Bolt Gun consumed very little Soul Power; if he used his own Soul Gun, he couldn't fire a single shot now.

Yizite was panting rapidly but could still hold on;

Axi Na was hardly affected; with a Titan Giant's stamina she could fight another hour without issue. After her leg wound healed, her combat ability was barely lower than at the start, and she would periodically charge into the demon mass, unleashing Thunder Stomp, killing fewer demons than Reslin.

The worst case was Dao En Suosi; still badly wounded, his face was pallid, his hulking frame nearly unable to stay upright, seeming likely to collapse before the Abyssal Gate.

"Dao En Suosi, you rest."

Reslin said that to the Barbarian Priest.

He lightly tapped his Mithril staff, opening a transparent "Resistance Field" that enveloped everyone, taking over the holy protective barrier.

"Good!"

The Barbarian Priest exhaled in relief, caught a bottle of Soul‑Returning Elixir tossed by a Dark Elf and drank it.

He looked at the towering Abyssal Gate, shook his head and said, "No wonder the large Abyssal Gates on the New Continent have rarely been destroyed over the years; they're that solid. If Di Ma E Tu hadn't died guarding the gate, we'd have had no chance at all."

Bela Ke listened, swung his barrel toward the Abyssal Gate.

High‑velocity rounds struck the metal frame, exploding into countless flames and shards, leaving a series of pits, yet still far from shaking the whole gate.

"Don't waste ammunition," Reslin said.

In fact, a minute earlier he could have destroyed the Abyssal Gate; if the torrent of Light Spears kept striking the same spot, severing the connection between the base and the circular frame, then nothing else would be needed—the gate's own massive weight would cause it to collapse.

But to harvest more demon souls, Reslin deliberately delayed, not delivering the killing blow.

The Abyssal Gate acted like bait, luring the entire demon army to come to their deaths.

Most demons aimed to kill the enemy, but a small fraction, seeing the tide turn, tried to rush into the Abyssal Gate to escape. Once the gate fell, those demons would scatter, making it hard to gather them together.

Bela Ke opened fire, noting that given the Abyssal Gate's current state, it truly could be destroyed.

Reslin had to speak up to remind them.

"Got it," Bela Ke said, assuming Reslin was protecting the Bolt Gun's ammunition, and ceased firing.

"You may rest," Reslin said again. "Axi Na, you watch over everyone; just leave these demons to me." In truth, if not for saving face with his teammates, he could have taken care of destroying the Abyssal Gate alone.

"Coming."

Axi Na stepped forward, unleashing countless bolts of lightning that annihilated dozens of demons, then transformed into electric light that flew back to guard her comrades.

Seeing the indomitable silhouette of the female giant, Yizite and Bela Ke hesitated briefly before stopping.

Reslin began to focus his casting.

The true Mirror Image, identical to the main body, withdrew the Light Spear and released an invisible force field of enormous range; when demons rushed into it, their speed abruptly slowed as if their weight had multiplied dozens of times, each step draining their entire strength.

Fictional Gravity Field!

Originally a six‑ring Arcane, Reslin upgraded it to eight rings, boosting gravity fiftyfold and expanding the field to a 500‑meter diameter, encompassing even the Abyssal Gate.

In the fictional gravity field, the differences in Demon strength are displayed very plainly.

The strong run fast, the weak run slow.

Some weaker Demons fall to the ground outright, finding even standing up difficult, and are then trampled to death by other Demons.

But regardless of strength, all Demons' movements slowed.

The Real Mirror Image maintains the fictional gravity field; immediately, half of the Light Spear torrent in the sky splits off, turns, and falls.

The scene resembles a celestial maiden scattering blossoms.

The Light Spear is inherently weightless, light as a feather; even when made dozens of times heavier, the difference is minimal, hardly affected by gravity changes.

Over 150 amethyst Light Spears, like needles threading, zip at high speed through the fictional gravity field, drawing pleasing trails, piercing Demons' heads and hearts, or stabbing into a legendary Great Demon's body and exploding, shredding it into a spray of flesh and blood.

After a dazzling flurry, not a single of the hundreds of Demons inside the gravity field remains alive.

Including the Demons that fled toward the Abyssal Gate, all were killed cleanly.

All unseen souls were absorbed by Reslin.

The Soul Power Pool rose again.

The Real Mirror Image removes the fictional gravity field, allowing outer Demons to surge forward; seconds later, a tide of Demons fills the surrounding space, but just as they approach the enemy, before they can attack, the fictional gravity field reappears.

The massive gravity slows them, then another wave of Light Spear slaughter follows.

Reslin also doesn't forget to put on a show, letting the remaining half of the Light Spears attack the Abyssal Gate, shaking it, yet it does not fall.

The teammates were stunned, not noticing any trick.

They watched the Light Spears flutter across the sky, wave after wave slaying Demons; no Demon could approach the protective resistance field shielding everyone, let alone attack them.

The teammates did not slack off, but felt far too relaxed.

Even though surrounded by countless Demons, they felt a strange sense of safety, as if the seemingly close Demon legions were separated by an insurmountable heavenly trench.

Moreover, Reslin still appeared effortlessly at ease.

They even had the leisure to chat casually.

"Goddess above!"

Yizite's face was full of emotion as he sighed, "I finally understand why so many people want to become a Wizard!"

"Do you only understand now?" Dao En Suosi shook his massive bald head, "If you had been to the Empire, you would have known that Wizards are the strongest transcendental profession in the world, for all races beyond humans; the only ones who can rival Wizards are Mages!"

"Oriense Empire..." the dark elf said with longing, "I will definitely go."

Beilake's eyes held an indescribable envy.

Even though he witnessed Reslin's power again and again, each time he still found himself underestimating Reslin, as if there were no limit.

Everyone is Legendary High-rank, yet the strength gap is incomprehensibly large.

Axina was also dazzled and entranced.

She is the only teammate who knows Reslin's true identity, yet she seems to be meeting Reslin for the first time; such superb casting technique—how does Lei En master it?

The battle continued repeatedly without change.

Wave after wave of Demons surged forward, entered the fictional gravity field and were slowed, then were turned into a sieve by Light Spears, their souls drifting into Reslin's Soul Power Pool.

Lei En, far away in Gelamorgan, was wildly consuming energy.

The energy in the Soul Power Pool rose and fell, never staying steady for even a second.

His soul ascension has ended, becoming a level‑15 Wizard, able to fuse a new demon soul.

Because there was no suitable demon soul on hand to fuse, Lei En stopped after reaching near‑full at level 15, without triggering a soul metamorphosis. If he simply advanced to Legendary High-rank like this, he would waste a chance to fuse a demon soul, a loss not worth it.

In the soul space, the World Tree grew a great height.

Power has already risen to level 14!

Steel Body and Mithril Body are both level 5; as their progress bars approach fullness, the speed slows increasingly.

Energy continues to rise, but Steel Body and Mithril Body are near their limits, about to advance, unable to accept more energy.

Thus, Lei En poured the energy into the True Dragon Body.

Since signing a soul contract with Aoxiliya to obtain the True Dragon Body, this Element had never improved, still at level 5. After energy was added, the True Dragon Body's progress bar surged, reaching level 6 in under half a minute, still a Super‑Exceptional Element.

Lei En did not stop, continuing to raise the True Dragon Body toward level 7.

At the same time, he also selected Blood Frenzy.

Level‑5 Blood Frenzy teeters on the edge of advancing Legendary Elements; one more level would upgrade it to "Infinite Frenzy"!

With so many Elements rising together, there is still surplus energy.

Lei En opened the icons for "Thunder Slash" and "Destruction Critical", both level‑5 combat skill Elements; as their progress bars began to advance slowly, the Soul Power Pool's rises and falls finally balanced.

Time passed minute by minute.

Reslin's battle at the Abyssal Gate has exceeded five minutes; even he does not know how many Demons he has slain, perhaps tens of thousands, and the Soul Power Pool has absorbed over five thousand units of energy.

The Demons are terrified by the killings.

Even the most fearless Demons, seeing those ahead slaughtered en masse, are unwilling to advance and die.

This leaves Reslin with no more Demons to kill, and the energy's rise slows.

Yet in these few minutes, the soul World Tree grew over half its height, comparable to a true towering tree.

Every leaf on the tree flickered.

Especially the leaves representing the Elements "Steel Body", "Mithril Body" and "True Dragon Body" shone brilliantly. Almost simultaneously, the three Elements' progress bars reached the end, Steel Body and Mithril Body rose to level 6, and True Dragon Body to level 7!

Within the soul, the entire World Tree swayed.

The runes on the three Element leaves quivered violently, triggering Lei En's bodily metamorphosis.

"Um!"

Lei En seemed to sense something, and stood up.

Metallic sheen flowed across his skin, gold and silver interlacing, occasional colorful dragon scales appearing, as his interior underwent earth‑shattering change, emitting a crisp sound, and the terrifying power rippled the void.

This bodily evolution was stronger than the soul metamorphosis, but it lasted only briefly, ending in less than a minute.

When the World Tree stabilized again, Lei En noticed an anomaly.

A few leaves that were originally a Steel Body, a Mythril Body, and a True Dragon Form all displayed identical Element runes, resonating with each other's aura and changing in concert.

That means the three Elements have merged into one!

Lei En was a bit stunned.

After the three supreme Elements advance, there should be three legendary Elements, but now there is only one—what a loss!

The icon on the phone interface also became a single one; unlike the other Elements, the icon is a silhouette of a human body, radiating beams of light, with a metallic texture that looks incredibly hard, yet also possesses a wondrous feel.

"What kind of legendary Element is this?"

Lei En stood before a mirror, observing his own body.

His outward shape changed little; he remained equally strong and well‑proportioned. Yet when he activated this Element, his body instantly transformed into a strange metal, his skin bearing a faint metallic sheen—not steel, not mythril, not gold, but a blend of the three, with a very subtle dragon‑scale pattern, ultimately yielding an indescribable complexion that at first glance looks ordinary, but upon closer inspection reveals its extraordinary nature.

He lifted his hand and pressed it against his other arm, feeling extreme hardness and resilience. Pressing firmly, only a shallow mark remained, which vanished instantly, restoring the original state.

This left Lei En utterly shocked.

He now possessed Level‑14 power; even without exerting full force, the strength was terrifyingly great, unable even to tear his own skin.

"This..."

Lei En activated his Soul Eye, looked at his reflection, and sensed the information of this Element.

Sure enough, it was a legendary Element!

But this is not the "Golden Sacred Body" of the Steel Body advancement, nor is it recorded anywhere; it is an unprecedented legendary Element, and he should be the world's first person to possess it, so he can give it a name.

Lei En looked at his skin refracting the strange luster, feeling its formidable defense, and quickly thought of a very fitting name.

"Hmm..." he whispered in Chinese, "I'll call it Titanium‑Extreme Golden Body!"

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(End of chapter)