Chapter 163: 167.Chapter 167 No Fastest, Only More Ruthless

167. Chapter 167 No Fastest, Only More Ruthless

Wait.

What's going on?

As he was thinking, Lin Ke suddenly felt something off with his body.

It seemed a yin fire began burning from the soles of his feet, about to drill into his flesh.

Soon Lin Ke realized this was the initial stage of life essence transcendence, tempering the flesh.

The so-called tempering means exactly what it says.

First a 'fire' burns the blood, flesh, and bones until they are thoroughly heated, then pressure from all directions without blind spots relentlessly hammers and forges, making the body like an ingot tempered into steel, gaining tempering by fire and force for a qualitative leap.

"Is this the start of life essence transcendence?"

Lin Ke was greatly surprised.

Wasn't it said that after imprinting one's life-bound witchcraft, one needs a long period for body and soul to adapt to the changes brought by the life-bound witchcraft?

Paro Witch also said that advancing to an official witch is not that simple.

How come, when it came to him, the situation changed?

And it was a drastic change!

Lin Ke hadn't made any preparations at all.

Steadying his mind, Lin Ke didn't panic and immediately began to cope with the sudden life essence transcendence.

He first fully activated the Brain Seal Technique, focusing all his attention, firming his will, preparing to withstand the scorching blaze.

In fact, Lin Ke had the ability to cut off all pain and temperature feedback.

But to obtain a better life essence transcendence result, he had to directly feel the entire process of fire burning his flesh, experiencing that endless pain.

Only by enduring the pain could he enjoy the sweetness.

Bean-sized sweat droplets kept rolling down his forehead.

Lin Ke clenched his teeth, endured it stubbornly, and didn't make a sound.

Lest he leak his breath.

He just endured, endured.

He endured until the 'fire' wound up from both soles, spreading from calves to thighs, circling the groin to the abdomen and back, then straight up the neck to the skull.

All his black hair fell out.

The 'refining' part of 'tempering the flesh' ended just like that.

It looked simple, quite easy.

But this transformation was gained by Lin Ke's extraordinary will, stubbornly enduring the endless pain.

If it were someone with insufficient will, unable to bear this pain, they would fail at the last hurdle before becoming an official witch.

The academy is not lacking such examples.

Each year, part of the 'cheap labor' sent to those factories, workshops, and studios in the southern district consists of such failures.

When the fire refining ended, the hammering followed immediately.

Powerful pressure from all directions surged toward Lin Ke, who hadn't yet caught his breath.

Like waves, one after another, they slammed into his body.

They emitted thudding thuds, thud, thud.

The hammering force was exceedingly strong, some of it beyond Lin Ke's expectation.

Preparation insufficient, causing Lin Ke's face to turn pale instantly, almost suffering breathlessness that would displace his organs.

He quickly clenched his back molars, assumed a horse stance, and steadily received the next wave of hammering.

Only then did Lin Ke take advantage of the brief gap, catch half a breath, and smooth his breathing.

After that, nothing unusual happened.

Besides the pain, there was nothing else.

After a scare but no danger, the 'forging' part of 'tempering the flesh' also ended.

A surge of vitality sprang from the bone marrow, traveling via blood and nerves to nourish the whole body.

After tempering and nourishment, Lin Ke's flesh was completely renewed, fully upgraded.

Relying solely on his flesh, directly resisting Airusi's enhanced RPG would pose no problem.

But he cannot bare‑receive the bombardment of a superweapon.

Otherwise, even if he doesn't die, he will suffer severe injury.

One must still recognize oneself.

The next stage of life essence transcendence is condensing the soul, which immediately follows.

Lin Ke was preparing to endure it as before, according to his prior experience.

The result? He endured only loneliness.

He merely shivered, and the soul condensation was already over.

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Lin Ke showed such an expression on his face.

Just this?

What's going on?

All this unexpected.

Before Lin Ke could think of an answer, the final stage of life essence transcendence arrived.

The fusion of the brand‑new flesh and brand‑new soul.

This is not something that can be done in a short while; it takes some time.

However, an accident still occurred here for Lin Ke.

In less than a second, Lin Ke felt his soul and body perfectly merge again, without any hindrance.

Apart from lacking knowledge and the corresponding wizardry and means.

Lin Ke is now a bona fide first-rank official wizard!

Having just finished first year, in less than a year's time, he leapt from being a completely ignorant Storm Sea Newblood to becoming a first-rank official wizard that most local apprentices would need four years to achieve.

This speed cannot be called not fast.

It cannot be said that there is no one like him before or after.

But it is absolutely rare, few in number.

Lin Ke is both happy and worried.

The joy is that his promotion succeeded; his strength, status, and position will all be greatly enhanced;

The worry is that the leap in life essence came very suddenly, with frequent accidents during the process, and it ended in a daze.

This made Lin Ke involuntarily recall the changes of the "seed" and Fu Lan Duo.

Could it not be the means of that big shot again?

Outside the secret realm.

"Lao Bu Si" withdrew from the stone statue state, glanced doubtfully at the apprentice-level cultivation secret realm where Lin Ke was, and uttered doubtful murmurs:

"Did this little guy just succeed in promotion?"

"This is too easy, isn't it?"

"Could he have some old friend's means on him?"

Murmuring, Lao Bu Si's gaze grew heavier as he probed the reason Lin Ke suddenly and easily completed the life essence leap and promotion to first-rank official wizard.

After a moment, a look of realization flashed in Lao Bu Si's eyes.

"So that's how it is."

"This little guy himself has had another encounter, receiving the favor of the World Will."

"The soul from another world not only did not become an obstacle to promotion, but became a help."

"As for the body, heh, I never expected that my casual finger would actually fulfill you."

After muttering to himself, Lao Bu Si thought for a moment, then pointed a finger at Lin Ke again, leaving a mark on Lin Ke's body.

Thus, as long as Lin Ke is on the West Coast, he can sense Lin Ke's life-and-death situation at any time.

For the "foreign guest" who can obtain the favor of the World Will, Lao Bu Si is very interested.

Inside the secret realm.

Like a towering figure whose head he cannot touch, Lin Ke simply did not guess the many riddles that he is destined unable to solve at present.

He very helplessly accepted the fact that he had become a first-rank official wizard in a daze.

He also did not want to become an official wizard so early.

There's nothing to be done; when luck comes, it cannot be blocked.

Lin Ke rubbed his head, thinking: it's not that there is no price.

He became stronger, but also went bald.

He had no idea that a true big shot had already uncovered the secret of his sudden easy promotion.

The so-called "not that simple" of the Paro Wizard refers to Lin Ke's soul from another world, which, wanting to perfectly fuse with this body, will naturally undergo trials.

Who would have thought that at the promotion ceremony, Lin Ke activated the Brain Seal Technique, "multithreaded thinking," turning into a humanoid supercomputer equipped with top-tier AI, and somehow received the World Will's favor and baptism, thus solving this problem.

And Lao Bu Si's finger mainly aimed at the "seed," containing extremely rich wood-system vitality; having passed through Lin Ke's sea of consciousness, it incidentally nourished Lin Ke's body as well.

A single hair of the true big shot equals Lin Ke's nine oxen. Thus, Lin Ke can, after enduring the "tempering," immediately receive a nourishment of vitality, amplifying the effect of the tempering.

The toughness of his body far exceeds that of an ordinary first-rank official wizard.

One can only say that every eat and drink has its predetermined amount.

All kinds of coincidences piled together, resulting in Lin Ke's rocket-like promotion.

Setting aside the unexpected joy, Lin Ke sat back down and continued to ponder his previous brainstorm.

Coincidentally, after becoming a first-rank official wizard, he needs to switch to a higher-level meditation method; while learning the new meditation method, he can develop this brainstorm into research.

Surely the Academy shouldn't be stingy with a bit of data, right?

Lin Ke, who has grown accustomed to milking the Academy for resources lately, thought this way.

After a moment, Lin Ke stood up again.

The sudden promotion indeed left him somewhat at a loss for what to do.

He had just been guessing around, and actually forgot to experience how powerful a first-rank official wizard is.

With a thought, his natal wizardry, Armored Orchid Battle Armor.

The way of wearing it remains unchanged; still, the Mr. of the brow produces a blossom of "Armored Orchid," then splits into two paths to cover the whole body.

The visual effect is as before.

The difference is the casting time, which is negligible.

In the flash of lightning and sparks, Lin Ke had become the Armored Orchid Knight, so fast that the naked eye cannot capture the process.

From now on, as long as he does not lose consciousness, Lin Ke can hardly be ambushed.

No wonder, according to statistics, 83% of official wizards' natal wizardries are defensive types.

All for the sake of preserving life!

Not retracting the battle armor, Lin Ke immediately proceeded to test each of the dozens of Zero-Ring Wizardries he mastered.

In terms of casting time, each Zero-Ring Wizardry has been reduced.

The reduction scale for pushing out the old and bringing in the new and the perfection level is relatively small, whereas the reduction scale for proficiency and below is relatively large.

From the perspective of spell effects, every zero-ring witchcraft has been strengthened.

Even the lowest-powered Water Ball spell is estimated to be able to take away the Harold Andrews of the past in one shot.

Based on the development of three casting techniques from false innate witchcraft, 'continuous casting' is smoother, 'parallel casting' has increased in number, and 'double/multiple casting' has gone from double to triple (even though still limited to Water Shield).

These are all progress and improvement.

A present Lin Ke can defeat ten Lin Kes who have just branded their innate witchcraft.

I've gone bald, and also become stronger.

Touching his own bald head, Lin Ke let out a sigh.

Ruiwosuosi Cheng.

North District, in a villa, the basement.

Touching Mo Li's little head, Sen Lin Witch let out a sigh: 'Are you really ready?'

Mo Li gently rubbed her head against Sen Lin Witch's palm like a cat, then said firmly: 'Sen Lin Witch, I have thought it through and am ready. Please grant me this!'

Alright.

Sen Lin Witch moved her palm away and walked toward the experimental table placed in the center of the basement.

While walking, she said:

Witch aptitude is divided into two items: innate spiritual power leaning toward the soul, and elemental affinity leaning toward the body.

The soul must not be easily desecrated, otherwise misfortune will befall this life.

How to artificially enhance witch aptitude has always been a hot topic.

The higher-ranked the witch, the harder it is to bear offspring.

To enhance family strength, one must also have more witches.

Therefore, witches have always been conducting research in this area.

Based on the many researches of predecessors, combined with a strange organism I unexpectedly obtained while pioneering a certain otherworld, I have designed a bodily modification plan to improve elemental affinity.

Bone-devouring Worm, this is my name for this strange organism.

Saying this, Sen Lin Witch took out a transparent glass jar and showed it to Mo Li.

Inside the glass jar, two plump white worms lay quietly asleep.

Their appearance closely resembles that of a chubby white silkworm baby.

Don't let the cute appearance of the Bone-devouring Worm fool you; it is actually extremely ferocious.

No matter how hard the bone, it can chew it down to nothing.

After my guided cultivation, these two Bone-devouring Worms have become controllable.

The essence of the experiment is to let these two Bone-devouring Worms enter your bones, chew your bone marrow, and then, through a special method, replenish your vitality while stimulating the bone marrow to grow in a specific direction.

In this way, to increase your elemental affinity, thereby enhancing your witch aptitude.

Having explained this far, Sen Lin Witch stopped, fixed her gaze on Mo Li's eyes, and emphasized:

Throughout the experiment, you must remain conscious and cannot give your body local anesthesia.

No matter how painful, you must endure it.

Are you truly prepared?

Mo Li's face turned slightly pale for a moment, then she firmly replied: 'I am ready!'

Hmm.

Sen Lin Lin no longer persuaded Mo Li, collected all emotions, entered a detached research state, tone icy and merciless, gave the order: 'Take off your clothes and lie down.'

There's nothing to avoid.

Mo Li quickly took off all her clothes and lay naked on the experimental table.

Sen Lin Witch made a gesture.

The experimental table extended four binding straps, tying up Mo Li's hands and feet.

Then extended a binding ring, fixing Mo Li's head in place.

Beneath the experimental table, a complex rune array faintly appeared on the floor.

The special ink used to draw the rune array was blood-red.

Above the experimental table on the ceiling, an equally complex rune array faintly appeared.

The special ink used to draw the rune array was flesh-colored.

Sen Lin Witch then pressed a button on the experimental table once more.

The 'bed board' sank, liquid surged out, and soaked Mo Li's entire body.

No need to worry about breathing.

The liquid is restrained by the witch device's effect and will not enter the body through orifices.

Mo Li can breathe freely, without fear of choking on water.

Sen Lin Witch opened the glass jar and tapped the Bone-devouring Worm with her right index finger.

While awakening the Bone-devouring Worm, she implanted a prohibition.

Afterward, she poured the two Bone-devouring Worms respectively onto Mo Li's two soles.

She drove the Bone-devouring Worms to bite through Mo Li's skin, enter the bones, and gnaw upward from below.

Sen Lin Witch's experimental plan is actually an imitation of the initial stage of the life essence leap.

Only that 'refining' is changed to 'gnawing', and 'tempering' is changed to 'proliferation/stimulation'.

The purpose is also solely to increase the body-leaning elemental affinity, not to leap the life essence.

What kind of pain is it to have the bone marrow raw-gnawed?

Mo Li's facial expression twisted instantly; she clenched her teeth and had not yet cried out in pain.

She, with astonishing willpower, forced her body to remain unchanged, not moving an inch.

She feared that if she cried out or moved, releasing this breath, she would lose the resolve to persist in the torment that made one wish for a swift death.

"Persist! Cannot give up!"

Mo Li Li's eyelids flew open, revealing bloodshot eyes.

She recalled the battle in the mountain basin during the Two Districts Grand Comparison.

Lin Ke jumped out of the trench and launched a charge.

Let alone fighting side by side, she couldn't even cover her flank.

But that crazy woman, Ai Rui Si, could keep pace with Lin Ke, swooping down.

That feeling of helplessness, Mo Li did not want to experience again.

"Ah!!!!!"

Mo Li suddenly opened her mouth and let out a shout.

Filled with madness!

Infinite resolve.

Isn't that madness?

Let's see who is crazier!

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