An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 376 Enhancement of the Essence of Life
With a flick of his wrist, Chu Xiu revealed six pieces of equipment to his side!

All six pieces of equipment are either Heroic Spirit Supreme or King-rank Legendary!

Previously, Chu Xiu had obtained a lot of high-level equipment from the murderer. Including the causal points from the surrounding immortal energy and the transformation of tribulation, his total causal points had reached nearly seven million.

What Chu Xiu needs to do now is to cultivate the "Myriad Weapons Return to the Source Technique" under these tribulation clouds and integrate these six pieces of equipment into his body!

Chu Xiu had already discovered when he faced the tribulation lightning that the fused equipment in his body could also help him withstand the tribulation lightning!
The nine pieces of equipment he had integrated into the four cardinal directions and five internal organs were now dim in their spiritual light, having been significantly damaged by the tribulation lightning.

However, equipment is not flesh and blood, and its resistance to tribulation lightning is much stronger than that of the human body. Chu Xiu was able to withstand eleven points of tribulation lightning before, and the nine pieces of equipment inside his body played a significant role in that!

If we could add six more pieces of equipment in good condition, the chances of surviving the twelfth lightning strike would increase significantly!
Of course, the consumption of causal points also takes time.

For example, when Chu Xiu uses karma points to cultivate, it often takes him several days.

However, this time is constantly accelerated as strength increases. For Chu Xiu now, 500,000 karma points can be consumed in a few hours, but if it were a mortal awakener, he wouldn't be able to use them all even in a year!
Furthermore, in special circumstances, it can be accelerated even further. For example, during the Battle of Pengcheng, Chu Xiu's cultivation speed by consuming causal points was significantly faster than usual, and he completed the transformation within one or two days.

It's like being able to compress words that normally take half an hour to memorize into ten minutes when you're extremely focused.

Chu Xiu's soul is now incredibly powerful. After concentrating his mind to the extreme, he can process an astonishing number of causal points in a short period of time.

Of course, even so, it was impossible for him to consume all seven million karma points in the short few minutes that the tribulation lightning was brewing. Let alone seven million, even seven hundred thousand would be far from enough!
After all, there's no reason to start training only when the battle is about to begin.

However, the current situation is extremely special, because the most difficult part of the "Myriad Weapons Return to the Source Technique" is how to integrate equipment made from different materials such as metals and spiritual materials into the human body!

But now, Chu Xiu's six internal organs have been shattered by the tribulation lightning, greatly reducing the resistance to fusion!
Of course, destroying the six internal organs does not make fusion easier; otherwise, the predecessors who practiced this skill would have invented all sorts of self-harming techniques long ago.

Equipment is meant to be integrated into a complete organ. If you integrate it into a damaged organ, won't it continue to be rejected when the new part grows out? Surely the new flesh and blood won't still carry the memories of the previous parts?

Furthermore, every injury leaves a scar, and the new flesh and blood cannot be exactly the same as before. There will inevitably be omissions and overgrowth, which adds even more variables.

But the ingenious part is that Chu Xiu's injuries were caused by the tribulation lightning.

The characteristic of tribulation lightning is that it directly pulverizes flesh and blood into basic particles. In order to maintain his physical condition to the greatest extent, Chu Xiu prioritized the protection of his core parts with high-level energies such as divine and demonic power. This meant that the main structure of his six internal organs was not destroyed, only most of his flesh and blood were missing.

It's like a big tree whose leaves were shattered by lightning, but whose branches were preserved intact!
New flesh and blood can be restored to their original state simply by growing along the intact "branches"!

Moreover, just like the balance of yin and yang in the abyss, the destructive power of the tribulation lightning also contains new life!

As long as you survive the tribulation lightning, the completion rate of the "Body of Tribulation" trait will increase, and this strengthening power can help repair your body!

The combination of these factors makes now the perfect time to cultivate the "Myriad Tools Return to the Source Technique".

“I don’t need to cultivate the Six Internal Organs. Even with all the conveniences, the time is still too short.”

"All I need to do is establish a connection between the magic weapon and my body to help me resist the tribulation lightning!"

A fierce glint flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes. He took a deep breath, and the six pieces of equipment around him simultaneously merged into his body!

He actually wanted to use his mind to do six things at once, and simultaneously integrate the six internal organs!

If word got out, even the most powerful figures in the demonic path would be utterly astonished! The cultivation of the "Myriad Weapons Return to the Source Technique" is extremely dangerous, let alone simultaneously fusing six magical treasures? Only a madman would do that!

However, the current special circumstances, coupled with the powerful talent of [Perfect Refinement], gave Chu Xiu the confidence to give it a try!

The causal points around him were rapidly depleting, and the six pieces of equipment beside Chu Xiu began to slowly enter his body!
Chu Xiu's forehead was covered in cold sweat. This crazy act was extremely stressful even for him, like walking a tightrope on a cliff ten thousand meters high. The slightest mistake would result in his death!
Chu Xiu was completely focused, and as time passed, the six pieces of equipment seemed to have established some kind of connection with him. Six streams of life force flowed into Chu Xiu's body, just like parched branches receiving nourishment from a stream. Chu Xiu's severely injured body began to repair itself at a speed visible to the naked eye!
"Boom!"

A deafening roar echoed from the sky; the twelfth tribulation lightning bolt had been fully formed!
This tribulation lightning had been brewing for a full quarter of an hour, giving Chu Xiu ample time to adjust, and also signifying its terrifying power surpassing any previous tribulation lightning!
As a bolt of lightning flashed through the clouds, the next instant, the pitch-black tribulation lightning descended from the sky like a slender sword accelerated to its limit!

Chu Xiu suddenly opened his eyes and let out a sharp roar!
With his roar, the Hellfire Corpse charged out first, its body, comparable to that of a demigod, withstood the tribulation lightning head-on!
"Boom!"

The body of the Hellfire Corpse was pierced through, leaving a large hole! The remaining tribulation lightning, now unimpeded, struck Chu Xiu heavily!
In an instant, his hands disintegrated, followed by his chest and ribs!
Faced with this horrifying scene, Chu Xiu's neck veins bulged, his eyes widened in anger, and he roared, unleashing all the strength he had just managed to recover, charging towards the tribulation lightning!

This wasn't to counter the tribulation lightning, but rather to act like dams, dispersing the power of the tribulation lightning and directing it towards the six magical treasures he had just established a connection with!
At the same time, the Stand kept activating, and the remaining less than one hundred demons exploded one after another!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Chu Xiu's body continued to disintegrate. At this moment, he looked like a punctured balloon. Almost half of his body had been turned into basic particles. The ghosts around him were almost completely wiped out. Even the two heroic ghost kings were used by him to die in place of him without hesitation!

After paying such a high price, he finally split the massive lightning bolt into six strands and guided them into the six pieces of equipment!
These six pieces of equipment have already established a connection with him, so they are also the targets of the tribulation lightning attack. Moreover, the six pieces of equipment that Chu Xiu selected are the most powerful in terms of energy level!
Success or failure depends on this!
"boom!"

Lightning flashed across the sky, like countless tiny black snakes slithering about.

After the lightning dissipated, Chu Xiu's mutilated body was revealed in the spot.

"boom!"

He fell face-up onto the ground, motionless, with wisps of smoke rising from his body.

"died?"

The Blood Demon avatar beside him stared wide-eyed and ran over anxiously. If Chu Xiu died, it would die too!
But after running only a few steps, it stopped again, looking at the sky in shock.

But the previously ferocious and roaring tribulation clouds suddenly calmed down for some reason and began to dissipate in all directions.

It was like a program that had completed its task and was automatically terminating. "Click."

Suddenly, a soft sound rang out in the room, followed by a series of "pattering" sounds, and a fine drizzle began to fall from the sky.

Rasputin stared blankly at the sky, his face full of disbelief. Even as the leader of the Seventy-Two Blood Demons, he had never seen such a bizarre scene. How could the terrifying tribulation clouds have suddenly dissipated? And what was with this rain?

But he soon noticed something was wrong: the rain seemed to have a life of its own, and was spontaneously flowing towards Chu Xiuhui, who was lying on the ground!
Soon the rainwater formed a small puddle, and Chu Xiu lay motionless in the middle. But Rasputin could clearly feel an immense vitality emanating from his body!

"What exactly is this."

Rasputin didn’t understand what was happening, but he vaguely knew that Chu Xiu was undergoing a transformation!
“Trial.” Rasputin suddenly realized something, a thoughtful look appearing in his blood-red pupils.

He didn't say anything more, but just quietly stayed by Chu Xiu's side.

The rain lasted for three whole days, but strangely, the small puddle remained the same size, without increasing in size at all.

When the rain stopped, the vitality within Chu Xiu's body had reached an extremely terrifying level!

Suddenly, just like grass sprouting from the soil, the vitality that had been accumulated to the extreme began to surge forth!
Chu Xiu's body repaired itself at an unbelievable speed, and the newly grown flesh contained a power far greater than before! It was as if it had broken free from some kind of shackle, and was filled with a vitality that Rasputin had never seen before, but which was even more tenacious and surging than that of the Blood Demons!
Before Rasputin could fully sense it, Chu Xiu's body suddenly vanished from the spot!
Rasputin was taken aback, then was horrified to discover that Chu Xiu had been standing behind him at some point!

He immediately lowered his head and said repeatedly, "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is blessed with boundless fortune and deserves this opportunity!"

Chu Xiu didn't speak, but just quietly looked at his palm. At this moment, his skin was as delicate and smooth as a baby's, but it didn't have the tender and fragile feeling of a baby. If he had to describe it, there was only one word.

Flawless.

It is as if all flaws have been eliminated, making it the most perfect creation in the world.

With a gentle squeeze, a powerful force surged forth!

[Body Forged Through Tribulations (SSS) (Completion 22.1%): All attributes +20200, Tribulation Lightning Resistance +866, Increased Life Essence, Reduced Data-Driven Aspects.]

Reaching 22% completion of his Tribulation Body directly increased all his attributes by more than 20,000 points!
This makes Chu Xiu, even with just his basic attributes, strong enough to surpass an ordinary demigod!

Chu Xiu could clearly feel that the greatest benefit this trait brought him was actually the seemingly ordinary "improvement in the essence of life" that followed!
The essence of life is something that is difficult to quantify. Underground microbial communities can spread over an area of ​​several miles, but no matter how large they are, they are still insignificant in the eyes of humans. This is the difference in the essence of life!

It's like the ancient cultivator who was struck by lightning and died; his body could transform into a world after death. Compared to that, Chu Xiu's life essence is as simple as those single-celled organisms.

Now, Chu Xiu's life essence has been elevated, making him, to some extent, no longer a human being.

The specific change is that the organs and viscera that are commonly known as the five internal organs no longer exist in his body. His internal organs have been abstracted into special "spaces". If someone were to split open Chu Xiu's body now, they would not see any flesh or blood. Only a vast amount of energy would flow in the crystal-clear meridians that are as smooth as jade. Where the organs should have been, there would only be dark vortexes.

"If my parents and Qingshan saw this, they'd probably be terrified, right?" Chu Xiu shook his head with amusement.

He had long heard that high-level awakened beings were all sorts of strange and wonderful people, with all kinds of appearances and races. He never expected that he would become a "monster" in the eyes of ordinary people before he had even met a few in reality.

"Do not."

Chu Xiu shook his head again: "This should be the necessary path to reach a higher realm."

His current state is not unique; many heroic spirits and demigods have very special structures within their bodies, just like him.

Chu Xiu had heard a saying during several gatherings of heroic spirits and when he was exchanging ideas with a group of powerful individuals.

That is, the higher the level of an awakened person, the higher the degree of "energyization" of their body, because the flesh and blood body will become increasingly difficult to adapt to high-intensity combat.

He had also heard that the authority possessed by gods, in addition to the rules they represented, also included the universal [domain] and [true form].

The realm goes without saying, but the [true form] is quite interesting. It is said that because the energy of gods is too vast, it is extremely inconvenient for them to fully manifest. Therefore, they usually only travel in the form of a [carpet] that consumes less energy, just like how the true form of extraterrestrial demons is a planet.

From this perspective, only specially constructed energy bodies can do this. How can a flesh and blood body, which is based on real matter, be arbitrarily hidden or even compressed?
"Clap."

Just as Chu Xiu was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a soft sound, and a stone bead fell next to him.

Chu Xiu reached out and picked it up; it was the Robbery Pearl.

The tribulation clouds overhead, having exhausted their power, completely dissipated, and the tribulation pearls within them fell down.

After a moment's thought, Chu Xiu glanced into the distance. As the death energy dissipated, he could now see the faintly visible Taiyin Treasure Vault from his position.

Although he didn't know Qingyunzi and the others' plan, Chu Xiu understood that Su Jinyu and the other four had drawn the death energy from afar. With this understanding, he could easily figure out what had happened.

However, he was not in a hurry to go to the Taiyin Treasure Vault; he had more important things to do.

At first glance, the changes in his body seemed to be beneficial, but there was one thing that Chu Xiu was extremely worried about.

Is that his current state? Can he still cultivate according to the records in the demonic path inheritance?
After all, there's no such step in traditional cultivation! He hasn't even formed his Golden Core yet! Let alone the Tribulation to become an Immortal, at the very least, it's something only a Nascent Soul cultivator needs to consider!

Not to mention, he hadn't even finished his tribulation yet. Even though he was half-dead from being struck by lightning, his completion rate was only a little over 22%. His body only showed signs of energy transformation and had not yet been fully completed.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu had no mind to think about revenge against the Taiyin Treasure Vault. He immediately found a place free of death energy, sat down cross-legged, and began to recover his damaged body while carefully sensing the specific changes in his body.

(End of this chapter)