104: Breakthrough successful! The Black Prison Armor now adheres to your skin like a solid layer!
To be honest.
Gu Chen had indeed imagined the appearance of this Martial Dao True King countless times. After all, the outside world had long promoted this figure with a mythical color; he was like a god who saved the history of the Human Race's civilization, a True God who stepped into the Universe's starry sky, breaking the worldly shackles of the Human Race's mortal frame, and creating countless great achievements for the Xia State.
But no matter how much Gu Chen thought about it, he never expected that the Martial Dao True King would actually be the old man before him.
Nevertheless, he still maintained his respect for the Martial Dao True King.
He guessed that the battle back then was likely unprecedentedly tragic. Even if the old man before him had entered the Martial Dao True King Realm, it wasn't a crushing victory like in some power-fantasy novel. The strength of the Alien Races was despair-inducing. After all, the Martial Dao True King of the Human Race should only be a bit over forty years old by now, but his physical characteristics had become those of a withered, elderly man. This was a manifestation of overdrawn life force.
A sense of solemn respect rose in his heart.
“Come in.”
Gu Chen followed the old man deep into the garden, which was filled with exotic flowers and rare herbs.
“In the entire Xia State, including you and me, there are a total of thirteen people who have reached the fifth Blood Qi limit. However, so far, I am the only one who has successfully achieved a limit break. Therefore, you must think clearly and understand whether you want to continue with the limit break.”
As the old man spoke, a faint pressure emanated from him.
This was likely unintentional on the old man's part.
Having reached that Realm, his entire being exuded the extraordinary and the divine.
“The fifth Blood Qi limit has almost reached the human limit; it is not that easy to achieve a Breakthrough.”
At this moment, Gu Chen, who had been listening to the old man, suddenly showed a shocked expression.
“The human limit?”
The old man nodded.
“In this Universe, there are races as numerous as grains of sand, and these races seem to have had their upper limits defined since birth. Everything in the Universe contains certain special laws and hidden rules.”
“After I achieved the fifth limit break, I found that I seemed to have touched an invisible obstacle, as if I had hit a ceiling, which made me extremely uncomfortable. At that time, I raised my Blood Qi to 5,999 Cal, but in the end, I did not enter the sixth limit break.”
There was a hint of regret in the old man's tone.
“Later, after I resolved the matters of the Human Race, I found the answer in the starry sky. For ordinary humanoid races, Five Limit Breaks are the limit. Reaching a sixth limit break would mean their physical potential is no longer something a humanoid form can bear. Those creatures whose bodies are as high as mountains and whose hearts beat like stars, hidden in the depths of the starry sky, are the most terrifying races.”
The old man chuckled, then led Gu Chen to an open space.
He said slowly, “I will help you reach the fifth Physical Body Blood Qi limit, but whether you can perform the limit break still depends on you.”
As the old man spoke,
His hand moved gently in the air.
Several spiritual plants suddenly appeared in front of Gu Chen.
“These are the Large-leaf Profound Water Grass, Clear Profound Grass, and Red Fire Spirit Tempering Fruit gathered from the starry sky. They will be of great help to your limit break.”
Wealthy and overbearing.
None of them were ordinary items!
In an instant, Gu Chen felt intense energy fluctuations from them.
Previously, when he broke through the Blood Qi limit, he had always done so directly, relying on his own powerful physical fitness to force a Breakthrough. This was the first time he would consume such special spiritual plants to assist in a limit break.
“It's starting.”
The old man did not give him a chance to react.
Boom!
A vast pressure, unlike anything Gu Chen had ever experienced, suddenly erupted from the old man. In an instant, the entire garden seemed to be shrouded in a terrifying haze. Zzzzt—dense energy manifested horrifying scenes in the Void Realm!
The Martial Dao True King Realm.
It had already begun to involve the starry sky.
This was a Realm where one could already step into the starry sky and evolve infinitely.
At this time, his aura actually created a layer of terrifying hallucinations for Gu Chen!
Boom!
That power pressed down on Gu Chen, as if stars were falling toward him. He was running on an endless celestial body, surrounded by the scent of loneliness!
The old man pointed his finger, and the three spiritual plants immediately turned into three streams of energy of different colors, surging toward Gu Chen.
Buzz!
Gu Chen felt himself enter a limit state. His muscles bulged, and the creaking sounds told Gu Chen that his Physical Body had reached its limit. The problem now was to achieve the fifth limit break!
“This kid's Physical Body...” The old man suddenly opened his eyes in surprise, as if he had sensed something.
“No wonder.”
No wonder that Old Fellow personally came to find him and asked him to help a Young Man try to see if he could break through the fifth limit. This was an unprecedented first.
“Is he the one the Xia State has identified as the next me?”
A complex look suddenly appeared in his eyes.
While the old man was deep in thought.
Crack, crack, crack!
Gu Chen's outer skin suddenly split open like cracked porcelain. A dull sound suddenly rose from within his body. It felt as if a startled cat's fur had suddenly stood on end—it was the terrifying cells in Gu Chen's body instantly surging!
Whoosh!
His skin split open, and black armor suddenly seeped out from within. In an instant, it appeared on Gu Chen's body like tiny black insects. The black prison armor actually manifested automatically on Gu Chen's body, temporarily becoming his skin!
Crack, crack, crack!
The sound of shackles breaking echoed within Gu Chen's Physical Body.
The fifth Blood Qi limit, Breakthrough successful!
Gu Chen was in constant, intense pain. His skin had actually all fallen off just now, and even many of his muscles and bones had broken in that instant. At this time, a gentle stream of energy flowed from Gu Chen's lower abdomen toward his limbs and bones, quickly repairing everything. Gu Chen was now covered in the pitch-black black prison armor, which opened and closed like a living creature. This limit break seemed to have made the Fusion between Gu Chen and the black prison armor even tighter.
Soon.
Gu Chen's skin regrew, and the broken bones and flesh inside his body also healed.
The limit break was successful.
Power surged into Gu Chen's body.
Towering Blood Qi boiled up, causing the spiritual plants in the entire garden to sway.
Gu Chen looked at the black prison armor on his body, which was like his own skin, and his eyes were filled with surprise. He then quickly put the black prison armor away.
He looked up.
He quickly thanked him.
“Thank you, True King.”
However, when Gu Chen looked up, he met the old man's complex and deep eyes. At this moment, he clearly saw a flash of envy in the old man's eyes. That emotion flickered past, but Gu Chen saw it very clearly.