68: Chapter 68 Mortal beings are too weak to bear the power of heaven and earth!

"Quality is valued over quantity. Since these several thousand water-governing backbones have withstood the test of the xuanming heavy water, they are qualified to become the sharpest blades in my hands."

His gaze penetrated through layers of void, looking toward the Dragon Transformation Pool in the heart of the Divine Kingdom, where terrifying waves were churning.

To forge an invincible imperial guard that would make all enemies panic at the mere mention of them, having late Tier 1 cultivation was far from enough; they had to be made even stronger!

However, before that, Lin Yunfei's sight first turned to the rear of the Divine Kingdom, to his Private Herb Garden.

With the Divine Kingdom ascending in rank and the fortune feeding back, this herb garden, which was already rich in spiritual energy, was now undergoing a heaven-shaking mutation!

"Hum hum hum!!!"

The moment he projected the Creator's vision over, a medicinal fragrance so rich it nearly materialized rushed straight at him along the spiritual link, refreshing anyone who smelled it as if their very souls had been cleansed.

Under the frantic scouring of the Tier 2 Calamity Laws and the black-and-red light rain, the area of the Private Herb Garden expanded by several times over.

The originally brown spiritual soil had now completely crystallized, turning into a dark red soil as transparent as ruby. Every single grain of soil contained a terrifyingly majestic vitality.

What was even more exaggerated were the spiritual herbs planted in the herb garden!

All these spiritual herbs were undergoing crazy mutations!

A Hemostatic Grass, which was originally only the size of a palm, had now grown wildly to half a person's height, and dark red jagged patterns even grew along the edges of its leaves, exuding a faint smell of blood.

This was a mutated trait tainted by the aura of the Ancient Blood Demon!

On the other side, the petals of a Returning Spirit Orchid had turned a deep ice-blue, and wisps of frost were frozen into the surrounding air. Needless to think, this was the result of absorbing the laws of the xuanming heavy water.

Looking around, dozens of small spiritual energy vortices had even condensed above the entire Private Herb Garden. Colorful spiritual lights intertwined, completely transforming this place into a priceless, peerless treasure land!

"With this tenfold time-flow rate, coupled with the nourishment of the Tier 2 Laws, casually taking any single item from this herb garden and placing it in the academy's trading hall could fetch an astronomical price!"

Lin Yunfei took a deep breath, suppressing the wild joy in his heart.

The logistical support of the Divine Kingdom had completely taken shape, and next was the time to truly test combat strength!

"Yushi, hear my command!"

The mighty divine voice exploded above the Dragon Transformation Pool.

"Subordinate is here!" Yushi knelt on one knee, extremely respectful.

"Open the outer perimeter of the Dragon Transformation Pool, and lead these thousands of elites into the pool to temper their bodies. Within the shortest time possible, I want to see a formed, dedicated heavy-armored guard!"

"As you command!"

Following Lin Yunfei's divine decree, several thousand water-governing backbones who had just broken through to late Tier 1 with blood and qi like dragons, led by Leader Yan Er, walked with firm and powerful steps to the edge of the Dragon Transformation Pool.

Even standing at the outer perimeter of the pool, the overwhelming aura of calamity still made these battle-hardened warriors feel a sense of suffocation.

Yushi knew full well how tyrannical the Dragon Transformation Pool was.

The pool water not only contained the extreme destruction of the xuanming heavy water, but also integrated the tyrannical vitality of the Ancient Blood Demon. Ordinary living beings would instantly end up with no bones left the moment they touched even a single drop.

For safety's sake, Yushi did not let them enter the main pool directly. Instead, he waved a hundred-foot water blade, carefully guiding a small stream of water from the outermost periphery of the Dragon Transformation Pool.

Following that, he formed seals with both hands, mobilizing the ordinary river water within the Divine Kingdom to dilute this small stream of Dragon Transformation Pool water by hundreds and thousands of times.

Until the pool water, which was originally as thick as ink, turned light blue, Yushi nodded slightly.

"First Squad, enter the pool!"

At Leader Yan Er's order, over a hundred elite warriors unhesitatingly took off their upper garments, revealing muscles as hard and knotted as rocks, and strode into the diluted pool.

However...

Just the instant the pool water submerged their knees, a sudden change occurred!

"Ah—!!!"

One spine-chilling, miserable scream after another suddenly erupted from the pool!

Those elite warriors who had just stepped into the water—their physical bodies, originally as hard as steel, instantly began to violently tremble and twist as if they had been thrown into boiling magma.

The skin on their bodies, which had just healed in the light rain and even grown a layer of cornified defense, began to crack inch by inch at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Dark red blood gushed out frantically from the wounds. Before it could even fall into the water, it was instantly evaporated into clusters of blood mist by the tyrannical power contained in the pool water.

"Retreat! Withdraw quickly!"

Leader Yan Er's eyes split open with rage, and he roared out.

Yushi's expression changed drastically even more. He instantly reined in the power of the laws and forcibly swept the over a hundred severely injured warriors out of the pool, laying them flat on the ground.

Having entered for merely a few breaths of time, these hundred-odd late Tier 1 elites had already become on the verge of death. The crisscrossing wounds on their bodies were deep enough to expose bones, and even their bones were attached with an indelible layer of calamity aura, constantly eroding their vitality.

If Yushi had not acted decisively, even if the pool water had been diluted countless times, this group of people would have turned into a pool of blood in an instant!

High above the sky, Lin Yunfei looked at this scene, his brow furrowing deeply.

"Still not working..."

He muttered to himself, his tone carrying a trace of unwillingness.

The grade of the Dragon Transformation Pool was too high, and its power was too tyrannical.

Although this group of water-governing backbones had experienced the scouring of heavy water, and their realm had also reached late Tier 1, with physical strength far exceeding those of the same tier, when all was said and done, their life level was still just mortal flesh.

For a mortal body to want to endure the baptism of the ancient dragon might and the power of calamity was no different than wishful thinking!

The fatal flaw in physical strength was like an insurmountable chasm lying across Lin Yunfei's path.

If the problem of physical load-bearing capacity was not resolved, the invincible guard in his conception would forever remain a fantasy existing only on paper. As for the Dragon Transformation Pool, this heaven-shaking treasure, he could only look at it and not use it.

Just as the entire Divine Kingdom fell into a brief dead silence due to this trial's setback...

"Splash splash splash!!!"

From the very depths of the Divine Kingdom, a strange sound like rolling waves suddenly came over.

Lin Yunfei abruptly turned his head and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

That was the Starry Sky Ancient Tree!

The Starry Sky Ancient Tree, which was rooted in the void and bore the fortune of heaven and earth, was currently erupting with an incomparably dazzling starlight.

Taking advantage of the heaven-defying fortune of the Divine Kingdom successfully ascending to Tier 2 and the laws reaching Great Perfection, the long-dormant subconscious of this heaven-and-earth spiritual root finally welcomed a further awakening.

The massive tree canopy moved without wind, and thousands of branches and leaves shimmering with starlight intertwined in the void to form a mysterious picture scroll.

Following that, a vast, ancient divine sense devoid of any emotional color directly transmitted into Lin Yunfei's mind along the soul contract between the Creator and the divine object.

"Mortal bodies are weak and cannot bear the might of heaven and earth!!!"

"It is necessary to use items of fortune to temper the origin, wash the marrow and cleanse the bones…"