150: Divine tempered body

On the battlefield, Li Dong became the eye of the storm.

The golden Spiritual Domain acted like a ruthless millstone, crushing all the divine monsters and members of the Divine Servant Legion caught within it.

Those eerie white divine lustrous glows emitted a harsh "sizzling" sound within the Domain as they were forcibly stripped from their hosts.

However, these stripped "divine fragments" did not dissipate after being thoroughly purified like the evil energy before.

They transformed into wisps of extremely fine, barely visible light, uncontrollably surging toward Li Dong.

"Hmm?"

Li Dong was in the midst of a killing spree when his body suddenly paused.

Strands of strange energy fragments flowed along the connection of the Spiritual Domain, pouring into his limbs and bones.

This feeling... was very strange.

It was not as gentle as Spiritual Qi, nor as fiery as a Medicinal Pill; instead, it carried a cold yet grand texture, as if every single fragment was recounting an ancient rule.

Once these fragments entered his Perfect Dao Body, they were immediately captured by the Source of Purification within his Dantian, which swallowed them in one gulp like a Vicious Beast that had been hungry for a long time.

"This..."

Li Dong could clearly "see" that the originally pure golden Source of Purification in his Dantian had begun to emit faint traces of silver-white radiance on its surface after devouring these fragments.

The originally domineering and outward-projecting power seemed to have become more restrained and solid.

This thing... could actually level up?

He stretched his joints, and his bones emitted a series of crisp cracking sounds; every inch of his muscles and every Meridian seemed to have been refined anew by a brand new power.

The cultivation barrier of the Golden Core Late Stage had loosened a bit more under this strange tempering, faintly showing a trend of touching the Peak.

This was truly... an unexpected joy.

"His power... is not right!" High in the sky, Grand Elder Qiankun Zi's roar changed in pitch, and his fanatical expression was replaced for the first time by an unbelievable gravity.

Beside him, Ying Mei said in a dry voice, "His Domain is absorbing divine grace... no, it's 'eating' divine grace! Our Divine Servant Legion is just delivering supplements to him!"

The silent Nether Scorpion unconsciously tightened his grip on his giant axe.

On the city wall, Wei Zheng and the Royal Ancestor also noticed the clue.

"Old Ancestor, can you tell?" Wei Zheng leaned on his blade, panting heavily, but his eyes were locked on Li Dong's direction.

"I can tell." The Royal Ancestor's voice carried a hint of daze, "This kid... is simply a monster. That kind of divine power, which even I find troublesome, has become a great tonic for him. When did our Great Tang... produce such a Prodigy?"

"Regardless of whether he is a Prodigy or a Genius, anyone who can save Jing City is a good one!" Wei Zheng laughed, and the wounds on his body seemed less painful, "I see that those three old immortals' faces have turned green!"

In the battlefield, Li Dong raised his hand again.

The same incantation, the same Move.

Spirit Transformation Demon Suppression Thunder Seal!

But this time, the color of the thunder seal flying from his palm had changed.

Within the originally pure Purple Firmament Divine Lightning, there were wisps of restrained silver-white mixed in.

The thunder seal flew out, not as grand as before, but instead appeared somewhat silent.

But when it struck a divine monster comparable to the Golden Core Middle Stage, a terrifying scene occurred.

That monster didn't even have time to scream; its entire body seemed to have its energy instantly drained, the impenetrable layer of white divine luster directly annihilated, and its massive body silently turned into the most basic particles in the thunder light, not even leaving behind flying ash.

One strike, obliteration!

"What powerful might!" Li Dong himself was startled.

This was no longer simple energy suppression; it was more like... deletion at the level of the rules?

As he absorbed more and more "divine fragments," that feeling became clearer and clearer.

These fragments were not purely energy at all, but a kind of information, a kind of data, a kind of... "rule" patch used by that so-called "Divine Master" to modify this world!

The combination of the Perfect Dao Body and the Spiritual Domain could just happen to uninstall these "rule patches" from the enemies, and then... install them onto himself?

Holy crap, isn't this just like antivirus software extracting a virus database and then upgrading its own firewall?!

Li Dong instantly had a clearer understanding of how that "Divine Master" descended.

It wasn't a strong being forcefully attacking with power, but more like a high-dimensional programmer trying to rewrite the underlying logic of the entire world with their own code!

And he was the... chosen worker who could crack their code?

Just as Li Dong was letting his imagination run wild while his hands kept moving, "eating" another large swathe of the Divine Servant Legion, his heart suddenly stirred.

A faint, yearning call came from deep within the earth beneath his feet.

It was not the domineering and cold will of the "Divine Master," but... the Jing City Dragon Vein!

That Dragon Vein, which had been eroded by the "Divine Master's" will until it was covered in cracks and on the verge of shattering, was now actively sending a request for connection to him.

What it craved was the brand new power of purification within his body that had mutated after fusing with the "divine fragments"!

So... the key to repairing the deep wounds of the Dragon Vein was not simple purification, but using a higher-level power to overwrite the marks left by the "Divine Master."

His power was just right for it!

This discovery made Li Dong completely excited.

He suddenly felt that the meaning of this battle had completely changed.

How was this defending the city? This was clearly the heavens opening their eyes and sending him a massive Opportunity!

"Hahaha..." Li Dong looked up to the sky and laughed, his laughter spreading across the entire battlefield, filled with hearty pleasure.

"Come! Everyone come over and let me have a taste!"

He no longer defended passively but actively charged into the densest part of the Divine Servant Legion, his golden Domain fully opened, like a fierce tiger charging into a sheep pen.

"He's crazy! He's gone mad!"

"Quick! Stop him!"

Qiankun Zi roared in exasperation; he felt that he was not commanding a sacred war of descent, but rather guarding a gluttonous beast that might eat up his own granary at any moment!

Every time Li Dong absorbed a divine fragment, the black crystal and ancient stone slab deep in his Sea of Consciousness would emit faint lights, as if they had been activated, echoing the mutated power within his body and faintly pointing to a deeper secret.

"We cannot let him continue devouring like this!"

Qiankun Zi's eyes were bloodshot as he ordered Ying Mei and Nether Scorpion, "The Divine Servant Legion will hold off the others! The three of us will go and kill him ourselves!"

He could no longer care about the demeanor of an agent; the weird ability Li Dong displayed had already made him feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

If this continued, before the Divine Master even descended, the divine grace would be eaten up by this kid!