70: Chapter 70: Great Increase in Strength!

After completely absorbing the last golden character in his mind, which was like a final boss...

Chen Shanzhi let out a long breath of turbid air that carried a scorching temperature.

He was in no hurry to open his eyes; instead, with a thought...

...he completely submerged his attention into his Sea of Consciousness, which had just undergone earth-shattering changes.

"My goodness..."

Upon his first internal inspection, Chen Shanzhi let out an exclamation of wonder in his heart, like someone who had never seen the world.

He saw that within his Sea of Consciousness, the originally clear land—which was only an inch in size and barely enough to protect a speck of spiritual light...

...had actually expanded to half a foot square at this moment!

In the very center of this half-foot of clear land...

...the mysterious golden flame he had obtained from the Secret Realm of the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion was floating quietly, burning silently.

However, it seemed that because of the confrontation with the last golden character just now...

...this flame had acted as a super blood bag, frantically helping him recover his overdrawn Divine Soul power.

The golden flame at this moment appeared somewhat listless and dim.

The firelight it emitted could only illuminate two-thirds of the entire half-foot space.

The remaining third of the territory, without the illumination of the firelight, was still shrouded in deep darkness.

Seeing this scene, Chen Shanzhi rubbed his chin.

After experiencing the absorption of the golden characters, his mind whirled, and he roughly understood what the size of this clear space represented.

If nothing went wrong, this half-foot square space was the manifestation of his current Divine Soul strength!

That is to say, by borrowing Tang Xiaowu's cool Qi over the past two days to swallow all the golden characters in his mind in one go...

...his Divine Soul strength had directly taken flight, increasing by more than five times!

It had skyrocketed from the original pitiful one inch to half a foot!

This level of improvement was absolutely appalling among the younger generation of the Great Jiang Dynasty.

However, Chen Shanzhi keenly sensed something else.

The Divine Soul power he could actually drive freely within his Sea of Consciousness...

...did not seem to have increased by five times.

All told, it was only about two-thirds of this five-fold total.

"I see..."

Chen Shanzhi suddenly came to a realization.

Isn't this the classic setting in RPG games?

The two-thirds of the area that the golden flame in his Sea of Consciousness could illuminate...

...was his current usable Mana!

And that entire clear space was the maximum Mana limit!

Although the limit was there, because the flame wasn't vigorous enough, he couldn't use all of it yet.

"No wonder..."

Chen Shanzhi muttered to himself:

"No wonder in the game settings, after stepping into the Life Fire Realm..."

"...the vigor of the Life Fire within a Martial Artist's body directly determines their true combat power."

The more vigorous the Life Fire, the larger the Sea of Consciousness illuminated, and the more Divine Soul power can be mobilized!

Thinking of this, a very tricky BUG idea suddenly popped into Chen Shanzhi's head.

"What if there's an unlucky fellow who just stepped into the Life Fire Realm..."

"...and the Life Fire in his body burns incredibly bright, but his own Sea of Consciousness space is pitifully small?"

"Would there be a situation where... the fire is too big and burns right through the Sea of Consciousness, turning him into an idiot on the spot?"

Chen Shanzhi's curiosity about this exploded.

Unfortunately, only after a Martial Artist truly knocks open the Heavenly Gate and ignites their Life Fire will they come into contact with the concept of the Divine Soul.

He was still only in the Profound Gate Realm.

Being able to access the Divine Soul was a typical case of skipping grades and using cheats.

Therefore, the original owner's memories in his head had no knowledge of this at all.

"Forget it, I won't worry about it for now."

Chen Shanzhi shook his head. "When I have the chance later, I'll go to Auntie's room and ask her."

He decisively gathered his thoughts and stopped dwelling on this issue.

After all, while the improvement of the Divine Soul was great, don't forget that this Nine-Turn Golden Body Art of the Witch God was a red-tier Body Refining Cultivation Technique unique to the game!

So this Divine Soul enhancement was just an incidental bonus.

The place where this Cultivation Technique was truly mind-blowing was all in the Physical Body!

Chen Shanzhi's consciousness sank accordingly and began to observe the internal situation of his Physical Body inch by inch.

After just one look, Chen Shanzhi was stunned.

"Holy crap? Xuanguan Eight Apertures?"

He could hardly believe his eyes.

When had he unknowingly advanced to the Xuanguan Eight Apertures?

"So does this count as leveling up while lying down?" Chen Shanzhi grinned.

Next, when he saw the specific situation of the major Acupoints and Meridians in his body...

...he couldn't help but gasp.

Within his body, countless brilliant golden light spots were densely distributed!

These light spots actually outlined a vast star map between his flesh, blood, and bones!

This... was the exclusive energy circulation route he had realized from those golden characters?

"So... I've mastered the First Transformation?"

Chen Shanzhi's heart pounded wildly, his face full of excitement.

He couldn't wait to start studying what this First Transformation had improved for him.

After studying for a long time, the expression on Chen Shanzhi's face...

...could be described as "shocking his mother to the heavens"!

"This Cultivation Technique... seems a bit perverted!"

First, Chen Shanzhi discovered that the remaining four unopened major Xuanguan Acupoints in his body...

...each had a very dazzling golden light spot stationed within them.

As part of the star map, these light spots were naturally connected to the other light spots.

This meant that from his current Xuanguan Eight Apertures to the later twelve-aperture Great Perfection...

...all cultivation Bottlenecks simply did not exist for Chen Shanzhi!

As long as enough True Essence was accumulated, it would be like poking through a layer of window paper—a natural and unobstructed process!

Then the second point!

The Meridians and major Acupoints in his body had all been violently expanded and strengthened by these golden light spots.

The toughness of his Meridians had increased several times over.

What was even more terrifying was that the amount of True Essence the major Acupoints could accommodate was a full five times more than before the Breakthrough!

Five times! It meant he had five times the stamina and five times the explosive power!

This item alone would allow Chen Shanzhi to walk horizontally among those of the same Realm.

Even facing someone at the Xuanguan Nine Apertures, he wouldn't be inferior!

"This situation is somewhat like the Divine Turtle Art that kid Tang Liu Cultivates..."

Chen Shanzhi rubbed his chin.

In the original plot, Tang Liu's Divine Turtle Art also widened the Meridians to build an invincible Foundation.

However, this also caused his Realm to improve extremely slowly.

But I'm different. Chen Shanzhi's lips curled into a disdainful cold smile.

"Tang Liu is a pauper and can only rely on slowly grinding.

I am the Heir of the Marquis of Zhenguo!"

"The Zhenguo Marquis Mansion has nothing if not Heaven And Earth Treasures and Spirit Pills; I can't even finish them all if I eat them like jelly beans!"

"Deep Foundation? Slow Realm progression? I'll just smash it to the max with resources. How can you even compete with me?"

Next, Chen Shanzhi focused his attention on the discovery that made his scalp tingle.

He keenly felt that this complete golden star map in his body...

...had actually formed an invisible, unseen net under his skin and within his muscles!

What was the use of this net?

It was extremely simple and crude: damage sharing!

Suppose someone punched Chen Shanzhi in the chest.

Normally, the force of this punch would explode in a concentrated manner, causing Chen Shanzhi to break ribs at best or have his internal organs shattered at worst.

But now, if this attack landed on his body, the external force would instantly trigger the star map net.

The power would be extremely evenly distributed by the net to his limbs, bones, internal organs, and even every strand of hair!

Thereby greatly weakening this force.

In common terms, this was what's known as a passive physical damage reduction skill.

"So... isn't this the legendary health-locking god-tier skill?"

Chen Shanzhi was so excited he almost jumped up.

With this net, as long as the opponent's attack couldn't blow past his total endurance limit in a single hit...

...then he was an unkillable cockroach!

Finally, Chen Shanzhi also discovered that between the light spots of this star map...

...there was an extremely subtle, faint golden mist slowly wandering along a certain specific route.

This mist didn't look like much, but Chen Shanzhi tried to control it with his consciousness.

"Swish!"

With just a thought!

This golden mist could actually move like teleportation...

...instantly appearing on any golden light spot in any part of his body!

The moment the mist gathered in his right arm...

...Chen Shanzhi felt that his entire right arm had golden patterns appearing under the skin.

Its muscle density and explosive power were terrifically enhanced at that moment!

"Whoa, that powerful?"

Chen Shanzhi's eyes rolled, and countless extremely wicked and practical ideas flashed through his mind.

"Localized enhancement? Then could it be used to enhance..."

As a veteran LSP from his previous life, Chen Shanzhi was instantly excited.

With an extremely strong spirit of exploration, his consciousness suddenly sank!

He unceremoniously guided that golden mist toward a certain special Acupoint.

"Hum!"

In the next second, his good brother, who had fallen into sage time and ceased all activity after fighting frantically all night...

...was silent no more.

The moment he touched this golden mist, it was as if he had been injected with Dragon blood!

With a "swish," he stood up once again!

And his size seemed even greater than before!

"Mm..."

Tang Xiaowu's caught-off-guard soft moan came from beside his ear.

A smile that every man would understand appeared on Chen Shanzhi's face.

"It actually works!"

"My goodness... this skill is truly a god-tier skill!"

"This golden mist really has great uses!"

"Hard wherever I point. In the future, no matter how wild the filly or how spicy the demoness..."

"...I won't have to worry anymore."

This all-around, no-dead-angle epic buff made Chen Shanzhi feel good to the extreme.

It truly was the only red-labeled peerless Cultivation Technique in the game.

Just by completing the First Transformation, his strength had undergone such a qualitative change!