182: Chapter 182 The Qualitative Change of the Triple Thunder Bone

The clouds dispersed, and the daylight broke through.

The thick tribulation clouds shrouding the sky above the Yunmeng Great Swamp scattered in all directions. Sunlight pierced through the remaining haze, spilling onto the vast, surging water surface.

Gu Shen stood in the air, letting the wild wind blow against his grey robe.

The Heavenly Dao reckoning had passed, and the [Nirvana Star Core] had swallowed that destructive thunder in its entirety. The Heavenly Dao Laws of the Great Yu Cultivation World ultimately failed to erase this heterodox Dao foundation that had fused the Origins of two worlds.

With a turn of his body, Gu Shen plummeted like a meteorite straight into the deep, dark abyss eight hundred zhang below.

The water pressure increased exponentially with depth. His Cold Jade Bone-like skeleton emitted a gentle resonance beneath his flesh, pushing aside the bone-chilling water flow surrounding him.

Deep within the underwater rift.

In just a moment, Gu Shen returned to the depths of the basalt wall, to that hidden Immortal Cave completely wrapped in special titanium-carbon alloy and energy-absorbing gel.

He pushed open the heavy hatch and stepped inside.

The Immortal Cave remained dry and deathly silent. The large hole in the dome was still clearly visible, the damaged part of the titanium-carbon alloy wrapped in a thin layer of energy-absorbing gel; not a single drop of the pitch-black lake water outside had flowed in from start to finish.

The powder of thirty-six Low-Grade Spirit Stones that had turned to dust lay scattered on the ground inside the Formation Plate, indicating the overloaded state the [Xuanming Heavy Water Array] had endured when facing the heavenly might earlier.

He sat cross-legged on the central meditation cushion.

Gu Shen closed his eyes and looked inward, his Divine Sense sinking into his Dantian Qi Sea.

In the center of the Qi Sea, that grey, profound [Nirvana Star Core] was rotating at a constant frequency. Inside the star core, the extreme Yang vitality of the kongqing spirit marrow intertwined with the decay Death Qi of the nuclear crystal, carrying out endless microscopic fusion.

With every rotation of the star core, deep cyan liquid True Qi, like viscous mercury, flowed along his meridians to nourish his entire body.

Wherever the True Qi flowed, the necrotic flesh that had been scorched by the heavenly thunder fell off one after another. The newly grown skin presented a lustrous texture like cold jade, faintly emitting a cold sheen.

The [Bone Refining Art] naturally broke through the barrier of the Peak of the second layer of Thunder Bone after devouring the Origin of the Heavenly Dao black thunder, entering the third layer—Cold Jade Bone.

Gu Shen raised his right arm and slowly clenched his five fingers into a fist.

Beneath his skin, the originally dark golden bones had shed their ostentation. The whole structure had transformed into the cold, ghostly color of deep-sea cold jade, with fine, deep blue thunder patterns wandering deep within the bone marrow.

"My Lord, the Cold Jade Bone reconstruction is complete."

The black iron buckle at his collar emitted a short, single-machine vibration frequency, and Crab's electronic voice entered his eardrums along his collarbone, "The current physical density of your Physical Body exceeds the theoretical limit of carbon-based organisms. Conventional armor-piercing kinetic weapons and even high-energy plasma cutting cannot cause substantial damage to your epidermal structure."

Gu Shen opened his eyes.

His right fist suddenly exerted force, striking out into the air towards the Immortal Cave wall directly in front of him.

Bang!

The air current was forcibly squeezed and exploded in front of his fist, bursting into a visible white sonic boom.

The pure physical fist wind crossed a distance of three zhang and smashed heavily against the special titanium-carbon alloy wall, which was capable of resisting violent Spell bombardment.

The thick alloy steel plate let out a dull groan, and a clear fist print several meters deep was blasted outward. The polymer energy-absorbing gel didn't even have time to disperse this violent kinetic energy before melting under the local high temperature, emitting pungent white smoke.

"A Body Cultivator physique at the Core Formation level."

Gu Shen withdrew his fist and stood still, his face calm.

A Body Cultivator in the Great Yu Cultivation World needs to spend hundreds of years of time, soaking in the essence blood of countless great demons, to forge a precious body capable of resisting Magical Artifacts and Magic Treasures.

He relied on the Wasteland's nuclear energy and mutated vitality to forcefully shorten this progress bar to just a few months.

Now, with this Cold Jade Bone, supplemented by the fusion-level kinetic energy within the star core, even the top-grade Magical Artifacts of ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators would not be able to leave even a white mark if they struck his body.

He released his Divine Sense, and his perception range instantly broke through its previous limits.

The deep water undercurrents, wandering low-level water beasts, and even the texture of rotting water plants in the mud within a radius of five hundred zhang all turned into clear three-dimensional data maps mapped onto his Sea of Consciousness under the parallel calculation of the AI Crystal.

A qualitative change.

An all-encompassing leap in level.

Gu Shen stood up and brushed the stone chips off his robe.

The Foundation Establishment Initial Stage was achieved, and his Dao foundation was stable. Next, it was time to deal with external affairs.

He took out the previously collected special titanium-carbon alloy and energy-absorbing gel from his Storage Ring, once again transforming into a patient mason to repair the damaged alloy wall of the Immortal Cave.

After all repairs were completed, Gu Shen woke up Crab again.

"Crab, lift the silent state and activate environmental sonar detection."

"Understood."

The faint light on the iron buckle lit up, and the sub-module of the mechanical spider, Crab, reconnected to the oscillation frequency of the external water body.

"My Lord, the water flow around the Immortal Cave has stabilized. Five hundred zhang above, two familiar high-energy life signs have been detected. The Sea-Covering Black Flood Dragon and the Ten-Thousand-Year Kongqing Spirit Lotus are cruising above the water layer."

Gu Shen adjusted his collar and hung the thunder pattern gold-slaying blade back at his waist.

Those two Great Swamp demon kings were blockading the water area while enduring the aftermath of the heavenly thunder; what they sought was nothing more than the subsequent essence white dew and the Cyber Iron Guards. Transactions in the Cultivation World are always built on equal strength.

He pushed open the heavy hatch and stepped into the bone-chilling abyss eight hundred zhang deep.

The Cold Jade Bone isolated all water pressure and cold toxins. Gu Shen's figure was like a sword as he went straight up against the current.

Three hundred zhang underwater, the dark lake water rippled slightly.

The huge phantom of the black flood dragon coiled on the left side of the water area, while on the right, the water waves gathered into a nine-petaled green lotus, with the phantom of The Green Lotus sitting on top of it.

The two great demon kings sensed the unfamiliar Spiritual Pressure rising from below, and their vertical pupils and cyan eyes cast their gazes downward simultaneously.

Gu Shen broke out of the water and hovered ten zhang directly in front of the two great demon kings.

Deep cyan liquid mana circulated around his body, forming an invisible vacuum barrier. He did not need to deliberately release pressure; the deathly stillness and profundity belonging to the [Nirvana Star Core] caused the temperature of the entire water area to plummet.

The Sea-Covering Black Flood Dragon's huge head lowered slightly, and his scarlet vertical pupils revealed undisguised astonishment.

"Human, this aura of your Foundation Establishment is quite strange. The Heavenly Dao black thunder failed to grind your bones to dust, but instead allowed you to forge a precious body that even I find troublesome."

The phantom of The Green Lotus also rippled, and her cold Divine Sense transmitted: "The Karma on your body has been completely severed. The Heavenly Secret Compass can no longer find your location."

"To each their own needs."

Gu Shen's voice was hoarse as he flicked his finger.

Two streams of light broke out of the water and landed steadily in front of the Sea-Covering Black Flood Dragon.

Those were two Cyber Iron Guards covered in brand-new titanium-tungsten black armor and embedded with second-order demon bones. Deep blue light flickered in their eye sockets, and the miniature batteries in their chests steadily outputted surging kinetic energy.

"The two heavy-duty battle puppets ordered by the Great King are delivered as promised. The formation patterns inside have been tuned, and they can be commanded like an arm once a drop of demon blood is used for recognition."

The Sea-Covering Black Flood Dragon reached out his huge Dragon claw and pulled the two Iron Guards closer. His demon sense swept over the spirit-severing demon bones and the indestructible alloy armor, and a satisfied low roar exploded at the bottom of the water.

"Good! With such Sharp Weapons, I can go and trample the territory of that Green-Eyed Golden Toad tomorrow!"

Gu Shen turned his head to look at The Green Lotus, flicked his finger bone, and an exquisite jade bottle flew onto the center of the green lotus flower.

"Ten drops of vitality white dew (essence white dew (medium)) that cleanses Karma. The account between you and me is settled here."

The Green Lotus put away the jade bottle, a glimmer of light flashing in the depths of her pure cyan eyes.

"There has been a change in the Ten Thousand Mang Mountains."

She calmly threw out a bombshell, "It seems that a Human Race Sect has violated the agreement between the human and demon races, unauthorizedly dispatching Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Stage Human Race Cultivators to cross the boundary marker and go deep into the Mang Mountain, seemingly searching for something."