86: Refining a divine corpse? Those bones are too hard!

"Extra meal?"

Saintess Youruo sat curled up to the side with her arms around her knees, looking at the man in front of her who was spouting nonsense, her eyes filled with awe and fear.

Gu Yang let out a burp, ignored her, and cast his greedy gaze toward the hundred-zhang-tall divine corpse in front of him that exuded ancient pressure.

This divine corpse must have been an ancient god who specialized in the Physical Body during his lifetime! Every inch of the mysterious Dao rhymes flowing on that bronze-colored skin exuded an attraction that made Gu Yang's Soul tremble.

"The remnant Soul just now was merely an appetizer; this is the real main course!"

Gu Yang licked his lips, his eyes burning with fanaticism.

"As long as I eat it, I can reach the heavens in one step!"

"Saintess Youruo, keep watch on the side."

Gu Yang threw out this sentence and walked to the foot of the divine corpse to sit cross-legged.

He opened his big mouth, the Five Elements Great Millstone running at full power, attempting to bite a piece of meat directly off the divine corpse's leg.

"Open for me...!"

Snap!

A crisp sound rang out.

Gu Yang clutched his mouth, tears almost flowing from the pain.

"Damn! So hard!"

The hardness of the divine corpse's skin was simply inconceivable, a hundred times harder than taiyi essence gold!

With that bite, Gu Yang didn't even leave a tooth mark, let alone bite off meat; instead, he nearly broke his own teeth.

"Can't eat it?!"

Gu Yang refused to believe it and tried to operate his Cultivation Technique to refine the energy around the divine corpse.

But the Law of Strength around the divine corpse was extremely stable, like an immovable divine mountain. No matter how hard Gu Yang tried, he could only scrape a faint trace of Evil Qi from the surface.

"This is awkward..."

Gu Yang had a toothache. It was like having a mountain of gold in front of him, but he only had a plastic spoon in his hand.

"The gap in Realm is too big. I am currently just a Nascent Soul Physical Body; wanting to digest a corpse of the Soul Transformation Stage or even a higher level is pure daydreaming."

"Since I can't eat the meat, then... I'll drink the soup!"

Gu Yang's eyes hardened.

"I will use the pressure and Evil Qi emitted by this divine corpse to polish my Physical Body! I'll use it as a whetstone!"

Thus, a long and boring process of "constant grinding" began.

Gu Yang sat cross-legged at the foot of the divine corpse, using that terrifying pressure to squeeze and temper his bones and flesh again and again.

Spring passed and autumn came, cold and heat alternated.

Five whole years passed.

During these five years, Gu Yang did not make rapid progress as he had imagined.

The divine corpse was too strong, so strong that he could not shake it in the slightest.

His clothes had long since weathered away, and under the scouring of the Evil Qi, his skin presented a primitive dark golden color, covered with fine, natural, texture-like Law markings.

But he had not achieved a Breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Stage.

The Soul Transformation Stage involved the mastery of Law, which was not a chasm that could be easily crossed by simply "eating" or "grinding."

He was stuck on the Bottleneck of Nascent Soul Great Perfection (Half-step Soul Transformation), unable to cross over no matter what.

"Still missing a little bit..."

Gu Yang opened his eyes and exhaled a mouthful of turbid Qi.

"However, although I didn't achieve a Breakthrough, my skin and flesh are more than ten times harder than five years ago."

He was now a human-shaped diamond drill.

Just then, Gu Yang's heart suddenly stirred.

He sensed a faint but desperate prayer coming from afar.

That was... the fluctuation from the Black Stone Tribe's totem pillar!

"A Gu and the others... something happened?"

Gu Yang's expression sank.

"It's been five years, time to go out and move around."

He stood up, his joints emitting a low rumble like muffled thunder.

"Saintess Youruo, stop sleeping, let's go!"

He grabbed Saintess Youruo, who was still dozing off (she had also been forced to Cultivate during these five years, and her cultivation had recovered quite a bit), and without using any teleportation (that was something only the Soul Transformation Stage could do), he bent his legs slightly and kicked off fiercely.

Boom!

The ground cracked, and Gu Yang, like a fierce tiger out of its cage, turned into a golden afterimage and rushed out of the valley.

He was going to run back! Run back on his own two legs!

At this moment, the Black Stone Tribe had turned into a slaughterhouse.

Tens of thousands of enemy troops swarmed the city walls like a tide. A Gu was covered in blood, and the totem pillar in his hand was broken, but he still fought to the death without retreating.

In the sky, an old man wearing a blood robe and stepping on a blood cloud was looking down at the ants struggling below with a playful expression.

Old Ancestor Blood Hand (Early Spirit Transformation Stage)!

He was a guest elder of a large tribe nearby, and this time he had come to annex the Black Stone Tribe.

"Let's end this."

Old Ancestor Blood Hand raised his hand, preparing to deliver the final blow to completely wipe out this tribe.

Just at this moment.

A dull roar suddenly came from the distant horizon.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The earth was trembling, as if a great mountain was hitting the ground at an astonishing speed.

Everyone subconsciously stopped their actions and looked into the distance.

They saw a golden torrent, carrying smoke and dust, smashing through all the trees and rocks along the way, rushing straight into the battlefield!

"Who dares to touch my people!!!"

A roar exploded like thunder.

Gu Yang rushed out of the smoke and dust, using the momentum of his sprint to swing the heavenly demon meteor hammer in his hand, and fiercely... threw it at Old Ancestor Blood Hand, who was suspended in the low sky!

Whoosh—

The heavenly demon meteor hammer rubbed against the air, igniting a raging fire.

Old Ancestor Blood Hand was greatly shocked and hurriedly offered a bone shield Magic Treasure to resist.

Clang!!!

A huge noise.

The bone shield exploded, and Old Ancestor Blood Hand was knocked backward for hundreds of meters by this hammer. Although he didn't die, his blood surged, and he was in a wretched state.

He steadied his figure and looked at the man like an iron tower standing at the city gate below, shocked and angry.

"Who are you?! How dare you sneak attack this seat!"

Gu Yang caught the rebounding heavenly demon meteor hammer, twisted his neck, revealed his signature big white teeth, and burning Battle Intent in his eyes.

"Who am I?"

"I am the boss of these people, and I am also the... gym teacher here to teach you how to behave!"

"Soul Transformation Stage, right? Although I haven't reached that Realm yet, today I want to try..."

"Whether I can hammer your dog head to pieces!"