83: Chapter 83 Metamorphosis

The density of his physical body had more than doubled.

And this was only the beginning of being a Transcendent Martial Artist. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Transcendent Martial Artists did not fear heavy firepower; their physical bodies had undergone superhuman changes, and when augmented with Origin Power, their defensive capabilities would increase exponentially!

Fang Zhuo took a long blade from the weapon rack and lightly slashed his forearm, but it only left a shallow mark.

"Truly monstrous..."

Besides possessing monstrous defensive capabilities, Transcendent Martial Artists also possessed terrifying healing abilities. During the breakthrough process, cells were shattered and reshaped multiple times, granting them healing abilities unimaginable to ordinary people.

Thinking this, Fang Zhuo slashed forcefully.

"Rip—"

A small gash opened in the flesh of his forearm, and blood bubbled out, but it only lasted for a few short seconds before quickly stopping and clotting.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Transcendent..."

Fang Zhuo could not help but sigh with emotion, then walked to the punch force tester and threw a punch nonchalantly.

"Bang—!"

"Base punch force: 102,062 kg!"

After the electronic voice finished broadcasting, Fang Zhuo nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, the foundation is very solid, more than 2,000 kg higher than the standard punch force."

The standard base punch force for a Level 40 Transcendent Martial Artist of the Federation is 100,000 kg.

"My Body Control is currently at the minor success stage of Inner Sight, with a 12-fold force amplification. Counting the 2.6-fold additional amplification from the third stage of the Thunder Fire Blade, my total combat power amplification has reached 31.2 times...!"

"Let me try using it at full power."

Fang Zhuo felt the surging power throughout his body, as if he had endless energy, and the vigorous vitality also made him want to vent it.

He stepped back, crouched in a lunge, held the long blade in a reverse grip with the back of the blade facing forward, and suddenly twisted his waist to slash violently.

The long blade tore through the air, erupting in a series of 'humming' sounds, and a fiery red blade shadow bloomed.

Thunder Fire Blade, third stage.

Bang!

The back of the blade slammed violently into the force tester.

Just as the 'beep-beep-beep' alarm sounded, the value on the screen jumped crazily, instantly leaping from 0 to 1,999,999 kg, before the entire tester suddenly exploded!

"..."

Looking at the fragments of the tester on the ground, Fang Zhuo sheepishly put the long blade back.

Having just broken through to Transcendent, his emotions were stirred, and he had forgotten that this was an Advanced Martial Artist training room, where the equipped force tester had an upper limit of only 2,000,000 kg of impact force.

Now, when he used the third stage of the Thunder Fire Blade, his explosive power exceeded 3,000,000 kg.

"Fortunately, the cost price of an advanced force tester for the group isn't high, just over ten thousand; I'll just consider it setting off fireworks... to celebrate my breakthrough."

Fang Zhuo rented this training room on the 80th floor by the month. Usually, he and Bai Shiwei used it together. When the renewal date came, he would just compensate the group for an advanced force tester at cost price.

He shook his head, adjusted his breathing right there, and began to visualize his Martial Aspect.

"Now that I am Transcendent, my Life Level has undergone a qualitative change. The third Innate Divine Ability should appear now, right?"

The vast universe.

In the boundless darkness, a fiery red spherical planet was rotating slowly. Wherever it passed, the terrifying high temperature almost burned the air into a vacuum.

A faint fluctuation emanated from within the fiery red spherical planet:

[Subject: Fang Zhuo]

[Life Level: Level 40 (Transcendent Martial Artist)]

[Mental Power: Level 41]

[Body Control: Inner Sight (minor success) (combat power amplification: 12x)]

[Thunder Fire Blade: Third Stage (combat power amplification: 2.6x)]

[Martial Aspect: Crimson Flame (Upper Rank)]

[Innate Divine Ability 1: Purification]

[Innate Divine Ability 2: Devour]

[Innate Divine Ability 3: Flame]

Quickly digesting the information in his mind, Fang Zhuo revealed a look of realization: "This third Innate Divine Ability is called Flame... I can add a layer of 'Flame' to my attacks, possessing a burning effect."

"As expected, it is a combat-type ability. I just don't know the strength of this ability, and how much the burning characteristic amplifies combat power?"

Combat-type abilities granted by the Martial Aspect are considered additional combat amplification. This point is difficult to evaluate when measuring a martial artist's combat power; not only Starry Sky Group, but various forces and organizations within the Federation usually do not count it.

Everyone generally only looks at Life Level, Body Control, and the level of secret technique cultivation.

Life Level determines a martial artist's basic stats such as strength and speed. Body Control and the level of secret technique cultivation determine the multiplier of a martial artist's combat power amplification.

These have unified standards and are easy to observe and calculate.

However, there are thousands of types of Martial Aspects. Although the Federation has recorded quite a few, the strength of an Innate Divine Ability is also related to the martial artist's Mental Power, which is extremely difficult to evaluate.

Fang Zhuo currently had no idea about his own Innate Divine Ability 'Flame'. For such attack effects similar to those in games, the Federation had not yet developed corresponding testers.

"There are five portions of phoenix essence blood left. I wonder how many steps it can help me take on this path of the Transcendent?"

After becoming a Transcendent Martial Artist, the amount of Origin Power required for each increase in Life Level is extremely terrifying, and it won't be any easier than breaking through the Transcendent bottleneck.

Additionally, the effect of the same treasure on physical improvement will inevitably gradually decrease.

"Level 42? Or... Level 43?"

Fang Zhuo felt that Level 42 was more likely. He put away the five small jade boxes and did not continue to consume the phoenix essence blood.

Having used three drops of 'phoenix essence blood' in a row to successfully break through to Transcendent Martial Artist, his body was in an unprecedented peak state.

The extreme 'hunger' state brought to his body by the High-Civilization Gravity Chamber was gone.

If he used 'phoenix essence blood' again at this time, the effect might not even be one-third of what it was before.

"I'll head back to my residence first, and wait until tomorrow to book another session in the 'High-Civilization Gravity Chamber'. I still have 4 hours of quota left for this month, so I'll use it all up, and then make one final push!"

Fang Zhuo strode toward home.

...

Meanwhile.

Starry Sky Base City, Outer District.

On Hunter Street, low houses stood side by side on both sides. The decorations of these shops varied greatly, with unadorned blue stone bricks, exuding a retro and minimalist style.

"Level 36 exotic beast Yellow Wolf Gallbladder Wine, dispels cold and improves blood circulation! This is the last jar, fellow martial artists, don't miss out as you pass by~!"

"A-grade combat suit clearance! Essential for entering the Wilderness Area! Half-price clearance sale, brother, want to come in and take a look?"

"Wolf Fang Squad is recruiting! We need a powerful assault specialist. Requirements: Life Level 36, Micro-Perception mastery or higher, cultivation of one of the three major SS-grade blade secret techniques or equivalent gun/sword secret techniques, and proficiency up to the second stage...!"

The shopkeepers on both sides and the martial artists setting up stalls on the street kept shouting.

At this moment, a lean man with a fierce aura walked into the restaurant.

"Landlady, slice two jin of Green Barbarian Ox meat, and bring me a pot of Yellow Wolf Gallbladder Wine."

He was wearing a black combat suit that shimmered with a metallic texture under the indoor lights. There were bloodstains in many places on the combat suit. His face was 70% similar to Ding Shixun's, but there was a ten-centimeter scar on his right cheek, which looked exceptionally ferocious.

This person was none other than Ding Xu.

Having arrived at Starry Sky Base City for over three months, his changes were significant.

"It's been over three months. With that little beast's talent, as an s-rank contract genius of the Starry Sky Group, he must have already broken through to Advanced Martial Artist, right?"

Thinking of Fang Zhuo, a cold sneer appeared on Ding Xu's face.