62: Chapter 62 Terrifying Power!

Su Ye closed his eyes.

His Mental Energy sank back into his body, and the Water-element Golden Core began to rotate slowly. A cool aura spread over in layers, continuing to guide the restless innate Gold Breath toward his lungs.

This time, he didn't let the Gold Breath disperse.

Instead, following the natural texture of the lungs, he pressed the metal-element energy bit by bit into the depths of the lung lobes, the bronchi, the alveoli, and finally extended it to the fine blood vessels.

His perception was incredibly clear, like an extremely precise map of a living body. The Gold Breath was wrapped in water intent and spread slowly along this map. It was no longer the uncontrolled foreign energy from before, but like fine metal patterns, re-settling deep within the lungs.

[Compatibility: 68%]

[Compatibility: 79%]

[Compatibility: 91%]

Su Ye's breathing slowed down bit by bit.

Inside his chest, the original burning sensation was gradually suppressed, replaced by a deeper vibration.

It was as if a tiny metal bell was buried deep in his lung lobes, emitting an extremely light metallic hum with every breath.

[Compatibility: 100%]

Su Ye snapped his eyes open.

It was done.

Without hesitation, he directly began the fusion.

He had originally prepared for a long period of consumption; after all, when he first fused the Water-element Golden Core, it took nearly forty-eight hours.

But the next moment, the prompt that appeared made him startle slightly.

[Estimated Fusion Time: 10 minutes]

Ten minutes?

Su Ye was stunned for a moment, then became thoughtful.

It seemed the reason the first fusion was so slow was not just because the Golden Core was special, but because his body was too weak at that time.

For the flesh and blood of an ordinary person to withstand something like a Golden Core, they naturally had to adapt bit by bit, reject bit by bit, and transform bit by bit.

But things were different now.

After the second Marrow Cleansing, his body already possessed sufficient carrying capacity, and the Water-element Golden Core had already completed the compatibility and suppression beforehand, so this fusion had actually become much simpler.

However, Su Ye was still careless. The moment the fusion truly began, Su Ye's expression suddenly changed.

A scorching aura flooded into his lungs.

It was a sharper burning pain, as if countless scalding metal filaments were passing through the inside of his lung lobes, embedding themselves inch by inch into the tissue, and then forcibly growing together with his flesh after being embedded.

Su Ye let out a muffled groan, and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

The metal-element energy was too overbearing.

Even though the compatibility was complete, it still wasn't fully tamed during the actual fusion. Every wisp of Gold Breath entering his lungs caused Su Ye extreme pain.

Su Ye firmly suppressed his breathing rhythm.

He couldn't lose control.

The Water-element Golden Core within his body gave a slow vibration, and a cool aura surged up from his chest and abdomen. Like an invisible hand, it pressed down on the newly formed, domineering gold intent.

Suppressing on one side.

Fusing on the other.

Time passed minute by minute.

On the vacant lot, a wind had picked up at some point.

Dull thunder echoed from the distant horizon. The clouds hung very low, as if the entire city had been trapped under a dark, heavy pot. Streetlights swayed slightly in the wind, their light falling on Su Ye and being blurred into a faint white halo by the humid air before the rain.

Soon, the rain suddenly intensified.

Splash.

The heavy rain poured down, hitting the abandoned fences, old concrete ground, and weed leaves, splashing up a fine mist of water.

And Su Ye remained sitting there cross-legged.

Ten minutes later.

Deep within his chest, an extremely light vibration suddenly sounded.

As if something had finally settled into place.

Su Ye slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, in the depths of his gaze, two faint golden glints actually appeared—bright, heavy, and carrying an indescribable majesty.

Resplendent as the sun.

But it was only for an instant before those two golden glints were suppressed by him.

Su Ye looked down at his hands, then felt the brand-new power deep in his lungs. A look of satisfaction finally appeared on his face.

The fusion was successful.

He slowly stood up.

Rainwater dripped down from the tips of his hair and his white lab coat, and his clothes were soon soaked through. However, he didn't look the least bit disheveled; instead, his whole being seemed to have been washed even more alert by this heavy rain.

Su Ye took a deep breath.

He circulated the Breathing Technique.

The next moment, the sound of his breathing changed.

Exhale.

Inhale.

Between each breath, an extremely subtle metallic clanging sounded deep in his chest, like a thin blade scraping against metal, or like countless tiny gold needles vibrating simultaneously deep in his lung lobes.

The sound wasn't loud.

But it was incredibly clear.

Even the sound of the rain couldn't drown it out.

As the airflow passed through his lungs, it was dyed with a brand-new texture by that metal-element aura. When it was exhaled from his nose and throat, it even caused the surrounding curtain of rain to tremble slightly.

Su Ye's eyes lit up.

His Breathing Technique had become even more domineering.

If the previous Breathing Technique used the Water-element Golden Core to guide spiritual energy—gentle, long, and meticulous—then now, a powerful metal property had been added to this set of Breathing Technique.

Spiritual energy was still being absorbed.

But after entering his body, it no longer just nourished his flesh and strengthened his Mental Energy.

Instead, it would pass through his lungs and be tempered with a layer of sharpness by the Gold Breath.

The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to have sensed something and began to surge in frantically.

In the curtain of rain, Su Ye stood in the center of the vacant lot, his chest heaving. The Water-element Golden Core in his body operated calmly, and the Gold Breath in his lungs hummed in response. One power was tranquil and the other sharp, and at this moment, they actually formed a very marvelous balance.

Thunder rolled across the heavens.

Boom!

Su Ye raised his head and looked forward.

At the end of the lot was a section of an abandoned low concrete wall. Its surface was covered in moss, and the wall had long since cracked. It looked unremarkable on a normal day, but now in the rainy night, it was like a silent target.

Su Ye slowly clenched his fist.

For this punch, he didn't deliberately use Inch Power.

He simply circulated the Breathing Technique, letting that metal-element aura in his lungs follow a breath down into his shoulders, back, and arms, finally converging into his fist.

There was no obvious glow on the surface of his fist.

But at that moment, when the rain fell near the back of his hand, it was actually quietly shaken away by an invisible sharpness.

Su Ye took a step forward.

Bang!

The concrete ground suddenly sank, and the accumulated water exploded.

The next moment, he threw a punch.

Boom!

The fist wind tore through the rain curtain, and the air seemed to be struck with a transparent indentation. The section of low concrete wall ahead didn't even last for an instant before it exploded directly from the middle.

Debris scattered in all directions.

The rainwater was shaken into a white mist.

That metal-element aura didn't just smash the wall like ordinary force. Instead, at the moment the wall collapsed, it left an extremely smooth gap. The surface of the gap was as fine as if it had been ground, looking like it had been sliced by some high-speed vibrating metal instrument.

Su Ye stood in the rain and slowly withdrew his fist.

He looked at the gap, the light in his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

This punch had undergone a qualitative change without using Inch Power.

It had transformed from a simple physical burst into a Transcendent power with offensive attributes.

The sound of the rain grew louder.

Thunder rolled deep within the clouds, and the distant city lights were blurred by the rain curtain. Between heaven and earth, it seemed as if only that young figure standing in the center of the vacant lot remained.

Su Ye looked down at his fist and suddenly smiled.

"Now, this truly looks a bit like the grim and terrifying appearance of a 'Transcendent'."