Chapter 116

[Dungeon: The Strongest Man]

[Minimum requirement: Level 1 of Qi gathering stage]

[Description: A mine cave of ancient cultivators. Due to some unexpected events, the corpses of the ancient cultivators in the mine cave have undergone strange changes. Their bodies have merged with the cauldron and transformed into evil spirits. They wander around the mine cave all day long and cannot rest in peace.]

[Note 1: If you die in the dungeon, your main body will not be affected]

[Note 2: The dungeon will be refreshed once every three months].

[Note 3: When the dungeon is open, you can select the immersive mode]

Su Chen looked at the description of the dungeon and quickly guessed where the prototype of this dungeon came from.

Without a doubt, it is one of the peaks in Taichu Divine Sect.

"Body merged with the cauldron and turned into an evil spirit."

Su Chen looked at these words and quickly thought about the situation he would encounter in the Strongest Man dungeon.

If nothing unexpected happens, the enemies he encounters this time should all be physical cultivators.

However, before entering the dungeon, Su Chen first sorted out what he had gained during this period.

Let's not talk about experience points for now. What Su Chen is currently focusing on is the gold-based magical power he gained after defeating the Gold-Eating Ant-Man—forging the body into a weapon.

And the Gold-Eating Ant-Man, who burned his life at the last moment, comprehended a trace of boxing skills—the Mountain Collapsing Fist.

[Forging the body into a weapon: entry level 1/1000]

[Effect: Can swallow gold to temper the body, become a body of fine steel, and become a plastic weapon body (weapon body type: unselected)]

[Mountain Collapsing Fist: entry level 1/1000]

[Effect: Its momentum is like a mountain, its fist is like a peak, and when it punches out... the mountains will collapse!]

Unlike other magical powers that have good effects in the early stages, the power of forging the body into a weapon is very special.

Because before this magical power reaches perfection, it is not much different from ordinary body-building techniques, and there is nothing praiseworthy about it.

But after it reaches perfection, it can allow the cultivator's body to reach a level comparable to that of magical weapons and treasures in a short period of time.

Moreover, the form of the magic weapon is chosen by the practitioner himself.

For example, if Su Chen chooses to 'cast his body into a sword', then after using this magical power, his body will have a sharp aura comparable to that of a spiritual sword.

Casting the body into a shield, casting the body into a spear, etc. will also have similar special effects, which can be said to be extremely autonomous.

However, Su Chen had some other ideas about what kind of weapon he wanted to forge his body with, which was to forge the body into a furnace.

After all, forging the body into a sword is good, but for him at the moment, it is just icing on the cake to his already rich means of attack, and it is difficult to bring about a qualitative change.

But if he could forge his body into a furnace, then he might not only be able to make up for the original problem of insufficient defense but also further enhance his combat effectiveness under extreme conditions.

This was not a result of his imagination but a reasonable inference based on the existing cultivation system.

You should know that the so-called "golden elixir" of the cultivators is similar to the process of alchemists refining pills.

"The heavens and earth are the furnace; nature is the craftsman; yin and yang are the charcoal; and all things are the copper."

The body of a cultivator is like an elixir furnace, and the spiritual roots are like the medicinal materials needed for refining the elixir.

The Qi gathering stage is to cultivate medicinal materials and draw Qi into the body.

The foundation-establishment stage is to refine medicinal materials and condense qi into liquid.

The golden elixir stage is to fuse the medicinal materials and gather the liquid into a pill.

The human body—isn't it also a small world?

If he could use his body as a furnace, the purple clouds as fire, and the blue lotus as wood.

Just make up for the shortcomings of the two magical powers of water and earth.

Then his magical power of the five elements can be considered a complete achievement.

Su Chen had a hunch that as long as he could do this.

Then his five elements magical powers will undergo some qualitative change.

Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder some people always say that in addition to cultivating the body, one must also cultivate the mind... Skills, body, and mind—all three are indispensable."

Magical skills are techniques; the physical body is the form, and the soul is the mind.

Su Chen's current skills have been cultivated to a high level, and it's time to focus on his body.

As for the spirit and soul that represent the 'heart'... that is not something he can cultivate for the time being.

Because cultivating the spirit and soul is the hallmark of a cultivator in the foundation-establishment stage.

"My priority is to cultivate the level of the magical power of forging the body into a weapon and practice the Mountain Collapsing Fist while I'm at it."

"After all, although I major in swordsmanship, I can learn from others."

"If my guess is correct, then the Mountain Collapsing Fist skill should be able to be directly cultivated to the entry-dao-level skill and can comprehend the meaning of the fist."

"In this way, even if I can't integrate the fist into the sword technique, at least I can further enrich my fighting methods, which is a sure win."

After figuring this out, Su Chen immediately prepared to enter the "Dungeon: The Strongest Man" to practice.

If he is lucky, he will have to wait until he comes out of the dungeon this time.

The skill proficiency of Mountain Collapsing Fist and Forging The Body into Weapon should both be significantly improved.

In addition to practicing these two skills, Su Chen also planned to complete another task in this dungeon.

That is to see if his current level of innate magical power can be raised.

After all, in the joint examination dungeon, Su Chen not only killed four evil creatures in the foundation-establishment stage with his own hands but also obtained a full six soul crystal fragments (green).

He also obtained a lot of ordinary soul crystal fragments (white) in the white-faced spider's nest.

After combining these white soul crystals with green soul crystals, his innate magical powers were not far from the second realm.

[Innate magical power: heretic path Incarnation: First realm (20/30)]

[Current experience points: 4325]

"Although I know I'm dreaming, I still hope that this time... I can collect ten green soul crystal fragments."

Dungeon: The Strongest Man...Opened!

In the Dungeon of the Strongest Man, when Su Chen opened his eyes, he entered a dark mine cave.

"Ding-dong, ding-dong..."

The strange sound came to his ear, and Su Chen immediately looked in the direction of the sound.

A strange-looking 'Black Iron Cauldron Man' immediately came into his sight.

This Black Iron Cauldron Man has an iconic black iron cauldron body.

There are human limbs around the body of the cauldron, connected to the rotten flesh and blood that fills the space inside the black iron cauldron.

Coupled with the strange human face growing on the belly of the Black Iron Cauldron Man, the Black Iron Cauldron Man exudes an indescribable weirdness all over his body, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

The Black Iron Cauldron Man who was not far away from him seemed to have not noticed his arrival at all.

He was still concentrating on digging the black ore embedded in the mine wall.

Under his curious gaze, it took a lot of effort to finally dig out the black ore from the mine wall.

It held the fist-sized black ore in its hand and uttered two meaningless shouts in excitement.

Then he threw the ore directly into his black iron cauldron.

When the ore fell on the flesh and blood at the mouth of the cauldron, the rotten flesh and blood that was densely packed together in the cauldron immediately began to wriggle.

After eating this black ore, some changes seemed to have occurred in the Black Iron Cauldron Man's body.

Not only did the black body of the cauldron turn a little green, but its size also became visibly larger.

Seeing this, Su Chen immediately looked at the panel of the Black Iron Cauldron Man.

[Name: Black Iron Cauldron Man]

[Cultivation: Level 3 of Qi gathering stage]

[Features: A special creature whose body is fused with the cauldron. It is strong and has certain physical skills.]

Did he see a small soldier at the third level of the Qi gathering stage?

After making sure that it could not pose a threat to him and had no special features, Su Chen immediately walked toward it.

After getting about ten steps closer to the Black Iron Cauldron Man,

The Black Iron Cauldron Man, who had been silent for a long time, finally made some movement.

It turned around and looked in the direction of Su Chen. The rotten flesh and blood in the Black Iron Cauldron seemed to be stimulated and instantly boiled.

"Meat...meat...meat!!!"

The Black Iron Cauldron Man looked at Su Chen, and the face on his belly immediately made an excited sound.

Then its slightly bloated body exploded and pounced directly towards Su Chen.

From the looks of it, it seemed as if it wanted to devour Su Chen on the spot.

Looking at the Black Iron Cauldron Man, who was only about 1.5 meters tall, Su Chen didn't even take out the Black Dragon Sword. He just stood there and assumed the starting posture of the Mountain Collapsing Fist, waiting for the opportunity.

When the Black Iron Cauldron Man came within three steps of Su Chen, he punched him hard.

Although this punch was not as powerful as the one that the Ant-Man had unleashed, it was equally powerful and created gusts of wind in the passage.

Boom!

His fist hit the Black Iron Cauldron Man's body, and immediately a crisp sound of metal and stone vibrated.

The next second, the body of the Black Iron Cauldron Man flew backward and hit the wall behind him, exploding into a large number of black metal fragments with a bang.

[You killed a Black Iron Cauldron Man (level 3 of Qi gathering stage) and gained 30 experience points, Black Iron Ore*1...]

[Black Iron Ore]

[Type: Material]

[Description: A common ore that can be used to make weapons]

Su Chen looked at the panel information after killing the Black Iron Cauldron Man, and the expression on his face did not change much.

After all, with his current strength, a Black Iron Cauldron Man at the third level of the Qi gathering stage could no longer give him too many rewards.

PS: This arc is a small arc of 9 to 10 chapters, and the main purpose of this arc is to let the protagonist understand some things about heretic demons, or you can call them ancients.

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100 powerstones = 1 Bonus Chapter

200 powerstones = 2 Bonus Chapters and so on

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