Midnight, Longquan Town.
A dilapidated villa sat in the mountains, surrounded by trees and weeds, with creepers and other plants crawling on the walls. It was quiet and dead silent.
In a room in the villa, Ling Jiu sat cross-legged, running the Sea of Hundred Rivers to absorb the Gene Arcana within a kilometer radius.
His team members were sleeping in the next room. It was not that they did not want to practice, but they could not absorb any Gene Arcana in the same room as Ling Jiu.
Ling Jiu's plundering ability was too strong. He had swept away all the Gene Arcana within a thousand-mile radius. They had no choice but to sleep instead of practicing.
"The Arcana Replication has finally recovered!"
At three in the morning, Ling Jiu suddenly opened his eyes. A glint flashed in his eyes as he quietly went to the next room and found Meng Lijun.
Name: Meng Lijun
Race: Human
Arcana: Tungsten Form (Awakened, Replicable)
"Replicate!"
Ling Jiu gave the order.
After the fusion was successful, Ling Jiu did not rush to do it. Instead, he quietly left the villa and came to a remote forest in the distance to start the fusion.
Boom!!
A familiar pain swept through his body. Even though he had experienced it several times before, Ling Jiu was still in pain. For some reason, the pain this time was far worse than before.
Whether it was the fusion of the Earth Manipulation Arcana, Shadowform Arcana, Blink Arcana, or Gravity Arcana, it was not as violent as this time.
If the previous pain was mainly concentrated in his head, then this time, every corner of his body was surrounded by pain.
What Ling Jiu could not see was that a mysterious silver substance had swept through his body and was frantically transforming it.
Whether it was his bones, meridians, skin, blood, cells, or DNA, they were all being transformed by this silver substance.
An earth-shattering pain came from every cell in his body, tearing at his nerves like a torrential river. Ling Jiu felt as if his body was about to shatter as he convulsed violently.
Fortunately, the pain came violently and went away quickly. Ten minutes later, the pain faded like the tide. Ling Jiu lay on the grass, panting violently.
His clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and his body was stained with dirt as he rolled and convulsed. But Ling Jiu's attention was not on that.
"Tungsten Form!"
Ling Jiu's mind stirred.
In a split second, a mysterious energy exploded within his body. His entire body seemed to have turned into steel, quickly turning into a shining dark silver color.
At the same time, Ling Jiu's body rapidly expanded like an inflated balloon. In the blink of an eye, Ling Jiu had become a two-meter-tall steel man.
At this moment, Ling Jiu felt that his body was obviously different.
I can't feel my breath.
I can't feel my heartbeat.
He couldn't even feel the temperature.
His bones, muscles, tendons, organs, and even his entire body … had completely turned into tungsten steel!
"This power …"
Ling Jiu clenched his fists, feeling that the power in his body was much stronger than before. The majestic power seemed to be surging in his body.
Ling Jiu could not hold it in any longer. He leaped up, clenched his right fist, and punched a willow tree as thick as a water bucket.
Kacha!
A terrifying power erupted in an instant, directly forming a short sonic boom in front of him. Accompanied by a cracking sound, the iron fist instantly penetrated the trunk of the big willow tree, and then came out from the back of the big willow tree. Miraculously, the big willow tree actually did not shake much.
"What a terrifying power!"
Ling Jiu's eyes lit up with excitement. "As expected of the Tungsten Form Arcana. My current strength is probably a hundred times stronger than before!"
Without a strength testing instrument, Ling Jiu could not test it, but punching through the trunk of the willow tree completely showed that his strength... had skyrocketed.
As for whether it had really skyrocketed by a hundred times, he would need to test it out slowly.
"Roar!!!"
Right at this moment, a low roar suddenly came from behind him. A five-meter-tall, eight-meter-long, giant tiger covered in iron scales crawled out from the grass.
The tiger opened its mouth wide, saliva dripping from its mouth, and a pair of violent and cold eyes stared coldly at Ling Jiu, eyes full of greed and hunger.
It was hungry!
It needed something to eat!
"Class 4 Direbeast: Armored Striped Tiger!"
Looking at the giant tiger that seemed to regard him as food, the corner of Ling Jiu's mouth curled up slightly. "You came at the right time. I'll use you to test out my new Arcana!"
After a day of purging, the Direbeasts in Longquan Town were almost all wiped out, but the area of 50 miles around Longquan Town was too big, and it was impossible to clean it all up in one day.
There were many powerful Direbeasts living in these places, and the Armored Striped Tiger was one of them. Ling Jiu had planned to deal with these beasts tomorrow morning, but he did not expect to run into them tonight.
"Roar!!"
The Armored Striped Tiger was starving. After entering its attack range, it did not hesitate to launch an attack, bringing with it a sharp gust of wind as it pounced at Ling Jiu.
"Good timing!"
Ling Jiu laughed and punched out. His iron fist was like a cannonball, accurately hitting the Armored Striped Tiger between its eyebrows.
With a crack, the iron fist sank directly into the Armored Striped Tiger's forehead.
As if struck by lightning, the Armored Striped Tiger's huge body froze in the air, its round eyes bloodshot, filled with shock and disbelief.
It had never imagined that Ling Jiu's punch would be so sharp, so fierce, so domineering that it could directly penetrate its frontal bone.
The frontal bone!
That was the hardest bone in its body!
"How dare you show off your meager skills in front of an expert!"
Ling Jiu was very satisfied with his strength. To be honest, he did not use his full strength in that punch, and the surface of his fist did not even break the skin.
"As expected of the Tungsten Form Arcana. Not only does it have terrifying strength, but it also has super strong defense. I love this arcana!"
Although he had the Earth Manipulation arcana, Ling Jiu still preferred to fight head-on. The blood of a Warrior and a Tank flowed in his veins.
Mage?
That was for girls!
"It's a pity that this arcana, like other arcanas, cannot be exposed in front of others. But it can be used in conjunction with my Rock Golem!"
After that, Ling Jiu returned to the camping villa and continued his training. But not long after, he was awakened by a noisy phone ringing.
"What's going on?"
Everyone was awakened.
"Answer it!"
Ling Jiu pressed the answer button.
"Is this Captain Ling Jiu?"
Xu Yuanhui's anxious voice came from the phone.
"It's me!"
"That's great!"
Xu Yuanhui said anxiously. "Captain Ling, please rescue Mopan Bay. A large number of Class 4 and Class 5 Direbeasts have suddenly appeared there. The situation is critical!"
"Mopan Bay?"
"A large number of Class 4 and Class 5 Direbeasts?"
Ling Jiu nodded slightly. "No problem, we will go immediately!"
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