It was like being thrown into a raging meat grinder!
This was Lin Feng's first sensation after entering the core region of the Black Whirlwind.
The omnipresent Profound Yin Wind Fiend was no longer relatively mild as it had been at the valley entrance. It had transformed into countless icy, bone-piercing blades of unparalleled sharpness, madly slicing and tearing at his body!
His protective Thunder Gang had long since collapsed beneath his final strike out of the canyon and Snake Consort's claw shadows. At this moment, he could only rely on the Thunder Foundation Establishment Chapter to barely maintain a thin layer of purple radiance around his body, like the last candle in a raging wind, liable to be extinguished at any moment.
"Riiip!"
His clothes were instantly shredded into scraps, and countless fine bloody marks appeared across his tough skin, some so deep that bone could be seen!
That icy Killing Intent was like a living thing, madly drilling into his wounds, freezing his blood, corroding his meridians, and even charging straight for his Sea of Consciousness in an attempt to seal his awareness in ice!
Pain! Cold! Numbness!
Lin Feng clenched his teeth, his mouth filled with the rusty tang of blood.
He felt like a small boat amid a violent storm, liable to be torn apart and annihilated at any moment.
He had to hold steady!
Enduring the pain that threatened to drive him mad, he focused his remaining mental power to its limit and frantically circulated the Thunder Foundation Establishment Chapter.
The purple vortex in his dantian spun at an unprecedented speed, squeezing out every thread of Thunder True Qi to resist the all-pervading erosion of Killing Intent.
However, the power of the Profound Yin Fiendish Wind far exceeded his imagination, especially within this core region.
Although Thunder True Qi could restrain it, his qi was depleted at the moment. A quantitative change had caused a qualitative change, and that thin layer of lightning radiance was being rapidly worn away.
No... at this rate, I definitely won't last ten breaths...
His consciousness began to blur, while his limbs became stiff and cold, as though even his thoughts were about to freeze.
Just as he stood at the brink of despair—
[Warning! Host's life signs are rapidly declining!] [High-concentration foreign energy detected (Profound Yin Fiendish Wind) continuously invading!] [The autonomous circulation efficiency of Thunder Foundation Establishment Chapter is insufficient!] [Emergency response plan generated... Attempting to guide foreign energy and simulate the environment of 'Wind Thunder Body Tempering'... Risk extremely high! Execute?]
The system's prompt sounded like thunder, exploding through his Sea of Consciousness just as he was about to sink into oblivion!
Wind Thunder Body Tempering?
Lin Feng's nearly frozen thoughts jolted awake!
In a hopeless situation, he could only take a desperate gamble!
"Execute!!"
He roared inwardly without the slightest hesitation!
The instant the command was issued, the system's cold, precise power intervened.
The Profound Yin Fiendish Wind that had been raging through his body and trying to freeze everything was forcibly guided by an invisible force. It no longer wreaked havoc without order, but instead followed some profound trajectory, violently colliding and merging with the remaining Thunder True Qi within him!
"Boom—!!"
It was as though countless miniature bombs had detonated inside his body!
The frigid fiendish wind and the supremely yang lightning—two utterly opposing energies that should have annihilated each other—under the system's forced intervention, formed an incomparably unstable yet subtly balanced environment of destruction!
This was no longer simple erosion and resistance, but true—tempering!
"Aaarghhh—!"
Lin Feng's eyes flew wide open, bloodshot veins filling them as a suppressed, beastlike growl tore from his throat!
This pain was tenfold, even a hundredfold more intense than the mere slicing and freezing from before!
He felt every inch of muscle, every meridian, even every cell in his body being repeatedly torn apart and crushed by those two violent energies, then painstakingly reassembled and healed beneath the Thunder Foundation Establishment Chapter's tenacious life force and the system's precise energy regulation!
Break, then stand anew! Seek life through death!
His bones gave strained creaking sounds, while fine purple lightning patterns faintly emerged across their surface, making them even tougher.
Through repeated destruction and reconstruction, his meridians were forcibly widened. Though covered in cracks, they could now contain more abundant and more violent qi.
His flesh and blood were tempered again and again. Impurities were carried away by the fiendish wind, leaving behind only the purest essence, which was then nourished by the power of lightning.
This was an incomparably dangerous process. The slightest misstep would result in shattered meridians and a collapsing body!
Lin Feng's will was honed by this inhuman agony until it was as hard as diamond.
He guarded the last trace of clarity in his mind, watching like a bystander as his body struggled between destruction and rebirth.
No one knew how long passed. It felt like an instant, yet also like eternity.
The destructive energy storm within his body gradually subsided.
It had not disappeared, but had instead reached a dangerous balance.
The Profound Yin Fiendish Wind was no longer a disorderly invader. It became streams of pure, icy energy that flowed alongside his original Thunder True Qi through his widened meridians. They remained as distinct as the Jing and Wei Rivers, yet faintly formed some sort of complementary balance.
The thin purple radiance around his body had also turned a faint purple-black. Its light was restrained, yet it was more solid, steadily keeping the still-raging Wind Fiend outside at bay.
[Thunder Foundation Establishment Chapter optimization complete! Integrated the traits of 'Profound Yin Fiendish Wind' and advanced into Wind-Thunder Foundation Building Method!] [Effects: Spiritual energy absorption efficiency increased by 80% (wind and lightning attributes optimal), physical strength increased by 40%, meridian resilience increased by 50%, Thunder True Qi gains the 'Bone-Eroding Yin Wind' trait (minor), greatly increased resistance to wind, lightning, and icy yin attribute damage.] [Physical body realm breakthrough: Bronze Skin Iron Bones (Beginner)!] [Strength: 1488kg!] [Agility: 65m/s!] [Mental Power: 45]
Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes, and purple-black lightning flashed through them before vanishing.
Feeling the powerful force surging endlessly within him, several times more vigorous than before, as well as his tougher body brimming with explosive strength, a dazed sense of surviving disaster intertwined with powerful confidence in his heart.
He lowered his head and examined his body. His skin had taken on a healthy bronze hue and was smooth across its surface. The wounds that had once exposed bone had already healed, leaving behind only faint white marks.
His muscle lines had become smoother, filled with explosive power.
At a thought, a strand of purple-black true qi surged from his fingertips. It contained not only violent lightning power, but also a bone-eroding, marrow-piercing chill!
The powers of wind and lightning had initially fused!
He rose to his feet and looked around.
He was still within the raging Black Whirlwind, but the terrifying Wind Fiend that could shred a Martial Master now only made him feel slight pressure as it brushed over his body. It could no longer inflict any real harm upon him.
A lost horse at the border—who could know it was not a blessing!
This desperate situation had instead turned misfortune into fortune, causing his strength to soar once more!
He raised his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through layer upon layer of Black Whirlwind toward the outside of the canyon.
"Snake Consort..."
"Now, it's my turn!"
A cold, confident curve rose at the corner of Lin Feng's mouth. He stomped down, purple-black lightning flashing around his body as he actively tore through layers of Wind Fiend and shot toward the outer edge of the whirlwind!
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