In an instant, True God's body hair grew wildly, and his skin swelled with fleshy lumps. Some even sprouted filiform wart-like tendrils, struggling to separate themselves from him.
Faced with such a change, True God let out an angry snort. His body seemed to turn transparent in an instant, revealing the shadow of the tree supporting this shell within him. Its trunk, branches, and Root System flickered in and out of view. Most importantly, golden light hung among its branches and leaves like a Sun Wheel, its outlines seemingly layered over one another again and again, hazy and innumerable. It produced a brilliant, clear, searing radiance that spread from within to all directions.
Wherever the light reached, every abnormality on his body was wiped away. At the same time, it formed a solid barrier of its own, no longer affected by Unranked Divine Power's methods of influencing the circulation and transfer of life force.
True God had never been one to sit tight and wait for change. Even as the Sun Wheel's light shone outward, he followed the instincts of his former life, took one step forward, and closed to within two paces of Dong Fan. Eyes wide with fury, he roared and drove a punch straight at Dong Fan's chest.
The other side's physical form was nothing special. Naturally, he had to target its weak point and kill it first.
As the punch flew, True God seemed to transform into a blazing sun. Fierce light outside his body stabbed at the eyes, while he himself became a blurred shadow. This was entirely the logic and method of a Body Cultivator. Speed, strength, timing, and of course the countering interference of his own domain framework left Dong Fan no possibility of evasion.
And so, the punch landed.
Dong Fan made