That day, Benjamin was carrying out his usual body tempering.
Inside the smelting furnace, the temperature had already climbed to the level of a star's core.
Benjamin sat cross-legged at the heart of the furnace, naked.
The surroundings were filled with blinding cyan light, heat intense enough to vaporize any substance in an instant. Yet his skin was only faintly flushed, and not a single drop of sweat had formed.
This was the daily cultivation of his Body Tempering Method.
He relied on no protective spells, activated no energy shield, and used only his flesh to withstand this extreme environment.
Benjamin closed his eyes, sensing how every inch of skin, every muscle, and every bone in his body reacted beneath the heat.
His cells were scorched even as they rapidly regenerated. The regenerated cells were tougher than before and better able to resist high temperatures.
This was the core of the Body Tempering Method: adaptive evolution.
Endure damage, adapt to damage, and ultimately become immune to damage.
Suddenly, the environment inside the furnace changed.
The blazing heat vanished in an instant, replaced by extreme cold.
It was not ordinary cold, but absolute low temperature capable of freezing the soul.
A layer of white frost instantly formed over Benjamin's body, and even his exhaled breath turned into ice crystals.
Yet he remained completely motionless.
Immediately afterward, countless bolts of lightning appeared out of nowhere and struck him madly.
Every bolt was powerful enough to shatter a Level 5 Wizard's protective barrier, but when they landed on Benjamin, they merely made his muscles twitch slightly. After the lightning came acid.
This acid, created through extraordinary power, could corrode most substances. A single drop could burn a bottomless pit into the ground. But when it fell on Benjamin, it merely gave off a