Great Accomplishment and Preparations

Over the following three days, the Spirit Beast Garden once again fell into a bloody rhythm of hunting.

Yan Kui continued clearing the out-of-control spirit beasts arranged by Luo Yue. But unlike the previous two weeks, his combat style had undergone a qualitative change. It was no longer simple brute force crushing, nor was it just preliminary application of movement techniques—it was the perfect coordination of strength, movement, and physique.

A Spirit Badger known for its defense encountered Yan Kui's Spirit Snake Steps. It was accustomed to enemies attacking head-on, but when Yan Kui's body formed a Fivefold Afterimage in midair, the badger's defense completely failed. Amid the chaotic afterimages, Yan Kui used Spirit Snake Silk Hand to bind the badger's limbs, then tore it in half with pure strength.

[Killed Qi Cultivation Spirit Beast ×4]

[Origin Power: +8.0]

When the second batch of spirit beast clearing began, Luo Yue personally came to the Spirit Beast Garden.

He no longer hid in the shadows observing like before, but stood directly on the stone platform in the Abandoned Zone, watching Yan Kui's every move with an indescribable gaze. That look was filled with greed, excitement, and some dangerous calculation.

Yan Kui could feel that gaze. He knew what Luo Yue was evaluating—not his current strength, but his future "value."

Under Luo Yue's observation, Yan Kui continued completing his tasks. A Spirit Eagle was dodged with his movement technique, then at a perfect moment locked by its wings with Silk Hand, and finally its head shattered with a single punch. A Spirit Snake was chased for dozens of meters, eventually trapped in a cave and smashed to death against a Stone Wall.

[Killed Qi Cultivation Spirit Beast ×5]

[Origin Power: +8.0]

When the sun set, Yan Kui had already stayed in this Spirit Beast Garden for nearly two weeks. Luo Yue left, but Yan Kui knew that gaze would continue tracking him.

Inside the cave, Yan Kui made his final decision—before this hunting cycle ended, he would push both Spirit Snake Steps and Earth Fire Body Tempering to the Great Completion stage.

He felt a certain pressure—not from the spirit beasts or enemies, but from the pressure of Luo Yue's greedy gaze. An instinct told him that Luo Yue's next appearance would not be mere observation.

[Cultivating Spirit Snake Steps, advancing to Great Completion. Origin Power consumed: -8.0]

Boom—

This fusion was far more intense than the transformation at Minor Completion. When Origin Power surged from his Dantian, Yan Kui felt as if his entire body was undergoing some soul-level reshaping.

His Muscle Fibers began an even finer adjustment. Each fiber was no longer simply "contracting" and "relaxing," but could perform extremely complex coordination—as if his whole body had become something liquid-like.

His bones restructured under the impact of Origin Power. But this time, it wasn't to increase density, but to increase flexibility. Yan Kui's spine underwent a bizarre change, each vertebra capable of greater twisting. When he tried to perform a serpentine wave motion with his spine, his entire body actually managed it.

His neural reaction speed reached a new height in that moment. Yan Kui felt his brain processing visual information several times faster—every detail captured by his eyes could be rapidly processed and then translated into bodily responses.

Fifteen minutes later, the transformation was complete.

Yan Kui stood up and performed a simple test inside the cave. He shot out from the entrance, his body making consecutive direction changes in the air, each completed in an instant. When he moved at top speed across the ground, his entire body could leave behind five clear afterimages—not because speed blurred vision, but because his body could change positions at an extremely high frequency.

Even more terrifying, he could perform difficult jumps, turns, and even hang upside down while sprinting at full speed. His entire body seemed to have lost the concept of "weight," leaving only pure speed and flexibility.

[Spirit Snake Steps · Great Completion (Movement Speed +30%, can form Fivefold Afterimage, body flexibility maximally enhanced)]

Next, he advanced Earth Fire Body Tempering again.

[Cultivating Earth Fire Body Tempering, advancing to Great Completion. Origin Power consumed: -6.0]

This fusion was more direct than Spirit Snake Steps. The power of earth fire surged into Yan Kui's body from the surrounding environment—though he couldn't yet actively absorb the earth fire in the environment, his body could resonate with this energy.

Origin Power burned within his internal organs. His liver became a flame-forged organ, his lungs a blazing furnace, and his heart an eternal Flame Heart. During this process, his bones absorbed a massive amount of earth fire energy, each one turning into a special mineral.

Blood flowing through his veins became scorching magma. His skin deepened to a darker crimson—not just color, but real flames flickering beneath the surface.

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When the fusion completed, Yan Kui could feel that the temperature on his body surface was already high enough to burn an Ordinary Person within three meters. His body had become a mobile furnace.

[Earth Fire Body Tempering · Great Completion (Physique +0.8, body releases continuous burning heat flow, cannot be extinguished)]

After the fusion, Yan Kui tested himself at the Magma Edge in the Earth Fire Region. He scooped up a scorching rock from the magma—a stone hot enough to instantly melt ordinary metal—but when Yan Kui held it in his hand, he felt his skin absorbing the rock's heat.

His body was no longer afraid of fire. Instead, fire had become a kind of "nourishment" for him.

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That night, Luo Yue appeared in the Spirit Beast Garden again.

But this time, he didn't hide in the shadows to observe. Instead, he appeared directly before Yan Kui.

"Your progress is very fast," Luo Yue's tone was filled with suppressed excitement, his eyes flickering with an eerie light in the darkness. "I can feel the change in your aura. Spirit Snake Steps has reached Great Completion, and Earth Fire Body Tempering is also initially mastered. Achieving these breakthroughs in just two weeks... it truly exceeds my expectations."

Yan Kui didn't speak, only calmly watching Luo Yue.

"Interesting. Very interesting," Luo Yue stepped closer, sizing up Yan Kui with an indescribable gaze. "Your physical transformation potential is far greater than I imagined. In that case, perhaps... my previous plans need some adjustments."

"What plans?" Yan Kui's tone remained calm, but he already sensed danger.

A strange smile curled at the corner of Luo Yue's mouth. "You don't need to know yet..."

"Why?"

"Because I want to see what heights you'll reach under real pressure," Luo Yue's gaze grew more dangerous. "I have a feeling you'll give me a big surprise."

When Luo Yue turned and left, that dangerous gaze still lingered on Yan Kui. After the Elder's figure disappeared into the darkness, Yan Kui stood in silence for a long time.

He walked to where the Mysterious Yin Iron Mother was placed. The mineral was now flickering with a faint blue light, as if resonating with something. Yan Kui's Mysterious Bone Fragment was also glowing—the two lights calling to each other.

He could feel that the conditions for fusion were gradually maturing.

When he had collected enough Cultivation Technique manuals, when the pressure was great enough to push him into the final fusion—the second stage of Crimson Extreme Golden Body would be born.

Not obtained through cultivation, but through fusion.

This time, he would fuse the Crimson Extreme Golden Body, Spirit Snake Steps, Spirit Snake Silk Hand, Earth Fire Body Tempering, and all the essence of techniques gained from other places into one. At that moment, he would undergo a true transformation.

Yan Kui looked at the Mysterious Yin Iron Mother in his hand. This mineral was waiting for something. The Mysterious Bone Fragment was also waiting for something.

They were waiting for that moment of fusion—the moment that would change everything.

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[Crimson Modifier]

Host: Yan Kui

Origin Power: 46.7 → 48.7 (+16.0 Spirit Beast, -8.0 Spirit Snake Steps Mastery, -6.0 Earth Fire Body Tempering Mastery)

Strength: 10.5

Agility: 4.0 → 5.0 ↑

Physique: 12.5 → 13.3 ↑

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