Skull-Crushing Hand

This spiritual inscription refinement wasn't just about changes to my innate abilities.

Through repeated burning, my body also underwent powerful transformations.

Although my realm was still at the eighth level of Body Tempering, my cultivation level hadn't increased.

My physical quality had become comprehensively stronger.

Flesh, bones, five senses, meridians, limbs, internal organs, essence, soul, and spirit—all were strengthened and enhanced.

My strength increased to fifteen thousand jin. With the perfect Devil Transformation burst, I could unleash nineteen thousand jin of force.

Don't think this force is much. This isn't Earth from my past life.

In this world, any random body cultivator or strength cultivator has thousands or tens of thousands of jin of force. Nineteen thousand jin here is only considered Essence-Heroic rank, not even a minor prodigy.

My memory strengthened, becoming almost photographic. My hands became nimble, my body agile like a swallow, and I could easily perform even the most complex movements.

My body became robust with inexhaustible stamina. My essence and blood were abundant, and my spirit was full!

My five senses expanded, my intuition sharpened, my appearance became even more refined, exuding infinite charm.

Only my height inexplicably decreased by an inch, as if it had been refined and shrunk.

How could this come with shrinkage?

The range of Dragon-Slaying Thrust, previously thirteen zhang three chi, silently expanded to thirteen zhang five chi.

This wasn't just Dragon-Slaying Thrust expanding; the spirit-drawing range and instant step also grew accordingly.

Another major change was the quiet disappearance of the Overturning Rivers and Seas Force User buff.

It was as if these two immortal positions had never appeared, completely absorbed by my body.

Having immortal positions meant they could be revoked, and I would lose the various buffs from the two.

Now that they were thoroughly absorbed, they had become part of my body, and the buffs would never disappear.

The Curse Master also slowly vanished, and I inexplicably gained a new ability: Death Curse!

Only the Hinoki Force User immortal position remained.

However, I didn't mind. I had a feeling this was just the beginning.

My body was the Devil Master's Sacred Body; everything was just starting.

Time to cultivate!

White Yang, Green Profound, Purple Heavens, Black Nether, Brown Scale—the five great body-refining techniques, three hundred and sixty forms. I circulated the Great Heavenly Cycle nine times.

After cultivating, it was time to rest.

The next day, I let out a long breath, finished washing up, ate the leftover food from yesterday, put on my armor, and headed out to battle!

I stored the Eyebrow-Level Staff of Dragon-Slaying Thrust in my Qiankun Bag.

However, I took out the Binh Tie Jian I received yesterday and, in the hidden dagger compartment, concealed one Dragon-Slaying Thrust.

The hollow space in the Binh Tie Jian was quite large. Perhaps to save materials? I placed two more Dragon-Slaying Thrusts inside.

In case I encountered a Second Rank sea beast and was desperately pursued, I could counterattack for a killing blow.

The battlefield was so chaotic, surely no one would notice.

But I remembered Captain Guo. I shook my head; I'd use them only if absolutely necessary.

I headed to the east city gate, but this time I wouldn't join Cheng Peng's squad. Instead, I would rendezvous with Pang Yunhua.

The great battle began.

I joined the emergency squad, heading wherever the crisis was.

While fighting, Pang Yunhua said:

"This sea beast attack is several times weaker than the one five years ago."

"Really?"

"Yes. Logically, the sea beasts should have taken another eight or nine years to accumulate enough numbers to attack.

I don't know why they attacked this year.

For example, the siege crabs you killed last time—five years ago, twenty-three of them charged over in one go, breaking through the great formation and forcing us into a wall defense battle.

This time, apart from the one you killed, I haven't seen a single one."

I said, "So, this is a good thing?"

"Of course. This year's sea beast calamity, I don't think it's a big deal. It'll be over in five or six days at most. They won't break the city walls, so we won't need street fighting!"

I nodded, because this was the Water Mother Saint Son's protector, fearing that Zhang Xianchang would find something and prematurely trigger the sea beast attack.

I wonder what Zhang Xianchang and the others have been doing these past two days!

Never mind, battle!

Today, I'm going to be so tired I could pee myself.

We were fighting almost all day, constantly in battle.

In a moment of crisis, he appeared, tumbling and charging, killing those sea beasts.

On the battlefield, almost all cultivators knew of this youth, incredibly powerful.

He didn't walk the human path; he rolled everywhere. Wherever he rolled, the sea creatures were crushed.

Some had even called him the number one person in Body Tempering under Green Ridge City's Qi Refining!

When night fell and the battle ended, he earned 18,535 merit points from Broken Spirit.

Not as much as yesterday, because there were no big catches like the siege crabs!

Luo Zhou withdrew from the battlefield and honestly went home.

He showered, ate, and rested...

Then he cultivated. This time, he accumulated only 1,231 points of fate.

He condensed his body and spirit twelve times.

Eight of those times were spent repeatedly strengthening his talents: Telekinesis, Rattlesnake, Insect Emperor, and Instant Step, Listening.

Rattlesnake gained another rattle, becoming a triple-strike combo.

His other talents grew stronger, but without significant changes.

Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil was wasted once.

The remaining three times transformed the ability Light Pathfinding into the talent Light Magic.

Luo Zhou possessed an excellent talent for cultivating light-element spells.

He transformed the ability Death Curse into the talent Death Curse.

Thus, Luo Zhou also possessed an excellent talent for casting curse-element spells.

For the last time, Luo Zhou's ability Keen Dharma Eye underwent constant transformation under this baptism.

Keen Dharma Eye was an ability obtained from Meng Junzheng.

"Sharp" represented enhanced vision, seeing a sesame seed as a cartwheel.

"Profound" represented night vision, seeing in the dark.

At this moment, this ability quietly changed, elevating from an ability to a trait, and then to a talent.

The ability Keen Dharma Eye became the talent Cosmos Dharma Eye. With himself at the center, all of space, up, down, left, right, heaven, and earth, was within the Cosmos Dharma Eye!

This meant the space around him was within the visual range of the Cosmos Dharma Eye. Darkness and daylight, mist, energy, and dust were all meaningless.

Now, apart from the abilities Rewarding Good and Punishing Evil and Flash of Inspiration, all his other abilities were Spiritual Power talents.

The range of Dragon-Slaying Thrust immediately expanded from forty-five feet to fifty-one feet!

Upon gaining Cosmos Dharma Eye, Luo Zhou entered a state of trance.

This was omniscience, utilizing Cosmos Dharma Eye, which was systematically integrated into Luo Zhou's cultivation system for the first time.

It was as if he had comprehended many things. He slowly stood up and began to pace indoors.

While pacing, he practiced Overturning Rivers Palm and Treading Sea Fist.

At this moment, there was no rolling or jumping. Instead, his steps were light and smooth, advancing three steps and retreating one. He looked clumsy and foolish, yet it contained the essence of innate naturalness.

Luo Zhou cultivated like this all night, only waking from his trance at dawn.

However, he felt no fatigue; instead, his essence and spirit were invigorated.

He once again joined the battle, still as part of the rapid response team.

But this time, Luo Zhou was different from yesterday.

There was no more rolling around the battlefield. Instead, he moved freely within it, as relaxed as if on an outing.

Because of his cultivation last night, he had already integrated omniscience into his fists and palms through Cosmos Dharma Eye.

Under Cosmos Dharma Eye, he could perceive himself, perceive enemies, and perceive the battlefield – everything was known!

Everything was under his omniscient control!

He combined all his strength – Cosmos Dharma Eye, Listening, Overturning Rivers Palm, Treading Sea Fist, Telekinesis, Rattlesnake, Instant Step – using omniscience to achieve perfect unity.

With a perfect grasp of the battlefield situation, he stealthily approached, suddenly unleashed his strongest power, struck directly at the enemy's weakest point, and killed with a single blow.

Overturning Rivers and Seas reached a new level, used to its extreme.

He subverted his own attacks, making them strongest; subverted enemy defenses, making them weakest; subverted space, reaching them upon contact, killing!

On the battlefield, people saw Luo Zhou moving stealthily, silently. With a slight movement, a sea beast's head would explode and die.

Effortless, calm, and collected!

Completely unlike his image of rolling around the ground for the past two days!

He moved through the Fishman ranks, and with a mere flick, a large area fell!

Every sea beast's head exploded and died!

When he had just mastered the Overturning Rivers and Seas fist and palm techniques, he only knew how to punch according to the form; that was merely scratching the surface.

Rolling on the ground and falling from the sky were merely introductory steps.

Now, with a gentle breeze and natural ease, it had reached the stage of consummate skill.

Everyone was stunned!

Someone gave him a nickname: Head-Exploding Hand.

But Green Ridge City had the Head-Exploding Devil, which was inauspicious, so it was eventually changed to Skull-Crushing Hand.

Some people secretly bet that Luo Zhou would surely be killed by the Head-Exploding Devil, as the struggle for a title was a lifelong pursuit for cultivators.

But others said the Head-Exploding Devil only killed Qi Refining cultivators, and Luo Zhou, being merely Body Tempering, wouldn't live for many more years.

Some people were even secretly betting!