The Improvement of the Indestructible Golden Body

Slaughter Arena, Decisive Battle Space.

Qi Tian and Chi Xin clashed once more. After reviewing the footage of their battle for over a month, Chi Xin had put significant effort into his defense for this encounter.

Last time, because they were within the Virtual Universe, there was no real death even if killed, so Chi Xin had focused his combat strategy primarily on offensive power.

In reality, having been thrown into a World Lord world filled with powerful monsters to train since he was at the Star level, someone who lived constantly on the edge of life and death would never be so careless.

Now, facing a rematch, Chi Xin was clearly calmer, even radiating a beast-like aura that Qi Tian could sense.

"I lost again."

In the meditation room, the two sat across from each other at a table, and Qi Tian smiled as he poured wine for the dejected Chi Xin.

"I gave it my all, too."

Qi Tian wasn't saying this just to comfort him; aside from not unleashing his trump card, the innate secret technique Indestructible Golden Body, he had gone all out using his new Grade 5 telepathic weapon.

While his own combat power had increased significantly with his new weapon, Chi Xin's speed was also noticeably faster than before, and his style had completely changed.

If the Chi Xin of last time was a savage dragon, this one was a bloodthirsty viper.

Qi Tian also realized his own shortcoming during today's battle: his attack power was strong, but his speed couldn't keep up.

"I really want to reach the Virtual Universe Company branch immediately. They have secret techniques you can't access anywhere else that could make me even stronger."

Qi Tian downed the wine in his cup, his eyes filled with anticipation for the Virtual Universe Company.

"By the way, I checked the adventurer registration regulations of the Universe Mercenary Alliance. Humans who reach the Universe level don't need to take the trainee mercenary assessment and can become trainee mercenaries directly."

Qi Tian was aware of the regulation Chi Xin mentioned; he had looked into the matters regarding registering as a Universe Mercenary before coming here.

"Even though we don't need to take the trainee mercenary assessment, we still start at the trainee stage. To rank up, we have to complete missions to earn points."

"The most important point is that for both the trainee mercenary and 1-star mercenary ranks, the missions are all concentrated in World Lord worlds."

"With our strength, missions at those levels are completely stress-free. Only by quickly reaching 2-star mercenary status will we be qualified to access secret realm missions."

Qi Tian nodded, understanding what Chi Xin meant.

With their strength, exploring World Lord worlds slowly might yield unexpected gains in addition to mission points.

But this would greatly slow their pace of growth. Only by abandoning world exploration and focusing solely on points could they quickly reach 2-star mercenary status.

And only through the secret realm missions available to 2-star mercenaries could they hone themselves through the trials of those secret realms.

"I have a plan. Since internal members are required to complete a 2-star mercenary mission every 10 years, I won't be foolish enough to waste time in low-difficulty World Lord worlds."

Hearing Qi Tian's reply, Chi Xin felt relieved.

Although he didn't know Qi Tian's true background, from their current interactions, it seemed Qi Tian had no master, which meant he must be short on cultivation resources.

Even with the 1 Hunyuan Unit of funds gifted by Tegages, it wouldn't be enough to support long-term cultivation.

That money was only enough to buy a decent Grade 5 telepathic weapon; if he wanted to buy a Grade 5 Force Battle Suit, he would have to carefully pick out the cheapest ones.

He, Chi Xin, was different; his teacher was an Immortal-level powerhouse, and a strong one among Immortals at that, providing him with sufficient resources since the beginning of his cultivation.

If Qi Tian lacks the money to buy cultivation resources when the time comes, I'll help him out.

After making up his mind, Chi Xin began pestering Qi Tian to continue fighting.

But Qi Tian didn't want to continue sparring like this and immediately refused.

His own speed deficiency was too glaring; he needed to undergo specialized training in the Slaughter Space. Time was tight and the tasks were heavy; he had no time to act as a sparring partner.

Slaughter Space.

Qi Tian stood in a simulated space environment. Before him was an ordinary planet with a volatile core, ready to explode at any moment.

"Futu, set the core explosion energy intensity to Primary."

"Understood, Master. Please prepare yourself."

Qi Tian did not use any flight-type telepathic weapons, relying solely on his physical body to meet the coming challenge.

"3, 2, 1, start."

As Futu finished the countdown, the planet in space exploded instantly, and a terrifying heatwave swept toward him.

If he were at the center of the explosion now, he would likely be burned to ash by the volatile fire energy in an instant.

Qi Tian stared intently at the violent explosion before him.

Countless fragments of rock blasted apart, hurtling in all directions at terrifying speeds.

Watching the rocks of varying sizes and speeds mixed within the heatwave, Qi Tian's eyes narrowed. He transformed into a streak of light, charging head-on into the overwhelming torrent of rocky meteors.

At first, the distribution of debris was sparse. Relying on his consciousness to cover a wide area, Qi Tian weaved through them while observing the smaller fragments splashing toward him from collisions.

But after struggling through dozens of kilometers, he could no longer cope with the rocks striking from different angles simultaneously and was crushed into pulp by the increasingly dense boulders.

His first attempt failed. Feeling that the distance from the planetary explosion was too close and the difficulty a bit too high, Qi Tian asked Futu to modify the simulation settings.

"Futu, increase the distance to the planet by 300,000 kilometers and begin again."

The second time, the third time, the fourth time.

Qi Tian was immersed in the repeated simulation scenarios, striving to practice his movement techniques.

Time slipped away unnoticed as Qi Tian cultivated, and the 27-day voyage passed quickly.

In the spaceship's lounge, after finishing his daily movement and speed drills, Qi Tian sat cross-legged on his bed as usual to cultivate the Indestructible Golden Body.

The Life Crystal Core within his sea of consciousness was enduring the scorching of the Will Divine Fire, slowly tempering Qi Tian's soul and gradually honing his will.

Even though it was a daily requirement, Qi Tian was still tormented by the pain of his soul being scorched, his face contorted and his body drenched in cold sweat.

As Qi Tian's will reached a critical point, the color of the Will Divine Fire shifted from red to yellow.

The improvement in the quality of the divine fire signified that the will acting as its fuel had also been elevated.

Finally, at this moment, Qi Tian's will underwent a qualitative change, and his soul became stronger as a result.

"Hum."

A Sanskrit chant resonated from within his soul, and Qi Tian suddenly opened his eyes as his two-meter-tall physical body instantly transformed into a ten-meter-tall golden Buddha.

At the same time, the golden liquid condensed into a small pool within the golden mist of his sea of consciousness was being consumed at a rate visible to the naked eye.

As the golden liquid was consumed, Qi Tian's ten-meter golden Buddha form grew bit by bit.

11 meters... 12 meters... 15 meters...

When the golden Buddha form reached 20 meters, Qi Tian's head was nearly touching the ceiling of the lounge; fortunately, the growth of the golden Buddha form stopped at this point.

"This feeling of life leaping forward is simply magnificent."