Buddha's Golden Body?

"Bear with it a little longer." Qi Tian's voice resonated in everyone's ears once more, causing them to halt their movements, though they continued to watch the trio with worried expressions.

Jin Shi's wife held their child tightly; before settling here under the Giant Stone God, they had lived a nomadic life, constantly stalked by ferocious beasts and frequently facing death.

Since arriving here, aside from the warriors who died in the jaws of beasts while out hunting, the remaining elderly, weak, women, and children no longer had to worry about their safety; under the protection of the Giant Stone God, this village was incredibly secure.

Therefore, even though Jin Shi's wife trusted that the Giant Stone God would not harm her husband, she could not suppress the look of worry in her eyes, which was mixed with a deep sense of heartache.

Qi Tian had not expected that the single drop of golden liquid he bestowed would cause such a massive reaction in the three, but through his consciousness, he could perceive their vitality constantly rising, their internal cells growing rapidly, and their muscle density strengthening continuously.

As the three before Qi Tian absorbed the energy of the golden liquid, their bodies began to mutate; their skin shifted from yellowish-brown to gold, and their muscles began to bulge.

The trio, who had originally stood just over two meters tall, began to grow larger, the animal skins draped around their waists stretched taut until they were on the verge of tearing.

"This won't do, there's too much golden energy; at this rate, it might blow them apart."

Watching the golden energy continuously reshape their flesh and cells, Qi Tian realized he had miscalculated the intensity of the energy contained within the liquid, so he hurriedly invoked the Sanskrit Phantom in his sea of consciousness to draw the excess energy back.

After more than an hour, the expressions of pain on the trio's faces faded, and the three lying on the ground had transformed into giants over five meters tall, their bodies entirely golden, their long black hair coiled into spiral knots like those of a Buddha.

Everyone watched the three lying on the ground with shock and suspicion, the massive golden bodies filling them with a sense of dread, unsure of what had transpired.

Qi Tian was equally astonished; he had not expected that single drop of golden liquid to fundamentally alter their human forms, let alone turn them into the likeness of golden-bodied Buddhas.

After the transformation by the golden liquid, the three felt utterly drained, not wanting to move a single finger, and it was only after a few minutes of recovering some strength that they began to sit up slowly.

Jin Shi looked at his tribesmen who had become so small behind him, then at the two golden monsters beside him, and could not help but be startled, unaware of what had happened.

Immediately after, he discovered that he too had become a massive golden monster, and his heart surged like a stormy sea.

"What am I?"

Just as the three of them looked at each other in terror, the faint golden light radiating from their bodies slowly faded, though their skin remained gold.

Qi Tian also looked at the transformed trio in surprise. "Did they eat Devil Fruits? How is it exactly like Sengoku transforming into his Great Buddha form in that anime?"

"How do you feel?" Qi Tian asked.

Hearing Qi Tian's question, the three ignored the confusion in their hearts and hurriedly sensed the changes in their bodies.

Jin Shi clenched his fists, feeling a domineering power contained within his entire body; looking at his tribesmen behind him, he felt a strange illusion of being superior to them.

Looking at the village spanning two or three kilometers behind them, he estimated that if he struck with his full strength, a single punch could shatter all hundreds of wooden huts in the village into sawdust.

On the side, Iron Hand felt his five-meter-tall golden physique, his muscles bulging like golden carvings; the sense of power that came when he tensed his muscles gave him the illusion of being invincible.

He took his personal Ox Skull Gauntlet into his palm; the hard skull, which had originally served as a small shield for both offense and defense, could now only fit onto a single finger.

"Snap."

With only a slight exertion of force from Iron Hand, the Ox Skull Gauntlet shattered into several pieces, and as he continued to apply pressure, he even ground the bone fragments into powder.

One had to know that when he had worn this Ox Skull Gauntlet to strike boulders in the past, the punches that could shatter stone had only left a few shallow scratches on the bone.

Finally, Mulberry Leaf discovered the greatest difference in himself: within his dantian lay a six-sided golden crystal, which was currently rotating on its own while emitting strange fluctuations.

At the same time, the strength of his consciousness had greatly increased, and he could vaguely perceive the blurred outline of the entire village area within his mind.

Under his subconscious control, his two tibia claw weapons actually floated into the air, moving rapidly according to his will.

Apart from Qi Tian and the trio of Jin Shi and Iron Hand, everyone else saw only two afterimages flashing continuously.

"Mother, I'm hungry."

Just as the three were sensing their own changes, a younger child in the crowd, unable to bear the hunger, could not help but call out to his mother.

The woman's face stiffened slightly when she saw her child crying out; she feared that speaking up in this situation would offend the "Giant Stone God," so she could only whisper to comfort her child to wait a little longer.

Qi Tian also understood that by this time, the village would have already finished processing the day's hunt and finished their evening meal, so he spoke up.

"You all go back to your business; Jin Shi and the other two stay."

As the crowd dispersed, only the three remained, still carefully sensing their bodies.

Exploring slowly, Jin Shi also discovered the six-sided golden crystal in his dantian; he began to sense the strange fluctuations emitted by the crystal, gradually controlling the range of its dispersion.

As Jin Shi slowly strengthened his control, he gradually felt a power within his body that could support him in hovering.

"Damn, they can fly too?" Qi Tian watched Jin Shi floating, his heart filled with astonishment.

Iron Hand and Mulberry Leaf watched the floating Jin Shi, equally stunned and speechless.

Following Jin Shi's guidance, the two of them also controlled the six-sided golden crystals in their dantians to increase the intensity of the fluctuations, and slowly, they too mastered the ability to hover.

As the three continued to discuss and experiment on their own, Qi Tian gradually learned of their specific changes.

All three had gained a massive boost to their physical bodies; in terms of raw strength, Jin Shi was the strongest, followed by Iron Hand, and finally Mulberry Leaf.

At the same time, they had mastered the ability to control the levitation of objects, such as stones, trees, bone claws, and so on, though Jin Shi and Iron Hand found the manipulation somewhat clumsy, while Mulberry Leaf was as dexterous as if using his own arm.

Finally, there was the hovering ability, or rather, the ability to fly; through slow practice, the three could already easily ascend, descend, and turn, with speeds exceeding one kilometer per second.

Among them, Jin Shi's flight speed was the fastest, reaching nearly three kilometers per second, twice as fast as the other two.

"What kind of monsters have I created?" Qi Tian looked at the three figures resembling golden Buddhas and could not help but click his tongue.