Hundredfold Amplification

The ice cave was dead silent, the cold biting to the bone.

Fang Gang stood beside the wreckage of the Red Wedding Dress, the deep black brand on his arm writhing like a living thing. The dark gold vertical pupil at its end, now closed, exuded a chilling, ancient, unspeakable malevolence, like a viper constricting one's heart!

SS-class threat! A Ghost Emperor-level brand!

Chen Tao, Captain Zhang, and the others watched the bizarre brand, feeling their very souls tremble, daring not to breathe.

"Grudge Pupil... Seed?" Fang Gang's voice was like ice that had endured ten thousand years, each word carrying an overwhelming killing intent.

Being marked as prey, having such a venomous curse planted within him, had ignited the ferocity in his very bones!

"Bro... Brother..."

Chen Tao's voice trembled as he pointed at the brand. "This... this thing... our bureau's archives have had scattered records... it's one of the highest-level curses of the 'Nightmare Holy Cult'! Those who are planted with the 'Grudge Pupil Seed'... will eventually be... will be devoured by that 'eye'... becoming its vessel for descent or its nourishment! We must quickly—"

"Shut up!" Fang Gang hissed sharply, cutting Chen Tao off.

He didn't need panic; he needed power! Absolute power sufficient to crush this damned seed!

His mind raced as he brought up the system panel! 555 evolution points! This was his capital for a comeback!

His gaze swept over the two major cultivation techniques:

[True · Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill (Great Accomplishment 0/1000) - Power Core!]

[True · Vajra Indestructible Body (Minor Accomplishment 0/500) - Defense Foundation!]

"Level up! Vajra Indestructible Body!" Fang Gang said without hesitation. Stronger defense was the foundation for enduring this curse and buying time! The stronger the physique, the more vigorous the blood and qi, the higher the resistance to Yin evil!

[Ding! Consumed 500 evolution points! True · Vajra Indestructible Body leveled up to 'Great Accomplishment' (0/1000)!]

BOOM—!!!

A surge of power, far more condensed, weighty, and focused on absolute defense than when it was in Minor Accomplishment, exploded within him!

The skin, fascia, and muscle fibers throughout his body were as if thrown into a stellar furnace!

Under extreme pressure, they were tempered, compressed, and solidified madly!

The pale golden Qi flowing on his skin's surface instantly became like tangible liquid gold, heavy and refined!

An indestructible, all-invincible "Indestructible" intent was born spontaneously!

[Ding! True · Vajra Indestructible Body (Great Accomplishment)!]

[Effect: Physique +100! Basic defense power undergoing qualitative change! Vajra Body Protection Qi (condensed like liquid gold), passive resistance to physical/energy attacks and high-level Yin evil erosion effects greatly enhanced! Rebound force undergoing qualitative change!]

[Innate Divine Ability: Golden Body Protection (Strengthened)! Absolute defense shield strength and duration greatly increased!]

[Realm Correlation: Physique greatly enhanced, triggering the opportunity for breakthrough in Bone Tempering Realm!]

Host: Fang Gang

Realm: Bone Tempering Realm (Early Stage) → Bone Tempering Realm (Mid Stage)! [Breakthrough!]

Strength: 224.5 → 2245 (Mighty Elephant Upholding Heaven) [Hundredfold Increase!]

Physique: 390 → 490 (Initial Jade Bone + Indestructible Golden Body) [Great Accomplishment of Vajra triggered]

Agility: 20.9 → 209 (Chasing Stars and Lunar Moons) [Driven by Realm Breakthrough]

Cultivation Techniques:

True · Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill (Great Accomplishment 0/1000)

True · Vajra Indestructible Body (Great Accomplishment 0/1000)

Usable Evolution Points: 55

Status: Grudge Pupil Seed (SS-class Brand - Temporarily Suppressed)

Mid-stage Bone Tempering! Strength and Agility surged a hundredfold! Physique nearing 500! Vajra Indestructible Body Great Accomplishment!

Fang Gang felt power surging within him like a cosmic river! His bones emitted dull roars like those of an ancient Thunder God!

Pale jade-colored bones flowed with a faint golden luster! Muscle fibers intertwined like alloy steel cables!

With every movement, space itself seemed to twist and wail! The deep black brand on his arm, under the onslaught of this suddenly erupting, star-like, blazing, and vast pure Qi and blood, was like ice thrown into a furnace, letting out a silent shriek!

Its writhing instantly stopped, and the dark gold vertical pupil at its end was forcefully suppressed and closed!

Though it still existed, the bone-deep, chilling malevolence was largely isolated!

"ROAR—!!!"

The surge of power brought unparalleled confidence and a craving for release!

Fang Gang suddenly looked up, his pale golden pupils burning with the rage to incinerate everything, locking onto the ice cave's cracked dome!

"OPEN FOR ME—!!!"

He didn't need to throw a punch! He merely let out a terrifying roar towards the ice dome above him!

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE—!!!!

An indescribable sonic wave, mixed with a tangible surge of Qi and blood, like an apocalyptic tsunami, surged from bottom to top, violently slamming into the ice cave's dome!

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The ice dome, already riddled with cracks, shattered like a fragile eggshell under the face of that overwhelming, incomprehensible power!

Countless massive blocks of ice mixed with frozen earth and rock rained down like a collapsing sky! The entire underground space trembled violently!

"Run!!!" Chen Tao and the others were terrified, scrambling desperately towards the exit passage!

Fang Gang stood tall, his perfected Vajra Body Protection Qi automatically activating! A shield, condensed like liquid gold, enveloped his entire body!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Giant ice chunks smashed against the golden shield, exploding into a sky of icy powder! They couldn't even stir a ripple! He stood like a steadfast anchor, bathed in the cascading icy rain!

Sunlight! Long-awaited sunlight, piercing through the massive breaches in the collapsing dome, cut through the heavy gloom and shone down, illuminating the devastation within the ice cave and Fang Gang's figure bathed in golden light, making him appear like a god descended to earth!

"W-what the hell..."

Chen Tao, who had escaped to the passage entrance, looked back at the scene, his jaw nearly hitting the floor. "Is... is that even human?! One roar... and he blew the roof off the entire ice cave?!"

The sunlight dispersed some of the cold, also illuminating a corner of the ice cave. Beneath the remnants of the Red Wedding Dress, an inconspicuous sandalwood box covered in frost.

A corner of the box was flipped open by the tremors, revealing a pitch-black, infant-like twisted plant within, emitting an extremely potent yin energy and vitality... a Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng!

"That's..."

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Chen Tao's eyes widened, and he exclaimed in a hushed voice, "Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng?! An ultimate yin evil item that can only be nurtured at the core of an extreme yin earth vein! It contains immense death energy and distorted vitality! It's a core material for refining high-level Corpse Puppets! How could it be here?!"

Almost the moment the box opened!

"Hkk... hkk... hkk..."

Inside the ice cave, the Purple Zombies, White Zombies, and even the fragmented remains of the Red Wedding Dress that Fang Gang had killed began to writhe violently, as if drawn by a fatal attraction!

Strands of yin energy were forcefully siphoned, converging towards the Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng!

The black luster on the ginseng's surface visibly became richer and more demonic!

Further away, the zombie fragments remaining in the main hall of the funeral home also seemed to come alive, writhing madly towards the ice cave!

"This is bad! This Corpse Ginseng is absorbing death energy and corpse qi! It's going to trigger a corpse transformation tide! If it absorbs enough corpse qi to erupt, the entire Linjiang City will be in danger!"

Chen Tao's face turned pale, his voice cracking. "We have to destroy it! Quickly!"

Destroy it? Fang Gang looked at the Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng, emanating alluring yin energy and vitality, but a peculiar glint flashed in his eyes.

The SS-grade Grudge Pupil seed was like a sword hanging over his head.

The perfected Vajra Indestructible Body and the mid-stage Bone Tempering Realm had temporarily suppressed it, but the root cause remained.

The immense energy contained within this Corpse Ginseng... was a crisis, but also an opportunity!

He needed greater strength! He needed to break through faster! The conventional path was too slow!

"We cannot destroy it," Fang Gang's voice was low, filled with unquestionable resolve.

"What?!" Chen Tao and the others thought they had misheard.

Fang Gang ignored them and strode towards the Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng, which was frantically absorbing corpse qi and its black light growing ever brighter. The golden shield on his body slowly receded.

"Brother! What are you doing?! You can't touch that thing! Touching it means death!" Chen Tao was frantic.

Fang Gang walked up to the Corpse Ginseng. The dense, almost congealed yin and death energy was so potent it could freeze the soul.

He reached out his hand, his pale golden fingers, flowing with a jade-like luster, ignored the chilling cold that could corrode steel, and grabbed the dark, twisted Corpse Ginseng!

Hiss hiss hiss—!

The terrifying, chilling death energy contained within the Corpse Ginseng seemed to have found an outlet, surging madly along Fang Gang's arm!

Attempting to freeze his blood, to corrode his bones and muscles!

[Warning! Detected extremely high concentration of yin-evil energy (Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng Origin) invasion! Threat Level: A+!]

[Strongly recommend immediate expulsion or abandonment!]

Expulsion? No! A flicker of madness crossed Fang Gang's eyes! His mid-stage Bone Tempering Realm Jade Bone erupted with brilliant light!

"Indestructible Golden Body" was pushed to its absolute limit! The Vajra Body Protection Qi roared within his body! He opened his mouth, and before Chen Tao and the others' horrified gazes, he bit down fiercely on the dark, twisted Corpse Ginseng!

Crunch!

Like biting through solid, ancient ice!

An indescribable, terrifying torrent, mixed with extreme cold, potent poison, lingering resentment, and surging distorted vitality, instantly flooded into Fang Gang's mouth, coursed down his esophagus, and forcefully poured into his stomach!

"Argh—!"

Fang Gang's body jolted violently! His skin was instantly covered in a layer of ghastly green frost! Black blood oozed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!

His meridians felt like they were being pierced by billions of ice needles! His bones groaned under the unbearable strain! The SS-grade Grudge Pupil imprint writhed fiercely, stimulated by the external poison, its dark golden vertical pupil faintly showing signs of opening!

Agony! Pain beyond his limits!

But he gritted his teeth fiercely! The Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill and the Vajra Indestructible Body were simultaneously pushed to unprecedented limits! His qi and blood furnace erupted like a supernova! The pale golden patterns on his Jade Bone flickered wildly!

Refine! Forcefully refine!

"Add points! Constitution! Add all to Constitution!" his mental voice roared! The last 55 evolution points were instantly consumed!

[Ding! Consumed 55 Evolution Points! Constitution +55! Current Constitution: 490 → 545 (Jade Bone Radiance + Indestructible Golden Body)!]

A surge of pure life essence was injected! Just like the last straw that broke the camel's back… no, it was like the final fuel injected into a furnace!

Hiss—!!!!

Within Fang Gang's body, the terrifying, sinister energy from the Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng let out its final wail under the frenzied refinement of this new, more vigorous, supremely yang blood and the two major cultivation skills!

It reacted violently, like ice water thrown into a boiling oil pan!

[Ding! Absorbed and refined ultra-high concentration sinister energy (Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng origin)!]

[Constitution greatly increased! Current Constitution: 545 → 590!]

[Strength slightly increased! Current Strength: 2245 → 2250!]

[Vajra Indestructible Body experience surged! True Vajra Indestructible Body (Great Accomplishment 0/1000 → Great Accomplishment 500/1000)!]

[Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill experience surged! True Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill (Great Accomplishment 0/1000 → Great Accomplishment 300/1000)!]

[Remaining sinister energy converted into Evolution Points +100! Current Evolution Points: 100!]

Refinement successful! Constitution increased again! Cultivation skill experience surged! Evolution Points gained again!

The ghastly green frost on Fang Gang's body instantly melted, and the overflowing black blood evaporated from the scorching heat of his blood qi!

He suddenly stood up straight, feeling his physical body become even more solid as a mountain, unshakable, with a terrifying aura surging within him, as if he could shatter stars with a single punch!

On his arm, the restless Grudge Pupil imprint was suppressed again. The dark golden vertical pupils grudgingly closed, their color seemingly dimming by a shade.

He raised his hand, looking at the Thousand-Year Corpse Ginseng in his hand, a small piece bitten off by him, its radiance significantly dimmed. Feeling the surging power within him, a fierce light burned in his eyes like the scorching sun.

"The taste… is good."

"Anything else?"

Chen Tao and the others were completely petrified, looking at Fang Gang, who, after gnawing on the Corpse Ginseng, not only didn't die but became even more imposing. They looked as if they were watching a demon god devouring the world.

Just then, Chen Tao's encrypted satellite phone vibrated frantically! He shakily answered, and a terrified, distorted roar from a team member came through:

"Captain Chen! This is bad! The outskirts… towards the abandoned chemical factory on the outskirts! The Yin energy index… it's off the charts! The detector shows… it shows a… a legion of Green Zombies is gathering into a formation! The number… the number exceeds a hundred!! The leader… its energy reading… is… is a B-class Zombie! They… they are charging towards the city!"

Fang Gang abruptly turned his head, his pale golden pupils piercing through the ruins of the ice cave and looking towards the direction of the chemical factory. The corners of his mouth curled into a cold, savage arc.

"B-class Zombie?"

"Perfect… to sharpen my claws!"