Power Aperture Furnace

Deep in the mountains, Fang Gang's figure crashed down like a cannonball, snapping several large trees before he came to a halt.

He knelt on one knee, coughing up another large mouthful of clotted blood mixed with internal organ fragments. A piercing pain shot from his arms; his bones were clearly cracked.

"Damn… old bones…" he gasped, sweat beads on his bald head vaporizing the instant they formed from his surging qi and blood.

On his left shoulder, a bizarre mark composed of bone-white patterns emitted a bone-chilling cold, like a persistent ulcer—Elder Withered Bone's mark!

But at this moment, Fang Gang's eyes held no despair. Instead, they blazed with an almost fanatical golden-red light!

The instant he'd shattered the bone claws with his desperate strike moments ago, it felt as if some solid barrier within him had been completely broken!

Hum—!

A new torrent of power, ten times more potent than that of the late Marrow Cleansing Realm, erupted within him like a dormant volcano!

This power no longer merely flowed through his muscles, bones, and flesh. Instead, it converged deep within his right arm, in a newly opened, minuscule "space" emanating a chaotic glow!

Aperture Condensing Realm! Opening the body's divine treasures!

Fang Gang's consciousness delved into his right arm. Within that tiny space, a blurry phantom of a miniature furnace, woven from dark gold and golden-red light, was slowly rotating!

At the furnace's base, illusory dragon and elephant figures seemed to suppress it, emitting low growls!

With each rotation, a pure, destructive force fed back, nourishing and strengthening his right arm and indeed his entire body!

Power Aperture! Dragon Elephant Furnace!

"It's done!" Fang Gang felt the terrifying power resonating from the furnace phantom in his right arm's Power Aperture, a power that could shake mountains. Coupled with the itchy sensation of his injuries rapidly healing under the surge of vitality, he couldn't help but let out a low roar!

The power of the Dragon Elephant surged and roared through his bones!

"Just you wait…" he wiped the blood from his lips, his eyes filled with surging ferocity. "I'll be the one to light the 'furnace' you gave me first!"

He no longer suppressed the chilling, corrupting energy emanating from Elder Withered Bone's mark on his left shoulder.

Instead, he attempted to guide the newly born, supremely yang Nine Yang Qi and Blood within him, like fuel, into the furnace phantom in his right arm's Power Aperture!

The furnace phantom shuddered slightly, its rotation speed abruptly increasing! A faint suction seemed to generate from the furnace mouth!

Hiss—!

The Elder Withered Bone mark on his left shoulder felt like it was being seared by a red-hot iron. It suddenly erupted with even stronger bone-white light, attempting to resist!

That cold, corrupting energy, like a venomous snake, madly corroded Fang Gang's flesh!

"Burn for me… refine!" Fang Gang gritted his teeth and hissed. Guided by the residual effects of his hundredfold mental amplification, his Nine Yang Qi and Blood transformed into a scorching torrent, fiercely charging into the Power Aperture furnace!

The furnace phantom suddenly expanded!

Golden-red True Fire instantly blazed within the furnace!

The wisps of withered bone and corrupt energy forcibly drawn in emitted piercing "sizzling" sounds under the burning of the supreme yang True Fire, like ice thrown into a furnace!

Streams of incredibly pure, yet strangely cold, energy were forcibly refined and merged into the furnace phantom!

The furnace phantom visibly solidified by a sliver!

The feedback power became even purer and more substantial!

Fang Gang even felt as if his understanding of that corrupting rule had gained a faint, hazy sense!

[Warning! Forcibly refining high-level rule energy! Risk is immense!]

[Power Aperture Furnace ignited! Refining efficiency: 1%!]

[Physique slightly increased! Resistance to corrupting rules slightly increased!]

[Dragon Elephant Furnace phantom solidification increased!]

System prompts flashed.

It was effective! Though slow and agonizing, the energy contained within the Elder Withered Bone mark could indeed become the "firewood" to ignite the furnace and temper himself!

"Roar—!!!"

Just as Fang Gang was attempting to refine the mark at a critical juncture, a roar filled with bloody violence echoed from deep within the forest!

A blood-red figure, like a runaway train, crashed through countless trees, carrying a nauseatingly potent scent of blood, and charged forward wildly!

The approaching figure was incredibly burly, nearly three meters tall, with a bare upper body covered in knotted muscles and twisted scars, his skin possessing a sickly dark red hue.

In his hand, he dragged a door-sized, terrifying giant saw blade forged from countless bones and rusted metal!

The serrated edge was still adorned with fragments of flesh and residue, dripping with viscous black blood.

It was the Blood Butcher Priest, known for his ferocity and bloodlust among the Twelve Priests of the Nightmare Holy Cult! SS-Class!

"Baldy! Found you!"

The Blood Butcher's eyes were bloodshot, like a maddened beast. He locked onto the Elder Withered Bone mark on Fang Gang's left shoulder, letting out a deafening roar. "The Elder wants your life! Your blood… belongs to me!"

He wasted no time with pleasantries. His massive body moved with an aura that crushed all in its path. The Blood River Saw Blade he dragged on the ground carved deep furrows, emitting a terrifying shriek that tore through the air as he swept it horizontally towards Fang Gang's waist!

The saw blade rotated at high speed, emitting a piercing hum, as if intending to shred space itself!

Pure brutality! The physical strength of an SS-Class combined with that monstrous weapon possessed a terrifying might!

"Get lost!"

A sharp glint flashed in Fang Gang's eyes, and the power of the newly broken through Aperture Condensing Realm erupted!

He didn't dodge or evade, clenching his right fist, which had just ignited the furnace!

The miniature Dragon Elephant Furnace phantom within his Power Aperture spun frantically!

Pure, immense strength merged with the dark gold Qi and Blood, newly born with a hint of crushing properties after the furnace's ignition, all pouring into his right fist!

On the fist's edge, it was no longer a phantom, but a solidified layer of dark gold cuticle had condensed! It was like a dragon claw covering it!

"World Shaking Dragon Fist—Mountain Shatter!"

He punched out! No fancy moves, only the purest, all-shattering violence!

BOOM—!!!

The dark gold fist violently collided with the rapidly spinning Blood River Saw Blade!

CLANG—CRACKLE!!!

An indescribable metallic explosion accompanied by a piercing shattering sound!

The saw blade, which seemed indestructible and had shredded countless powerful enemies, crumbled like fragile glass the moment it touched the dark gold fist!

Innumerable saw blade fragments, mixed with rusty metal scraps, shot backward like a torrential rain!

The ferocious fist aura, its momentum unabated, slammed fiercely into the Blood Butcher Priest's muscled chest!

PUFF—!!!

Like a hammer smashing a watermelon!

The Blood Butcher Priest's SS-Class formidable physical body, which he prided himself on, was as fragile as paper before the fist aura containing the power of the Dragon Elephant Furnace!

His chest instantly caved in and exploded!

A massive, blood-soaked hole, piercing through from front to back, suddenly appeared!

Fragments of shattered bone and internal organs, mixed with black blood, sprayed out more than ten meters behind him!

The rage on the Blood Butcher Priest's face instantly froze, turning into boundless horror and disbelief!

His massive body stood rigid, and he looked down at his now-empty chest, then at Fang Gang's unharmed fist, covered in the dark gold cuticle.

"How... how..." he choked out a few hoarse words, and then the light in his eyes completely dimmed. As if all his bones had been pulled out, he crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

One punch! A clean kill of an SS-Class physically enhanced priest!

Fang Gang slowly retracted his fist, and the dark gold cuticle covering its surface slowly receded.

Without even glancing at the Blood Butcher's corpse, his gaze fell back to the mark on his left shoulder, which flickered intensely, as if roaring in anger.

"The firewood Old Bone sent... still has some kick." Feeling the furnace in his Power Aperture spinning more actively after absorbing that trace of Withered Bone energy, the corner of his mouth curled into a cold arc.

He didn't linger, his figure turning into a blurry, golden-red afterimage, disappearing instantly into the depths of the forest.

Only a scene of devastation and the Blood Butcher's corpse with eyes wide in disbelief remained.

Not long after he left, the withered bone figure in the dark red clouds seemed to sense something. The two points of ghastly green ghost fire flickered intensely, and the skull on the Myriad Bone Wailing Staff let out a silent shriek filled with extreme venom.

[Host: Fang Gang]
[Realm: Aperture Condensing Realm (Early)! (Power Aperture opened! Furnace ignited!)]
[Strength: 6,000,000↑↑! (Fist smashed Blood Butcher!)]
[Constitution: 600,000↑! (Furnace tempered body!)]
[Agility: 350,000↑! (Afterimage evasion!)]
[Spirit: 10,000! (Mind mirror stable!)]

[Cultivation Methods:]
Eight Divisions Dragon Elephant Skill (Initial Glimpse): Power Aperture Furnace! Dragon Elephant Manifestation! (Furnace Ignition 1%)
True Vajra Indestructible Body (Perfection): Golden Body Self-Healing!
True Nine Yang Divine Skill (Perfection): Furnace Core!
Void Contemplation Method (Initial Glimpse): Mind Mirror Transforms Void! Insight into Microscopic Details!

[Martial Skills:]
World Shaking Dragon Fist (Grade A · Peak Mastery)! (Fist covers Dragon Scale! Shatters Vacuum!)
Great Sun Incinerating Demon Palm (Grade A): Great Accomplishment! True Flame Inner Radiance!

[Divine Meridian Points:]
Power Aperture (Ignited): Dragon Elephant Furnace Phantom (Solidification 1%)! Power Core!

[Usable Evolution Points: 0!]

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