"It really didn't shatter in one hit?"
"What an iron head! No wonder he's such an iron-skulled brute after undergoing Melt Gold, Temper Bone. Even a direct hit from my killing move, powerful enough to deal with someone at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, only wounded him instead of killing him!"
Hidden inside the Magic Cube Maze, Li Chen watched the scene in astonishment.
He knew full well that a Foundation Establishment cultivator's head was their vital point. His final strike, Thunder Dragon Spits Its Core, had targeted it, yet he had never expected his opponent to withstand it through sheer toughness.
From Nie Fengting's memories, Li Chen had already learned that one of the puppet modifications he had undergone had been obtained by working for Master Artisan Yang.
Among unaffiliated cultivators, there was no shortage of Foundation Establishment experts who lacked ways to advance or strengthen themselves. They had to serve true Puppet Master artisans or great aristocratic clans to obtain resources and opportunities to progress in their cultivation.
Mo Qingyang, the Mu Household's guest adviser whom he had met before, was one such man. Nie Fengting was another.
And the modification Master Artisan Yang had performed on him happened to be Melt Gold, Temper Bone, a technique within the Creation-Promotion Secret Art.
Bones could be considered among the easiest parts of the human body to replace, and they were also the basic starting point for puppet modification.
Compared with flesh, blood, and internal organs, they presented the least difficulty. Anyone who could not even refine and strengthen bones had best forget about learning the many subsequent modifications and change professions sooner rather than later.
This method often complemented Gather Essence, Condense Marrow. Together, they formed the foundation of bodily enhancement, allowing a cultivator to acquire an extremely