Bronze Skin and Iron Bones: Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Dugu Bo All Break Through!

(Dugu Yan · Concept Art 2)

Beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After Lin Hao swallowed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, he closed his eyes in meditation and began absorbing and refining it.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan each found an open patch of ground and sat cross-legged after obtaining the immortal herbs and Supreme Spirit Medicine they needed.

Then they swallowed the immortal herbs and Supreme Spirit Medicine they had picked.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo swallowed the eight-petal immortal orchid-

Dazzling golden light suddenly burst from his body.

Behind Chrysanthemum Douluo, his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul quietly appeared, golden light flowing continuously across it.

Ghost Douluo also swallowed the Dark Night Orchid.

As its medicinal power dissolved within him, a rich black light burst from his body, enveloping him completely.

Behind him, his ghost Martial Soul also appeared, black light flowing across it.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan each swallowed a stalk of Dragon Blood Grass.

The Dragon Blood Grass melted in their mouths, becoming a scorching torrent that surged through their limbs and bones.

Then dazzling emerald light burst from the grandfather and granddaughter alike.

Their Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls involuntarily appeared behind them, light flowing across them.

Meanwhile, after swallowing the immortal herb-the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum-

Lin Hao felt an immense surge of energy pouring endlessly from his abdomen, far more scorching and vigorous than any food system singular velvet sky chrysanthemum he had consumed before.

Like rushing magma, it flowed through his limbs and bones, constantly nourishing and tempering his body.

For a time, Lin Hao felt as though he had become a lump of crude iron, while the medicinal power of the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum was the blazing forge, hammering his flesh, bones, and meridians over and over.

Within those flames, his body became harder and more compact.

An unknown amount of time passed.

Lin Hao felt the soul power within him surge like a roaring tide, his cultivation climbing steadily.

He broke through from rank twenty-six to twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine...

Finally, he reached the bottleneck at rank thirty!

Meanwhile, the reserves he had accumulated by repeatedly consuming food system singular velvet sky chrysanthemums-

Were finally released in full, catalyzed by the medicinal power of this genuine immortal herb-the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.

Lin Hao could clearly feel it.

An intensely vigorous, scorching power was springing forth within his flesh.

It was bloodline power!

Moreover, his flesh and bones seemed to have undergone a fundamental transformation, becoming more compact, tougher, and heavier.

At last, Lin Hao slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.

And when he opened them-

Lin Hao immediately discovered that his skin was giving off a faint bronze glow, gleaming like metal beneath the light of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

It was as though his body was no longer made of flesh and blood, but cast from brass!

"This is..."

Seeing this, Lin Hao froze for a moment.

He remembered perfectly well that his skin had always been fair. This color now... wasn't right!

Could it be...

As though something had occurred to him, excitement rose in Lin Hao's heart. With a thought, he took a deep breath and reined in the bloodline power that had developed within his flesh.

The next moment, the bronze sheen on his skin vanished, restoring its original fairness.

"Have I succeeded in tempering my body? I haven't reached an indestructible diamond body, but I've attained bronze skin and iron bones?"

Discovering that the bones throughout his body also seemed incredibly heavy and hard, each one like refined steel hammered thousands of times, Lin Hao's eyes shone with excitement.

To test it, Lin Hao immediately took a sharp dagger from his Storage Soul Tool and slashed it forcefully across his arm.

Upon being attacked-

The bloodline power within him automatically surged, and his skin instantly took on a bronze sheen.

As the dagger's edge scraped across his skin, it actually made a faint sound like metal grinding against metal, leaving only a pale white mark.

It hadn't even broken his skin!

Lin Hao applied more force and slashed again. The result was the same: only a shallow mark appeared over the white streak, and his skin remained unbroken.

"This defensive strength... I could probably ignore ordinary thousand-year soul skills altogether!"

Lin Hao was both thrilled and excited.

He had gained a new understanding of how strong his body was.

Who said the food system had no fighting power?

With this body of bronze skin and iron bones, combined with my self-created soul skills-

And the additional effects of my second soul skill, Singular Velvet Sky God Transformation-

Even against a Soul King, I'm confident I could put up a fight!

Perhaps because Lin Hao's Martial Soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, it was more compatible with the immortal herb-the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum-he had consumed.

This allowed Lin Hao to refine its medicinal power much faster than the others.

By the time Lin Hao finished refining the medicinal power of the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum within him-

His teacher Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Yan were all still sitting cross-legged, continuing to refine the immortal herbs and Supreme Spirit Medicine they had consumed.

Under the nourishment of their respective immortal herbs and Supreme Spirit Medicine-

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul behind his teacher Chrysanthemum Douluo had grown even larger.

Its already golden petals and stamens had become even more dazzling, as though plated with pure gold.

Fine patterns of golden light flowed over every petal, and the aura it emitted had grown deeper and stronger.

It had clearly broken past its original grade limit and entered the realm of an immortal-grade Martial Soul!

The ghost Martial Soul behind Ghost Douluo had also grown taller and more solid, its entire form shrouded in profound darkness, emitting an aura colder and more terrifying than before.

Its scarlet eyes seemed capable of piercing through all falsehood.

As for the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls behind Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, their changes were even more astonishing.

The two Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls had undergone a complete transformation in form.

Not only had their serpentine bodies become thicker and longer, but their emerald scales had also turned a deep ink-green, tightly arrayed and gleaming with a cold, eerie luster.

Their triangular snake heads had become fierce, imposing flood dragon heads, each bearing a pair of dragon horns, while a pair of dragon claws had grown from their abdomens, making them look majestic and formidable.

They had clearly evolved from Jade Phosphorous Serpents into jade phosphorus poison flood dragons!

Afterward, time continued to pass.

Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Dugu Bo finished refining the medicinal power of their respective immortal herbs and Supreme Spirit Medicine one after another.

All at once, their auras surged dramatically. They snapped their eyes open, their gazes brimming with exhilaration and excitement.

"Haha! I've broken through! I've finally broken through to rank ninety-six!"

After opening his eyes-

Chrysanthemum Douluo sprang to his feet, his delicate, handsome face wreathed in an exhilarated, excited smile.

After breaking through to rank ninety-five-

He had been stuck there for a full three or four years!

Now, he had finally broken through!

Beside him, Ghost Douluo's stern face was also filled with joy he could not conceal.

Clearly, his cultivation had broken through as well.