Chapter 761 - 661: Did I Form a Nascent Soul...?! 2

Chapter 761: Chapter 661: Did I Form a Nascent Soul...?! 2

[The surface of the skin reveals lines like withered tree bark, reaching a delicate balance between pulsating flesh and a deathly stillness.]

[Your consciousness sinks into the universe within your body.]

[A colossal, forest-white skeletal dragon, formed from your bones, slowly revolves around a dark red planet composed of highly concentrated and compressed essence of flesh and blood.]

[Above the planet, your once intangible "god" draws invisible power from the void, violently fluctuating, slowly condensing into a vague form?]

[It... is gradually manifesting from the void?!!]

[That form is neither human nor monster, enveloped in gray-white deathly mist and dark red flesh light, it is... the shape of a Calamity Corpse?!]

[The Calamity Corpse sits high at the center of this universe, eyes tightly closed, not yet awakened... as if once they open, it will be the moment your inner "god" truly materializes and descends upon birth!]

[Blood and Flesh Initial Solution True Skill • Fourth State—Complete!]

[9926 points of skill proficiency consumed.]

[Current Blood and Flesh Initial Solution True Skill·Four Solutions (1/100000)]

"It’s done!!!"

Feng Mu suddenly opened his eyes, momentarily, a vision of a sea of blood surging, and mountains of corpses overlapping flashed within his pupil, then subsided into a deep pool.

"However, to advance to the next stage, it actually requires 100,000 skill proficiency points, that’s directly ten times more." Feng Mu secretly clicked his tongue in his heart.

Before he could think further, a series of dense, crackling detonations erupted from within his body.

His body swelled dramatically, visibly expanding like being crazily inflated; his originally well-fitting clothes stretched to their limits, the fibers groaning, on the verge of tearing.

He subconsciously looked towards the mirror, and the image startled even himself.

In just a single breath, he had abruptly grown from an ordinary physique to a giant nearly two meters tall.

Muscles bulged like granite layers, with tendons coiling like dragons, making the bone structure appear rough and terrifying, stretching the skin to a ghastly translucency, with dark blue veins protruding hideously like twisted roots.

The small giant in the mirror exuded a primal and violent aura, as if any slight movement could completely shatter this cramped bathroom.

"???!!!"

Feng Mu stared at the mighty reflection in the mirror, his eyebrows tightly knit, etching a "川" character line.

This form’s sense of power was indeed frightening, but also too conspicuous, too attention-grabbing... absolutely not what he needed.

With a mere thought, the cultivation technique acted upon his intent.

In the next moment, the frighteningly swollen body suddenly deflated, as if reversing through time.

The muscle fibers emitted a dense and deep hum, contracting and condensing frantically; bones clicked into place, cleverly structured, layer by layer compressing.

In just the blink of an eye, he had returned to his original height and physique. The clothing that was almost torn apart also became loose again as the flesh retracted.

Though the appearance returned to normal, the inside was a vast difference!

Feng Mu could clearly sense that beneath this seemingly ordinary shell, every inch of flesh was like an extremely compressed energy block, with a density beyond reason, harboring nearly terrifying vast power.

He merely lightly moved a finger, and the air around his fingertip emitted a faint hum from being subtly stirred.

Evidently, an entity that, if fully unleashed, could occupy several hundred meters was now forcibly compressed and confined within this seemingly ordinary humanoid shell, with the density of its blood and bones already abnormal.

He now lightly stood on the tiled floor, yet didn’t grind the tiles into powder or even leave any cracks.

Purely because beneath the skin, the highly compressed terrifying blood and bones were constantly operating in a mystical way, like two colossal millstones counteracting each other, perfectly negating their terrifying mass into nothingness.

It’s very unscientific, yet incredibly... high-martial!

Feng Mu scrutinized the mirror’s "normal" self, his eyes deep, as if they could penetrate the mirror, reflecting back on himself.

His thoughts didn’t linger on the transformation of his form, but remained immersed in the extraordinary inner vision from the moment of breakthrough.

"My god... turned out to be in the form of a Calamity Corpse?"

He murmured to himself, his voice low and tinged with incredulous doubt.

He did not fully understand what it truly meant or what terrifying potential and realm it harbored when a tangible form of "god" coalesces in the mysterious "inner universe".

However, his martial artist instincts clearly told him that this was definitely an extraordinary, even seemingly heaven-defying matter.

Not at all scientific, nor high-martial at all!

Because, that figure sitting high above the blood cloud nebula, eyes shut tight, emitting an eternal death stillness and a yearning for rebirth, was eerily similar to something he had seen in certain cultivation novels in his past life... a Nascent Soul?!!

"A Calamity Corpse is by no means a Daoist Nascent Soul, but this form, this universe-central position, this feeling... really feels too similar!!!"

A strong sense of déjà vu stirred huge waves in his heart, with doubt and a desire to explore surging forth.

He attempted to concentrate and calm himself, sinking his mind within, cautiously trying to contact and communicate with that closed-eyed Calamity Corpse "god".

However, like mud cows entering the sea, his intent vanished without a trace.

The Calamity Corpse form of the "god" remained motionless, with no sign of its tightly closed eyelids opening, nor did it respond to external inquiries, as if just a cold sculpture frozen in space-time.

"Is it not completely awakened yet? Or does it require a specific trigger?"

Feng Mu secretly speculated in his heart,

"Maybe, only when it opens its eyes will I truly understand its mystery?"

His thoughts stirred with liveliness, somewhat inclined to probe and ask his senior brothers and sisters, who have long surpassed the Fourth State, or even reached higher realms, if they also nurtured such a manifest "god" within.

If so, what form does it take?

"Hmm, most likely they shouldn’t have... hmm, this matter is too far-fetched, and since ’god’ pertains to my core, it’s not suitable to inquire directly, I should look for indirect clues and plan step by step."

Feng Mu quickly suppressed the impulse to immediately call and inquire, burying this profound confusion in the depths of his heart for the time being.

Just as his mind settled slightly, lines of prompt subtitles swiftly skimmed before his eyes, clearly heralding the rich rewards of his breakthrough:

[Hint: Blood and Flesh Initial Solution True Skill has broken through to the Fourth State!]

[Cultivation level leaps forward, related skill tree begins adaptive upgrade!]

[Generating skill icons...]

Following which, a newly generated skill list, shimmering in various hues, cascaded before him like a waterfall:

[Seven Kills Fist·Blood and Flesh Four Solutions·Advanced (1/5000)]

[Soul-Seeking Step·Blood and Flesh Four Solutions·Intermediate (1/2500)]

[Senluo Finger·Blood and Flesh Four Solutions·Basic (1/500)]

[Ghost Snake Skin Changing Skill•Blood and Flesh Four Solutions•Initial Stage (337/1000)]

[.....]

(There are a dozen more skills.)

(P.S.: The replication of Martial Arts in the Fourth State must be of the same rank as in the Third State.)

A long, densely packed list of newly generated Fourth State skill icons flashed past Feng Mu’s eyes, methodically integrating into his skill bar.

Every icon lighting up signifies a massive leap in the corresponding cultivation technique’s power level, and also means that when he wields these Martial Arts in the future, that mystical "Multi-casting" trait will add another formidable layer of stacking.

The ultimate offensive power produced by this stacking will naturally rise with the water and soar simultaneously.

But all this was within Feng Mu’s expectations, as the progression of cultivation techniques driving the skill library upgrade is basic operation.

His eyes only stirred slightly, without causing many excited ripples; what truly made his heart race was the prompt that followed:

[Your body has undergone partial Calamity Corpse transformation...]

[Physical strength, power, and recovery have greatly increased!]

[Strength +8, Constitution +5, Flesh Healing Speed +400%.]

[....]