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Early next morning, Ling Jiu left Lantian Base City and piloted the maglev airship to the Australian continent.

It had been a month since he left the Australian continent, and his Replication Arcana could be used to copy again.

Ling Jiu’s goal was very clear. It was the Arcana of the Flame Astral Behemoth.

“Ultimate Physique!”

“Spawn Split!”

“The Devourer!”

“Inner World!”

“Which should I replicate first?”

The maglev airship sped through the air as Ling Jiu sat down quietly and planned things out. After copying the Ultimate Physique, his body would undergo changes that would shake the earth.

The sharp increase in his melee combat ability was a given!

However, Spawn Split, Devourer, and Inner World were all not bad…

…

As he sped all the way, the airship quickly arrived at the valley inside Kosukos Mountain.

After putting the airship away, Ling Jiu entered the dimension and once again arrived at the mysterious underground space again. There, he saw the flaming red Flame Astral Behemoth egg.

It was nothing but a sea of fire inside Ling Jiu’s eyes.

Name: Unknown

Species: Unknown

Arcana: Ultimate Physical (Awakened, Replicable), Flight (Awakened, Replicable), Flame Manipulation (Awakened, Replicable), Spawn Split (Awakened, Replicable), Soulprobing (Awakened, Replicable), The Devourer (Awakened, Replicable), Inner World (Awakened, Replicable)

“Replicate, Ultimate Physique!”

Ling Jiu hesitated for a moment before making a choice, the other Arcanas were of limited help to the growth of his strength at the moment as they were not as straightforward as Ultimate Physique.

So, let’s replicate the Ultimate Physique first.

Replication successful. Assimilate?

“Assimilate!”

As Ling Jiu ordered, an extremely scorching, turbulent, and tyrannical force erupted from inside Ling Jiu’s body, and then divided into millions, becoming countless heat streams as they instantly rushed into every corner of Ling Jiu’s body and merged into one.

Baaaam!!

As though a petrol barrel had been lit up inside his body, Ling Jiu felt a sharp pain exploding from all corners of his body. It was like a surging tsunami impacting every inch of his nervous system. Ling Jiu wailed and cried miserably!

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“It hurts!!

“Damn, it hurts!”

The next moment.

A scorching red flame suddenly emerged from his body, immolating his cells, immolating his organs, immolating every inch of his skin, his clothes, and for a time, Ling Jiu’s entire person was a walking torch!

As the flames burned, his casual clothes worth tens of thousands were incinerated after a few seconds, and Ling Jiu was immediately exposed to the air.

Through the crimson flames, one could clearly see the surface of Ling Jiu’s skin, as his veins burst out, his muscles trembled, his bones shuddered, his skin wriggled…

It was if countless ants were crawling in a frenzy under his skin. It looked particularly harrowing.

Vooosh!!

Ling Jiu had a menacing expression on his face as his eyes were red. He felt as if his whole body was about to be torn apart and he convulsed violently.

Ling Jiu had never thought that extreme pain would feel like this, it was so bad that he wanted to die!

If possible, Ling Jiu really wanted to pass out, so things would be easier, but when he fainted, he would be woken up by the pain once again, even fainting was difficult!

“Bloody hell! I’ve replicated so many Arcanas before, and I’ve never suffered as much as today. It’s almost…”

Ling Jiu screamed again and again, but he did not know, under this unprecedented pain, his body was undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Be it his cells, organs, tissues, muscles, skin and blood were all changing to beyond a normal person’s comprehension!

Every cell!

Every inch of flesh and blood!

Every bone!

All of them were being reborn in flames!

Amidst a trance, there was an earth-shattering roar as fiery red scales appeared at the top of Ling Jiu’s head, and the phantom of a beast made out of hard alloy where flapping its wings as it roared again and again!

Looking at Ling Jiu at this moment, his exposed skin turned bright red, much like a lobster that had been cooked through in a pot.

…

He did not know how long had passed since, and by the transformation was complete, Ling Jiu was lying on the ground covered with sweat and blackened blood.

Ling Jiu looked like he was lying in a pool of blood, and at this moment, he did not want to move even a finger.

It hurts!

It really hurts!

As if he had walked out from hell!

That kind of feeling gave him a lingering fear whenever he thought about it. Ling Jiu swore that he would never want to experience such a hellish pain ever again.

After resting for who knows how long, Ling Jiu finally got up from the ground, and then used some water to clean the blood off his body.

At this moment, Ling Jiu noticed the difference. His skin was crystal clear. Every inch of his skin was shining with a faint light like top-grade white jade. It was extremely smooth without any blemishes, and it exuded a strange charm of both strength as well as beauty.

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Looking at his whole body, his form was well-proportioned, and his muscles were well-defined. The thinner parts were thin, the fattier parts were fat. His entire person seemed like a treasured perfect creation and like it had been completely built using the golden ratio.

“Seems like I’m much more handsome than before!”

Ling Jiu murmured to himself and clenched his fist as a majestic power surged within his body. It seemed like every bone, every muscle, every inch of the skin on his body contained a terrifying power beyond imagination.

“How strong… did my body get?” Ling Jiu mumbled before he adjusted the surrounding gravity to act on his body.

One hundred times the gravity…

Too light.

Two hundred times the gravity…

Now that felt like something.

Three hundred times the gravity…

It felt a little heavy now.

Four hundred times the gravity…

Now it was getting a little laborious.

Five hunded times the gravity…

His chest was currently feeling heavier.

Six hundred times the gravity.

“That’s pretty heavy!”

Ling Jiu twisted his neck and moved his shoulders before he punched forward a few times. He was full of vigor and strength.

It was still quite easy under 600 times the gravity!

Ling Jiu was shocked!

Three hundred times the gravity was enough to immobilize a Class 7 Three-headed Frostfire Scaled Dragon.

Six hundred times the gravity was enough to get a Level 8 Arcanist such as Ah Fu to bleed from all orifices.

As for himself, he only felt a heavy pressure under 600 times the gravity.

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How… How strong was his body?

To get an answer, Ling Jiu walked out of the valley, and then turned on the Direbeast Radar and found the nearest Class 8 Direbeast.

This was a Titan Direbear, evolved from a koala.

It was over a hundred meters long, and its body was covered with steel spike-like bristles. Plus, its entire body was bloated like a meatball. The length of its single claw was more than ten meters long.

“The Titan Direbear is a strength-type Direbeast, and its strength could be ranked in the forefront of Class 8 Direbeasts. Let’s test my body against it!”

Ling Jiu jumped toward the head of the Titan Direbear, and the moment he jumped up, Ling Jiu knew that he had underestimated his body.

Whooosh!!

Ling Jiu leaped up hundreds of meters like the Hulk and descended in a perfect parabolic arc as he stepped over the Titan Direbear.

“Bloody hell! Since when did my body become so light?”

As he landed on the ground again, Ling Jiu looked at the Titan Direbear that he had left far behind. He could not help but make snide remarks.

The moment he jumped up, he felt that his body was so light and fluttering as if he had lost his weight, and gravity seemed to have no effect on him!

“Again!”

Ling Jiu turned around, and as his left light tapped the ground lightly, his entire body darted out like a shell.

This time around, he had good control of his power, and if nothing happened, he could accidents jump onto the head of the Titan Direbear.

However, just as Ling Jiu was about to land on the Titan Direbear’s head, it suddenly lifted its paw and smacked Ling Jiu like a fly.

Bam!

Ling Jiu was instantly sent flying like a tennis ball as he crashed heavily into the ground, smashing a crater in his wake.

“Pfah… Pfah!”

Ling Jiu crawled out of the crater and spat out mud that got into his mouth. He then patted the mud off his body again and moved his body.

He was totally unscathed!

There were no signs of injury!

“To think that I’m fine after the Titan Direbear slapped me!”

Ling Jiu was amazed. “How strong is my body actually?”

“Roar!!!”

The Titan Direbear stood up as its paws pounded against its chest as it let out an earth-shaking roar. It was angry. Ling Jiu had disturbed its sweet dreams, and it now wanted to rip Ling Jiu into pieces.

Baaam!!

The Titan Direbear raised its right palm and slammed down hard. Ling Jiu instinctively wanted to counterattack, but he held back and let the bear paw hit him

Baaam!!

The Titan Direbear smashed its paw into the ground, and the ground within a radius of several hundred meters shook violently as a large amount of dirt and dust was kicked up.

The Titan Direbear was very satisfied with its blow. Then it raised its paw and left. It had absolute confidence in its own strength, and Ling Jiu would definitely die!

“Hey, big guy, where are you going?”

At this very moment, a mocking voice suddenly rang out behind it. The Titan Direbear immediately turned around and saw Ling Jiu’s body being smashed into the ground, with only his head exposed above ground. Yet, Ling Jiu was not dead, and instead was smiling at it.

“Roar!!!”

The Titan Direbear was shocked. After taking its paw strike, and smashed into the ground, he was still not dead. Was this a cockroach-like reincarnation?

As a Class 8 Direbeast, the Titan Direbear’s intelligence was not inferior to humans. To be honest, the Titan Direbear was a little frustrated at this moment.

While the Titan Direbear was still shocked, Ling Jiu emerged from the ground like Orochimaru1 did as he patted the dust off his body. “Warm-up is done. Now, the real battle begins!”

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“I’m going to attack now, are you ready?”

As soon as his voice trailed off, Ling Jiu disappeared, and within a tenth of a second’s time, he suddenly appeared between the brows of the Titan Direbear.

He then kicked.

Baaaam!!

Ling Jiu needed to admit that he had just kicked rather lightly, but the hundred-meter-tall Titan Direbear flew out like it had been hit by a high-speed train at full speed. It flew a good ten meters before crashing heavily into the ground.

Wooosh!!

Ling Jiu moved like a shadow, and the moment the Titan Direbear landed on the ground, he appeared beneath it, and with two hands, he carried it up with his hands in a single move.

“Rise!”

Ling Jiu exerted strength in both of his arms as he pushed hard as the Titan Direbear shot out into the sky at a terrifying speed like a cannonball.

“Again!”

Ling Jiu stomped on the ground, and in the same way Might Guy had used the Eight Inner Gates Formation, Ling Jiu stepped on the air and ran on its surface.

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Boom! Boom!

The Titan Direbear flew to the highest point, and Ling Jiu also ran to that point, following a somersault, his right leg lashed at the Titan Direbear like a steel whip.

Crack!!

The Titan Direbear’s head instantly cracked open.