Chapter 833 - 373: Life Essence Enhancement 2

As a beam of lightning rapidly flashed through the clouds, the next instant, the pitch-black tribulation thunder descended from the sky like a fine sword accelerated to the extreme!

Chu Xiu abruptly opened his eyes, letting out a fierce roar!

In his roar, the Purgatory Demon Corpse rushed out first, receiving the tribulation thunder with its demigod-like flesh!

"Boom!"

The body of the Purgatory Demon Corpse was pierced directly through with a gaping hole! The remaining tribulation thunder finally faced no obstructions and struck heavily on Chu Xiu!

Instantly, his hands disintegrated, followed immediately by his chest and ribs!

Faced with this horrifying scene, Chu Xiu’s neck veins bulged, his eyes widened in fury, shouting loudly, as the strength he had just barely recovered surged out entirely, rushing toward the tribulation thunder!

This was not to resist the tribulation thunder, but more like erecting dams to disperse its power, redirecting it into the six artifacts he had just established a connection with!

Meanwhile, the substitution in death continued to activate, with fewer than a hundred remaining ghosts exploding consecutively!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Chu Xiu’s body kept disintegrating, at this moment he appeared like a balloon pricked through, almost half of his body was transformed into basic particles, and the surrounding ghosts were almost entirely wiped out, even the two Heroic Spirit Ghost Kings, were used by him without hesitation as substitutions in death!

After paying such a huge price, the massive tribulation thunder was finally split into six paths, directed into the six pieces of equipment!

These six pieces of equipment had already established a connection with him, so they were also targets of the tribulation thunder’s attack, and Chu Xiu chose them as the six pieces of equipment with the strongest energy levels!

Success hangs in the balance!

"Boom!"

The sky was filled with thunder lights flickering, like countless pitch-black little snakes moving around.

And when the thunder light dissipated, Chu Xiu’s incomplete body was revealed in place.

"Bang!"

He fell face down, heavily hitting the ground, motionless, wisps of green smoke rising from his body.

"Dead?"

The Blood Demon Incarnation beside him widened its eyes, ran over anxiously, if Chu Xiu died, it would also perish!

But after just a few steps, it stopped again, looking at the sky in shock.

The terrifying tribulation clouds that were roaring fiercely before suddenly calmed down inexplicably and began to dissipate to the sides.

As if a completed program starting to terminate automatically.

"Plop."

Suddenly, a mild sound sounded in the field, followed by continuous "plop" sounds, and fine rain began to fall from the sky.

Rasputin stared at the sky, full of disbelief, even as the leader of the Seventy-Two Blood Demons, he had never seen such a bizarre scene, why did those terrifying tribulation clouds suddenly dissipate? What’s with the rain?

And soon he noticed something strange, those raindrops seemed to have life, and were spontaneously gathering towards the fallen Chu Xiu!

Quickly those raindrops formed a small puddle, with Chu Xiu lying in the center, still motionless, but Rasputin could clearly feel a massive and extreme vitality surging from him!

"What on earth is this..."

Rasputin didn’t understand what was happening, but he vaguely knew, Chu Xiu was undergoing a transformation!

"Crossing the tribulation..." Rasputin suddenly thought of something, revealing a thoughtful expression in his blood-red eyes.

He didn’t say more, just quietly guarded beside Chu Xiu.

This rain fell for a full three days, but strangely, the small puddle remained the same size, without any increase.

And when the rain stopped, the vitality within Chu Xiu reached an extremely terrifying level!

Suddenly, just like grass breaking through the earth, the vitality accumulated to the extreme began to gush forth!

Chu Xiu’s body rapidly repaired at a speed so fast it was unbelievable, the newly born flesh contained a strength far more powerful than before! And seemingly freed from some kind of shackle, filled with a type of life force Rasputin had never seen before, yet even more resilient and overwhelming than their blood demon’s life force!

Before Rasputin could carefully sense it, Chu Xiu’s body suddenly disappeared from the original place!

Rasputin was taken aback, and immediately, with horror, he discovered that Chu Xiu had somehow appeared behind him!

He immediately bowed his head, saying repeatedly, "Congratulations Venerable Lord! The Venerable Lord is divinely blessed, and deserves this opportunity!"

Chu Xiu did not speak, he just quietly looked at his own palm. At this moment, his skin was as delicate and smooth as a baby’s but without the tender fragility. If one had to describe it with a word, it would be one word only.

Flawless.

It was as if all imperfections were erased, as if it were the most perfect creation between heaven and earth.

He lightly clenched his hand, and a powerful force surged forth!

[Tribulation Body (SSS) (Completion 22.1%): All Attributes +20200, Tribulation Thunder Resistance +866, Life Essence Enhancement, Degree of Datafication Reduced.]

The Tribulation Body at 22% completion directly increased his All Attributes by over twenty thousand points!

This makes the current Chu Xiu, even relying solely on Basic Attributes, enough to surpass an ordinary Demigod!

And Chu Xiu could clearly feel, the greatest benefit this trait brought him was instead the seemingly ordinary "Life Essence Enhancement"!

Life Essence is something very difficult to quantify. The fungi beneath the earth can spread over an area of dozens of miles, but no matter how vast it is, in the eyes of humans, it is still insignificant. This is the disparity in Life Essence!

It’s also like that Ancient Cultivator who was struck dead by the Heavenly Tribulation; after death, their body could transform into a world. In comparison, Chu Xiu’s Life Essence is as simple as those single-celled organisms.

But now, Chu Xiu’s Life Essence has improved, making him, in a certain sense, no longer belong to humankind.

The specific change is that within his body, the commonly understood internal organs no longer exist. His Five Viscera have been abstracted into special "spaces." If someone were to dissect Chu Xiu’s body now, they would see no trace of flesh, only vast energy flowing through crystal-clear jade-like meridians, and where organs should be, there are only dark swirling vortices.

"If this were seen by Dad, Mom, or Qingshan, they would probably be scared to death, right?" Chu Xiu shook his head with some amusement.

He had heard early on that High Tier Awakened ones were strange and varied, with all sorts of appearances and races. He didn’t expect, not having seen many in reality, that he himself would first become a "monster" in the eyes of ordinary people.

"No."

Chu Xiu shook his head again: "This should be a necessary step on the path to higher realms."

The state he was in now was not unique. Many Heroic Spirits and Demigods possessed very special structures within their bodies, just like him.

At several Heroic Spirit gatherings, Chu Xiu had heard a theory during interactions with numerous powerful beings.

That is, the higher the Tier of an Awakened one, the higher the degree of their body’s "Energy." Because a flesh and blood body will increasingly find it difficult to adapt to high-intensity battles.

He had also heard that the Authority possessed by Gods, besides the Rules they represent, includes the universal [Domain] and [True Form].

Domain needs no explanation, [True Form] is very interesting. It is said that because a God’s energy is too vast, a complete manifestation is extremely inconvenient; thus, they usually walk in a reduced [Incarnation] that consumes less energy, much like the true forms of Outer Realm Demons are planets.

In this regard, only an energy body can accomplish it. A flesh and blood body, supported by real material, cannot hide or compress itself at will.

"Plop."

While Chu Xiu was lost in thought, he suddenly heard a light sound, as a Stone Bead fell beside him.

Chu Xiu reached out and picked it up; it was the Tribulation Pearl.

The Tribulation Clouds above his head had completely dispersed after exhausting their power, and the Tribulation Pearl within them had fallen down.

With a slight consideration, Chu Xiu glanced into the distance. As the Death Qi dissipated in large quantities, from his position, he could already see the faintly visible Taiyin Treasure Vault in the distance.

Although he didn’t know the plan of Qingyunzi and the others, he understood that by Su Jinyu and the five others leading the Death Qi towards him, it was easy to think of what had happened once he put everything together.

However, he was not in a rush to head to the Taiyin Treasure Vault; he had more urgent matters to attend to right now.

The changes in his body, at first glance, seemed beneficial, but there was one point that Chu Xiu was extremely worried about.

That is, can his current state still follow the records in the Demon Inheritance for cultivation?

After all, traditional cultivation does not have this step! He hasn’t even formed a Golden Core currently! Not to mention crossing the Immortal Tribulation, it’s at least for Divinity Transformation Cultivators to consider!

More than that, even if he hasn’t yet completed the Tribulation, and even if he’s been struck half to death, the completion is barely over 22%.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu had no inclination to think about revenge or the Taiyin Treasure Vault. He immediately found a place free of Death Qi, sat down cross-legged, and began to restore his damaged body, while carefully sensing the specific changes within it.