Chapter 651 - 352: Profound Demon Fifth Transformation, Second Form—Three-Colored Glazed Bone!

The surrounding air was raging, transforming into rolling demon winds. One gust after another tore through the training ground, which was harder than refined iron, and left finger-deep cracks on the iron armor, which was as thick as a palm, draped over the posts at the corner of the training ground.

Sparks flew everywhere.

In the center of the training ground, the clothes of the handsome youth at the center of the violent demon wind had been completely torn and burned by the wind, revealing a nearly perfect body crafted by the gods, with muscles chiseled like blades and axes, exuding a terrifying sense of power.

"Wow!"

The next moment, the youth suddenly spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, but his deep eyes remained bright and fiery.

"It’s done!"

These two words fell.

Profound Demon Five Transformations (Great Success 1%)

Comprehension: 230 (Heavenly Star Descended)

"This time, the Profound Demon Five Transformations advancing to the Great Success Realm actually increased my comprehension by a full nine points!"

Su Mu wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes incredibly fervent. It must be known that as his comprehension continued to transform, even refining a complete Sixth-Grade Martial Arts technique would barely yield five comprehension points.

However, the Profound Demon Five Transformations merely reaching Great Success already increased by nearly twice that of a perfected Sixth-Grade Martial Arts, showcasing its boundless potential along with this self-created second move.

But Su Mu could not afford to rest much; the comprehension surge of nine points was incredibly violent and scorching.

"The comprehension surge cannot be wasted; it should be fully infused into the bones and meridians throughout the body!"

Su Mu took a brief breath and exhaled, instantly starting to inject this scorching, massive comprehension surge into every bone and meridian throughout his body.

During this process, the eleven immortal golden spots integrated into his five viscera and internal organs also stirred restlessly, beginning to devour the comprehension surge almost simultaneously.

Su Mu, sensing blessings to his soul, did not stop them. Instead, he took out a third iron box containing the power of Yin Evil, starting to absorb it, and allowed his five viscera and the immortal golden spots to divide the surge.

At the same time, he poured several Blood Tempering Ancient Pills into his mouth. Over these nine days, Su Mu’s Jiao Tendons and Jade Bones had been quietly absorbing energy, and now, under the catalysis of the comprehension surge, they completely erupted, becoming the final push that shattered his bottleneck.

The accumulation of quantity at this moment finally ushered in true qualitative change!

The limits of the Jade Bones formed by the Fourth Bone Forging and the Jiao Tendons formed by the Fourth-Time Yijin were shattered, and Su Mu’s tendons and bones within his body swayed like a dragon, emitting grand and crisp explosive sounds.

Suddenly, each bone and major tendon became incredibly greedy, seemingly transformed into bottomless pits of energy hunger, accepting anything—be it the medicinal power of the Blood Tempering Pill, Qi Blood, the comprehension surge, or even the Yin Evil Power—without exception!

For a moment, Su Mu even felt that the Blood Tempering Ancient Pills he had swallowed were not enough, so he tilted his head back and poured in another large mouthful.

The fierce medicinal power was split open but in the face of Su Mu’s muscles and bones, it was as tame as a lamb, instantly submitting and being continuously drained dry.

In the introspection state, each of the jade bones sculpted as if from cyan jade not only grew more translucent but also slowly thickened. After an hour, the bones visibly expanded by a whole size postnatally, becoming almost twice as thick as before.

Then...

"Crack--!"

After the first subtle sound of bone cracking echoed within his body, it continued incessantly. Each exceptionally strong jade bone, comparable in strength to a middle third-grade Dharma artifact, developed cracks on its surface.

Then one after another, the jade bones shattered completely, fragmented, and crumbled, causing a piercing, heart-wrenching scream from Su Mu, despite his willpower and the endurance honed through horizontal martial arts training.

An incredible scene unfolded. Once the enlarged jade bones throughout Su Mu’s body shattered completely, the true form of the greedy entity that had voraciously absorbed energy over the years was exposed.

Like bamboo shoots after a rain, bones appeared one after another, more translucent than even the world’s finest frost jade.

No destruction, no creation; destruction for the sake of creation!

Amid the fragments of shattered jade bones, each newly emerged bone looked extremely slender, with a thickness even less than a quarter of the previous jade bones, but Su Mu had no doubt about their strength far surpassing that of the previous jade bones.

Now, each bone within his body appeared as if sculpted from glazed glass by divine hands, the glazed bones breaking through the shackles of jade bones to be reborn, while the broken jade bones were consumed and transformed into nutrients.

Each of those slender bones began to thicken at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few breaths, they returned to a state close to one-third of their previous condition, and the newly formed glazed bone began to glow with a previously unseen tricolor.

Each one was dazzling, enough to become a priceless perfect piece of art. Even Su Mu, upon seeing his own newborn bones in introspection, found an unusual thought rising uncontrollably within him.

"With such material for forging, I wonder what grade of weapon could be crafted?"

In an instant, Su Mu compared his bones to the Fourth-Grade Dharma Artifact Golden Jiao Spear obtained from the Li Family’s treasury, and quickly shook his head.

Instinct told him that the Golden Jiao Spear was likely inferior to his bones.

At that moment, even Su Mu himself paused in shock, realizing how insane it was to have actually conceived the idea of forging his bones into a weapon.

But this couldn’t be blamed on Su Mu, as these bones were akin to heavenly materials and earthly treasures used for weapon forging, holding immense allure for a blacksmith.

This notion even distracted Su Mu from the inhuman pain his body was experiencing. Just as the Jade Bone shattered and the glazed-like bones were reborn, a shocking transformation was simultaneously occurring in his tendons.

Su Mu focused his attention on the tendons, and seeing them, he was shocked and amazed once more.

Each of the Jiao tendons was rapidly expanding, but Su Mu soon realized something was amiss.

"Something’s wrong, the transformation of the Jiao tendons has stalled."

As Su Mu acutely captured this, feeling confused, a terrifying absorption force exploded from the twelve major tendons at the core, causing his entire meridians to resonate once again.

This time, it was even more astonishing than before, seeming to want to drain all of Su Mu’s qi blood, making his face instantly pale, the color receding.

At this moment, his robust five viscera, tempered by refining, stood forth, with a nine-zhang-three-chi-long river of qi blood expanding fully, constantly creating new blood, yet still unable to fill the void.

The nine-zhang-long qi blood river continued to wilt visibly, then became translucent.

Su Mu’s heart sank slightly at this anomaly. He began to fully investigate the mutated tendons with his spiritual power, abandoning all other inferences and focusing his inference talent entirely on the current situation.

Soon, Su Mu perceptively captured a point: the Jiao tendons were not only draining his qi blood but were also absorbing the Fire Sparrow Blood and Water Ape essence he had integrated into his body, and even attempted to engulf that drop of golden blood from the Sun Family Ancestor.

But the drop of golden blood from the Sun Family Ancestor was far more dominant than the Jiao tendons, not able to be swallowed by them.

"I see, what a voracious appetite. Isn’t my whole body of qi blood enough to satisfy your hunger..."

Su Mu understood the crucial part, realizing that the transformation of the Jade Bone might not be complete. The current state of the bones being only one-third as sturdy was evidence of that, indicating they would continue morphing into a pit to absorb energy in the future.

However, the transformation of the Jade Bone was a process of destruction before rebuilding, allowing it to sacrifice some quantity for transformation when energy is insufficient.

But the tendon transformation was different; the current state required energy replenishment to completely transform. If halted now, it would be all for naught.

Su Mu found joy instead of worry, knowing that the mightier the organism, the more energy it needs to consume, proving its transformation’s potential to be unfathomable.

That was fortunate because he possessed spirited energy to satiate his body tendons’ hunger.

That half jar of Half-step Great Demon level Deer Demon essence obtained from one of the thirteen major bandits, Zong Buhui!

"I’ll see exactly how large your appetite is!"

Su Mu couldn’t worry about anything at this moment. There was no time to brew blood wine, so he directly tilted his head back and gulped down a mouthful of vibrant, almost sentient fresh blood.

Yu-Yu—!

Would the Half-step Great Demon blood sit idle? It quickly consolidated into a miniature cyan deer wreaking havoc inside Su Mu when swallowed, but it soon realized it had chosen the wrong opponent.

The glazed bone, flickering with tricolor, formed a prison.

The twelve major tendons intertwined with all the body tendons, charging at the Deer Demon essence like ravenous beasts starving for years.

In an instant, it collapsed utterly.

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