Chapter 151 - 131: Inviting Robby

Chapter 151: Chapter 131: Inviting Robby

On Gesite Lake, Zhang Ji was bathed in intense sunlight. The light for several hundred meters around him dimmed significantly.

After breaking through to A-rank, his absorption and conversion abilities had taken another huge leap.

Only now was the "Blood of Dela" within him truly being put to use.

Before, it was like software limited by hardware, unable to run at full power.

Now, he could crank the power all the way to the max.

However, the martial arts Shen Xi had deduced were indeed quite extraordinary.

Even for Zhang Ji, they still felt a little difficult.

Those martial arts, all of which pushed the theoretical limits, had a sense of masterful design to them.

Of the nine martial arts, not one was truly meant to be learned by a normal fighter.

All of them required at least the attributes of an A-rank fighter to learn.

They had separate requirements for Recovery Power, Control Power, physical strength, Primordial Qi, and Spiritual Power.

The external conditions were also very demanding.

The corresponding elixirs also had many requirements; several types were refined substances, purified over and over again.

Especially the Primordial Qi Melting Furnace Skill—this technique didn’t just increase the storage limit for Primordial Qi, it also enhanced his digestive ability.

By consuming "Great Eater Pills 2.0" and using refined power techniques deduced from the "Great Eater Skill" and other related martial arts, he achieved a terrifyingly powerful digestive ability, which he also imparted to the furnace.

Afterward, refining Primordial Qi no longer required special methods. The body’s essence, when channeled into the Primordial Qi Furnace, would be instantly smelted and converted into Primordial Qi.

Of course, the Primordial Qi refined this way was still quite impure, a chaotic mixture prone to internal conflict.

Therefore, it required subsequent techniques to harmonize and transform it, creating a system of order and circulation. Finally, by using the "Formless Mimicry Skill" for output, he could produce any type of Primordial Qi on demand.

It’s worth mentioning that the "Great Eater Pills 2.0" were synthesized from an Alchemy Potion made from "Great Eater Coconuts."

To Zhang Ji, it was nothing short of pure poison.

Even with his constitution, eating it gave him a slight stomachache.

But his self-healing ability was strong, so he could get away with taking it as a supplementary elixir.

Cultivating with the resources of an entire nation at his back was incredibly satisfying for Zhang Ji.

In thirteen days, he had completely mastered the Primordial Qi Melting Furnace Skill, producing a crystal that shimmered with a deep blue light.

Because this technique was so close to its theoretical maximum, its innate blue light was incredibly deep, almost verging on purple.

With just a bit more work, it could have reached the (Epic) rank.

However, at the (Epic) rank, the cultivation difficulty would be on a whole other level. The AI’s judgment on this matter was better than Zhang Ji’s.

If Zhang Ji were to create a technique, he would definitely aim for the absolute maximum potential, but that would excessively prolong the overall cultivation time, which would be a detriment to him.

Once the furnace was formed, the flesh and blood in Zhang Ji’s Danzhong underwent a subtle change.

A new, fist-sized organ had formed.

It was like a miniaturized furnace, but made of flesh and blood.

It didn’t secrete any digestive fluids, but simply maintained an extraordinarily high temperature.

When Zhang Ji used his spirit particles to perceive it, he could clearly feel that its temperature was higher than an ordinary flame.

It wasn’t that much hotter, however. Its main purpose was to burn refined essence and convert it into Primordial Qi, not to be like Elaven’s Alchemy Furnace, which could generate energy just by burning rocks.

Of course, once Zhang Ji synthesized it with other fighting crystals to advance it to the next level, perhaps it could also possess some similar features.

Who knows, it might even be able to consume rocks and refine them into Primordial Qi.

"Still a little slow."

For most people, mastering such a powerful (Excellent)-rank fighting technique in just thirteen days was something they wouldn’t even dare to dream of.

But to Zhang Ji, it still felt too slow.

He had only given himself three months.

He planned to kick off the Ultimate Fighting tournament next January.

If he didn’t have a second (Epic) fighting crystal by then, he wouldn’t have the absolute strength needed to take on four opponents at once.

He could postpone it, of course, but he was unwilling and saw no need to.

"The people from the Physics Department are still a bit lacking. Their expertise with Alchemy Potions isn’t quite good enough..." Zhang Ji said, shaking his head.

If these people had sufficient expertise in Alchemy, many of Zhang Ji’s ideas could be easily realized.

Unfortunately, the scientist who designed the furnace for Elaven was already dead—blasted to bits by one of Elaven’s Energy Bullets.

Otherwise, that scientist could have probably designed an even better furnace to assist his cultivation.

Also, his request for the Color Cluster Country to help find Robby still hadn’t yielded any results.

’Robby really knows how to hide.’

He’d been searching for months with no luck.

As time passed, Zhang Ji pushed to accelerate his cultivation speed even further. He stopped worrying about the consequences of taking various potent medicines; as long as he could digest them, he devoured them frantically. He was now consuming tonics from the country’s various martial Sects by the truckload.

When he finished the high-grade ones, he moved on to the low-grade ones. When he couldn’t eat anymore, he used Alchemy Technology to refine them all into a liquid concentrate and drink them instead.

Bolstered by his terrifying digestive ability, Zhang Ji managed to successfully master the Qi Vein Reconstruction Skill in just nine days.

The moment the synthesized fighting crystal entered his body, countless new meridian-like organs formed inside him. They were all better suited for energy circulation, giving Zhang Ji’s maximum output an additional boost.

And at that moment, Zhang Ji discovered something else.

The newly generated Qi Veins actually conflicted in some areas with the Qi Veins from the *Circulation Qi Body Divine Origin Skill*.

But at this moment, it was as if they existed on different layers, each operating independently without any interference, almost as if they weren’t running in the same system.

And yet, when Zhang Ji circulated his Primordial Qi, he could definitely channel it through these new Qi Veins, which indicated that they were, in fact, interconnected.

’A player trait? No wonder I can learn a hodgepodge of different fighting techniques and then just load and use them all...’

Zhang Ji was beginning to understand his situation.

’A human body only has so much space.’

Every time Zhang Ji cultivated a fighting technique, it caused slight changes to his body.

Drastic modifications like the new Qi Veins and the Primordial Qi Furnace should have certainly impacted any similar Cultivation Techniques he learned later.

But when he cultivated other Cultivation Techniques afterward, even if they were meant to modify the same organ, their effects were somehow compatible and could coexist simultaneously.

It all seemed reasonable when playing a game, because it was just a digital representation.

But experiencing it in reality, Zhang Ji found it absurd.

It felt as though the fighting techniques he practiced were being digitized into software and loaded directly onto his body.

To get the effects, he just had to run the program.

’Thinking about it this way, what is the true nature of these fighting crystals?’

Zhang Ji had far too many questions, but it was clear that none of them would be answered.

Just like his inexplicable transmigration.

’These aren’t questions I should be thinking about at my current stage.’

...

「October 16th.」

"You found him? Where? What? In Color Cluster Country’s Divine Ape Mountain?"

Zhang Ji had received news about Robby.

But unexpectedly, Robby had run off to Divine Ape Mountain.

He remembered that was Giles’s training ground.

Zhang Ji picked up the tablet connected to Robby, but the face that appeared on the screen wasn’t Robby’s. Instead, it was the face of a monkey covered in red fur.

"So you’re the kid who sent me the invitation? I’m looking forward to the day we fight!" said Giles.

Then, Robby took over the screen.

It looked like he and Giles were on pretty good terms.

"You were looking for me?" Robby asked.

"I want to hire you to come to Dragon Country and work for me," Zhang Ji said bluntly. "I can provide you with sufficient resources. You should know the weight my words carry now. I hope you’ll consider my offer carefully."

"What? What would you want me to do?" Robby asked.

He was already tempted.

He’d gotten a small taste of the kind of resources a national leader like Zhang Ji could mobilize back when he was in Guning Country.

He didn’t need much; if he could just get the same level of resources as the Guning Country’s Royal Science Academy, it would be enough for him to accomplish a great deal.

"Concoct Alchemy Potions, create some Alchemy Artifacts, and assist my training. That’s all," Zhang Ji said.

"That’s a bit vague, but it should be fine. I do have a question: can I have my own research projects?" Robby asked.

"An independent research project? What do you want to work on?" Zhang Ji asked.

"Bloodline research. I’ve found a new bloodline power, even stronger than the Sun God’s!" Robby said.

"That sort of thing aligns with my interests as well, doesn’t it?" Zhang Ji said with a smile.

"Alright, I’ll buy a ticket," Robby said.

"No need. I’ll send someone to pick you up," said Zhang Ji.

"Robby, you’re leaving? If you go, who’s going to scratch my itches?"

Giles’s voice came through.

"You’re not even itchy! Can those lice even bite through your hide? Besides, don’t you have those other monkeys?" Robby retorted.

Giles’s face reappeared on the screen. He looked at Zhang Ji and said, "You’d better get stronger fast. Otherwise, with the skills you had before, you won’t stand a chance against me."

"I won’t disappoint," Zhang Ji said, the corners of his mouth hooking into a smile.

The screen went black as the call ended.

Zhang Ji couldn’t help but feel a little excited for his fight with Giles.

Among the Five Saint Kings, his nickname was the "Primeval Tyrant," and he possessed what was arguably the most unique exclusive bloodline skill in the entire fighting game: Gigantification.

It wasn’t a body that simply inflated like a balloon, but a truly massive form that possessed real mass.

He could expand to a height of ninety meters in an instant. With such a massive body and terrifying weight, his simple movements alone could cause destruction on the scale of a natural disaster.

However, he couldn’t maintain it for long—only about three minutes, no different from Ultraman.

After all, he wasn’t a true S-rank being; he just had an S-rank bloodline.

Robby’s arrival was a very important matter for Zhang Ji. He immediately made top-level arrangements to have him picked up, ensuring that there wouldn’t be the slightest mishap during the process.