Chapter 251: Golden Body Dharma Image

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Translated by Frog in the Well

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Jin So-myeong, who was looking around the 6th-rank Secret Realm of the Mind, nodded his head.

“I will leave now. Geum-cheong, if you want to roam outside too, cultivate hard.”

“Are you leaving already when you just arrived?”

“I am sorry, but it is too dangerous outside right now, so I cannot stay long.”

“Chirp…”

Giving the Five Elements Divine Thunder as food to Geum-cheong who was feeling regretful, he recovered his consciousness that had dwelt in the clone.

After confirming that nothing was wrong with the main body traversing the Bright Blood Great Valley, he concentrated on his spatial pocket again.

‘It would be good if there were a mobile-type Dharma Treasure… Oh?’

Right on time, one of his clones transmitted good news.

It was the content that they had found the mobile-type Dharma Treasure he had so desperately yearned for.

As soon as he heard the news, he confirmed it directly with his main body, and the appearance of the mobile-type Dharma Treasure was considerably unique.

It was an elliptical object with a diameter reaching 3 meters, and its appearance looked as if a black go stone was expanded by hundreds of times.

‘How do I ride it? Anyway, since it is a 6th-rank Dharma Treasure, I do not know if I can use it.’

At the moment when he injected his Divine Sense and spiritual power to find out the usage.

The name Black Flame Boundary Stone arose in his head, and the black go stone completely melted down and transformed into pitch-black flames.

The change did not stop there.

Screeech!

The black flames condensed in the empty air transformed in an instant into a phoenix, then let out a long screech.

As it spread its giant wings reaching ten meters, a hot wind swept.

The appearance of each and every feather composed of flames fluttering in the wind was so vivid. It was like a living creature.

‘Heh, true to its nature as a 6th-rank Dharma Treasure, its spirituality is immense.’

A clear reason was felt in the gaze staring intently, but fortunately or unfortunately, it did not seem to possess enmity toward him who had killed Ra-heuk.

No, far from enmity, rather, should he say it was a favorable feeling.

‘Why?’

Although he could not readily understand, first he decided to find out slowly, and concentrated on whether it could be used as a mount.

How could he become close with the intelligent Dharma Treasure?

“…Do you want to eat?”

At that moment when he took out medium-grade Immortal Stones after contemplating for a moment.

The transparent crystals in his palm transformed in an instant like water vapor, then were sucked into the phoenix’s beak.

Gurgle.

The phoenix nodded as if satisfied, and the favor contained in its pupils became even denser.

As he subtly approached, it lowered its posture and offered its back. It seemed to mean he could ride.

Indeed.

Even though the phoenix was composed of flames, it was not hot. Dwelling in admiration in his heart, at that moment when he took his place between both wings.

Screeech!

Soaring into the firmament in a single flap of its wings, the phoenix flew north according to his instruction.

‘Fast.’

Every time the giant wings reaching ten meters flapped, the surrounding scenery stretched out as if pulling a rubber band.

A chuckle naturally came out at the wind brushing past his ears.

It was an immense speed suitable for a Void Refinement stage-level Dharma Treasure, and if he had to compare, it was slightly faster than him unfolding the Lightning Escape Art.

To move faster than the phoenix into which the Black Flame Boundary Stone had transformed, he had to spread his Blood Wings or unfold the Purple Lightning Escape Art.

‘Now I can finally be a bit comfortable.’

Over the past month, he could not even rest properly due to being pursued by the Asuras, but now he seemed to be able to rest or cultivate in his spare time.

Right at that moment.

The Black Flame Boundary Stone that had rapidly slowed down opened and closed its beak. It was as if it was asking for food.

“…Here.”

When he offered dozens of medium-grade Immortal Stones, the Black Flame Boundary Stone that swallowed them in one gulp made a cry as if satisfied.

Seeing it traverse the Bright Blood Great Valley again at an immense speed, a bitter smile came out.

To continue operating the Black Flame Boundary Stone, the medium-grade Immortal Stone consumption seemed like it would be immense.

‘At this rate… approximately a hundred would be needed in a day.’

In a month, it was 3,000. In a year, it was 36,000.

Although it was an immense consumption, it was not to the point where he could not bear it. Just counting the medium-grade Immortal Stones in Ra-heuk’s storage pouch, there was that much.

‘Anyway, since the Secret Realm of the Mind has already become the 6th-rank, it will not matter even if I consume all the medium-grade Immortal Stones.’

Jin So-myeong, who nodded his head, concentrated on his spatial pocket again. Contemplating what to examine first, he took out a jade slip.

‘Golden Body Dharma Image ?’

His eyes flew wide at the familiar name written on the jade slip.

The body tempering cultivation art he was currently cultivating was the Nine Successes Golden Body Art, and the name was extremely similar.

‘Come to think of it, the Nine Successes Golden Body Art was a cultivation art I obtained from Ra-heuk’s son.’

Since it looked at a glance like a spell derived from the same root, he scanned it in a hurry.

At the moment when he breathed his Divine Sense into the jade slip.

He could immediately know what kind of divine ability the Golden Body Dharma Image was.

‘It is indeed the divine ability that creates the giant illusion that Ra-heuk used when fighting me.’

The Golden Body Dharma Image was originally a divine ability that one naturally realized when achieving Great Success in the Nine Successes Golden Body Art, which was a Unity stage-level body tempering art.

Muscle , bone, blood , meridian , skin , flesh , heart , Qi , soul .

If one cultivated all six physical elements and the mental parts to the extreme, the nine essences that reached the peak became seeds, and another incarnation was born.

That incarnation was indeed the Nine Successes Golden Body Dharma Image .

‘An external incarnation that can move completely independently. Should I call it a combat weapon.’

However, achieving Great Success in the Nine Successes Golden Body Art was close to impossible.

Unity stage. One had to directly hunt a True Spirit-class entity and take its flesh, but would that be easy?

Naturally, it was mind-bogglingly difficult.

Therefore, that which the later generations of the Asuras created through repeated research was indeed the Golden Body Dharma Image.

It could be called a secret technique that degraded the Nine Successes Golden Body Dharma Image, which was originally a Unity stage-level divine ability, to be usable even at the Void Refinement stage level.

Although it was a divine ability that summoned a giant illusion resembling oneself to use in combat, its power was…

‘Extremely strong.’

Is there any need to speak? He had experienced it sufficiently while fighting Ra-heuk.

The Golden Body Dharma Image was a divine ability that poured a formidable superpower, which was strong enough to form a Law Domain, solely into physical strength reinforcement.

Since the lake that was as wide as a sea evaporated just from a fist that did not even touch…

If he mastered this divine ability properly, he would come to possess a combat power of a dimension completely different from now.

‘Good. Let us master it.’

If so, what were the conditions to enter the Golden Body Dharma Image?

Although there would be various difficulties, putting aside the small ones and speaking only of the core, it was to hunt nine Void Refinement stage-level demonic beasts and take their inner cores.

Of course, there was no need to hunt all nine from the start. Even hunting just one would allow him to condense a basic Golden Body Dharma Image.

‘It will not be easy, but… it will also not be impossible.’

Jin So-myeong, who was contemplating while reading the jade slip, paused.

It was because of an unexpected advantage that could be obtained in the process of mastering the Golden Body Dharma Image.

‘To think there is also a possibility to obtain the innate divine ability possessed by the demonic beast when taking the inner core?’

It was a piece of good news that made his eyes fly wide, but the success probability was extremely slim.

One percent in the first inner core absorbed.

One in a thousand next.

One in ten thousand in the third inner core…

In this way, the probability of obtaining the demonic beast’s divine ability was said to drop exponentially.

Although it was written in the jade slip that it was an extremely slim probability so one should not expect it, he could not help but smack his chops.

‘If I amplify the success probability with the Supreme Great Ability…’

Would he not be able to pierce a 1% possibility.

Jin So-myeong, who read the jade slip meticulously, set a goal in his heart.

‘I must choose the inner core to be absorbed first very well. It would be good if it is a demonic beast possessing a powerful divine ability.’

Right on time, the Bright Blood Great Valley overflowed with Void Refinement stage-level Ancient Ominous Beasts. If he searched well, there would be one possessing a coveted divine ability.

However, since hunting a Void Refinement stage-level demonic beast in the current situation was a crazy act, he decided to contemplate it after crossing to the human territory.

‘What else would be there.’

Putting aside the Golden Body Dharma Image jade slip, he continued to check his spatial pocket, and treasures still remained for a long time.

How many treasures would a Void Refinement stage expert, who must have lived for at least several thousand years, possess?

Excluding the Black Flame Boundary Stone, there was even another mobile-type Dharma Treasure. Honestly, finding what was missing was faster.

Passing over 6th-rank pills whose effects were difficult to find out, he picked up a gray-white stone that caught his eye by chance.

‘It is not detected by Divine Sense.’

Could it be a spiritual object possessing outstanding effects in concealing one’s presence?

At the moment when he pressed tightly while closely examining the stone that was as smooth as an ornamental jade, as if reacting to pressure, a gray mist arose and a mysterious phenomenon occurred.

The presence of the tip of his finger enveloped in the gray mist vanished.

It was not detected even by a Void Refinement stage-level Divine Sense. Not only the stone but also the tip of his finger enveloped in the mist was the same.

‘Not bad.’

To think it even concealed the presence of objects in the mist. It was a perfect material to strengthen the Infinite Void Formless Robe.

He quickly scanned the jade slips piled in his spatial pocket, and before long, was able to find out the stone’s name.

Mist Secret Jade .

An ore extremely rarely discovered in canyons filled with mist and Yin Qi, which was said to be discovered only by digging deep underground to a depth of at least one million zhang.

‘Let us use this immediately.’

Expanding the Infinite Void Formless Robe he was wearing like a cloak, he completely enveloped the surroundings.

At the moment when he clutched the stone by utilizing his grip tempered by body tempering.

Sizzle!

The gray mist arose as if the suppressed water vapor exploded, and was absorbed into the Infinite Void Formless Robe enveloping the surroundings.

How many times did he repeat the same action?

Looking at the Mist Secret Jade that had become minutely smaller, perhaps because it emitted mist, he nodded his head.

‘I only need to suffer for approximately half a year.’

Fortunately, as it was not a mineral possessing strong durability, it was easy to handle. If he merely spent time, it seemed he could absorb it into the Infinite Void Formless Robe.

At that moment when he was rejoicing in the result.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and rapidly turned dark.

Pour…!

At the moment when a rainstorm so violent that not even dozens of meters in front could be seen poured, causing him to narrow his eyes.

Dozens of millions of water drops pouring as if a hole had opened in the sky tangled and turned like a net.

‘…Formation!’

At that moment when he drew his sword to pierce the giant formation deployed in an instant.

Screeech!

The Black Flame Boundary Stone that had been flying obediently, the phoenix composed of pitch-black flames, suddenly let out a roar, then frantically stirred its giant wings.

At that moment.

The black flames dwelled in the wind starting from the wings and became a typhoon.

That which possessed heat strong enough to evaporate all the pouring water drops turned the surroundings into a sea of fire.

‘Heh.’

It was an immense power that made him go blank for a split second.

To think the Black Flame Boundary Stone, which he had thought was simply a mobile-type Dharma Treasure, possessed this kind of ability.

To judge on its own and even attack.

Furthermore, the black flames that devastated the surroundings did not seem to have the intention to stop.

Fwoosh!

The flames that turned like a sharp sword Qi tried to tear apart the Asura hidden inside the formation.

“Black Flame Boundary Stone? How do you possess that? Did you already open Ra-heuk’s storage pouch?”

The Asura woman with violet skin who launched a surprise attack by deploying the formation shouted as if startled, but he had no intention of replying.

All his senses set, he examined the surroundings first.

‘It seems there is no one nearby… Did she seriously come alone?’

Since the combat power Jin So-myeong possessed was also not to be underestimated, the Asuras had attacked while paired in groups of at least two, but this time she was alone.

Why?

When he guessed the intention, a few possibilities arose.

‘Are they besieging from afar?’

Could it be a measure to defeat his movement method of leaping ten thousand li in an instant?

Or, they might be trying to drag time while their comrades recovered their spiritual power.

Since he possessed the Secret Realm of the Mind divine ability, his spiritual power was endlessly recovered, so he would not tire even if he fought all month long, but other people could not do so.

‘Anyway, why is this fellow suddenly so angry?’

Chirp…

Did it use up all its strength after running wild like crazy?

Looking at the black phoenix whose momentum rapidly weakened, a thought occurred just in case.

‘Could it have been a Dharma Treasure used by the human race?’

It had been favorable enough to offer its back to Jin So-myeong, but the moment it discovered an Asura, it poured attacks even before an instruction was given.

Anyone looking would see it was a state of hating the Asuras.

If its human master was killed by Ra-heuk or seriously injured and the Dharma Treasure was seized, it made sense.

‘I was uneasy because it was too obedient, but it is a relief.’

Anyway, the time taken to judge up to here was extremely short.

He concentrated on the Asura again.

How should he respond to the opponent who was emitting a formidable spiritual power to do something?

If the enemies were composing a siege net, he had to leave this place right now.

Since the situation would gradually worsen if he was even slightly late, it was correct to break through as quickly as possible.

Or…

‘Using this gap to reduce the enemies’ numbers.’

At the moment when he made his decision.

Toward the phoenix that had become feeble because it used up all its strength, he poured out a heap of medium-grade Immortal Stones.

At the same time as supplementing its power source.

Boom!

Holding the sword holding A Single Flash Lightens the Heavens, he kicked off the empty air.

Together with the phoenix that regained its momentum, he charged toward the Asura who had come alone.

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