Episode 19 – Metamorphosis Chapter 37 – Masterstroke

Bei Bei was stunned, then he was ecstatic. Throwing the half-eaten fruit in his hand upwards as well, ”Haha, Boss, I knew you would definitely break through within three hundred years, see if I was right. It’s only been three years. You’ve broken through that bottleneck!” Fusing the arcane, the higher up you go, the harder it gets.

One breakthrough. It represented a quantum leap in strength!

“It’s a breakthrough, a breakthrough before the big showdown.” Linley was also excited in the bottom of his heart, fusing three arcane aeons to fusing four arcane aeons was too much of an improvement, and he wasn’t at the bottom of the heap on this realm’s battlefield after all. When he encountered a powerful commander. He would be able to fight.

To truly not be afraid to challenge an Earth Commander. There must be no obvious weaknesses. In the past, Linley’s soul defense was weak. Now, his soul defense would no longer be a weakness. Fusing the four esoteric mysteries together with the gift of green light, as well as the tattered soul defense master artifact, Linley was even more than fearless of soul attacks from characters of the level of Resh Jing and Montero.

Of course…… encountering a Great Perfection Superior God, Linley would still have to flee, not to mention Linley, or even Res Jing and the others in front of a Great Perfection Superior God. There was no ability to resist either.

“I’ve long wanted to go out for a big kill, now that you’ve broken through, boss, let’s go out then.” Bebe was extremely pleased, “It’s been nearly six hundred years since we came to this hellish place. It’s time for us brothers to be powerful.” Bebe was smug.

Linley, however, smiled. Shaking his head, he said, “There’s no rush.”

“Why aren’t you in a hurry? I’m in a hurry.” Bebe deliberately bristled, “Your strength has increased. Still want to continue to hold it in?”

“No. Although my Law Arcane Mysteries have been successfully fused, I haven’t researched the attack moves that best specialize in my land.” Linley laughed.

Fusing different Law Arcana. The strongest attack moves would also be different.

Some people were good at assistive earths. Some people were good at soul attacks, some people were good at material attacks. Some people specialize in sneaking and escaping……. In short, after fusing arcane auras, they will all create lands that best specialize in themselves.

In the past – Linley’s most specialized lands were the ‘Blackstone Space’ as well as the ‘Circular Air Split’.

But now that Linley had elevated, the stances naturally changed.

“Oh… Researching stances?” Bebe playfully laughed as he sat down to the side of the cave, “Boss, you can research all you want. I’ll just watch from the side. Not say a word! By the way. It won’t take too long to research the stance, right?”

“I already have a prototype for this in my mind. It should be relatively quick.” Linley said with a smile.

Linley then began the days of researching his stance, this constant experimentation. Linley was afraid of destroying the cave. So he cast a small black stone prison, and he himself was constantly researching within the black stone prison, and even if the energy escaped, it would at most destroy the interior of the black stone prison.

Darkness. There was not a single ray of light within the black stone prison.

Linley stood within it. An imaginary scene floated in his mind.

“This material defense should change something on the original ‘pulsating armor’…….” Linley hadn’t paid much attention to material defense in the past, and that was because his dragonized body defense was strong enough. However, now that he had fused the four arcane mysteries, once he used the power of the main god to perform his defensive stance again, his defense was catching up with his dragonized body, so of course Linley didn’t mind having an extra layer of defense of his own.

Inside the dark black stone prison, Linley continuously studied.

“Snort~”

Earth God power tumbled continuously on Linley’s body surface, a variety of construction methods constantly surfacing in Linley’s mind, and the Earth God power on his body surface constantly changing the way it was composed.

It took eleven days of work for the original and the Earth God bilocation to work together. Linley had finally researched a defensive stance to his satisfaction.

“This armor. If it’s constructed by earth god power. It’s not as powerful as a dragonized body. However, by relying on the power of the main god, it’s more powerful than a dragonized body, eh. This armor constructed from earth divine power is also known as earth armor.” Linley didn’t bother to think about it much, and after casually picking a name, he continued to research soul defense.

Soul defense was something Linley took very seriously.

After all, the soul was the most fundamental ground. In Linley’s soul ocean, a large amount of soul power tumbled. A variety of ways to utilize it. Constantly testing them out.

The Laws of the Earth were profound. Separating the six esoteric mysteries, each great accomplishment, is only getting the fur of the Laws of the Earth, and fusing …… them is the true depth of the study of the Laws.

Just like ‘earth pulsation’, first refinement, research of earth pulsation 256 weight. And then fusion, until it comes to one. That only counts as a complete understanding, the same reason …… earth laws. Only in the fusion is the understanding more and more thorough, Lin Lei now fusion of four, whether it is the soul defense, material defense also managed to substantially improve.

“Continuous, forward and backward …… this soul defense is also enough.”

It took nine days. Linley had reached a limit in terms of soul defense. Unless Linley was able to make another enhancement to his arcane mysteries, this method of application was considered to have reached a limit.

“Twenty days of time, soul defense, matter defense application, all accomplished. Now …… is the most important material attack.”

Linley was very clear. His own fusion ground was the ‘earth pulsation’, ‘earth element’, ‘power arcana’, ‘gravity space (geocentric magnetism) ‘ These four great arcana. These four great arcana were most suitable for material attacks, and since his dragonized body was extremely strong, it would be too wasteful if he didn’t use it for material attacks.

Immediately. Linley began to immerse himself in studying the attack stance.

This attack stance. It was the most complicated.

Such as that soul defense, which couldn’t involve the ‘element of earth’ aspect. Material defense. It also didn’t involve the ‘gravity space’ aspect, so it was much less difficult to study. The difficulty is much lower.

But the attack stance was different. All four aspects were involved.

Time passed like water, silently, and in the blink of an eye Linley had already studied for two whole months in the black stone prison.

Inside the cave.

“Cut!” Bebe wrinkled his nose. Glancing at the black stone prison that still existed on the ground, “Boss still says it’s quick, it’s been sixty-three days and it still hasn’t worked.”

Suddenly-

Wordlessly, the black stone prison directly collapsed and disintegrated. It reverted back to the heaven and earth. Only a blue robed Linley was left standing there with his eyes closed, still holding the Staying Shadow Divine Sword in his hand. Apparently Linley hadn’t imbued it with divine power, and could still see what the Shadowreaver divine sword looked like.

“Haha!” Bebe jumped straight up.

Linley also opened his eyes and looked over. There was a smile on his face.

“Boss. It worked, didn’t it?” Bebe said playfully.

“Yeah, it worked.” Linley nodded with a smile.

“How’s the power?” Bebe said expectantly.

“It’s certainly much stronger than in the past.” Linley smiled faintly, “My ‘Circular Air Split’ was just a fusion of two types of ‘earth pulsations’ and ‘power arcana’. It was because the ‘Element of Earth’ couldn’t be used in it at that time. But now …… with the ‘Gravity Space’, the ‘Element of Earth’ can also fit in it. Now that all four esoteric mysteries had been incorporated into it, this sword. The power is tens of times stronger than in the past!”

Linley was confident that in the past, his own sword. It was by virtue of his dragonized body. Only then could he threaten the commander figure.

But now, purely in terms of arcane mysteries, Linley’s sword. It wasn’t much worse than the commander figure, plus the dragonized body’s strong power, plus the Staying Shadow divine sword. Linley was already confidently qualified.

“Ho ho ho. Boss, demonstrate. Demonstrate.” Bebe cheered, his eyes staring at Linley.

Linley nodded with a smile.

“When fighting ground, I’ll first cast Blackstone Space and then pair it with this sword.” Linley smiled as he released the Blackstone Space, the powerful gravitational force immediately dispersing Just as Linley was about to execute this sword, he saw that because he had executed the ‘Blackstone Space’. When Lin Lei was about to execute this sword, he saw the earth-colored halo that spread before his eyes because of the ‘Black Stone Space’, Lin Lei suddenly froze and stood there dumbfounded.

Bebe was stunned, and then he even said, “Hey, boss. What are you doing?”

Linley, however, acted as if he hadn’t heard.

“What’s wrong boss. Didn’t you say you were demonstrating to me.” Bebe was a little puzzled.

“Haha ……”

Linley steeply laughed out loud.

“Boss. What’s wrong?” Bebe even said.

“So I can do it too. I can do it too! I was so stupid, so stupid.” Linley’s face was filled with ecstasy.

“Boss?” Bebe even shouted.

Only then did Linley remember Bebe. Even turned his head over and laughed, “Bebe, I just had a sudden idea just now, that’s why I’m a little excited.”

“Some idea?” Bebe frowned.

“Right!” Linley nodded and laughed, “You still remember. That Great Perfection Upper Deity, ‘Bayeux’, attacked you by binding your movements to the ground. Right?”

“Right.” Bebe recalled the initial scene. Then he felt powerless. “He came over with that attack. I felt the entire space pressing down on me, and my speed plummeted. In fact, I was able to move, only my speed was reduced too much, more than ten times slower than him. Slowed down so much! That’s simply giving someone else land to kill when it comes to fighting.”

Linley laughed, “I just saw the ‘black stone space’. It just occurred to me that I might. Can also make the enemy feel. The entire space pressing down on him. Make him like a fish caught in a quagmire, his speed greatly reduced.”

“Eh?” Bebe was puzzled, “Boss. Your black stone space, the direction of gravity is all towards one side, how can it oppress people?”

Indeed. The gravitational direction of the black stone space. Or upward. Or downward. Or it repels. Or towards attracting Linley.

Just one direction!

For example, if the gravitational direction was downwards and the enemy was caught in it, if they faced a sword from Linley. Although it was most difficult to fly towards the top. But the enemy could completely scramble into the ground, and even if they couldn’t, the resistance to moving back and forth wasn’t great.

And the entire bound of space was different.

That was pressing in all directions in all directions. No matter which direction is squeezing, that no matter how to move. The binding force was amazingly large, just like being caught in a cage.

“Haha ……” Linley suddenly laughed, “Bebe. That binding taste. I’ve tasted it in the Amethyst Mountain Range.”

Linley clearly remembered. After performing the Earthwalking Technique in the Amethyst Mountain Range, he had encountered the Res Crystal within the belly of the mountain, and then Linley had fallen into the interior of the Amethyst space. Powerful earth pressure squeezed Linley, to the point where bones were squeezed to the point of breaking and blood seeped out, it was squeezing in all directions!

“My current earthly sword just has a simple gravitational field like any other earth law powerhouse, what I’m trying to do now. It’s to make the black stone space no longer center on me, but rather integrate into this sword.” Linley knew. This was difficult!

If Linley didn’t know the principles of ‘Amethyst Space’. Instead, he was reading from the book and would only rely on the black stone to cast ‘Blackstone Space’, then it would be impossible to make the Amethyst Space integrate into this move.

After all, the ‘black stone’ was inside Linley’s body. Doomed. If Linley relied on the black stone. Then the gravity space would only be centered on Linley.

But Linley had studied the ‘black stone space’.

When the Amethyst Mountain Range ground was 500 years old, Linley had already gained an understanding of the 108 Dao divine power operation methods. Although it wasn’t as powerful as the ‘black stone’ itself. But the difference wasn’t too great.

“Bebe, just wait. Wait for me to work out this move! During battle, when I approach my opponent with a sword. The opponent will be subjected to squeezing restraints from all sides! Even if it’s not as good as Bayeux, the difference shouldn’t be too much.” Linley was looking forward to this move of his now.

At that moment, Linley once again cast open the ‘Blackstone Prison’. Entering it to carefully study this move.

Because of this move, it was meant to be squeezed with the enemy at the center. Therefore. This move couldn’t be performed by the ‘black stone’, it could only be performed by himself!

And ……

This move also had to fit perfectly with Linley’s ground sword.

This research took a long time, and all Bebe could hear was the walls of the ‘Blackstone Prison’ constantly vibrating, thankfully Linley had isolated the sound.

Inside the Blackstone Prison.

Immersed in his research, Linley forgot about time.

“Puff!”

Linley simply stabbed out with a sword, but an earth-yellow halo soared out of the Staying Shadow Excalibur. Immediately, where the longsword pointed. An earth-yellow orb with a diameter of nearly three meters formed. As the Shadow Retaining Excalibur stabbed out. The earth yellow orb suddenly shrunk dramatically.

“Boom!”

Bursting and annihilating.