Inside the bamboo forest.
Dense creaking sounds were incessant.
Lin Sheng sat cross-legged on the bluestone, his well-built Physique compressing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, he shrank by a full circle, becoming thin and gaunt, like skin and bones.
The veins bulging high on his skin twisted and writhed, appearing somewhat strange.
However, the snake-like veins quickly retracted, shrinking to the thickness of an embroidery needle in just over ten breaths. This was still not the limit, and they continued to slowly contract until they were as fine as hair and almost invisible before stopping.
Next were the internal organs.
After a moment, Lin Sheng's eyes suddenly snapped open.
His thin and shriveled body rapidly expanded.
Bang, bang, bang—
His heart pounded like a drum, and he raised his fist.
His previously shriveled arm was now full and taut, the muscles bulging and knotting, even noticeably stronger by two or three circles than before.
Hair-thin blood vessels emerged from his skin, bulging high like a child's arm in thickness. Even the capillaries, which were previously hidden beneath the skin and difficult to detect, now expanded, and his entire arm was wrapped in a large number of blood vessels, looking like it was covered in reddish-black tattoos.
He extended his palm, slicing through the air and producing dense air explosions.
He clenched his fist into a claw and struck the stream opposite him through the air.
Peng!
The terrifying sound of air exploding immediately intensified, even creating a large patch of white mist in place.
The stream more than 10 meters away instantly parted, revealing a several-meter-square trench below.
Seeing this scene, a smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
“Indeed, using the Yang Extremity Art method to simulate Great Strength Talent does have a good effect.”
He felt quite excited.
Clearly, his conjecture was correct. Although the power unleashed by that punch just now was not as formidable as that of Great Strength Talent, it could instantly amplify his own strength by more than two times.
And this was merely the result of preliminary simulation. Once he simulated Great Strength Talent more perfectly and skillfully, the effect he could unleash in the future would definitely be greatly improved. He might even fully reach the level of Level Three Giant Strength, no, it was even possible to surpass Level Three Giant Strength.
After all, Great Strength Talent has an upper limit. Although the upper limit of Level Three Giant Strength Talent is very high, with his current strength, instantly strengthening by more than four times is already the limit.
Moreover, as his strength further increases, this strengthening effect will become weaker and weaker.
“I wonder to what extent this simulation can be achieved?”
Lin Sheng retracted his fist and stood, looking at the terrifying blood vessels and meridians protruding from his arm.
“Since the feasibility of this method has been proven, it's time to give it a name.”
“Since it's related to Yang Extremity Art, let's call it True Yang Change.”
After a brief thought, he decided on a name for the method he had created.
“For the time being, I will do my best to perfect True Yang Change.”
Having chosen a name, he was in a great mood at this moment.
True Yang Change, this secret art, was the first secret art he had created since coming to this world.
And this method had good growth potential.
It also brought him new possibilities.
At this time, there were various strange beasts, countless in number.
Among them, who knows how many possessed powerful and strange talents.
Bloodline potential users are far stronger than ordinary people, not only because of the assistance of extraordinary cultivation but also because of the Bloodline talents they carry.
The success of True Yang Change also meant that he could control more strange beast talents.
Although it was difficult, with the mountain and sea scroll, he could truly experience the evolution process of these strange beast talents countless times, which would undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of simulating these strange beast talents.
Currently, there are many strange beasts he has integrated into his body in the mountain and sea scroll, but as his strength increases, many talented strange beasts can no longer keep up with his current Realm.
The most obvious example is the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, the first Spirit Beast he integrated.
It helped his cultivation greatly and possessed two talents. Although Iron Bone Talent was not of much use to him now, Heart Ape Talent's effect was quite good. It could not only sense malice but also had a deterrent ability.
This talent can be said to be stronger, not weaker, than the talents of some high-level Spirit Beasts.
It was just that the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey's amplification attributes were no longer very useful to him, so he wouldn't choose the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey in many battles.
If he could successfully simulate Heart Ape Talent, it would be quite helpful to him.
“However, this is just a small step. I should first successfully simulate Great Strength Talent.”
He murmured softly, Lin Sheng did not immediately start cultivating.
Instead, he got up and stretched his body, taking some food from the bamboo house.
Quack—
In the bamboo forest, a strange cry sounded. Little Black darted out from the bamboo forest on one side, circled above Lin Sheng's head, and released his claws, dropping a bloody wild beast beside Lin Sheng.
This was a small beast resembling a muntjac, slightly larger than a goat. It was now breathless, with two bloody penetrating wounds on its neck, clearly done by Little Black.
These past few days living in this bamboo forest, he had basically been cultivating and hadn't paid much attention to Little Black and Big Yellow.
This dog and crow were elusive, playing inside and outside the bamboo forest every day.
He wasn't worried either. Little Black's strength was not weak; he was a genuine Spirit Beast. Even an ordinary Blood Transportation Warrior was no match for him, so there would basically be no problems.
Big Yellow was always timid. As soon as he noticed something was wrong, he would immediately shrink back and hide. Moreover, his sense of smell was extremely strong, so if he truly detected any danger, he would have run away long ago.
During this time, at his signal, Little Black would occasionally catch some wild beasts and drop them as food.
He picked up the muntjac, and with a tremor of force, the skin and flesh separated. He broke off a bamboo stick and threaded it through. He flicked his finger, shooting out a ball of flame to light a bonfire, and placed the muntjac on it. Soon, a greasy aroma spread out.
Looking at the leaping bonfire in front of him, Lin Sheng seemed to think of something. He turned back to the bamboo house, and after a moment, he returned with two more long swords in his hands.
One was entirely dark blue, emitting a chilling coldness.
The other was entirely reddish-yellow, emitting a completely opposite scorching heat.
These two swords were the two famous swords of the Tianxiang Sword Sect, Lengshuang Sword and Scorching Light Sword, obtained from Ouyang Lengshui.
These two swords had been in his hands for quite some time, but he was not skilled in swordsmanship.
Although these two swords were quite extraordinary, they were not of much use to him.
Moreover, because of the wanted poster, even if he wanted to get rid of these two swords, he couldn't do so in a short time.
After the battle with Zhou Xingwen and others in the Congyun Mountains, he now had an additional iron fan and a long spear in his hand.
As the weapons of Zhou Xingwen and He Lanjiang, this fan and spear were definitely treasures among weapons. Even if they were not as good as Lengshuang and Scorching Light Swords, they were not much inferior.
However, compared to those two famous swords, these two weapons were even less likely to be sold.
But now, it wasn't that troublesome.
He picked up the famous sword Scorching Light and examined it carefully.
Then, with a thought, he successfully integrated the Di Sha Pig Dragon into his body.
His body began to change, but under his deliberate suppression, there wasn't much change. His size was just a bit larger than before, and he had some gray scales on his body.
He grabbed the Scorching Light Sword and immediately put the tip of the sword into his mouth in the next moment.
Clang—
A crisp sound of metal clashing echoed.
The imagined scenario of the Scorching Light Sword shattering did not happen. Only a tiny mark appeared on the tip of the sword.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng frowned slightly. He hadn't expected this Scorching Light Sword to be so tough.
One must know that after integrating the Di Sha Pig Dragon, his teeth structure had changed due to the Gold Devouring Talent, and their toughness was definitely the hardest part of his entire body.
Yet, facing this Scorching Light Sword, he found it difficult to damage it.
Naturally, he wouldn't give up so easily. He put the Scorching Light Sword into his mouth again, this time chewing with force.
Crack—
This time, a slightly deeper indentation finally appeared on the Scorching Light Sword, but it still didn't break. Instead...
Bah...
Lin Sheng spat out a broken tooth fiercely.
Looking at the slightly bent Scorching Light Sword, a fierce smile appeared on his face.
“It's really tough... I want to see what you can do.”
As his voice fell, he had already integrated the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, Giant Spirit Bear, and Ink Scale Black Bear into his body.
This time, his body expanded sharply. He grabbed the Scorching Light Sword and directly put the entire sword into his mouth.
Clang, clang, clang...
A series of sounds of metal colliding constantly echoed from his mouth, but it didn't take long.
It turned into a sharp grinding sound, like tons of steel being rapidly cut.
A trace of blood flowed from the corner of Lin Sheng's mouth as he chewed vigorously.
But he seemed oblivious, still chewing with large bites.
After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, his chewing stopped, and he made a swallowing motion. Something could be seen being swallowed down his neck.
Lin Sheng opened his mouth. His mouth was bloody and raw, but it quickly healed as before.
He opened his mouth and spat out a scorching breath onto the muntjac meat roasting on the bonfire.
Immediately, the originally golden and oily muntjac meat emitted a burnt smell.
Lin Sheng didn't pay attention to any of this.
Because at this moment, he could clearly feel as if a piece of red-hot, freshly forged iron had been stuffed into his internal organs, burning his stomach and intestines.
He was pushing the Gold Devouring Talent to its limit to decompose it.
After a full half an hour, Lin Sheng's eyebrows relaxed.
His stomach was now empty, and what remained was a scorching aura, which, guided by his thoughts, went towards his right arm.
He immediately suppressed his size back to normal.
He carefully watched the changes in his right arm.
He saw that his strong, bronzed arm turned reddish at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then a thin layer of fine scales emerged between his tough skin.
The scales adhered tightly to the skin, giving the feeling of wearing a comfortable inner armor.
The fine scales constantly changed with the movements of his hand, causing no hindrance.
Looking at the scales emitting a scorching aura, Lin Sheng narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and pointed. Dark green Bone Strength gathered at his fingertip and landed on the scales.
However, only a few scales on the fine layer were slightly deformed by the impact of the Bone Strength, but they were quickly covered and restored to their original state by the wriggling scales.
Seeing this, Lin Sheng immediately became interested. He gathered strength again. This time, the strength gathered at his fingertip was almost tangible, pushed to its limit.
The force, containing terrifying destructive power, landed on the scales once again.
However, this time, the result was not much different from before. The only difference was that the number of deformed scales increased by a few, and the degree of deformation was more severe. Other than that, there was nothing else worth mentioning.
Seeing this, a hint of surprise appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
He simply raised his hand and clenched his fist, smashing it fiercely onto his right arm.
This time, he struck with all his might. With the four powerful strange beasts integrated into his body, although he didn't use Great Strength Talent, his power was still extremely terrifying, even surpassing that of a Divine Transformation Realm Early Stage Martial Artist.
Bang!
His fist landed on his forearm, emitting a dull thud.
The scales on his right arm were immediately shaken and lifted. The next moment, like water ripples, they spread outwards from the point of impact to the scales on his entire right arm. Several cracks appeared on the ground beneath Lin Sheng's feet.
Almost all the scales were slightly deformed, but that was all.
“This toughness is somewhat beyond my expectation.”
A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Sheng's eyes.
Given the toughness of that Scorching Light Sword, he had expected the scales transformed by the Gold Devouring Talent to be very strong, but he hadn't expected them to reach this level.
They could instinctively distribute the force and actually withstand his punch.
Of course, withstanding a punch didn't mean he wouldn't be injured. The powerful impact force of a punch, if the muscle strength wasn't enough, even if the scales could withstand it, would be meaningless.
“It seems this Gold Devouring Talent is much more useful than I thought.”
Lin Sheng's eyes lit up. His own physical attributes were the highest among all his attributes, with extremely strong defense and recovery capabilities. If he added the scales condensed by this Gold Devouring Talent, his defensive power would undoubtedly reach another level.
Thinking this, he picked up the Lengshuang Sword again, directly put it into his mouth, and chewed vigorously.
Half an hour later, the Lengshuang Sword was also successfully refined. Under his guidance, his left arm gained a layer of light blue scales.
After testing its strength, Lin Sheng was also quite satisfied.
Next, he separately ate and refined Zhou Xingwen's iron fan and He Lanjiang's large spear.
It wasn't until dusk that he finished refining all these things.
At this moment, his hands and legs were covered with these scales, but it was clearly not enough to cover his entire body.
The scales refined from the large spear and iron fan, after testing, were slightly weaker in strength than the two famous swords.
But the toughness was also quite good. In short, Lin Sheng was quite satisfied with this result, but he was a perfectionist, and pursuing perfection naturally meant doing his best.
“The eight famous swords of the Tianxiang Sword Sect, if I could swallow all the other six famous swords, it should be enough to cover my entire body.”
He mused in his heart.
He was already considering when to return to Lin'an.
After all, speaking of it, there were still some things that needed to be dealt with in Lin'an County.
However, considering that both the Tianxiang Sword Sect and the Yuanyang Beast Sect were large sects with foundations of over a thousand years, although his current strength was not weak, facing these ancient sects might not yield any benefits, and there was also the risk of exposure.
“Forget it, this matter is not urgent. Let's talk about it after my strength increases further.”
He muttered to himself, then he remembered the muntjac that had been burnt on the bonfire. He cursed, too lazy to prepare it again.
After all, after continuously swallowing four divine weapons, he didn't feel hungry at all now.