No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 841 (Patreon)

Chapter 841: Leader, Stop Tanking It. We’re Scared

With another step, Zhang Yu had already arrived within three hundred meters of the World-Casting Furnace.

At this moment, everywhere Zhang Yu could see was layer upon layer of blazing flame.

Under the intense heat of the burning, the surrounding earth, rock strata, air… everything seemed to have turned into magnificent clouds and mist. Stirred, churned, and detonated again and again by the power of the World-Casting Furnace, it was like a sea storm formed from liquid flame.

Zhang Yu knew that this stream of ultra-high-temperature matter, formed as mana flames continuously condensed and burned all kinds of substances until they were transformed… was classified in Kunxu as one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang Qi, known as Upper Yang Qi.

In his own view, the stuff was like what Earth called plasma, except it was different because it contained the immortal dao elements of Kunxu.

The three-hundred-meter range around the World-Casting Furnace was completely wrapped in layer after layer of Upper Yang Qi.

Everything drawn into it, whether ordinary rock strata, some magical treasure, or some piece of equipment, would become part of the Upper Yang Qi under the extreme scorching of the mana flames.

Zhang Yu knew that if not for the World-Casting Furnace’s own array, which resembled a binding force field and firmly restrained the Upper Yang Qi within this three-hundred-meter range without letting it spread… the earthquakes, volcanoes, and natural disasters it triggered would probably be enough to sweep through the entire small world.

And now, as Zhang Yu personally stepped into this three-hundred-meter range, he felt the flesh and blood of his entire body rapidly disintegrating, as if it would be transformed into part of the Upper Yang Qi in the very next moment.

But in the face of this destruction, Zhang Yu’s flesh, his divine abilities and mana, and his various powers quickly responded as well…

On the other side, Tu Mu and the others had been working hard to observe Zhang Yu’s condition.

Under the combined observation of more than ten Divine Transformation cultivators, all kinds of techniques, Law Husks, and magical treasures were deployed.

Through the Spiritual Realm, they combined all the data they could detect, then displayed, compiled, calculated, and repeatedly calibrated it one by one…

After repeatedly adjusting how everyone coordinated, they finally stabilized and accurately obtained data after Zhang Yu stepped into the range of the Upper Yang Qi.

“According to the various thermal reactions, Zhang Yu’s body surface temperature has already reached fifty million degrees. His physical body’s blood-and-qi integrity is around sixty-eight percent.”

“Judging from the mana radiation index, he still has around one hundred and ten thousand mana.”

“He is still continuing deeper into the Upper Yang Qi region. His body surface temperature is rising at extreme speed, and his blood-and-qi integrity is falling rapidly.”

“Fifty million degrees… fifty-five million degrees… sixty million degrees!”

At the same time, as Tu Mu watched Zhang Yu’s physical condition continue to decline, he unknowingly… felt a trace of nervousness.

“Physical body blood-and-qi integrity at fifty percent… forty-one percent… thirty-four percent… thirty-two percent. Wait, it’s dropping more and more slowly?! His resistance to Upper Yang Qi is constantly rising.”

Because the initial and ultimate effects of the Earth-Wood Saint Body Chain Diagram were not limited by realm, they were still useful even at Divine Transformation.

Under the effects of one-hundred-percent Earth-Wood Saint Body, the more Zhang Yu’s physical body was harmed, the more it strengthened his resistance to shock, poison, noise, pressure, radiation, pollution, high temperatures, impacts, chops, piercing attacks, and so on.

And the ultimate effect of Earth-Wood Saint Body meant that the heavier Zhang Yu’s injuries were, the more the above abilities were strengthened, achieving the effect of becoming more unkillable the closer he was to death.

Aside from that, his physical-body divine ability, Formless Freedom Body, allowed him to gain an extremely powerful increase in resistance when facing similar attacks over a short period of time.

Earlier, along Zhang Yu’s path forward, Formless Freedom Body had already caused his resistance to mana flames to continuously rise. Now, as he plunged headfirst into the Upper Yang Qi, Formless Freedom Body reacted even more intensely.

It could be said that starting from this moment, under the assault of the Upper Yang Qi, Zhang Yu’s body once again experienced an explosive increase in resistance on an enormous scale.

This caused the rate at which his physical condition declined to become slower and slower.

Director Zhao of the Department of Territorial Works exclaimed in amazement, “He’s actually using a Divine Transformation body to directly resist Upper Yang Qi for this long? Is this the power of an immortal inheritance? At this rate, Deputy Chairman Zhang should have no problem soaking inside for another few minutes.”

But if that were all, he might be worn to death by the endless Upper Yang Qi before him.

Tu Mu and the others, who were currently observing, made a similar judgment.

But very soon… as the data they observed from Zhang Yu continued to change, Tu Mu and Director Zheng realized they were wrong. Ridiculously wrong.

“Body surface temperature has broken through eighty million degrees.”

Tu Mu said in shock, “Blood-and-qi integrity at twenty-five percent… twenty-six percent… twenty-seven percent? Deputy Chairman Zhang’s physical body is recovering!”

Although the speed was somewhat slow, after repeatedly calibrating the data, everyone could confirm… Zhang Yu’s physical body was regenerating! Under the assault of Upper Yang Qi at eighty million degrees… it had begun to heal itself!

At this moment, an extremely intense reaction was occurring inside Zhang Yu’s body.

When his Feather Spirit Root had reached level four, Zhang Yu had already been able to absorb part of the power from attacks and use it to recover from injuries.

Now, with his Feather Zhen Spirit Root fused, this absorption ratio had soared to fifty percent. Nearly half of the incoming Upper Yang Qi was directly absorbed by him and transformed into an endless, life-generating force that accelerated the recovery of injuries all over his body.

At the same time, the level-fifty Sacrificial Oxheart Technique was also operating fiercely, making the flesh throughout Zhang Yu’s body seem to possess a will of its own. It writhed and regenerated madly, closing wound after wound and growing back piece after piece of flesh that had been vaporized.

The level-fifty Blood-Tide Essence Saint Visualization was also activated, turning the various key parts and vital areas inside his body into flame, further strengthening his resistance and regeneration ability.

But maintaining all of this required circulating mana and relying on Zhang Yu’s mana to support it.

And so, in Tu Mu and the others’ observations, Zhang Yu’s physical body blood-and-qi integrity continuously rose, while his mana began to continuously decline.

“According to the changes in the mana radiation index, Deputy Chairman Zhang’s mana has already rapidly dropped from one hundred and ten thousand to fifty thousand.”

“The deputy chairman should be coming out soon. Everyone, prepare to receive him.”

But in the next moment, under everyone’s observation, they saw that Zhang Yu’s mana was actually rising as well.

“His mana value has recovered to one hundred and fifty thousand?”

“His blood-and-qi integrity has dropped again!”

At the same time, Zhang Yu applied the Chain Diagram effect of Mana Pulse Flowing Stream, converting a large amount of the blood and qi in his body into mana in one breath.

And as his blood and qi declined, Zhang Yu’s resistance soared once more, while the speed and efficiency of his regeneration also rose.

So after his physical body recovered to a certain degree, Zhang Yu once again converted a large amount of blood and qi into mana.

Then, in the observations of Tu Mu and the other Divine Transformation cultivators, what they saw was Zhang Yu’s numbers constantly rising and falling.

It could be said that aside from his body surface temperature continuously rising and directly breaking through one hundred million degrees, his mana and physical body data were both constantly going up and down.

Someone exclaimed, “How is this being done? His physical body is continuously recovering at high speed, and his mana is also continuously recovering at high speed?”

Director Zhao of the Department of Territorial Works was one of the Divine Transformation cultivators present with the highest authority content. Whether in assets, magical treasures, or Law Husks… he was also at the top level among those present.

Director Zhao analyzed, “Deputy Chairman Zhang’s physical body strength seems able to continuously rise… as his physical state declines.”

“In addition, he possesses extremely powerful regeneration ability. He may also possess some ability to convert flesh and blood into mana.”

“The combination of these three allows him, when facing the World-Casting Furnace at Void-Refining output, to directly withstand the scouring of Upper Yang Qi. The more his physical body is damaged, the stronger it becomes instead. It even increases the efficiency of regeneration and can use the regenerated flesh and blood to restore mana…”

Hearing this, the gazes of the surrounding Divine Transformation cultivators all changed as they looked at Zhang Yu.

He got harder the more he was hit, automatically recovered health, and his excess health could even restore mana? How much money was this? How many resources had been poured in to create such a shameless… no, such a top-tier combination of powers?

Tu Mu, standing to the side, continued, “It’s more than that. Haven’t you noticed that until now, Deputy Chairman Zhang hasn’t taken a single step back?”

Everyone was slightly stunned at his words. Then their minds rapidly reviewed everything that had just happened, and they discovered that it was indeed so.

Tu Mu analyzed, “Logically speaking, even if Deputy Chairman Zhang can withstand the scouring of the World-Casting Furnace head-on, the power of the Upper Yang Qi constantly exploding and sweeping toward him should be something Deputy Chairman Zhang cannot match.”

Everyone nodded repeatedly. If Zhang Yu could oppose a World-Casting Furnace at Void-Refining-level output in terms of sheer power, that would be far too absurd.

Tu Mu continued analyzing, “So he must have some other ability that allows him to face Void-Refining-level impacts without retreating a single step, remaining as steady as a mountain.”

As for Zhang Yu displaying such a powerful side, although the Divine Transformation cultivators present sighed and were astonished, after thinking about it carefully for a while, they also accepted it very quickly.

Director Zhao of the Department of Territorial Works thought enviously, “After all, it’s an immortal inheritance. It’s only been so long… and he has already grown to this point.”

Tu Mu also sighed inwardly, “Great indeed, the immortal inheritance.”

In his view, Zhang Yu’s performance was naturally all because of the immortal inheritance. Otherwise? It couldn’t possibly be that Zhang Yu had started from the First Floor of Kunxu and trained himself step by step, could it? Don’t even write immortal-fantasy stories like that.

Under the gazes of the many Divine Transformation cultivators, Zhang Yu had already arrived step by step before the World-Casting Furnace.

At this moment, his entire body was damaged and broken. Under the scouring of the Upper Yang Qi, the flesh throughout his body continuously turned into blazing, high-temperature particles… surging out from inside him, like a star that was constantly blooming with radiance.

In the next moment, he suddenly stretched out both hands and fiercely grabbed toward the World-Casting Furnace before him.

And following this movement from Zhang Yu, the World-Casting Furnace before him seemed to be stimulated once again. The force field that had originally expanded to three hundred meters suddenly contracted, and countless streams of Upper Yang Qi converged toward Zhang Yu.

In the observations of the Divine Transformation cultivators, the physical body blood-and-qi integrity that had just been hovering around twenty percent instantly dropped by eight percent, making Zhang Yu appear as a faint human figure, like a wisp of green smoke that would dissipate in the next moment.

Just as Tu Mu and the others were wondering whether Zhang Yu had fallen into danger, whether he had suffered severe injuries, or even whether he had lost consciousness… their eyes finally received the message Zhang Yu sent.

Deputy Chairman Zhang: The World-Casting Furnace has now placed its main target on me. Come over and suppress it together with me.

Although Zhang Yu could directly resist the damage from the World-Casting Furnace, if he wanted to suppress the corpse unit before him, relying on himself alone was clearly not enough.

And his action of charging forward on his own and blocking the World-Casting Furnace alone also gave the many Divine Transformation cultivators confidence, allowing them to see a trace of hope in suppressing a Void-Refining corpse unit.

Divine Light after Divine Light shot out, and the many Divine Transformation cultivators had already attacked one after another, suppressing the position of the World-Casting Furnace.

Zhang Yu reminded them, “Don’t use powers that are too destructive. We need to suppress it, not destroy its main body. Focus on lowering the temperature!”

Stimulated by the many Divine Transformation cultivators, a roar sounded from within the World-Casting Furnace. Surges of heaven-shaking Upper Yang Qi erupted out and swept fiercely toward all the cultivators around it.

Just as the many Divine Transformation cultivators either wanted to dodge or retreat, they saw Zhang Yu clasp his hands together and let out a fierce shout.

In the next moment, space suddenly twisted. Darkness flashed and vanished. The fierce Upper Yang Qi had already gathered entirely before Zhang Yu and poured completely into his body.

If Zhang Yu had endured such a fierce strike right from the start, he probably would have been completely vaporized on the spot.

But at this moment, as Zhang Yu had walked step by step to the World-Casting Furnace and undergone a whole series of enhancements and reinforcements, this strike could no longer kill him.

Blood and qi at five percent. The closer to death, the more unkillable!

Along with his continuously vaporizing flesh, Zhang Yu merely said calmly, “Continue.”

“None of you need to be afraid. From now on, I alone will take the World-Casting Furnace’s attacks. You just do your best to suppress it.”

At the same time, within a thousand meters around Zhang Yu, part of a grotto-heaven manifested. Nearly ten berserk Divine Transformation-level corpse units inside the grotto-heaven all attacked at once, each bursting out with waves of power that suppressed the World-Casting Furnace from afar.

Hearing Zhang Yu’s words, the many Divine Transformation cultivators were all shaken in their minds.

“A leader… blocking damage for his subordinates?”

Whether it was Tu Mu, Director Zhao of the Department of Territorial Works, or the other Divine Transformation cultivators present, as they watched this scene, their eyes were filled with disbelief. They were far, far more shocked than when they had seen Zhang Yu resist the World-Casting Furnace’s damage alone earlier.

After all, a Divine Transformation cultivator resisting a Void-Refining corpse unit like the World-Casting Furnace was rare, but it was not entirely unimaginable.

Things like Zhang Yu’s immortal inheritance, or certain powerful magical treasures and Law Husks, could help them accomplish that.

But now, the sight of Zhang Yu continuously tanking damage for them was genuinely scaring them a little.

“How is that possible? How could a leader possibly take the disadvantages himself?”

Someone thought suspiciously, “Could there be some benefit… to eating the World-Casting Furnace’s attacks?”

No one thought Deputy Chairman Zhang was proactively making a contribution. Everyone was thinking about what benefit Zhang Yu could gain by doing this.

Very soon, a Divine Transformation cultivator even deliberately took in a thread of Upper Yang Qi to see whether there was any profit inside it, making Zhang Yu so angry that he laughed.

Seeing that Upper Yang Qi had no benefit, some people began suspecting whether there was some trap inside, and whether Zhang Yu would trick them.

Especially as Zhang Yu took the initiative to tank damage more and more, they became more and more afraid, terrified that Zhang Yu would trick them. It was as if they were about to say: Leader, stop tanking it. We’re scared.

After all, the situation before them was too abnormal, abnormal to the point that the many Divine Transformation cultivators found it difficult to understand.

But as wave after wave of Upper Yang Qi assaulted them, as they watched Zhang Yu take on all the damage again and again, as his recovery range continuously decreased, as even the mana value he restored grew smaller and smaller, as Zhang Yu’s condition kept falling to rock bottom, and as Zhang Yu still refused to retreat a single step, a trace of understanding gradually flashed through everyone’s eyes.

“Deputy Chairman Zhang has gone mad.”

Tu Mu thought inwardly, “The World-Casting Furnace can burn the divine soul and regress the Dao Heart. In my opinion, Deputy Chairman Zhang has been blinded by the law flames and lost his mind!”

But regardless of what they thought inside, after Zhang Yu took the initiative to block all the damage from the World-Casting Furnace, the many Divine Transformation cultivators could relax and unleash all kinds of Dao Techniques and Martial Techniques.

Under the suppression of more than ten Divine Transformation sect affairs officers, as well as nearly ten Divine Transformation corpse units, the World-Casting Furnace, which had originally been burning fiercely the entire time, gradually dimmed.

True Lord Magneto and Divine Lord Yinquan, who had been staying inside the immortal grotto-heaven, observing the situation and continuously assisting in maintaining the Divine Transformation corpse units, also let out a slight sigh of relief at the same time. “It should be fine now.”

Another hour passed, and the light flames of the World-Casting Furnace dimmed even further. Everyone could already see its inner structure clearly.

Tu Mu and the other Divine Transformation cultivators also relaxed one by one, feeling that they would soon be able to completely suppress this Void-Refining corpse unit.

But just when everyone thought the plan to capture the Void-Refining corpse unit was about to be completed, a streak of Divine Light flashed across the sky.

Although the spatial structure of the Labyrinth Realm had not yet fully recovered, under Zhang Yu’s control, its Spiritual Realm connection had already been restored overall.

This was also the reason why the many Righteous Gods had been able to descend directly onto the scene back then.

At this moment, Xie Lanyin, deputy chair of the Administrative Committee, a level-six sect affairs officer, and a Void-Refining cultivator, crossed the Spiritual Realm and lowered a projection at this moment.

And when Xie Lanyin’s projection descended into the battlefield, a terrifying aura erupted from within the projection.

The many cultivators present were like startled cats. Their mana all spun wildly as they all turned their attention toward the direction from which the terrifying aura came.

They saw Xie Lanyin’s projection step forward one step at a time, while threads of primordial spirit power gathered at her fingertips.

Watching this scene, Tu Mu was shocked inwardly. “Deputy Chairman Xie… sent down a strand of Void-Refining-level primordial spirit power?”

Tu Mu understood that after the primordial spirit underwent layer upon layer of the Ten Transformations of Divine Light, it would undergo a qualitative change.

For example, at the fifth transformation of Divine Light, the primordial spirit could escape into the Spiritual Realm and use the Spiritual Realm for instant movement.

And after the ninth transformation of Divine Light, the primordial spirit could even use the Spiritual Realm to directly transmit primordial spirit power across space.

At this moment, Xie Lanyin was doing exactly that. Although her true body had not descended, she was using the Spiritual Realm to send down a strand of Void-Refining-level primordial spirit power.

Zhang Yu looked at Xie Lanyin’s projection and thought, “This woman… would rather put down what she’s doing and reduce the gains to her own interests just to come mess with me in a way that hurts others without benefiting herself?”

“That isn’t the mentality of a normal Kunxu person. Sure enough, someone is directing her from behind.”

Zhang Yu knew that the struggle within the Administrative Committee now essentially stemmed from a game being played at a higher level.

And regarding this… it was not as though he had made no preparations.

In the next instant, everyone heard Xie Lanyin smile faintly. The message she sent had already appeared in everyone’s Spiritual Realm vision.

“Deputy Chairman Zhang, I heard that you were gravely injured and on the brink of death, so I specially put down the assets in my hands and sent down a strand of power to help you.”

“No need to thank me.”

In everyone’s eyes, Zhang Yu at this moment looked like a blazing human-shaped blood mist. Under the scouring of the Upper Yang Qi, almost none of his original appearance could be seen. Aside from that pair of incomparably firm, brilliantly shining eyes, not a trace of vitality could be seen.

If the many cultivators had not seen him fighting lively and vigorously just a moment ago, they would only think he was already in a dying state.

And in the next moment, everyone saw Xie Lanyin’s projection already point a finger toward the World-Casting Furnace.

When this finger fell, although it did not have the World-Casting Furnace’s violent momentum, the destructive aura contained within it made the cultivators present feel even more alarmed.

Although the power Xie Lanyin sent down was, in terms of “quantity,” still far inferior to the World-Casting Furnace at its peak state, under the operation of Xie Lanyin’s technique and her exquisite control, the destructive power this strand of primordial spirit power erupted with was probably more than ten times stronger than the World-Casting Furnace.

This was the gap between a corpse unit at Void-Refining output and a true Void-Refining cultivator.

As for the power all these Divine Transformation cultivators had just fought desperately to unleash, even if it were added together from beginning to end, it probably could not compare to the destructive power this one finger was about to bloom with.

The World-Casting Furnace, which had originally dimmed, seemed to tremble violently under this finger, erupting with the most primitive and instinctive fear a living being had toward death.

As the fingertip approached, threads of cracks even surfaced across the World-Casting Furnace’s body, as if it would collapse into pieces in the very next moment.

Watching this scene, Tu Mu thought inwardly, “This is Void-Refining… this is the true great power of Void-Refining.”

In everyone’s perception, the entire World-Casting Furnace would be severely damaged by Xie Lanyin’s finger strike across space, after which its main structure would be destroyed and it would become scrap.

If calculated by value, that meant it would go from secondhand goods to scrap, and its price would drop by more than a hundredfold.

Zhang Yu’s gaze sharpened. In his view, Xie Lanyin’s strike would not only depreciate the World-Casting Furnace, but would also affect his subsequent plan.

“Did she realize that I can command corpse units, so she came specifically to stop me?”

“And for the timing to be so perfect… did someone tip her off?”

On the other side, Tu Mu sighed inwardly. “Deputy Chairman Xie’s strike is equivalent to depreciating the value of all the work so many of us just did in a long sequence by a hundredfold.”

But in the face of this loss, who at the scene could stop her?

When a Divine Transformation cultivator faced a Void-Refining cultivator, the difference of a single realm was the difference between heaven and earth. Naturally, no one could block her.

No one could block it, and no one dared to block it. Just as the many Divine Transformation cultivators felt that the World-Casting Furnace was about to be destroyed by Xie Lanyin’s strike, the light and shadows before them suddenly changed.

The Spiritual Realm connection that had originally covered the experimental zone was severed with a rumble.

Just as everyone realized this and felt shocked, Zhang Yu shouted fiercely, “Deputy Chairman Xie used the Spiritual Realm to launch an attack, causing the already unstable Spiritual Realm connection in the Labyrinth Realm to disconnect.”

“Everyone, don’t panic. I will block Deputy Minister Xie’s out-of-control power.”

After the Spiritual Realm connection was lost, Xie Lanyin’s projection suddenly vanished.

Only that strand of power that had descended through the Spiritual Realm remained, still blasting toward the World-Casting Furnace.

Zhang Yu brought his palms together. The spatial structure before him suddenly twisted, pulling the power of Xie Lanyin’s finger strike toward him.

If Xie Lanyin were here, she naturally would not allow Zhang Yu to pull at her attack like this.

But without Xie Lanyin directing it, the power was like a cannon shell, giving no response at all to Zhang Yu’s pull.

Then the grotto-heaven around Zhang Yu manifested, and he had already dragged that power with him into the immortal grotto-heaven.

Boom!

The first avatar slammed into it and was instantly erased by the power of this finger strike.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth…

As more than ten avatars were blasted apart one after another, by the time Zhang Yu returned once more to the material world, the power of Xie Lanyin’s finger strike had already been consumed for the most part.

And so, under everyone’s shocked gazes, Zhang Yu punched out. Accompanied by a fierce boom, he actually forcibly blasted the power of that strike apart.

To be accurate, Zhang Yu had actually completely exhausted the final remaining power of Xie Lanyin’s strike, but visually, it looked like he had blasted the strike apart.

Zhang Yu turned to look at everyone and asked, “Was the combat process between Deputy Chairman Xie and me recorded just now?”

In the past, he had still needed to hide all kinds of secrets regarding the explosive growth of his combat power.

But the current Zhang Yu had an immortal inheritance as his foundation and the immortal network backing him. He no longer needed to hide things the way he had in the past.

Especially after taking the position of deputy chair of the Administrative Committee while still in the Divine Transformation realm, he needed to display his extraordinary abilities instead, so that he could make greater use of his authority and influence.

Seeing everyone nod, Zhang Yu said calmly, “Continue suppressing the World-Casting Furnace.”

This time, no one dared hesitate anymore. All the Divine Transformation cultivators erupted fiercely and, under Zhang Yu’s command, attacked with all their strength.

After spending more than ten minutes, they finally suppressed the World-Casting Furnace completely and sent it into the immortal grotto-heaven.

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