Chapter 587: Receiving Great Fortune
"You wouldn't be using treasures or strengths beyond the Martial Saint Realm, would you? That would be quite unfair, as my current strength is only at the Martial Emperor Realm!"
Duan Gujin said.
"I know that your current strength is at the Martial Emperor Realm, and I just now did not utilize any treasures or cultivation techniques beyond the Martial Saint Realm. The defense I used is the unique defense of our giant crocodile clan. You don't know, but among the Devil Clan, our giant crocodile clan's defensive power is the strongest!"
The giant crocodile explained.
Hearing the giant crocodile's response, Duan Gujin was momentarily at a loss for words.
"This giant crocodile's strength is now double mine, and its bodily defense is so terrifying—do I really have no hope?"
Duan Gujin was extremely shocked in his heart, his Divine Sense locked onto the giant crocodile ahead.
Should any abnormality arise from the giant crocodile in front, he would immediately sense it and be ready to react.
However, at this moment, the giant crocodile did not immediately pursue him, but said, "You're tired, aren't you? Just rest for a while!"
Then, Duan Gujin felt his Divine Soul suddenly plunge into an icy cellar, his entire body frozen, unable to move.
He frowned slightly, unable to comprehend what was happening to him at that moment.
He could only speculate that the giant crocodile probably bore no ill-will towards him, for if it had, he would have been dead long ago.
In less than 15 minutes, he suddenly felt the temperature around him rise.
Then, he felt his Body as if placed in a furnace, his entire blood boiling.
"Terrible!"
His expression drastically changed, unable to understand why the giant crocodile would torture him like this.
However, immediately after, he felt a powerful force suddenly erupt within his body, rapidly entering his body, swiftly restoring his Primordial Power.
"This feeling of Ice and Fire is indeed unbearable!"
Duan Gujin instantly realized that the abnormality he was feeling was his Body recovering the previously consumed Primordial Power.
"Next, your Divine Soul is going to accept my transformation!"
The giant crocodile opened its blood-red eyes and said.
"Good!"
Duan Gujin's Primordial Power had now recovered to its Peak State, and the next moment, he felt his Divine Soul seemed to be disintegrated, the pain nearly unbearable.
"You will have to endure pain that exceeds your own tolerance double over, only by enduring it will you receive my great transformation!"
The giant crocodile said.
"Bring it on!"
Duan Gujin gritted his teeth and said.
After a while, he saw from the giant crocodile's mouth sprayed one strange rune after another, those runes fluttering in the air like butterflies.
Then, those runes landed on Duan Gujin.
"What is this?"
Duan Gujin initially wanted to expel those runes, but then he heard the giant crocodile say, "If you want to receive my great transformation, you must imbue these runes into your Divine Soul! If you expel these runes, then your Body will hardly endure my great transformation!"
"Alright!"
Duan Gujin then did as the giant crocodile said.
"Our giant crocodile clan's scale armor is very tough, and there are many runes inside the scale armor that make it extremely hard. This is our clan's Innate Divine Ability! To have super-strong Combat Power, both the Body and Divine Soul must be extremely powerful!"
At this moment, beside the Underground Lake, the Residual Soul that had been watching the situation of the underground lake saw golden light emerging from the bottom of the lake, and he knew that now should be the time for Duan Gujin to receive the great fortune of the giant crocodile clan.
"I really envy that human, I didn't expect he could actually receive the great fortune of our giant crocodile clan!"
"My requirement for you is simple, you must endure!"
The giant crocodile said.
"Understood!"
Duan Gujin quickly prepared for battle, ready to withstand the great fortune of the giant crocodile's bones.
Subsequently, Duan Gujin felt many wounds appear in his Divine Soul, a powerful energy incessantly tugged at his Divine Soul in various ways.
If it weren't for Duan Gujin truly feeling his Divine Soul gradually becoming stronger, he really would have given up on such an inheritance.
15 minutes later, he quickly spat out several mouthfuls of old blood.
When he saw the old blood in his hand, he gasped sharply, worried about how long such an inheritance would still take.
"You must hold on! My power is not as easy to obtain as you think!"
At that moment, he heard the giant crocodile's voice beside his ear.
By now, Duan Gujin didn't even know how to respond anymore, the state of his Body was really dire as he was almost bleeding from all his orifices.
Even though he felt pain all over his body, he was very familiar with this feeling; he knew that this power was actually strengthening his Divine Soul, making his Divine Soul much stronger.
Cultivation of the Divine Soul is entirely different from the cultivation of the Body; generally speaking, a Martial Artist's physical cultivation requires training to the point of risking one's life, while the power of a Martial Artist's Divine Soul needs a lot of spiritual tempering, which is much harder than ordinary physical cultivation.
During this process, Duan Gujin's Divine Soul constantly alternated between extreme ice and extreme heat states, initially making him very uncomfortable.
But he persevered for a while and then got used to it.
Next, he realized the tugging of force inside his Divine Soul was what he needed to pay special attention to.
By comparison, he determined that this strange force tugging at his Divine Soul was the root cause of his excruciating pain.
He could even feel the bones inside his body about to break, and many parts of his body showed cracks and bled.
Although this was a change happening in the Divine Soul and not in his True Body, the intense pain in the Divine Soul was even more unbearable than a similar intense pain in the Body.
Then, he felt as if a dagger was thrust into his internal organs, continuously stirring inside.
"So painful! But no matter what, I have to endure!"
Duan Gujin quickly circulated his Primordial Power, knowing he had to endure no matter what.
After another 15 minutes, he quickly spat out dozens of mouthfuls of dark blood.
Seeing the pool of dark blood on the ground, his eyebrows tightly furrowed.
"Am I now in the Consciousness Space or in the real world?"
This question quickly flashed through his mind.
After a while, he saw bursts of dazzling light erupt from within his body, those lights very warm, surprisingly helping heal his injured Divine Soul.
"Thankfully for this Divine Light, my Divine Soul feels a bit better!"
Duan Gujin felt that this sudden change must be the giant crocodile helping him.