hotmtlnovel Chapter 127 The Mastery of Copper Skin and the Nightmare of the Monsters
Chapter 127 The Mastery of Copper Skin and the Nightmare of the Monsters
Chapter 127: The Great Completion of Copper Skin and the Nightmare of the Demonic Beasts
The small courtyard was filled with the aroma of herbs. Lin Yan, shirtless, was soaking in a tub of medicinal bath bubbling with dark green bubbles and emitting a strange starlight. He gritted his teeth, enduring the excruciating pain of the medicinal power piercing his pores and tempering his skin. Twenty years had passed in this repetitive cycle of "soaking-pounding-absorption."
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Holding a strangely shaped, oar-like bronze magic weapon, Lin Gang expressionlessly and powerfully patted every inch of Lin Yan's skin. Each strike produced a dull metallic clang, splashing medicinal liquid and forging the surging medicinal power deeper into Lin Yan's skin.
The cycle repeated itself endlessly, countless times.
That day, Lin Yan suddenly stood up from the medicine tub, rinsing his body with clean water. His blood and energy surged like a great river, and beneath his skin, a simple yet resilient bronze luster faintly emanated, as if he were not made of flesh and blood, but cast from divine bronze. With every movement, the air seemed to emit a soft whistling sound.
The Great Zhou Celestial Body Refining Technique, Second Stage, Three Layers of Copper Skin, Successful!
His physical strength had already exceeded 100,000 jin!
"Haha! That feels good!" Lin Yan laughed heartily, feeling the explosive power within him. He desperately needed a thrilling battle to adapt to this surge in strength, and the best punching bag... was naturally his tough-skinned monster friends in the Wanyan Mountains.
"Brothers, I, Hu Hansan, am back!" Lin Yan roared, and without using his flying sword, he used only his physical strength to push off the ground, shooting into the depths of the mountains like a cannonball, leaving only a shallow, cracked crater in his wake.
The first victim was the Ironclad Mountain Boar, Ganglie (late Foundation Establishment stage). This mountain boar monster possessed a trace of the ancient Dang Kang bloodline, and its innate abilities were thick hide and savage charge. It lived in a muddy swamp area, its body covered with thick, bristly hairs stained with dried mud, as if wearing a heavy armor. Its two tusks were like scimitars, and it loved to crush its opponents with its charge.
When Lin Yan found it, it was happily rolling around in the mud.
"Gang Lie! Come on, bump into me!" Lin Yan beckoned with his finger.
Upon seeing his old nemesis, Ganglie's heart surged with both old and new grudges (mainly remembering the painful experience of being trapped by the formation and having his face blown by talismans). He roared, pawing the ground with his hooves, his body glowing with an earthy-yellow light, and charged towards Lin Yan like a heavy tank, his momentum astonishing!
In the past, Lin Yan would have dodged or used his magic weapon long ago. But this time, he assumed a steady Tai Chi bow stance, slowly raising his hands and drawing a circle in the air.
"Good timing!"
Just as Ganglie's terrifying fangs were about to reach him, Lin Yan's hand seemingly gently rested on the side of Ganglie's massive head.
Tai Chi - Transforming Energy!
A gentle yet continuous force emanated, subtly guiding and pulling. The monstrous lizard felt an immense force that involuntarily veered it off course. The impact, imbued with its full power, felt like striking slippery cotton, or being swept away by a current of water, its force largely dissipated. Unable to regain its footing, it crashed headfirst into the nearby mud puddle with a thunderous roar, splashing up a cloud of foul mud.
"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!" Ganglie scrambled to his feet, shaking his head, somewhat bewildered. Why wasn't this human kid playing by the rules?
Undeterred, it charged again.
Lin Yan repeated the same trick, each time skillfully deflecting its immense force, causing it to fall into the mud and crash into a large tree time and time again.
Finally, Lin Yan got tired of it.
When Ganglie charged again, he no longer used his strength to deflect the attack. Instead, he clenched his right fist and struck first, seemingly lightly, with a punch that landed on Ganglie's side, which was covered in thick mud.
Tai Chi - Vibrating Power!
The moment the fists made contact, Lin Yan's arm muscles vibrated slightly at an extremely high frequency. The terrifying force of 100,000 jin was not a direct impact, but was transformed into a strange vibration wave that penetrated the thick fur and fat layer of the hyena and was transmitted directly to its internal organs!
"Awooo—!"
The hyena let out a piercing scream, completely unlike a pig's squeal. Its massive body stiffened abruptly, then it staggered a few steps as if drunk, before collapsing to the ground with a thud. It felt as if its stomach was churning, its intestines twisting together, nauseous and seeing stars, almost vomiting up its dinner from the night before. The trembling, excruciating pain from its internal organs completely rendered it incapable of fighting.
Lin Yan clapped his hands, looked at Gang Lie who was lying on the ground convulsing, and shook his head: "All brute force, no skill whatsoever." He tossed over a healing pill, "I'll come find you to play again next time."
Looking at the pills, Ganglie suddenly didn't find them so appealing. It began to doubt its very existence as a pig: Was the reckless, headstrong nature passed down from its ancestors... wrong?
The second victim was the Three-Tailed Lightning Sable Flowing Light (Late Foundation Establishment stage). This sable demon beast possessed a faint bloodline of a distant relative of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, and its talents were extreme speed and alluring illusions. It lived in a dense bamboo forest, its body as fast as purple lightning, and its three tails could create dazzling illusions when they danced. It was skilled at sneak attacks.
When Lin Yan found it, it was gracefully grooming its fur on the bamboo tip.
"Liuguang, take this!" Lin Yan threw a punch from a distance, the force of which was powerful.
A flash of purple light appeared in Liu Guang's eyes, and his figure vanished instantly. The next moment, he reappeared beside Lin Yan, his sharp claws flashing coldly as he grabbed for Lin Yan's throat. His speed far exceeded the reaction speed of cultivators of the same level.
However, Lin Yan didn't need to use his eyes at all. Nor did he use his divine sense; his hearing was already at a transcendent level, and his skin's perception of airflow was extremely acute. He didn't even need to think; his body instinctively formed a Tai Chi cloud hand, his arm circling around, as if he had foreseen the future, blocking the claws' inevitable path.
"Snapped!"
The glittering claws felt as if they had gripped a slippery, tough, thick piece of rubber, all its force being neutralized. Having missed its target, it immediately used the force of Lin Yan's block to retreat with lightning speed, while its three tails swayed, instantly creating seven or eight realistic afterimages around Lin Yan, all pouncing from all directions!
Lin Yan smiled slightly, closed his eyes, and relied solely on his skin to sense the airflow. All the illusions were illusory to him; only the airflow disturbance in one direction was real!
His body swayed like a willow catkin in the wind, narrowly avoiding the real attack, while his fingers flicked out like lightning, accurately striking the forehead of the true form of the flowing light.
hum!
Another slight vibration penetrated in!
Liuguang felt a buzzing sound in its head, as if it had been struck by a thunderous gong. Its vision went black, and it was instantly jolted out of its high-speed movement. Dizzy and disoriented, it fell to the ground and couldn't get up for a long time, its vision filled with stars. Its speed and illusions lost all their advantages in the face of absolute perception and the stillness that controls movement, like the Tai Chi principle.
The third victim: Rock Giant Ape - Stone Fury (Late Foundation Establishment Stage). This giant ape possesses a trace of the bloodline of the Vajra Demon Ape, and its talents are immense strength and the power of the earth. It lives in a rocky valley, its muscles bulging like rocks. When enraged, it can stomp on the earth, causing earth spikes to rise up, and its power is fierce and unparalleled.
When Shi Nu saw Lin Yan, he remembered the frustration of being frozen and entangled by vines. He roared and pounded his chest, then picked up a boulder weighing several thousand pounds and hurled it at him!
Lin Yan neither dodged nor avoided, but stepped forward, and with a circling motion of his hands, he used the force of Tai Chi to catch the flying boulder steadily. The huge impact was channeled into the ground through the subtle vibrations of his body and the steps he took, and he himself remained completely still!
Then, with a twist of his waist, he used the momentum to throw the boulder back the way it came! Even faster!
Shi Nu was stunned and hurriedly dodged. Unconvinced, it roared and charged forward, its fist, as big as a bowl, smashing towards Lin Yan with a sonic boom that tore through the air.
This time, Lin Yan did not completely deflect the force, but instead used both arms to block the blow.
"Bang!"
With a muffled thud, the rock beneath Lin Yan's feet cracked inch by inch, but his body only swayed slightly, his bronze skin glowing, completely unharmed!
"You're quite strong!" Lin Yan smiled, taking the opportunity to get closer. His hands seemed to be glued to Shi Nu's thick arms. With a stroke and a press, he used the force of Tai Chi grappling to disrupt Shi Nu's center of gravity. At the same time, his knees, like snakes emerging from their holes, gently pressed against Shi Nu's abdomen.
Zhenjin - Hitting a cow across the mountain!
"Ugh!" Shi Nu's massive body stiffened abruptly. The terrifying shockwave pierced through its tough muscle defenses, directly impacting its relatively vulnerable internal organs! It felt its stomach convulse violently, almost vomiting bile. Its enormous body crashed to its knees, clutching its stomach, gasping for breath for a long time, tears welling in its eyes. Its most prized strength and defense seemed so clumsy and ineffective in the face of this bizarre "internal shock."
Over the next few days, Lin Yan challenged almost every late-stage Foundation Establishment demonic beast in the Wanyan Mountain Range. Poisonous Swamp Serpents, Gale Wolf... no matter if their talents were poison, wind, or sound waves, as long as Lin Yan touched their flesh, they were all ultimately defeated by Lin Yan's slippery, neutralizing force and shock force that specifically damaged internal organs.
The monsters were utterly defeated. They couldn't win before because of their "cunning," but now even their most prized physical strength and innate abilities were being crushed head-on? What kind of game is this?!
So, when Lin Yan excitedly went into the mountains again to find a "sparring partner," he found that the situation had changed:
Ganglie saw him from afar, grunted, and scurried into the deepest part of the mud pit, refusing to come out.
Liuguang hid in the densest part of the bamboo forest, wrapping himself into a ball with his tail and pretending not to exist.
Upon seeing him, Shi Nu immediately picked up a large rock and blocked the entrance to his cave.
The other monsters fled at the mere mention of his name, or hid in their caves trembling, refusing to come out no matter how much Lin Yan challenged them.
"Hey! Come out and have some fun! I promise I won't use the shockwave!"
"Give me some face, you're just a freshly forged copper sheet, I haven't had my fill of fun yet!"
"There's plenty of pills!"
The only response he received was the echo of the valley and the rustling of the wind through the leaves.
Lin Yan scratched his head, feeling utterly bored: "These guys are too weak. They have no fighting spirit at all!" He had no choice but to return to the courtyard dejectedly.
After this battle, the infamy of the "humanoid ferocious beast of the Wanyan Mountains" reached new heights, and a new warning spread among the monsters: Better to provoke the King of Hell than to provoke the human who can "gently caress" your internal organs!
Having completed his physical trials, Lin Yanjing was filled with longing and decided to attempt the Soul Refining stage. He opened his furnace and refined a batch of top-grade Soul Nourishing Pills. When the pills were completed, they emitted a fragrant aroma, enough to nourish the soul of a Golden Core cultivator.
Then, he took a deep breath and once again immersed his soul into that terrifying millstone of gods and demons.
"Ugh—!"
Boundless pain struck again; the agony of having one's soul crushed and torn apart was enough to break even the most resolute mind. But Lin Yan had long since grown accustomed to this pain, even finding a kind of tenacious enjoyment in it. He steadfastly guarded the last vestige of clarity in his mind, his will as refined as steel forged through countless trials, remaining unmoved as the millstone turned!
Twenty years have flown by once again.
When Lin Yan opened his eyes again, his gaze had become even more profound, as if it contained the birth and death of stars. Deep within his pupils, a tiny, incredibly solid, illusory image of a millstone seemed to flash by.
The Divine Demon Visualization Technique, Second Transformation, Sixth Level, Success!
Divine sense strength: Mid-stage Golden Core! Divine sense coverage radius: Fifty miles!
With a thought, his talisman brush "Shadow Wind" flew out. Without needing paper, he drew in mid-air, and the complex second-tier top-grade talisman patterns appeared as smoothly as flowing clouds and water. The spiritual power flowed without any stagnation. He drew for three days and three nights in a row, and his divine sense was still full!
"Not bad, the pain wasn't in vain." Lin Yan nodded in satisfaction. This powerful divine sense brought a more refined control over his own strength, a more acute perception of the surrounding environment, and a deeper understanding of techniques such as formations, talismans, and alchemy.
Counting the time, two months had passed in the outside world. He led Lin Gang and Wang Yuling out of the space.
Lin Er waited respectfully as always.
"Young Master, you've emerged from seclusion."
"Hmm, is anything happening outside?" Lin Yan asked casually.
"Young Master, there are a few things. On June 20th, the Soviet government unilaterally broke its nuclear technology assistance agreement with our country. On July 15th, a nationwide strike of about 500,000 steelworkers broke out in the United States, which has lasted for several weeks and shows no signs of stopping. Also, the auction of your diamond jewelry has been completed, and it was quite a sensation. I've already taken care of the taxes for you, and the money has been deposited into your bank account. After paying the taxes, you'll still have over seven million US dollars left," Lin Yan thought, remembering that he still had thirteen million US dollars in his storage ring! Spending money is a headache!
Lin Yan nodded after listening. These were all known ripples in the course of history and had not affected his overall plan.
"I understand," he replied casually, his gaze already fixed on the window.
After two months of arduous training, his strength had once again made a leap forward. He could finally go out and have some fun, so Lin Yan decided to take a spontaneous trip in 1959.