Free Web NovelChapter 332: Chapter 49: 5-Spirit Colorful Feathers and Reverse Scale
What Su Zhou wanted to cultivate was, naturally, the same kind of Divine Technique the Great Roc Golden-winged Bird possessed—one that allowed it to switch to its beast form and guarantee its survival even after its human form had its head blown off.
When Garuda was hit in the head by a shot from Bai Canglang’s Extraordinary Sniper, Su Zhou had activated the Pentagram to enhance his Soul and enter Bullet Time. He clearly saw how the bullet shattered the girl’s skull, scrambling the brains and blood within. Logically speaking, it should have been a fatal blow. At the very least, Su Zhou felt that if he took a hit like that, he’d be at least half-dead.
As for why only half-dead, it was because he still wasn’t sure how much damage it would take to actually kill him. As of yet, there was no one in this world who could push him to that point.
But with a single transformation into her Demon True Body, Garuda was completely unharmed. Her power didn’t drop—it increased! Although he still completely dominated her afterward, when her Demon True Body was also destroyed, the human form that reappeared was almost uninjured. That recovery speed was truly incredible!
"That’s basically like having several extra lives!"
As he spoke, Su Zhou took a bite of a Peach of Immortality. His expression was grave and his tone solemn. "Although being a long, slithery thing is a bit ugly... no, I mean, it’s very good-looking. And it comes with several extra lives as a bonus. Of course I want to learn to cultivate it!"
"You call that wanting to cultivate a True Body?!"
Able to hear the completely undisguised insincerity in Su Zhou’s words, Yara was instantly mortified and slapped Su Zhou’s face with its little tail. "You just crave the True Body’s life-saving ability! You’re shameless!"
Su Zhou’s tone was one of astonishment, as if he’d just seen a spider walking on two legs or a crab crossing the street in a straight line. "You *don’t* crave its life-saving ability?! You’re a eunuch!"
Of course, besides craving the True Body’s life-saving ability, Su Zhou was also very interested in the combat power boost from the transformation. After the Great Roc Golden-winged Bird returned to its True Body, its Spiritual Power reserves shot up severalfold, and its speed became nearly sonic. It would be a lie to say Su Zhou wasn’t envious; he was already thinking, ’I need to get me one of those.’
Besides, the bodies of Demon Race Spirit Beasts were just too big. This one was only at the Extraordinary Tier and was just over ten meters long, which was still manageable. Su Zhou could barely handle it in his human form. But if it were a Commander Tier, a level above Extraordinary, wouldn’t it be tens or even hundreds of meters tall? In the future, he might even have to face Monsters as vast as mountains, continents, or even stars.
Look no further than the Immortal Banyan Tree for an example. It occupied the land of an entire province, its roots reaching deep into the planet’s mantle. Attacking it at a human’s scale would be like trying to scratch it to death.
Even if Su Zhou’s power was high enough to shatter a city with one blow, wouldn’t it be exhausting to spend all day giving a giant monster a pedicure?
If he also had a True Body, why would he need to bother with all that? He could just use his own size to crush any large opponent. If he didn’t learn a skill like this, he’d truly be letting down the Undying Blood in his veins.
However, Yara soon informed Su Zhou that the True Body Cultivation Method wasn’t actually exclusive to Demon Fiends.
"Did you really think humans don’t have it?"
As it spoke, Yara wagged its tail and tutted. "You can call it ’Holy Face,’ ’True Body,’ ’Dharma Form,’ ’Dharma Body,’ ’Legendary Entity,’ or ’Mythical Form’... In different civilizations and different worlds, this type of Cultivation Method has many names, but ultimately, it’s a specialized combat form designed by Transcendents for battle."
"In the ancient history of your world, this Divine Technique may indeed have been exclusive to the Demon Race. Even now, Cultivators with bloodlines have an easier time mastering it than ordinary Cultivators. But if you think only the Demon Race can transform, you’re definitely going to be in for a rude awakening when you see a black-haired human’s hair suddenly turn golden, with arcs of lightning flashing all over their body, or one who grows two extra arms to become a four-armed giant!"
Su Zhou was reminded of the old saying about ignoring your elders and suffering the consequences. He could tell Yara was speaking from the heart, from deep experience, so there was no point in arguing.
However, as strong as Su Zhou was now, he had not yet reached the minimum strength required to pursue the Cultivation of a ’True Body.’ He would have to at least achieve the Transcendent Transformation of all his organs—in other words, reach the Extraordinary High-tier—before he could even begin to cultivate this Divine Technique.
After all, the most crucial part of a True Body was using one’s Spiritual Power Organs as a foundation to connect with the world and gestate one’s own combat form.
As for Su Zhou’s current Cultivation progress, he had transformed his ’digestive organs,’ ’eyes,’ ’bone marrow,’ ’internal meridians,’ ’Heart of the Thunder Marsh,’ and potentially soon, the ’Five Spirits Colorful Feathers.’ He was still a ways off from the Transcendent Transformation of his entire body. For him, the ’lungs,’ ’spleen,’ ’bones,’ ’muscles,’ and finally, the ’brain’ remained.
That said, the Transcendent Transformation of the entire body didn’t necessarily mean he had to cultivate every single organ one by one. All that was necessary was to maintain the body’s internal circulation.
Take the liver, for example. For an ordinary person, it’s extremely important, controlling metabolism, storing energy, detoxifying the body, and synthesizing many important endocrine substances. But for a Transcendent, the liver is no longer needed for metabolism and detoxification in the conventional sense. The only thing worth noting is its ability to naturally attract Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy, as it is an organ of circulation and detoxification.
But for a need as simple as that, there was no reason to go out of one’s way to complete its Transcendent Transformation. Creating a Spiritual Power Pool or a Furnace Core to replace it would suffice.
The spleen, however, was different. Even if many of its functions were now irrelevant to Su Zhou, it was the body’s blood regulator. It could work in conjunction with the Heart of the Thunder Marsh, allowing him to control whether the Thunder Power in his body was restrained or unleashed in a Burst. Su Zhou would cultivate it next—followed by his bones, lungs, and other organs.
