Chapter 501
Adapting to Death
Chapter 501 Adapting to Death
He was suddenly startled, enduring the excruciating pain that felt like his soul was being torn apart, and forced his sluggish thoughts to begin functioning with great difficulty.
"Because...I've died?"
He recalled his experience in the "Justice" dimension.
Faced with the obliteration by the intelligent creations left behind by the ninth-level being, he was powerless to resist, and his soul and existence were completely annihilated.
It was the pre-prepared scapegoat that activated, pulling him back from absolute death.
"Could it be... because it has truly 'died' once, the body tempering method's 'adaptive evolution'... has begun to adapt to the concept of 'death' itself?"
This conjecture sent a chill down his spine.
He had always known the immense potential of the Body Tempering Method's adaptive evolutionary capabilities, which allowed him to adapt to various injuries, pressures, environments, and even mental stress.
But he never imagined that this adaptability... could extend into the realm of "death"!
If that's the case, then his current situation becomes understandable.
Even if he hasn't fully adapted to death, just partially adapting is enough to significantly increase his tolerance for death.
Other wizards would perish immediately upon receiving a fatal injury, but the same injury to him might only result in "near death" or "serious injury," rather than immediate "death."
Because of the "adaptability" of his body and soul, he has, to some extent, significantly raised the threshold for "death".
This explains why he was able to maintain consciousness and "live" even after his soul was shattered.
"Body cultivation... is known in the cultivation world as the strongest in combat power among those of the same level... but I have always subconsciously regarded it as a cultivation method to supplement the strength of the body."
Jemin lay on the cold ground, his shattered soul trembling in agony, his thoughts drifting to the records about the cultivation world in the Great Dao Library.
"But now that I think about it, even cultivators from other systems can improve their physical fitness through various means. So... the core of body cultivators, what distinguishes them from other cultivators, is actually the ability of 'adaptive evolution,' the ultimate form of which is the ability to adapt to, or even be immune to, 'death'..."
He felt a chill run down his spine.
Therefore, those body cultivation geniuses who come from top cultivation sects and have access to massive resources and guidance from seniors can completely "experience" death again and again under the protection of the sect by consuming resurrection-type treasures or pills, allowing their bodies and souls to constantly "adapt" to it.
Ultimately, they created a monster that was truly "immortal"!
Body cultivators are not afraid of getting injured; what they fear is being killed in one blow before they can adapt to the damage.
If even being "killed in one blow" can be greatly resisted or even made immune through prior adaptation...
“Then body cultivators really…have almost no weaknesses,” Jemin murmured.
Although he had been trying to improve his mental assessment of the combat power of body cultivators, he now realized that he had underestimated them.
"So, perhaps I could... no, the price is too high... at least not at this stage." He immediately shook his head, dispelling the unrealistic fantasy.
A most ordinary scapegoat is priced at 10 billion high-level military merits on the Star Ring Federation's exchange list!
That's an astronomical figure, enough to drive many level six wizards to despair.
With his current earning power, trying to use this to increase his "death resistance" is simply wishful thinking.
However, this discovery is still of great significance.
At least, he had a clearer understanding of the potential of the Body Tempering Technique he was practicing.
Time slipped away amidst excruciating pain and wild thoughts.
Several hours passed, and Jemin remained weakly lying on the ground, the excruciating pain in his soul showing no signs of abating. But gradually, he sensed something different.
The excruciating pain that was enough to crush the will of an ordinary person seemed... no longer so "unbearable".
It wasn't that the pain had lessened, but rather that his "tolerance threshold" had been forcibly raised through the continuous adaptive evolution of the body-tempering method. He could still clearly feel every bit of soul-tearing pain, but this pain could no longer easily overwhelm his consciousness.
He tried, very slowly, to move his fingers.
Successful.
Next, his wrists, then his arms, and finally, supporting himself on the ground, little by little, with extreme difficulty, he lifted his upper body off the ground.
Every tiny movement was accompanied by excruciating pain as if his soul were being torn apart, and cold sweat poured out like a torrent, but he gritted his teeth and, little by little, regained control of his broken body.
"We must...leave immediately..."
He gasped for breath, staggered to his feet, and looked around.
This area was completely destroyed in the battle just now, and the energy fluctuations are extremely chaotic.
The death of that level six wizard will definitely attract the attention of the Allied Forces' high command.
Pursuers could arrive at any moment.
But in his current state, even an ordinary level 5 wizard would be enough to kill him.
Jemin gasped for breath, trying to regain his broken mind.
He needs to erase the traces and disrupt the tracking.
He took out the artifact of the Karma Tracing Technique from the cave, and his spiritual power flowed slowly into the artifact with his thoughts, activating the modification spell.
Then, Jemin was about to manipulate the spell further...
"Ugh!!!"
A sudden, intense pain, like being pierced by millions of steel needles, erupted from the depths of his soul, causing him to groan in pain, his vision to go black, and he almost fainted.
The newly formed spell model swayed violently like a candle in the wind under the disturbance of mental energy, and then collapsed and dissipated.
He knelt on the ground, his hands gripping the cold floor so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
“No… In my current state, I simply cannot control this kind of witchcraft that requires precise and continuous manipulation…” Jemin gritted his teeth, his face as pale as paper.
The Causal Tracing Technique is not a spell that is finished once it is cast. It requires the caster to continuously guide and adjust it in order to accurately conceal or falsify the flow of information, which requires extremely high computing power and mental concentration.
With his shattered soul, forcing himself to use it would be tantamount to self-harm.
He gave up his idea of erasing the information using the causal tracking technique, his face grim.
Since the Cause and Effect Tracing Technique is unusable, the Light Transformation Escape Technique is out of the question.
That requires a temporary transformation of one's own existence, demanding an extremely high level of integrity and control over the soul.
Complex, high-computational-powerful magic spells like spatial teleportation are simply a pipe dream.
Ultimately, he could only place his hopes on other forms of witchcraft.
With a slight thought, a specially crafted talisman artifact engraved with the [Tai Xu Step] rune was activated from the cave and attached to the side of the leg.
The familiar field of concealment and acceleration quietly enveloped his entire body, but Jemin's heart sank slightly.
After careful perception, he found that, as he had expected, the "deep concealment" effect of the Tai Xu Step, which allowed him to perfectly blend into the environment and deceive conventional perception while still, was not fully effective.
(One more chapter.)
(End of this chapter)