The task of stopping the Witch Spirit Race from summoning the totem has ended, and Lu Yu and his companions safely returned to An Nan City. Even those who first fled accomplished their task of luring the enemy and received their task rewards.

The Black Spirit Witch was ultimately slain. After enduring Lu Yu's most powerful strike, it suffered severe injuries.

Seizing the opportunity, Hong Chu used the Wind God Sword avatar given by Jing Wei to kill the Black Spirit Witch. Although Lu Yu did not receive the experience reward for slaying the Black Spirit Witch, he did complete the task of defeating the totem avatar of the Witch Spirit Race—the Black Spirit Witch.

After completing the task, the reward provided Lu Yu with one million experience points and a special item.

[Special Item—Black Spirit Power: After use, gain a portion of the Black Spirit's soul power for a short period; once the Black Spirit Power's duration ends, the user dies.]

[Note: The duration of Black Spirit Power depends on the user's soul strength. The higher the soul strength, the longer the duration. There is a small chance of survival if the Black Spirit Power is terminated early.]

Black Spirit Power is a self-sacrifice type explosive item. Upon use, the user can obtain immense power for a short period. It is a special item where the deterrent effect outweighs its usage value.

When used by a Qi Sea Realm expert, it can even grant power comparable to that of a Core Formation Realm expert. However, the ultimate strength of the obtained power still depends on the user's own soul power.

Using Black Spirit Power does not necessarily result in death but has a high chance of causing death.

An ordinary soul cannot withstand the pressure of immense soul power. If the pressure's limit is reached and terminated early, there is a small chance of survival.

There may be permanent soul injuries, but it's better than complete death.

Lu Yu would not choose to use this item, as he has a better candidate in mind—an ancestor from the Liang family who has transformed into a demonic body and lost his soul, using it may yield special effects.

After the task, Lu Yu stayed in the Divine Weapon Pavilion's dormitory courtyard instead of going to the front lines to participate in battles. He was preparing to refine the second Thunder Source Fruit.

Sitting in the room, he adjusted his Qi Blood and Spiritual Power internally to clear the hidden dangers left after using the Blood Burning Secret Technique. When his body was adjusted to peak condition, Lu Yu took out the second Thunder Source Fruit.

He had obtained a total of five Thunder Source Fruits. The one he was refining this time was the second largest.

The Thunder Source Fruit had been kept in his backpack, with no loss of vitality. When the Thunder Source Fruit was taken out, the vitality power quickly began to dissipate.

Lu Yu quickly swallowed it, mobilizing his Spiritual Power to refine the Thunder Source Fruit. Bursts of Power of Thunder erupted from the fruit, penetrating Lu Yu's viscera, bones, and skin.

Sitting crossed-legged on the bed, blue electric light danced on Lu Yu's body surface. It felt as if his body was being hammered from all angles by endless giant hammers, and he could even feel his scalp tingling.

If he hadn't used Spiritual Power to protect his brain, the exploding Power of Thunder might have affected Lu Yu's consciousness. Although it wouldn't destroy his brain, it would certainly make it difficult for him to focus and operate his Cultivation Technique.

He desperately operated the Nine-Turn Diamond Body, absorbing the Thunder Power erupting within to forge his body's tempering strength.

His skin tightened constantly, becoming more elastic, with a glossy golden light shimmering on its surface.

Impurities within his muscles were tempered by the Power of Thunder, becoming more resilient, robust, and powerful like intertwined steel reinforcement, dense and seamless, focusing all strength together.

His bones were tempered to become more solid, crystal clear as if they turned into real crystals, with the Blazing Blood Marrow flowing within shining more brightly, as if it could burn everything once it flowed out.

Golden light burst forth from Lu Yu's body as he sat cross-legged on the bed, making him look as if he was molded from gold.

His body was supposed to exude a sense of vastness and solidity, like a Buddha who influences and shows compassion to the world, but now it only exuded an aura of ruthless killing, like a closed-eyed Vajra with a glaring face, a demon-subduing Arhat.

Without understanding the Buddhist scripture, Lu Yu always lacked a Buddha's aura, instead resembling more a legendary Asura.

The Power of Thunder continued to weaken, causing Lu Yu to frown; one Thunder Source Fruit was not enough to complete the Nine-Turn Diamond Body's third turn cultivation, which surprised him.

Perhaps his physique was too strong, causing the required tempering strength for his Nine-Turn Diamond Body cultivation to also increase.

He hurriedly took out the third Thunder Source Fruit and swallowed it. More mighty Power of Thunder erupted within him, the golden light on his body surface became denser, making it impossible to see his original skin color.

Bang~ Lu Yu felt his mind shake, his entire consciousness sublimated. When he opened his eyes again, he saw a faint golden light emitted from his skin, as if his skin was dusted with gold powder.

He reached out and pinched his skin, finding its toughness beyond imagination; even pinching a piece of skin required considerable effort.

After carefully sensing, Lu Yu found that the Golden Armor Spirit Array imprinted under his skin had undergone subtle changes, seemingly merging with his skin.

This change seemed related to the layer of golden light on his skin.

[Through rigorous cultivation, the Nine-Turn Diamond Body has broken through to the third turn, Qi Blood +150, Spiritual Power +300]

[Having insights in cultivating the Nine-Turn Diamond Body, realm breakthrough to Qi Realm Ninth Layer, Qi Blood +6, Spiritual Power +500]

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