Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 436 Innate Secret Technique: Flawless Golden Body

A crimson aura of bloodlust erupted from Du Huang's body, spreading around him and making him look like a demon god of asuras crawling out of hell.

Without using any soul skills, he simply delivered a seemingly ordinary punch.

Seeing this, Xu Chenhuan reacted extremely quickly, drawing upon the power of the earth to form a brownish-yellow defensive light barrier in front of him the instant Du Huang made his move.

Boom~
"What?" Xu Chenhuan was shocked.

That seemingly ordinary punch shattered the defensive light barrier like a stone smashing an egg, landing solidly on his chest. Like a shattered sandbag, he was sent flying by Du Huang's elbow strike from the front of Tiandou Fortress to the city wall of Xingluo Fortress, creating a deep human-shaped dent.

"Is this the secret of the Body Sect, the highest level of the innate secret techniques, the flawless golden body?"

Inside the fortress, Lin Rong watched this scene, and the circulation of Qi and blood within Du Huang's body made him think of something.

The Innate Secret Technique is one of the two closely guarded secrets of the Body Sect, and its importance far surpasses that of the Martial Soul Second Awakening Secret Technique, which is also closely guarded secret.

This secret method is divided into four stages: Body Penetration, Marrow Cleansing, Reshaping, and Golden Body.

Once one cultivates the innate secret technique to the fourth realm, the Golden Body, one can unimpededly cultivate one's soul power to the peak of level ninety-nine, and also possess an unparalleled physical body, said to be invincible except by gods.

Such a powerful secret technique offers numerous benefits upon successful cultivation, but the resources required are astronomical, and the difficulty of cultivation is extremely high.

Putting aside others, at least this Poison Emperor Poison Sect Master had not successfully cultivated the innate secret technique to the fourth realm of golden body before obtaining the inheritance of the Asura God's position. Otherwise, he would have already cultivated his soul power to level ninety-nine, and in that battle with Poseidon back then, the opponent would not have been able to break through his defense.

However, given Du Huang's talent in cultivating his soul power to the peak of level 98 before the divine inheritance was even born, even if he couldn't cultivate the innate secret technique to the fourth realm of golden body, the third realm of reshaping should not have stopped him. The accurate realm should be that he has one foot in the realm of flawless golden body.

The Asura God's inheritance merely helped him step into the same trap as before.

"The indestructible golden body created by the innate secret technique of the Body Sect, coupled with the Asura God Body created by the Asura God Power, Poison Emperor's physical strength is probably comparable to a divine artifact. It's just unknown whether it has reached the hardness of a pseudo-super divine artifact."

Lin Rong casually took out a few plates of fruit and a set of tables and chairs, and sat down with the old butler, watching the good show in front of them with great interest.

This was his original intention in having the people from the Body Sect thrown out, and it seems to have been very successful, shifting the conflict to the sidelines in one fell swoop.

"Cough cough!"

As the smoke and dust dissipated, Xu Chenhuan emerged from the city wall in a rather disheveled state, his eyes filled with rage as he looked at Du Huang.

A dignified deity was beaten into such a sorry state by another deity with a single punch. Even someone with a little thick skin would feel humiliated, let alone Xu Chenhuan, the sect leader who was extremely concerned about his reputation.

Although shocked by Du Huang's brute strength, considering that he was the sect leader of the Body Sect and his own Body Martial Soul was himself, and if the divine position he inherited also focused on the physical body, then it was understandable that he could exert such strength with just his physical body.

Boom!

A towering mound rose from the earth, and Xu Chenhuan stood on it. The power of the earth flowed into his body continuously, and his chest, which had been dented by Du Huang's punch, recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is one of the abilities granted to him by the divine artifact, the Heart of the Earth: as long as he is in contact with the earth, he can continuously draw power from the earth to restore himself.

In other words, as long as he stands firmly on the ground, he, possessing the divine position of the Earth God, is virtually invincible, unless a god can instantly kill him in one move.

But is that even possible? Xu Chenhuan certainly didn't believe that any god in this world could kill the Earth God, who was known for his defense, in one move.

The Star Crown Martial Soul excels in defense, and when combined with the Earth God's position, it becomes an even stronger force.

However, the only drawback of the Heart of the Earth ability is that one must be grounded to draw upon the power of the earth. In other words, the Earth God is not good at aerial combat.

It's not just about drawing power from the earth; many of the mysteries of the earth's heart can only be unleashed through contact with the earth. If it leaves the earth, its power will be greatly diminished.

Du Huang knew that the other party had inherited the title of Earth God, so after seeing this scene, he guessed something.

"Is it possible to draw upon the power of the earth to restore itself?"

"That's good, so you old codger won't be so weak and end up lying on the ground unable to get up after a few punches."

Du Huang stretched his muscles and bones, his joints creaking under the immense force of the massage.

In his eyes, Xu Chenhuan, the sect leader of the Star Crown Sect, was not a god, but a human punching bag that could not be broken, a human punching bag that could test one's invulnerability.

"Old man, take this!"

With a roar, Du Huang vanished from his spot in an instant.

Upon hearing this, Xu Chenhuan naively assumed that Du Huang was a stubborn and reckless man, and was wholeheartedly preparing to receive the impending punch. However, when the moment came, he discovered that it was not the case at all.

What greeted him wasn't a fist, but rather Poisonous Blaze's hair.

After successfully cultivating the Flawless Golden Body, any part of the body can be used as a weapon for attack, even that part is not impossible, it's just that no predecessor of the Body Sect has ever used it like that.

It doesn't matter where you are, using your hair as a weapon is certainly not a problem.

Each strand of Du Huang's hair was like the sharpest needle in the world. Thousands of sharp needles attacked like a rain of pear blossoms. Xu Chenhuan, who had no time to dodge, was instantly covered by this attack and turned into a honeycomb, with tiny holes everywhere, except that these holes were blood red.

Xu Chenhuan was attacked on his face, meaning that part of his brain was riddled with holes from Du Huang's hair.

Excruciating pain was transmitted through Xu Chenhuan's nerves. Although the Heart of the Earth could make him invincible on the ground, he still had to endure the pain in full.

"You like to use your hair as a concealed weapon?"

Lin Rong ate some melon while watching the battle between Du Huang and Xu Chenhuan, silently memorizing their fighting habits.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

Understanding an enemy thoroughly can effectively reduce the risk of failure when facing them in the future.

Having cultivated a flawless golden body and inherited the position of the Asura God, Du Huang, with his physical body comparable to a divine artifact, is likely capable of directly blocking the Guanyin Tear he is currently unleashing.

The only drawback was his soul; before becoming a god, Lin Rong wasn't absolutely certain he could kill Du Huang with a soul attack.

(End of this chapter)