Heavenly Ranking

Chapter 120 Corpse Demon
"Bang bang bang!"

Flames burst forth.

The Dream of the Red Track Gold Mine.

Holding a cold steel sword, Ji Fuyou unleashed his full mental power, clearly discerning every trajectory of the Corpse Demon King's chain swings.

The sword in his hand intertwined into a dense phantom, carrying the powerful force granted by the disintegration of the Heavenly Demon, and with lightning speed, it swung away the Corpse Demon King's chains time and time again.

The next moment, he suddenly unleashed his sword intent, and a chilling killing intent that pierced through the will condensed on the sword's edge, seemingly about to tear apart the body of the Corpse Demon King first.

The approaching sword intent made it seem that the Corpse Demon King needed more time to judge whether the threat was the sword intent itself or the cold steel sword that followed.

Although it was only for a moment, it had already made a decision, throwing out the iron chain and heading straight for his cold steel sword. But as Ji Fuyou became one with the sword, thrusting forward, the cold blade had already reached less than a foot in front of the Corpse Demon King!
"boom!"

Flames burst forth.

At a distance of less than a foot, the cold steel sword was knocked away by the iron chain that was being lashed out.

"Almost!"

Ji Fuyou suddenly opened his eyes wide.

He unleashed a burst of power from his feet, wishing he could transform himself into a sharp sword.

Driven by this intense spiritual conviction, the power within him seemed to be drawn out from other directions, concentrating entirely on his shoulder, which was about to collide with the Corpse Demon King…

"Oh!"

A surge of energy!

His figure was like a long sword piercing through the air, striking out with lightning speed and crashing hard into the Corpse Demon King's massive body!
"Crack!"

The sound of bones shattering rang out clearly.

But it is not the Corpse Demon King.

It's the season for floating!

A powerful shockwave!?
When mind and intention are unified, power is generated throughout the body!
Once attacked, the internal energy will spontaneously generate a counter-attack!

This shockwave directly shattered Ji Fuyou's shoulder blade as he transformed his body into a sword and crashed into the air!

"Roar!"

The Corpse Demon King let out a furious roar and swung his fist, gripping the iron chain tightly, horizontally.

Its astonishing height and size difference meant that it actually clenched its fist, which was the size of a clay pot, and slammed it hard onto his head.

One strike...

He woke up straight away.

But this time when he woke up, he didn't even care about the mental strain caused by using dream control techniques continuously; he looked extremely excited.

"physique!"

This time, his defeat was entirely due to his physical limitations.

The Demonic Disintegration only allows him to unleash power beyond the limits of his physical body; it does not mean that his physical strength has also increased.

If he had 30 points in physique, he could definitely withstand the Corpse Demon King's shockwave. The heavy impact of transforming his body into a sword would inevitably force the Corpse Demon King to stagger backward, lose his balance, and leave him wide open.

He'll give it his all then...

It might even be possible to kill the Corpse Demon King head-on.

There is hope.

In addition...

"That feeling just now..."

Ji Fuyou got up and went downstairs. Ignoring the fact that it was still four o'clock in the morning in Xingguang City, he started practicing.

Gradually, I pondered the wondrous power that penetrated through the shoulder.

"Being able to generate force from any part of one's body... that's already the threshold of Transformation Force. Although I was in a state of Demonic Disintegration at that time, controlling my body with my spirit, let's just say that's Transformation Force!"

Ten days!

In just ten days since Ji Fuyou returned from Chiyang City, he has gone from a martial arts novice who was still pondering the mysteries of internal strength to someone who has reached the threshold of mastering internal strength.

This progress was incredibly effective.

All of this was thanks to the Corpse Demon King's repeated attempts to train him.

"Quick! Quick!"

Ji Fuyou kept reviewing the battle that had just taken place.

Soon, he will have the strength to fight the Corpse Demon King head-on.

Furthermore, if he were given another hundred thousand contribution points to exchange for top-tier inner armor and a peerless divine weapon capable of shattering the Corpse Demon King's chains, he could now slay this powerful Corpse Demon King, who was so formidable that only a team of master-level martial artists could hope to defeat him.

Of course, this does not mean that he is stronger than a master-level martial artist.

His ability to defeat the Corpse Demon King was entirely due to the dozens of life-or-death battles he had fought with this monster during this period, and through repeated review and analysis, he had accumulated a great deal of experience in understanding the Corpse Demon King's attack patterns.

Only by leveraging this advantage of experience, coupled with superior equipment, can one have a chance to defeat it.

Replace it with a master-level martial artist...

He could never do that.

unless……

That master-level martial artist had just been promoted and had not yet had time to make up for his lack of mental strength.

"Actually, in that battle just now, if my equipment had been better, I could have turned the tide. But if I had been stronger and faster with my sword, I could have broken through the Demon King's blockade before it could attack and delivered the final blow. I could still have won."

To make the power even greater, and the sword speed even faster...

Strengthening your physique is the best way.

Strengthening his physique requires red physique source crystals, which he will find difficult to obtain in a short period of time.

but……

There is great hope in advancing the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique from its initial stage to its partial stage.

At that time, the physical potential will be further unleashed, and the outcome of the battle will be completely different.

"The dozens of life-or-death battles in my dreams, each involving unleashing the limits of my physical strength using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, have given me some experience in delving deeper into this art... The only problem is that my mental capacity is too low to maintain the Heavenly Demon Disintegration state stably. The battle must end in a very short time, otherwise..."

His body will break down!
"There's still time. We can try for a few more days. Our goal is to end the battle using the partially disintegrated state of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration!"

Activating the Heavenly Demon's Disintegration to this extent is destined to turn into a battle where it's either you or me.

Chigui Gold Mine.

At this point, there were practically no workers to be seen in the mine.

Because in just three days, it will be the biggest family reunion festival in the Great Commercial Federation, and almost all employees have already been given a holiday.

Not only the employees, but even Ji Qingqing and Yu Xiaoyu had returned to their hometowns three days ago.

With the mine workers on holiday, Ji Fuyou was able to put his plans into action...

There aren't any plans that need to be implemented.

At best, they would set up a few safe zones to ensure that if things truly became unmanageable, they could escape the Corpse Demon King's attacks.

Since the mine has basically ceased operations, with only a dozen or so security personnel and equipment maintenance workers remaining, it is clearly insufficient to seal off the entire mine.

The floating cargo transported supplies without anyone noticing.

Even if he gets discovered, it doesn't matter. With mental hypnosis, he can make these people ignore him completely.

After two days of preparation, Ji Fuyou arrived deep inside the mine.

Next…

It's about being patient and waiting.

……

"A crystallization of spiritual essence, a mastery of physical strength..."

Ji Fuyou sensed his current state.

A few days ago, Ji Fuyou had already reached the threshold of the Transformation Realm.

After several more days of refining his dreams and countless life-or-death battles, he crossed the Dark Force stage of cultivation at an incredible speed, directly reaching the pinnacle of power.

This may be due to mental advantages and heightened perception brought about by physical strength reaching 25 points, but the main reason is that the Corpse Demon King, as the sparring partner, was trying too hard.

It was thanks to the Corpse Demon King, a master of skill, relentlessly training him that his cultivation level improved by leaps and bounds in just over ten days.

"Unfortunately... there's not enough time. If I had the Corpse Demon King as my sparring partner for a few more months, not only would my internal strength have reached a higher level, but I would also have a great chance of mastering the complete and perfect internal energy."

As Ji Fuyou set up a trap at a ventilation shaft he had chosen earlier, his thoughts raced.

In fact, during this period, besides his mastery of physical strength, his greatest growth was in spiritual development.

"My spiritual power has begun to crystallize, which is somewhat unexpected. One reason is that the Great Dream Scripture and my precognitive dream are perfectly matched, and another reason is that the Guardian Sword Intent has repeatedly upheld its original intention... If nothing unexpected happens, when I break through the dream of the Crimson Orbit Gold Mine, my spiritual power will completely enter the crystallization stage."

The standard for a high-level spiritual energy user is to break through 20 levels of spiritual energy and complete crystallization.

Furthermore, martial artists also have the concept of "罡劲" (gangjin), which refers to the ultimate level of spiritual power, specifically the crystallization stage.

Going further up, it all depends on stacking attributes.

When one accumulates their spiritual attribute to 30, causing it to undergo a qualitative change that allows them to interfere with matter, they become a spiritual master.

Similarly, this is also the highest achievement in the spiritual path.

There are only a handful of entities of this level in the entire federation.

Some small countries, and even medium-sized countries, do not have such figures at all.

Ji Fuyou quickly completed the setup of the safe zone and traps.

After doing all this, he felt quite calm.

"Thanks to the trip to Blue Moon City, my strength has improved dramatically. This Corpse Demon King is the easiest of all the commander-level monsters in my dream to deal with, especially two days ago... when I finally killed it head-on for the first time..."

Ji Fuyou's thoughts wandered, and he started circling around the Red Track Gold Mine again.

The Corpse Demon King has been killed by him more than 5 times, and his exploration of the Crimson Gold Mine far surpasses that of the Yellow Dragon Cave.

As the mist rose, there were naturally ordinary corpse demons, not only the Corpse Demon King, but also some inferior ones.

Without the interference of this commander-level monster, and the strength of those corpse demons...

In reality, the Corpse Demon is quite powerful.

Even above the skeleton monster.

Each corpse demon has a physical stat of around 26.

Although they are similar to skeletons in that they have weaknesses such as slow perception and slow speed, their defense is far superior to that of skeletons.

It's no exaggeration to say they have skin of copper and bones of iron.

Ordinary people wielding ordinary swords and knives would probably be unable to penetrate their zombie bodies.

But the current Ji Fuyou is much stronger than before.

Relying on his keen mental perception of the corpse demon's movements, he could kill such a monster in a very short time in a one-on-one situation.

Even when facing two corpse demons simultaneously, he can still handle them with ease.

As for three-headed, or even four-headed, corpse demons...

Even though outnumbered, they were able to retreat calmly.

Moreover, a spiritual being would never allow themselves to be surrounded and attacked by three or four corpse demons at the same time.

Therefore, in dozens of dreams, thousands of corpse demons died at his hands.

Such a massive horde of corpse demons naturally caused him to obtain a large number of source crystals.

Even those white-bodied Origin Crystals no longer caught his eye; those he marked were all Corpse Demons who could be considered minor leaders.

Even so, these corpse demons were numbered after 10.

It all depends on whether we can ultimately find and kill all the corpse demons who possess white spiritual source crystals.

The next few days were spent by Ji Fuyou adapting to the terrain and continuing to use dream control techniques to familiarize himself with killing the Corpse Demon King and Corpse Demons.

Six days have passed in the blink of an eye.

On the afternoon of his sixth day at the Red Track Gold Mine, his cell phone suddenly turned off.

The electronic instruments were also flashing, and the lights went out.

"coming!"

(End of this chapter)