Chapter 619 - 337: Forging the Permanent Body
’After I finish Melting the Permanent Body, it’ll probably feel even more unfamiliar. And that’s a good thing...’
After adjusting himself to his optimal state, Su Chen began to ignite the Morning Fire.
His heart rate gradually quickened. Su Chen simultaneously unleashed his chakras. Even though igniting the Morning Fire was still terribly draining, Su Chen appeared much more composed.
By the time a wisp of flame was born in his chest, his breathing had only become a little ragged.
’Becoming a Cauldron Maker really had an immediate effect. Igniting the Morning Fire is so much easier.’
In this state, the Morning Fire needed to be fueled by him, constantly consuming his Physical Strength. Su Chen didn’t dare to delay. With a mere thought, the five metal boxes lined up on the floor all opened in unison.
Five drops of Divine Blood, each a different color as if from different Deceitful Gods, floated up one by one and abruptly vanished into the Morning Fire.
Suddenly, the small flame in his chest flared. The fire swirled with a mixture of black, red, blue, purple, and other colors, bathing the training room in a brilliant light.
With the Divine Blood as fuel, the Morning Fire’s drain on him weakened considerably.
Soon, the Morning Fire abruptly swelled to the height of a person. Its multicolored glow gradually melted into a ball of warm, brilliant golden flame, and a gentle heat began to spread.
Su Chen was fully prepared. He had already chugged a large amount of Nutrient Liquid, ready for any unexpected needs after the Melting began.
Taking a deep breath, he stepped into the golden flames before him. The Morning Fire instantly enveloped him. It felt warm and soothing, like soaking in a hot spring.
At the same time, text appeared on his panel—
[The Great Venerable Red Flame Thunder Resonator has sensed the host’s intentions and released the Molten Flame.]
Immediately, crimson wisps of flame surged out from Su Chen’s body, gradually merging with the Morning Fire and causing it to burn even brighter.
The Permanent Body was originally composed of only five professions. However, with the help of this Molten Flame, he could integrate professions that weren’t part of its Holy Profession Sequence but had similar compatibility.
Aside from the Cauldron Maker profession that was being mixed into the Permanent Body, Su Chen could also Melt his Gourmet profession into it.
If one counted carefully, this Permanent Body would be Melted from one more profession than the World Slaughter Form, reaching a total of eight professions.
After the Molten Flame merged into the Morning Fire, the various Powers of the Professions within Su Chen’s body all seemed to have a strange reaction with the Morning Fire.
’This Melting is different from before. Last time, the Great Venerable acted through the Fog Source. The time before that, I used Spiritual Fire to convert its properties.’
This time, he was using the true Morning Fire. Su Chen focused on the sensation, guiding the Morning Fire to converge with the Powers of the Professions he needed to Melt.
At last, with the chime of a cauldron, the surrounding Morning Fire seemed to be fanned by a gale, and it suddenly began to roar. The Holy Profession Melting had truly begun!
’Let’s see just how painful this is going to be.’ Su Chen had already anticipated the pain that would come with such a drastic physical transformation. But the very instant it began, his vision couldn’t help but go black.
It was as if countless red-hot steel needles were stabbing out from the depths of his bone marrow, tearing apart every inch of his skin, every nerve, and every blood vessel.
The Four Seasons Chakra settled below his abdomen was now twitching and expanding violently. The gentle halo of light circulating at its core was ground to dust and absorbed into the Morning Fire.
As the Morning Fire covered it, the Gulping Stomach also let out a muffled, overwhelmed groan. Its walls peeled back layer by layer, SIZZLING as if being roasted into charcoal.
His heart throbbed. It had just recently been strengthened by the Cauldron Maker profession, but now its tough muscle was being ripped apart by a supremely barbaric force.
The Morning Fire danced around his body. Su Chen’s back arched, and cold sweat soaked him completely, yet it was unaffected by the flames.
This Melting was completely different from the World Slaughter Form. It didn’t primarily affect his physical strength; his bones remained untouched. His internal organs, however, felt as if they were being completely melted down.
Every Melting of a Holy Profession was a qualitative leap based on the accumulation of professions, bringing about a monumental change to the body. Even though Su Chen was prepared, he was struggling to endure it.
The Morning Fire burned brightly, casting a brilliant golden glow around Su Chen. This continued until a certain moment.
THUMP!
His heart began to beat like a drum in his chest again as its reconstruction gradually completed. Each beat pulled forth wisps of golden-red Flowing Light. Its surface was now covered in a flowing, almost liquid, dark gold luster, making it unbelievably strong.
The blood vessels all over his body pulsed. Traces of the Morning Fire’s light traveled under his skin, at times condensing into specks of starlight, at others stretching into fine threads. The illusory phantom of a Red Gold cauldron flickered in and out of existence as it was further refined.
The body can’t truly improve a single attribute in isolation. An increase in Physical Strength is essentially an enhancement of cardiopulmonary function and metabolic ability, which also brings minor improvements in other areas.
The transformation gradually got back on track. The pain in his body began to fade, and the look on Su Chen’s face relaxed.
But at a certain moment, the Morning Fire swirling around him suddenly trembled, as if blown by a wind, and faintly shrank a little.
Su Chen noticed the anomaly immediately. His eyes snapped open, reflecting the golden flames, and his expression changed slightly. ’Something’s wrong. This thing is about to go out. It doesn’t seem like it’ll last until my Holy Profession Melting is complete.’
’How could this be? According to the Sect’s experience, even Melting six professions only requires five drops of Divine Blood.’
’And in other data the Sect obtained, the highest number was Melting seven professions, which also only required five drops of Divine Blood. The amount didn’t increase with the number of professions.’
His body was still transforming, and a faint, sharp pain lingered. Su Chen couldn’t figure it out.
Meanwhile, the Morning Fire had already started to drain his own Energy for fuel again.
’That’s it.’ Realizing this, understanding dawned on Su Chen. ’When those guys did their Melting, they were at least Tier Seven or even Tier Eight. They could supply a portion of the energy for the Morning Fire themselves.’
’But not only am I Melting a Holy Profession from eight professions, I’m only Tier Six myself. If it weren’t for the enhancement from the Cauldron Maker profession, I probably would have already collapsed.’
This unexpected situation was truly beyond Su Chen’s calculations.
But he didn’t panic. He acted quickly, reaching into his Storage Space to take out another drop of Divine Blood.
It was the Divine Blood of a Faceless Ghost. He hadn’t expected to use it at a time like this.
The Faceless Ghost’s Divine Blood merged into the Morning Fire. The flame, which had shrunk slightly, suddenly flared up again, and its Absorption of energy from his body gradually stopped.
’One more drop should be enough, right?’ Su Chen mused, but he wasn’t particularly flustered.
He still had a final trump card: the reward from purifying the Fog Ashes last time, "Great Venerable, save me." It could definitely sustain the Morning Fire until he successfully completed the Holy Profession Melting.
Su Chen shook his head inwardly. ’Everyone faces different situations, and I’m even more different than others. In the future, I can’t just act based on past experiences.’
As time passed, the Holy Profession Melting gradually reached its final stage. The Morning Fire shrank again, but this time, Su Chen didn’t have that feeling of it being insufficient.
At a certain moment, the Morning Fire completely receded into his body. Su Chen’s body trembled slightly, and text appeared on his panel—
[Holy Profession—Permanent Body Melting complete. Ability Gained—Cauldron Body: Gain a 1500% boost to Physical Strength and a 1000% boost to Physical Strength recovery. Able to store a large amount of extra nutrients within the body.]
[Ability Gained—Heaven-Reaching Form: Unleash the Cauldron Body to reduce all Physical Strength consumption by 95%. When Physical Strength is exhausted, you can forcefully restore it to peak condition for a certain period of time.]
Su Chen let out a long sigh of relief. A Holy Profession was essentially an enhanced synthesis of multiple abilities. Various abilities from the Professional Sequences were all reflected in it.
The Gulping Stomach’s ability had been integrated into his entire body. Its original storage limit had long struggled to keep up with his constantly strengthening physique.
Heaven-Reaching Form was a further enhancement of the Four Seasons Chakra. All consumption during its use was reduced by 95%. Coupled with a fifteen-fold increase in his total Physical Strength, and a chance to fully recover once after exhaustion, it was simply insane.
Even his natural recovery rate, which he hadn’t paid much attention to before, was now quite considerable.
THUMP! THUMP!
His heart beat slowly and steadily, pumping blood throughout his entire body. His body felt like a furnace, and at the same time, a sense of hunger erupted from within.
Su Chen quickly took out a large amount of Nutrient Liquid from his Storage Space and poured it into his mouth. Every part of his body frantically devoured the incoming nutrients.
’Hmm, with this, Physical Strength is no longer my weakness. My burst duration will be extended for a very long time. Perhaps... it can’t even be called a burst state anymore, but my normal state?’