Chapter 364: Myriad Forms and Nine Revolutions
"Still clinging to external appearances, such trivial things." A faint, ethereal voice drifted from behind the two.
Confronted by this sudden voice, the two powerhouses immediately prepared their stringent defenses.
Chen Bo instantly transformed into a being of light enveloped by a high-temperature plasma sphere, its outer layer reaching temperatures close to the surface of the Sun, sufficient to incinerate most substances in the world.
Even materials as hard as steel were utterly vulnerable before such terrifying high temperatures.
To protect the surrounding populace and his own body, Chen Bo's Xuanhua temporarily morphed into an insulation layer; one part clung to his person, while another covered a radius of several hundred meters, blocking the immense heat generated by his ability.
This world had no "friendly fire immunity" setting; if one used an ability without protection, it was even possible to harm the user themselves.
His Primordial Spirit would likewise suffer irreparable damage when exposed to temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees, precisely why Chen Bo had to create an insulation layer for himself as well.
Simultaneously dealing with the ultra-high temperatures emanating from his comrade, and the unknown entity that had suddenly appeared behind them, Shi Huachong immediately caused his Dharma Body to surge forth from within him, transforming into a suit of liquid battle armor that enveloped his entire being.
"You're back?" In a flash of lightning, Chen Bo completed his thoughts, arriving at the conclusion he least wanted to reach.
The surrounding temperatures, reaching thousands of degrees, caused the air to warp and shimmer, but this did not diminish the beauty of the person before them; Bai Mo felt nothing in this hellish environment.
"Your face..." Shi Huachong's first reaction was to wonder how the other party had cultivated to the point of even changing gender.
"That's why I said you're still clinging to external appearances." After speaking, Bai Mo reverted to his original form.
At this moment, Shi Huachong discovered that every few seconds, the person before him would undergo a complete transformation in appearance; gender, physique, and various other parameters shifted. He could only grasp the unchanging essence within by observing with his mind's eye.
"When appearance, skin color, and physique can be arbitrarily changed, external manifestations are nothing more than that." Having completed his preliminary Elementization, and possessing powerful psychokinesis capable of adjusting his own structure at the molecular level, appearance, for Bai Mo, was merely a value that could be freely modified in a game.
Whether it was irises or fingerprints, changing them was a trivial matter; he could freely mimic any of these features used to distinguish ordinary people. This was why he ultimately named this new realm the Myriad Forms Realm.
In fact, after stepping into the Six Tiers, Shi Huachong, who could perform cellular-level corrections on his body, already possessed the ability to completely alter his own appearance.
As for Chen Bo, over the past decade or so, the Huaxia Federation had developed countless Spirit Arts capable of subtly altering one's appearance. After all, most people were visual beings, and becoming more attractive was never a drawback.
However, normal people clearly wouldn't have such a peculiar habit of completely changing their appearance. After gaining the power to change, they would make adjustments to become more aesthetically pleasing on their existing foundation, but rarely would they abandon everything original and directly reshape a completely new self.
It wasn't difficult for Chen Bo to completely alter his appearance, but for a leader like him, if his image changed drastically every day, his subordinates and the populace would find it very troublesome, so he wouldn't engage in such pointless endeavors.
"A year? Tell me, what exactly is the Disciple of the Crimson World?" Chen Bo questioned back after hearing Bai Mo's words.
"Knowing too much isn't truly beneficial, especially concerning such a monster." Bai Mo had no desire to speak further about the informational entity suppressed within the Nine Netherworlds.
"Nine Orifices of the Physical Body, Nine Revolutions of the Dharma Body. The path you envisioned is not bad." Bai Mo suddenly looked at Shi Huachong.
Leveraging the Tianwang ability, even with only a single avatar sustained by Dark Spirit Rice, there were still few things on this planet that could completely escape his notice.
Even though he lacked sufficient power to observe Shi Huachong's core secrets, Bai Mo was still able to deduce the general situation from some peripheral information.
"The second Revolution of the Dharma Body already grants combat power sufficient to contend with those newly entering Chemosynthesis."
The entire Martial Dao System, after Shi Huachong took this new step, had effectively been reorganized by him and recorded into the database.
From the so-called Zero Orifice, which referred to the tempering of physical aptitude before starting acupoint cultivation, all the way to the Nine Orifices merging into one to achieve the Dharma Body—this entire phase was collectively known as the Nine Orifices of the Physical Body.
The second stage, on the other hand, was the Nine Revolutions of the Dharma Body that he had pioneered and envisioned. The Zero Revolution was for those who had just achieved the Dharma Body, fighting purely by relying on the power amplification it provided.
The First Revolution allowed the Dharma Body to shapeshift at will and be stored within the body for further nurturing; the Second Revolution, which was Shi Huachong's current level, allowed the Dharma Body to, in turn, reinforce the physical body, granting him cellular-level microscopic control over his body and vastly unleashing its power.
As for the subsequent Third, Fourth, and up to the Ninth Revolutions, they remained purely within his conceptualization, with no practical insights yet.
By relying on his will, which was dispersed into hundreds and thousands of human bodies, Shi Huachong could mobilize the idle portions of these people's nerve cells, using himself as the main host to link them into a small thought network.
It was precisely by relying on this that he was able to become the first to deduce the Second Revolution of the Dharma Body, while the First Revolution of the Dharma Body had actually been unconsciously achieved by many Dharma Body stage martial artists.
However, such matters were among the most confidential personal secrets, much like the tricks Bai Mo played within the Virtual Reality System, which was why Bai Mo, relying solely on this avatar, hadn't discerned anything.
"Just how far have you progressed?!" Upon hearing Bai Mo's words, Shi Huachong felt cold sweat prickling his back.
Without a sound, the other party had already obtained so much confidential information. How were they supposed to fight this battle? As for his previous intention to challenge the other party, he decided to let it rot in his heart.
His hand was already terrible, and his side was likely playing with all their cards exposed. This game had been far too unfair from the very beginning.
"I hope you can give me a little surprise a year from now. For now, it's still too boring." Bai Mo didn't answer Shi Huachong's question, merely speaking to himself.
"Boom!" Next, he slammed a fist onto the ground. A few seconds later, centered on the point of impact, a light zone with a radius of over ten meters appeared, from within which white light continuously surged.
The two, not understanding why, instinctively reacted with their strongest defensive measures, assuming the other party was launching a sudden sneak attack. Yet, they saw that Bai Mo's punch was merely directed at the ground...
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