CHAPTER 961: CHAPTER 527: NANMING

The silver on Nanming’s body was replaced by gold. It was unclear whether it was due to the influence of the unknown rune when Nanming absorbed the Golden Corpse Core, or if it was because, during the formation of the core inside Nanming, it absorbed both the Golden Corpse Core and the unknown rune. The core bore not only the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ rune and the unique runes of Corpse Refining, but also that unknown rune.

The original runes within its body connected with the corpse core through countless golden threads, and the original runes also turned golden.

A golden core, golden bones, golden flesh, golden skin, this is Nanming at the moment.

Its body, due to the effect of a large amount of more advanced energy, increased again from four meters to six meters.

Li Shiming did not expect the promotion process to be so smooth, as if the Nascent Soul Cultivators of the Beishu Continent underestimated the Golden Corpse Cores produced in the Grotto Heaven.

The energy contained within this Golden Corpse Core was easier to absorb and convert for the Silver Corpse.

If it weren’t for this Golden Corpse Core, in the process of Nanming’s promotion to a Golden Corpse, absorbing energy alone would have taken more than six days.

But now, it took Nanming only three hours to complete the promotion, becoming a Golden Corpse, only waiting to pass the Heavenly Tribulation to become a true Golden Corpse.

"In the end, it was worth it, this Golden Corpse Core was too valuable!" Li Shiming muttered with a smile.

Almost all the Golden Corpse Cores from the Grotto Heaven fell into his hands, thanks to his irreplaceable alchemy skills and his expressed interest in Corpse Refining.

Now it seems his actions were spot on, the Golden Corpse Core has an effect on the Silver Corpse’s promotion that exceeds normal Fourth Grade Corpse Refining resources.

Even the fully transformed Golden Corpse Nanming hasn’t completely digested the Golden Corpse Core within.

Li Shiming cast a spell, bestowing upon Nanming the anti-lightning skill from the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’, and set up several lightning rods, enclosing Nanming in a newly crafted electromagnetic shield metal round cage.

After this, he could no longer intervene; the Fourth Grade Corpse Refining Array naturally had the effect of helping corpses resist heavenly tribulations, and he did all he could, leaving it to Nanming to see if it could successfully pass the tribulation.

In the sky, a mass of thunderclouds was rapidly gathering, and an oppressive aura enveloped Nanming.

At this moment, Li Shiming dodged to the side, watching Nanming undergo the tribulation.

Nanming, unlike other corpse refinements, showed not fear but excitement towards the heavenly tribulation, roaring at the thunderclouds in the sky.

With a loud blast, the first heavenly thunder struck, the electromagnetic shield metal round cage absorbed most of the thunder’s force, leaving little power in the remaining thunder, allowing Nanming to safely pass the first thunder.

Li Shiming felt joy in his heart, seemingly discovering a loophole in the heavenly tribulation.

Yet when the second heavenly thunder fell, he realized Heaven and Earth Rules were not so easily fooled.

The second heavenly thunder, though only a bit stronger than the first, specifically targeted the electromagnetic shield metal round cage, melting it upon contact.

Li Shiming, at that time, used the electromagnetic shield metal round cage, but only to block part of the thunder’s force, not relying on it to counter the second thunder, so he did not discover the heavenly tribulation’s ability to automatically patch loopholes.

After the electromagnetic shield metal round cage melted, more than half of the thunder’s power fell on Nanming.

Nanming let out a painful howl, but Li Shiming, who was contractually linked with Nanming, discovered that the thunder’s power didn’t have the additional effect against corpse refinements, just the original thunder’s power.

This surprised him somewhat, and after pondering for a moment, he assumed it was due to the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ divine skill.

With the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ divine skill, Nanming possessed not only the normal Yin Cold Energy of corpse refinements but also a nearly impossible-to-have flame energy.

This ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ divine skill allowed Nanming to escape the realm of evil spirits and nullified the enhanced power of the thunder.

What shocked Li Shiming was that after losing the protection of the electromagnetic shield metal round cage, Nanming no longer stayed in place, its figure shot towards the sky at an almost invisible speed.

Even with the ’Divine Sight’ activated, Li Shiming could barely see Nanming’s rapidly moving figure.

He finally understood what the unknown rune was, it was the terrifying speed of the Golden Corpse in the Grotto Heaven.

The speed of the Hunger Ghost Path’s Golden Corpses in the Grotto Heaven was inherited by Nanming.

This speed was extremely troubling even for Nascent Soul Cultivators. Golden Corpses are originally close-combat fighters, and combined with this nearly unstoppable speed, the threat of a Golden Corpse increased manifold.

If not for the limited wisdom of the Grotto Heaven Golden Corpses, and the cooperation of the Nascent Soul Cultivators at the time, they would have survived the Hunger Ghost Path to the end.

In a one-on-one scenario, the Grotto Heaven Golden Corpse could absolutely crush a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner.

As Nanming charged into the sky, the last heavenly thunder struck, hitting it accurately regardless of its speed.

With a loud bang, Nanming’s body stopped in mid-air.

Electrified from inside out, Nanming’s entire body was wrapped in lightning, this was its most dangerous moment, the heavenly thunder was destroying every part of its body.

The power of this thunder seemed to increase several times, possibly due to Nanming’s provocation, catching even Li Shiming by surprise.