CHAPTER 958: CHAPTER 753: INDESTRUCTIBLE BODY

Defeating the power of the Evil God has never been an easy task.

Over the year, Gu Jinlai and the Donghua Golden Immortal team encountered the Evil God incarnations nineteen times, four of which were Deep Blue level incarnations.

The most perilous situation was when the Star Shuttle was traversing space and ran into a battle with a Deep Blue level Evil God incarnation and another team, the aftermath of which forcibly shook the Star Shuttle out of space traversal.

At that time, the team even intended to deflect the threat towards them, but fortunately, Ling Sheng’s deep understanding of the Space Avenue, with a matching degree of sixty percent, allowed the Star Shuttle to fully power through the chaotic space stream and escape safely.

Afterward, they received the news that a team called "Heng Feng" was completely annihilated.

This team, though it had only three Golden Immortals, just like Gu Jinlai’s team, also had nine other members, five of whom were quite renowned among the Golden Immortals, not unknown figures.

Yet such a team was entirely devoured by a Deep Blue Evil God incarnation, and this news once made three other teams engaged in hunting missions switch their tasks to defense.

However, apart from this instance, Gu Jinlai and his team did not encounter other life-threatening dangers.

As for regular crises, they were naturally not in short supply.

Four times they encountered Azure-level Evil God incarnations, and three times they had to retreat without success.

Only once did they face an Evil God whose domination avenue did not overlap with theirs, and this Azure-level Evil God was eventually grinded down to death by seven of them in three days.

A year of hard work, though insignificant compared to the tens of thousands of years of a Golden Immortal’s lifespan, left a trace of fatigue in all seven of them.

To avoid affecting their combat state, the seven of them agreed to take a six-month rest to replenish their Essence Qi Spirit.

...

Red Moon Realm, Heavenly Favored Tower.

At this time, the seven Golden Immortals were chatting leisurely at the top floor of the Heavenly Favored Tower, in an environment that seemed like an island, expanded through spatial treasures.

On the front line like Red Moon Realm, cultivators face immense pressure, and even though each who has achieved something in cultivation can well control themselves, they still require various avenues to vent emotions.

The Heavenly Favored Tower came into being accordingly.

The place offers all sorts of pleasures you could think of.

Though the prices are expensive, with entry fees reaching dozens to hundreds of Spirit Crystals, for Great Dao Golden Immortals, these expenses don’t even warrant a sneer.

"Hahaha, the merits for defeating fifteen ordinary Evil God incarnations and one Azure-level Evil God incarnation are out: fifty one-star merits, two two-star merits... the two-star merits will be split between me and Daoist Gu as agreed, leaving fifty one-star merits..."

Donghua Golden Immortal was conducting the distribution.

The whole process was indeed fair and just, and everyone was very satisfied with the outcome.

As the main attack force, Gu Jinlai not only received one two-star merit but also ten one-star merits.

"To have such achievements in a year, no wonder, knowing the extreme danger, many Great Dao Golden Immortals still rush to the front lines."

Hei Yuan reflected a bit as he received six one-star merits.

"Fortune favors the bold, after all."

Li Luo smiled: "Five one-star merits can be exchanged for an Immortal Artifact. In the Red Moon Realm, if the quantity is large, there might even be a discount. I’ve been eyeing the Cloud Robe Immortal Clothes for a long time, and now I can finally get what I wish for."

"One two-star merit can be exchanged for ten one-star merits, but even twenty one-star merits may not necessarily be able to exchange for one two-star merit... Daoist Gu, what do you plan to exchange your two-star merit for? You’ve delved so deeply into the Space Avenue, maybe try accumulating thirty two-star merits to exchange for a Dual Life Stone? If you maintain one two-star merit a year, in thirty years, you’ll have it."

Donghua Golden Immortal, sitting next to Li Luo, glanced at Gu Jinlai.

"Thirty years? That’s the most theoretical figure, plus, with our team’s composition, it’s not easy to encounter an Azure Evil God that we can handle, and staying at the riverside too long, eventually you get your shoes wet."

Gu Jinlai said, shaking his head: "I intend to exchange it for an Immortal Technique."

"Immortal Technique?"

Donghua Golden Immortal was somewhat surprised: "The Military Department offers lower-than-usual prices for exchanging merits for Immortal Techniques to enhance the comprehensive combat power of front-line immortals, which is indeed cost-effective, but don’t you already have two Lifebound Immortal Skills? These two Lifebound Immortal Skills are completely enough."

"The Great Chaos Hole Skill and the Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi: one is a domain control-type Immortal Technique, and the other is a slow-starting offensive Immortal Technique. Although their power is not bad, I myself still feel somewhat weak. Just so, I have a two-star merit, and I plan to exchange it for a Protective Immortal Skill – the Indestructible Body."

Gu Jinlai replied.

"The Indestructible Body, known as the roadblock for Great Dao Golden Immortals?"

Donghua Golden Immortal was somewhat astounded.

This Protective Immortal Skill is quite famous among Great Dao Golden Immortals.

For no other reason than this being a top-tier Immortal Technique.

But...

Due to its trait, this Immortal Technique is almost impossible for Great Dao Golden Immortals to cultivate.

This Protective Immortal Skill is said to be impervious to hundreds of harms, resistant to thousands of techniques, and indestructible through tens of thousands of tribulations, with unquestionable protective power.

But it requires the cultivator to comprehend the Three Thousand Great Dao, cultivating each Heavenly Dao within to a level close to a Great Dao Golden Immortal.

After reaching this step, use a special method, like casting a small world, to refine these three thousand kinds of Nine Heavens Profound Immortal Peak Heavenly Principles into the immortal body, forming a defense that is effective against almost any Great Dao Immortal Technique.

Due to the endless cycle of the Three Thousand Great Dao, if others’ Immortal Techniques do not meet the standard, the Immortal Techniques formed by the Great Dao will be directly devoured by the Indestructible Body, transforming into one’s own energy, thus strengthening the defense.

This is a comprehensive and invulnerable group battle defensive divine technique!

However, it is a group battle divine technique that relies on overpowering the weak!

Due to practicing other Great Dao at the same time, one’s own Great Dao will interfere with others. The more Great Daos practiced together, the stronger the interference.

Even the Heavenly Dao is no exception.

Therefore, even for a genius like Donghua Golden Immortal who becomes a Golden Immortal in five hundred years, it is estimated to take three to four thousand years to practice ten kinds of Great Dao to the Nine Heavens Profound Immortal Stage.

And to practice a hundred kinds of Great Dao to the Nine Heavens Profound Immortal Stage, it may not be achievable even in ten million years.

Those who can truly master this Immortal Technique are often those Immortal Golden Immortals whose lifespan is calculated in billions of years.

Yet, even so, the average time for Immortal Golden Immortals to master this Immortal Technique is over tens of millions of years.

This is largely because their spiritual realm starts at least at the tenth rank, plus their esteemed status, allowing them easy access to numerous resources unattainable by most Great Dao Golden Immortals for support.

If it were some ordinary Great Dao Golden Immortals, even if they could live a billion years, they could only dream of mastering this Immortal Technique.

"Daoist Gu, think carefully."

Black Abyss, who has sparred with Gu Jinlai frequently over the past year, spoke earnestly: "I have absolutely no intention of dictating Daoist Gu’s cultivation matters, but the Indestructible Body is extremely exhausting for a Great Dao Golden Immortal, it’s not suitable."

Donghua Golden Immortal quickly added: "This Immortal Technique is indeed renowned, and any Immortal Golden Immortal who masters it can disregard Great Dao Golden Immortals, but... they are Immortal Golden Immortals. When overpowering the weak or fighting few against many, this Immortal Technique is certainly a divine skill, but for us Great Dao Golden Immortals, cultivating it really holds no significant meaning."

"Everyone, I have thought this through clearly. Regarding this Immortal Technique, I do have my own ideas."

Gu Jinlai said: "You know, I have the Great Chaos Hole Skill, Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi, and also practice the Space Avenue, so I am not lacking in control, slaughter, or speed techniques. The only thing lacking is defensive skills, moreover, truly mastering this Immortal Technique is indeed difficult, but... who says I must cultivate it to perfection?"

"If not to perfection, the Three Thousand Great Dao cannot cycle endlessly, and what meaning does it have then?"

Donghua Golden Immortal said in surprise.

"I’m merely using this Immortal Technique to buy time for my Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi to be unleashed."

Gu Jinlai said, lowering his voice a bit: "I don’t know if you have noticed, but now the Golden Immortals who go out to battle and slaughter are basically those practicing the top hundred, even top thirty Great Daos. Those Golden Immortals ranking beyond a hundred have chosen academic research, or simply take the route of external objects, like mechanics remotely piloting advanced starships to fight us, while the killing techniques employed by those starship main guns are largely related to the Destruction Dao, Slaughter Dao, and Annihilation Dao related Immortal Techniques."

At this point, he smiled and said: "So, theoretically, if I can first refine the top thirty Great Dao into the Indestructible Body, it can already significantly weaken more than ninety percent of Golden Immortal’s attacks, so, the cost-effectiveness of this Immortal Technique is not as bad as you imagine."

Donghua Golden Immortal, Li Luo, Black Abyss and others listened to what Gu Jinlai said, and although it made some sense...

The cultivation of the top thirty Great Daos is extremely difficult, let alone practicing thirty at once.

The difficulty is probably even greater than practicing a hundred ordinary Great Daos together.

In other words, it is a task that requires at least ten million years of hard work.

However, looking at Gu Jinlai’s demeanor, he seemed determined.

Although they got along well over the year and cooperated harmoniously, for Gu Jinlai’s future cultivation plans, they did not have the qualification to point fingers.

Currently, Donghua Golden Immortal had no choice but to sigh: "I still hope Daoist Gu can think it through clearly. A two-star merit is small, wasting a lot of energy is big."

"I have thought it through."

Gu Jinlai said: "Additionally, while everyone rests for the next half year, I plan to join the assistance team, travel around, and contact more Great Daos to prepare for cultivating the Indestructible Body."

"Daoist Gu is... quite diligent."

Donghua Golden Immortal said somewhat helplessly: "Just don’t let it affect our second round of hunting operations."

"I understand."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

After discussing serious matters, the group then took a good three-day rest.

Three days later, Gu Jinlai headed straight for the Star Shining Hall to exchange merits.

The reason he chose to exchange for the Indestructible Body was one, so he could openly contact various Great Daos with this Immortal Technique, and another reason was that as the Dao degradation technology he "learned" from Qing Lian increased, he needed an explanation externally.

The Indestructible Body was most suitable for this.

The Indestructible Body itself has strong resistance to Great Dao Immortal Techniques, nearly immune.

Moreover, the power of other people’s Great Dao will also be devoured and refined by the Indestructible Body, turning into one’s own energy.

This is very similar to an Evil God degrading others’ attacks to supplement itself.

Therefore, cultivating the Indestructible Body is crucial for him.