CHAPTER 812: CHAPTER 812: GREAT VOID BODY

"What?!"

Heavenly Capital Commander Chen Qun suddenly stood up.

"Yes, the Young Master’s Soul Jade has shattered!"

Another voice was heard.

"Impossible!"

Chen Qun couldn’t believe it.

His son, Chen Guan, was also one of the top powers in Qing Province.

Second only to the Young Master Mu Jiuzhou.

Moreover, with his status as the Heavenly Capital Commander, even if he encountered a powerful opponent, they shouldn’t have dared to kill him out of respect for his position.

How could Chen Guan have fallen?

Chen Qun’s face turned pale, his hands trembled as he took out the Soul Jade from his inner world.

"Guan’er!"

Upon seeing the shattered Soul Jade, he raised his head and roared to the sky.

It was like being struck by lightning, causing him to stagger back a few steps.

He almost fell.

He was indeed a mighty expert of World Realm Stage Nine!

This scene drew the gaze of everyone around him.

Looking at Chen Qun’s appearance, everyone could basically understand that it was the grief of losing a son; otherwise, Chen Qun wouldn’t be like this.

"Commander Chen, has Chen Guan fallen?"

Mu Qing asked.

In the Void Secret Realm, very few people ever fall.

Even when fighting for the treasures left by the Void Emperor, they exercised considerable restraint.

After all, these treasures generally could not directly enhance their power.

Especially for these top prodigies.

These people held noble statuses.

Unless there was a hatred as deep as a father’s murder, they wouldn’t kill.

Usually, those who fall are weaker in strength.

Upon hearing the Lord Governor’s inquiry, Chen Qun, restraining his sorrow, gently nodded.

"My condolences!"

Mu Qing said.

The Void Secret Realm, even he couldn’t control.

He was completely unaware of what had happened inside.

"My Lord, I shall take my leave now."

Chen Qun bowed to Mu Qing.

"Mmm, the dead cannot be brought back to life, try not to be too mournful."

Mu Qing nodded.

Then, Chen Qun left the State Governor Mansion.

The fall of Chen Guan made everyone present give a heavy look, no longer as relaxed as before.

Chen Guan was, apart from Mu Jiuzhou, one of the top prodigies.

If even such a prodigy could fall.

It was clear there were significant dangers in the Void Secret Realm.

Many of their younger generation were inside, and they couldn’t help but worry.

Many began checking the Soul Jades of their juniors.

There was no fall of a prodigy of Chen Guan’s level.

This gave them some relief.

Qing City.

Inside a mansion.

Chen Qun’s expression was icy.

The servants stood trembling at one side, cold sweat on their brows.

"Get out!"

Chen Qun roared angrily.

The servants, as if pardoned, hurriedly left.

"Guan’er, how could this happen?"

Chen Qun couldn’t understand.

The only possibility was during the fight against Ling Chen.

But how could Ling Chen have such power?

Moreover, Chen Guan was not alone; he was with the geniuses of his Heavenly Capital.

He sent a message to inform the other prodigy families of the Heavenly Capital.

Soon, feedback came back.

All five top prodigies of the Heavenly Capital had fallen.

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Void Secret Realm.

The death of Chen Guan did not cause much ripple.

Most people didn’t even know about it.

As night fell.

Ling Chen left the city under the cover of darkness.

He needed to cultivate the Void Body Refining Technique.

Now, with Ling Wu’s strength surging, Ling Chen need not worry about her safety and could focus on cultivating.

He only briefly informed Ling Wu before leaving the city.

Cultivating the Void Body Refining Technique required tempering the body with Void Power.

However, directly absorbing Void Power was something Ling Chen dared not attempt.

So, he used the faint traces of Void Power in the night wind of the Void Secret Realm as a guide.

The first stage of the Void Body Refining Technique is the Great Void Body.

Although it is called the Great Void Body, it is not a physique.

Unlike the Undying Star Body.

The Great Void Body uses Void Power to temper the body’s surface.

Once the body surface adapts to the Void Power, a layer of Void Membrane forms on the surface.

This membrane provides extremely strong defensive capabilities.

More accurately, the Great Void Body is a form of defense.

After thoroughly understanding the techniques of the first stage of the Void Body Refining Technique, Ling Chen cautiously attracted the faint traces of Void Power in the night wind to attach to his skin.

The Void Power in the night wind was negligible.

Ling Chen’s Eighth Stage Undying Star Body could barely withstand it.

However, this kind of cultivation involved invoking pure Void Power.

When the Void Power touched his body, Ling Chen was suddenly sliced, leaving wounds.

His skin was instantly cut open, leaking fresh red blood.

There was no choice; to adapt to Void Power, only this method existed.

Ling Chen quickly mobilized his Spiritual Power to heal the wounds.

Once the wounds were healed, he continued to let the Void Power tear them open again.

Again and again.

Though the injuries were not severe, every injury cost him some blood.

Ling Chen couldn’t endure this for long.

He had to take Blood Pills at regular intervals to recover his blood.

At the end of each cultivation day, Ling Chen was always utterly exhausted.

This condition lasted for a whole month.

By this time, Ling Chen’s skin had gradually adapted to the Void Power.

Even when in contact with Void Power, it only scratched the surface.

It didn’t cause bleeding like before.

Reaching this stage was merely the most basic phase of the Great Void Body.

Next, he needed to continuously refine his skin with more Void Power.

Thus, Ling Chen again lost blood and had to take Blood Pills to replenish it.

The Void Power was increased eight times in total.

Afterward, Ling Chen’s skin completely adapted to the Void Power.

"Next, it’s time to condense the Void Membrane!"

Two months later, Ling Chen began his attempt.

Only by successfully condensing the Void Membrane would the Great Void Body be truly cultivated.

Previously, there was no major difficulty in tempering the skin with Void Power.

However, condensing the Void Membrane required skill.

Attempt after attempt, failure after failure.

After over ten thousand tries, Ling Chen barely succeeded once.

The Void Membrane covered Ling Chen’s entire body, and in that moment, Ling Chen found himself becoming semi-transparent.

Of course, he wasn’t truly transparent.

Only when he succeeded in cultivating the second stage of the Great Void Transformation Technique could his body appear transparent, allowing him to ignore certain attacks.

This was merely the effect of the Void Membrane.

"Whoosh!"

Ling Chen retracted the Void Membrane.

Transforming into a stream of light, he shot towards the city.

"Xiao Wu, try attacking me!"

Ling Chen eagerly called upon finding Ling Wu.

He needed to test the defensive capabilities of the Great Void Body.

"Alright!"

Ling Wu nodded.

She then began her attack.

The Void Membrane easily blocked the Spiritual Power attack of the World Power Stage Five.

The attack from the World Power Stage Six also left the Void Membrane unharmed.

Stage Seven!

Stage Eight!

Even the attack from the World Power Stage Nine failed to break the Void Membrane.

"This Great Void Body is so amazing!"

Ling Chen was pleasantly surprised.

This thin membrane has such formidable defensive power.

When the World Power reached Stage Ten, the Void Membrane finally shattered.

"If one layer of the Void Membrane is so powerful, then merging nine layers together could likely withstand an attack from World Power Stage Eleven?"

Ling Chen pondered in his heart.

The real Great Void Body was the amalgamation of nine layers of Void Membrane.

Subsequently, Ling Chen began to condense the Void Membrane outside the city.

A day later.

Ling Chen finally managed to condense nine layers of the Void Membrane.