The moment Lu Yu stepped into the darkness, what met his eyes was not darkness, but gold!
He was surrounded by a golden glow.
He could not see a single person around him, nor could he see any mountains, stalactites, or similar formations.
Wherever Lu Yu looked, everything had turned golden.
Lu Yu was secretly startled and wanted to turn around to look at Lou Xiaoyu.
In the moment he turned around, he discovered that the surrounding light had become solidified, binding his body in place.
It’s hard to move even a finger, let alone make any sudden movements.
Golden light flowed around him like water, gentle and warm!
Lu Yu even felt as if a gentle breeze had blown past him.
However, as soon as you make a move, that golden light becomes the wind, and instead turns into shackles.
Lu Yu gazed into the distance, where golden light stretched boundlessly.
Lu Yu tried several times, and once he showed any sign of resistance, the golden light immediately turned into shackles!
All the light around would cease to flow, enveloping Lu Yu within it.
As Lu Yu’s thought stirred, a burst of azure light radiated from his body, and the Ten Thousand Sword Array surged forth all at once!
However, the moment the Demon-Slaying Sword appeared, the golden light around it surged forward like living beings, swarming towards the sword and pressing down on it intensely.
Bang, bang, bang—
One by one, the demon-slaying swords were crushed under immense pressure, their emerald light swallowed by a flood of golden radiance!
“Ten thousand won’t work, so double it!” Lu Yu gritted his teeth and activated his willpower once again.
As soon as the demon-slaying sword worth two hundred thousand was drawn, the outcome remained the same!
Lu Yu didn’t know whether there was anyone around who could see him.
However, it seemed that the golden light had no intention of letting him go easily.
Especially considering past circumstances, the owner of the tomb did not wish for others to disturb his peace.
This golden light is certainly not something that can be easily penetrated!
If we get trapped here, we’ll surely be stuck here until we die!
Lu Yu hesitated for a moment, then suddenly clenched his teeth.
Boom!
Level Six Demon Slayer—
Two million Demon-Slaying Swords soared into the sky.
The rumbling roar made the golden light around it flow sluggishly.
This was something Lu Yu had never used.
Even before Lu Hao’s lightsaber, he did not make use of it.
The more hidden strengths you have, the higher your chances of survival when danger arises.
However, he can no longer hide it all now.
If we can’t even get out of here, how can we talk about facing real danger!
The two million demon-slaying swords converged together, their blades merging as one. The golden light surrounding them, as if sensing an immense threat, furiously gathered and pressed down upon the demon-slaying sword with overwhelming force.
One by one, the demon-slaying swords were crushed—
However, more of the demon-slaying swords continued to converge, forming a single, thousand-meter-long azure blade.
“Behead!”
Lu Yu’s eyes blazed with cold fury as he let out a sharp, commanding shout!
Boom!
The demon-slaying sword swung toward the golden light in front of Lu Yu.
Vroom!
The golden light around came to a stop.
Golden light turned into golden stone!
Lu Yu felt an abrupt increase in the oppressive metallic pressure around him, as if his chest were being compressed by cold, unyielding metal.
Crack!
Lu Yu’s chest was crushed. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if his entire body was about to be melted and forged into gold and stone!
The green blade, shining with golden light as it slashed toward Lu Yu, struck against the golden stone!
Boom!
The two-million-grade demon-slaying sword shattered completely the moment it touched the golden stone, and the dazzling green light filled the sky.
At the same time, the golden stone transformed back into golden light.
The pressure on Lu Yu also disappeared.
“Not even Sixth-Level Demon Slaying will work!”
Lu Yu was greatly shocked. He had originally intended to use both the Demon-Slaying Sword and the Yellow Spring Blade together, but after a moment’s thought, he decided against it, fearing that doing so might make the Golden Stone even harder.
Lu Yu released the trembling of the Yellow Spring, attempting to darken the earth for an instant teleportation.
At the moment Huang Quan trembled and released his power, golden light around began to solidify.
Lu Yu immediately regained control of Huangquan, suppressing its tremors!
Whether or not this golden light is related to the hidden beast, its purpose is to trap people here until they perish.
“The final move—” Lu Yu gritted his teeth, as if making a firm resolution.
But in the end, Lu Yu gave up the urge to use it.
Toxic Dragon Transformation, that was his final ace.
If there were eyes watching him from all around, exposure would be like revealing his hidden cards.
He would never use it unless he was desperate!
Lu Yu stood in the golden light, trying various methods.
The Poisonous Dragon Thorn, Ten Thousand Poisons, and even the toxic blood formed by Lu Yu’s Eighth-Level Ten Thousand Poison Body were all ineffective upon contact with the golden stone.
Whatever he could think of, even things he couldn’t have imagined before but now comes to mind—
I’ve tried every single one of them.
Lu Yu couldn’t move, not even a single finger.
What seemed like a simple movement of his fingers ended up exhausting Lu Yu so much that he started panting after a while. It was more draining than fighting a fierce battle against an enemy.
Lu Yu gave up, closed his eyes to relax his mind, and quietly tried to regain his strength.
Stuck here without being able to move, even basic needs like food and water are becoming a problem.
Perhaps before despair sets in, one might already perish from thirst and hunger!
He gasped for breath, noticing for the first time that his breathing was no longer hindered by the golden light.
Lu Yu gazed at the golden light being inhaled into his body and then exhaled, pondering something deeply.
He began to stop resisting these golden lights and instead started to probe them cautiously.
When he breathed, he inhaled the golden light into his body, feeling it flow within him. It circulated through his lungs and then exited again.
Golden light, soft and gentle, flows like water and dances like the wind—
Lu Yu could feel that this golden light was actually pure, without the slightest impurity. It was not light at all, but energy!
The entire sky is filled with golden energy!
When this metal energy is hard, even the Demon-Slaying Sword cannot cut through it! Yet when it is soft, it flows like water!
Without even mentioning what it actually is, once the substance hardens, it becomes an indestructible treasure!
But偏偏 he couldn’t move, let alone take it with him.
Lu Yu recalled many things that Huowu had mentioned to him.
Unfortunately, there is nothing that can be compared to this situation.
All the methods eventually led to dead ends!
Lu Yu kept recalling, suddenly his eyes lit up!
“Maybe this method is worth a try!” Lu Yu recalled, having vague memories of techniques related to refining bones from his earliest recollections.
Refine oneself using star spirits.
Such cultivation consumes a vast amount of star spirit stones; even owning a star spirit mine might not be enough to sustain it.
Lu Yu didn’t dare to try.
However, considering the current level of metallic energy, it might not be inferior to Star Spirit Stone.
It appears to be an endless expanse of golden energy, yet it cannot truly be infinite.
Absorbing a little will certainly reduce it a bit.
When the surrounding metal energy decreases, it should no longer affect movement.
However—if the metal element can be used to refine the bones, I wonder if it will work!
Lu Yu closed his eyes and activated his star soul!
He relaxed his entire body, allowing the golden energy to enter his body through his pores and breath.
However, following his breath, the metal energy circulated within his body and was once again expelled through his pores and his mouth and nose.
“Is it not possible?” Lu Yu murmured to himself, trying more than ten times again.
Lu Yu felt that the method was feasible. It proved that the metal energy could complete the circulation within the body, but it could not be used for refining the bones.
Lu Yu stood still with his eyes closed, contemplating. He transmitted a Star Spirit Stone from the warehouse into his hand.
He once again stirred his star soul and released his spiritual breath.
Bang!
The Star Soul Stone shattered, and streams of starlight and golden energy were drawn into the body together.
This time, as the metal energy and starlight circulated within Lu Yu’s body, they merged together, transforming into threads of golden light that gradually settled into Lu Yu’s entire skeletal structure.
When Lu Yu closed his eyes, he could see his own skeleton, with tiny fragments of bone gradually separating from it. Then, golden light would fill in these separated, star-like bone fragments, repairing them.
“Feasible!”
Lu Yu was overjoyed!
Just before returning to Nanjing, the large amount of star crystals I brought back from the Demon Hunting Domain finally proved useful.
During this period, a considerable amount of Star Spirit Stones had been mined from the mines.
Combined with the Star Spirit Beads obtained through exchange, there are enough resources to support the teleportation.
Lu Yu’s only concern was whether these Star Spirit Stones would be sufficient to support him through the Bone Refining process.
If it’s feasible, Lu Yu won’t have to worry anymore.
With each breath and the gradual consumption of star spirit stones, Lu Yu’s star soul within his body began to grow increasingly active.
The white bone material inside Lu Yu’s body gradually diminished, as golden light deposited onto his bones, slowly transforming them into a golden hue!
Lu Yu didn’t know that this metallic energy was called the Golden Stone Ocean, a treasure that only a ninth-level star soul could control. It was a rare existence, no less valuable than a dark beast.
The owner of the tomb gathered this ocean of gold and stone, originally intending to refine it into a golden stone capable of sealing the cave, a barrier even the Demon Lord could not penetrate! If used instead to forge a star-forged weapon, it would become a divine blade of unparalleled power.
Due to certain reasons, the owner of the tomb failed to refine it into a completed Golden Stone. The semi-finished Golden Stone exists in a state between gas and stone, making it extremely unstable. Aside from the original cultivator, even experts at the ninth Star Soul level would be crushed by it.
Moreover, the higher the rank, the faster one dies.
Lu Yu’s level was just a bit lower. After entering, the reaction from Golden Stone Ocean was also somewhat weaker.
Another ability of the Golden Body Cultivation is precisely suitable for refining bones.
However, no one knew that there would be an ocean of gold and stone here, and only the original owner could refine and control it!
Therefore, everyone who managed to get in is now dead!
Those who cannot enter will never know that, in the place where the Dark Beasts became the guardians of the tombs, there is actually a rare treasure like the Golden Stone Ocean guarding the entrance.
Therefore, even the owner of the tomb could never have imagined that, after the passage of time, the lingering essence and imprints upon the golden stone ocean would vanish completely!
A mine that should only be controlled by someone at the level of a Demon Lord came to be possessed by a weakling like Lu Yu, and he even had the ability to teleport through realms. Therefore, the deadly trap set by the tomb’s owner ended up benefiting someone else. The mine lost the original master’s spiritual imprint, and the ocean of golden stones became ownerless, making it naturally possible for it to be refined and controlled.
Time flies!
This is a process that tests one’s patience greatly, and can even be extremely tedious!
Lu Yu kept repeating the process of teleportation, absorption, and teleportation again and again!
Fortunately, he was not lacking in patience.
Nearly one-tenth of Lu Yu’s entire skeleton has already turned to gold!
“The Kill Star Soul has been activated. It is still 92% away from reaching level five. Base attack power has increased by 15,000 points, maximum base life has increased by 10,000 points, and base physical strength has increased by 20,000 points!”
“Can the star soul actually evolve further?”
Lu Yu was overjoyed!
It seems that choosing to refine the bones was not a mistake after all!
Lu Yu couldn’t move, so he decided to focus on refining his bones instead!
No matter how dull the process is, as long as evolution is achieved, it is worthwhile!
Lu Yu’s basic attributes began to rise continuously.
When nearly half of his entire body’s bones transformed into golden bones, his three attributes reached the pinnacle of the Murder Star Soul.
The upgrade progress of the Killing Star Soul is still 36% away!
“Level five, almost there!” A slight smile curled at the corner of Lu Yu’s mouth as he began to look forward to becoming a Level-five Star Soul!
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