Chapter 612: The Kun Peng Body
"Langtian, because you are not a member of the Kun Peng Clan, the energy here in the North Sea Abyss will suppress you severely, then attempt to reshape you.
"This is very dangerous. If you cannot endure it, I fear you will truly be melted down by this energy and become a part of it."
While Lin Langtian endured the agony, Spirit Aunt's solemn voice rang out. Clearly, she had sensed the perilous situation Lin Langtian was in.
"Mm."
At this moment, most of Lin Langtian's mind was focused on desperately resisting the terrifying, erosive pain, so he could only respond hoarsely in his heart.
Although his purpose in entering the North Sea Abyss was to help Spirit Aunt find a drop of pure Kun Peng Clan essence blood, facing such a cultivation treasure land now, Lin Langtian could not easily let it pass.
Over the years, he had come to understand clearly that great power required a price. It was an equivalent exchange; in this world, no power came for free.
Accompanied by intense pain, waves of majestic black energy surged continuously into Lin Langtian's body, relentlessly covering his form.
Within that ancient black energy, one could faintly see strands of pitch-black light patterns containing astonishing vitality. These traces were none other than the essence blood left behind by those Kun Peng Clan powerhouses!
Strand by strand, the light patterns covered Lin Langtian's body, causing it to gradually emit a dark, gloomy light.
As time passed slowly, his figure radiated a dazzling, gloomy black light that was extremely piercing to the eyes.
At a certain moment, Lin Langtian's tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, then slowly opened.
Roar!
His originally bright eyes were now filled with gloomy black light. Deep within his pupils, it seemed as if the shadow of a giant Kun was coiled there, appearing extremely mysterious.
A powerful oppressive force suddenly spread out with Lin Langtian as the source, even pushing back the viscous black energy for several zhang.
The gloomy black light in Lin Langtian's eyes persisted for a while before finally fading gradually. He closed his eyes slightly, sensing the power surging like turbulent waves within his body at this moment.
That power galloped through his limbs and bones like a released beast, filled with potent destructive force. That power was even stronger than Lin Langtian's Black Yan Tyrant Body!
Lin Langtian clenched his five fingers. He could feel the blood surging in his body, that boiling state as if it wanted to break through the body's restraints and erupt completely.
With a thought, gloomy black light surged again from beneath his skin. As the light gathered around him, dark Kun patterns danced, and Kun cries echoed ceaselessly.
"Could this be... the Kun Peng Body?"
Lin Langtian clenched his palm lightly, feeling the astonishing power hidden within his body, a trace of surprise flashing through his heart.
He hadn't expected that after being tempered by the energy of the North Sea Abyss, his body would actually possess a trace of the Kun Peng Clan's constitution.
It must be known that the Kun Peng Clan, as one of the four dominant clans in the Demon Domain, had an incredibly noble bloodline. Any demonic beast that had even a slight connection to the Kun Peng Clan could dominate a region. Yet Lin Langtian, with a human body, had cultivated the Kun Peng Body—truly a huge surprise.
In that case, this pain was worth it.
"This is merely an ordinary Kun Peng Body. To strengthen it, we'll have to see what comes next. However, the energy here resists you somewhat. Perhaps absorbing it won't be easy for you. In that case, it will be difficult to strengthen the Kun Peng Body to a very high level," Spirit Aunt said at this moment.
Hearing this, Lin Langtian nodded. Refining a demonic beast constitution with a human body was indeed not easy. Just like Lin Dong—if he hadn't cultivated the Green Heaven Materialized Dragon Skill, he wouldn't have been able to absorb the Dragon Clan's Primal Dragon Bone.
The reason Lin Langtian could cultivate the Kun Peng Body now wasn't due to dumb luck, but because of his bloodline link with Spirit Aunt, allowing him to exploit a loophole. Otherwise, that bloodline difference would have long caused him to self-destruct.
"Resist?"
Hearing this, Lin Langtian smiled in his heart. "Then let's do it the hard way."
"You want to use the Devouring Ancestral Symbol?"
Spirit Aunt seemed to think of something and said with some surprise. The energy here was already sharp; just absorbing it normally was excruciating. If Lin Langtian used the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to forcibly devour it, how intense would the pain be?
"This is my only chance to enter the North Sea Abyss. Since I'm here, naturally I can't be satisfied with an ordinary Kun Peng Body. I can feel that this constitution is very useful to me. Since that's the case, I must seize this opportunity," Lin Langtian smiled.
"You guy... truly crazy," Spirit Aunt sighed.
Lin Langtian smiled and said no more. He slowly opened his eyes; what met his vision was pitch darkness.
In this North Sea Abyss, his spiritual perception was completely useless. Moreover, when his spiritual power probed out, those violent energies would swarm over and dissolve it.
"Devouring Ancestral Symbol, come out."
Lin Langtian murmured softly. Profound black light slowly emanated from his body, then turned into a massive black hole behind him, while he sat cross-legged within it.
Though both were black, the black light of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol seemed even more profound and pure than the darkness of the North Sea Abyss.
"Devour."
A faint voice came from Lin Langtian's mouth at this moment. In the next instant, the black hole began to rotate slowly, releasing waves of domineering devouring power.
Splash!
With the spread of devouring power, the abyss water in this area immediately showed movement, breaking the previous eerie silence instantly.
The abyss water flowed, turning into streams of black water that rushed into the black hole vortex, finally pouring into Lin Langtian's body.
"Hmph."
When those cold, blade-like black water streams rushed into Lin Langtian's body, he immediately trembled violently. At this moment, it felt as if his flesh and blood were being sliced off piece by piece. A muffled groan escaped his throat.
Black energy poured into Lin Langtian's body, then began to continuously scour his bloodlines, muscles, and bones. In this scouring, traces of Kun Peng divine might emanated from Lin Langtian's body.
At the same time, indescribable pain also impacted Lin Langtian's mind. Facing this agony, even with Lin Langtian's composure, dizziness surged in his mind.
However, he pressed his lips tightly together, forcing himself to stay awake.
Lin Langtian knew that once his consciousness faded, those energies would burst his body, turning him into pure energy wandering in this North Sea Abyss.
"Screech!"
Brilliant Nine Nether Fire also surged from Lin Langtian's body surface at this moment. The Nine Nether Fire gathered, transforming into a massive Nine Netherbird light shadow coiled behind him.
Under the intense impact of this black energy, at this moment, Lin Langtian had no choice but to use the power of the bloodline link to protect himself from being assimilated by the North Sea Abyss's power.
Time passed tediously and slowly in this dark North Sea Abyss. Unknowingly, ten days passed...
During these ten days, Lin Langtian's body was in a constant state of twitching. That intense pain even made his body somewhat numb. On his skin, veins bulged as if about to burst out.
And behind him, that coiled Nine Netherbird had transformed into a giant Kun Peng at some point.
At this time, this giant Kun was clearly visible. One could even feel its burning Kun breath; this Kun Peng was like a living creature.
If someone unaware saw Lin Langtian now, they would surely mistake him for a humanoid Kun Peng.
And the toughness of Lin Langtian's current body was undoubtedly far, far stronger than before entering the North Sea Abyss...
The things the Kun Peng Clan took pride in were nothing more than two: bloodline and speed. Setting aside bloodline, to be fast, one must have a powerful body to support it. The Kun Peng Clan's physical strength might not match the Dragon Clan, but in the demonic beast world, they were also ranked extremely high.
It could be said that with the transformation from the North Sea Abyss, the current Lin Langtian could almost count as a humanoid Kun Peng!
"Your current Kun Peng Body should have reached the intensity of upper-grade Kun Peng essence blood. Very good..." Spirit Aunt spoke at this moment.
"Upper-grade Kun Peng essence blood, huh... not enough."
Lin Langtian opened his eyes slightly. In his black pupils, a fanatic ambition surged.
"You... want ancient essence blood?" Spirit Aunt was slightly startled and asked in astonishment.
"Since I've come to this North Sea Abyss, naturally I want the best! Besides, Spirit Aunt, don't you also need Kun Peng Clan essence blood?
"Although I can use the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to extract Kun Peng essence blood in this North Sea Abyss, at most it will only be comparable to upper-grade Kun Peng essence blood. Like that, I'm afraid Spirit Aunt wouldn't be fully satisfied either," Lin Langtian smiled.
Hearing this, Spirit Aunt was slightly stunned, then fell silent, evidently acquiescing.
After all, Kun Peng essence blood was equally important to her, so naturally, the higher the quality, the better.
Seeing this, Lin Langtian smiled. With a thought, the black hole vortex suddenly spun at high speed at this moment.
A terrifying devouring power swept out, churning this quiet North Sea Abyss into rolling waves.
Darkness surged. At the bottom of this lightless North Sea Abyss, it seemed even the concept of time quietly faded away.
And somewhere in that darkness, a figure was covered by thick, black, viscous abyss water.
This abyss water was like sludge, wrapping him extremely tightly. Only from the faint outline could one see a hint of a human shape.
Around him, vast endless black energy poured in continuously, but despite this infusion of energy, there was still no movement within that sludge.
Sizzle.
This quiet infusion lasted for an unknown amount of time—one day, two days...
At a certain moment, the sludge trembled slightly. A pair of shining black eyes emerged from within.
"Sigh."
Lin Langtian, having opened his eyes, sighed softly in his heart at this moment. He had been in this North Sea Abyss for over half a month now.
Unfortunately, ever since successfully refining the Kun Peng Body and having his body become comparable to upper-grade Kun Peng essence blood, no matter how much energy Lin Langtian absorbed from the North Sea Abyss, his Kun Peng Body remained at the upper-grade level.
As for that so-called ancient Kun Peng Body, clearly he still hadn't reached it.
"No wonder that ancient Kun Peng is so rare in this Kun Peng Clan..."
Lin Langtian sighed low. If not for this, presumably the ancient Kun Peng wouldn't make even Kun Qiong praise it endlessly.
"I fear obtaining this ancient Kun Peng essence blood isn't simple—it's not something you can possess just by absorbing the North Sea Abyss energy." While Lin Langtian felt somewhat helpless about this, Spirit Aunt's pondering voice sounded at this moment.
She had been monitoring the changes in Lin Langtian's body during this time. Although Lin Langtian used the domineering devouring power of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol to absorb the energy in the North Sea Abyss in almost a whale-swallowing manner.
But aside from slightly strengthening Lin Langtian's constitution, this didn't bring any other qualitative changes. Clearly, this wasn't due to insufficient energy.
"Hmm? Spirit Aunt, did you discover something?"
Lin Langtian also gradually calmed down and asked in his heart. Spirit Aunt was an experienced veteran after all; many things were far beyond his understanding.
"According to the Kun Peng Clan, even those powerhouses who successfully obtained ancient Kun Peng essence blood weren't clear about what happened in the instant they got it. And actually, I'm not too familiar with this so-called essence blood of the Kun Peng Clan either..."
Spirit Aunt's voice was elegant and pleasing, full of mature womanly charm. She paused, then said, "However, besides noble bloodline, what the Kun Peng Clan excels at most is speed.
"Kun Peng Clan powerhouses possess the innate ability to tear through space. Even in the Great Thousand World, they are an extremely troublesome race. Perhaps you can start from this aspect."
"Ability to tear through space?"
Hearing this, Lin Langtian raised his eyebrows slightly. He wasn't unfamiliar with this. After all, among the Kun Peng Clan members he had encountered, except for Kun Jian who excelled in physical body and Kun Ling in spiritual power, most Kun Peng Clan members indeed excelled more in speed.
Could it be that obtaining that ancient Kun Peng essence blood required not just powerful strength, but also mastering extraordinary spatial attainments?
"That I'm not too sure about," Spirit Aunt hesitated and said.
Lin Langtian nodded, remaining silent for a while. Suddenly, he gritted his teeth. With a thought, a wisp of silver light surged from his body.
This silver light was none other than the power of the Spatial Ancestral Symbol.
Squeak squeak!
However, just as that wisp of silver light surged out, the surrounding black pool water surged over. Strands of black energy adhered to it, emitting a harsh sound.
Pain!
When that harsh sound emerged, a sharp pain, clearer than during the previous tempering, frantically flooded into Lin Langtian's mind, immediately causing bloodshot veins to rise in his pupils.
Lin Langtian clenched his palms tightly, even biting his lip until a trace of blood appeared. In the next moment, he took a deep breath, a ruthless look flashing across his eyes.
Boom!
Accompanied by Lin Langtian gritting his teeth fiercely, surging spatial power instantly swept out from his body like a tide.
He refused to believe he couldn't find the location of this ancient Kun Peng essence blood!
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