[TECHNIQUE ACTIVATED: BONE-STELLAR REFINEMENT - RANK 1 OVERDRIVE]
Yuan didn't just absorb the mana; he forced the Spiritual Copper to migrate from the rock directly into his skeletal structure. In the world of World Breakers, practitioners slowly temper their skin. Yuan, however, went straight for the marrow.
Phase 1 (The Siphon): The copper veins in the wall turned grey and brittle as their "Soul-Essence" was sucked out.
Phase 2 (The Transmutation): Inside his body, the Null-Logic acted as a catalyst, turning the toxic copper-dust in his lungs into a liquid metallic alloy. This alloy began to coat his broken "Astral-Circuits," creating a reinforced neural network.
Phase 3 (The Power Surge):
[STATUS UPDATE: RANK 1 - STAGE 4 (VALLEY CRUSH)]
[PHYSICAL INTEGRITY: 45% (RECOVERING)]
The pain was excruciating—like having molten lava poured into his veins—but Yuan's expression remained a mask of pathetic exhaustion. He didn't even grunt. To him, physical pain was just another data point to be processed.
"My lungs are no longer flesh," Yuan thought, feeling the cold, metallic hum in his chest. "They are now Internal Furnaces. Every breath I take from this mana-rich mine will fuel my ascension."
Suddenly, the wall of copper he was touching didn't just crumble; it dissolved. Behind it lay not more rock, but a smooth, obsidian surface inscribed with glowing silver runes that didn't belong to this era. It was a Interface Port for the ancient Rank 6 relic.