On one hand, he was compressing and tempering the blood and flesh within his body. On the other hand, under the rich lifeforce, new blood and flesh were born once more. It was a tug-of-war within Xiao Chen's body.
"Condense!
Condense!
Condense! "
On his gigantic body, a series of thick blood vessels bulged out like a blood dragon. In the blink of an eye, large amounts of blood and flesh within his body were being compressed by an extremely strong force.
Finally, Xiao Chen's body stopped growing. It wasn't because the lifeforce within his body had disappeared. Instead, it was because the rate at which Xiao Chen was consuming his blood and flesh to form the Blood Diamonds had already reached the same rate at which the lifeforce was generating new blood and flesh.
The white lifeforce was still cruising around within his body. However, Xiao Chen had already gotten used to its existence. Piece by piece, his blood and flesh seemed to have evaporated and turned into sparkling and translucent diamonds.
Now that his body was over a thousand feet tall, the Blood Diamonds only took up less than 10% of his entire body. This was because his body was simply way too humongous right now.
"Lifeforce, the source of life." Xiao Chen looked within his body and pondered.
Xiao Chen could sense that the lifeforce within was of the same source as the source of life within the depths of his marrows. Initially, the marrows were the true sources of blood. Naturally, the life force was incomparably exuberant. However, right now, every single Blood Diamond contained the same amount of lifeforce.
"Is this a metamorphosis?"
At this moment, Xiao Chen's eyes flashed with a look of astonishment. He realized that the reason why his body was shrinking while he was tempering it wasn't just because he was forcefully compressing it. At the same time, his body was undergoing a metamorphosis as well.
The impurities within, as well as some of the blood and flesh that had lost its vitality, were all annihilated into nothingness in an instant. Only the blood and flesh with the most exuberant life force could eventually turn into Blood Diamonds. This was to ensure the lifeforce of the Blood Diamonds.
This was a metamorphosis process. Although it seemed simple, it wasn't easy at all to compress the energy of a large piece of flesh into a single particle in the blink of an eye.
The cultivation of the ancient physical body technique was to constantly compress and purify the flesh and blood. The Blood Yuan Diamond was merely the first level of transformation of the physical body. It was rumored that after going through several transformations, the physical body would be comparable to the divine beasts of the Desolate Era.
Finally, Xiao Chen's Battle Physique began to gradually shrink. Although it was not very obvious, his height had decreased by ten feet in a quarter of an hour.
Clearly, the tribulation of life had begun to weaken. Even after absorbing the primordial energy at such a crazy rate, Xiao Chen's body did not explode. Instead, Xiao Chen's body was thoroughly baptized by the primordial energy.
After being baptized by the Chaotic Qi, his entire body was emitting a thick, chaotic aura.
One hundred and fifty zhang … one hundred and forty-five zhang … one hundred and thirty-three zhang …
As Xiao Chen continued to compress his flesh and blood, his body began to shrink at a speed visible to the naked eye. However, the aura emitted from his body began to condense gradually. Furthermore, the aura emitted from his body became stronger and stronger!
As Xiao Chen continued to compress his flesh and blood, an illusory figure seemed to emerge from the towering ancient monument in the center of this space and observe every move of Xiao Chen.
It was an extremely huge face, but one could only vaguely make out its facial features.
"What a lucky fellow. The tribulation of life has actually become a means for him to increase his strength. It hasn't become a tribulation for him at all."
The illusory figure observed Xiao Chen. At this moment, none of Xiao Chen's actions had escaped his detection.
"The ancient physical body technique has forged the path of three elements and condensed all the flesh and blood into crystals. This is the correct path. Next, it will depend on how you proceed. My inheritance is not so easy to inherit!"
"The transformation of the physical body. The true physical body traverses the void and shatters the stars with one's fist. This is the most ancient way to become an emperor through the physical body. It is comparable to the deities of the desolate era. After such a long time, there is finally a junior martial artist who is walking the ancient path again. So what if you are a deity? Step by step, you will become a deity!"
Very soon, the face in the huge ancient monument faded away as if it had never appeared in the first place!
Meanwhile, Xiao Chen's body had also shrunk to a hundred zhang in size. The aura on his body became increasingly condensed and chaotic aura began to be absorbed into his body. It constantly seeped into his flesh and blood and turned into Blood Yuan Crystals!
The Blood Yuan Crystals were crystal clear and had distinct edges. They shone with a nine-colored brilliance. The originally white vitality in his body also began to gradually fuse with the condensed Blood Yuan Crystals, turning into the purest source of life within the Blood Yuan Crystals.
Seven hundred and thirty zhang … six hundred and fifty zhang …
As Xiao Chen's body shrank and the Blood Yuan Crystals continued to condense, the proportion of the Blood Yuan Crystals returned to 40%.
In truth, the Life Calamity had given Xiao Chen another chance to refine his flesh and blood. From a body that was over a hundred zhang tall, he had suddenly shrunk to less than ten zhang.
This sort of compression allowed the total amount of blood energy within his body to remain the same. His body continued to shrink. This was enough for Xiao Chen to compress his body to the extreme!
Every Blood Yuan Crystal was a complete source world of life. It contained a powerful strength. With a single thought, it could erupt with a destructive power a hundred times greater!
The Desolate World didn't know day and night. Xiao Chen was wrapped in the chaotic aura for an unknown amount of time. His body had already shrunk to less than fifty zhang and the Blood Yuan Crystals within him had also condensed to 99% of their original state.
His entire body was supported by the purple-gold battle bones. Sparkling and translucent Blood Yuan Crystals were attached to his body, forming Xiao Chen's current battle body!
He was just one step away from becoming the true Blood Yuan Battle Body!
Ancient physical body technique, Blood Yuan Battle Body!
This was the first level of transformation of the physical body!
It was different from the superficial path of physical body refinement of other martial artists. Instead, it was an extreme transformation that was carried out from the deepest parts of the entire body!
Weng!
One zhang!
From a height of 600 zhang, his body had shrunk to a height of ten zhang!
This was a compression of more than 160 times!
This meant that every inch of his flesh and blood had an explosive power of 160 times!
To other martial artists, this was simply unimaginable.
This was an extreme transformation!
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Xiao Chen's eyes opened, and a sharp light shot out like lightning. He opened his mouth and shouted!
"Blood Yuan Condensation, Battle Body formed!"
With a roar like a dragon, Xiao Chen's body shrank again, returning to his original height!
Weng!
Then, the last piece of flesh and blood in his body condensed into a Blood Yuan Crystal!
Rumble!
In an instant, there was an explosion of thunder within Xiao Chen's body. A nine-colored divine light emerged from his body and rushed out from the top of his head, turning into a nine-colored divine lotus!
Protective Divine Lotus!
It was a martial art skill derived from the extreme physical body technique!
At this moment, Xiao Chen had a trace of enlightenment. This divine lotus had an extremely strong defensive power. Its full name was Chaotic Nine-Colored Protective Divine Lotus!
Although it was floating above Xiao Chen's head, in fact, this divine lotus was very heavy. Even other Legendary Realm martial artists would find it difficult to withstand its weight. It was comparable to the weight of a mountain.
Only a martial artist like Xiao Chen, who had experienced the ancient physical body technique, could lift it!
This Chaotic Nine-Colored Protective Divine Lotus could be said to be the pinnacle of physical body technique that could be obtained by cultivating the ancient physical body technique and transforming the whole body into the Blood Yuan Battle Body!
This was due to the fact that Xiao Chen's battle body was completely forged from the chaotic airflow. It was innately contaminated with the chaotic aura. It was boundless and very heavy. If Xiao Chen didn't use this divine lotus to protect himself, he could directly take out the divine lotus and crush other martial artists to death!
There were nine levels of the Blood Yuan Battle Body. Similarly, Xiao Chen's Golden Battle Body had also reached the ninth level. The Golden Battle Body was just a means for Xiao Chen to walk on the ancient physical body technique. The real Golden Battle Body couldn't temper his body to such an extent.
Chi!
Xiao Chen used his hand as a knife and cut a bloody wound on his body. However, no blood flowed out. His whole body was tightly bound together and recovered in the blink of an eye!
Every blood diamond in his body was like a seed of the source of life. Although it hadn't reached the realm of rebirth from a single drop of blood, it was full of vitality. Even if he suffered an extremely strong injury, he could quickly recover to his original state.
Even if his arm was cut off, he could stimulate the vitality in his body to regrow it in a short period of time. All he consumed was the boundless vitality in his body and some energy!
This was also the reason why some powerful martial artists were difficult to kill. Because their vitality was strong, even if part of the vitality in their limbs was destroyed, as long as there was enough energy, they could still recover to their original state!