novellhall Chapter 71 Armored Corpse, Life Limits Broken
Chapter 71 Armored Corpse, Life Limits Broken
Before the armored corpse could finish speaking, it suddenly swung up the chain ball that was dragging on the ground. The rusted chain groaned under the immense force, and with a gust of evil wind, it crashed down on Lu Qingfeng!
Before the iron ball even arrived, the heavy wind pressure had already lifted up the damp, decaying leaves and gravel from the ground!
"I told you to come, and you actually came?!" Lu Qingfeng's eyes flashed with blood-red light, and his internal energy erupted.
hum!
The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and then a scorching wave of air exploded outwards from Lu Qingfeng!
The aura of blood and gore emanating from his body instantly took on a tangible dark gold edge, making him look like an ancient tyrant who had just stepped out of a furnace.
The combined size of the feast exudes a terrifying oppressive force at this moment, its solidified fighting spirit and sense of power resembling a volcano about to erupt!
Lu Qingfeng slammed his arms down at the oncoming iron ball.
"clang!"
The shockwave, visible to the naked eye, spread out in a ring, completely clearing away the fog within a ten-meter radius!
The sound of metal clashing echoed through the mountains and forests, and the shockwaves caused the surrounding dead trees to snap and break!
The heavy iron ball bound by chains was steadily stopped in mid-air, while Lu Qingfeng remained completely still.
He unleashed a powerful shockwave, sending it hurtling upwards against the iron chain!
"Crack, crack—bang!"
The finely cast iron chain snapped inch by inch, and the iron ball flew out of his hand, crashing into a distant earthen slope and creating a deep crater.
Before the armored corpse could react, Lu Qingfeng had already stepped forward and pressed down on its position.
The right hand is shaped like a claw, with five fingers like hooks.
A "click" sound.
He gripped his iron-gray neck, his fingers digging deep into his flesh, making the bones creak!
"Ironclad?" Lu Qingfeng scoffed. "I'll make sure you don't leave alive!"
With his left hand clenched into a fist, his blood and qi roared like an explosion, his flesh and blood furnace was running at full power, and his murderous aura condensed at the edge of his fist.
One punch! Straight to the chest and abdomen!
Like a heavy hammer striking a steel plate, the skin on the armored corpse's chest cracked open, leaving a fist-shaped dent!
The second punch followed immediately, deepening the dent and spreading the cracks!
The third punch shattered the ribs, and corpse energy gushed out from the crack!
The armored corpse struggled and twisted, its roar abruptly ceasing, its body collapsing like a tattered sack.
In just three punches, the so-called iron-clad corpse was reduced to scrap metal.
The real show is about to begin!
feast!
Lu Qingfeng opened his mouth wide, and a strange spatial fluctuation appeared in front of him. Within that spatial fluctuation, the armored corpse was continuously sucked up and flew towards his mouth. Moreover, the fire bull flew smaller and smaller until it finally disappeared.
In the blink of an eye, the armored corpse was sucked into its stomach, joining the food in the cafeteria.
Only the spiked iron ball and a few rusted chains remain as proof that it once existed.
Kill 1 Armored Corpses (Enhanced Elite/Mini Boss)
[Experience +5000]
[Materials Obtained: Ironclad Corpse Core (Green) *1, Rusty Inscribed Chains (White) *3]
[Cleanup Progress Update]
The regional threat, the armored zombie, has been eliminated.
[You have successfully used [Feast] to devour and digest the armored corpse!]
[Passive growth effect triggered!]
[Feast Floor +1]
[Judgment in progress... Judgment successful! This time, the character has been upgraded to Elite level!]
You have received permanent bonuses: Constitution +0.5, Maximum Health +100, Strength +0.5, Physical and Energy Defense +1
Your body size has increased by 5%!
[Skill cooldown time has been fully refunded!]
[You have gained a special bonus from consuming the armored corpse this time. You have acquired the passive trait, Hardened Armor, which increases physical defense by 10%]
[Feast level reached 5, first life limit broken, begin!]
[The direction for this life limit breakthrough is being determined...]
[Anchoring successful! Let's celebrate evolution!]
There's no time to grieve over the fraudulent life level of the armored zombies; an evolution of life levels is imminent!
Lu Qingfeng took a deep breath, and the cold air he inhaled collided with the surging heat in his body, creating a faint buzzing sound in his chest.
Suppressing his discomfort, he scanned his surroundings with his senses and, finding no further hostile aura, chose to embrace evolution!
The thunderous roar of tigers and leopards resounded from the depths of their internal organs, even more profound and lingering than before, as if a giant beast was growling within their blood.
No, this wasn't just a feeling. Lu Qingfeng felt it; he felt that evolutionary impulse within him, as if a giant beast was awakening inside him!
"Feast Level 5... First time breaking the life limit..."
The five-tiered feast brings not only a leap in numbers, but also a transformation rooted in the essence of life.
The slight heat from devouring the white zombies had not yet completely subsided when the armored corpse's energy surged into his bloodstream like molten lava.
This time, it's not just the intensity and capacity that have changed.
He could clearly sense that an invisible membrane seemed to have been coated under his skin, his muscle fibers had become denser and tougher, and his bone density had increased significantly, producing a faint metallic sound when struck.
This is the effect of the passive trait [Iron Armor], a seemingly insignificant yet extremely powerful trait.
And this is merely the prelude to the breaking of life's limits.
A hunger far more intense and profound than any previous devouring sensation erupted from the deepest part of his body!
Every cell in the body was screaming wildly, craving high-quality energy to fill the huge gap needed for evolution.
Lu Qingfeng's pupils contracted instantly, and the blood-red lines under his eyes became vivid and lively again.
He suddenly clutched his chest, where it felt as if an invisible black hole was rapidly spinning and expanding, greedily sucking up his stored energy.
The vital energy consumed in the battle was quickly drained away, along with some of the essence accumulated from the previous buffet, which was forcibly dragged out and thrown into the limit-breaking furnace.
"Huff... huff..."
His breathing became heavy and hot, each exhale bringing out pale red steam.
On the skin's surface, dark red blood vessels pulsated and throbbed as if alive, and the tiger-leopard roar within the body was no longer peaceful, but turned into a deep, powerful, hungry rumble.
Breaking the limits of life is not simply a matter of stacking attributes.
This is a forced breaking and reshaping of the original life framework on the path to transcendence.
The power devoured by the feast is now transforming into the most violent catalyst and building material, impacting the boundaries of his human life form, attempting to construct a new container that is more powerful and capable of containing extraordinary power.
This process requires energy—an unparalleled amount of energy!
The energy stored in a buffet is sufficient, but far from enough!
Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Qingfeng, relying on his remaining rationality, quickly took out a large amount of supplies from his backpack.
Without hesitation, unlock the form to 100%!
Although it will cause some energy waste, it requires the powerful conversion ability of the flesh furnace and the extreme acceleration of its digestion characteristics!
The throat seemed to have become a highly efficient shredder, and the food was violently crushed and broken down as soon as it entered the mouth without any chewing process.
The process of breaking limits is like a bottomless abyss, greedily devouring every bit of energy that pours in.
My skin started to feel hot, my muscles trembled slightly and uncontrollably, and a faint cracking sound, like a glacier splitting open, came from deep within my bones.
This is evolution, and to shorten the evolution that takes years to complete to a mere instant—such a rapid process is far from comfortable.
Lu Qingfeng's temples bulged with veins as he gritted his teeth and endured the swelling and tearing sensation of his body being forcibly transformed from the inside out.
He knew that if the energy supply was interrupted, the process of breaking the limit might fail, or even cause irreversible damage to the body.
"Transform me!"
The inner wall of the stomach lining was writhing wildly, secreting powerful digestive juices that quickly enveloped and dissolved all the contents.
The vast and complex energy was extracted and directly injected into Lu Qingfeng's circulatory system.
"boom!"
With the addition of an even more violent torrent of energy, the crimson steam rising from Lu Qingfeng's body surface suddenly intensified several times, almost solidifying.
He couldn't help but let out a low growl, clenching his fists so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, bringing a slight pain that helped him stay awake.
The process of breaking limits began to accelerate with the infusion of sufficient energy.
He could feel his body being stretched and strengthened by a brute force.
Cellular activity increases at an astonishing rate, metabolic efficiency surges, and both the total amount of vitality and the speed of recovery undergo qualitative changes.
Severe injuries that would normally require several days to recover from may now only take a few hours; resistance to toxins, diseases, and abnormal conditions is also increasing simultaneously.
His body size began to expand slowly but steadily again, building upon its previous size.
The overall proportions are harmonized and enlarged, the muscle outlines are more defined, and the skeleton appears more robust and solid.
His height has surpassed previous limits, and his shoulder width, chest circumference, and arm span have all increased simultaneously, giving him an imposing aura befitting a top predator.
On the surface of the skin, an invisible skeleton rises up, even faintly revealing a metallic, matte sheen.
This process lasted about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea.
As the last surge of energy was completely absorbed, Lu Qingfeng slowly loosened his clenched fists and exhaled a long breath.
The breath was intense and long, distorting the air within several meters in front of him for a moment and dispersing the thin mist that had gathered again.
His height had increased by nearly ten centimeters, and his already tight clothes were completely stretched to bursting. Combined with his unleashed form, Lu Qingfeng was now a nearly three-meter-tall blood-red giant.
He felt as if an invisible shackle had been removed from his body, and his blood and qi flowed more smoothly and powerfully.
The road ahead is open!
[Hint: First life limit breakthrough completed]
Every time I break through the limits of my life from now on, it will occur every five years.
You have gained a new racial trait: Bone Shell. Your physical defense has been greatly enhanced.
[In collaboration with Steel Body... Special judgment bonus in progress...]
[Iron Body Level Up!]
Based on the level of the Feast and the quality of the creatures consumed, your life level has been slightly increased.
[Base maximum health increased by a permanent 50%]
[Permanently and slightly increased resistance to basic abnormal states]
Energy absorption and conversion efficiency has been slightly enhanced.
[Your Feast stack limit is temporarily frozen. You can continue to stack it after further consolidating your current life level or meeting specific conditions.]
[The Feast can still be used during the freeze period]
[You have gained the temporary status "Breakthrough Rebirth": All attributes +10% (lasts 24 hours), and health regeneration speed is greatly increased.]
"Life level upgrade... Is the level cap locked?"
Lu Qingfeng habitually scratched his head, preparing to enter a state of deep thought, only to find that his hair was gone. Clearly, the heat generated by the Qi and Blood Furnace had attacked his hair first.
Damn it, never mind for now, huff huff huff, he'll still scratch even without hair. What he didn't notice was how bizarre it was to see a three-meter-tall, naked, red giant with huge muscular arms scratching his bald head.
It's all about the details and the power!
Having experienced these multiple feasts, Lu Qingfeng had long since discovered that the principle of feast evolution was to forcibly devour foreign genes and integrate them into one's own body.
Therefore, a feast is not an invincible cheat code that can be infinitely devoured and stacked; it is limited by the capacity of life itself.
The reason why the limit is broken every five years is because the body, the container, is full.
Therefore, the principle behind each limit breach is like expanding a container, but after expansion, it takes a period of adaptation before it can withstand the next forced expansion.
Otherwise, excessive consumption that exceeds the limits of what the current life form can withstand may lead to collapse.
"That's good. Having just broken through, it's just right to use actual combat to adapt to and consolidate this surge in power."
Martial artists are born to fight, let alone Lu Qingfeng who possesses martial arts talent. He either lives or dies in battle!
Thinking of the scene to come, Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, revealing bright red fangs. Yes, that's right, fangs—all for better feeding.
Guided by his intuition, he cast his gaze deeper into the misty forest, where the guide had indicated the next place to lure monsters.
After setting his target, Lu Qingfeng bent down and picked up the rusty inscribed chain and the iron-armored corpse core from the ground, then casually tossed them into his network backpack.
Then, he pulled out the bag of [Incense of Enchanting Evil (Blue)] that he had bought from the online forum from the corner of his backpack.
【Incense for Attracting Evil (Blue)】
[Type: Consumable/Item]
[Effect: When lit, it releases a special fragrance that attracts low-intelligence undead and evil creatures within a certain range that are sensitive to yin energy.]
[Seller's Note: What a strange request! It's just for attracting monsters, without any extra exorcising ingredients.]
P.S.: Essential for fishing enforcement, but be careful, you might attract more than just fish – Starry Road · Fisherman
P.S.: That's true, what if the air force fails? (^ω^) — 999+ popular comments online
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