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Back in the Outer Territory Battlefield, Luo Feng once had his Golden Horn Behemoth clone fuse Blood-Red Crystals, bringing the total number of fused Blood-Red Crystals to 165! At that time, he had only just begun cultivating the first tribulation of the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual, and his will had not yet undergone a fundamental transformation from the life-and-death inheritance of the Star Tower.

“166 crystals, 167 crystals, 168 crystals…”

The Golden Horn Behemoth lay there like a mountain.

Meanwhile, Luo Feng’s Earth human body sat cross-legged on the Golden Horn Behemoth’s back.

As a Starry Sky Behemoth over a thousand kilometers long, it resembled a colossal mountain range, its back incredibly broad. The Earth human body sat on its back as if on a vast, scaled plain.

“Hiss!” The Earth human body’s wing moved, easily cutting through a scale to create a wound on the Golden Horn Behemoth’s back, then tossed in the triangular prism-shaped crystal it held.

One after another.

The Golden Horn Behemoth continuously fused Blood-Red Crystals.

“196 crystals, 197 crystals, 198 crystals…” Luo Feng sat there, tossing Blood-Red Crystals, secretly marveling at how the agonizing, over 6000-year life-and-death journey of the last inheritance had indeed brought about a world-shattering transformation in his will. Nearly ten thousand years had passed since the last Blood-Red Crystal fusion, and his own progress was clearly immense.

“200 crystals.”

As the 200th Blood-Red Crystal integrated into the Golden Horn Behemoth’s back, a surge of Blood-Red power instantly transformed the muscles, bones, and scales of its back. The back swelled, muscles coiled like steel rebar, and the scales became denser and gleamed with a dazzling golden hue. Blood-red threads crisscrossed the golden scales, forming a terrifying image of a roaring Beast God’s head.

Immense power! Overwhelming strength!

After cultivating the first five tribulations of the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual, coupled with the Golden Horn Behemoth’s inherent life gene level being 10 times that of ordinary life, its life gene level had reached 480 times! Its ‘back’ was already at 480 times… now, with the activation of Blood-Red power, it instantly reached its limit, just like its right hoof!

The back itself surged by almost over 20 times! Equivalent to roughly 2 times its power before activation.

The right hoof was the same; once activated, it was roughly 2 times its power when Blood-Red power was not active.

“Continue fusing.”

“Maintain balance, choose the left hoof.”

…

The Earth human body stood on the vast grassland, looking at the enormous hoof before it. The scales on the hoof’s surface had been cut open, and blood flowed. Luo Feng tossed the Blood-Red Crystals one by one.

“226 crystals, 227 crystals, 228 crystals… 281 crystals, 282 crystals… the baleful aura is starting to impact my will.”

The Earth human body frowned slightly.

With the total number of fused Blood-Red Crystals reaching 282, the impact of the baleful aura was already slightly affecting his will.

“With the number of fused Blood-Red Crystals as a comparison, I can easily feel my own progress; my will has indeed improved greatly.” Luo Feng’s expression remained unchanged. Neither the impact of the baleful aura nor the intense pain from the Blood-Red power integration was significant compared to the agony of the ‘Tower Pearl’ fusing with his soul.

“299, 300!”

The left hoof also reached its fusion limit.

“Ooooh~~” The Golden Horn Behemoth let out an excited cry, simultaneously activating both front hooves. The left and right hooves instantly became thicker, their scales turning a dazzling golden. Blood-red threads on the golden scales formed two roaring Beast God heads. As it stomped, the Golden Horn Behemoth felt the surging power.

“I feel like I can fuse a few dozen more. Concentrating them in one spot won’t be as beneficial; I should spread them out.”

“Each part, fuse 10 crystals,” Luo Feng decided.

…

Each additional crystal Luo Feng could fuse filled him with excited anticipation, as it represented an increase in his strength. However, there was a limit to what he could endure. Relying on his exceptionally strong will… at the 381st crystal, Luo Feng finally couldn’t bear it. The baleful aura’s impact exceeded his tolerance, causing him to let out a painful roar, and he finally failed.

The right hoof, left hoof, and back each fused 100 Blood-Red Crystals.

The tail, the two hind hooves, the pair of scaled wings, the upper back (connecting the two hooves and neck), and the head—these seven areas. The head fused 20 Blood-Red Crystals, and the others each fused 10 Blood-Red Crystals. This totaled 80 Blood-Red Crystals.

The grand total of fused Blood-Red Crystals… reached 380!

“The right hoof, left hoof, and back—these three areas are each equivalent to 2 times the total body strength when Blood-Red power is not activated! To be precise, perhaps slightly more.”

“And the other seven areas of the body are each equivalent to 1 time the total body strength when Blood-Red power is not activated.”

“So, the total power exceeds 6000 times Lord-level power!”

“This means my current life gene level exceeds 6000 times, approaching 6500 times.” Luo Feng instantly calculated a rough range.

…

“Owooo~~” The Golden Horn Behemoth raised its head and roared, simultaneously activating the Blood-Red power throughout its entire body. This Blood-Red power had now spread to every part of its being.

Upon activation, its entire genetic structure rapidly transformed, and its physical composition began to change. Its bones emitted a grating sound, and the entire Golden Horn Behemoth seemed to instantly grow larger. Its scales turned a pale gold, especially its front hooves and back, which became dazzling golden. These three areas were the thickest, and every scale on its body was densely covered with blood-red threads, forming various Beast God patterns, some simple, some perfectly intricate.

This power of its bloodline made the Golden Horn Behemoth incredibly mighty.

“The precise power feels like 6400 times,” the Golden Horn Behemoth made the most accurate judgment of itself.

Before activation, it was 480 times.

Upon activation, it was already 6400 times.

“Owooo~~” “Owooo~~” “Owooo~~” “Owooo~~” “Owooo~~” “Owooo~~” The Golden Horn Behemoth roared freely, each roar filled with excitement and exhilaration.

“Hahaha… over 6000 times!”

“That Bug King is hailed as the universe’s unique special life form, and it’s only 5000 times!”

“Howling Mirror King’s life gene level is 2000 times, and there are only a handful of its kind in the entire universe.”

“And I, I’m even stronger than the Bug King! Over 6000 times!!!”

Luo Feng looked up at the Golden Horn Behemoth, his eyes filled with excitement.

What a thrill! What a thrill! His own life gene level could suppress the universe’s unique life form, the ‘Bug King’!

“Those whose life gene level can exceed 5000 times are all extraordinary and heaven-defying; I am now one of them. Based on the number of fused Blood-Red Crystals, each part can fuse a maximum of 100 crystals, meaning the entire body can fuse a maximum of 1000 crystals. At that point, the life gene level should reach approximately 10,000 times.” Luo Feng quickly made this inference.

10,000 times!

The universe’s unique special life forms generally range from several thousand times to nearly ten thousand times.

If the life gene level of ordinary life forms across billions of races were to increase, a hundredfold would be the limit. And this 10,000 times is clearly the ultimate limit for ‘countless special life forms’.

…

After a bout of excited catharsis.

“The Golden Horn Behemoth clone is indeed one of my greatest trump cards.”

“With a high life gene level and a length of over a thousand kilometers, burning its divine body would take a very, very long time.” Luo Feng mused. A Golden Horn Behemoth over a thousand kilometers long possessed far more divine power than a human of comparable two-meter height.

High life level.

And massive in size.

How heaven-defying was that?

“Hmm, my Earth human body should also try fusing Blood-Red Crystals.” Luo Feng was filled with anticipation.

His Earth human body was different from the Golden Horn Behemoth. The Golden Horn Behemoth was enormous, requiring fusion across ten different areas. But the Earth human body… was far smaller than even one of the Golden Horn Behemoth’s hooves. Therefore, the theoretical maximum number of Blood-Red Crystals the Earth human body could fuse was only 100.

“Back then, after I cultivated the second tribulation of the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual, my life gene level reached 6 times, and I successfully fused the 10th Blood-Red Crystal.”

“Now I’ve cultivated the first five tribulations, and my life gene is 48 times. I wonder how many I can fuse.”

Undoubtedly, his will could withstand the cumulative baleful aura of 380 Blood-Red Crystals. The Earth human body’s fusion of Blood-Red Crystals… primarily depended on the Earth human’s life genes.

“The 11th crystal…” Luo Feng cut his palm and began fusing the Blood-Red Crystals.

…

One Blood-Red Crystal after another was fused. With a life gene level of 48 times, his genes were exceptionally excellent, and the fusion limit was much higher.

“The 61st crystal…” Luo Feng continuously fused Blood-Red Crystals, his anticipation growing.

“The 81st crystal, the 82nd crystal, the 83rd—no! No!” Luo Feng felt his bones and muscles tearing internally. Immediately, the Blood-Red power began to flow back, returning into that single Blood-Red Crystal.

“To think, I only fused 82 crystals?” Luo Feng found it hard to believe.

When the Golden Horn Behemoth first fused 100 crystals, he hadn’t even cultivated the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual, and the Golden Horn Behemoth’s life level was only 10 times.

His Earth human body, with a life gene level of 48 times, how could it be inferior to the Golden Horn Behemoth back then?

This… this…

“Could it be that Blood-Red Crystals are extremely suitable for the Golden Horn Behemoth?” Luo Feng mused. From his experience with Blood-Red Crystals so far, other life forms found it very difficult to fuse them. His Earth human body, even after cultivating two tribulations of the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual, could only painstakingly fuse 10 crystals, while the Golden Horn Behemoth had always fused them with ease.

Regardless of the time, the Golden Horn Behemoth’s body could always fuse them. The only thing that troubled Luo Feng was his will’s inability to resist the baleful aura’s impact.

“Blood-Red Crystals come from that ‘Gold and Space’ innate Beast God,” Luo Feng thought. “The Golden Horn Behemoth also belongs to the pinnacle bloodline of gold-element Starry Sky Behemoths and possesses the innate talent of ‘Devouring,’ which has space attributes. Perhaps, the Golden Horn Behemoth’s life genes are truly inherently suited for fusing Blood-Red Crystals.”

“Fusing Blood-Red Crystals likely has extremely high requirements for a specific aspect of life genes.”

“The Golden Horn Behemoth is naturally like this.”

“And the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual should be a holistic improvement to life genes, only incidentally enhancing that specific aspect, which is why it made it relatively easy for me to fuse Blood-Red Crystals.” Luo Feng pondered for a long time before making this deduction.

…

On the endless grassland.

The Golden Horn Behemoth lay there, a tiny human figure leaning against its massive hoof.

“What should I do?” Luo Feng leaned against the cold scales. “I only fused 82 crystals, very close to 100. If I could fuse 100 crystals, once activated, it would increase by a hundredfold, and then my Earth human body could also reach 4800 times! Although its volume is smaller, the Earth human body’s combat power would also be extremely strong.”

“Must I wait until I cultivate the sixth tribulation of the Ninefold Tribulation Secret Manual before my Earth human body can fuse 100 Blood-Red Crystals? No, perhaps…”

“Beast God Blood!” Luo Feng nodded slightly, immediately connecting a trace of his consciousness to the Virtual Universe Network.