Chapter 238 Self-Service Character Creation True Body Cultivation Method (5400)

However, whether it be the essence of the maze or the implications of its layers, all of this is just a casual thought for Su Zhou right now.

"Boom—rumble!"

The seventh layer of the maze: Hurricane Cliff.

A loud noise echoed through the atmosphere.

With Su Zhou's martial strength and the support of the maze map left by the Nesser family, Su Zhou and Elias spent less than a day descending from the first layer to the extremely deep underground, at least fifteen thousand meters deep.

At this depth, theoretically, one should be reaching the mantle layer, but the Tartadis world is not a planetary structure, but a rather peculiar flat-Earth structure, so Earth's geography is meaningless to it.

And due to various special reasons such as the magic cycle and the nature of the maze, there is still a violent flow of air in this extremely deep seventh layer of the maze, even generating huge storms that erode layers of extremely steep cliff abyss in the underground.

However, even the roar of these storms could not cover up the thunderous roar of someone's attack, and the wail of a beast.

A steep cliff was shaking violently at this time, and the powerful wind pressure even formed layers of clearly structured milky white shock waves, which struck out in all directions like a tide. Countless broken rocks were swept up by the shock wave, flying like bullets, and hitting pits in the surrounding cliffs and land.

The cause of this scene was an armored figure shrouded in a semi-transparent storm of mist armor, wielding a black long knife.

He had stopped attacking at this time, and in front of him, a huge four-winged beetle was twitching in a sunken rock pit. Crushed by hundreds of tons of force, its exoskeleton was deeply crushed, and now it could not move at all, with only a breath left.

The dying giant beetle was similar in shape to a rhinoceros beetle, with a total length of more than twenty-five meters. Its two pairs of sturdy wings shimmered with magical luster like metal, faintly generating an upward force. Its huge horn echoed the power of the wind element, and with just a slight wave, it could create a spiral that could easily tear through steel and create a whirlwind that could open a hole tens of meters deep in the ground.

This seventh layer of the maze’s overlord, the extraordinary high-level magic beast ‘Siege Giant Beetle’, was considered by the previous Duke to have the destructive power to break through a city on its own, so it was given such a simple but extremely deterrent name.

But now, it was just material for someone's reference.

"The runes on the wings can be copied for reference. And that horn is obviously a special spiritual organ that can control the wind and form a spiral tornado, which is also very efficient. Record it as well."

Along the way, Su Zhou had collected the excellent extraordinary organs from seven or eight extraordinary creatures, and had a rough idea of his true body—although it sounded like the speed of this conception was a bit fast, it was because the resources in the maze were indeed abundant, and various magic beasts and extraordinary creatures emerged one after another.

No wonder the sheltered cities were not short of resources. After all, each layer of the maze was equivalent to a small ecosystem, a small world. If used well, there was really no need to worry about food and clothing. And for people like Su Zhou who needed a lot of biological information, it was a perfect place to gather materials.

The accumulation was already enough, and the materials were ready. Just like the computer keyboard and screen were ready, just lacking a host, Su Zhou was now lacking a proper true body cultivation method—although he could be a patchwork monster, piecing one thing together and another, and gluing his true body together, there was no need. This wasn't how one walked one's own path. Otherwise, why would everyone stand on the shoulders of their predecessors to open up the way forward?

So he simply asked Yala in his spiritual world, "Yala, Yala, do you have a framework or method for cultivating the true body?"

And this time, Yala's reply was very straightforward: "Yes, there are many. I don't know which type you need?"

Yala's reply was very generous, and Su Zhou's answer was even more generous: "I'll take a look at them all!"

"Are you sure? Okay."

After saying yes and replying to Yala's question with 'no problem', Su Zhou immediately felt a darkness in front of him, and felt that his brain was about to be burst by the endless information that suddenly appeared: "Ouch, my head..."

…《Abyss Rebirth》, 《The Witch's Handbook》, 《Neutron Star Battle Body》, 《Aether True Body》, 《The Emerald Book》, 《Undead True Bones》, 《Mycroft Scrolls》, 《Dragon Serpent Mysteries》, 《Heavenly Demon Transformation》, 《Data-based Spiritual Body》, 《Naga Heavenly Dragon Body》, 《The Seven Sages' Proverbs》, 《Eternal Night City Forbidden Canon》, 《Pure Spirit Transformation》, 《Taixu Treasure Mirror》, 《Dharma Body True Body》…

From Western fantasy to Xianxia (Chinese fantasy), from classical to science fiction, from psionic to pure materialization… In an instant, a large amount of information sufficient to burst a computer was forwarded, but it was subtly maintained at a level that would not make Su Zhou feel too painful.

"I'm shocked!" Su Zhou, who knew he had overestimated himself, immediately made an embarrassing sound: "There are so many?!"

"These are just some of the titles. I haven't sent the catalog yet—do you really want to look at them all?" Yala's tone was giggling. It slowly fell to Su Zhou's shoulder, and Su Zhou could even feel the warm temperature as it slowly brushed past his neck.

Strange, aren't snakes cold-blooded animals?

Without thinking too much, Su Zhou decisively admitted defeat: "No, please tell me the most suitable cultivation method, Yala-sama!"

"The cultivation of the true body is actually a framework. No matter what the cultivation method is, it provides you with a rough picture of the future, and the content in the picture needs to be filled in by yourself."

Yala was very reliable as a teacher. At this time, it was analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of various cultivation methods for Su Zhou: "Different cultivation methods are like providing you with different canvases and nutrients. The difference between them is as big as hand-painting, sand-painting, computer painting, sketching, oil painting, and ink painting. And for you..."

Saying so, the snake spirit sent a very simple title and corresponding content to Su Zhou: "This one is very suitable for you."

"Let me see..." Su Zhou squinted his eyes and concentrated on looking in his mind: "Spore..."

"《Spore》?" He was immediately a little confused: "This doesn't sound like the name of a cultivation method."

"Yes." Yala had a serious expression. At this time, it gently bit Su Zhou's shoulder and neck, and sucked a little blood—after all, Yala was now one centimeter thick, and the earlobe was a little too small—then, it naturally replied: "It is a very simple, very independent, and very free true body cultivation method."

"Its original name is "Self-Service Character Creation True Body Cultivation Method", abbreviated as Spore. How do you feel, Su Zhou?"

Su Zhou originally wanted to answer 'I think this is very bad, and the bad influence on teenagers is immeasurable', but after carefully watching this true body cultivation method that Yala had probably just casually named, Su Zhou felt that it was surprisingly feasible.

"This cultivation method is essentially to quantify the spiritual power and resources I currently have, and then list in detail what kind of combat body I can support with my current conditions."

"For example, my current soul strength and mastery of spiritual power can at most control about four thousand Zhou Buyi (unit of energy) of spiritual power. Of course, my current total amount of spiritual power is less than two thousand Zhou, but this is limited by the body and daily data, while the true body values the limit data, which means that my resources are four thousand. And if I want to create a combat true body that is more than twenty meters high, then just the physical resources will cost eight hundred to more than one thousand Zhou."

"And the Thunder Swamp Heart, Five-Colored Spirit Plume, these special-grade spiritual power organs, after perfect magnification, one will need five hundred Zhou—this is just a separate shape. If you want to create a matching meridian and muscle transmission organization, I am afraid that you will need to additionally load one or two hundred Zhou of spiritual power."

The more he thought about it, the more Su Zhou felt the freedom and difficulty of this technique. He couldn't help but frowned, and then sat down on the ground with a plop amid Elias' surprised exclamation of 'Eh, Mr. Su, when did this little red snake appear?!', and began to meditate and think: "The other true body cultivation methods have determined the framework. If it should be cultivated into a human form, it is a human form, and if it should be cultivated into a heterogeneous form, it is a heterogeneous form. And the requirements for aptitude are very harsh. If it does not meet the requirements and the spiritual power index is not enough, it will never be cultivated into a complete form."

"And 'Spore' is different. It does not fix the form, and is completely determined by my needs—but in this way, what kind of cooperation and ability there will be can only be designed by myself. It is really not wrong to say that it is a self-service character creation."

But in this way, Su Zhou has ideas. Besides, as the character creation prince of the Hongcheng online game world, when has Su Zhou been afraid of this kind of thing? You must know that the characters he created and the clothes he matched have won official competition awards in several online games. In this regard, he has enough confidence!

"The true body I need must be specialized in my strongest aspect."

Su Zhou could sense that after he defeated the Siege Giant Beetle, there were not many creatures in the entire seventh layer of the maze that could threaten him. After all, it was impossible for the maze to infinitely spawn monsters. In the first half of the year, the previous Nesser Duke had wiped out three elite high-level magic beasts here. He killed another one this time. In less than a year, it was unlikely that this maze would breed a fifth elite high-level magic beast.

And Elias also saw that Su Zhou was suddenly inspired at this time, and was now practicing, so this gray-eyed boy obediently squatted aside and took out dry food to replenish his meal—he hadn't eaten well since last night, and hadn't slept. At this time, he was just forcing himself to stay awake, and he was about to fall asleep.

Su Zhou shrouded him in his spiritual power sensing range to ensure his safety, and then continued to practice.

"The defense brought by Garuda's golden feathers, and the Pure Green Glazed Heart, which brings a powerful non-attribute spiritual power source, are the core spiritual power organ structure, and the Five-Colored Spirit Plume of the Peacock Divine Bird is also its core."

"As for me, it must be the Thunder Swamp Heart and the Five-Colored Spirit Plume—the more special-grade spiritual power organs, the better. They are all core power source-level spiritual power structures. If they cannot be matched with each other, they will only conflict with each other, resulting in a great reduction in efficiency."

Su Zhou deduced it very seriously, and at this time, Yala was also observing Su Zhou's practice very seriously.

It saw that the young man completely immersed himself in practice in less than a minute, and also maintained a vigilance, and couldn't help but nodded slightly, and then did not disturb him, just quietly lay on Su Zhou's shoulder.

And at this moment, Su Zhou was using sacred geometry as the core, running the 'Spore' true body cultivation method, and began to gradually build the foundation for the future true body: "Sacred geometry is a cultivation method to determine the essential attributes of my flesh. Although it has not condensed into a spiritual power organ, it is more important than a spiritual power organ."

"And the true body also needs a huge mass. I can't reach it in one step now, but it's okay to roughly determine the framework first and then slowly adjust it."

Violent spiritual power fluctuations began to appear in Su Zhou's body, but all of this was firmly locked in his body by him, without any leakage. Even Elias, who was dozing off to the side, was not awakened.

"First of all, it is defense—based on the Five-Colored Spirit Scales, removing the part where spiritual power is released, weakening the part where spiritual power is converted, and not regarding it as a spiritual power conversion organ, but a pure spiritual power absorption scale armor. No matter what attribute it is, it can be decomposed into spiritual power of other attributes. The spiritual power converted by each scale is different, and they counteract each other, creating an effect similar to reactive armor."

Thinking like this, semi-transparent scale phantoms began to grow out on Su Zhou's body, covering under his skin: "Make a part first, and see the effect. If it's useful, then modify and improve it according to the data feedback."

This couldn't help but make him sigh: "The dragon-slaying warrior bathed in dragon blood, and dragon scales gradually grew on his body... Sure enough, the dragon slayer will eventually become a dragon."

And Yala immediately complained: "Hey, you were originally a dragon, okay? You don't need to slay a dragon, you are one!"

Time flies by.

Su Zhou has been staying in the Nesser City sphere of influence for nearly ten days.

Since the round trip was not slow, Su Zhou did not stay in the maze to cultivate his true body. He would occasionally return to the main city, and Elias would not accompany Su Zhou to the maze every time. In these ten days, he had gradually grasped the substantial power of the whole city, and began to re-plan the exploration of the maze and the management of adventurers, and restored the normal production of maze resources.

And in these ten days, Su Zhou also went to the eighth layer of the maze, which was named 'Mist Domain' by the previous Duke, trying to find the location of the Water God Temple—but that place deserved to be a region where even the extraordinary peak-level previous Duke felt that his perception was limited. Even Su Zhou could not see too far. In addition, this time there was no Yabo left to point the way, so he could not find the temple at all.

However, even so, Su Zhou also felt the difference in the eighth layer—the spiritual power of that layer of the maze was indeed similar to the spiritual power he felt on the merman maid who was spying, and on the crystal altar. He was grasping the details of this similarity. If he could find it, then relying on his sensitivity to that trace of aura, he would soon be able to find the location of the temple.

Su Zhou felt that it was probably only a matter of time before he found the Water God Temple, that is, in the next few days.

And Su Zhou's true body cultivation also began to gradually get on track. After testing, the specialized 'spiritual power reaction scale armor' did have a good defense effect. At least the ordinary extraordinary initial-level magic beast attacks in the fifth layer, if they wanted to break the defense at close range, they would have to be careful of being counter-exploded. As for the extraordinary middle-level attacks, it was not so easy to block. After all, this thing was just something that Su Zhou had made himself. After collecting enough data, the defense would definitely be able to reach a higher level after adjustment and transformation.

In this way, Su Zhou occasionally went to the maze to find some unseen extraordinary creatures to brush up his experience and cultivate his true body, and occasionally returned to the main city to eat and drink to store up mass and energy for the future true body transformation.

Everything was developing steadily.

Until one day, a dusty caravan member came to the Duke's mansion and delivered an urgent notice to the already quite majestic young Duke Elias.

"The closest sheltered city to us, 'Mikelsenburg', has been attacked by an unknown force, and the entire city has fallen months ago."

In the Duke's mansion, which had begun to be repaired, the serious gray-eyed boy sat on the big chair behind the desk, confirming to the caravan member who was respectfully kneeling on the ground, who was originally an intelligence officer of Nesser City: "And Mikelsenburg was captured from within the city—that unknown force had many internal agents. They had planned and calculated, and directly led the elite to raid the fortress lord's location and control the entire shelter."

His body and the desk and chair were indeed not very well matched. The whole person seemed to be a size smaller, but this did not damage the majesty of the Duke's identity: "The general situation is like this, right?"

"Yes, Your Grace, Mikelsen has fallen. A large number of caravans going to that side have returned, and a large number of refugees and pursuers are following closely behind—I returned to Nesser first to notify you in advance."

This caravan member looked very tired and frightened. His tone had a trace of fear: "That mysterious force is good at using water-based spells. Almost all of them are water-based casters, and they also have other part-time jobs—some are also good at manipulating undead and curses. I personally saw several familiar caravans who did not have time to retreat, surrounded by ghosts like water shadows. I don't know what the outcome is now..."

Speaking of this, he hesitated a little, as if he could not confirm the authenticity of the information, but in Elias' encouraging gaze, he still said it: "However, I heard a few key words... They said that they wanted to select potential bloodlines, transform their essence, and increase the number of their comrades..."

Obviously, this caravan member left too early and came back too late. He did not know that Nesser City had actually been occupied by the unknown force he was talking about half a year ago—the other party's identity was too obvious. They were undoubtedly believers of the Water God.

As for increasing the number of comrades, it was even easier to understand... Just like the merman that the maid and the Yabo in the diary were transformed into, under the power of the Water God, humans who originally had their era's bloodline would indeed be transformed into their comrades, and then both their bodies and minds would be consistent with them.

It's not brainwashing, after all, humans are fragile creatures in the final analysis, but after knowing that they are essentially different from other humans, and after having the hope of survival under the leadership of God in the future, everyone will be willing to contribute to this organization that gives them hope.

"It seems that as the end is approaching, the Water God and His believers are beginning to wreak havoc... Nesser City is the first to bear the brunt. Whether it is refugees or pursuers, or their next target of the main force, it is definitely us."

Taking a deep breath, the gray-eyed boy clenched his hands under the table, suppressed his tension, and calmly asked the maid to let the tired caravan member rest. He hurriedly got up and prepared to notify Su Zhou, who was in seclusion to practice.

"The enemy is coming!"

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