Transformation Diagram: Starting as a Skinny Dog-Chapter 444 - 290: Ninth Transformation

Boom~~

On the barren mountain, Chen Ku sat cross-legged, with the Eight Gates inside his body glistening like eight mystical cave heavens, where the array patterns spun like dragons, producing thousands upon thousands of True Qi particles.

"Does it feel like a primordial beast resides within me?"

He sensed his situation and couldn’t help but murmur softly.

He didn’t know how others accumulated power after achieving the Array Eye, but his own process with the Eight Gates Array was exceedingly exaggerated, although the Immortal Weapon served as the Array Eye.

Yet, Chen Ku still felt the shock, as the barren mountain around him had been drained dry.

He felt a mix of astonishment and joy, along with a sense of awe.

"In martial arts cultivation, reaching the Sixth Realm array veins stage involves engraving a great array within the body to acquire an immense power, using the special secret ability formed by array patterns to quickly absorb Vital Energy, fortify the body, and unleash terrifying destructive power.

However, this step is actually a double-edged sword.

Because the human body is ultimately fragile, and some arrays, patterns, and even forbidden patterns hold an excessively terrifying force.

If it’s just an ordinary array, it wouldn’t impose much burden on the body; setting up an array has more advantages.

But if it’s an exceptionally powerful array, although it grants frightening destructive power and other effects after being successfully arranged within the body, it also brings a heavier burden to the body.

The logic is simple, akin to a child wielding a broad sword or a vase carrying a mountain, incapable of waving or bearing it. "

Chen Ku sensed the Eight Gates Array within him.

"I’ve initially cultivated the Five Elements Body, my physical strength already surpassing that of many Sixth Realm beings in the world, so I have a bit of confidence to engrave this Shocking God Heavenly King array within myself. However, having engraved it, and now having illuminated the array using the Vital Energy from a barren mountain, but...to what extent I can unleash the power of this great array within me still requires testing."

With that said.

Chen Ku stood up, felt the Eight Gates Array within him, and took a step forward.

Muttering to himself:

"The first gate of the Eight Gates, Open Gate, open!"

Boom!

Almost instantly, within Chen Ku’s invisible head, the first great formation, the Heaven Covering Formation, began roaring and operating, and immediately, countless starry lights within the array connected into patterns, twisting and deriving endless True Qi that circulated throughout Chen Ku’s body!

Hoo~

An astonishing amount of Blood Qi suddenly exploded from Chen Ku’s body, its overwhelming pressure causing the surrounding air to emit a slight whimpering sound, seemingly ready to be crushed by his imposing aura.

"This power..."

Chen Ku incredulously perceived the power delivered to him after opening the Open Gate, as if it had doubled his previous strength.

To ascertain whether this feeling was genuine.

His naturally hanging hand suddenly extended from his sleeve, forming a palm seal, then he flew and slammed his palm toward the ground below.

Hoo~~

Accompanied by his palm striking the ground, the continuous flow of True Qi from the Open Gate Array surged like thousands of soldiers and generals, charging behind his palm seal, simultaneously carrying the sound of mountain-crumbling and ocean-roaring, pulling out a sonic boom across the sky before violently crushing a hundred-zhang of air.

Crash!

The ground below suddenly sank nearly a meter, dust flying, earth shaking and mountains quaking.

Gazing down from above.

With a single palm, he directly created a hundred-zhang-wide crater on the ground, about half a zhang deep, with his five-finger palm seal appearing huge and distinct.

"Indeed! It’s not an illusion; after opening the first gate of the Eight Gates Array, my True Qi, stamina, and strength have all more than doubled from before."

And this is just one gate.

If he were to open all Eight Gates, wouldn’t he be able to unleash over eight times his strength?

Chen Ku contemplated for a moment, wanting to see if he could open the second gate.

"Rest Gate, Wind Raising Formation, on the shoulder..."

He attempted to open the second gate.

Bang...

But he suddenly opened his eyes, feeling the faint tearing pain on his shoulder, already understanding:

"The second gate, if forced open, it can be done, but it would damage the body, being an overload pressure."

Exhale~

After a simple test, Chen Ku knew his limit and chose not to forcibly open the second gate.

He murmured to himself:

"Indeed, although the Eight Gates Array is strong, it requires a stronger body to bear the burden, plus I am currently just the Array Eye, without undergoing ’Array Nourishing’, my utilization of the array is still not proficient, thus I can’t recklessly activate more gates yet."

For a moment, Chen Ku formed numerous plans regarding his next cultivation steps.

"The cultivation of God Shaking Decision must begin."

This World-Surpassing Martial Arts from the Imperial Enlightenment Sect was born specifically to enhance the body’s strength, and currently, both Qin Yuxian and Zhou Li have obtained extraordinary bodies due to cultivating God Shaking Decision.

If the body’s strength isn’t enough to support opening more of the Eight Gates Array, then cultivating God Shaking Decision is definitely the most correct choice.

"The ’Hundred Battle Array Nourishing Technique’ obtained from the Champion Marquis is a technique that can quickly familiarize me with the array, and to operate this technique, I need to go to the battlefield, which is a bit distant for me, but the three thousand demons within the Evil Summoning Banner resemble a small battlefield, which I can use as a substitute."

"However, the Evil Summoning Banner is currently empty..."