131 Refining the Furnace (1/2)

The stone covering his body changed into a stone shell that was completely sealed, with Feng Lin within.

Feng Lin transformed into the Heart Monkey, guarding his body and resisting the heat of the lava.

This was a unique ability of the Stone Monkey Gene after it had been maxed out. This ability was known as Stonebirth Transformation.

The price of this ability was becoming completely immobile, but when he was in this state, his defenses would be greatly strengthened to the max.

The temperature of the lava could reach over ten thousand degrees. Those soldiers who had rushed in instantly became ashes, yet Feng Lin was still unharmed. This was the extreme defense provided by the Stonebirth Transformation.

Ever since he confirmed that he had successfully refined the furnace, Feng Lin thought of this strategy.

The soldiers of the Mars Revolutionary Army seemed endless, coming with waves after waves. Given the strength of him alone, it was very difficult for him to fight against them.

Even if he could kill them, how long did he need to kill all of them?

No matter how strong he was, in the end, he would simply die from exhaustion.

Hence, Feng Lin might as well open up the furnace and lure them into the lava of the Mars's core, turning this place into a fiery hell, making it so that no one could enter. Only he could survive due to the Stonebirth Transformation ability.

Hence now, Feng Lin transformed into a stone monkey that was still inside the stone shell as he floated among the lava.

This place was filled with core's flame, and the temperature was extremely high, capable of refining and tempering anything. The heat constantly tempered his body, and the stone shell turned more and more transparent, glowing with a glossy light.

If he was just an ordinary stone before this, now that all impurities had gradually been removed, the stone shell now resembled a pure and flawless piece of beautiful jade.

Although the Stone Monkey Gene had been strengthened to the max, this didn't represent that all his abilities had been maxed out.

Adding points to the strengthening tally of a gene was equivalent to improving one's talent. When one's talent reached the limit, in order to continue and grow in strength, they had to undergo continuous practices for their abilities to grow stronger and stronger, seemingly without end.

When Sun Wukong was born, he was already a spiritual stone monkey, but his strength wasn't something he gained innately. It was just because his talent was good and his intelligence far surpassed his same species which led to him ultimately gaining such immense strength. At the start, he was merely a weak little stone monkey.

Later on, Sun Wukong traversed the four oceans and experienced many kinds of suffering before he managed to take Patriarch Subhuti as his master. From there, he learned many heaven-shaking abilities and he eventually became the Great Sage Equal to Heavens!

Hence, strengthening one's gene would only allow your talent to be maximized. As to how you would use that talent to increase your potential and develop your strength, that would be up to yourself. There were many different methods of cultivation; hence, there would be differences.

For example for the Ice Gene, many people would use this gene to form icicles from the water vapor in the air to kill their enemies. There were also some who directly employed the power to freeze their enemies or use cold qi to kill…

Feng Lin's toughness started to change under the refinement of the fire in the planet's core. Vast amounts of impurities continued to be forced out, and the instant they appeared, they were evaporated into nothingness by the high temperature.

The accumulated nutrients in his body also rapidly decreased as his body began to shrink from his original 1.98 meters, to 1.90 meters, and all the way to 1.78 meters.

However, this didn't mean that Feng Lin had weakened. On the contrary, his body was purified and he became stronger than before.

If in the past, his body was said to be forged from steel. Right now, his body of steel had transformed into the strongest alloy. His body structure gradually transformed as his bones turned as white as jade, emitting a faint golden luster. And his muscles were like corded steel wires, extremely resilient.

Feng Lin suddenly had an epiphany.

The path of cultivation was endless. One must move forward or would fall behind.

All his encounters turned into valuable experiences as he engraved them in his mind, unable to forget even after a long time.

The lava here flowed backward, incinerating everything inside the furnace. The titan's body, frank's body...all turned into ashes, no longer existing.

No matter how strong they had been when they were alive, no matter how high their status was, everything returned to nothingness.

It felt like an impressive bout of fire burned everything cleanly in the mortal world.

For a period of time, everything was burning. Feng Lin was the only thing that remained as he curled up safely inside the stone shell.

At the same time while his body was being tempered, he also silently formed gestures, controlling his mental energy to continue 'taming' the furnace as he branded his own mental imprint in the furnace's core, creating a formless connection between them.