Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World Chapter 1771 - 898: Shock and Excitement (Part 2)

"Hold on."

Gu Sheng’s voice rang coldly, devoid of any emotion.

"This is just the beginning. The pain that follows will be ten, a hundred times more intense than now. If you can’t even endure this, how can you talk about regaining your strength?"

Before his words fell, he pointed like the wind, instantly pressing Tantai Xuefei’s mute acupoint, sealing any potential screams to avoid alarming the outside world.

Tantai Xuefei gritted her teeth, her young face contorted by the extreme pain, yet in her tightly shut eyes, there was a stubbornness and defiance.

She forcefully operated the mental method, trying to guide the violent soul power to cooperate in the cleansing and transformation of her physical body.

As the soul power continued to wash over her, strange changes began to appear on her body.

Her body, originally the size of a seven or eight-year-old child, began growing, elongating visibly! Her limbs grew longer, her figure gradually transcending the roundness of childhood, transforming into the slenderness of a girl.

The potential of this "Innate Fetal Body" was being forcibly stimulated to adapt to her long-repressed powerful soul.

Moments later, centered around Tantai Xuefei’s body, a terrifying wave of True Qi burst forth suddenly!

The violent energy shocks spread like ripples, striking the hidden array on the quiet room’s walls, activated long ago, emitting a deep hum. Without the room’s special array protection, this sudden burst of energy would have shattered the surrounding structures within dozens of meters into fragments!

Gu Sheng glanced at her, feeling the surging, almost uncontrollable power within her, rather than slowing down, he again accelerated the speed and intensity of the soul power purification!

"Uh...!"

A painful, muffled groan escaped from Tantai Xuefei’s throat; with her mute acupoint sealed, she couldn’t cry out, relying solely on her tenacious will to persist.

She felt as if her body was about to be burst by the vast soul power, akin to being thrown into a furnace for a thousand temperings, every moment was like being in purgatory.

She focused the lingering consciousness, conveying a vague message to Gu Sheng.

"I’ll... I’ll try to control it..."

Gu Sheng did not respond, concentrating fully on manipulating the soul power.

His goal was not only to purify the physical body but also to enhance its adaptability and capacity for Tantai Xuefei’s original soul.

He could clearly sense that Tantai Xuefei’s physical strength was rapidly increasing, quickly approaching a critical point.

If she broke through this bottleneck, she could initially escape the shackles of the body and unleash a part of the Venerable Realm’s power!

"Pay attention, I’m going to enhance the intensity of the soul power again."

Gu Sheng’s voice directly echoed in her Sea of Consciousness.

Tantai Xuefei’s heart tightened, she immediately discarded all distractions, sinking her consciousness into her body, fully responding.

The next moment, the soul power pouring into her became more violent, more fierce! Like a breaking flood, or a raging primordial beast, it fiercely swept through every microscopic part of her body!

"Crack—"

It was as if some invisible barrier had been forcibly shattered, the sound clearly emanating from Tantai Xuefei’s body!

Immediately, a dazzling light burst forth from her entire body! The light was not the color of True Qi, but the original light generated when physical potential was stimulated to the extreme, when soul and body initially perfectly merged!

In the light, her physique underwent earth-shattering changes! The previous childlike form was gone, replaced by a graceful, slender, well-proportioned young girl, appearing to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, her height also increased significantly.

At the same time, the aura she emitted began to surge as if on a rocket, a massive pressure unique to the Venerable Realm’s First Transformation, spreading uncontrollably!

This pressure was so strong that even Gu Sheng, who had forged a Glazed Golden Body and possessed an extremely powerful physique, felt a faint stinging sensation on his skin, as if this invisible force might tear him apart!

Gu Sheng frowned slightly, keenly sensing that Tantai Xuefei’s body had reached the limit it could withstand in its current state, faintly revealing blood under the crystalline skin.

If the purification and bombardment continued, it could lead to the complete collapse of this hard-won Innate Fetal Body, rendering all efforts futile.

He made a decisive decision, immediately severing the output of soul power, which receded like tides, returning to the depths of his Sea of Consciousness.

Within the quiet room, the terrifying pressure and dazzling light gradually dissipated.

Tantai Xuefei sat there quietly, motionless for a while, as if she had turned into a jade statue.

Gu Sheng waited for a moment, seeing she still had no response, walked forward, gently patted her now fair and delicate, slightly blushed cheek.

"Hey?"

Tantai Xuefei had no reaction, her eyes still tightly closed, her long eyelashes resting like butterfly wings on her lids, her face void of expression, neither pain nor the joy of breakthrough, as if she had lost all consciousness.

Gu Sheng’s brows furrowed tightly, a trace of doubt rising in his heart. By common sense, after breaking through the Venerable Realm, soul and body initially merge, she should wake immediately, why is she like this? Could something unforeseen have occurred during the process?

Just as he concentrated his thoughts, preparing to investigate her internal situation again, a sudden change occurred!

A barely noticeable chaos light flickered and vanished from his chest, followed by the appearance of a little girl, carved like jade, wearing a small red jacket, tied with horn-shaped braids, standing at his waist height, appearing out of thin air beside him, none other than Gu Ling’er, who hadn’t proactively emerged for a long time.

As soon as Gu Ling’er came out, her lively eyes curiously fell on the motionless Tantai Xuefei, her small nose gently sniffing, showing a trace of doubt and realization.

"Brother, on her... there’s a sense I’m somewhat familiar with."

Gu Ling’er tilted her little head, pointing at Tantai Xuefei.

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng was astonished, turning to look at Gu Ling’er.

"Familiar sense? Ling’er, do you know her? Or understand the reason for her situation?"

Gu Ling’er blinked her big eyes, seemingly organizing her words, then spoke with her unique, somewhat ethereal childish voice.

"Ling’er doesn’t exactly know her. But, the Secret Technique she used for rebirth into an Innate Fetus feels like it evolved from our clan’s Innate Divine Ability! Though it has changed a bit, the root is similar.

So, in some strange sense, she can be considered Ling’er’s... half-kind!"

"Kind?"

Gu Sheng’s heart trembled, Gu Ling’er’s origins were mysterious, deeply linked with the legendary "Chaos." If Tantai Xuefei’s "Spiritual Embryo Reformation" Secret Technique was truly of the same origin, then the waters of the Tantai Family were likely deeper than he had imagined!

Suppressing the turbulence within, he pointed at the still unresponsive Tantai Xuefei, asking Gu Ling’er.

"Ling’er, can you tell what’s happening to her now? Why did she lose consciousness after the breakthrough?"

Gu Ling’er floated forward a few steps, came face to face with Tantai Xuefei, her little face almost touching the other’s, then extended her white, tender finger, carefully tapping Tantai Xuefei’s brow.

She withdrew her finger, turned around, looked up at Gu Sheng, her pure, flawless eyes carrying a hint of mischievousness and understanding, and replied.

"Brother, can’t you... really see?"

Seeing Gu Linger’s confident demeanor and the information hinted in her words, Gu Sheng’s heart had already understood.

This little girl, though playful and loves sleep, has mysterious origins and extraordinary experience. Since she can point out the key to Tantai Xuefei’s state at the moment, she surely has a solution.

"Ling’er, since you see the problem, do you have a way to help her wake up?"

Gu Sheng asked directly.

With her hands behind her back, like a little adult, Gu Ling’er floated around the still unconscious Tantai Xuefei, then explained in a manner more mature than her years.