Doomsday Code

Chapter 961 Testing Strength

At this moment, Chen Cheng also realized that his level of life had indeed improved. After a hundred years, when his physical body died, he could rely on his closed-eyed god form to live on.

To maintain this deity's immortality, a continuous stream of faith is needed.

This reminded him of the divine thought that they had destroyed. Wasn't that guy just like that? He shed his divine body, leaving behind his thoughts, and then needed to rely on power to maintain his existence.

Of course, Chen Cheng's physical body is still alive. This closed-eye deity does not necessarily need the power of faith. He can still absorb external energy to supply himself through his physical body.

After thinking it through, Chen Cheng is now genuinely envious of the method by which Squidward and his friends condense their invincible divine bodies.

Because if he relies solely on this deity, he will truly be unable to escape the acquisition of the power of faith.

With a divine body to contain it, even if there isn't enough faith power, its power will decline significantly, but it won't perish from exhaustion of power.

Suppressing his thoughts, Chen Cheng withdrew from the divine body and returned to his own physical body.

Opening his eyes, Chen Cheng took a deep breath, then clenched his fist and exerted force. Instantly, the supernatural meridians and acupoints on his body appeared on his skin.

At this moment, Chen Cheng resembled a cultivator from the Inscription Body Tempering Method sect.

Feeling his own power, with just a wave of his hand, an acupoint on his arm lit up, and a magic circle was formed. The boulder in front of him was reshaped under the power of earth magic, and finally turned into a handful of yellow earth.

Looking at the changes in the boulder in front of him, Chen Cheng wondered if the inscription-based body-forging method he had used was imitating his special cultivation method.

However, the Inscription Body Forging Method is now unverifiable due to its limited potential.

Moreover, the meridian patterns on his body are not random magical runes, but rather formed by variable magic he researched himself, so this could also be his own wild imagination.

Seeing that the boulder where Chen Cheng was washing up had turned into mud, Kui Niu and She Li immediately flew over.

"I'm fine, I was just testing what I just learned."

Hearing that Chen Cheng's skills had improved again, Kui Niu and Kui Niu were naturally happy for Chen Cheng.

Then Kui Niu thought for a moment and said:

“If Your Majesty wishes to conduct the experiment, then I, Old Niu, can accompany Your Majesty to try it out.”

Chen Cheng was naturally very interested in what Kui Niu said.

After all, he didn't know if he would have to fight later, so he could familiarize himself with his new combat power now, so that he would have enough confidence when he fought later.

But then Chen Cheng thought of the injuries on Kui Niu's body and hesitated.

Although he didn't know exactly how strong he was now, he figured that the power he unleashed at full strength should be no less than when he absorbed the battle intent from the Great Wall Army's formation.

Although he can only maintain his full strength for a short time with his current power, he was able to withstand legendary-level attacks back then, so he was really afraid of hurting Kui Niu again.

Although Kui Niu hadn't noticed Chen Cheng condensing his divine soul and gathering his divine spark, he knew that the gains Chen Cheng mentioned must be a significant improvement.

Just like Lyfia before her, she also went through her inner demons and instantly became a legendary figure.

Therefore, in order to dispel Chen Cheng's concerns, Kui Niu immediately said to She Li, who was standing to the side:

“Alright then, let’s both go together later and test His Majesty’s current strength.”

Sheli is an enlightened being who does not rely on external things for cultivation. All his power increases depend on his own enlightenment, so he never experiences a situation where he is unsure of his own strength.

However, he also knew very well that after a person improves their strength, the most important thing to do is to understand their current state of power.

So he nodded in agreement.

Chen Cheng was relieved to see that Sheli had agreed.

Previously, his understanding of Sheli's strength was that it was comparable to an epic-level, but after he fused with Sheli's swordsmanship, he realized Sheli's true strength.

Those who attain enlightenment have no concept of realm, only the depth of their understanding of the Tao.

His combat power, comparable to that of epic figures, is not the limit of his Dao, but the limit of his own physical body.

It can be said that Sheli is now unleashing his full power. He can't beat the legendary level because they have domain-wide techniques like the Demigod Heaven and Earth. But below the legendary level, no one can withstand a single strike from him.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Sheli is already invincible below the legendary level, because his physical strength is still insufficient. If he is attacked, he will still die.

In this way, the demigod-level armor set that Samlett had given him earlier became very useful.

Sheli summoned the demigod set, and Kui Niu also gripped his great hammer, simultaneously unleashing a small-scale demigod realm.

Chen Cheng then took a step forward and unleashed his power.

Instantly, dense magical patterns appeared on his body, and several acupoints were lit up in an instant.

In the next instant, several spells of different systems and powers were instantly cast, and Chen Cheng's figure directly crossed the spatial distance, his fist carrying the power of the five elements, and directly slammed towards Kui Niu.

At this moment, Chen Cheng was truly testing the waters with a real combat mindset. He was holding nothing back and unleashed all his current power, except for the fact that he wasn't using any special equipment or artifacts.

Feeling the pressure of the power emanating from Chen Cheng's fist, Kui Niu's eyes widened immediately, because the five elements in this punch could be said to have achieved the most perfect fusion.

Although the five elements were not completely equal, it was precisely this fluctuation of power that allowed Chen Cheng to achieve a perfect fusion of the five elements with his existing strength.

So much so that Kui Niu couldn't even use the power of the rules of the demigod world to disrupt the power in his fist all at once.

However, Kui Niu is still a demigod, and this is in his home turf.

The hammer in his hand, with a speed and range of motion that defied the laws of physics, turned in less than half a meter and smashed into his fist with all its might.

This is how Kui Niu distorted the rules of heaven and earth, causing the space in front of him to expand, thus achieving this counterintuitive strike.

With a deafening roar, under the distortion of the heaven and earth power of the Kui Niu, the five elements power on Chen Cheng's fist was still shattered by his hammer blow.

The force of the explosion reduced the surrounding area to ruins within a radius of several thousand meters.

Just as Chen Cheng was about to change direction and attack again, a flash of light from a blade grazed his neck.

A flash of energy from acupoints on Chen Cheng's body allowed him to dodge the blade's gleam with a short spatial jump.

However, this strike from Sheli is not so easy to dodge.

Kui Niu used the power of heaven and earth to distort the spatial rules around Chen Cheng, and the blade light that She Li left exploded the instant it didn't hit Chen Cheng. Countless tiny blade intents, like celestial maidens scattering flowers, shot out in all directions.

Chen Cheng, who had already revealed his form, had nowhere to hide, and because the speed at which the sword intent was shooting out was too fast, he could only use his physical body to withstand it.