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Chapter 1792 - 942: Soaring Through the Heavens (2)

Li Shiming wasn’t aware that by now, the process of refining the corpse had deviated from the IBMz15 simulation and was advancing toward the unknown.

’Crack,’ the continuous sound emanated from the body of the half-step Great Power Yang Xing, a sound of the bones being transformed.

The body of the half-step Great Power Yang Xing was lifted into midair by the Corpse Refining Array, and instead of expanding, it shrunk.

Yang Xing, being a tall individual nearly 1.9 meters in height, shrunk down to 1.2 meters.

Behind him, a pair of bony wings appeared, followed by a membrane forming on the surface of the bony wings.

Li Shiming could do nothing at the moment; he could only record all the data to analyze and study later.

The appearance of the half-step Great Power Yang Xing also changed, gradually transforming into a sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing visage, looking nothing like Yang Xing.

"Huh!" It was then Li Shiming noticed a fifth rule imprint had appeared on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse.

The fifth rule imprint only appeared on the wings of the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, with a ’Space Rule Imprint’ positioned on each wing.

Li Shiming could no longer comprehend the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse before him; everything was beyond his control.

Up next was the crucial scene where the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse started nurturing a soul fire, and its heart began to beat slowly and strongly.

The soul fire was initially small, but as soon as it appeared, Li Shiming sensed the presence of their contract, which reassured him quite a bit.

Though many situations exceeded expectations, the enhanced master-servant contract didn’t fail.

The soul fire grew stronger and, after a hundred breaths, surpassed the strength of a Late-Stage Fourth Grade Golden Corpse, continuing to grow relentlessly.

Meanwhile, its heart began to beat at a normal pace, circulating energy throughout its body once every ten breaths.

Suddenly, the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse emitted a piercing howl toward the sky, and its aura surged, breaking through the Late-Stage Fourth Grade to reach a new realm.

At this moment, Li Shiming felt the repulsion from the heavens.

He sensed this through the contractual relationship with the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse.

He understood that it meant the Heavenly Tribulation was about to arrive, and whether or not the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse could endure it, it at least showed that the process of refining a ’Flying Night Demon’ was relatively successful.

However, looking at the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse before him, he couldn’t tell if it was indeed a ’Flying Night Demon.’

The sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse didn’t align with the ’Flying Night Demon’ in records, possessing an extra pair of wings and a space control ability.

What Li Shiming didn’t know was that the process of modifying the half-step Great Power’s blood with IBMz15 involved a lot of conjecture, and although IBMz15 referenced numerous texts, these resources offered no concrete data, largely filled with ambiguous descriptions.

Thus, the so-called ’Flying Night Demon’ blood he modified bore no genuine connection to a true ’Flying Night Demon.’

Yet, theoretically, it supported the characteristics of a fifth-grade corpse refining blood; even if much of that is speculative, the fifth-grade traits indeed existed.

The result of using this blood as a medium was the emergence of unknown changes.

The appearance of the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse was thus unsurprising; in fact, being able to refine a corpse was considered a success, and using such an imagined blood could potentially create any monster.

Li Shiming was about to apply the Thunder Resistance Secret Method on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, which was his confidence in refining high-level corpses.

The Thunder Resistance Secret Method with the blessing of ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ hadn’t reached the level of a Great Power but surpassed the effects of a Thunder Cultivation Peak Master’s Thunder Resistance Secret Method.

The existence of the Thunder Resistance Secret Method was what allowed him to maintain a very high success rate in corpse refining.

Yet before he could impose the Thunder Resistance Secret Method on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, it flickered and appeared in the sky, standing beneath the thunderclouds.

Li Shiming frowned slightly; although he hadn’t commanded the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse to accept his Thunder Resistance Secret Method, the corpse hadn’t been instructed to rush to the thunderclouds either. It seemed that cross-grade corpse refinement still posed certain risks.

The sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse howled at the thunderclouds, an act of provocation.

Li Shiming wouldn’t engage in such behavior as it could intensify the Heavenly Tribulation.

Indeed, amid the howling of the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, the sky’s thundercloud doubled in size, with lightning flashing within.

Li Shiming felt a tingling at the back of his head, sensing this was the strongest Heavenly Tribulation he’d ever encountered.

As he was contemplating, the first Heavenly Thunder struck down.

The sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse made no attempt to dodge, allowing the Heavenly Thunder to lash its body.

The sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse let out a wretched scream, and cracks appeared on its skin.

Before the naked eye, these cracks would swiftly heal upon appearing, with the appearance and healing occurring at nearly an equal pace.

"Such formidable recovery ability!" Li Shiming couldn’t help but exclaim.

The recovery capability of the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, most likely, as long as it wasn’t killed instantly, could sustain long-lasting attrition battles against opponents.

"Boom," the second Heavenly Thunder struck, hitting the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse.

This time, not only its skin split open, but muscles beneath were also torn apart.

Yet it began rapidly healing, both the skin and muscles.

The third Heavenly Thunder descended, and the wounds on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse already laid bare the bones.

Seeing the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse withstand three Heavenly Thunders, Li Shiming was about to feel joy, only to notice that the thunderclouds in the sky hadn’t dissipated; rather, they were growing denser.

It was then he realized this wasn’t an ordinary Golden Corpse Heavenly Tribulation, but a much stronger one.

The fourth Heavenly Thunder struck, and large regions of flesh on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse were shattered, only to rapidly regrow.

Between each thunder, there was an interval of twenty breaths, regardless of how severe the previous round of Heavenly Thunder wounded the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse, twenty breaths were enough for it to recover to peak condition.

By the eighth Heavenly Thunder, the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse was in a tragic state, with only the head and wings intact while the rest was ruined by the thunder.

The conclusion of the eighth Heavenly Thunder marked the onset of its recovery process once again.

However, this time, the injuries contained the destructive force of Heaven and Earth Rules, markedly slowing its recuperation process.

Li Shiming felt extremely tense; having reached this stage, enduring a bit more would allow it to surpass the Heavenly Tribulation.

Yet, he couldn’t aid the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse. If he intervened at this moment, he sensed he too would become a target under the Heaven and Earth Rules.

Given his defenses, any Heavenly Thunder could obliterate his body and soul.

This deterred him from meddling with the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse’s tribulation process; casting the Thunder Resistance Secret Method before the tribulation wasn’t a problem, but it was already in the midst of that process now.

He could only rely on the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse’s abilities, though he wasn’t optimistic about it.

After surpassing the eighth Heavenly Thunder, the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse had evidently reached its limit, making it extremely difficult to overcome the strongest ninth Heavenly Thunder.

Suddenly, Li Shiming’s figure flashed, retreating several thousand meters away.

The yet-to-strike Heavenly Thunder, gathering within the thunderclouds, already posed an immense threat to him; even though his location lay outside the tribulation range, his danger sense warned him that staying put would likely result in collateral damage.

Finally, the ninth Heavenly Thunder descended, an ominous dark-gold thunder, exuding an annihilating might.

It struck Li Shiming as if Armageddon had arrived, robbing the world of all its colors in that instant.

The wings of the sharp-mouthed, fang-bearing corpse folded, cocooning its injured and unhealed body within.