Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”Huff... Huff...”

Amidst the vast sea, a figure stood, rising and falling with the waves.

He was slightly opening his mouth, gasping deeply.

The face that was once handsome now appeared rather ferocious.

Even more ferocious were the numerous wounds covering his body.

His shoulders, neck, arms, waist, abdomen, thighs, joints, and finger bones all bore scars of various sizes, with blood flowing incessantly between the torn flesh.

This was an unbelievable situation for Luo Chen.

With Origin Force in his body, even when the Netherworld Earth Dragon’s strike once destroyed half his body, he could use up a large portion of Origin Force to reform quickly.

That his injuries now couldn’t heal for a long time suggested two possibilities.

One, his Origin Force was overly depleted, unable to heal the injuries quickly enough.

Two, the opponent’s attack carried a unique attribute that made the wounds exceptionally difficult to heal.

And at this moment, both situations were present on Luo Chen.

”She’s even stronger than I imagined!”

Luo Chen took a deep breath, then pressed his lips tightly together, his Red Eyes Golden Pupils already spread wide, intently watching the surroundings.

In the continuous battle, Luo Chen gradually discerned some details about Qing Shuang’s Body Refinement method.

Like himself, she wasn’t a traditional Body Refiner and didn’t follow the Qi Blood Change path.

But unlike him, who gathered vast external resources to transform his physical body into limitless might, Qing Shuang’s Body Refinement strength lay in her true form!

Her true form was the Divine Bird Azure Phoenix from immortal and godly legends!

Unlike typical Demon Beasts that focus on Qi Refinement after Transformation, Qing Shuang did not forsake the advantage of her physical body. While refining Qi and gaining insight into the Spatial Law, she also tempered her already formidable physical body into what seemed like a peerless divine weapon.

Thus, this enabled her physical body to wield Qi Power, making ordinary punches and kicks appear as if they were Magic Powers, unstoppable in their might.

No sophistication, just sheer force overwhelming everything!

If Luo Chen didn’t know a dozen or twenty techniques, if he didn’t have a myriad of strategies, he might not have been able to cope with her relentless, plain attacks.

”Truly worthy of being hailed as the foremost below Divine Transformation!”

With a hint of admiration in his heart, golden light flashed in Luo Chen’s eyes.

The Yuan Tu Sword held backward instantly transformed its Sword Light, splitting into five, each stabbing toward five directions: above, below, left, right, and front.

Puff!

Puff!

Puff!

Puff!

The sounds of four illusions shattering echoed in quick succession.

And finally, the tip of the last real sword met with a slender hand.

Clang!

Even though Luo Chen had already seen through her Void Escape Divine Technique multiple times, and even her battle-evolved Void Residual Shadow Technique was broken, Qing Shuang couldn’t help but reveal a look of astonishment.

One hand grasped the Yuan Tu Sword while the other sidestepped into Luo Chen’s body, striking towards his head.

Autumn Water eyes met those Red Eyes Golden Pupils, and Qing Shuang seemed thoughtful.

”Is it those eyes?”

The left hand’s palm strike gesture transformed into a clawing motion with two fingers.

Luo Chen bent his waist in a flat press, executing an action similar to an iron bridge in the mortal world, while the Yuan Tu Sword in his hand, driven by Origin Force, began to spin wildly.

Buzz!!!

The extreme rotation made it uncontrollable.

In pain, Qing Shuang was forced to release the sharp Yuan Tu Sword, as her left hand’s two fingers managed to only scrape off two strips of muscle from the retreating Luo Chen.

”Huff...”

Luo Chen exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi, witnessing the deep, bone-exposing wound on his forearm, a flash of insight hit his mind, suddenly understanding why she could accurately target his true form despite having a weaker Divine Soul Endowment and how her Soul Technique could bypass his Ghost-God Evading Technique.

”It’s the Qi Mechanism Sensing!”

Luo Chen was actually not unfamiliar with this tactic.

Because Wang Yuan used to know it.

The so-called Qi Mechanism Sensing means that thought moves the spirit, and spirit manifests as Qi.

Every living being has externally manifesting Qi Mechanism!

Unless one reaches a perfect control over their body, achieving a Leakless state, it’s impossible to hide the Qi Mechanism.

Skilled martial artists, even without Divine Consciousness, could spread their Qi Mechanism within a certain range to sense the presence of others differing from themselves.

This method doesn’t require strong Divine Soul Endowment, it just needs to feel the Qi Mechanism, and under self-induction, one could calmly handle it.

Luo Chen did not expect that Qing Shuang, a non-traditional Body Refiner, would also know this method.

Moreover, it just happened to counteract his Ghost-God Evading Technique.

”Thus, this Soul Technique instead became a burden.”

With a thought, Luo Chen dispelled the layers of illusions surrounding him, and when attacking, he no longer sought finesse and agility but became more straightforward and forceful.

Seeing this, Qing Shuang also more or less understood his intention.

Her Void Escape Divine Technique was seen through, and being near the Netherworld Coast meant many methods could not be used so they tacitly engaged in a direct confrontation.

Sizzle, clank, clang.

Punches and palm strikes, kicks and claws, longsword swings, silver hand crossing the void.

In the wide and open exchanges, they began to exchange injuries mutually.

The loss of each other’s power also accelerated rapidly.

After yet another head-butt collision, the two staggered apart, blood pouring from their respective foreheads, looking quite wretched.

At this point, neither hurried to attack again but stood their ground, beginning to replenish energy.

The fact that the likes of Luo Chen, with his abundant Origin Force, and Qing Shuang, with her fierce Qi Power, sought to replenish their energy shows the extensive consumption of this battle.

And just as they were catching their breath, the battle on Soulbreak Cliff seemingly also reached its extreme.

The Light from the Big Formation enveloping the eight hundred miles of Soul Island suddenly trembled violently.