Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses-Chapter 560 - 537: Sky-Rending Claw

Lou Yi looked at the Attribute Panel.

After an intense battle, a dense array of red dot notifications had long since appeared on it.

Casually opening one:

’Discovered items that can be picked up, select one from the following three:

Energy 337 points

Slightly increased Gold Element Affinity

Talent: Iron Skin

Select?’

This notification came from the defeated High-tier Demon General Iron Camel Demon.

And the Iron Skin talent, although it shares the same name with a certain stage of Skin Refining Technique, is clearly more powerful.

Iron Skin: Can increase a certain degree of body hardness...

Naturally, Lou Yi chose the Iron Skin talent.

Just after making the choice, the Attribute Panel displayed a new prompt: Spend 100 points of energy to integrate this talent into Petrification Talent. Integrate?

’Yes.’

The next moment, the newly acquired Iron Skin talent vanished.

After the words of the Petrification Talent flickered for a moment, there seemed to be no change.

However, upon closer inspection, Lou Yi noticed some differences in the description compared to before.

Petrification (Passive): The strength of the muscular system increases slowly over time.

Petrification (Active One): Can temporarily petrify the body’s surface; the petrification duration will increase as the talent improves. Current strength level: E.

Petrification (Active Two): During Active One, this active ability can be used to imbue the body with a chilling aura, reducing nearby enemies’ speed by 30%-60%, but slightly shortening the duration of the petrification skill.

Petrification (Active Three): During Active One, this active ability can be used. Without breaking through the physical defense limit, it can reflect 80% of all physical damage dealt by enemies within five breaths, this active ability can only be used once in a short period.

Active Two remained unchanged.

Active Three’s damage reflection increased from the original 70% to 80%.

Active One added a strength evaluation, presumably due to the Attribute Panel collecting enough samples to conduct grading.

’Strength level E, huh.’

Four years ago, the strength of Lou Yi’s petrified body had reached the level of a Top-grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact.

In the past four years of secluded training, although he didn’t openly strike, he would occasionally visit the human and demon battlefield to collect talents.

Having strengthened the Petrification Talent over ten times, it had far surpassed its initial strength.

This recent enhancement clearly reached a critical point.

However, the current enemies like late-stage Foundation Establishment and High-tier Demon General couldn’t break through the petrified defense, leaving future battles to test its strength.

Lou Yi continued to open the next hint:

’Discovered items that can be picked up, select one from the following three:

Energy 421 points

Slightly increased Thunder Element Affinity

Talent: Lightning Evasion

Select?’

This prompt originated from the Blue Sheep Demon, ranked as the number one expert of the Demon Clan, excluding the wolf tribe.

Lightning Evasion: Absorbs part of the Thunder Element damage without exceeding the endurance limit.

Spent ten points of energy, Lightning Evasion (Entry 0/10) → Lightning Evasion (Novice 0/30+1 Hundred-Year Thunderstruck Wood)

’Thunderstruck Wood?’

Lou Yi pondered, retrieving from his storage ring a purple piece of wood as thick as an arm, four to five inches long, with surface emitting weak electrical sparks occasionally.

It was a treasure obtained from destroying a secret branch of the Yellow Springs Sect, the Millennium Thunderstruck Wood, one of the raw materials for crafting Thunderbolt Tips.

Even Hundred-Year Thunderstruck Wood could enhance talents, so naturally Millennium Thunderstruck Wood would be even better.

Lightning Evasion (Novice 0/30+1 Hundred-Year Thunderstruck Wood) → Lightning Evasion (Proficient 0/100+1 Roaring Stone)

Strange memories emerged in Lou Yi’s mind.

In the memory, he transformed into an ordinary peach tree growing at a cliff’s highest point, retaining vitality while struck by heavenly lightning, stubbornly recovering and growing.

In the end, the entire tree’s leaves transformed into pale purple, and the peaches grown would impart a tingling sensation to anyone tasting them, making tasters marvel in wonder...

Along with talent advancement, Lightning Evasion talent description altered slightly.

Lightning Evasion (Passive): The body’s resistance to lightning slowly increases over time

Lightning Evasion (Active): Absorbs 90% of the Thunder Element damage sustained by the body, without exceeding the limit

Thunder Element cultivators are extremely rare in the cultivation realm.

Lightning Evasion talent seemingly wouldn’t provide much assistance in battle.

But Lou Yi didn’t choose this talent for combat purposes.

Any cultivator aspiring for Golden Core will undergo the trial of thunder tribulation.

Thunder tribulation is exceptionally terrifying, reducing more than ninety percent of cultivators undergoing tribulation to ashes.

Even though Lou Yi specializes in martial arts, he might face similar trials too.

At that time, Lightning Evasion talent will come in handy.

Then, Lou Yi opened the third prompt:

’Discovered items that can be picked up, select one from the following three:

Energy 521 points

Secret Technique: Heaven-Shattering Claw

Talent: Wolf Howl

Select?’

This notification comes from Howling Moon Sky Wolf Chi Le Feng.

As for whether to choose talent or secret technique, Lou Yi pondered for quite a while.

Heaven-Shattering Claw: Can release compressed to the extreme energy attacks, up to five simultaneously.

Wolf Howl: Can emit sound waves containing spiritual attacks; attack strength depends on host’s Divine Sense and talent proficiency.

’Wolf Howl is a group attack, but slightly overlaps with advanced martial arts Tidal Surge, its power being inferior.

As for spiritual attack, Armor-Piercing can fully compensate for it.’

’My current means against enemies lack diversity, mainly relying on Tidal Surge and Body into Sword.

That being considered, Heaven-Shattering Claw seems more appropriate.’

With this in mind, Lou Yi chose the secret technique Heaven-Shattering Claw.

Heaven-Shattering Claw (Entry 0/30) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Novice 0/100) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Proficient 0/300) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Mastery 0/1000) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Minor Achievement 0/4000) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Major Achievement 0/20000) → Heaven-Shattering Claw (Perfection)

Strange memories emerged in Lou Yi’s mind.

In the memory, he became an ancient wolf, consuming flesh and blood, tearing prey with sharp claws, battling enemies with ferocious claws.

Gradually, its claws seemed as if forged through immense pressure, growing indescribably hard, and its internal structure underwent special changes...

In reality.

A large wave of energy surged towards Lou Yi’s body, finally concentrated in his two hands, beginning extensive modifications.

Skin texture became more compact, subcutaneous tissue density massively increased.

Finger joints and palm bones shattered and reformed with ’crack crack crack’ sounds, hardening more than Top-grade Spiritual Artifacts.

At the connection between the fingertip and palm bone, a brand-new silver integrated meridian formed.

This meridian, comprising hundreds of thousands of slender branch meridians, each exhibiting remarkable tenacity, allows energy to be transmitted at super high speed without damage.

Furthermore, this is the source of Heaven-Shattering Claw’s formidable destructive power.

"Heaven-Shattering Claw."

Lou Yi curled his right hand into claws, swiping forward into the void.

The next instant, red gang qi within his body, like a swimming dragon, flowed rapidly toward his right palm position.

As it traversed the countless slender silver meridians.

Gang qi was forcibly decomposed, compressed, and swiftly traversed through slender meridians, finally reunifying into complete form.

Yet, its density had been compressed to the extreme.

When emitted from five fingers, it let out ’shoosh shoosh’ sharp air-splitting sounds.

Even the color of the energy changed to dark red, exuding an incomparably sharp aura.

’Thump thump thump!’

Five streams of dark red compressed gang qi tore through the void, slicing through countless trees ahead.

Penetrating the mountainside, emerging from the other side, eventually disappearing without a trace.

’Not bad, another conventional method added.’ Having witnessed the power of Heaven-Shattering Claw, Lou Yi thought contentedly.

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