153: The difficulty of body cultivation

Ji Mo's momentum did not decrease; he rushed forward and delivered a punch directly to the Giant Turtle's head, which was tens of meters wide. The Hidden Force immediately burst its brain matter, resulting in instant death.

The other Stone Turtles, their ferocity erupting, fell into a frenzy, charging and biting toward Ji Mo.

Ji Mo erupted with full power, maneuvering left and right among the hundreds of Stone Turtles. Every Giant Turtle that Ji Mo touched was internally exploded by the Hidden Force of his full-power punch, dying miserably.

In less than a moment, these hundreds of Stone Turtles had turned into nourishment for Ji Mo.

Let's boost my strength first. In the actions that follow, I might encounter even stronger Stone Turtles at any time.

The hundreds of Stone Turtles, resembling small mountains, were Refined one by one by Ji Mo, finally turning into monster beast pills which Ji Mo swallowed.

These Stone Turtles added a full hundred Dragons of strength to Ji Mo. His current strength has now reached over 2,600 Dragons.

Since entering the Dead Sea, Ji Mo's strength has increased by about seven hundred Dragons. The gain made Ji Mo sigh in wonder—it was almost comparable to the gains of the Sea Dragon Clan.

For the next month, Ji Mo continuously lured monsters out and killed them in batches.

His strength finally Broke Through three thousand Dragons. Ji Mo felt the might of his Physical Body, and in his joy, he involuntarily let out a long roar toward the sky.

The Stone Turtles in this area had almost all been killed by Ji Mo, so he could only advance toward the center again.

It is worth mentioning that the attraction of the power from the same source was growing stronger, making Ji Mo increasingly certain that the Legacy of the Hegemon Fist must be in the center of the Dead Sea.

This strengthened Ji Mo's drive even further. Advance! Advance! Advance!

However, the next actions required more caution. The Stone Turtles ahead all possessed a cultivation base of at least the peak of the Void Shattering Realm, close to Half-Saint.

Furthermore, these Stone Turtles already possessed intelligence slightly weaker than an adult Human. This was because the Stone Turtles naturally had extraordinary Physical Bodies, did not Cultivate Spiritual Qi, and were mired in Chaos.

Otherwise, if Ji Mo had carried out this kind of massive slaughter against other races, he would have been chased down by the Old Monsters of the clan long ago.

But now, everything was so calm, and the slaughter plan was proceeding so smoothly.

However, the remaining journey would not be so simple.

The closer he got to the center, the more certain it was that the Stone Turtle Clan had Old Monsters with Saint Rank cultivation bases. Given the unique nature of these Stone Turtles, Ji Mo definitely wouldn't be able to deal with them.

For the sake of his own safety, he still needed to face the road ahead cautiously, preferably by continuing to lure the Stone Turtles out and killing them.

To ensure the plan went smoothly, Ji Mo erupted with astonishing Murderous Aura, and on his small Physical Body, his right hand was holding up the corpse of a Void Shattering Realm Stone Turtle.

After traveling a thousand miles, he finally encountered more than a dozen large creatures lying there sleeping—or perhaps they were just resting lazily.

"Big Turtles, look over here!"

Given Ji Mo's current Physical Body strength, the power of this roar was considerable; ordinary Condensing Gang Realm Cultivators would be shaken to death.

Sure enough, those apparently sleeping Big Turtles were startled awake. Their already sluggish brains instantly became enraged upon seeing the corpse of their companion held up by Ji Mo.

They roared and charged toward Ji Mo. Seeing that these Stone Turtles had taken the bait, Ji Mo began to run wildly, leading the dozen or so Stone Turtles.

With such a commotion, the Giant Turtles in this entire area took the bait one after another, joining the large army chasing Ji Mo.

When the number approached a hundred, Ji Mo led them out of this sea area, running toward the outer regions. After getting far away, he would then make his move and kill them.

After repeating this luring tactic more than ten times, the Giant Turtles in this area were mostly cleared out. Having consumed all the stored monster beast pills, his strength had advanced to over 3,600 Dragons.

Compared to when he first arrived, his strength had increased by over 1,700 Dragons. Upon activating Super Saiyan, his strength reached 36,000 Dragons.

Ji Mo felt that this terrifying power should be able to easily kill a Saint Rank First Heaven expert, and dealing with a Saint Realm expert of the Second Heaven shouldn't be too much of a problem either.

However, he probably wouldn't stand a chance against a Saint Realm expert of the Third Heaven.

Don't think that an increase of ten thousand Jin of strength corresponds exactly to one Realm.

Once one reaches the Saint Realm, every minor Realm is a geometric increase in power.

Ji Mo had vaguely sensed this feeling back when he faced the Spear Saint. The Spear Saint was generally considered one of the weaker Saint Rank experts.

But the destructive power unleashed by the attacks of such a Saint Rank expert was comparable to the destructive power caused by 18,000 Dragons of pure strength.

This was also why Ji Mo had chosen to use a Sword Technique to kill the Spear Saint back then.

Of course, Ji Mo also had the Hegemon Fist. If Ji Mo fought up close and landed all of his Hidden Force strikes, even a Saint Realm expert protected by Saint Power would be hammered to death by Ji Mo's continuous punches.

Speaking of which, this is a matter of who strikes first. If Ji Mo strikes first and the opponent has no means to resist, they would very likely be killed instantly by Ji Mo.

But anyone who can Cultivate to the Saint Realm must have some trump cards, whether they are Cultivation Techniques or equipment—they are all methods.

This is also why Body Refining Martial Artists are not very common on this Plane.

Cultivating in the Early Stage has a high difficulty factor, requires many resources, and demands enduring unbearable pain.

Even if they achieve success in Cultivation, they are like a Meat Shield—their attack methods are singular, their speed cannot keep up, and they can only take hits.

Crucially, as a Meat Shield, you are not even as strong as a Yao Beast of the same rank, so it is quite useless.

Barely making it past the Early Stage and entering the Middle Stage, they then lack Cultivation Techniques. Because there are so few Body Cultivators, the talented few who achieve success in Cultivation must also grope their way forward on their own.

Cultivation Techniques haven't spread widely, and the resources required are even more terrifying. In this situation, even large Families are unwilling to nurture you, as what is the point of spending ten or a hundred times the resources to Cultivate a Meat Shield?

Furthermore, even if a Body Cultivator manages to achieve success in Cultivation, they still require specialized attack methods; conventional punching and kicking Cultivation Techniques are completely meaningless.

As mentioned before, those Cultivation Techniques mainly rely on 'Intent' and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to unleash their maximum lethality.

This effectively blocks the path for pure Body Cultivators.

Haven't you noticed that Ji Mo only has the Three Forms of the Hegemon Fist as an attack method so far?

Coming to the Dead Sea this time, Ji Mo has encountered Physical Body Martial Skills for the first time since arriving in this Foreign World. These should be the exclusive Martial Skills of the Stone Turtle Clan.

It must be admitted that the Giant Mountain Phantom is truly powerful, extraordinarily strong. Peak Half-Saint Stone Turtles can threaten Saint Rank experts.

Although Ji Mo has only learned the basics of Physical Body Martial Skills, the source of his strength is not just his raw power.

It is mainly because the Hegemonic Heaven Refining Art is too strong, and the Secondary Boost from the small furnace is too powerful. This Secondary Boost simultaneously changed the characteristics of the God Slaying Art, turning it into a Sustained Martial Skill.

It should be said that this has already become Ji Mo's exclusive Martial Skill.

Another point: Ji Mo, even with a Cheat Tool like the monster beast pill, only barely reached 3,600 Dragons of strength. This illustrates how difficult it is for others to Cultivate.

Others can only Cultivate by stacking resources and grinding time. Therefore, outside, one can only see Body Cultivators in the Xiantian Realm; anything higher is extremely rare on this Plane.

Even if they exist, it is only in one scenario: Special Races. It is too difficult for the Human Race.