Translator: CinderTL
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That night.
Fatigue surged, and his consciousness sank.
Chen Feng lay down on the bed and quickly drifted into a deep sleep.
Standing once again in the park of the dream world, his eyes gleamed as his sense of urgency regarding improving his strength grew.
He raised his head slightly.
Looking at the withered giant tree's canopy, an azure light orb wrapped around the image of a horned beetle hovered above.
Without hesitation, he quickly tossed aside his brass knuckles, grabbed the gnarled roots and intertwining branches, and began climbing the tree with his bare hands.
Clack, clack, clack!
His muscles rippled, veins popping out.
The powerful strength and physique came into play at this moment. Even though he wasn't skilled at climbing, he was still able to ascend nimbly.
Crack!
A branch he stepped on suddenly broke. Chen Feng's expression remained unchanged as he firmly grabbed the main trunk to the side.
Stretching his arms to pull hard to the left and right, his body shifted.
In no time, he climbed another half meter, completing one-fifth of the climb.
"Keep going, keep going."
His eyes were calm, and his perception expanded.
The withered giant tree was bare, with no leaves to obstruct his view.
As time passed.
Eight meters, ten meters, fifteen meters, twenty meters...
The gray, dead tree's surface was visible as the black-clad youth climbed upward, getting closer and closer to the top.
Finally, Chen Feng looked up.
The crossing branches were offset, and the huge canopy and azure light orb were just half a meter above him.
The misty sky felt close at this moment, and he didn't rush blindly to the top.
Crack!
Another branch he pulled on snapped, falling to the ground.
After several repeated attempts, he finally found a thick branch that wouldn't break easily.
Taking advantage of the moment, he leaped up and landed firmly in the tree's canopy.
The azure light orb was now within reach, surrounded by a misty world above.
Under the layers of azure light, a clear, distinct image of a horned beetle could be seen inside the light orb.
"Let me see what you really are!"
His eyes sharp, Chen Feng immediately reached out and grabbed for the light orb.
Buzz!
In an instant, before he could get close, the light orb exploded, splitting into countless greenish-blue lights that swirled around his body like fireflies.
The dark night sky was lit up, as hundreds of thousands of azure light dots appeared, seemingly alive.
Chen Feng was stunned, but he didn't sense any danger or hostility.
This scene continued for a few seconds, and he couldn't help but stretch out his finger.
Suddenly, one of the azure light dots touched his finger.
It felt cold.
Buzz!
The next moment, hundreds of thousands of green lights surged toward him, quickly turning into a dense light shadow that entered his body.
[You have obtained the Talent Light Orb: Azure Armor!]
[A signature talent left by an awakened being!]
[Talent fusion successful!]
[Effect: You can continuously consume mental and physical energy to activate the Azure Armor form, gaining a comprehensive combat power boost!]
[Current status: Azure Armor LV1 (1/100)]
[Talent growth condition: Obtain enough fear!]
A panel prompt suddenly appeared. Before Chen Feng could examine it carefully, he felt a strange sensation on the back of his left hand.
Looking down, he opened his hand.
An azure mark appeared near his forearm, about the size of a fingernail.
It was an azure beetle, resembling a horned beetle.
"Azure Armor?"
His gaze fixed, and Chen Feng stared at the mark on his hand for a few seconds.
Then, combining it with the panel prompt, he quickly understood its function.
"Consume mental and physical energy to activate..."
Standing on the tree canopy, he gazed at the mist-covered city below, the area he had explored already visible beneath him.
He decided to try it.
"Azure Armor, activate!"
Buzz!
Azure light exploded from the back of his hand!
A cool sensation spread across his body, covering him entirely in less than a second.
When the light faded, a figure completely covered in azure armor appeared on top of the canopy.
The body was enveloped in a hard shell, with azure-black armored plates overlapping at joints like the shoulders, elbows, and knees, some circular, others spiked.
As for the sharp facial features, they were covered by a mask with an azure horn on it.
The eyes were unique, two elliptical red lights shining like glowing fiberglass.
In an instant, Chen Feng's appearance changed drastically, and his aura surged!
"So, this is the Azure Armor..."
He raised his hand slightly, looking down at himself.
He could sense that his current form resembled wearing the hard shell of a horned beetle.
Instinctively, he recalled the masked heroes he had seen in his previous life on Earth.
"They are somewhat similar."
The thought flashed, but he didn't linger too much on his appearance.
Activating the Azure Armor wasn't without cost—it required draining his physical energy.
Every second of activation came at a price.
But conversely, the combat power boost it provided was undeniably alluring.
Whoosh!
Immediately, Chen Feng rush forward, his body turning into a blur as he swiftly moved along the giant tree's branches, dropping toward the ground.
Within just a few seconds, he had reached the ground.
"My speed has at least doubled, and I have better balance control."
Standing still, Chen Feng glanced at another withered tree nearby.
It was about the size where three or five people needed to link hands to circle it.
Without hesitation, he charged forward and abruptly stopped, throwing a punch.
Boom!!!
The punch was like a cannonball, an azure blur hitting the tree.
The withered tree shook, and its decayed trunk shattered with cracks spreading out.
Looking closely, Chen Feng's forearm had sunk deep into the tree.
"Power, at least doubled!"
"Three hundred kilograms, and I haven't even used the Explosive Fist yet!"
A thought crossed his mind as he pulled his fist back.
Crack, crack!
The dry bark kept falling, and he took a deep breath, launching another powerful punch.
Boom!!
A muffled roar echoed throughout the park.
With the Explosive Fist, it surpassed four hundred kilograms!
The already decayed and cracked trunk shattered again, and Chen Feng's forearm was completely buried inside, causing the tree to sway violently as though it might collapse.
"It's definitely feasible."
"In the Azure Armor form, all my skills are still available."
"Not just the Explosive Fist, but even my striking skills, like the flame tiger stance, are unaffected."
His eyes brightened as the red fiberglass in his eyes lit up.
He then looked down at his palm and the metallic hard shell around his torso.
A bold thought suddenly crossed his mind.
"Maybe, now I can resist bullets."
From the punch impact earlier, he could feel the sturdiness of the armor.
In terms of hardness, it was comparable to some steel plates, and it could absorb the impact pressure.
His thoughts sparked, and he was eager to test it out.
In the real world, he didn't have a gun license, so he couldn't get firearms.
Even if he did, he wouldn't dare to experiment on himself.
But in this dream world, injuries weren't permanent.
As for the gun issue...
He turned his head toward the city, his heart racing, and immediately deactivated the Azure Armor to conserve energy.
He quickly left the park and entered the residential area.
Clack, clack, clack, clack!
Urgent footsteps echoed as a shadow moved through the night, searching.
Hundreds of meters, five hundred meters, a kilometer.
Taking advantage of the time in the dream world, Chen Feng scoured all the buildings within range.
He collected four limit-breaking light orbs, and by the end...
In the study of a single-story villa.
Perhaps by luck, he opened a drawer in a mahogany desk.
He finally found a black handgun.
(End of the Chapter)
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