Legend of the Mythological Genes
chapter-75

A brand new vitality stat was displayed before him. Feng Lin was completely stunned after he saw it.

Vitality: 10.1!

He suddenly broke through the barrier of 10 points and achieved a two-digits vitality stat. In the biological chain, he was already a higher form of existence.

Although he had not reached the transcendent level, among the ordinary lifeforms on earth, he was already at the peak of the food chain. There were no natural predators for him now.

When one’s vitality reached two-digits, only the blue whale of Ancient Earth Era and the tyrannosaurus rex of the Jurassic Era would have such a strong life force.

One could say that although Feng Lin appeared to be a human, he could actually be considered as a human-form tyrannosaurus rex now!

Feng Lin himself also felt a little shocked at this. Before this happened, when his vitality stats reached 5.6, he already felt he was powerful enough.

Who would have thought that after he broke through and became an interstellar cultivator, his vitality stats almost doubled, breaking through the 10 point barrier.

As expected of an interstellar cultivator. The difference between it and a cultivation apprentice was like the difference between heaven and earth.

Once one succeeded in breaking through, it would be like a fish leaping through the dragon gate, becoming a dragon with an unlimited future.

This increase in vitality actually didn’t give him the feeling of an explosive surge in strength just like in the past. It was a more marvelous feeling as though a kind of hidden energy in his body had been awakened.

Fish had scales and could swim in the sea.

Birds had wings and could soar in the air.

Different creatures would have different innate abilities. This kind of marvelous feeling felt as though the long-forgotten natural ability of humans that had been hidden in the body was now awakened after he had broken through to the interstellar cultivator level.

Although that feeling was extremely blurry and he was unable to fathom it at this moment, but it was definitely real. It was just like fishes would instinctively know how to swim and birds would instinctively know how to fly. Once this natural ability of humans was awakened, they would never forget it again.

It was only that for now, Feng Lin had no way to control or master this instinct completely.

He calmed himself down and sensed his own body, getting familiar again with his body after his life evolution.

His vitality stat had broken through 10.0. It wasn’t a simple increase in his strength and speed. It was more of a feeling that he gained a certain control instead.

He could sense something wonderful. He was able to feel the strength of every fiber of his muscles, and he was able to control it as he willed, circulating his strength to every part of his body.

If before this, Feng Lin felt that strength was fire—emphasizing on accumulation and explosion, erupting instantly, and granting fearsome destructive might—he now felt that strength was water. It was incomparably gentle and soft, able to transform according to his will. Once he gathered enough power, it would instantly transform into a grandiose flood, able to break and destroy everything, nothing could obstruct it.

Power could be classified as both hard and soft. When the two aspects combined, one was able to control it as they will, achieving a myriad of transformations.

From the Primordial Era right at the very beginning, humanity didn’t have the sharp claws and fangs or tough hides and bones of wild beasts. They were innately weak, yet they still eventually became the overlord of their planet. Why was this so? It was because they were proficient at using every bit of their strength, not wasting it at all. Their intelligence enabled them to create tools, allowing them to defeat the stronger wild beasts despite being innately weaker, eventually pushing them all the way to the peak of the food chain.

Controlling one’s strength was the most simple and most powerful instinct in life.

He!

Feng Lin steadied his heart and mind. He suddenly exhaled and spread open the five fingers of his palm as he grabbed out in the air abruptly.

The tiny muscles in his fingers instantly vibrated over thousands of times. He actually was able to control the formless air to rapidly converge in his palm, resulting in an air vortex that was visible to the naked eye. The air vortex spun rapidly, creating humming sounds.

Feng Lin flexed his other hand into a fist and suddenly punched out.

BOOM!

The air flow churned wildly, and the vigorous power blasted out in the air, shattering the space before him, creating a thunderous explosion. The remaining force of his blow was like a huge hammer, ruthlessly slamming against one of the alloy walls in his room, leaving behind a conspicuous palm imprint.

Si!

Feng Lin drew in a deep breath, akin to a whale breaking past the water’s surface and drawing air. His chest puffed out like an elephant and with a shout, he exhaled, emitting a beam of white light from his mouth. A sonic boom rang out as a hole appeared on the surface of the ground before him.

A clear white vestige could be seen in the air. It only dissipated after a long time.

Emitting power through the air, capable of injuring others with just a breath.

Feng Lin gradually became clearer at what his awakened natural ability was and he started to practice his martial arts.

Punching with his fists and kicking with his legs, even the most ordinary Hong Fist appeared extremely dominant and majestic when displayed by Feng Lin. His punches and kicks generated wind, forming a gale visible to the naked eye. This gale was as sharp as swords; it was formless yet capable of injuring people.

Feng Lin’s attacks had already reached the point where even close combat would be capable of generating power through the air, injuring others from a distance.

From Hong Fist, Eight Extremities Fist, Taiji Fist…All the ancient martial arts styles to the Vajra Subduing Fist, an interstellar genetic martial art, Feng Lin displayed them one by one. Numerous gales manifested, revolving around his body. This was an extremely shocking sight.

He finished displaying over twenty martial art styles in a single breath, but he wasn’t panting at all. Clearly, this exhibited his extraordinary physique.

So, this was a true interstellar cultivator?

Feng Lin stared in shock at his hands as he fell into a daze.

If one wasn’t at this realm, they wouldn’t be able to understand this wonderful feeling of life evolution. It was also impossible to explain.

In the universe, all creatures would be placed in a food chain where there was no beginning and no end. The life evolution was to enable them to continuously climb up the food chain.

If one didn’t want to be eaten by others and wanted to eat others instead, evolution was the only way. Constant evolution would allow one to stand at the peak of the food chain!

After becoming an interstellar cultivator, Feng Lin temporarily wasn’t clear on how much did his strength and speed increase exactly.

But after his probing earlier, he was clear that the absolute control over his strength was an innate ability that had awakened in his body. He could control every iota of strength according to his desire, enabling him to use the most effective method to employ them.

For the same amount of strength, the force exerted by interstellar cultivators would at least be thrice of cultivation apprentices. This was after leaving aside the fact that cultivation apprentices’ starting vitality was only at 1.0 while interstellar cultivators’ starting vitality was at 10.

The disparity in their vitality was like the difference between heaven and earth, so great that mere numbers wouldn’t be able to make up for it. Even if ten or more cultivation apprentices were to fight against an interstellar cultivator, they wouldn’t pose a problem for the cultivator at all.

The surging vitality of cultivators allowed their strength and recovery rate to be far above cultivation apprentices.

No matter how many apprentices there were, as long as they didn’t use high-tech weaponry, the interstellar cultivator would be able to defeat them with ease. Even if he wasn’t able to defeat them, he could still escape easily. There was no way for them to stop him.

Feng Lin was already pretty clear on his true strength. His absolute control over his strength was able to exert force through the air despite using only close-combat moves, generating a gale which he could control that was able to formlessly attack his target.

This mitigated his weakness of only being able to use close-combat moves.

Naturally, the wonders of interstellar cultivators weren’t merely limited to this. He had to continue to probe and find out more.

Also, these were merely the most basic of transformations to his physical abilities. Feng Lin turned his sights to the extraordinary forces a cultivator was able to control.

The origin source of all these transcendent abilities was because of awakened mythological genes.

Feng Lin peered inside himself and saw the genetic changes in his body.

An astral river linked the three golden constellations that were his awakened genes. It was like a bridge spanned across the starry ocean, forming a triangular shape.

A triangle was the most stable of structures. It was the most stable foundation to establish a mythological path.

These three genes joined together to form the fork of a tree. They constituted the beginning of a genetic tree.

After breaking through, Feng Lin undoubtedly had already embarked on a correct transcendent path.

Feng Lin’s thought locked on to his newly evolved gene, as information about that appeared in his mind.

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Gene: Stone Monkey Gene

Grade: Variation Primeval Gene

Strengthening Tally: 1

Ability: Stone body and steel bones, immense strength, invulnerable to the sword and spear, impervious to fire and water.

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It was actually a variation-grade primeval gene!

The Monkey Gene and Stonebirth Gene were low-grade basic genes. To think that the Stone Monkey Gene, which appeared when the two low-grade genes were combined, would actually be a variation-grade gene. It was only a grade below perfect genes!

This was something Feng Lin had never expected.

Most genes were conventional genes. Although they could be classified into strong or weak based on their abilities, their attributes were generally similar.

The Thunder Gene and Storm Gene, the Magma Gene and Flame Gene, the Frost Gene and the Blizzard Gene…etc.

However, variation genes were different. The gene itself was a variation that couldn’t be duplicated. Its abilities were unique and had mystical power the other genes didn’t have.

What power did the Stone Monkey Gene have exactly for it to be classified as a variation-type gene?

Feng Lin felt puzzled and he pondered over the abilities of the Stone Monkey Gene—stone body and steel bones, immense strength, invulnerable to sword and spear, impervious to fire and water.

Stone body and steel bones reflected a powerful and tough physique. It meant that his physical defense would be extremely high.

But for this, many other genes were capable of having this ability as well. This was a common trait among body-strengthening type genes. For example, the Vajra Gene awakened from the Vajra Subduing Devil Fist would also have this ability.

As for immense strength, it indicated that he would be extremely strong. For this ability, the Giant Gene and Ferocious Tiger Gene could also produce it.

As for invulnerable to sword and spear, it meant that his skin was incomparably tough and solid, resembling something constructed from metal. There was no need for him to fear the slashes of a sword or the stabbing of a spear. It was like the trait of Copper Skin Gene, Iron Shirt Gene, and Metal Gene…

In that case, the answer should be the final ability that the Stone Monkey Gene granted…

Impervious to fire and water!

What did this mean?

What did fire and water refer to?

Feng Lin didn’t feel that it referred to normal water flow and flames. There were certain genes that fortified one’s body. And when one’s body was fortified to a certain extent, they would also be able to resist the flow of water as well as the burning of flames. It wasn’t anything special.

There must be another deeper layer of meaning behind it. It wasn’t as simple as the words stated.

When Feng Lin sent his will deep into the Stone Monkey Gene to research it, more and more genetic information appeared, clearing up his confusion.

Impervious to fire and water: Resisting the invasion of energy. As the gene was strengthened, this ability could be enhanced to the point where the possessor would be completely impervious to being harmed from different energy types’ properties. An example was burns from flames or being frozen solid from frost. Impervious to fire and water, untouched by the myriad of laws!