novelraw Chapter 273 - 179: Reforging Meridians, Breaking Out of the Shell!
Chapter 273 - 179: Reforging Meridians, Breaking Out of the Shell!
Whoosh!
This strand of Fire Sparrow Power flowed within Su Mu’s shattered meridians; whenever it encountered a point where a meridian was broken, it would split off a thread to attach itself to the ruptured wound, igniting the clotted blood and the corroding Yin Sha Qi, beginning to burn it away. This caused Su Mu to feel a tingling numbness, as the meridians eroded by Yin Sha Qi started to regrow anew.
"This Fire Sparrow Power can actually dispel Yin Sha Qi and reconnect severed veins!"
Su Mu was overjoyed; for the first time, he saw genuine hope for recovery. Fire, being the most fierce of the Five Elements, naturally restrains Yin Sha to some extent. Moreover, this power didn’t originate from an ordinary Demon Beast, but from the Fire Sparrow itself!
"Bang!"
Feeling the Fire Sparrow Power within his body rapidly depleting, Su Mu was already prepared. He pulled out the second bottle of Sparrow Blood Wine, flicked open the cork with one finger, and poured it straight down his throat.
The Sparrow Blood was swiftly digested, in concert with the Fire Sparrow Breathing and the specially routed meridian movement; the Sparrow Blood quickly transformed into a second and third strand of Fire Sparrow Power. These strands were entirely different from the power Su Mu had cultivated before; rather than ordinary power, they were Attribute Power, imbued with Fire Spiritual Qi.
"So that’s how it is... The Fire Sparrow Power will be the first Sixth Grade Power within my body."
Earlier, Su Mu discovered that after drinking Sparrow Blood Wine, he could condense Fire Force, but he couldn’t retain it. Now, with a Fire Sparrow Pattern forming in his palm, everything was solved; the first strand of Fire Sparrow Power cultivated in Profound Demon Five Transformations directly metamorphosed into Sixth Grade Fire Force.
Meanwhile, the nineteen strands of power he had previously cultivated were difficult to mobilize with broken meridians; his recent battles could only forcibly draw on the Jade Bone State. Yet, this Fire Sparrow Power brimmed with vibrant vitality.
At this moment, every single snapped and ruptured meridian in Su Mu’s body resembled parched, cracked earth after prolonged drought. Now, salvation arrived like a long-awaited rain—Fire Sparrow Power was that timely shower, bringing the dead veins back to life as they rejoined and were remolded amidst scorching flames.
Just like the Fire Sparrow in the cavern before, undergoing rebirth in flames—between death and life exists great fortune. As long as he did not perish, each resurrection would render him far stronger than before his wounds.
"Good, next I need only nurture and strengthen the Fire Sparrow Power. I may no longer need the Little Vajra Secret Realm to entirely remold all my meridians!"
Even Su Mu, whose temperament was far steadier than his peers, found it difficult now to suppress the wild joy in his heart.
Just then, Su Mu’s whole body abruptly shuddered—a vigorous, searing current surged from his Dantian out of nowhere.
Before Su Mu’s eyes, his comprehension panel materialized from thin air; the Five Animals Qigong, covered in dense fractures, blazed with unprecedented brilliance, then completely shattered. The old Five Animals Qigong faded away, replaced by the entry-level Profound Demon Five Transformations!
Profound Demon Five Transformations (Entry-level 1%)
Comprehension: 112 (Dragon-and-Phoenix Level)
The breakthrough-induced warmth of comprehension now became nourishment for the Fire Sparrow Power, which greedily devoured it and rapidly grew stronger.
"Sss!"
In an instant, Su Mu’s clothing was incinerated by the intense heat of Fire Sparrow Power, reduced to drifting ashes. Reflected in the blood pool, Su Mu’s entire body was shrouded in scarlet streams of energy; closely observed, these flows looked just like Fire Sparrow Feather plumes.
Feather-like energy swirled unceasingly, winding about Su Mu’s body; with each breath, cycling endlessly. After each circuit, the scars upon his flesh—remnants of unhealed wounds—faded further, until at last, they disappeared without a trace!
Throughout this process, Su Mu poured bottle after bottle of Sparrow Blood Wine down his throat.
Soon, the fresh batch of Sparrow Blood Wine was exhaustively consumed. Seated in his wheelchair, Su Mu exhaled softly, then slowly opened his eyes, blazing heat surging within their depths.
"Profound Demon Five Transformations, even at mere entry level, added five points of comprehension!"
Recall that when Su Mu first merged seven Martial Arts to infer the Molten Fire Golden Body—at entry level, it added only three points. Those three points already placed the Molten Fire Golden Body as a Sixth Grade Horizontal Training Method.
Profound Demon Five Transformations started at nearly twice that of Molten Fire Golden Body. The potential of this cultivation technique is plain to see—this is without question the strongest Martial Arts Su Mu currently possesses.
Su Mu harbored enormous hope and ambition for Profound Demon Five Transformations. From the outset, his path of inference was never ordinary Martial Arts, but a cultivation technique!
He planned to use Profound Demon Five Transformations to challenge the Middle Third Grade realm. Back when he chose Crane Play from the Deer Play and Crane Play, he had already resolved that his first Attribute Power must be Fire Force.
Because Fire Force could suppress the Gu Insect entrenched in his heart, he would drive the Fire Sparrow Pattern into the insect’s lair like a sharp blade.
Su Mu knew well—the reason the Gu Insect hadn’t caused trouble lately was that the Pharmacist, before dying, had greatly weakened its power. For this, the Pharmacist, who was but one step away from Fourth Grade Daoist Cultivator, had sacrificed his very life.
Soon, within his body, the Fire Sparrow Power fully absorbed the warmth of comprehension, gaining rapid strength and transmitting a yearning for even greater power.
With a thought—
"Sss!"
A crimson Fire Sparrow Pattern flashed on his left palm; the high temperature emitted twisted the surrounding air, while free-roaming Fire Spiritual Qi in heaven and earth gathered around his palm. Su Mu even faintly sensed this Fire Spiritual Qi expressing an affinity for him.
"Ancient Demon Beasts are born with an open Martial Path, innate Martial Artists... This is indeed no falsehood. Within the Fire Sparrow’s body, there must be blood of the Ancient Demon Beast race."
Once Su Mu fully activated the Fire Sparrow Pattern in his left palm, and employed Fire Sparrow Breathing and Fire Sparrow Transformation, the Fire Sparrow Power coiled through every inch of flesh on his left arm. Scarlet brilliance shimmered, and a miniature Fire Sparrow Pattern emerged upon the skin of his left arm, then a second, then a third, spreading across his lower arm.