novelraw Chapter 274 - 179: Reforging Meridians, Breaking the Shell! (Part 2)
Chapter 274 - 179: Reforging Meridians, Breaking the Shell! (Part 2)
Immediately, Su Mu tried to extend five fingers, the Fire Sparrow Pattern circulated, followed by feathers, truly resembling a bird’s claw.
"Not bad, not bad... But absorbing like this is still too slow."
Su Mu pondered for a moment and recklessly reached for the blood pool under the Fire Sparrow’s corpse. He disliked the low efficiency of absorbing the Sparrow Blood Wine and wanted to try directly absorbing the Fire Sparrow Blood.
Hiss——Hiss——Hiss—
The moment his left arm reached into the blood pool, a violent sparrow’s cry suddenly exploded!
The silent pool of sparrow blood erupted as if provoked, boiling and rolling, blood bubbles bursting forth terrifying heat waves, seemingly trying to incinerate the intruding offender.
However, Su Mu’s Fire Sparrow Arm bloomed with bright red lines, all illuminated; this was the Fire Sparrow Essence Blood cast and engraved into flesh resonating, the boiling red blood touching the arm, the violent high temperature instantly transformed to gentle around the fingers, all absorbed and dissolved by the same source power.
"You can completely use the Fire Sparrow Transformation to directly absorb Fire Sparrow Blood."
Su Mu’s eyes flashed, now the absorption efficiency becomes much higher, but out of caution, Su Mu did not do so, instead he dug a pit not far from the blood pool.
When the Fire Sparrow Arm touched the rock and earth, the rock and earth instantly turned black, then melted into liquid at a visible speed. The Fire Sparrow Arm can directly withstand the blood pool’s high temperatures, but the rock and earth cannot withstand the Fire Sparrow Arm’s terrifying high heat.
"So strong, this kind of high temperature probably won’t be inferior to the Melting Gold Technique!"
The Melting Gold Technique controls the body’s Melting Gold Force to erupt instant high temperatures through high-speed turbulence, whereas the Fire Sparrow Arm’s high temperature is a normal state. If the operation method of the Melting Gold Technique were merged with the Fire Sparrow Arm, what could be more terrifying?
Su Mu is quite expectant in his heart, soon digging the pit, Su Mu brought the Fire Sparrow Blood into the newly dug pit, then poured in several gourds of strong medicinal wine, directly using the pit as a vessel to mix high-concentration Sparrow Blood Wine at a ratio of two to one.
This concentration is tenfold higher than the previously mixed Sparrow Blood Wine.
"Let’s test the effect."
Su Mu’s left arm reached into the pit of high-purity Sparrow Blood Wine, then started training Fire Sparrow Transformation. Instantly, the sparrow blood, which was dozens of times purer than before, violently surged into Su Mu’s body.
"Hua——Hua——Hua——"
Su Mu groaned, fully digesting the sparrow blood inside his body, transforming it into strands of Fire Sparrow Power. The Fire Sparrow Power circulating through his muscles and veins became more solid, the scattering power encircled his body, wrapping Su Mu layer by layer as if forming a giant red demon egg, just like the Fire Sparrow when it saved itself.
"Really invigorating, continue, continue!"
The violent sparrow blood was greedily absorbed and digested by strands of Fire Sparrow Power, then injected into Su Mu’s muscles and bones, causing all the broken tendons in his body to start restructuring and reconnecting simultaneously.
At this moment, Su Mu began multitasking, strengthening the Fire Sparrow Power while also condensing a second Fire Sparrow Pattern.
The second one.
The third one.
Every pain is woven with joy.
Su Mu lost himself completely, intoxicated by this rebirth, feeling as if newly born and rapidly growing stronger, he felt the day of complete recovery was near!
Time quickly passed in this moment.
The lonely temple in wind and snow.
The Mountain Lord Temple, once dilapidated and cobweb-covered, now filled with sandalwood fragrance, the offering table spotless, only the girl who used to pray there daily eventually couldn’t bear the solitude on the mountain and left earlier.
On Baihe Town’s streets, the lantern festival on New Year’s Eve colored the snow warm red. Yan Xiaolan, wrapped in an apricot-colored cloak, darted through the festival holding sugar-coated haws, dripping with amber syrup—her favorite snack since childhood.
When the first cluster of fire snakes shot up into the night sky, bursting into flames everywhere, the girl’s smiling face seemed to dissolve all the blood feuds that shouldn’t have belonged to someone her age.
Another new year.
But the festival must end, and as the music stopped, she found herself standing in front of the peeling red paint of the Yan family’s courtyard.
Instantly, the carefree expression froze on her face, gradually dissipating.
"Time to go back... The Yan family’s vengeance is still unpaid!"
The girl gently placed the untouched sugar haws near a stone lion’s paw, turned around, fists clenched, her face returned to its usual gloom.
In the dark alley, two figures emerged silently, making no sound at all, merely staring directly at the girl heading toward Great Mist Mountain.
One wore a blue robe, his brows and eyes resembling the Cyan-robed Scholar who died at Su Mu’s hands by a third.
The other man, in his forties, wore white workout clothes, a Tiger Head Saber at his waist, with several scars from knives and swords on his face, tall and imposing, his eyes icy, movements exuding prideful arrogance.
The blue-robed scholar glanced around the girl’s surrounding area, as if wary of someone.
"What, you from Changping Dao still fear a mere little girl?"
The man with the Tiger Head Saber sneered slightly, speaking with disdain, noticing the blue-robed scholar’s actions.
"Hmph, caution is the parent of safety. This Yan family remnant is not to be feared... But she must have other comrades. If not, with my brother’s Martial Arts, how could he end up overturned in a ditch?"
The blue-robed scholar’s name is Yao Qing, sent by Lord Xiangzhu Gongsun Xin to investigate his brother and two Seventh-Grade Yijin Changping Dao members’ deaths. After some investigation, a few days ago Yao Qing finally found Yan Xiaolan’s whereabouts.
But after observing for a few days, he discovered Yan Xiaolan’s Martial Dao was quite strange, overall such strength was not enough to kill his brother and the other two. Yao Qing concluded that Yan Xiaolan must have other allies.