novelraw Chapter 133
Chapter 133
Due to pain and blood loss, Wang Yu spent another three days adjusting himself before he was fully prepared.
From his storage pouch, he took out the Vajra Liquid, a body refining and foundation-building spiritual item. Its golden appearance resembled a pool of molten gold.
Using spiritual power to guide it, he allowed this treasure to gradually cover his entire body.
He applied an extra dose along his spine.
Once wrapped in Vajra Liquid, Wang Yu felt warmth flooding his whole body and immediately circulated the final part of the Flood Dragon Force.
Condensing the Dragon Spine.
After the Nine Dragons Tendons reached perfection, the nine flood dragon tendons had reached the moment of merging into one and undergoing qualitative transformation. Under the effect of the cultivation method, dense scarlet mist of blood energy surged from Wang Yu’s body.
This was the sign of qi and blood manifesting into form.
The thick blood energy gathered outside his body, continuously converging toward his back. Gradually, the faint figure of a young blood-shadow flood dragon took shape, clinging to his back.
The dragon head rested on his shoulder, its scarlet vertical pupils carrying a faint trace of dragon might.“So this is it. The true meaning of the Dragon Blood Secret Medicine is not only for cultivation, but also for condensing this blood-qi flood dragon at the moment of breaking through to the second-rank.”
Wang Yu could not help but feel fortunate. Back then, the third-rank flood dragon inner core he obtained had been added into the making of the Dragon Blood Secret Medicine. Although only a small amount of essence had been extracted, it greatly increased his chance of breaking through.
It nearly filled the gap in his blood energy caused by his crippled limbs, raising both total volume and quality.
No wonder it became harder to digest later on. It turned out the medicinal power accumulating in his body was of extremely high quality.
After discovering this secret, his confidence in breaking through the Body Refining Foundation Stage rose sharply. His hand seals changed quickly, and with a movement of divine sense, tens of thousands of spirit stones were drawn out from the storage pouch, evenly distributed all around him.
When a cultivator breaks through to a great realm, they must absorb a vast amount of heaven and earth spiritual qi to complete a kind of rebirth, a transformation akin to shedding the mortal body and forging anew.
Because of this, the environment requirements are extremely strict.
This cracked cliff cavern could not even be considered a true spiritual vein location. Only faint spiritual qi lingered in the surroundings, likely diffused from nearby veins.
Normally, the Idle Slot’s daily feedback was steady, balanced, and subtle.
But during a great realm breakthrough, at one particular moment, an immense flood of heaven and earth spiritual qi was required to wash over the body. The Idle Slot could only support normal cultivation and could not provide such vast qi at this critical juncture.
This had long been his suspicion. For years he had tirelessly accumulated spirit stones, spending very little, until he had saved a little over one hundred thousand. This was precisely for breaking through in an environment like this.
It was worth it.
As the cultivation method circulated faster, the small piles of spirit stones around him quickly lost their luster, turning into empty crystal-like husks.
A torrent of spiritual power rushed into his body, endlessly washing through his flesh.
At that instant, the Vajra Liquid displayed its effect, seeping through his pores into his body, transforming into streams of golden light that protected his meridians and vital organs.
The combined power of heavenly materials and earthly treasures with spiritual qi continuously strengthened his physique. Organs, perineum, skull, and other weak yet vital regions began to visibly improve.
As his physical strength rose, his blood energy limit also soared wildly until it reached a complete boil.
At this point, more than half of the breakthrough was already complete.
“Nine Dragons become one, condense.”
With a low shout.
Wang Yu felt the muscles of his entire body activate. They twisted and writhed as if they had gained life, bringing him immense pain.
Blood seeped from his skin, and his bones began to crackle and snap.
At this moment.
An unexpected situation occurred. The Heavenly Yin Blood and Corpse Demon Bones, cultivated through the Corpse Demon Secret Technique back then, underwent a mutation.
As a body modification type secret art, their effects were permanent and irreversible.
The Heavenly Yin Blood granted him the innate talents of ghostly spirits, bestowing upon him yin-cold affinity and divine sense aptitude.
The Corpse Demon Bones granted him immense resistance to corpse, death, and baleful qi, the qualification to refine such forces for his own use, as well as a physique and traits comparable to zombies of the same rank.
When combined, they even allowed him to possess the formidable divine ability of limb regeneration.
In a certain sense, these were two special demonic physiques. However, they were acquired rather than innate, and could not compare to innate spiritual constitutions.
They were not even on par with the Mysterious Origin Demonic Embryo.
Yet Body-refining at the Foundation Establishment stage was essentially a remolding of the body. The origin of life was greatly enhanced, everything that once existed was shattered, and the other powers hidden in the body inevitably fused, mutated, and transformed.
Wang Yu’s once surging and fiery qi and blood power was invaded by Heavenly Yin Blood. The temperature plummeted, transforming from vibrant crimson into a dark, chilling stillness of yin.
Even the blood-dragon form coiled across his back turned black-blue, like a creation of pitch-black ice.
His bones shattered within. The broken runes inside were released, as thick yin qi and corpse qi mixed with spiritual power to wash over his body.
The traits of a zombie grew even deeper upon him.
His upper fangs grew sharper, his nails turned glossy black, and his skin became deathly pale.
Only his eyes resisted further mutation, held back by the Taiyin Nether Eye, retaining their normal appearance. This was one of the few aspects of his original body that remained.
These changes were not without benefits.
The power of the Corpse Demon Bones perfectly embodied the might of zombies. Wang Yu’s skin altered, all body hair vanished, and corpse armor resembling mountain ridges grew to cover his body.
It was precisely the Copper Armor Corpse Garment.
In the past, such a thing did not exist. Normally invisible, it only manifested under attack. This meant he now possessed an additional layer of defense beyond others.
Its rank was slightly low, however. If he could restore the Corpse Demon Secret Technique to the second-rank level, this armor would naturally advance into the Iron Armor Corpse Garment.
At that time, a second-rank corpse armor physique combined with second-rank body cultivation strength… unimaginable.
“Power…”
Where there is loss, there is gain. The Corpse Demon Secret Technique was overwhelmingly powerful. An ordinary cultivator who practiced it would undergo earth-shattering changes immediately, leaping to become a powerhouse of the same realm. Side effects were acceptable.
Physical abnormalities would naturally fade once the secret technique was completed. There was no need to worry about temporary gains and losses.
By his estimation, as long as he reached the second-rank again, young Wang Yu could restore his former might. As long as it recovered, mere bodily mutations were of no concern to him.
The breakthrough neared its conclusion.
Though the process had been strange, the final result was favorable. Wang Yu, sitting cross-legged, leapt to his feet and directly immersed himself into the healing pool.
The blood-dragon shape clinging to his back once again merged into the essence of the Corpse Demon Bones. It became even darker, like a pitch-black flood dragon with icy-blue streaks along its body.
Its eyes turned black-blue as well, before finally fusing into Wang Yu’s spine, leaving upon his back a tattoo of a snarling black flood dragon.
In the depths of fate, Wang Yu discerned its name.
[Nether Demonic Flood Dragon Spine].
A dual mutation born from the overlap of cultivation method and secret technique.
The body cultivation technique Flood Dragon Force could no longer enhance his physique. Nor could its orthodox continuation connect any further.
Only the deduction ability of the Idle Slot could be relied upon, to see if it might evolve into a version adapted to himself.