Chapter 133

Immediately, the meridians that had been strengthened by several treasures jerked violently, a burst of intense pain followed, making Lin Feng somewhat uncomfortable.

However, he was quite relieved in his heart that he had not taken the Earth Flame Lotus Seed earlier.

Otherwise, with his meridians not having been strengthened by the Devouring Life Pill and Earth Core Tempering Milk, the pain would likely be at least several times greater than now.

However, although the meridians were damaged by that intense heat.

But the subsequent action of the Earth Flame Lotus Seed brought a hint of joy to Lin Feng's face.

Wherever the scorching energy passed, it left behind droplets resembling jade, each no larger than a thumb tip.

These droplets adhered to the meridian walls, wriggling like living things, then merged into them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And as these jade-like droplets brimming with vast life-force energy merged in,

Yet the naked meridian walls, scorched red by the intense heat, began to rapidly dissolve into a layer of pale cyan liquid of unknown origin.

Once these liquids had covered the meridian walls,

In an instant, after being scorched by the Earth Flame Lotus Seed's scorching energy, it solidified into a layer of cyan keratin.

These keratin layers firmly covered the meridian walls, their protective strength far surpassing that of Lin Feng's meridians before, by an unknown multiple.

With the appearance of these cyan keratin layers, the pain emanating from Lin Feng's meridians finally dissipated completely.

Clearly, after such strengthening by the Earth Flame Lotus Seed,

The toughness of his meridians has already far exceeded what it was before the injury!

After completely covering some of the main meridians in his body with a layer of cyan keratin,

The scorching energy transformed from the Earth Flame Lotus Seed also diminished somewhat.

It appears that those seemingly simple jade-colored droplets actually contain the essence of the Earth Flame Lotus Seed.

The energy of the Earth Flame Lotus Seed, after covering the meridians with a protective layer,

yet it still charged about like a blindfolded wild ox.

Lin Feng, seeing this, also felt somewhat helpless.

Why is it that every time he consumes heavenly treasures, their energy rushes about uncontrollably, beyond his control?

But now he can only strive to circulate his cultivation technique to absorb it; there is no other way.

As the scorching energy tirelessly circulates within his meridians,

Threads of misty cyan gas gradually formed within, then slowly seeped out after a moment.

These slightly moist gases strangely penetrated the keratin barrier and reached the innermost part of the meridians.

As these gases increased, some of the moist gases slipped out of the meridians and drifted aimlessly within Lin Feng's body.

It seemed as if, sensing the floating nutrients within his body, his muscles, cells, bones, and all other organs sprang to life as if awakening at this moment.

With slight wriggling, they greedily devoured those moist gases.

At this moment, Lin Feng's inner body seemed to become a bottomless abyss, greedily absorbing the cyan mist continually released from the Earth Flame Lotus Seed.

As the absorbed mist increased, Lin Feng felt that every aspect of his physique was gradually climbing to a higher level than ever before.

However, his body's absorption did not stop there.

On the contrary, with Lin Feng's somewhat bewildered expression, the suction increased, frantically absorbing the cyan mist emanating from the Earth Flame Lotus Seed.

Under this frantic absorption, Lin Feng's physique and fighting qi both underwent a tremendous increase.

His aura, originally that of a newly advanced four-star Fighting King, had, under the continual refinement of the Heavenly Yang Flame Melting Technique, become very close to that of a five-star Fighting King.

However, after a short while, Lin Feng discovered that the organs inside his body no longer had any mist left to absorb.

And the scorching energy within his meridians was also nearly depleted.

However, his body at this point had also reached a state of saturation.

Gazing at the last strand of energy, Lin Feng gritted his teeth, gathered it all together, and then slammed it forcefully against the barrier of the five-star Fighting King.

"Bang!"

As a familiar muffled sound emanated from within Lin Feng's body,

within him, a momentum stronger than before suddenly burst forth throughout his body.

"I never expected that the Earth Flame Lotus Seed would not only break me through to five-star Fighting King, but also further strengthen my physique."

Feeling his physique, which was nearly comparable to that of a Fighting Emperor, Lin Feng felt a sense of astonishment.

With his current physique, performing the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes not only allows him to withstand greater explosive firepower, but his resilient body can also offset a considerable portion of the aftereffects' damage.

After consolidating his rank, Lin Feng began searching his storage ring for items that might be useful in the battle against the Eight Gates Sect.

After searching for a while, he finally found a scroll titled the Qi-transforming Pill prescription among the prescriptions brought back by Zi Yan.

This Qi-transforming Pill is of high-grade fifth tier, and is highly sought after by Fighting King-level practitioners.

After consumption, it allows a Fighting King-level individual to briefly burst forth with strength roughly one star higher.

In combat against others, this pill is very useful.

However, after the effects wear off, there are certain side effects that temporarily reduce one's output to about eighty percent of their strength, so it is best to use it cautiously except at critical moments.

"Good, that's it. Please refine as many of these as you can over these days; I hope that by then every Fighting King will be able to use one..."

Gazing at the scroll in his hand, Lin Feng murmured softly as he rose and opened the stone door of the alchemy room.

Thereafter, the faint moonlight from the night sky showered upon his body.

"It's already night, then let Wang An go gather the herbs tomorrow..."

Gazing at the courtyard outside, which seemed veiled in a thin gauze, Lin Feng returned to the alchemy room once more and closed the main door.

Intending to first refine some pills that might be useful...

Early the next morning, Lin Feng summoned Wang An, wrote down the ingredients needed for the Qi-transforming Pill on a piece of paper, and asked him to gather as much as possible.

Over the following days, he spent almost each day refining pills and honing his fighting techniques.

During this period, Niu Tuo and Zhang Shi also, with the aid of the Supreme King Pill, successfully broke through to the Fighting King realm.

Now, the Battle Emperor strength of Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, aside from Niu Tuo, Zhang Shi, and Pang Sheng, three newly entered Battle Emperors.

In addition, there is one six-star Battle Emperor who joined earlier and two entry-level Battle Emperors, plus Lin Feng, who chose to join during his seclusion—a four-star Battle Emperor.

Including Lin Feng, Heavenly Treasure Pavilion has a total of eight Battle Emperors.

This strength, even in the chaotic Heijiaoyu, can be considered outstanding among second-rate forces.

"I'm back, Lin Feng—your Huangji Pill this time is truly excellent; this is the first time I've taken a pill that let me grow this much all at once."

One week later, Zi Yan emerged from somewhere unknown again, delighted.

Hearing that familiar voice, Lin Feng turned his head, looking at Zi Yan, whose aura had grown much stronger, and asked: "Zi Yan, what level are you now?"

Zi Yan stroked her purple ponytail excitedly and said: "I'm about at the six-star peak, just a little shy of breaking through to seven-star."

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng's mouth twitched slightly.

You should know, Han Feng's pill is of extremely high quality.

If a Battle Emperor takes it, as long as they aren't horrendously unlucky, they can basically break through two stars.

Moreover, the remaining medicinal power can still be used for one tempering of the body.

Yet this very pill failed to let this little female dragon break through three small star levels.