Chapter 968: Quick Passage (Request Monthly Votes)

Lin Qi felt his blood value had successfully broken through to the third realm, Skin Cultivation.

By continuously absorbing source energy and the flesh of calamity beasts, he rapidly completed his realm breakthrough.

In battle, the conditioning of his tendons reached its limit.

Feeling the vast power flowing through his body, he began contemplating which cultivation art to practice next.

Although he could practice a cultivation art—he had once practiced the Golden Gang Tiger Evolution Art—

the Golden Gang Tiger was merely an ordinary calamity beast, and this art was extremely common throughout the universe.

Yet he knew countless top-tier cultivation arts he could use.

And he planned to practice the Star-Devouring Beast Evolution Art he had created himself.

The arts he developed based on Star-Devouring Beast Xiaotian had all been stored on Blue Star, but only a tiny fraction of geniuses could successfully cultivate them.

He had originally thought he’d never use them, perhaps waiting for his descendants to cultivate them.

Yet in this illusion, he ended up using them.

But before that, he needed to undergo another transformation.

Because his template fusion rate had skyrocketed.

It had surged all the way to 20%.

He immediately began awakening.

His body began reshaping and transforming, granting him a new talent—[Steel Sinew, Iron Bone].

His physical strength increased dramatically once more.

Then came [Golden Eyes], which also awakened successfully, restoring much of his power.

After undergoing the transformation, the pain was far less intense—he passed through it easily, even finding the entire process lighter than he’d expected.

He suspected it was because he had already experienced it all before.

Meanwhile, the calamity beast flesh inside him had been consumed significantly.

He had no choice but to eat more calamity beast flesh.

He began activating his cultivation art, mentally guiding its flow.

First, he activated the mental art, [Soul-Subduing Cauldron].

This mental art contained content even for the first realm; by visualizing the Soul-Subduing Cauldron in his mind, he could rapidly boost his spiritual power.

And he visualized the Star-Devouring Beast, using Xiaotian as the model.

He was utterly familiar with Xiaotian.

Merely visualizing Xiaotian’s juvenile state was enough for him to master the art’s basics.

Simultaneously, his cultivation efficiency for source energy surged, and his entire body began to heat up.

“Huff! Huff!!”

His body radiated heat like a furnace, his blood value skyrocketing.

His skin also grew tougher.

Jiang Tao and the others nearby, practicing their breathing arts, watched in silent shock—Lin Qi’s aura was now terrifying.

Several hours later, Lin Qi opened his eyes and checked his blood value—it had reached 88, close to the fourth realm.

His gun technique had also improved dramatically.

He wouldn’t need long to return to fourth-rank gun technique.

He slowly opened his eyes.

He ate more calamity beast meat; even if he couldn’t digest it, he could store it in his body.

Though he wasn’t yet extremely strong, he possessed countless cultivation arts and auxiliary secret methods.

And his mother, Fang Huiyi.

After practicing the Ten-Thousand Sources Breathing Art for long enough, she could directly expel toxins from her body.

This breathing art was simply that powerful.

After all, it was recorded by his teacher, an invincible being.

Fang Huiyi’s expression had clearly improved.

At that moment, Teacher Zhang Cheng walked over and said:

“Member Lin Qi, could you come over for a moment?”

“We need your input in our discussion.”

Lin Qi nodded. “Alright, I’m coming now.”

He followed Zhang Cheng to a section where all the school leaders sat—alongside many teachers from other schools.

Many of the teachers’ faces were already dead.

Several students, upon seeing Lin Qi arrive, began whispering among themselves.

“That’s the Gun Demon.”

“His power is terrifying—he killed countless calamity beasts today.”

“No one can count them anymore; it must be over a hundred.”

“He saved me too.”

“They say he kills calamity beasts with just one shot—he’s incredibly strong!”

“He’s a senior at our school? Unbelievable.”

“He’s even stronger than our martial arts teacher!”

“His aura is overwhelming—having him here means we’re safe.”

Everyone murmured in agreement.

Lin Qi sat down among them.

Everyone present was at least third realm.

They ate meat while discussing, many glancing at Lin Qi.

Principal Jiang Zhiguang spoke heavily:

“Preliminary estimates show over 100,000 students and teachers have died in this incident.”

“More than 50,000 are seriously injured.”

“Another 500,000 are missing—no news yet.”

“Among our school’s teachers, excluding martial arts instructors, over a thousand from other disciplines have perished.”

“And this is only Tianhai City—the losses across Cang Province are far greater.”

Everyone fell silent, hearts heavy with grief—it was too brutal.

This was only the first day.

On the large screen, the death toll for the first day had already surpassed one hundred million.

The number of dead made their hearts tremble.

If this continued, they didn’t know if they’d survive the days ahead.

Jiang Zhiguang continued:

“According to discussions among major martial arts academies, a group of strong individuals will be sent ahead to the base Tianhai Martial University has built in the other world.”

“We’ll bring back their transport aircraft and fighter jets to evacuate the elderly, weak, and injured.”

“The rest will continue heading toward the Tianhai base.”

“During this time, we must unite and make use of whatever resources are available.”

“Utilize every possible resource.”

Other leaders then proceeded to assign tasks.

Finally, someone added: “Lastly, Student Lin Qi saved many lives today.”

“He is our future pillar of strength.”

All eyes turned to Lin Qi, filled with anticipation.

Lin Qi spoke:

“I have a breathing art to teach you all—once you learn it...”

He explained the Ten-Thousand Sources Breathing Art.

He intended to teach it to everyone.

Once these teachers and leaders learned it, they could teach it to others.

“Is this breathing art your own creation?”

Someone asked where it came from.

Lin Qi answered calmly:

“Just practice it. Don’t ask where it came from.”

“This is only the beginning.”

“Survival is what matters most.”

He didn’t answer further—he told them to practice.

His attitude stunned the other leaders; an invisible pressure radiated from him.

Everyone fell silent—they felt even they might not be able to defeat him.

Is he even a student?

His aura felt stronger than that of high-rank martial cultivators.

Although he was skeptical, once he tried it, he was hooked.

This breathing technique is incredibly powerful!

They immediately felt a change the moment they began cultivating.

Especially for ordinary people—once they start cultivating, their survival rate will definitely improve.

From then on, everyone’s gaze toward Lin Qi changed instantly.

Principal Jiang Zhiguang even gave Lin Qi a walkie-talkie for communication.

Lin Qi accepted the walkie-talkie.

Right now, they had nothing at all; having even a walkie-talkie was already quite good.

Their best option now was to head to Tianhai Base.

Their Blue Star had established numerous bases in the other world, with nearly every Wu University setting up a base there.

The strongest base in Xia Country: Cangqiong Base.

Tianhai City itself was already a considerable distance from the imperial capital.

Not to mention in the other world.

They could only go to Tianhai Base, which housed countless factories and supplied everything they needed—entering it would guarantee basic survival.

The key to successfully passing this illusion was the Corrupt Ghost Emperor.

He was merely a Title-Level Universe Rank Five being.

If they could directly break through to the peak of Universe Rank Four, they’d have a chance to kill him.

Even just awakening the Heavenly Eye would allow him to kill him.