Chapter 155

"What a thick Innate One Qi; his strength has become even stronger!"

In the stands of the arena where Li Fei and Cao Yiqing were sparring, a young man watched the two people fighting below with a grave expression.

The young man was named Meng Xinyuan, ranked second on the Martial Master Combat Power Ranking.

He had always been suppressed by Cao Yiqing; when he was at the Martial Artist stage, he could only get second place on the combat power ranking, and it was the same after reaching the Martial Master stage, so he had always viewed Cao Yiqing as his greatest competitor.

When he heard that Cao Yiqing was going to spar with Li Fei, he immediately rushed over to watch the battle.

The Innate One Qi that Meng Xinyuan had cultivated was Gui Water Original Qi, which was the thickest and most enduring, but seeing Cao Yiqing use Innate One Qi to trigger over a hundred Flame Flying Needles, he suddenly felt that even in terms of thickness, Cao Yiqing was no weaker than him!

He simply couldn't imagine how Cao Yiqing had cultivated it.

"Brother Meng, who do you think will win this match?"

A companion on the side suddenly asked.

Meng Xinyuan watched the field below: "Cao Yiqing's Flame Flying Needles are incomparably overbearing, their power is no worse than bullets, and they also carry the special effect of high-temperature damage, and they are area-of-effect attacks; even if Li Fei has the Danger Perception ability, he can't dodge them completely, and relying solely on 'Tyrant Body' won't last long. If it continues to be fought like this, I think Li Fei will definitely lose."

The terrifying combat power Cao Yiqing displayed made him feel a bit desperate; he didn't think that Li Fei, who had only just broken through to the Qi Transformation stage, could defeat Cao Yiqing.

At this time, Li Fei had already completely fallen into a passive position, having been hit by over twenty Flame Flying Needles in succession; his outer robe was completely burned away, leaving only the Level 3 protective suit underneath.

Even the Level 3 protective suit had holes in many places, revealing the charred skin underneath.

After Cao Yiqing erupted again, he estimated that Li Fei should be unable to hold on much longer.

C-Fire True Qi is yang-strong and overbearing; once it touches you, it is very difficult to clear away. Li Fei had been hit by so many Flame Flying Needles, even with "Tyrant Body" to bear the damage, the meridians and implants inside his body should have already suffered damage.

As the injuries accumulated, the extraordinary abilities and Innate One Qi that Li Fei could mobilize would become weaker and weaker.

And the situation Li Fei displayed was indeed exactly that.

After Cao Yiqing confirmed his guess, he closed in to attack Li Fei again; the iron maces in his hands collided with Li Fei's steel saber, easily breaking Li Fei's stance, and the other iron mace immediately pointed toward Li Fei's chest.

Slap!

The iron mace struck Li Fei's chest heavily.

Just when Cao Yiqing thought the outcome was decided, not only was Li Fei not knocked down by this strike, but a huge counter-shock force erupted from his chest, shaking his iron mace away!

"What?"

Cao Yiqing was shocked in his heart.

Because the iron mace was unexpectedly shaken away, he was now completely exposed, with a flaw.

Swish—

Saber light flashed, Cao Yiqing retreated rapidly, but a saber mark was still slashed across his chest, and his Level 3 protective suit was slashed open!

He looked in surprise at Li Fei, who was chasing after him, unable to understand why the other party looked like he was completely fine.

"The defensive power of Tyrant Body is actually this strong?!"

Cao Yiqing's Innate One Qi was also limited; after erupting continuously just now, he was now unable to erupt like before, and could only spar with Li Fei at close quarters, erupting a few Flame Flying Needles from time to time.

But such attacks couldn't threaten Li Fei, who had the Danger Perception ability; he even deliberately set "traps" from time to time, bearing Cao Yiqing's attacks head-on, and then using "Tyrant Body" to counter-shock the iron maces back, thereby making Cao Yiqing reveal a flaw, which he would then counterattack.

After dozens of moves, five more saber marks appeared on Cao Yiqing's body!

C-Fire True Qi is difficult to clear away, and Geng Metal True Qi is the same, so the wounds on Cao Yiqing's body bled incessantly.

"How could it be like this?"

Meng Xinyuan in the stands revealed a look of astonishment, "How could his defensive power be so strong?"

The defensive power Li Fei displayed completely overturned Meng Xinyuan's perception.

He knew that the "Steel Armor" implant Li Fei used was of a very high grade, Grade 2 superior, but this defensive power was too unreasonable!

With Cao Yiqing's explosive power and the extremely yang-strong C-Fire True Qi, he couldn't break the defense; who else at the Martial Master stage could be Li Fei's opponent?

On the field, the number of saber wounds on Cao Yiqing's body increased, and he finally chose to actively admit defeat.

There was no need to get himself seriously injured for the sake of a duel, delaying his subsequent cultivation.

Cultivation is a long-term matter; being inferior for a moment doesn't mean being inferior for a lifetime.

So Cao Yiqing very magnanimously cupped his hands to Li Fei:

"Junior Li is indeed formidable; Cao admits defeat."

Li Fei also cupped his hands and bowed to the other party:

"You flatter me."

In this duel, he had ultimately used the Ten Thousand Blood Bead.

Although he didn't use Blood Soul Skills, he used the Ten Thousand Blood Bead to bear the damage.

After defeating Cao Yiqing, Li Fei's arena points +5, and his ranking didn't change.

Although Cao Yiqing had 5 points deducted, he was still number one on the ranking.

It seemed like there was no change, but the impact brought about by this battle between the two was huge!

Very quickly, the news that Cao Yiqing had lost to Li Fei in the arena spread throughout the Martial University.

That night, several staff members carried three metal boxes to the door of Li Fei's dormitory.

"Student Li Fei, these are the things you need for your customized service; please sign for them."

The staff member said to Li Fei.

"Has it finally arrived?"

Li Fei looked at the three metal boxes on the ground with some excitement.

A week ago, he had submitted enough credits and money, successfully exchanging for three types of spell-system implants, including "Phantom Ye Zi."

These three types of implants were very rare spell-type implants, and there were no forces in the entire Feng Province that raised the relevant exotic beasts, so the Martial University had gone outside the province through special channels to get these three types of implants for Li Fei.

Although Li Fei only used one, "Phantom Ye Zi," he could hand the remaining two types of implants to the people of the Qingyuan City Management Company in the future, using them to cultivate his own spell experts.

Li Fei opened the three metal boxes in front of the staff members; bursts of cold air emerged from the boxes, causing the surrounding temperature to drop by a few degrees.

The vast majority of implants need to be refrigerated before activation, and the implants in these three metal boxes were just like that.

"The refrigerant in these boxes can still last for about three days; if the implants haven't been activated after three days, new refrigerant must be added."

The staff member reminded him.

"Many thanks."

Li Fei nodded.

Although refrigerant isn't easy to buy outside, he could get it through Shangguan Xiao, so he didn't need to worry.

After carefully checking the three types of implants and confirming that there were no problems, Li Fei signed the delivery note and then moved all three metal boxes into his room.

Afterward, he took three medicine bottles and a bag of medicinal powder from his storage locker; these were the medicines he had prepared in advance for absorbing "Phantom Ye Zi."

Li Fei planned to absorb "Phantom Ye Zi" tonight and officially step onto the path of spells!

Previously, he had obtained information about the major forces in the Jianghu from Lu Mengyang, which highlighted several of the most formidable figures in the world, known as "One Supreme, Three Evils, Five True Persons, Seven Martial Saints."

Among them, the rankings of the Three Evils, the Five True Persons, and the Seven Martial Saints were all without precedence, and there was no one who was definitely higher than another.

Only the "Supreme" ranked at the very front was the number one person in the world in the true sense!

And in the intelligence provided by Lu Mengyang, it was mentioned that this "Supreme" was also the only person in the world who had cultivated both the martial path and the spell path to the peak.

He was both a Martial Saint and a True Person!

No one knew how the other party had managed to do it.

After seeing this intelligence at the time, Li Fei became even more determined to cultivate both the martial and spell paths!

Martial-type implants mainly cause damage to a person's body, while spell-type implants cause damage to a person's spirit.

If one's aptitude is insufficient but one forcibly absorbs a spell-type implant, one might end up becoming a lunatic or an idiot!

Li Fei had the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, and when he did his aptitude test before, his endurance in the "Spirit" attribute was also Grade A Supreme, so he didn't worry that he wouldn't be able to absorb "Phantom Ye Zi."

He took out an emerald-green leaf from the metal box; the veins inside were clearly visible and blood-red, like thin blood vessels.

This was "Phantom Ye Zi," taken from an exotic beast similar to a plant-animal; this leaf was the essence of the exotic beast's entire body.

Li Fei took a wooden box to pack this green leaf, brought the medicines he needed to use, and then walked out of the room, leaving the Martial University.

Afterward, he wandered around outside for more than an hour, and after confirming that no one was following him, he walked into a residential area and entered an empty house.

This house was a stronghold that the Tiger Blade Gang had previously set up in Datong Prefecture, and now it naturally belonged to Li Fei.

He planned to absorb "Phantom Ye Zi" here tonight.

Taking the leaf out of the wooden box, Li Fei took out an elixir and swallowed it together with this leaf.

Not long after swallowing it, Li Fei felt a sense of floating like an immortal.

He "looked" at the Ten Thousand Blood Bead inside his body and found that the Blood Souls had decreased by more than 1 instantly.

Closing his eyes and enjoying this floating feeling for a while, Li Fei swallowed two more types of elixirs one after another.

A moment later, he felt something drilling into his brain.

It was a bit painful and a bit itchy.

According to the description in the cultivation method Zhao Yi had given him, at this time, it should feel like a saber was desperately drilling into his brain, making one feel like life was worse than death!

However, because of the Ten Thousand Blood Bead, Li Fei felt it was ordinary and passed this most difficult hurdle very easily.

A moment later, Li Fei felt the "Steel Armor" implant inside his body begin to become restless.

This was because a new implant had entered his body, and it wasn't an implant that could harmoniously cooperate with "Steel Armor."

This is a problem that one will inevitably encounter when cultivating both martial and spell paths.

Relying on his super-strong control over "Steel Armor," Li Fei forcibly suppressed this restlessness, not letting "Steel Armor" and "Phantom Ye Zi" clash.

However, it was only the initial stage, and the conflict between the two wasn't obvious; later, as "Phantom Ye Zi" became more and more powerful, this conflict would also constantly escalate.

By then, Li Fei would have to rely on medicine to resolve this kind of conflict.

Fortunately, this kind of conflict only manifests when the implants are growing rapidly or when breaking through a realm; in daily life or during combat, Li Fei doesn't need to worry about this problem.

Ten-plus minutes later, a leaf-shaped mark appeared on Li Fei's forehead, emerald green in color.

"It's done."

He looked at himself in the mirror and smiled slightly.

From this moment on, he had officially entered the Embryo-Nurturing stage of spells!

The mark on his forehead would soon dissipate automatically, not letting people see any clues.

After completing the absorption of "Phantom Ye Zi," Li Fei took out the Dream-Entering Order from his bosom.

This True One Magic Treasure, the supreme treasure of the Nightmare Sect, can not only be used to break through to the "True One" realm but can also be used for auxiliary cultivation in the early stages.

Li Fei took a bag of medicinal powder from the storage locker and then evenly sprinkled the black medicinal powder onto the Dream-Entering Order.

These medicinal powders and the three types of elixirs he had just taken were all purchased with Shangguan Xiao's help.

Very quickly, the black medicinal powder automatically began to melt, and bursts of white smoke emerged from the Dream-Entering Order.

After all the black medicinal powder on the token had melted, Li Fei grabbed the Dream-Entering Order, which was still a bit hot to the touch, and pressed it against the place on his forehead where the green leaf mark had appeared.

This kind of black medicinal powder is called "Spirit-Awakening Powder," a medicine used to replenish energy for spell-type implants; among the implants inside the Dream-Entering Order, several types require "Spirit-Awakening Powder" for maintenance.

Zhao Yi wrote in the cultivation method provided that one can sprinkle "Spirit-Awakening Powder" directly onto the Dream-Entering Order, and while the Dream-Entering Order is absorbing the "Spirit-Awakening Powder," press the token against one's forehead, using the Dream-Entering Order to stimulate the "Phantom Ye Zi" inside the body to accelerate its growth.

One drawback of this method is that the Dream-Entering Order will cause a huge burden on a person's spirit, as if one were continuously suffering from some kind of spell attack.

Therefore, this auxiliary cultivation method can only be used occasionally and cannot be used often.

But Li Fei didn't care; he even hoped that the burden caused by the Dream-Entering Order would be as great as possible!

The "Phantom Ye Zi" implant attached inside his brain became restless, and Li Fei took the opportunity to swallow an elixir to replenish nutrients for "Phantom Ye Zi."

Under the stimulation of the Dream-Entering Order, the speed at which "Phantom Ye Zi" absorbs and digests will increase several times over!

During this process, Li Fei had been observing the changes in the Ten Thousand Blood Bead.

The Blood Souls had been slowly decreasing, while the energy value was increasing rapidly.

It had been more than two months since the Ten Thousand Blood Bead was upgraded to Level 12.

As the level got higher and higher, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's demand for energy became greater and greater, and Li Fei also discovered a characteristic:

The higher the quality of the energy of the damage, the more energy the Ten Thousand Blood Bead can absorb.

The so-called energy quality is the difference between Innate One Qi and force; if both knock off 1 Blood Soul from Li Fei, force can bring more energy than Innate One Qi.

The Dream-Entering Order is a True One Magic Treasure, and its energy quality is even higher than the high-level force of a Dao-Foundation stage powerhouse!

After more than two months of accumulation, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead's energy value reached 93%, and not long after being damaged by the Dream-Entering Order, the energy value rose to 94%.

Li Fei's eyes lit up, feeling that he might be able to successfully upgrade tonight.

After the Dream-Entering Order in his hand had completely digested the "Spirit-Awakening Powder," it no longer stimulated "Phantom Ye Zi," so Li Fei sprinkled a portion of "Spirit-Awakening Powder" on the token again and then repeated the operation just now.

Just like this, he used the Dream-Entering Order to cause damage to himself time and time again, thereby letting the Ten Thousand Blood Bead absorb high-quality energy, and the energy value rose rapidly!

At a certain moment, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead inside Li Fei's body underwent a change:

【Level: 13, 1%

Blood Souls: 211

Blood Soul Skills: Blood Rage, Blood Sha, Blood Might, Blood Spring

Transformation Skill: Blood Demon】

The Ten Thousand Blood Bead had finally upgraded again.

This upgrade increased the number of Blood Souls by 24, bringing Li Fei's total number of Blood Souls to 211.

Not only that, but when his total number of Blood Souls exceeded 200, the Ten Thousand Blood Bead unlocked a new soul skill again—

【Blood Spring】!

(End of chapter)