Chapter 111: Breakthrough to Blood Exchange Late Stage! Upgrade everything!

Night, quiet as water.

Lu Zhangsheng lay on the bed and opened the panel.

A blue light screen floated in the void in front.

Source Energy Points: 570.

After these days of frantic mining, Source Energy Points were still rising continuously.

It wouldn't be long before he had enough resource points.

Now that heretic cult bandits were gathering outside the city, ready to attack the city at any time, he prepared to start controlling the exotic beast to accelerate mining.

Mind stirred.

Lu Zhangsheng cast a wisp of thought into the pangolin's body.

Looking around, it was still that damp cave.

Various gravels were scattered on the ground, and the air emitted a faint smell of moss.

He stamped his legs and rushed toward the passage in front quickly.

In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the cave.

Traveling along the passage toward the depths of the mountain.

Soon he arrived at the end of the passage, surrounded by hard rocks.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Lu Zhangsheng waved his claws and began to dig with force.

The stones above were all dug into the passage.

Half a cup of tea later.

A faint purple light suddenly came from the front.

"There's a situation."

He waved his claws quickly and rushed toward the light source location.

Before long, he arrived in front of a large rock wall.

"High-grade spirit jade again."

Lu Zhangsheng looked at a large piece of spirit jade embedded in the rock crevice in front, and couldn't help but reveal a look of joy.

He rushed to the spirit jade quickly, extended his sharp claws, and dug with force.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Pieces of spirit jade were dug onto the ground, soon piling up into a small pile.

A large pit also appeared on the stone wall in front.

He immediately placed his claws on this pile of spirit jade.

【High-grade spirit jade discovered, absorb?】

"Absorb."

Lu Zhangsheng thought silently.

"Source Energy Points +10."

"Source Energy Points +10."

……

As the spirit jade on the ground gradually decreased, the resources in his hands were growing frantically.

A moment later, this pile of high-grade spirit jade was all absorbed.

Open the panel.

Source Energy Points: 1100.

This harvest was not small, making Lu Zhangsheng full of energy, and he was just about to head toward the deeper part of the mountain when suddenly bursts of abnormal movement came from the front.

Lu Zhangsheng turned his head to look.

Only to see a giant centipede rushing toward him quickly, its baleful aura astonishing.

"Fourth-order exotic beast?"

Lu Zhangsheng rushed up immediately.

Whoosh...

He arrived on the other party's back quickly and probed a claw forward fiercely.

Directly tearing the armor on the centipede's back, emerald green juice splashing wantonly.

"Awoo..."

The large centipede howled frantically, rolling desperately on the ground, and before long, it had no movement.

With his strength as a fourth-order mountain spirit, killing some ordinary exotic beasts was very easy.

Lu Zhangsheng collected the other party's corpse into the space, preparing to feed the ant colony.

The corpse of a fourth-order exotic beast contained quite a bit of energy; under long-term feeding, the queen ant was already about to transform again.

At this time, Lu Zhangsheng looked at the passage the centipede came from, his heart stirring slightly.

According to his experience of mining spirit jade these days, wherever such centipedes occupied, there would definitely be a harvest.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and dug toward the side passage quickly.

Digging all the way.

Before long, he arrived in a giant karst cave.

The entire cave was covered with stalactites, and drops of clear liquid were dripping toward the bottom.

The air emitted a cool feeling.

To the front left, a giant purple stone caught Lu Zhangsheng's attention.

The stone emitted rich radiance, its whole body crystal clear.

"This is?"

Lu Zhangsheng's expression stirred, this kind of spirit jade looked even more gorgeous than high-grade spirit jade, clearly also a kind of treasure.

This made his heart full of joy.

Just when he prepared to rush up and dig out the spirit jade, four giant purple centipedes suddenly ran out from the cave in front.

A pair of large fangs were exposed, their eyes flickering with fierce light.

"Zzz..."

The four large centipedes saw an intruder and immediately killed their way toward Lu Zhangsheng.

"Four fourth-order exotic beasts again."

Killing intent flashed in Lu Zhangsheng's eyes, and he stamped his legs, darting out directly.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the four exotic beasts and directly activated the talent skill 【Soul Strike】.

A strange fluctuation formed in the void and rushed fiercely into the mind of the centipede on the far left.

"Awoo..."

Accompanied by a scream, one centipede directly lost its fighting power and rolled frantically on the ground.

Immediately following, Lu Zhangsheng rushed in front of the other three centipedes and waved his sharp claws quickly.

"Clang..."

The armor was torn by the sharp claws, emitting bursts of shattering sounds, ink-green juice spraying into the void.

The other two centipedes seized this opportunity and bit fiercely onto Lu Zhangsheng's back.

"Zzz..."

Lu Zhangsheng only felt his body go numb, and then there was no movement.

With his armor strength, these exotic beasts found it very difficult to break through his defense.

Then Lu Zhangsheng turned around again and waved his sharp claws.

"Whoosh..."

The cold light flickered in the void, emitting bursts of sonic booms.

Awoo...

Following two screams, the remaining two giant centipedes also fell to the ground.

In just a few breaths, he beheaded four exotic beasts.

This mountain spirit exotic beast clone of Lu Zhangsheng had already initially displayed the strength of a miraculous bloodline.

The weak divine bloodline inside his body was still continuing to awaken.

Under infinite improvement, it would become increasingly terrifying.

Subsequently, Lu Zhangsheng rushed toward the jade wall direction quickly, arriving under a stone platform in a few steps.

He waved his sharp claws and dug fiercely toward the stone wall.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

A large amount of spirit jade was dug out, piling up into a small pile on the ground.

Before long, the spirit jade on the rock wall in front was all dug clean.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately placed his claws on the spirit jade.

【Purple Cold Spirit Jade Marrow discovered, absorb?】 A panel prompt sound rang through his mind.

This object was actually jade marrow, even rarer than high-grade spirit jade; such a discovery made Lu Zhangsheng quite happy.

"Absorb."

He thought silently.

【Source Energy Points +50.】

【Source Energy Points +50.】

……

As the jade marrow on the ground gradually decreased, the resource points in his hands were rising rapidly.

Before long, the spirit jade on the ground was all absorbed.

Open the panel.

Source Energy Points: 2100.

This harvest was huge; according to this progress, he was afraid he would soon gather what was needed for the Golden Body Art.

He didn't think much more and rushed toward the depths of the cave entrance.

…………

Time passed in a flash, and five days passed.

Since these past few days, a large number of heretic cultists occupied the area outside the city, ready to attack at any time.

Even quite a few Black Mountain bandits gathered over, surrounding the entire small town tightly.

A panicked atmosphere permeated the entire city.

A large number of martial artists, when passing by Lu Zhangsheng's courtyard, were all full of awe.

Everyone knew that in the next battle, only this person could take action to block Mo Xueyou, this Demon Servant.

Otherwise, everyone could only choose to flee for their lives.

Outside the city, in a dense forest.

Five figures stood on the open ground, the atmosphere on the field quite dull.

"Attack the city in three days. You four join forces to restrict this person; This Seat wants to behead him personally."

Mo Xueyou's expression was incomparably cold, killing intent fully revealed in his eyes.

Being thwarted several times had long since made the anger in his heart burn.

This time, the Holy Sect had transferred four martial artists with astonishing speed from within; with the help of these few, he would definitely be able to kill the other party.

"Rest assured, Helmsman Mo, we four practice a joint skill; our strength might not be as good as the other party's, but restricting his speed is barely doable..."

A man in black clothes was full of confidence.

The few of them exchanged words for a while longer, and the field returned to calm again.

…………

Late at night, moonlight shadows swayed, a gentle breeze blew.

Lu Zhangsheng stood in the center of the courtyard, his feet planted wide, a powerful Qi and Blood flowing in his body.

Open the panel. A blue light screen floated in the void in front.

Source Energy Points: 3400.

After many days of hard mining, the resources in his hands finally broke through the 3000 mark.

The plus sign behind the Golden Body Art was also lit up again; he was afraid there would be some left over after breaking through.

Just right for mining for a few days, then using it to upgrade skills; by then, his strength would soar again.

Now that a great battle was imminent, every bit of improvement was the confidence for his own victory.

Mo Xueyou likely found some ways to deal with him; he had to improve in all aspects in a short time.

Lu Zhangsheng no longer hesitated and clicked toward the Golden Body Art immediately.

"Add points."

As Source Energy Points decreased by 3000.

A fluctuation from the netherworld descended instantly into the depths of his mind, as if a supreme expert were practicing day and night.

The Qi and Blood inside his body surged frantically, climbing steadily, forming a wolf smoke of essence Qi, rushing straight into the clouds.

Fallen leaves around Lu Zhangsheng began to rotate around him, extremely miraculous.

This was the phenomenon caused by his own Qi and Blood being too thick.

Fortunately, it was late at night; otherwise, all the martial artists in the small town could see such a terrifying scene.

【After years of bitter cultivation, the Golden Body Art has finally been practiced to the Great Completion realm.】

A moment later, a prompt sound rang through his ears, marking the official end of this upgrade.

Lu Zhangsheng slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed through.

He gripped his fists tightly, a powerful sense of strength surging into his heart, as if he could break the void with one punch.

After this breakthrough succeeded, his strength soared by more than double.

If he met Mo Xueyou again, he could also clash head-on with the other party relying on his own strength.

Not only that, with the improvement of his realm, his Body Protection True Gang, speed, and blade technique power also began to transform.

He raised his hand and slashed forward quickly.

"Whoosh..."

Endless cold light flickered in the void, forming bursts of blade shadows; immediately following, his footsteps flashed, and the surroundings turned into residual shadows filling the sky.

Only blade light could be seen, not the figure, extremely terrifying.

Before long, Lu Zhangsheng stopped.

He turned and walked toward the bedroom.

…………

For the next two days, the atmosphere in the small town became increasingly tense.

That group of heretic cultists seemed to have made preparations, ready to attack at any time.

A large number of commoners hid in their houses, not daring to come out.

At the same time, the county government also received news from Wuqiong Town.

Regarding the death of Zhao Zhangyun, everyone was shocked beyond measure.

Regarding the matter of this mysterious expert Ye Chen turning the tide, it was spread even more wildly.

Countless martial artists were quite worried; next, whether the other party could block that group of heretic cultists was still an unknown.

Demon-Suppressing Division main hall.

Three Deputy Hall Masters sat on chairs.

"Can this person block that group of demon people?"

Xiao Tianci's expression was quite worried.

"Hard to say, if the city is broken, the consequences will be unimaginable."

He Chunlin's eyes flickered slightly.

"Should we immediately transfer a portion of martial artists to support?"

"No, if that group of demon people uses a feint to attack elsewhere, I'm afraid something will happen..."

"Now we can only let this person hold on for a few more days, and we will dispatch experts..."

Xiao Tianci waved his hand.

"I'm just afraid the other party will find it difficult to hold on for even three days."

Qin Ruobing had a worried face, her eyes flickering uncertainly.

……

Lu Zhangsheng did not pay attention to the disturbances outside, always commanding the pangolin in the courtyard, mining frantically.

"Source Energy Points +5."

"Source Energy Points +5."

"Source Energy Points +10."

……

Collecting spirit objects every moment.

Finally, late at night two days later, the resources in his hands were full again.

Late at night, stars were sparse.

Lu Zhangsheng stood in the courtyard and opened the panel.

Source Energy Points: 2100.

He looked at the plus signs behind the skills, which were all lit up, his heart very satisfied.

It was not in vain that he mined frantically these days.

Finally able to upgrade skills again.

He no longer hesitated, his mind stirred, and he immediately clicked the plus signs behind the skills.

As Source Energy Points decreased by 1800.

A fluctuation from the netherworld descended again into the depths of his mind.

"Absolute Spirit Slash upgraded, Treading Snow Without a Trace upgraded, Body Protection True Gang upgraded..."

【After years of bitter cultivation, Absolute Spirit Slash, Treading Snow Without a Trace, and Body Protection True Gang have finally been practiced to the Great Completion realm.】

A crisp prompt sound rang in his ears, and this upgrade officially ended.

Lu Zhangsheng immediately began to verify it.

"Whoosh..."

With a stamp of his feet, his entire body darted out quickly, like lightning.

As the blade light danced in the void, the entire courtyard was filled with residual shadows and blade light intertwined, like a giant net, extremely terrifying.

At the same time, under the eruption of Qi and Blood, a transparent Aura Shield appeared around his body.

Even the fallen leaves on the ground rotated along with it.

A moment later, he stopped, standing quietly in the center of the courtyard, feeling his own changes.

After this skill upgrade, under the same Qi and Blood eruption, everything improved by about three tenths.

This was already extremely terrifying; as strength became stronger, the amplification became increasingly astonishing.

Not only that, after his Body Protection Aura increased again, some Blood Exchange Perfection experts would find it very difficult to break his defense.

This also meant that he no longer feared any siege by Blood Exchange martial artists.

As long as Source Energy Points were sufficient, even a thousand troops and ten thousand horses could not keep him.

Lu Zhangsheng drove the long blade and slashed fiercely toward the Body Protection Aura.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A huge roaring sound rang out, the entire Aura Shield still immovable, as steady as Mount Tai.

"So strong."

Lu Zhangsheng was quite happy.

This was still just a Great Completion skill; if it broke through a few more times, it would likely be even more terrifying.

After this all-around improvement, his strength had already been reborn.

He was even somewhat looking forward to a great battle with Mo Xueyou again.

This time, he would not barely resist the other party relying only on speed.

But would suppress the other party head-on.

Subsequently, Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts and walked toward the bedroom.

…………

The next day, early morning.

The morning sun rose, golden light spilling over the earth.

"Woo, woo..."

Accompanied by a huge roaring sound ringing through the entire small town, countless City Guard soldiers on the city wall began to take action, looking outside the city with solemn faces.

Only to see a large number of heretic cultists beginning to gather, holding quite a few bows and arrows in their hands.

The leading few were precisely Mo Xueyou, and beside this person followed four men in black clothes, a baleful aura rushing straight into the clouds.

"Enemy attack..."

Many City Guard soldiers shouted loudly.

A large number of martial artists in the town also gathered toward the city wall one after another, and soon the city wall was filled with a large number of figures.

Lu Zhangsheng, at the instant he heard the alarm, also rushed toward the city wall immediately.

When he arrived on the city wall, a group of martial artists hurriedly made way with faces full of awe.

Lu Zhangsheng stared down outside the city, seeing Mo Xueyou standing on the open ground.

The two looked at each other, and in the void, it was as if streaks of sparks were bursting out.

A sharp killing intent spread in the hearts of the two.

"Dare to come outside the city for a battle? Today This Seat will definitely behead you."

Mo Xueyou's expression was cold and stern, his eyes full of baleful aura.

A group of heretic cultists were all full of confidence.

Everyone knew that experts had come from within the Holy Sect.

This time, the other party was dead for sure.

Thinking of being able to exterminate a government genius martial artist, everyone's hearts were incomparably excited.

The many martial artists on the city wall all looked at Lu Zhangsheng with faces full of worry.

Now that the heretic cult forces outside the city were strong, if their own Lord Ye couldn't win, I'm afraid the situation would turn sharply downward.

Most people in the city would find it difficult to escape.

Lu Zhangsheng stood with his hands behind his back, walking slowly toward the edge of the city wall, as if strolling in a courtyard.

Arriving at the edge of the city, he leaped and jumped outside the city.

Then he stood steadily on an open ground, his expression always as calm as water.

"Good kid, This Seat underestimated you. After beheading you today, This Seat will keep your head well."

A trace of appreciation appeared in Mo Xueyou's eyes.

He thought the other party would flee without hesitation; he didn't expect they would choose to meet the battle.

This caused a trace of respect to rise in his heart suddenly.

In all fairness, if he encountered this kind of scene, he would definitely have fled immediately; after all, living was the most important thing.

Although the two were opponents, he still recognized the other party's strength and courage.

"Oh?"

Lu Zhangsheng smiled faintly.

"How do you want to die today?"

His tone was somewhat understated, as if it were insignificant.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 112 =====