Chapter 119: Breakthrough to Transcendent Mastery! Strength Skyrockets!

The next few days.

The fighting between the two forces outside the city became more and more intense, and the Ten Great Protectors of the heretic cult dispatched one after another, fighting with many government experts one after another.

The area around the entire county city seemed to have become a meat grinder, with a large number of martial artists falling every day.

Miao Qingfeng also attacked and intercepted government martial artists one after another, abusing and killing many Blood Exchange and Bone Forging martial artists, as if venting the anger in his heart.

The smell of gunpowder between the two forces became more and more intense, and a final decisive battle could break out at any time.

Outside the county city.

In a gorgeous room.

"Reporting to the Venerable Lord, the subordinate is incompetent; the pursuit of this person failed."

Miao Qingfeng clasped his fists, his face full of shame and anger.

He had prepared for many days, yet he could not defeat the other party, and even Mo Xueyou was beheaded before his eyes; it was simply a great humiliation.

"With your strength, plus the Demon Blood Essence, you still couldn't kill this person?"

Zhao Yuanjing's eyes stirred slightly, her tone quite cold.

"This person is young, his strength has reached Tuotai, and he is a great threat to the Holy Sect……"

Seeing the Venerable Lord angry, Miao Qingfeng's face was somewhat panicked.

"Go down and accept the punishment; I will handle this matter personally."

Zhao Yuanjing waved her hand, looking indifferent.

"Subordinate obeys the order."

Miao Qingfeng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, then retreated slowly.

Looking at Miao Qingfeng's departing back, Zhao Yuanjing hooked a mysterious smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Interesting, the government actually appeared such a genius figure, and not even a trace of news was leaked."

Her tone was deep.

She also found it hard to believe in her heart.

Even her biggest backhand in the government did not know this person's identity; the other party was hidden too deeply.

Meanwhile.

Many martial artists in the county city also learned the news of this mysterious martial artist attacking and repelling Miao Qingfeng.

Countless people were quite shocked in their hearts.

Regarding the strong suppression and killing of Mo Xueyou, they clapped and cheered one after another; the other party had killed many government martial artists these days and finally met his end.

For a time, this news spread wildly in the city, and everyone's curiosity was raised again.

After all, the person who could repel a heretic cult protector must have reached Tuotai in strength.

Tuotai experts were countable in the entire county city, and only a very small number of people in the government had them.

Demon-Suppressing Division, in a hall.

"Fortunately, this person is not from the younger generation under the Demon-Suppressing Division, otherwise you would have no chance."

He Chunlin said indifferently to Zhu Houyu and the other below.

Chen Zhanpeng and the other also looked embarrassed and could not refute at all.

"That person's strength improvement is too terrifying; in less than two years, he practiced from Bone Forging to Tuotai."

"Fortunately, this person is an expert wandering outside the government."

Zhu Houyu and the other were also quite fortunate in their hearts.

Everyone investigated secretly many times but did not find any news about the other party in the government.

……

Inside the Xuanjia Army camp.

"Does the subordinate still need to secretly investigate this person's news?"

A man in black armor knelt on one knee, full of respect.

"Continue to investigate secretly, no need to make it public."

Wei Shaoxuan waved his hand, his expression indifferent.

"Subordinate obeys the order."

After the man finished speaking, he stood up and walked toward the outside of the hall.

"Cough cough cough……"

After the man left, Wei Shaoxuan began to cough violently, and a wisp of crimson stained his white handkerchief.

He looked straight at the void ahead, his eyes seemingly carrying a trace of weirdness.

…………

These days, Lu Zhangsheng did not pay attention to the disturbances outside and became silent again.

Every day, besides staying at home drinking and practicing martial arts, he went to the Shiwan Dashan to dig for spiritual objects, and his days were becoming more and more nourishing.

The Source Energy Points in his hand continued to rise.

Tong Yuhua invited him several times to go out for a patrol together, but he refused.

Next, he prepared to settle down for another period of time to cope with the upcoming decisive battle.

Although the barely Tuotai-level combat power was not bad, it was far from enough.

This day, late at night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse.

The entire courtyard was silent.

Lu Zhangsheng lay quietly on the wooden bed in the bedroom, his heart quite calm.

He opened the panel.

Source Energy Points: 1200.

After the consumption of the last bloody battle, plus the digging of these few days, he had many resource points in his hand again.

According to his estimation, breaking through to Transcendent Mastery required at least several thousand points, which was still quite a bit short.

He prepared to manipulate the exotic beast again and start accelerating the digging.

Now the situation was becoming more and more tense, and he could not afford the slightest slack.

With a thought.

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

"Hum……"

With a spin of heaven and earth, the surrounding scene changed instantly.

Looking around, it was still that familiar cave, with gravel scattered on the ground, and a foul, strange smell in the air.

"Clang clang clang……"

Lu Zhangsheng waved his claws and dug toward the front quickly.

Since breaking through to the fifth tier, the power of his claws had greatly increased, and the ordinary stones in front of him were like tofu, shattering at a touch.

He moved forward along the depths of the mine all the way.

Time passed slowly.

An hour later.

A deep karst cave suddenly appeared in front, the entrance was about a zhang in radius, and the surroundings were smooth, as if it had been chiseled out by some kind of creature.

"Whew……"

Lu Zhangsheng stepped forward and rushed out quickly.

Above his head was a large piece of stalactite, and the space was very enclosed.

He moved forward along the karst cave all the way, and at a corner, he suddenly saw bursts of faint radiance coming from the front.

"There is a situation."

He exerted force with his legs and rushed toward the light source quickly.

Not long after, he arrived in front of a huge rock wall.

A large piece of Origin Stones was densely embedded in the stone wall in front, exuding a faint light.

"Mid-grade Origin Stones?"

Lu Zhangsheng's face was full of joy, and he rushed over, digging fiercely with his claws.

"Clang clang clang……"

Origin Stones were dug out one by one, piled into small piles on the ground.

Soon, the entire jade wall in front was dug empty, revealing a large hole.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng immediately placed his claws on the Origin Stones.

【Mid-grade Origin Stones detected, absorb?】

In his mind, a crisp notification sound rang out.

"Absorb."

Lu Zhangsheng thought silently in his heart.

【Source Energy Points +5.】

【Source Energy Points +5.】

……

As the Origin Stones on the ground gradually disappeared, the Source Energy Points in his hand were also rising rapidly.

Soon, all the Origin Stones were absorbed.

He opened the panel.

Source Energy Points: 2400.

This harvest was huge; a large piece of Origin Stone mine brought him more than a thousand resource points, and as long as he found a few more waves, he would likely be able to break through the Golden Body Art.

Lu Zhangsheng was full of energy in his heart.

Just as he was about to search for spiritual objects again, a mutation occurred.

"Sizzle sizzle……"

Bursts of rustling sounds suddenly came from the karst cave entrance in the distance, which was extremely conspicuous in the enclosed space.

Lu Zhangsheng turned his head to look.

He saw a giant snake with a dark body crawling toward him quickly; the giant snake spat out its tongue, its eyes incomparably cold.

"Fifth-tier giant snake? There is actually a snake tribe underground."

Lu Zhangsheng was quite surprised.

The other party's aura was not weak, more than several times stronger than those Bloodthirsty Rats.

This was the first time he had encountered such an astonishing exotic beast.

There were indeed many species with heaven-sent bloodlines in the depths of the Shiwan Dashan.

"Whew……"

Just then, the giant snake suddenly killed toward Lu Zhangsheng, fiendish energy permeating its body.

Its giant tail swung a few times, and it arrived in front of Lu Zhangsheng, biting fiercely toward Lu Zhangsheng's back.

The sharp teeth flickered with cold light, and a bloody smell rushed toward his face.

"Whew……"

Lu Zhangsheng stepped forward and flashed to the side quickly, like thunder.

He directly dodged the other party's fatal blow.

Immediately after, a talent skill 【Soul Strike】 killed toward the other party.

"Hum……" As bursts of weird fluctuations formed in the void, they turned into a mysterious rune and rushed into the giant snake's mind violently.

"Awoo……"

The giant snake suddenly wailed, rolling crazily on the ground, gravel flew all around, a mess.

Just a few breaths later, the giant snake returned to normal, its eyes filled with blood red, and the killing intent around its body skyrocketed.

"Eh?"

Seeing this situation, Lu Zhangsheng's expression was somewhat puzzled.

This was the first time he had encountered an exotic beast that could take a hit of his talent skill head-on.

And the other party's consciousness seemed to be fine.

This beast likely contained some kind of ancient bloodline, quite similar to his own mysterious bloodline.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to block his own attack.

Just then, the giant snake killed over again, its momentum fierce and peerless.

Even the gravel blocking in front was shattered.

"Kill."

Lu Zhangsheng did not show weakness, rushed out violently, stretched out his sharp claws, and stabbed forward quickly.

The speed was so fast that it formed residual shadows.

"Boom boom boom……"

The sharp claws collided with the snake head, making bursts of roaring sounds, and a large amount of sparks burst out on the dark scales.

"Such hard scales."

Lu Zhangsheng felt his sharp claws hit a great mountain, and there was a weird counter-shock force.

The strength of this giant snake was absolutely the top existence among fifth-tier exotic beasts.

"Bang bang bang……"

Both sides fought fiercely in the karst cave, fierce air waves swept in all directions, gravel flew on the ground, rolling up layers of smoke and clouds.

Although Lu Zhangsheng had just broken through to the fifth tier, relying on his hard scales and sharp claws, he did not fall into a disadvantage at all.

Instead, he gradually suppressed the giant snake.

"Awoo awoo……"

Endless roars echoed through the entire karst cave, but it could not change the giant snake's decline at all.

A cup of tea time later.

Lu Zhangsheng caught a flaw in the other party and issued a 【Soul Strike】 again.

As the weird fluctuations rushed into the giant snake's mind, the giant snake began to roll violently, wailing endlessly.

Taking this opportunity, Lu Zhangsheng used all his strength, and his sharp claws stabbed fiercely toward the giant snake's eyeball.

"Awoo awoo……"

A sound of eyeball bursting rang out, and the giant snake struggled crazily, but unfortunately, it was firmly pressed to the ground by Lu Zhangsheng and could not struggle free at all.

Who knows how long passed.

The giant snake gradually had no movement, lying on the ground motionless, and fresh blood stained the surrounding gravel red.

Lu Zhangsheng focused his thoughts, and a crisp notification sound rang through his mind.

Race: 【Shadow Snake】

Level: Fifth-tier.

Underground snake tribe, belongs to gregarious creatures, contains a trace of ancient bloodline, strength is extraordinary, led by the Snake King to rule the whole tribe.

Sure enough, it was as Lu Zhangsheng expected; this beast contained an ancient bloodline.

No wonder its strength was so terrifying, taking a hit of his talent skill head-on.

There were still many unknown secrets in this world, and even creatures containing ancient bloodlines had appeared.

Lu Zhangsheng had always liked reading books, especially some character biographies and historical materials.

In the past ten thousand years, no ancient creatures had appeared in human history.

As for where they went, there was no way to know.

Even where demons came from was ambiguous.

However, it was certain that demons were definitely not transformed from exotic beasts in the mountains; demons belonged to alien species.

These exotic beasts in the mountains belonged to the creatures of this world.

This was also the conclusion Lu Zhangsheng reached after flipping through a large number of ancient historical materials.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng put this giant snake corpse into the panel space.

This beast contained an ancient bloodline, just right to feed the Ant Queen.

After doing all this, Lu Zhangsheng rushed toward the distant cave entrance again.

…………

Half a month later.

At high noon.

Changping County, Zuixian Lou, second floor, in a private room by the window.

Lu Zhangsheng sat on a chair, quietly watching the bustling crowd outside the window, and his mind seemed to have become much clearer.

The baleful aura brought about by long-term slaughter gradually faded away.

Every day, besides practicing martial arts at home, he went to the restaurant to sit for a while, and his days were very simple.

"This bustling scene, I don't know how long it can last."

Lu Zhangsheng's eyes were deep.

That demon woman Zhao Yuanjing buried two time bombs, which could explode at any time, and then a bloodbath would inevitably be set off in the county city.

As for who the other person was, he had been observing secretly.

According to his own guess, the other party's hidden hand was at least a Tuotai expert, otherwise, it would not have much effect.

Lu Zhangsheng flipped through the information of all Tuotai experts in the Demon-Suppressing Division and could not find any abnormality.

So he gave up the idea of continuing to investigate.

Continuing to investigate would easily alert others.

Lu Zhangsheng picked up the wine pot, drank a mouthful of spirit wine, and bursts of warm current emerged in his body, which was quite comfortable.

【Source Energy Points +1.】

【Source Energy Points +1.】

……

The panel notification sounds continued to come from his mind, and the resources in his hand were also rising rapidly.

After half a month of digging, the Source Energy Points in his hand were approaching the 4000 mark, and tonight might be the time for his breakthrough.

Only with strength could he have the confidence to deal with the upcoming turmoil.

……

Night, silent as water.

Lu Zhangsheng stood in the center of the courtyard with his feet spread apart.

The bright moonlight scattered on his body, as if covering him with a layer of silver sand.

He opened the panel.

Source Energy Points: 4400.

The plus sign behind 【Golden Body Art】 was lit up again; Lu Zhangsheng knew that the breakthrough was at this moment.

"Add points."

He did not hesitate and clicked toward the Golden Body Art immediately.

Source Energy Points decreased by 4000 instantly.

"Boom boom boom……"

Bursts of roaring sounds came from his mind, as if evening drums and morning bells were beating.

A fluctuation from the netherworld descended into the depths of his mind again, countless insights surged into his heart, and the Qi and Blood around his body were also surging crazily.

In the depths of his heart, ninety-nine drops of Essence Blood were sublimating to the extreme, flickering with wisps of golden radiance.

Gradually.

The one-hundredth drop of Essence Blood seemed to be gestating, starting to grow gradually from a wisp of weak blood Qi; at this moment, the Qi and Blood in his body skyrocketed instantly.

That drop of Essence Blood was also expanding rapidly.

"Sizzle……"

Who knows how long passed, the one-hundredth drop of Essence Blood had already formed, and a powerful aura surged out from Lu Zhangsheng's body.

This aura was no different from a Tuotai expert.

【After years of hard cultivation, you have finally practiced the Golden Body Art to Transcendent Mastery.】

The crisp panel notification sound also echoed in his mind.

This improvement ended officially.

Lu Zhangsheng looked at the one hundred drops of Essence Blood flickering with golden radiance in his body, his eyes stirring slightly.

The road of Blood Exchange for martial artists, nine is the extreme.

Ordinary martial artists only have nine drops of Essence Blood in the depths of their bodies, while he had ninety-nine drops after perfect Skin Refining and Bone Forging.

Breaking through to perfect Blood Exchange again today, the Essence Blood in his body actually exceeded ninety-nine drops, reaching a terrifying one hundred drops.

Do not underestimate the increase of this one drop; this is an essential breakthrough, a sublimation brought about by breaking the limit.

This was also his confidence in fighting against Tuotai experts.

And he suspected that the reason why demons were so powerful must be essentially different from the human race.

Only by breaking through perfectly all the way could one suppress and kill demons of the same level in the future.

This was also the martial arts path he had always been practicing.

Lu Zhangsheng clenched his fists, and a sense of power that seemed to be able to break the void surged into his heart.

After this improvement, his strength increased by several times.

If he met this person Miao Qingfeng again, he had the confidence to suppress and kill the other party on the spot.

Then, Lu Zhangsheng began to test his blade technique and body-protecting Gang Qi.

"Whew……"

Countless residual shadows shuttled in the courtyard, blade lights intertwined, like snowflakes drifting.

A transparent Gang Qi spread over his whole body, surrounded by flowing light, which was extremely miraculous.

A moment later.

Lu Zhangsheng returned to the spot and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

Sharp light flickered in his eyes.

With this cultivation breakthrough, his body-protecting Gang Qi and blade technique increased by another notch, and his strength had skyrocketed.

Next, as long as he improved his several martial arts skills step by step, he would be able to reach the Blood Exchange limit.

The true limit of all Blood Exchange martial artists throughout history!

After testing for a while, Lu Zhangsheng put away his long blade and walked slowly toward the bedroom.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 120 =====