Chapter 72: Bone Forging Breakthrough! Strength Soars!

Soon, another large pile of intermediate Fire Crystal Stones was placed in front of Lu Zhangsheng.

He did not hesitate and immediately began to absorb them.

"Source Energy Points plus 5"

"Source Energy Points plus 5"

After absorbing them all, he opened the panel to check the harvest.

Source Energy Points: 240.

Resources broke through the two-hundred mark again; this was only exploring a part of the volcano crater area.

There must be quite a few Fire Crystal Stones behind.

He must seize the time to collect enough spiritual objects for his own Bone Forging breakthrough.

Now the situation was becoming increasingly tense; no one knew when the evil spirit in the County Magistrate's residence would explode, coupled with the Venerable Lord in the shadows, and the Black Mountain Bandits outside; without Bone Forging strength, even his own safety was hard to guarantee.

Lu Zhangsheng led the Ant Tribe army again to explore toward the central part.

For the next few days, he had been collecting Fire Crystal Stones everywhere.

The harvest was also extremely considerable.

In just over ten days, the Source Energy Points in his hands had soared by a large margin.

Ten days later, early morning.

Inside a large cave.

Lu Zhangsheng lay on the ground and opened the panel.

Source Energy Points: 600.

Looking at the numbers above, his face was full of joy.

It was not in vain that he dug crazily; the entire volcano crater had been roughly explored.

Some remaining areas were estimated to still produce quite a few Fire Crystal Stones.

Some inferior Fire Crystal Stones were also collected by him to feed the Blazing Fire Ants.

Coupled with the corpses of a large number of Fire-Armored Scorpions, the ant colony would usher in a new explosion.

It was thought that it wouldn't be long before they could recover the consumption of this great battle.

And he also discovered that the Blazing Fire Ants that survived several great battles were even fiercer.

Especially those Blazing Fire Ants stimulated by Source Energy Points were not far from the second tier.

If it weren't for the Ant Queen only having second-tier strength, suppressing the overall rank of the ant colony, it was feared that some Blazing Fire Ants would have already broken through to the second tier.

Next, Lu Zhangsheng planned to cultivate the ant colony while collecting the remaining Fire Crystal Stones.

Everything was already on track.

When the resources of the volcano crater were not dug clean, he did not plan to go out for the time being.

With Source Energy Points in hand, he was going to break through to Bone Forging at this moment.

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Changping County.

Late at night, inside a study, the candle flame flickered.

Lu Zhangsheng opened the panel.

【Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt】 (Transcendent Realm).

The fusion button behind it lit up again.

After the mass slaughter of these days, his own secret manuals had already been collected.

He knew the time for the breakthrough had arrived.

He immediately pointed up.

"Hum..."

In his mind came bursts of humming sounds, as if a fluctuation from the void descended, extremely miraculous.

【After thirty years of bitter practice as one day, you finally melted the Dragon Chant Iron Cloth Shirt, Spirit Ape Fist, Spirit Crane Fist... and many other Refining Flesh martial arts together, creating a brand-new martial art.】

【Do you want to rename the new cultivation technique?】

A crisp notification sound rang out in his mind one after another.

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

He looked down quietly at his own changes.

He saw that his whole body was filled with a kind of silver-white rune, like a work of art, extremely gorgeous.

There was luster flashing on the runes, extending straight toward his arms.

Such a magical change made Lu Zhangsheng quite surprised.

"Is this still the Iron Cloth Shirt?"

The silver runes covering his whole body clearly were not something an ordinary cultivation technique could possess.

He directly named the new cultivation technique.

【Silver Arm Art】.

Technique: Silver Arm Art (Entry Level).

Level: Top-tier Technique.

Technique Rating: Four Stars.

Source Energy Points: 100.

Note: A top-tier technique born from melting many Refining Flesh martial arts, it can maximize the potential of a martial artist's bone marrow; under the vibration of silver runes, it has great benefits for Bone Forging.

This improvement consumed a total of five hundred Source Energy Points, but exchanging it for a huge improvement in strength was also worth it.

The remaining one hundred points were just enough to be left to stimulate the secret art to prevent sudden events.

Lu Zhangsheng couldn't wait to walk into the courtyard and began to test it.

He saw him standing with his feet apart, gently stimulating 【Silver Arm Art】.

"Hum..."

The silver runes all over his body flashed slightly, and his whole body began to feel a bit itchy, finally penetrating deep into the bone marrow.

As the runes vibrated quickly, the impurities in the bone marrow were also expelled from the body bit by bit.

The bone marrow in his body seemed to be dyed with a wisp of silver radiance.

"Such a strong effect, truly worthy of being a top-tier technique."

This was also one of the benefits brought by his perfect breakthrough.

With this cultivation technique, even without Source Energy Points, he had hope of practicing the bone marrow to perfection.

Of course, he would not seek suffering for himself; that time was too long, so adding points was more convenient and fast.

Next, Lu Zhangsheng began to test his own strength.

He gently stimulated the technique, his fists clenched, and a powerful strength that seemed to be able to break the void surged into his body.

He discovered that his own strength had reached about one hundred thousand jin, directly soaring by double.

If this strength were used to punch down, an early-stage Bone Forging martial artist would instantly be beaten to an explosion, without any power to resist.

At this moment, he already had the strength of an early-stage Bone Forging late-stage; this was just having just broken through, and when the technique reached small success, great success, the strength would continue to soar.

After this breakthrough was successful, Lu Zhangsheng had initially stepped into the forest of the strong and would never be manipulated at will by anyone again.

And with his Transcendent-level body technique, after his strength transformed, it increased by another margin.

With his speed, he could go anywhere in the entire Changping County.

Even if there were strong experts he couldn't beat, he could retreat quickly.

This was the huge confidence brought by his breakthrough to Bone Forging.

As long as he collected resources again next, and improved several cultivation techniques to the top tier, his strength would increase quite a bit more.

After this breakthrough, the next plan could finally continue.

Although he couldn't touch that time bomb Du Ling for the time being, disrupting some of the Wenxiang Sect's plans was feasible.

As long as he could slow down the other party's development time, it was creating an opportunity for himself.

Now Lu Zhangsheng lacked time to develop.

He must give that group of heretic cultists some eye drops.

At this moment, by virtue of his body technique, even if a Blood Exchange expert took action personally, he could retreat immediately.

There was also the Sanhe Gang matter, which had to be resolved as soon as possible.

He always suspected that the Sanhe Gang had some kind of connection with these heretic cultists.

That secret letter was still in his hands. As long as he could strike the Sanhe Gang, he was happy to take action.

For the next few days.

Lu Zhangsheng had been at home familiarizing himself with the new cultivation technique, and his understanding of his own strength became increasingly thorough.

This day, late at night.

Inside a residence outside the city.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Lu Zhangsheng operated the Bone Shrinking Art, and his body began to change quickly.

Soon he became another strange burly man.

He picked up his slaughtering knife and walked out of the courtyard.

Like a ghost, he disappeared quickly on the street.

These past few days, besides practicing martial arts, he had been monitoring the Wenxiang Sect people in the city.

By virtue of his speed advantage, he also discovered quite a few clues.

Tonight was the day he would close the net.

Walking along the street all the way.

The surroundings were quiet, without a single figure, and the atmosphere was quite strange.

Before long.

Lu Zhangsheng arrived at the end of a street, then leaped, jumping onto the eaves.

He did not make the slightest sound.

Then he walked along the roof all the way, soon stopping at a corner.

Looking down.

Inside a small house opposite, the lamp flame flickered.

"Is the food prepared?"

"Everything is in the plan; some time ago we were often intercepted and killed by strange experts, fortunately after the Holy Sect sent strong experts, the other party disappeared..."

"Continue to seize the time; if you ruin the Venerable Lord's big plan, you know the consequences..."

"I understand."

A man and a woman were whispering in the room.

Just at this time, an unexpected change occurred.

"Boom..."

A loud noise, the door was directly kicked away violently.

Under the huge force, the wood chips collapsed.

Immediately following, a burly man walked in, holding a long blade, his face like frost.

The two people in the room saw this change, their faces full of horror.

"It's you! The person who ambushed the Holy Sect last time!"

The two of them reacted instantly.

Although Lu Zhangsheng changed his appearance, there were quite a few disguise techniques in the cultivation world.

The two of them only needed to move their brains a little to guess the ins and outs.

"Kill."

The two did not hesitate, immediately drew the long blades in their hands, and killed toward Lu Zhangsheng.

Fiend Qi erupted all over their bodies, and the momentum was quite impressive.

Clearly, both were Bone Forging experts; the middle-aged man was slightly stronger, in the mid-stage of Bone Forging, while the woman had just stepped into Bone Forging.

"Die."

Lu Zhangsheng had murderous intent on his face.

He lifted the slaughtering knife in his hand and slashed toward the two quickly.

The speed was so fast that even a residual shadow appeared in the void.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The two sides fiercely collided together, and rolling air waves spread out.

As soon as they touched, the long blades of the two Wenxiang Sect people instantly shattered.

In the eyes of the two full of fear, Lu Zhangsheng slashed toward the woman's head with one blade.

"Ah..."

The woman instantly separated her head from her body, her head rolling toward the ground, and a large amount of fresh blood gushed out.

One strike, directly exploding a Bone Forging martial artist.

The remaining middle-aged man saw this and immediately fled toward the back door.

He had already been scared out of his wits and only wanted to know how to save his life.

Before the other party could go far.

"Clatter..."

The slaughtering knife was instantly thrown by Lu Zhangsheng, turning into a stream of light, piercing straight through the man's chest.

"You..."

The man turned around, pointed at Lu Zhangsheng, unable to say a word, and then fell to the ground.

With the other party's mid-stage Bone Forging strength, if he stimulated his essence blood to fight to the death, he could still withstand it for a while.

It was a pity that this person was scared out of his wits; once a martial artist loses the courage to make a move, then death is not far away.

After killing the two, Lu Zhangsheng looted them and then turned to walk out.

For a period of time afterward.

Every few days, Lu Zhangsheng would ambush once late at night.

By virtue of his body technique like a ghost, no one discovered him.

Ten days later, one night.

Lu Zhangsheng was walking on the eaves of a house on the West Street, just preparing to go and ambush.

Suddenly, he felt a biting murderous intent lock onto him.

He operated his body technique and flashed backward without hesitation.

The speed was as fast as thunder.

Just as Lu Zhangsheng left his original spot, an old man in a red robe with sunken eyes instantly appeared on the roof.

This person held a long blade, his face full of fiendishness.

Borrowing the twilight, Lu Zhangsheng finally saw clearly the person who ambushed him.

This person was exactly the old man who fought with Wei Shaoxuan that day, the Wenxiang Sect Helmsman, Wei Zhongyuan.

The other party finally sent a master to intercept and kill him; although this person's strength was far inferior to Wei Shaoxuan's, he was also a Blood Exchange expert.

However, Lu Zhangsheng would not fight with the other party at all.

He kicked with one leg, and one flash was more than ten meters, fast as lightning rushing forward.

"Who exactly are you? I know all the Blood Exchange experts in the city..."

Wei Zhongyuan pursued relentlessly.

Lu Zhangsheng ignored him completely, and after several shifts and dodges, he disappeared at the street corner.

Wei Zhongyuan did not pursue anymore, standing in place, his brows furrowed tightly.

He did not know where such a Blood Exchange expert with this kind of speed had popped out from.

Even he himself could not catch up.

A moment later.

Lu Zhangsheng returned to his own small courtyard.

Regarding the Wenxiang Sect lying in wait for him, he had long expected it.

He did not expect that a Helmsman would actually take action.

Now how many heretic cult strong experts were hidden in the city, he did not know either.

He even somewhat suspected that the other party had a secret channel connecting to outside the city.

These heretic cult forces that had developed for many years would always have some backup plans.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 73 =====