Chapter 80: Another Transformation

The copper ice mirror was filled with ice cubes, emitting wisps of chill, and the temperature of the entire practice room dropped rapidly in just a moment.

Chen Mo's restless heart gradually calmed down; he sat cross-legged in meditation, sinking his consciousness into his body to introspect the Transformation Pearl.

The surface of the crimson Transformation Pearl was wreathed in faint blood-colored patterns; at a thought from Chen Mo, boundless Blood Qi surged out, beginning to cause his flesh, blood, tendons, bones, and internal organs to further undergo Mortal Transformation and improvement.

Blood Qi surged throughout his entire body, and every problem generated during Martial Dao cultivation was completely repaired.

Chen Mo mastered Inner Qi, which could lock his physical essence and energy to prevent leakage; he could clearly feel that as the Blood Qi surged through his body, his physical essence and energy had further improved.

The quantity had not increased, but it had become more vigorous and richer in vitality.

Physical essence and energy are the foundation of a Martial Artist; since he practiced the Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist, an incomparably fierce External Martial Art, it was inevitable that he would leave behind hidden injuries and ailments during his practice.

Otherwise, among the many External Martial Arts, why would this technique be not only simple to practice but also fast? It was mainly because it overdraws the physical body to a certain extent.

However, as the Blood Qi from the Transformation Pearl flowed through his entire body, those small problems left behind during Chen Mo's practice were all repaired, and his life essence and energy were further invigorated as a result.

To put it more simply, it meant he could live longer.

After repairing himself, the remaining Qi and Blood began to further transform his physical body; Chen Mo carefully sensed the changes in his own Blood Qi.

The Blood Qi throughout his body felt like boiling water, growing hot within him; they began to condense further, surging inside his body, causing his physical body to undergo further improvement.

His heart beat with increasing power, and his muscles, tendons, and bones were able to exert force better; these were all effects brought about by the transformation.

Chen Mo's physical body had undergone several transformations, and today its strength was already far superior to that of ordinary people, because every transformation was a holistic one from the inside out.

Now, it was already difficult for ordinary people to cause damage to his physical body with blunt weapons.

Even the damage that could be caused by sharp weapons was quite limited.

His current physical strength, while not quite at the level of copper skin and iron bones or indestructible, was not weaker than those External Martial Artists who had practiced hard-body techniques for years.

But if facing an opponent of the same level, even if it were just an ordinary strike with bare hands, Chen Mo would not dare to take it carelessly.

If he could dodge, he would try his best to dodge; if he truly could not dodge and had to take a hit, because his physical body was strong enough, he would suffer much less damage than other Martial Artists.

Taking the same move, other Martial Artists would be injured, while he would at most suffer from obstructed Qi and Blood circulation.

Carefully perceiving the changes in his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones, as his Qi and Blood improved, the effect of his Blood Qi Eye also improved significantly.

He could see things that were further away and more minute.

Not only that, but with the transformation of his Blood Qi, his ability to control his own Blood Qi had reached a higher level.

Chen Mo could now further control the flow and changes of his own Blood Qi, and he could also further control the activation of his Blood Qi Eye.

He could activate it fully, trying his best to ensure he could peer into further places, or he could maintain only the minimum effect to slow down the consumption of Qi and Blood.

It was just that he did not know if he could ensure he only saw what he should see and not what he should not see through this method.

Seeing more clearly and further was a good thing in a relatively normal world, but Chen Mo knew that in this world, it was hard to say.

Seeing further and more clearly meant that he might see some things he should not see.

The previous human-skin lantern was not considered strong, and he could still deal with it; if he were to see some stronger eerie creatures, that would be troublesome.

Fortunately, he could now control the power of his Blood Qi Eye, but as for exactly how far he could control it, he still needed to continue testing.

Aside from the transformation of the Blood Qi Eye and the re-strengthening of his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones from the inside out, his own physical strength had also increased significantly.

The Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist, which had originally only been practiced to halfway through the fifth level, had now directly broken through to the sixth level.

Every step forward in this technique brought even greater improvements.

Likewise, every step forward required higher demands on the Martial Artist's own Qi and Blood strength.

Those whose physical essence and energy were not naturally vigorous and powerful found it very difficult to practice this technique, and even if they barely stepped into the practice, they would at most stop at the first or second level.

Only a few who were born with Divine Power had the chance to advance further, but the vast majority stopped at the threshold between the third and fourth levels, finding it extremely difficult to make further breakthroughs.

To practice further, one would need to practice Inner Qi to regulate the balance of the physical body and replenish the lost physical essence and energy.

But Chen Mo was different; he had directly cultivated Inner Qi from the Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist, and because of his successive transformations, his physical strength was already far superior to those born with Divine Power.

Not to mention that every time he transformed, the Blood Qi flowing through his entire body would also repair all hidden injuries and ailments, ensuring his life essence and energy remained in a vigorous state.

Only in this way could this technique be easily practiced to the sixth level by him; if it were someone else, this would be absolutely impossible, because no one is born with physical essence and energy that can be vigorous and powerful to this extent.

And other Martial Artists, even if they could reach the sixth level, would have to rely on extremely profound Inner Family Kung Fu; only Chen Mo relied on his thick physical foundation.

The Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist, having just entered the sixth level, brought an increase in Qi and Blood power that absolutely exceeded three thousand jin.

Added to the strength he already possessed, Chen Mo could be certain that his own physical strength should be approaching, or even exceeding, six thousand jin.

Such strength, looking at the entire Xingyuan Prefecture, even if not the best, was definitely in the top ten.

This was still Chen Mo's extremely conservative estimate; if he were bolder, looking at the entire Xingyuan Prefecture, there were probably not many people who could say they could steadily defeat him.

Six thousand jin of strength—even his foster father, relying solely on Qi and Blood power, was probably not his match.

Of course, Chen Mo knew that his foster father also possessed extremely profound Inner Family Kung Fu, and with Inner Qi added to his body, it could also provide great assistance to a Martial Artist.

On this point, he was still a little bit behind.

Although this breakthrough brought him some increase in Inner Qi, the total amount was not too much.

If it previously required about a year to reach the perfection of the Tongmai Realm, then now it would still take another six months; it could only be said that it saved him a few months of practice time.

The rebirth brought about by the Transformation Pearl was, after all, a physical transformation; while the physical body improved, driving the improvement of the Greedy Wolf Seven Kill Fist would provide him with some Inner Qi, but the amount was not very large.

At least compared to the extent of the physical improvement, it was not very much.

Therefore, whether he was currently his foster father's match was hard to say; most likely, he would only know after a fight.

His foster father was the only strong person he was currently familiar with, so Chen Mo naturally used him as a benchmark when evaluating his own strength.

The transformation ended, but the Transformation Pearl in his dantian did not become completely transparent and colorless as it had the previous few times.

Instead, there was still a small amount of Qi and Blood stored within; it seemed the excess Qi and Blood were reserved as a reserve for his next rebirth.

Feeling the full and abundant Qi and Blood and Inner Qi within his body, Chen Mo let out a long breath of stale air, ending this closed-door practice.

The large piece of ice in the ice mirror had now completely turned into water.

He picked up the ice mirror and walked out of the practice room; now that the days were long and the nights short, although the sun had already set, the sky was not yet completely dark.

"Oh, you've finished your seclusion!" Zhao Yu was resting in the main hall, and seeing Chen Mo walk out of the practice room, her tone was slightly surprised.

"The dishes are all on the dining room table; I'll go get you a few hot flatbreads." She smiled as she stood up and trotted into the kitchen.

In the dining room, the vegetables on the table were all covered with a cotton mesh net to prevent insects from landing on them.

Since it was summer, there was no need to keep these dishes warm in a steamer.

After finishing the meal and resting for the night, Chen Mo set off the next afternoon for the military camp outside Zhu Niu Ji.

Having increased his own strength so much this time, he prepared to have another encounter with that Ghost Deer King.

(End of this chapter)