Free Web NovelChapter 337: Chapter 126: Fourth Realm, Flesh Spiral, Essence of Life
For Li Xuan, expanding territory was not about planting a flag on enemy soil, but about incense and candle.
As long as the incense and candle crossed over, he truly occupied that area.
However, what was clear to him seemed unknown to others, even the reincarnated Great Demon.
Thus, the Great Demon was unknowingly "ceding territory."
Li Xuan knew he didn’t have much time left. He stretched lazily, then took a deep breath, leaping up full of spirit, his feet treading on the grass as soft as a blanket.
Next, he clenched his fists.
Blood and energy surged like a tide, rushing out from within him like raging waves, passing through his arm akin to a "strait," then flowing through the "rivers" Li Xuan built.
For ordinary people, blood energy entering the hand leads to a clenched fist and a punch that strikes like a wave, creating strong winds and fist winds that stir the air.
This strength utilizes the normal joints technique of the martial world, squeezing blood and energy from all over the body to gather in one place, like "all rivers flow into the sea."
But Li Xuan, through the transformation of "life’s facade," reversed "all rivers flow into the sea," turning it into "the sea enters all rivers."
He concentrated most of his blood energy around his heart, and when exerting power, he would forcefully compress it into the heart.
Once the heart reached its peak in an instant, the blood energy would flow through the two channels he constructed, directly into his arms, then into each power point, resulting in a single punch producing dozens or hundreds of energy arrows, as if with "one punch, dozens of Six Veins Divine Swords were unleashed."
But this body transformation had a major drawback, which was that Li Xuan gave up most of his defense and much of his recovery ability.
Through body transformation, he deliberately concentrated his blood energy in one place, which certainly meant he no longer needed to mobilize blood energy throughout his body, directly bypassing the "Thunder Shock Finger" process, but also made using blood energy for defense more difficult.
If someone of the same power level as Li Xuan fought against him, in this state of Li Xuan, the defense that was once unbreakable would become breakable, because... Li Xuan’s defense around his body weakened.
Li Xuan certainly possessed strong vitality, but his opponents were also growing stronger.
Once he fell behind, his opponents would likely annihilate him, flesh and blood, down to every drop of blood.
Therefore, this state is dangerous.
Once someone gets close, the consequences are unimaginable.
However, this state is highly suitable for controlling multiple flying swords.
Li Xuan raised a finger.
"A Sword of Thunder Shock."
The sword light shot out like a bolt of lightning.
"Double Sword Double Shadow."
Two swords entwined, spiraling like a dragon.
"Nine Swords Unfolding Fan."
Incense and candle entangled, revealing faint hints of gold, like nine dragons flying together.
Once the set was completed, he paused slightly.
He gazed again at the swords he used for practice.
These swords were considered good weapons in the mortal world, but they couldn’t withstand his power, akin to fitting a toy car with a high-power motor and collapsing when accelerated to the maximum.
But even if they collapsed, they could help him test his "body transformation."
During this period, Li Xuan modified and tested repeatedly, correcting mistakes, modifying again and testing anew, a loop. The "cultivation" process was something he turned into "a programmer debugging."
However, hard work eventually pays off.
Today, he felt he had corrected the last minor issue.
His cultivation was about to embark on the right track.
Feeling a slight movement of his mind, he gently brushed his fingers over each of the swords.
The incense and candle’s touch lifted numerous swords into flight, rotating behind him like a grand wheel of swords.
Gazing into the distance, he took a deep breath, pointing his finger forward.
Blood energy entered like seas into rivers!
"Sword Tide!"
The flying swords, mortal swords moved like dragons, streaking forward with unparalleled brilliance, trailing golden tails along the winding golden path laid by Li Xuan’s incense and candle, shooting a golden rainbow that spanned for miles in an instant!
Yet, the mortal swords couldn’t withstand it and soon exploded, while the flying swords still pressed forward.
Even so, Li Xuan could feel his success.
He was now able to successfully control a hundred swords.
And he relied entirely on his current body form.
"This form shall be called Sword Body."
"However, I still lack flying swords."
"Without enough flying swords, I cannot practice the sword."
"And to deal with the Bear Demon, I definitely cannot hold back, I must prepare for everything."
He simply could not afford the cost of failure.
If he were to lose, all his loved ones would either die miserably or become slaves, abused and humiliated. Just like all those throughout history who were either kings or forgotten.
Officials involved in a major crime would have their entire families either beheaded or sent to the state brothel, with a new emperor saying, "Let the disciples of the brothel run wild with their wives."
And if a sovereign perished and the enemy invaded the imperial palace, their family could not hope to escape. Thus, many defeated sovereigns would kill their loved ones, even their daughters, before dying.
In this intense crisis, Li Xuan would be extremely cautious. If taking one more step could eliminate a risk, he wouldn’t mind taking another step.
To him, this was not a game, not a story.
Game characters can act recklessly, story protagonists can live to show off.
But he could not.
He had to be cautious and go all out.
If the world was a dark fog, a cultivator would be like one carrying a lantern. The stronger the person, the brighter the lantern, the larger the illuminated area, and the more darkness... they would see.
As Li Xuan pondered, he grew more cautious, suddenly moving and stepping onto the Incense and Candle Path, heading north, and after several earth-burrowing travels, he arrived outside the Lingyi Sect.
