Free Web NovelChapter 556: Chapter 554: Refining the Body into a Pill
Rumble!
Screech!
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow fully awakened, lifting its head to the sky and letting out a long, piercing cry, its wings shaking the heavens.
Instantly, the terrifying might of the blood flames surged once again.
Billowing blood fire raged wildly, as if fuel had been tossed in.
Blood radiance shot up to the heavens, the fierce screeches endless.
The towering sparrow’s silhouette stood as though it was the deity of this heaven and earth.
Within the boundless tides of blood, one could vaguely see countless shadows of blood feathers, ghostly and ethereal, merging with the flames, surging over the square like an overwhelming tide.
Spurt! Spurt!!
Several figures trembled and coughed up blood, groaning together, swiftly and decisively leaping out, retreating far back.
The number of Martial Artists remaining in the arena grew even fewer.
Thunder roared, blood flames raged unchecked.
The few figures remaining all trembled ceaselessly within the blood fire.
"Hiss, these few are true monsters!"
"We’re all True Monarch Perfection, but if this goes on, I feel like my body will collapse."
"Yet Xu Yang, Shi Hu, and the rest are still just High-tier True Monarchs—no wonder they’re the peak prodigies of the top forces."
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"These illusory blood feathers actually contain mighty vital essence."
After absorbing the first blood feather, Xu Yang’s face showed astonishment.
Just a single feather held a vast surge of essence within.
In his current state, this essence was undoubtedly a tremendous supplement.
Feeling the state within his body, Xu Yang’s expression turned solemn. Suddenly, he activated the Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill.
Boom!
With a thunderous roar, great masses of blood flame exploded into his body, mingled with countless blood feathers.
The Divine Cauldron suppressed all, Spirit Fire roared.
Under inhuman pain and impact, his flesh trembled and threatened to split apart. Amidst the torment, he refined the blood feathers and replenished his essence.
His physique grew stronger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The countless layers of division wrought by the blood flames abruptly expanded in this moment.
Xu Yang quickly intensified the support of the Heaven-Burning Divine Fire.
"If this keeps up, every drop of blood, every piece of flesh will hold supreme power."
"Every inch of my body could be a world unto itself!"
"Just like a medicinal pill."
Xu Yang’s eyes lit up.
He hadn’t practiced any special Body Refining Skill, but alchemy was something he could do with his eyes closed.
Just like the methods of the Alchemy Dao in battle—if he refines every inch of flesh, every drop of blood like a pill, isn’t there an uncanny similarity?
With this thought, Xu Yang was immediately invigorated.
The pain brought by the raging trial was dispelled a great deal.
He immediately activated the Divine Cauldron.
Strands of the Heaven-Locking Divine Chain emerged from within his body, merging into his blood, flesh, and bones.
Coincidentally, the division caused by the blood flames meant he didn’t need to act with special intent at all.
Dozens to over a hundred chains enshrouded a single drop of blood, constantly refining, absorbing blood flames and vital essence.
Refine the body as if refining a pill!
In just a few breaths, Xu Yang felt a remarkable change.
His control became ever clearer— even if his Spirit Fire was battered and weakened in the process, it didn’t affect him in the slightest. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
Moreover, as his own strength increased, the impact of the blood flames actually lessened.
All this made Xu Yang feel he was truly on the right path now.
Boom!
He mustered all his strength, spirit marks erupting to the extreme.
Crash, crash, crash!!
His whole skeleton shook; in the blink of an eye, countless Heaven-Locking Divine Chains surged forth, splitting like lightning, flooding every blood flame–enshrouded region of his body.
It was just like one grain of sand a whole world, a leaf a Bodhi. The blood flames divided his flesh into millions of tiny granules. Now the chains joined in, locking down each one tightly.
The Heaven-Devouring Spirit-Eating Skill activated; every granule greedily devoured everything.
Within, each granule endured countless waves of tempering; the outward appearance unchanged, but inside, their strength was accumulating to an unimaginable degree.
An hour passed.
BOOM!
A shocking aura erupted from amidst the blood flames.
"Did someone break through?"
"That’s Shi Hu!"
"He’s reached True Monarch Perfection."
"Hiss... Even as a High-tier True Monarch he rivaled Perfection—now that he’s broken through, he’s even more terrifying!"
"Heavens, the Celestial Pride List this time is full of monsters; looks like even the weakest are High-tier True Monarchs."
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Everyone gazed at Shi Hu, visibly shaken!
Not long after, Jun Baimu also broke through to True Monarch Perfection amidst the blood flames.
No exaggeration to say, the top ten of the Celestial Pride List almost all possess True Monarch Perfection cultivation. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
As for Yai Ruotong, she had already been forced into a sorry retreat after just over half an hour.
Now she could only look in with envy from the outside.
BOOM!
Xu Yang’s whole body shuddered, his consciousness wavering.
He felt as if his physical life had broken through a certain threshold, undergoing an unprecedented transformation and sublimation.
Within him, millions of granules buzzed and trembled, refined beyond imagination.
As soon as Xu Yang’s body had finished, before he could savor the improvement, a sense of hunger overwhelmed him.
BOOM!
An immense amount of blood feathers were swallowed inside him, instantly shattered, converting to blood-red essence that was fiercely devoured, swiftly filling the emptiness left by his earlier transformation.
"Satisfying."
Xu Yang let out a low murmur. With a single thought, a giant phantom cauldron appeared beneath him, enveloping his body.
And then there was refinement, several times greater than before.
The Divine Cauldron without, the Divine Chains within.
And then the blast of the blood flames again.
The effect of the tempering was simply beyond words.
By now, even the impact of the blood flames seemed feeble to Xu Yang.
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s pair of blood eyes gazed from a distance at the final three figures within the blood flames, pausing on Xu Yang. When it spotted the phantom Divine Cauldron, an indescribable ripple surged in its eyes.
That ancient and intangible aura left it feeling dazed.
"Among the three, this one is the strongest."
"And his body... No, what is he doing?"
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow stared at Xu Yang in confusion.
The opponent’s method of refining his physique was itself baffling to the Divine Sparrow.
The effect was astonishing—yet seemingly strange as well.
"This is... alchemy? He’s treating himself as the pill?"
The Blood Ming Divine Sparrow’s gaze instantly filled with shock.
It stared for a long time.
Suddenly, the Blood Ming Divine Sparrow spread its wings and soared above the clouds.
Screech!
BOOM!
The blood flames erupted with world-shaking violent waves, surging to several times their former size. The flames intertwined and crisscrossed, faintly shaping a colossal phantom sparrow. Its wings flapped, bringing with them a vast storm as it hurled itself toward the square like a bolt of lightning.
"Hiss!"
"The shockwaves are intensifying again!"
"This is pretty much the limit."
"Any stronger and it’s simply not something below the Divine Firmament can withstand."
"Can those three still hold out? Xu Yang hasn’t broken through yet!"
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All the onlookers behind couldn’t help but shiver; just this scene was as overwhelming as facing a Divine Firmament powerhouse directly.
BOOM!
The blood flames exploded, and the phantom divine sparrow shrouded the three within the arena.
At the moment the sparrow swooped down, even space itself in the square shattered into dust.
Jun Baimu and Shi Hu both groaned deeply, bodies trembling uncontrollably.
Their eyes were wide open, enduring with difficulty.
But the divine sparrow’s phantom kept beating its wings, unleashing ever more terrifying waves of force, overturning the cosmos, crushing the world!
In just a few breaths.
The two spat blood in unison, retreating decisively at lightning speed.
"Just as I thought—he’s still holding on."
Jun Baimu was panting heavily, his expression pained. Though his cultivation had soared, he had no time to rejoice. Fixing his eyes on Xu Yang who still sat cross-legged at the center, he was filled with awe and dread.
He had known Xu Yang was strong, but now even he could hang on no longer. Seeing Xu Yang sitting there, trembling yet unyielding and deeply rooted, left him shaken beyond words.
"How much longer can he last?"
Yai Ruotong could not help but whisper under her breath.
