The crescent moon is like a hook, hanging high in the starry sky.
Outside Sunset Canyon, there is a bare hilltop.
Gao Yuan, covered with the cold moonlight, quietly looked at the canyon in the distance.
In the vision of the second-level Qi-Watching Technique he activated, the latter remained unchanged from when he left.
Quiet and deep, without a trace of biological activity.
After a slight pause, he took out the 'Escape Order', and after a slight push, his body silently sank into the soil under his feet.
While escaping underground, he never let down his guard for a moment.
Use the qi-gazing technique in conjunction with the power of your own spiritual thoughts to constantly be vigilant around you, not letting go of any abnormal energy patches.
Fortunately, there were no surprises along the way.
Not long after, he returned to the underground cave where Linglong Cave was originally discovered.
This place is no different from when he left.
Only the Earth Elemental Spirit Gathering Array on the ground, which cultivates the 'Blue Dragon Fruit', is still running stably and orderly.
"Looking at the open state of the buds, they will bloom in a day or two at most, which is much faster than I expected!"
"The earth attribute energy here is so rich!"
"According to this progress, it will only take about half a year after flowering for me to harvest mature 'Canglong Fruit'!"
"By that time, my cultivation will be able to break through to the ninth level of the Kaiyuan Realm. As long as I find the 'Red Flame Fruit' again, I can start refining the 'Peace Preserving Pill'!"
"Perfect!"
As his thoughts turned, Gao Yuan's face suddenly showed a look of excitement.
"The only troublesome thing is that this magic circle cannot be moved. And there is a 'Flying Dragon City Deacon' who died in my hands! To be on the safe side, I can't stay here forever."
"I hope everything goes well and there are no accidents!"
Thinking of this, he whispered helplessly.
He glanced at the 'Blue Dragon Flower' in bud in the center of the circle again, and then activated his escape technique and fled in the direction outside the 'Sunset Canyon'.
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Thirteen days passed by in a blink of an eye.
at dusk.
After dinner, Gao Yuan went to the body-training room as usual and started the evening body-training practice.
I saw him naked, raising his arms and knees from time to time, and assuming exaggerated and twisted postures.
As he moved, crisp sounds like exploding beans came from his body from time to time.
Although they were all actions that he was accustomed to doing on a daily basis, when he performed them today, they were several times slower than before. During this period, he was constantly using the power of his spiritual thoughts to look inside himself.
There was no other reason. After exercising this morning, he faintly felt a strange sign coming from his body.
He is no stranger to this kind of sign, because it is a sign before the physical body is about to break through some kind of shackles.
Every time he was about to achieve a breakthrough in the Blood Jade Skill before, he had a similar experience, but this time, the feeling was more obscure and special than before.
In his spiritual perception, his whole body, whether it was organs, muscles, bones, flesh, or even every blood vessel, now became like a handicraft, with a layer of bright fluorescence flowing on the surface.
I saw these thread-like fluorescent lights connecting with each other like a spider web, forming a brand new network.
While connecting every cell in his body together, it also makes the energy transfer between various parts of the body more efficient.
At the same time, as he moved, the surface of his body spontaneously reflected an unusually thick blood-colored energy.
This is not the 'Body Protecting Blood Light' secret technique that he actively casts, but a passive effect when the current 'Blood Jade Technique' is running.
But in his induction, this layer of viscous blood-colored energy was much more solid than the 'body-protecting blood light' he used to activate the blood element with his secret technique before!
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I don't know how long it took, but Gao Yuan suddenly heard an illusory cracking sound.
At the same time, as if some kind of shackles were broken, his internal organs seemed to be stimulated by some kind of stimulation, and a large amount of mysterious energy spontaneously emerged.
I saw these mysterious energies flowing rapidly through every corner of his body along the new fluorescent network.
This caused his already extremely powerful body to rapidly transform and strengthen again!
During this process, Gao Yuan felt that even his spirit was becoming more and more full as his physical body strengthened.
At the same time, the layer of viscous blood-colored energy covering his whole body also quickly showed a liquefaction characteristic.
In addition, in this layer of blood-colored energy, there are countless tiny crystalline light spots densely scattered among them.
Like relay nodes, the layer of blood-colored energy covering his whole body became much more solid, both in appearance and substance!
After a long while, Gao Yuan slowly finished his work.
But he still didn't move. He just used the power of his spiritual mind to look inside and carefully sensed the changes brought about by the "Blood Jade Technique" after he broke through to the eighth level.
The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the layer of fluorescent network that looks like a substance.
I saw that the latter used his spine as the main trunk, differentiated into several thick main veins, and connected with his internal organs.
At the same time, countless small branches branch out from the internal organs, connecting every cell and blood vessel throughout his body.
At this time, there was an inexplicable energy that was different from the power of true energy and blood energy, which was generated from his limbs and bones, and was transported to his internal organs along this new layer of fluorescent network.
Then, through the transformation of the functions of the viscera, it turned into a more mysterious energy, which was gathered along the main fluorescent veins to the spine, and then transported to a mysterious area below his divine palace.
While promoting the growth of his spiritual power, it also faintly built a mysterious and abnormal energy barrier near his divine palace.
"This is?"
Gao Yuan saw this, and then felt the power of spiritual thoughts that was growing stronger under the influence of this mysterious energy, and he couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.
"Is this the true meaning of 'a strong body and a natural charm'?"
"Although I have known this truth for a long time, I never thought that after you have successfully refined your body, you can have such a miraculous effect!"
At the same time, he also recognized the mysterious energy lingering around his temple.
It was exactly the kind of qi and blood energy that accompanied the blood element in the body that he discovered when he used the 'Blood Shadow Escape Technique' before!
"With the breakthrough of "Blood Jade Skill", this layer of fluorescent network is formed in the body."
"Affected by this, the flow of qi and blood energy no longer relies on the movement of blood elements in the meridians."
"In this way, both its production efficiency and the speed of its operation in the body have been greatly improved!"
"In addition, after this breakthrough, my blood essence...well, the total amount of blood essence has also increased by about 50%!"
"Then, whether it's my endurance in fighting with martial arts or my space jump distance using the 'Blood Shadow Escape Technique', I should be able to get a boost!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan once again activated his secret technique to display the 'Body Protecting Blood Light'.
In an instant, his whole body was suddenly covered with a layer of fluid-like bloody energy.
While it is much more solid than before, its interior is also filled with crystalline light spots that look like fluorescent powder.
Not to mention anything else, just looking at the appearance, it is much more advanced than the previous version!
"Sure enough, with the improvement of cultivation, especially the substantial increase in the quality of blood essence, the power of the secret techniques and martial arts based on it will also increase, but I don't know how much the specific increase will be."
As soon as he thought about it, he couldn't wait to verify it.
Ignoring the fact that it was already dark outside, I put on my clothes and rushed out.
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Spring passes and autumn comes.
In the blink of an eye, seven months have passed.
Deep in the wild forest, located northeast of the underground stronghold, more than two thousand miles away, there is a huge hilly area.
At this time, Gao Yuan was quietly suspended in mid-air dozens of meters above the ground. With the help of the second-level qi-gazing technique, he was observing a small valley more than ten miles away on the opposite side from a distance.
There was the center of this hilly area with a radius of hundreds of miles. At this time, there was a thick dark purple demonic energy rising into the sky like wolf smoke.
"A late second-level monster? Even in this wild forest, it is very rare!"
After muttering something to himself in a low voice, Gao Yuan showed no nervousness at all on his face, but instead looked a little eager to try.
Not long after he broke through to the eighth level of the Blood Jade Skill half a year ago, his cultivation level also broke through to the eighth level of the Kaiyuan Realm.
After more than seven months of training, he not only made further progress in cultivation, but was only one step away from the ninth level of Kaiyuan Realm. He also made a breakthrough in the practice of Blood Jade Technique, and last night he broke through to the final ninth level.
Seriously, he has reached the state of perfect body training described in the Jade Slips of the Kung Fu Technique!
With his current strength, even if we look at the entire Kaiyuan Realm, there may be opponents who can fight him head-on, but they will definitely not include the late second-order monster in front of him.
Thinking of this, his mind moved, and the 'Body Protecting Blood Light' was activated instantly.
With almost no delay, a layer of dazzling blood light was projected from his body, and even the second-level mid-grade robe he wore could not completely block it.
Under the reflection of this layer of blood light, countless jelly-like blood-red fluid substances instantly emerged from all over his body, and in an instant, his body was completely enveloped.
I saw the blood flowing inside this layer of fluid material, and under the sunlight, it exuded a crystal luster like amber!
After a slight pause, he activated a secret technique again.
Under his guidance, the 'qi and blood energy' in his body immediately began to move rapidly according to a strange rhythm and route.
After a moment, these 'qi and blood' suddenly became violent as if accelerant was added to them.
Not only did its flow speed increase significantly, but it itself also became more and more condensed in the process.
And the layer of blood that penetrated his body surface also shone brightly, like a fiercely burning flame, adhering to the surface of the 'body-protecting blood light' that had been transformed into dark purple.
At the same time, a Yuan Ting Yue Zhi aura erupted with his body as the center, soaring straight into the sky.
As a price, the consumption of 'qi and blood' caused by activating the 'body-protecting blood light' has been increased by almost three times on the original basis!
The secret technique he activated at this time was one of the four secret techniques included in the jade slips recording the "Blood Jade Kung Fu". It was also a secret technique that he had just mastered after he reached the ninth level of the Blood Jade Kung Fu.
technique.
At first, he thought it was an attack-type secret technique. It was not until he carefully understood and performed it that he discovered that it was a status-type secret technique.
As for its function, it should be to greatly increase his combat effectiveness in a short period of time at the cost of high consumption of 'qi and blood'.
Because of the unique casting experience of this nameless secret technique, he eventually named it 'Burning Blood'!
"Ouch~!"
Just as Gao Yuan was silently feeling the changes in various aspects of his body after turning on the 'Burning Blood' state, he suddenly heard a huge roar coming from the opposite direction of the valley.
It seems that even though they are still more than ten miles apart, the late second-order monster in the direction of the valley still feels the intimidating aura emanating from him, and at this time it is both a response and a deterrent.
He let out a loud roar.
"A bear demon?"
Gao Yuan glanced towards the opposite side and couldn't help but murmured to himself in a low voice.
Although he couldn't see the monster's appearance clearly through the hills outside the valley, he could clearly sense the outline of the opponent's body through the second-level breath-gazing technique.
"The bear monster has rough skin and thick flesh, so I can use you to verify the specific increase in strength brought about by my breakthrough!"
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan activated the Wind Curse and floated it out, quickly falling towards the opposite valley.
"Ouch!"
Before he could enter the valley, the demonic beast with condensed demonic aura was angered by his indifferent behavior and rushed out of the valley howling.
Gao Yuan took a quick look and saw that it was indeed a brown bear monster!
Unlike the early and middle stage monsters he had hunted in the past, this late second stage bear monster was actually much smaller.
Even if he had already stood up at this time, he was still only a little over ten meters tall.
But in contrast to its petite body, the body surface of this bear demon is steaming with extremely condensed demon energy, indicating its powerful strength as a late-stage demon beast.
The surface of its dark brown fur is covered with a layer of crystal light. Under the sunlight, it looks like a gorgeous and exquisite desktop ornament.
After the bear demon rushed out of the valley, it roared in the sky, and from a distance of several hundred meters, it struck Gaoyuan with a palm.
As it moved, the surrounding void suddenly shook violently.
Countless earth-yellow halos emerged out of thin air dozens of meters away from Gaoyuan. In the blink of an eye, they condensed into a huge bear's paw with a diameter of several feet, covering him and covering him.
A cold light flashed in Gao Yuan's eyes, but he had no intention of dodging. His direction of travel did not change at all. He only pointed out a finger lightly in the air when the khaki bear's paw approached.
As he moved, a dark purple shadow shot out from his fingertips and hit the khaki bear's paw coming from the top.
A strange scene appeared!
After coming into contact with this deep purple shadow, this huge bear paw, like a divine punishment, froze in mid-air less than three meters away from his body.
After a brief pause, a dazzling blood light suddenly burst out from the center of the giant palm, which was made up of countless earth-yellow energy.
Then it silently disintegrated into energy light powder that filled the sky, and continued to be extinguished in the void.
With a casual 'Finger of Nirvana', he defeated the opponent's attack. Gao Yuan's movements did not stop at all, and he unscrupulously passed through the many light powders in front of him that had not yet been annihilated.
However, these turbulent energy flows, which were like a martyrdom explosion, after affecting his body, were unable to create even a single ripple on the surface of his jelly-like 'body-protecting blood glow'.
Gao Yuan was not surprised by this. He saw that his body was in front of the giant bear in a few flashes under the urging of the wind curse.
"Ouch~!"
This giant bear looked up to the sky and roared violently, and a layer of blazing earth-yellow light spread all over its body.
I saw it sticking out a bear paw with yellow light flowing around it, and slapping it from a high position towards the distance.
Seeing this, the latter didn't even think about it. He clenched his right fist tightly, faced the bear's paw from the opponent, and punched out from the air.
Following his movement, a bloody fist shadow several feet in size was seen shooting out through the edge of his fist.
"Ka~cha!"
"Ke~ke~ke!"
"Ouch~"
Amidst a series of explosions, the giant bear suddenly screamed miserably.
I saw the yellow glow wrapped on its forefoot instantly disintegrated under the bombardment of the blood-colored fist shadow, and the earthy yellow halo surrounding its body was torn apart by an invisible force and disintegrated in all directions.
Nearly half.
At the same time, I saw a violent tremor visible to the naked eye on the forelimbs of the giant bear and Gao Yuan, and suddenly a cloud of blood mist burst out.
Countless flesh and blood mixed with white broken bones turned into a large rain of blood, splashing in all directions.
After Gao Yuan saw this, he immediately gave up his plan to continue attacking. His body flashed one after another like a ghost, and he easily avoided this bloody area.
Looking at the brown bear again at this time, I saw that its entire right forelimb, together with most of the shoulder behind it, had disappeared under the blow just now.
And its huge body, under the influence of the huge counter-shock force, rolled awkwardly and fell to the side.
"The strength of this brown bear is much stronger than that of the silverback gorilla, but the attack just now used the 'Shaking Fist' with only 500 power, but it caused much more exaggerated damage than the last time.
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"Sure enough, after the completion of body refining, the strength of the physical body has greatly increased, and the power of various martial arts has also been greatly improved, especially after receiving the blessing of the 'Burning Blood' state."
He whispered silently, and then when he saw the bear demon that was severely injured by his blow, a layer of dazzling earthy yellow halo condensed all over his body again.
"Huh? You don't plan to run away? This bear demon is not very bright!"
"Is there any other powerful trump card?"
Gao Yuan saw this and was not in a hurry to attack. He just stood there and waited attentively.
However, what happened next was beyond his expectation.
Under the concentration of this brown bear monster, the earthy yellow halo flowing on its body became more and more concentrated. Just when Gao Yuan was waiting intently, he suddenly saw it leaping like a dive, diving quickly.
into the soil below.
"Is this... really 'earth escape'?"
"Tsk, so fast!"
Gao Yuan complained speechlessly at this, then he used the power of his spiritual thoughts and followed closely.
In his perception, the brown bear quickly dived for tens of meters and then fled in the opposite direction.
"If you dived hundreds of meters underground in an instant, you might be able to escape, but if it's only a few dozen meters deep..."
Gao Yuan muttered something speechless, then activated the Wind Curse and floated forward. With only a few leaps, he reached the top of the bear demon who was fleeing underground.
Without any hesitation, he directly used the powerful 'Tianshaking Fist', raised his right foot and stamped it hard towards the place where his spiritual thoughts were positioned.
"boom!"
Under his stampede, the ground suddenly shook violently, and a loud roar echoed throughout the sky.
As countless dust flew up, the ground that was stepped on by his right foot also collapsed in a large ring shape under the powerful impact.
The surrounding ground was shaken for a while, with countless deep cracks radiating from the collapsed area as the center.
"Ouch~!"
A muffled howl was heard, echoing through the cracks in the ground.
And Gao Yuan also saw a huge figure lingering in yellow light through one of the cracks, fleeting deep underground.
After stamping his foot, he did not stop at all, constantly tracking and locating the target's position with his spiritual thoughts, and stepped out one foot after another.
Following his movements, it was as if an earthquake had occurred within a few miles.
Looking at it, the surrounding ground looks like soil that has been dry for many years, covered with criss-crossing cracks.
Even in the valley not far away, several landslides occurred during this earthquake, so that the roots of many giant trees buried deep in the ground were violently shaken out.
Amidst the strong earthquakes on the ground one after another, the howling of the giant bear monster became weaker and weaker, and finally fell silent after Gao Yuan stomped out again.
And through the vision of the second-level Qi-gazing technique, he also saw that the core of dark purple demonic energy deep in the ground was disintegrating bit by bit.
"Huh~!"
After Gao Yuan saw this, he took a long breath and stopped.
In the state of 'Burning Blood', he continuously used the 'Shaking Fist Strength' more than twenty times with all his strength. Even though he had now completed his physical training, he still felt a little short of breath.
"However, this 'Tianshaking Fist' is really effective when dealing with enemies who are good at earth escape!"
"As long as the opponent doesn't hide too deep, it can cause good damage to it!"
After muttering to himself in a low voice, he reached out and took out the 'Escape Order' and quickly fled in the direction of the bear demon.
Not long after, the bear demon was dismembered underground.
"After completing the body refining, the improvement in attack is very significant."
"Especially after turning on the 'Burning Blood' state, compared to half a year ago, the explosive power has increased by five to six times!"
"Even without turning on the 'Burning Blood', the power of normal martial arts has more than doubled compared to half a year ago!"
"As for defense...Tsk, let's go find an early-stage second-order monster to practice with!"
Gao Yuan hesitated for a while, but in the end his desire for stability prevailed.
He casually glanced at the messy ground around him, then activated the Wind Curse, and his whole body turned into a streak of light and shadow, flying away into the distance.
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After two days of actual combat testing, Gao Yuan finally accurately calculated the exact changes in his various strengths after the Blood Jade Skill was upgraded to the ninth level.
The most important one is the influence of the 'burning blood' secret method that comes with the Blood Jade Skill.
As a state-type secret method, after it is used, it can increase the consumption of 'qi and blood' by three times, so that his various abilities in body refining can be doubled!
This includes both the power of martial arts and his physical strength.
After testing, it was found that under normal circumstances, thanks to the condensation of his 'qi and blood', when he used various martial arts including the 'Tianshaking Fist', his power was more than doubled compared to half a year ago.
And if the 'Burning Blood' state is turned on, his strength will be doubled again on this basis!
In terms of physical strength, after testing, he can easily crush a second-level mid-level magic weapon with his bare hands without turning on the 'Burning Blood'.
And when turning on the 'Burning Blood', you can even easily tear apart a second-level high-grade magic weapon with your hands!
Of course, there is an exception to the effect of this secret technique, and that is the 'Blood Shadow Escape Technique', because the jumping distance of the latter is only related to the 'qi and blood' consumed.
Despite this, after he broke through to the ninth level of the Blood Jade Skill, if he used the 'Blood Shadow Escape Technique' at its peak, his jumping distance would have more than doubled from about 400 miles half a year ago!
And with the total amount of blood yuan greatly increased, as long as he does not activate the 'Blood Shadow Escape Technique' repeatedly, he will not have the serious consequences of losing both qi and blood as before!
"No matter what, after being promoted to the ninth level of the 'Blood Jade Art', my strength has achieved a huge leap!"
"After a while of cultivation and promotion to the ninth level of Kaiyuan Realm, it's time to start thinking about advancing to Hunyuan Realm!"
After muttering softly to himself, Gao Yuan closed his eyes and quickly fell into meditation and began to practice.