Xiao Yan, who was at the Nine-Star Dou Master level, mastered the martial arts and combat techniques.
With just one Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformation combined with the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, or directly using the Blue Lotus Earth Heart Fire and Purple Fire to execute the Buddha's Fury Lotus, he could easily blast the ice snake to death.
There was simply no need for any external assistance.
It could only be said that he was still lacking in development.
Su Yun was not discouraged.
Bread will come, milk will come, everything will come!
Muddle through! Muddling through is the way to go!
With this in mind, Su Yun continued searching for body refining techniques.
After a while, Su Yun opened his eyes and found it.
It was the high-grade Profound-ranked combat technique, "Great Strength Barbaric Bull Force"!
A technique that imitated the movements of a great bull, combined with medicinal baths, to comprehensively enhance physical strength!
Su Yun grinned, satisfied with his choice.
"System, fuse 'Great Strength Barbaric Bull Force' with me!"
"Ding, detecting a fusionable solution. It requires an additional consumption of three fourth-grade demon cores. Would you like to consume them?"
This statement rendered Su Yun speechless.
Su Yun's expression froze, and he asked again to make sure he hadn't misheard.
This "Great Strength Barbaric Bull Force" required three fourth-grade demon cores!
Could it be because it was a body refining technique?
Su Yun had a sudden realization.
"Indeed, when I tried various levels of demon cores before, I didn't consider that body refining techniques would require additional demon core consumption.
I was assuming too much."
A wry smile appeared on Su Yun's face.
Indeed, body refining techniques were different from ordinary martial techniques. They directly enhanced the body and naturally required more energy.
It seemed that his exploration of the system's functions was still lacking.
Su Yun shook his head and focused his mind on the system space, searching to see if there were enough fourth-grade demon cores.
In no time, Su Yun looked at the three remaining fourth-grade demon cores and felt a bitter taste in his mouth once again.
It seemed that after the breakthrough, he would need to gather some more.
This "Great Strength Barbaric Bull Force" had completely emptied his reserves.
Without hesitation, Su Yun commanded the system again.
"System, fuse 'Great Strength Barbaric Bull Force' with me!"
"Ding, detecting a fusionable solution. It requires an additional consumption of three fourth-grade demon cores. Would you like to consume them?"
"Consume!"
With Su Yun's command, the three fourth-grade demon cores in the system space immediately dissipated into nothingness, and a strange energy spread throughout Su Yun's body.
His physical strength gradually increased.
Su Yun closed his eyes, a hint of pain crossing his face.
Muscles all over his body were constantly tearing and healing, and with the circulation of energy, every inch of his muscles was strengthening.
After a while, Su Yun's clothes were completely soaked with sweat.
As the energy dissipated over time, Su Yun felt completely drained.
He lay weakly on the ground, feeling a surge of power throughout his body, but at the same time, he was too tired to move.
After resting for a while, Su Yun struggled to crawl into the bathroom.
After cleaning up, Su Yun sighed.
It was better when Xiao Xun'er was around. Not only would she help him wash his clothes, but she would also come in to scrub his back gently with her delicate hands, cleaning every inch of his skin.
After this ordeal, Su Yun no longer had the immediate urge to break through.
Breaking through was no child's play; it required adjusting one's state. Breaking through in a state of extreme exhaustion was akin to seeking death.
After a night of rest, Su Yun woke up feeling that he had successfully comprehended the high-grade Heavenly-ranked combat technique "Refreshing Spirit"!
Feeling the power in his body, Su Yun walked into the courtyard.
With a punch, a fierce sonic boom echoed in the courtyard.
Seeing this, Su Yun raised his eyebrows. Not bad.
That punch just now was completely relying on physical strength without activating any internal energy.
Now, his physical strength was probably comparable to that of a fourth-grade demonic beast.
Su Yun moved around in the courtyard, nodding in satisfaction.
Returning to his room, Su Yun took out the fourth-grade pill and Purple Fire he refined yesterday, prepared to absorb the Purple Fire.
The breakthrough to Battle Spirit would happen today!
Su Yun swallowed the fourth-grade pill in one gulp.
As the medicinal power took effect, a thin layer of ice covered his meridians all over his body.
Using his internal vision, Su Yun sensed the condition of his meridians and saw that the medicinal power had fully taken effect.
Immediately, he circulated his internal energy, enveloping his right hand and grabbing the seed of Purple Fire.
A sensation of intense heat and burning emerged in his palm.
However, his strengthened physical body, coupled with the protection of internal energy, prevented any damage to his palm from the Purple Fire in just a moment.
Su Yun swallowed the seed of Purple Fire into his abdomen.
The Purple Fire began to spread through his meridians, intending to burn them. At this point, the effect of the ice layer started to manifest, resisting the temperature of the Purple Fire and protecting the meridians from burning.
Sensing the situation in his meridians, Su Yun immediately mobilized his internal energy to surround the seed of Purple Fire.
The clash between Su Yun's internal energy and the Purple Fire turned his body into a battleground.
After a period of stalemate, Su Yun's internal energy began to gain the upper hand.
After all, the Purple Fire was isolated and couldn't receive any replenishment, while Su Yun could circulate his martial arts and absorb internal energy.
Su Yun forced the raging Purple Fire in his meridians towards the seed, enveloping it with internal energy, and began moving it towards his dantian.
After a while, it reached his dantian, where Su Yun began refining the Purple Fire using the Burning Cold Decision.
His soul power also joined in, reaching his dantian, where the Purple Fire was stubbornly resisting.
However, faced with Su Yun's internal energy, it was already at a disadvantage, not to mention the addition of soul power.
After a long time, the Purple Fire in Su Yun's dantian calmed down as if it had acknowledged him as its master.
The refinement of the Purple Fire seed was successful!
At the same time, a huge amount of energy spread from Su Yun's dantian.
Su Yun didn't relax; he had been waiting for this moment.
The internal energy began to interact with the energy, circulating his martial arts, refining the energy, and impacting the bottleneck!
As the internal energy and energy clashed, the bottleneck began to loosen. After dozens of impacts, cracks finally appeared in the bottleneck.
Su Yun felt joy in his heart, but immediately suppressed it. It wasn't time to celebrate yet.
After the appearance of cracks, things became much easier. After several more impacts, the bottleneck finally shattered completely. Su Yun's internal energy surged like a tidal wave, flooding out.
At the same time, the energy from the heavens and earth outside began to converge towards Su Yun.
Battle Spirit, achieved!
Su Yun didn't open his
eyes immediately; just breaking through now, his state was still unstable.
After a while, Su Yun's aura began to stabilize.
Finally, he opened his eyes, the abundant internal energy making him unable to help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha..."
After calming down his excitement, Su Yun reached out, and a long sword formed from internal energy appeared in his hand.
A creature formed from internal energy, a formidable Battle Spirit! Terrifying indeed!
(End of this chapter)