197: Chapter 196 Burning blood!!

The pulsing of the blood core grew more and more violent!

Thirty times per breath, forty times, fifty times!

With every pulse, a wisp of Dragon Blood Baleful Qi was forcibly sucked into the blood core, merging with the blood core's own crimson-gold light!

With every Fusion, another crack appeared on the surface of the blood core, and that dark red light grew a fraction richer!

Time passed slowly.

An unknown amount of time went by.

Perhaps it was the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Perhaps it was an hour.

Perhaps even longer.

Deep within his Dantian, that blood core suddenly stopped pulsing!

It floated there quietly, its entire body a dark gold color.

Amidst the crimson-gold, there was now more dark red.

And within the dark red, the crimson-gold shone through.

The two colors were interlaced and perfectly fused; it was no longer possible to distinguish which was the original Lihuo power and which was the later-integrated Dragon Blood Baleful Qi.

Then—

It gave a single throb.

Just one.

But at the moment of that single throb, an unspeakable power surged wildly out from the blood core!

That power followed his Meridians, circulating frantically and surging toward his limbs, every inch of his skin, every bone, and every drop of marrow!

Everywhere it passed, the Dragon Blood Baleful Qi that had been eroding his body was entirely devoured, absorbed, and integrated!

The torn flesh began to heal.

The damaged Meridians began to be repaired.

The dissolved flesh and blood began to undergo Rebirth.

The gnawed bones began to grow.

The scraped marrow began to fill up.

And the flesh, Meridians, blood, bones, and marrow that had healed, repaired, reborn, grown, and filled—

Were all stained with an extremely faint layer of dark gold.

That was the color of dragon blood.

That was the Foundation of Blood Burning.

Jiang Hanzhou suddenly snapped his eyes open!

Two beams of dark gold light shot out from his eyes, striking the blood pool in front of him and causing two dark red splashes to explode!

He raised his right hand and looked at his own palm.

A wisp of dark gold flame quietly emerged in the center of his palm.

That flame was even more blazing, more violent, and more—

Overbearing than the previous Lihuo True Flame.

Within the flame, countless tiny specks of dark gold light could be seen circulating; those were the traces left behind after the Dragon Blood Power had fused into the flame.

With a slight thought,

That wisp of dark gold flame suddenly expanded!

It wasn't a normal expansion, but rather—combustion!

Inside his body, that dark gold blood and Qi began to burn frantically!

With every combustion, an unimaginable power surged from his blood and Qi, pouring into his limbs and every inch of his muscles!

That kind of power was more than twice as strong as before!

Blood Burning.

The fifth level of the Li Huo Golden Body Art—Blood Burning.

He had finally achieved a Breakthrough.

He stood up and walked out of the blood pool.

The pool water slid off his body, revealing a Physical Body that had been tempered by dragon blood.

His skin was still its original color, but a very faint dark gold luster could be seen moving beneath it.

With every movement, a trace of warm aura dissipated from his skin; that was the residual heat of the dragon blood.

The lines of his muscles were more defined than before.

Every muscle was tight and powerful, containing explosive strength. That strength was no longer just pure Physical Body power, but 'Dragon Strength' fused with dragon blood.

His bones were tougher and denser.

He could sense that the bones once gnawed by the Dragon Blood Baleful Qi were now several times stronger than before. Even if he struck them with the tiger soul saber at full strength, he might not be able to break a single one.

He closed his eyes and looked inward at his Dantian.

The dark gold blood core floated quietly, rotating slowly.

With every rotation, a wisp of dark gold blood and Qi surged from the blood core, circulating through his body along his Meridians.

That blood and Qi was thicker, more blazing, and more—violent than before.

With a slight thought,

The blood and Qi in his body ignited with a roar!

That Blood Burning power surged wildly out of the blood core like a volcanic eruption, pouring into his limbs!

His aura climbed frantically in this instant!

Initial Stage of Yuanxiang—Yuan Xiang middle stage—Late Yuanxiang Stage—Late Yuanxiang Stage Peak!

Though it was only a brief explosion that could only be maintained for less than the time of an incense stick, that power—power enough to crush those of the same rank—filled his heart with an unspeakable joy.

The power of Blood Burning was finally accomplished.

He opened his eyes and looked toward the still-churning Dragon Blood Pool.

The Dragon Blood Baleful Qi in the pool was no longer as violent as it had been just now. It churned quietly, as if paying its respects to him, the 'victor'.

He took a deep breath and gave a solemn bow.

“My thanks.”

Then, he turned and walked toward the exit of the Forbidden Ground.

The moment he stepped out of the Dragon Blood Forbidden Land, the afternoon sunlight happened to fall upon him.

He raised his head and looked toward the bright sun on the horizon.

The sunlight was piercing, yet he felt it was incomparably warm.

Inside his body, that dark gold blood and Qi circulated slowly; with every rotation, a trace of warm aura dissipated from it, making his whole body feel comfortable.

He lowered his head and looked at his right hand.

With a slight thought,

A wisp of dark gold flame emerged from his palm.

The flame burned quietly, and at its edges, a golden sharp edge could be seen circulating—the traces of Golden Sharpness True Intent.

He looked at this wisp of flame, and a smile slowly curled at the corners of his mouth.

The smile was very faint.

Yet it contained an unspeakable joy.

Blood Burning was complete.

Next would be the Scripture Pavilion, the Lijian Cliff, and that one true killing move.

He clenched his fist, and the flame dissipated.

Then, he set off and walked down the mountain.

Behind him, the stone gate of the Dragon Blood Forbidden Land slowly closed.

Two months.

The countdown begins.