153: I seem to be getting harder and harder to kill?

"With that, it's settled."

Chen Heng completely ignored the words 'strenuous,' only hearing Bai Jun say he could fuse spirit iron into weapons.

"Big Brother Chen, I really can't do it."

Bai Jun was a little anxious, trying to dissuade Chen Heng.

Although he could indeed do it, he had roughly estimated it.

To fuse spirit iron into Chen Heng's weapon, it would take at least three of him to be drained.

The feeling of Spiritual Qi exhaustion was not pleasant, comparable to bleeding dry.

"I didn't say I'd have you do it now."

Chen Heng spread his hands and patted the spirit gathering furnace in the room.

"Tomorrow, I'll go out and get some medicinal herbs."

"Then you can make more Medicinal Pills to replenish Spiritual Qi, wouldn't that be simple?"

"While helping me strengthen my weapon, you can just pop pills. How simple is that?"

Bai Jun blinked, finding it somewhat reasonable yet not entirely so.

"Alright, get some rest early, adjust your state, and prepare for Alchemy."

"I always feel like something isn't quite right, though?"

Bai Jun scratched his head, drowsily sitting on the edge of the bed.

Patting Bai Jun's shoulder again, Chen Heng turned and returned to his own small courtyard.

Chen Heng's original plan was to optimize both the black fiend blade and the thousand-year profound iron spear in these two days.

But now that he had spirit iron, there was no rush.

The strength of an optimized item was deeply related to its foundation before Optimization.

The better the foundation, the stronger the optimized item would be.

So, Chen Heng planned to optimize the black fiend blade after it had undergone Fusion with the spirit iron.

Saving one Optimization count was better than none, after all, he only had twenty-seven Optimization counts left.

He had to conserve them before going to Heming City.

Just now, the three drops of Boiling Blood in him had re-condensed, preparing for the Optimization of the Asura Bloodline and the Hanba Bloodline.

These two were big consumers of Optimization counts, so Chen Heng couldn't be reckless.

At the thought of the tender, fresh 'leeks' in Heming City, Chen Heng couldn't help but swallow.

However, he couldn't leave just yet; he had to first deal with the troubles caused by the Wutong Sect.

Otherwise, one day he might return home to find Qiyang City gone.

By then, it would be too late to regret.

"Let's begin..."

Sitting cross-legged on the soft bed, Chen Heng crushed a drop of Boiling Blood.

A few minutes passed, the Epiphany ended, and an optimization button appeared next to both the Asura Bloodline and the Hanba Bloodline.

"I'll start with you."

[Asura Bloodline (40% → 45%)]

"Continue."

Repeating the above operation, Chen Heng's Asura Bloodline successfully reached 50%.

The twenty-seven Optimization counts were also reduced to eleven.

[Asura Bloodline progress more than halfway, Bloodline talent evolves]

[Asura Undying Body: Burn Qi and blood to enter an immortal state. After each death and Rebirth, strength and speed will double. Consumes five hundred points of Qi and blood per minute. Rebirth will consume three thousand points of Qi and blood.]

"Ah?"

Chen Heng looked at the Bloodline talent that had evolved from Asura True Body into Asura Undying Body, his mind momentarily crashing.

His body was already terrifyingly tough, and he had five layers of golden patterns to help him resist five fatal injuries.

Adding this Asura Undying Body, who could possibly kill him?!

Opening the System panel and looking at his Qi and blood, which was as high as 44610, Chen Heng felt even more confident.

With his current Qi and blood, he could revive at least fourteen times!

Coupled with the five layers of golden patterns, he now had nineteen lives!

And he would get stronger with each death, doubling in power.

"Damn, this is a bit of a BUG..."

Smacking his lips, Chen Heng controlled the urge to try it out immediately and turned his gaze to the Hanba Bloodline.

"Oh right, I forgot about this thing."

He hadn't had much time to study it that day, and it wasn't until yesterday that Chen Heng seriously looked at the Hanba Bloodline's Bloodline talent.

Unlike the singularity of the Asura Bloodline, Hanba possessed one Bloodline talent and one characteristic.

[Hanba Body: Eliminates all weaknesses except the head. Cannot be killed except by decapitation.]

This was the Bloodline talent of the Hanba Bloodline.

It seemed to have little effect, but it made Chen Heng even harder to kill.

And this Bloodline characteristic was 'Red Earth for a Thousand Miles, Like a Blazing Inferno.'

Simply put, Chen Heng could control his own temperature and brightness.

Commonly known as a super-high-temperature light bulb.

Of course, this was all Chen Heng's self-deprecating humor.

In reality, if Chen Heng fully raised his temperature, he could melt the ground.

Even the surrounding air would begin to burn.

Ordinary martial artists, let alone getting close, would be directly burned blind just by looking at him.

"I wonder what changes will occur when the Hanba Bloodline reaches 50%."

The changes in the Asura Bloodline brought Chen Heng immense surprise, causing him to now eagerly anticipate the performance of the Hanba Bloodline.

Crushing the last drop of Boiling Blood, he waited for the Epiphany time to pass.

An optimization button appeared next to the Hanba Bloodline, and Chen Heng clicked it without any hesitation.

[Optimization Count - 1]

[Hanba Bloodline (45% → 50%)]

"?"

Chen Heng rubbed his eyes, looking at the Optimization count, which had only decreased by one, with a face full of disbelief.

"Huh? Is this real or fake?"

Chen Heng's brain immediately started brainstorming.

Could it be that the consumption of Optimization counts wasn't based on percentage, but rather on how many times it was optimized?

After a careful 'I reckon' deliberation, Chen Heng roughly understood the pattern of Optimization count consumption for optimizing Bloodlines.

"I remember that devouring zombies can also increase Bloodline purity."

"I'll find a zombie to try it out later. Let's not waste Optimization counts on the Hanba Bloodline for now."

Since the Hanba Bloodline, unlike the Asura Bloodline, didn't solely rely on Optimization for improvement, he should save as much as possible.

"Let me see, what new skill has evolved for me."

[Hanba Bloodline progress more than halfway, new Bloodline talent added]

[Earth Vein Power: The power of Hanba comes from the earth. As long as the body's connection to the earth remains unbroken, any injury can be infinitely restored using Earth Vein Power.]

"..."

"It seems to conflict a bit with the Asura Undying Body, doesn't it?"

The Asura Undying Body relied on Rebirth, with strength and speed doubling afterward.

However, the new Bloodline talent 'Earth Vein Power' added by the Hanba Bloodline made it difficult for Chen Heng to even die.

"Do I have to commit suicide then?"

"Forget it, being hard to kill has its advantages too."

Although these two Bloodline talents were a bit conflicting, Chen Heng was still quite satisfied.

He just had a feeling that he was running further and further in the direction of 'unkillable.'

"Time to rest. Tomorrow, I'll pull out the root of the problem."

"Then I can go to Heming City and harvest 'leeks' to my heart's content."

Stretching, Chen Heng had no plans to practice the Nine Revolutions Longevity Art tonight.

A good night's sleep, as there were important things to do tomorrow...

Chen Heng quickly fell asleep, but Bai Jun, who was in the same large mansion, was suffering from insomnia.

That piece of spirit iron had been directly thrown to him by Chen Heng.

"Big Brother Chen, aren't you afraid I'll run off with the spirit iron...?"

Bai Jun muttered as he threw the spirit iron into the spirit gathering furnace.

"I'll try to melt it first..."