216: Chapter 216 Late Stage of Rank Three!

His mind was set; he would hesitate no longer.

Qin Yan took a deep breath, and the blood throughout his body began to flow slowly, warming up.

He reached out and grasped the new version of ink trace, feeling a sense of harmony and ease that surpassed the old spear.

In the next instant, the long spear transformed into a bolt of black lightning, tearing through the tranquil air of the training room!

The whistling wind of the spear, the dull sonic booms, the low hum of rushing blood...

These sounds once again became the main theme of Manor No. 11.

The Spear Technique was at times like a surging river, wide and sweeping; at other times, it was like dense fine rain, penetrating every crack.

As he practiced the Spear Technique, the blood within his body washed through and tempered him over and over again.

Sweat soon soaked his clothes and dripped onto the floor, but his eyes remained focused, his mind free of distractions.

Time slipped away quietly amidst this day-after-day of monotonous, bitter cultivation.

Qin Yan's schedule was simple to the extreme: sixteen hours of unshakeable, high-intensity training every day, squeezing both his body and spirit to their near limits;

The remaining eight hours were used for deep sleep recovery, handling necessary affairs, and replenishing energy.

At the end of each day's training, looking at the steady growth of 4 Skill Points on his panel, Qin Yan would unhesitatingly invest them all into the Blood Refining Chapter of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear.

Vast amounts of insights and subtle blood control techniques... like trickling streams, continuously merged into his martial arts cognition and physical instincts.

The progress of the Blood Refining Chapter advanced steadily and rapidly, at a speed far exceeding the understanding of ordinary martial artists.

fifth revolution... sixth revolution... seventh revolution...

During this period, the atmosphere on the Modu University of Martial Arts campus also quietly began to change.

As the departure date for the Hidden Dragon Assembly approached, more and more mentors from major martial arts universities across the country arrived at Modu University of Martial Arts, bringing with them their carefully selected elite freshman students.

Their destination was clear—the temporary residence of Her Highness Anya.

These martial arts universities were mostly those with close ties to the Elf Clan, or those located near spatial channels, or those whose philosophy supported the younger generation of humanity going out to participate in Astral Realm competition.

The students they brought were all the best of the best among the freshmen of their respective schools.

For a time, many unfamiliar yet powerful-looking young faces appeared on the campus of Modu University of Martial Arts.

Some were as steady as mountains, some were sharp and aggressive, and some had unique temperaments; they drew many glances as they walked through the campus.

Occasionally, on his way to the training room or the cafeteria, Qin Yan would also see some familiar figures.

Chen Hanshan of Modu Jiaotong University now had an even more condensed aura; he walked with a dragon's stride and a tiger's step, possessing a natural prestige.

Cang Yue of Kunlun Martial Arts University, the man he had once crushed head-on with Layered Aura on the arena, now exuded a very heavy aura!

And... Liu Ruyan of Longhua Martial University.

This favored daughter of heaven, who bore the secret of a dual personality, also appeared on campus.

She walked quietly and alone along the tree-lined path, her face devoid of expression.

Her eyes were calm and waveless, and her whole body seemed to be shrouded in a faint, aloof field that warned strangers not to approach.

However, the faintly radiating aura, which was stronger than before, was beyond doubt.

The blood fluctuations emitted by these top geniuses from various major martial arts universities had generally reached the third grade realm, and there was no lack of those at the third grade mid-stage!

In just one winter break plus the first month of the new semester, their rate of progress was equally astonishing.

However, these external disturbances did not affect Qin Yan in the slightest.

He knew very well that the Hidden Dragon Assembly was a super feast gathering the top young experts of all races, and the cruelty of the competition far exceeded that of domestic Exchange Competitions.

Rather than wasting energy on pointless comparisons, it was better to race against time and seize every moment to improve himself.

Only solid strength was the foundation for surviving and striving for opportunities on that unknown and dangerous battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, the calendar turned to March 21st.

Inside the training room of Manor No. 11.

A scorching aura permeated the air, as if an invisible furnace were burning there.

As he brandished the long spear, the golden Spear Aura and Spear Light complemented each other, illuminating the entire room in a golden hue.

He was fully digesting that incredibly precious drop of grandmaster true blood in his body!

The effect of grandmaster true blood for a third grade martial artist could be described as majestic.

Qin Yan had been enduring until the Blood Refining Chapter of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear reached the seventh revolution and his own Blood Refining efficiency reached a considerably high level before choosing to consume it today.

The moment the true blood entered his stomach, it dissolved.

Violent and pure energy rushed through his limbs and bones like a bursting flood.

Every drop of blood seemed to be ignited, its temperature soaring.

White steam immediately rose from the top of Qin Yan's head, and a faint dark red light seeped out from the pores across his body.

Even more striking was the sound coming from within his body—it wasn't the sound of a rushing stream.

It was a deeper, hotter "gurgling" sound, like the slow movement of magma in the Earth's core!

That was the strange noise produced by the blood rushing at extreme speed and the rapid rise in temperature!

This process lasted for about an hour.

Finally, the sound of boiling blood within his body gradually subsided.

The steam above his head slowly dissipated, and the dark red light beneath his skin withdrew and vanished.

Qin Yan slowly retracted his spear, suddenly feeling an unprecedented sense of powerful strength filling his entire body!

“third grade late stage—Boiling Blood Realm, it's done!”

A sharp light burst from Qin Yan's eyes, unable to hide his joy.

“The effect of this grandmaster true blood is indeed peerlessly powerful!

Just one drop helped me cross the bottleneck of the mid-stage and step directly into the late stage realm!”

Of course, he also knew that this wasn't entirely due to the true blood.

“If it weren't for my Blood Refining Chapter of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear having reached the seventh revolution, my control over blood and Blood Refining ability would not have far exceeded those of the same level.

Even with the true blood, I'm afraid it would have been difficult to absorb it so efficiently, let alone break through in one go.”

This was the terrifying aspect of having a high level in a top-tier body tempering technique.

It brought not only powerful combat bonuses but also an all-around increase in cultivation efficiency!

In terms of resources, he was certainly not as good as those top geniuses backed by huge families or receiving massive resources from their schools.

But now, his cultivation realm was truly ahead of many people.

According to his understanding, second-tier geniuses like Chen Hanshan had mostly just stabilized at the third grade early stage not long ago and were working toward the mid-stage.

While top geniuses like Liu Ruyan and Cang Yue, who were ranked in the top ten martial arts universities nationwide, had progressed faster thanks to their abundant resources.

But most of them also remained at the third grade mid-stage, accumulating strength to charge toward the late stage.

The fact that he could break through to the third grade late stage in this month of relatively scarce resources was due to the ultra-high refining efficiency and deep tapping of physical potential brought by the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear.

“This is the gap in efficiency.”