369: Chapter 369 Blood Coagulation and Regeneration Cauldron!

Martial techniques come in a vast array of types: Offensive techniques can greatly enhance instantaneous burst power and lethality; Defensive techniques can boost survivability and blocking capability;

Movement-type techniques govern mobility and evasion; there are also various support, control, and other types of techniques...

Like the 'Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear' he himself cultivated, it was essentially a martial technique more inclined towards combining body tempering with foundational Spear Techniques.

Its ultimate killing move, 'Return to One', which provided a 400 Calorie burst at the Fourth Rank Martial Artist stage, was gradually showing its inadequacy.

Just as Qin Yan's thoughts surged, the teleportation light of the Secret Realm Tower already began to glow.

As the light faded, Qin Yan stepped into the thirty-second floor.

The scene before his eyes changed once more.

The guardian had been replaced by a crimson puppet, its entire body seemingly constructed from flowing flames and molten lava!

It stood silently, yet emitted a shocking high temperature from all around, the very air scorched into wavering, distorted waves.

A violent, scorching, world-incinerating aura spread out.

'The Nan Ming Li Fire Art?' Sensing that pure fire-element energy, Qin Yan understood.

Fire governs destruction, commands incineration, its nature is violent and aggressive—its invasion is like fire!

The strength of this crimson puppet was roughly on par with the previous golden one.

It was also at the early-stage Fourth Rank level, only its attribute had changed from sharp metal to raging flames.

Drawing on his previous experience, Qin Yan did not probe.

Facing a torrent of scorching crimson flame spewed from the crimson puppet's mouth, he directly employed his strongest method!

The Return to One killing move, combined with Destructions End Spear Qi, he thrust out with a single spear strike!

A spiral of Spear Qi interwoven with dark red and pale gold, carrying the will to end all things, fiercely tore through the torrent of flames and accurately struck the crimson puppet's core.

Boom!

Flames exploded, and the crimson puppet followed in the footsteps of the golden one, dispersing into a sky full of sparks.

Clean and decisive, a single strike to kill the enemy.

The teleportation light rose again.

The thirty-third floor.

Qin Yan's figure had just solidified, before he could even clearly see the appearance of the guardian opposite.

A heavy, profound, immense pressure that seemed to bear the very power of the earth slammed into him like an invisible mountain!

His heart grew slightly wary as he focused his gaze.

He saw standing opposite him a puppet with an earthy-yellow body, its form appearing more solid and sturdy than the previous two, as if molded from the hardest rock and earth!

Merely standing there, it gave off a feeling of immovability like a mountain, stability like a boulder.

The vital energy fluctuations emanating from it... had actually reached the mid-stage Fourth Rank!

'Mid-stage Fourth Rank...' Qin Yan's eyes turned grave.

For a Fourth Rank Martial Artist, each minor realm advancement brings a massive leap upward in vital energy!

Based on his previous calculations, a single-element cultivator from the Five Elements Sect breaking through from the Third Grade Limit to the Fourth Rank would gain roughly 350 Calories in base vital energy.

And breaking through from early-stage Fourth Rank to mid-stage would bring an even greater increase than the breakthrough to Fourth Rank—about an additional 100 Calories more, meaning an increase of 450 Calories in vital energy!

This meant that the base vital energy of this earthy-yellow puppet cultivating the 'Thick Earth Kun Yuan Art' before him likely reached a staggering 950 Calories!

As for Qin Yan himself, his current base vital energy was 400 Calories.

Between the two, there existed a vast gap of more than double!

An unprecedented pressure, substantial as if physical, weighed heavily upon Qin Yan's heart.

The pair of 'eyes' on the earthy-yellow puppet that flickered with a dim yellow light had locked onto him the instant he stepped into the thirty-third floor space.

Without any warning, the earthy-yellow puppet moved.

It merely took a single step forward, yet the entire space seemed to tremble slightly with a dull reverberation echoing from the ground.

Then, its thick arm, composed of pure earth-element energy, lifted and threw out a simple, straightforward punch through the air!

Whoosh—!

Where the fist pointed, the air emitted a low, strained groan!

A concentrated, substantial, earthy-yellow fist imprint, compressed as if from a solid mountain.

Detached from its fist surface, carrying the heavy momentum to crush everything, it slammed toward Qin Yan's chest!

Faced with this terrifying strike far surpassing the previous two floors, having already reached the mid-stage Fourth Rank level, Qin Yan also had no choice.

He directly employed the peak of his current offensive power!

Hah!

Vital energy surged wildly within him, Destructions End Spear Intent pushed to the limit!

On the long spear, the dark red destructive Spear Qi and the golden-red membrane layer condensed by the Return to One killing move instantly fused and erupted!

Golden-red Spear Qi shot out from the spear tip, fiercely slashing toward the earth-yellow fist imprint that was crushing down!

However, the anticipated fierce collision did not occur.

The golden-red Spear Qi that had easily shattered the gold and fire puppets now, facing this earthy-yellow fist imprint, seemed to have met an impregnable wall!

After a stalemate lasting less than half a breath.

The spiral Spear Qi was utterly crushed and shattered by the immensely heavy, earth-power-imbued fist imprint with absolute force superiority!

The Spear Qi collapsed, scattering into a sky full of chaotic dark red and pale gold energy specks.

As for the earthy-yellow fist imprint, though its glow dimmed slightly and its size reduced somewhat.

It still carried a force that could crush dry weeds and smash rotten wood, pressing down fiercely toward Qin Yan's face!

'Such formidable power!'

Qin Yan's pupils contracted sharply!

Evasion was already too late. Relying on instinct, he tensed the muscles in his arms, madly channeling vital energy into the long spear.

He held the spear shaft horizontally before his chest, adopting a standard blocking stance!

Clang—!!!

The fist imprint solidly slammed into the spear shaft!

Qin Yan felt an unimaginably vast, tremendous force transmit through the spear shaft like a mountain torrent or tsunami!

Thud! Thud!

His entire body was still shaken back two steps by this immense force before he barely managed to steady his stance.

The vital energy within him churned violently; fortunately, his foundation was solid, and he was not injured.

'So strong!'

Qin Yan felt a chill in his heart, 'If I hadn't completed the reforging of the three low realms, giving me a body strength far surpassing my peers, just the residual shockwave from that fist imprint would have been enough to cause my vital energy to reverse flow and injure my internal organs!'

The power of this little yellow man was indeed terrifying!

The advantage of mid-stage Fourth Rank base vital energy, combined with the inherent heaviness of earth-attribute techniques, gave its frontal assault capability a frightening degree.

Relying on conventional means alone, Qin Yan acknowledged he could hardly contend.

In the fleeting moment Qin Yan rapidly regulated his breathing and pondered countermeasures, the earthy-yellow little man had already launched another attack!

With a single step that slightly shook the ground, a second, even more solidified earthy-yellow fist imprint had already shot through the air, sealing off Qin Yan's space for evasion!

No way to dodge, taking it head-on would certainly injure him!

At this critical juncture, a ruthless glint flashed in Qin Yan's eyes as he made a decision!

'Conventional methods won't work, then let's try this!'

His left hand suddenly stretched forward, a flash of light abruptly shining from his palm!

A small cauldron with an ancient design, its entire body a deep, dark blood-red color with three legs and two handles, materialized out of thin air above his palm!

The cauldron body was no more than three feet in size, yet it naturally emanated a strange aura of vast antiquity, bloodiness, and hidden vitality—it was precisely the ten thousand-patterned spiritual weapon obtained from Canglin Ancient Peak, the blood condensation life creation cauldron!

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yan operated the 'Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture', diverting a stream of blood energy to inject into the small cauldron in his hand!