425: Chapter 425 Body Refining Breakthrough!!

Qin Yan gave up on further questioning and tightly gripped the ink trace long spear once more.

The heavy stone that had been weighing on his heart for so long finally landed.

He stood up, walked to the relatively open space in the center of the room, gave the long spear a shake, and the spear wind rose again.

This time, as Qin Yan swung the long spear, his movements were noticeably more fluid, more powerful than before, and even carried a sense of ease and comfort.

That night, he practiced his Spear Techniques with exceptional satisfaction.

August 21st, early morning.

Just as Qin Yan had finished his night of meditation and spear practice, he received the official notification from the military department—the reward for winning the martial contest, that ten thousand Military Merit Points, had been transferred to his account.

Looking at the suddenly much longer string of numbers on his personal terminal, Qin Yan's lips curved up slightly.

Ten thousand points.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately opened the Military Supply Exchange System and went straight to the "Elixir Exchange" section.

This time, he did not choose the commonly used Fourth-Grade Five Elements Spiritual Elixir, but a higher grade—

fifth grade five elements spiritual pill!

Two of each attribute: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.

A total of ten pills.

Confirm exchange.

"Ding!"

A crisp notification sounded, and the ten thousand points instantly dropped to zero.

"So expensive..."

Looking at the zeroed-out point balance, Qin Yan couldn't help but mutter a low sigh.

Although he was mentally prepared, when those ten thousand points were really spent, only exchanging for a mere ten elixir pills, the painfully real feeling of 'money flowing like water' was still overwhelming.

He quickly calculated in his mind.

An ordinary Fifth-Rank Martial Artist cultivating a common technique would need roughly five Fifth-Grade Spiritual Elixirs of the same attribute to break through from the early to mid-stage of the fifth rank.

But he...

Because he cultivated the *Five Elements Primordial Scripture*, needing to simultaneously strengthen the five seeds of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, the required amount of elixirs was a full five times that of a martial artist of the same rank!

In other words, for him to break through from the early to mid-stage of the fifth rank in the future, a conservative estimate would require twenty-five fifth grade five elements spiritual pills!

Twenty-five pills!

He currently had ten.

Adding in the remaining academic credits he had from Modu University of Martial Arts, even if he scraped everything together, it would probably only be enough for him to break through to the mid-stage of the fifth rank.

And the fifth rank still had the late stage, the peak stage, and even the long road towards impacting the sixth rank.

"Martial arts cultivation truly becomes more difficult the later you go, and the resources consumed become increasingly terrifying..."

Qin Yan gently shook his head, temporarily suppressing this sense of helplessness.

The road must be walked step by step, and meals must be eaten bite by bite.

At least, he still held the trump card of Taixuan Holy Land.

October 1st, Yellow Springs Galaxy.

There, perhaps greater opportunities awaited him.

In the following days, Qin Yan's life returned to its previous rhythm.

Alchemy, completing missions, spear practice, honing skills—

The days were peaceful and fulfilling.

...

August 25th.

Today, Qin Yan did not practice alchemy or Spear Techniques.

He was—breaking through.

Ever since learning that Little Black could perfectly suppress the leakage of demonic energy, Qin Yan had no more reservations.

Over the past few days, all the Skill Points he gained from training were allocated to the *Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture*!

This technique consequently broke through to the second layer.

At this moment, within the Blood Demon Nest, blood energy surged like a tide, and demonic energy churned like ink!

A blood river, several zhang long and exuding a strong scent of blood and slaughter, hovered in the air above the nest, roaring and churning!

And below the blood river, a deep, dark, slowly rotating vortex of demonic energy.

It resembled an eternal abyss, swallowing and spewing endless darkness!

At the edges of the vortex, strands of ink-black demonic energy spread out like tentacles, connecting and merging with the blood river above, forming a subtle and eerie balance.

And surrounding this demonic energy vortex, chains formed from pure Darkness Profundity, as black as ink, coiled and wound quietly like slumbering giant pythons!

They firmly sealed and restrained the entire vortex, not allowing a single wisp of demonic energy to leak out.

This was Little Black's masterpiece.

Qin Yan took a deep breath and focused his mind.

The method of the second layer of the *Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture* emerged in his heart like a brand.

It guided him to channel the vast blood energy throughout his body along a new path, scouring and tempering towards deeper, more minute places!

"Rumble——!!!"

Within his body, it felt as if countless rivers were simultaneously surging and roaring!

Blood energy, like the most violent torrent, scoured his physique over and over again!

With each scouring, minute impurities imperceptible to the naked eye were expelled, and deeper layers of potential were stimulated!

Behind Qin Yan, the faint shadow of a blood river materialized in the void!

The sound of waves echoed, and blood-colored light illuminated him, enveloping his entire person in an eerie yet powerful crimson glow!

If not for Little Black's Darkness Profundity chains sealing it, what would have manifested behind him now wouldn't have been just a blood river!

Half a quarter-hour later—

All the phenomena abruptly ceased.

The blood river shadow dissipated, and the demonic energy vortex within him fell silent.

Qin Yan slowly opened his eyes.

A glimmer of light, interwoven with blood-red and pitch-black, flashed deep within his pupils.

He stood up and gently clenched his fist.

"Crack... crack..."

A series of crisp popping sounds came from his knuckles. It wasn't from excessive force, but a natural reaction from the pure, explosive increase in strength.

An unprecedented, formidable sense of power, originating from the deepest part of his physical body, as if he could tear steel apart with his bare hands, filled his entire being!

"Body Tempering... has finally broken through to the fourth rank!"

A gratified smile lifted the corner of Qin Yan's mouth.

From this day on, he was not only a Fourth Rank Peak Qi Refining martial artist, but also a fourth rank early-stage Body Tempering martial artist!

Cultivating both Qi and blood, walking the dual paths in parallel!

He eagerly summoned his panel.

[Qi Refining: Fourth Rank Peak (Five Elements Primordial Scripture First Layer 2%)]

[Body Tempering: Fourth Rank Early Stage (Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture Second Layer 1%)]

[Total Blood Energy: 3500 Cal]

[Qi Refining: 2600 Cal]

[Body Tempering: 900 Cal]

[spirit: 125 Hz]

[Spear Technique: fifth stage (10%)

Spear Qi: Destructions End Spear Qi (first grade)]

[Alchemy: Third-Rank Alchemist (3%)]

[Constitution: Indestructible Blood Demon Body (Initial Success)]

[Blood Puppet Creation]

[General Outline of Five Elements Basic Martial Skills]

[Metal Element——Gold Splitting Spear (Major Achievement)]

[Origin Divine Ability: Blood Curse, Demonic Utterance Heavenly Edict (Demonic Path·Blood Curse Advanced·Seal), Five-Colored Spiritual Light]

[Skill Points: Points]

Qin Yan's gaze swept over it, quickly noticing the most obvious change—

Total Blood Energy: 3500 Cal!

A full 500 Cal increase compared to before the breakthrough!

A flicker of surprise passed through his eyes.

It had to be known that the *Five Elements Primordial Scripture* he cultivated was an existence that had long surpassed top-tier techniques; the entire fourth rank of Qi Refining had given him a terrifying 2600 Cal of blood energy.

Yet this *Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture*, breaking through from the Third Grade Limit to the fourth rank early stage, had also brought a 500 Cal increase in blood energy!

Exactly the same as the increase the *Five Elements Primordial Scripture* had brought upon its initial breakthrough!

"This *Indestructible Blood Demon Scripture*... is indeed an existence not inferior to the *Five Elements Primordial Scripture*."

Qin Yan pondered inwardly, feeling a few more degrees of importance and anticipation towards this technique.