124: Chapter 124 Tenfold Compression, Dual-Core Nanosource

In the energy chamber, Lu Cheng was half-kneeling on the ground, his throat filled with irrepressible panting.

Every inch of his flesh was swelling, every bone was emitting faint, muffled sounds, and his internal organs were scorched by the qi and blood; even his breathing carried a burning sensation.

Lu Changfeng had compressed his qi and blood to 5 He to break through the Source Gathering Realm back then, which was already the first case in the Dragon Kingdom.

Since then, no one had reached that step.

There was no path ahead.

He had to walk the path behind on his own.

Lu Cheng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the instinctive trembling of his body.

"Disperse."

The Hundred Rivers Returning to Body Breathing Technique began to operate.

He first dispersed the violent qi and blood within his body.

Skin, Tendon & Bone Stage, flesh, and internal organs—every spot became a landing point for the tributaries of qi and blood.

The torrent of qi and blood that had originally blocked his body was dismantled bit by bit and sent to various parts of his body to be borne.

The pressure dropped slightly.

Lu Cheng immediately seized this gap and began to impact the Source Gathering Realm.

The key to the Source Gathering Realm was to introduce the source into the body and condense the prototype of a Source Core.

When a normal martial artist breaks through, they first use a breathing technique to open the body's perception of Source Power, then use qi and blood as a furnace to draw external Source Power into the meridians, and finally condense a Source Core near the Dantian.

Once the Source Core is formed, the martial artist can truly utilize Source Power.

Lu Cheng's situation was not that of a normal martial artist, and there was no predecessor's path he could copy.

He could only temporarily set a method for himself.

Step one: Hundred Rivers Dispersing Blood, spreading qi and blood throughout the body to prevent backfire and body explosion.

Step two: Opening the source to enter the body, using the heat of qi and blood to attract the Source Power in the energy chamber.

Step three: Qi and blood fixing the wall, letting the Source Power rotate in the body to form a Source Core.

Step four: Compressing the residual blood, gathering the excess qi and blood again to avoid crushing the Source Core.

"Damn it, this is lethal!"

Lu Cheng almost cursed out loud on the spot; the concentration of Source Power in the energy chamber was already high, and the Source Crystal array on the surrounding walls was steadily releasing energy.

As his breathing rhythm changed, those Source Powers outside his body began to be drawn in, drilling into his skin bit by bit.

Completely opposite to the scorching heat of qi and blood, the Source Power was cold!

After the Source Power entered his body, it sank along the meridians, and the moment it touched the qi and blood, Lu Cheng's body shuddered violently.

Cold and hot collided within his body.

His meridians were numbed by the impact.

Lu Cheng forcibly stabilized his consciousness and guided those Source Powers to gather near the Dantian.

More and more Source Power was pulled in, forming a slowly rotating vortex within his body.

At the very center of the vortex, a tiny point of light gradually lit up.

The prototype of the Source Core.

Lu Cheng's spirits lifted.

"Did it work?"

The words had barely left his lips when his expression immediately changed.

The Source Core had just appeared when the absurdly massive qi and blood within his body pressed over again.

Too much qi and blood had been dispersed just now, and his body simply could not contain it everywhere.

When that qi and blood flowed back, it squeezed directly toward the newly born Source Core.

The Source Core prototype had only just formed and could not withstand this pressure at all.

If this continued, this thing would most likely be exploded by his own qi and blood.

Lu Cheng's eyelids twitched.

"Do I have to guard against killing myself just by breaking through a realm?"

He did not want to use his nine lives in such a stupid way!

No time to complain, the Hundred Rivers Returning to Body Breathing Technique operated again, and all the tributaries tightened simultaneously.

The excess qi and blood were stripped away from around the Source Core by him.

Compress.

Continue compressing.

Lu Cheng pressed those qi and blood to the other side of his lower abdomen, not letting them get close to the Source Core.

Qi and blood did not have the agility of Source Power; it was heavier, fiercer, and more brutal.

To suppress it, one had to use a stronger will to force it down.

Lu Cheng's eyes turned red, and large areas of crimson patterns appeared on his skin.

He could hear his heart beating wildly.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

Each beat carried a heavy vibration of blood energy.

The extra qi and blood were continuously compressed by him, from scattered red mist into blood flow.

From blood flow, it was compressed into a vortex, and from a vortex, it was bit by bit compressed into a spherical shape...

That sphere hovered next to the Source Core, entirely dark red, with fine qi and blood patterns rotating on its surface, so heavy that Lu Cheng's entire abdomen was aching.

Even Lu Cheng was stunned for a moment.

Holy shit, what is this thing?

A Blood Core?

The next second.

That qi and blood sphere shook violently.

Boom!

A dull wave exploded from within Lu Cheng's body.

The floor, walls, and ceiling of the energy chamber trembled slightly at the same time, the brightness of the Source Crystal array instantly increased, and protective runes appeared in circles.

In the monitoring room outside, the cup in the duty teacher's hand shook.

A student next to him had just walked to the door and was almost shaken to the ground.

"What the hell is going on??"

The duty teacher looked up sharply, looking at the energy chamber number.

"Room Seven? Is Lu Cheng inside?"

The energy values on the light screen were jumping crazily.

[Primary Source Power Room flow rate abnormal]

[Primary room Source Qi concentration dropping]

Inside the energy chamber, Lu Cheng could no longer hear the sounds outside.

He only felt the surrounding Source Power beginning to flow into his body crazily.

Extremely crazily, Source Power surged in through his skin, meridians, and breathing, the speed several times faster than before.

The newly born Source Core rotated, swallowing Source Power.

The Blood Core next to it also vibrated, forcibly driving the circulation of qi and blood throughout his body.

Even more bizarrely, Source Power and qi and blood began to intermingle.

One cycle unfolded around the Source Core.

Another cycle unfolded around the Blood Core.

Two sets of routes formed in his body simultaneously.

One cold and one hot, one light and one heavy.

Source Power traveled through meridians, qi and blood traveled through flesh and bones.

They reflected each other while remaining independent.

Lu Cheng felt the two spheres in his body, and he was completely stunned.

Left side: Source Core, pale gold light spots circulating.

Right side: Blood Core, dark red light pulsing heavily.

Between the two cores, there was a thin energy band connecting them; Source Power flowed from the Source Core, qi and blood vibrated from the Blood Core, and the two intersected at the edges of the meridians and flesh.

"What is this?"

"Dual-core drive?"

"Am I a martial artist, or a modified car?"

Lu Cheng's mouth twitched.

The Hextech system panel popped up in his mind.

[Name: Lu Cheng]

[Realm: Source Gathering Realm Primary]

[Qi and Blood: 10.24 He (1 He = 100 points)]

[Source Power: 103 points]

[Battle Skills: Collapsing Fist - Three Styles: Origin, Wandering Step - Origin, Hundred Rivers Returning to Body Breathing Technique - Origin, Hardening Pulse...]

[Talent: Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Bad Luck]

[Heartsteel Upgrade: Gain 1 He of qi and blood every day]

Lu Cheng stared at the Source Power column, stunned for several seconds.

103 points.

Many people only have a few points of Source Power storage when they first condense a Source Core, and they have to slowly rely on breathing techniques to absorb, refine, and expand capacity later.

He had just broken through and directly broke one hundred.

"This is too outrageous..."

Lu Cheng clenched his fist, the Blood Core vibrated slightly, and the Source Core lit up along with it.

A brand new power flowed along his arm.

Previously, he could only activate the Holy Dragon Armament in its full state for about ten seconds.

Now that the Source Core and Blood Core were providing energy simultaneously, the time was directly extended to about three minutes.

Three minutes was already long enough!

For Lu Cheng, it was enough to do a lot of things.

Lu Cheng slowly stood up from the ground, the sweat on his body having soaked through his training uniform.

He had just breathed a sigh of relief when a sharp pain suddenly struck his head.

Hum...!

Fragmented images rushed out.

An old room, dim light.

A very small child lying on the bed, with hands and feet fixed.

A man standing beside.

The man's face was blurred, but the aura was extremely familiar.

Lu Changfeng.

He raised his hand, faint Source Power flowing at his fingertips, pressing on the child's chest.

The child cried until his voice was hoarse.

Lu Changfeng did not stop.

Seals of patterns submerged into the body along the chest, suppressing the child's originally weak qi vessels one by one.

Lu Cheng grabbed his forehead sharply.

"What the hell..."

The picture was too real, it really felt like he had experienced it...

So, the original owner had difficulty running the breathing technique before because of Lu Changfeng?

Before he could sort it out, a ghostly cry came to his ears again...

The voice was intermittent, carrying fear.

"Don't... come out..."

"Don't... be discovered..."

Lu Cheng's eyes blurred, his ears filled with that repeated sentence.

He stumbled back half a step, his back hitting the wall of the energy chamber.

"Hiss..."

His head hurt terribly.

What is all this?

Damn it...

If you are going to transmit information to me, make it complete!

Lu Cheng took a few breaths, forcibly suppressing his emotions.

It was useless to think about it now; he looked down at his hands, where Source Power and qi and blood flowed alternately in his palms.

"Improve combat power first."

When Lu Cheng walked out of the energy chamber, the duty teacher was already standing at the door, his eyes complex, almost like looking at a monster.

"You... broke through?"

Lu Cheng nodded.

"Yes, Source Gathering Realm."

The duty teacher looked at the background data and then at him.

"You just drained forty percent of the Source Qi in Room Seven."

Lu Cheng blinked.

"You won't ask me to compensate, right? I will say it first, I paid on time, I have already paid the previous credits."

The duty teacher's mouth twitched.

"Not to that extent, the school isn't that stingy. It is just that normal freshmen don't drain five percent when they break through; yours is just too scary."

Lu Cheng nodded seriously.

"Then I will be more careful next time."

The duty teacher was silent for two seconds.

"You still want a next time?"

Lu Cheng gave a dry laugh and hurried away.

He did not return to the dormitory but went directly to the academy's library.

After having Source Power, he could use Source skills by combining Source Power and qi and blood. It could not be said to be definitely stronger than qi and blood martial arts, but the consumption was low, and it would have many more functions.

The subsequent development routes of the Source Gathering Realm are generally divided into two categories.

Immediately following, there would be two routes; some people would focus on the cultivation of Source Power, while others would strengthen the cultivation of the physical body.

However, most people in modern times still focus on Source Power. Among the currently public Saint Realms, only that Military God is primarily focused on the physical body and has cultivated all the way to the Saint Realm.

As for Lu Cheng... he felt that he had two cores in his body... he could cultivate with both as the main focus simultaneously.

On the other side.

In Su Wan's room, the temperature was frighteningly low.

The floor, table corners, and windowsill were all covered with a thin layer of frost.

She sat cross-legged on the bed, the cold air around her slowly converging, and finally all submerged into her body.

After more than ten days of polishing, the Holy Soul, bloodline, and physical body had become much more compatible.

What made her care more was that her soul power had recovered a bit.

Su Wan opened her eyes and looked down at the necklace on her chest.

Very faint light patterns flashed across the surface of the necklace.

She reached out and touched it, her fingertips slightly cool.

"Is the energy leaking from here what I absorbed?"

The recovery of soul power was of great significance.

Only by reaching the War King Realm can one cultivate soul power through the Soul Map.

The Soul Map can bring great enhancements to a martial artist in all aspects, and the damage caused by soul power is even more unexpected.

If she could cultivate it successfully now...

Su Wan's eyes moved slightly; not to mention the next fight, Lu Cheng would not be able to beat her in a short time.

Thinking of this, Su Wan's movements suddenly stopped.

There was one last punishment that had not been completed...

The average satisfaction score for the previous few love bento boxes was only about seventy-eight points.

This score made Su Wan feel a bit blocked in her heart; the reward tiers for eighty points and seventy points were completely different...

She was silent for a few seconds and stood up from the bed.

"No cultivation tonight."

She got up and walked to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, and looked at the ingredients she had bought in advance, secretly cheering herself up.

"One last time, the score must be higher."