163: Refining the Innate Martial Blood

While he was secretly delighted, he also felt a tension about not revealing his identity.

If Wu Muzhen knew that he was so respectful to a Blood Martial Realm martial artist, what would he think? No matter what.

His identity as Hall Master of Tianji Hall must not be exposed.

As long as no one knew he was the current Hall Master of Tianji Hall,

he would be able to continuously gain many conveniences and benefits through this identity.

After Wu Muzhen's soul returned,

he did not linger in Zhongjiu City for too long.

Although he failed to find the heavenly secret box this time, he had already made a contribution.

He was extremely looking forward to the Hall Master's future rewards for his merits.

As soon as Wu Muzhen left, Xiao Shi immediately began to act.

Swoosh!

His figure moved.

He rushed out impatiently.

He went directly to one of the Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

At this moment, this Blood Martial Realm martial artist was sitting on the ground with a dispirited expression, swallowing a healing elixir with great difficulty.

Although the healing elixir he swallowed was quite extraordinary,

the injuries he suffered this time were too severe.

Moreover, this was an attack from a powerful expert above the Martial Soul Realm.

It was not so easy to recover from.

"Hmm?"

Just then,

this Blood Martial Realm martial artist suddenly turned his head as if he had sensed something.

Although he was severely injured at this moment,

his perception was not affected.

He clearly sensed that someone had appeared behind him!

However, the moment he turned his head,

Xiao Shi, who was in the shadows, had already raised his hand and slashed fiercely towards him.

Chii!

The shadow of a blood axe suddenly roared out from the shadows, slashing out.

With astonishing speed, it swept towards this Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

Even though this Blood Martial Realm martial artist was already severely injured,

Xiao Shi, ever cautious, still held nothing back, striking with his full power!

This Blood Martial Realm martial artist instinctively tried to resist.

But as soon as his body moved, it aggravated his injuries, causing a large amount of blood mist to instantly burst from his body.

His body was also covered with numerous cracks.

His entire body seemed as if it was about to shatter.

The Blood Power within him also experienced stagnation in its circulation, making it impossible for it to erupt from his body.

This resulted in him being completely unable to defend against Xiao Shi's slash.

Chii!

He was instantly annihilated by the blood axe Xiao Shi slashed out.

And the moment he eliminated this Blood Martial Realm martial artist,

Xiao Shi's right hand directly reached out.

He grabbed the Blood Martial Realm martial artist's abdomen.

His entire palm instantly pierced through the Blood Martial Realm martial artist's body, plunging into his abdomen, and seizing... his Natal Martial Blood from within!

And he unleashed the "Deviant Blood Tiger Transformation Scripture."

He began to refine the Natal Martial Blood within this Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

This was Xiao Shi's primary cultivation method in the Blood Martial Realm!

Through the Deviant Blood Tiger Transformation Scripture, he refined various different Natal Martial Bloods to strengthen his own Natal Martial Blood.

When Xiao Shi killed the previous Blood Martial Realm martial artist, he had already intended to refine the opponent's Natal Martial Blood.

However, that Blood Martial Realm martial artist chose to detonate his own Natal Martial Blood.

This prevented Xiao Shi from refining his Natal Martial Blood.

Now, this Blood Martial Realm martial artist, severely injured by Wu Muzhen, was powerless even if he wanted to detonate the Natal Martial Blood within him.

This allowed Xiao Shi, after killing him, to successfully seize his Natal Martial Blood and begin refining it!

However, the refinement of Natal Martial Blood could not be completed in a short time.

Especially now, with time being of the essence.

Xiao Shi could not slowly refine it here.

He could only temporarily store the opponent's Natal Martial Blood within his body and refine it later.

He quickly picked up the items that dropped after the opponent's death.

He didn't rush to examine them.

He directly threw them into his storage bag.

Then, his figure moved.

With extreme speed, he rushed towards the next Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

He knew that he must eliminate these Blood Martial Realm martial artists while their injuries were at their most severe.

To avoid any accidents.

After all, such an opportunity... was extremely rare.

If he missed it, it would be gone.

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi, moving through the shadows, was extremely fast.

He quickly arrived near the second Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

This person was a Second Blood!

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Shi would certainly not be his opponent.

But now, this Two-Blood Blood Warrior Realm, after suffering severe injuries, was unable to exert his full strength.

However, Xiao Shi remained cautious.

He did not use the same method he used to kill the previous Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

As the saying goes, even a broken boat has three pounds of iron.

Who knew if these Second Bloods still had some desperate means?

Xiao Shi had already suffered a loss from the detonation of Natal Martial Blood before.

He didn't want to repeat the same mistake.

Whoosh!

Immediately,

he stopped advancing about ten meters away from the opponent.

He unleashed the drop of blood he had refined earlier with the [Blood Refining Art].

Buzz!

This was a peculiar drop of blood with vines entanglement on its surface.

After floating out from Xiao Shi's body, it hovered in front of him.

"Go!"

Xiao Shi pointed towards the Blood Martial Realm martial artist in front of him.

Swish!

This blood, entwined with vines, flashed quickly in the air, stirring up a whistling sound of tearing airflow, and shot towards the Blood Martial Realm martial artist in front with extreme speed.

During the impact,

the vines on the blood quickly grew larger, transforming into thick vines resembling giant pythons.

They swept roaringly towards the Blood Martial Realm martial artist in front.

And this Blood Martial Realm martial artist had noticed this impacting deviant blood early on.

His face was grim.

In his current state, he was completely unable to resist.

Originally, he had some treasures that could save his life even when he was not in good condition.

But when Wu Muzhen searched their storage bags earlier, he took all the treasures from their storage bags.

Leaving him with nothing now.

In an instant,

numerous thick vines, like giant pythons, had already roared and arrived before this Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

These vines were like chains.

They wrapped around this Blood Martial Realm martial artist, firmly binding his body.

And as they bound him, a powerful squeezing force continuously destroyed and damaged the Blood Martial Realm martial artist's body.

This drop of blood, refined by Xiao Shi with the [Blood Refining Art],

not only had the effect of entanglement and restraint,

but also carried extremely powerful destructive force.

Moreover, because Xiao Shi used only Qi Warrior Grade materials when refining this drop of blood, the restraining effect of this blood was far less potent than its destructive power.

Puff!

Soon,

this Blood Martial Realm martial artist's body exploded under the squeezing of these vines.

His flesh and blood splattered, his bones shattered.

His Natal Martial Blood also fell into Xiao Shi's hands.

And Xiao Shi also realized that.

Even a Two-Blood Blood Warrior Realm martial artist, in his current severely injured state, found it difficult to resist.

After picking up the items that dropped after his death, he continued to charge towards the third Blood Martial Realm martial artist.

Just like that,

under Xiao Shi's continuous attacks,

these Blood Martial Realm martial artists in Zhongjiu City were successively killed by him.

He not only successfully obtained various items that dropped after killing them,

but Xiao Shi also harvested the Natal Martial Blood of these Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

Puff!

When the last Blood Martial Realm martial artist also died in Xiao Shi's hands,

Xiao Shi then focused his gaze on that Martial Soul Realm expert.

A killing intent couldn't help but flicker in his eyes.

This Martial Soul Realm expert was also severely injured now.

This stirred a murderous thought in Xiao Shi's heart.

Although the items dropped after killing this Martial Soul Realm expert would definitely not be useful at this stage, if there was such an opportunity to kill a Martial Soul Realm expert, Xiao Shi naturally would not want to miss it.

Thinking of this,

Xiao Shi immediately entered the shadows, first arriving near this Martial Soul Realm martial artist to observe.

He did not rush to make a move.

The opponent was, after all, in the Martial Soul Realm.

Without knowing his trump cards, Xiao Shi could not act rashly.

As he observed,

he clearly saw... although this Martial Soul Realm expert was now severely injured, with shocking wounds all over his body, giving the impression that his entire body would collapse and explode if touched even slightly,

yet beside him,

there was still a gray soul shadow guarding him.

This gray soul shadow was no longer as intact as before.

There were holes and deficiencies all over its body.

But the presence of this gray soul shadow made Xiao Shi dare not rush forward to attack.

Even though this gray soul shadow was not at its peak state now,

it still gave Xiao Shi an extremely strong sense of crisis.

After all... this was a powerful technique belonging to the Martial Soul Realm!

"It seems there's no chance..."

Xiao Shi smiled bitterly, feeling helpless.

Indeed, killing a Martial Soul Realm expert was not an easy task.

Even a Martial Soul Realm expert who had suffered severe injuries still possessed strong self-preservation abilities.

It was not something a Blood Martial Realm could pick up a bargain from.

At the same time,

Xiao Shi also noticed... that he wasn't the only one eyeing this Martial Soul Realm expert.

In another direction,

there were also two people, glaring covetously at this Martial Soul Realm expert from a distance.

Both of these individuals were Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

Even if Xiao Shi didn't know them, he knew.

These two must be the former city lord of Zhongjiu City and his subordinate.

Wu Muzhen's previous attack did not harm either of them.

They had also witnessed Wu Muzhen's attack.

Upon seeing this Martial Soul Realm expert severely injured,

they also harbored thoughts of "picking up a bargain."

However, after seeing the soul shadow guarding the Martial Soul Realm expert, they had no choice but to abandon their intentions.

And realizing that he couldn't kill this Martial Soul Realm expert, Xiao Shi didn't linger there any longer.

For him,

it was best if he could kill him.

If not, he wouldn't force it.

He couldn't risk killing such a powerful expert whose cultivation far exceeded his own.

All in all,

his gains this time were already immense.

Far exceeding his initial plan.

He had originally just passed through here... now, however, he had successfully eliminated fourteen Blood Martial Realm martial artists, acquiring fourteen Blood Martial Grade items, and also gaining over ten Natal Martial Bloods within his body.

"Huge harvest!!"

Xiao Shi's heart was incredibly excited.

The only regrettable thing... was that Wu Muzhen had taken everything from the storage bags of these Blood Martial Realm martial artists.

This meant that after killing them, he didn't obtain any treasures from them.

However, fourteen Blood Martial Grade items were also an incredibly huge harvest!

After all, with Xiao Shi's current strength and cultivation, killing Blood Martial Realm martial artists was not easy.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to eliminate so many Blood Martial Realm martial artists at once.

Currently, Xiao Shi directly left Zhongjiu City, this place of trouble.

Although the Martial Soul Realm expert of Zhongjiu City was severely injured,

he was still alive.

Staying there would still carry risks.

He traveled all the way to another city.

He planned to rest here first.

After entering this city as a rogue cultivator, Xiao Shi found an inn and settled down.

"Next, it's time to gradually refine the Natal Martial Blood!"

Xiao Shi felt the numerous Natal Martial Bloods within his body.

He began to refine them one by one.

To continuously improve in the Blood Martial Realm, he needed to strengthen himself by refining different Natal Martial Bloods.

He first chose a type of Natal Martial Blood with a scorching aura.

Through refinement,

he discovered that the speed of refining Natal Martial Blood primarily depended on two points.

One was the compatibility with one's own Natal Martial Blood.

If the Natal Martial Blood being refined had a higher degree of compatibility with one's own Natal Martial Blood, then the refinement would be relatively faster.

The other point depended on the strength of the Natal Martial Blood.

Different Natal Martial Bloods also had distinctions in strength.

After all, Natal Martial Blood was formed from Blood Source.

There were also True Blood and Mortal Blood distinctions.

The stronger the Natal Martial Blood, the higher the difficulty of refinement.

However, these Blood Martial Realm martial artists were basically only Mortal Blood Blood Martial Realm martial artists, and Xiao Shi did not find any True Blood Blood Martial Realm martial artists among them, so the difficulty of refining these Natal Martial Bloods was not too great.

However, Xiao Shi discovered... that the Natal Martial Bloods of many of these Blood Martial Realm martial artists were quite similar, belonging to the same type of Natal Martial Blood.

And his Deviant Blood Tiger Transformation Scripture required refining various different Natal Martial Bloods.

This type of identical Natal Martial Blood could only be refined once.

This made him a bit frustrated.

He had originally thought that he had harvested many Natal Martial Bloods this time.

After all, among the Blood Martial Realm martial artists he had killed, some had already reached Second Blood, possessing two Natal Martial Bloods within their bodies.

As a result, among so many Natal Martial Bloods, there were quite a few of the same type.

However, with the refinement,

Xiao Shi's own Natal Martial Blood also continuously strengthened.

And as it strengthened,

Xiao Shi also felt that some of the refined Natal Martial Blood's aura had been added to his own Natal Martial Blood.

Thump!

Thump!

The entire mass of Natal Martial Blood within his body pulsed like a heart, with a certain specific rhythm.

Although Xiao Shi was still very unfamiliar with the use of Natal Martial Blood's power,

if he were to refine another deviant blood with the [Blood Refining Art] now, the destructive power of the entire deviant blood would definitely be much stronger than the previous one!

And if there were Blood Martial Grade materials... it would further elevate by another tier!

This made Xiao Shi have an incredibly strong expectation for the numerous Blood Martial Grade items that dropped this time.