52: Qi and blood become shadow

The biggest difference between the Blood Rain Formation and the Swamp Array is that the Blood Rain Formation does not have a limit on its uses.

The key to activating the Blood Rain Formation lies mainly in qi and blood; as long as qi and blood are injected into the formation flags, this formation can be activated.

There's no need to worry about a limit on its uses.

However, considering the range of the formation, Xiao Shi felt it best not to try it within the Night Watch Division.

If the range were too large... and it was detected by others, that would be bad.

So, he left the city directly.

He arrived at an open area outside the city.

Only then did he insert the formation flags into the ground and activate the formation.

For his initial attempt,

Xiao Shi did not inject too much qi and blood into the formation flags.

This resulted in the formation's range, after the flags spread out, being only a hundred meters.

The moment this hundred-meter formation took shape,

blood-colored raindrops appeared from within the formation.

These blood-colored raindrops possessed extremely strong corrosiveness and penetrative power.

When they fell on the rocks and ground within this area, they not only directly penetrated through, creating numerous holes, but also caused a sizzling sound of burning to emanate from within the holes.

Xiao Shi pondered this thoughtfully.

He re-injected more qi and blood into the formation flags.

Whoosh!

This time, the range of the formation's dispersion directly reached a thousand meters!

The blood rain within the formation also became denser, and its corrosive and penetrative power became even more astonishing.

Fighting within such a formation would undoubtedly give Xiao Shi a great advantage.

At the same time, he would not fear being surrounded by enemies.

However, if he were to deal with a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior, he would need to inject more qi and blood into the formation.

Otherwise, if the blood rain's power was insufficient, it would be difficult to threaten a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior.

Fortunately, Xiao Shi's qi and blood were currently abundant.

It was enough to sustain the use of this formation without much pressure.

"If I go to eradicate other evil forces later, I can use this formation for large-scale extermination."

Xiao Shi was quite satisfied with this formation.

He then took out the Martial Warrior Puppet.

The entire puppet was two meters tall, humanoid, with thick limbs and a torso.

The use of this puppet also relied on qi and blood.

As Xiao Shi channeled qi and blood into the puppet,

he could immediately use this qi and blood to control the puppet.

He tried to control the puppet to punch him.

Crack!

He reached out and grabbed the punch thrown by the puppet, using this to gauge the puppet's punching power.

"It has roughly the strength of an Entering Martial Realm Sixth Level..."

He tried to channel in more qi and blood.

He controlled the puppet to sweep its leg towards him.

At the same time, he also kicked out, and his kick collided fiercely with the puppet's sweeping leg.

Bang!

A dull explosion echoed in the air.

"If enough qi and blood are channeled in, this puppet can completely unleash strength comparable to a Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior!"

Xiao Shi's eyes flickered.

This way,

he would have the assistance of an additional Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warrior.

And since this puppet was controlled by him, there would be no issues with coordinating with himself.

"If combined with the Qi and Blood Surge Pill, both the formation and the puppet would become even more formidable!"

With this formation and puppet,

Xiao Shi's overall strength also received a significant boost.

After he finished experimenting,

he returned to the Night Watch Division.

He prepared to undergo his sixth and seventh body refinements.

He was equally looking forward to this body refinement.

After all, after the sixth body refinement, there would be an additional enhancement.

The previous additional enhancement directly allowed him to achieve Qi and Blood Release at Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level, and he was very curious to know what kind of enhancement would appear this time!

...Night Watch Division.

Inside the Director of the Night Watch Department's study.

The four captains stood before the Director of the Night Watch Department, their expressions grave.

The Director of the Night Watch Department also frowned deeply.

Recently, the areas around Jin Yun City had become increasingly unstable.

Evil spirits were appearing frequently.

It was already subtly getting out of control.

Evil spirits had always been a threat to humanity.

Usually, the Night Watch would regularly clear out the surrounding evil spirits to ensure the safety of Jin Yun City.

However, most of the time, the Night Watch of Team A were responsible for clearing out the surrounding evil spirits.

But now... with the frequent appearance of evil spirits, the Night Watch of Team A alone were somewhat unable to control the situation.

"Effective immediately, Team B, Team C, and Team Ding will work together to clear out the surrounding evil spirits and prevent their rampant spread."

The Director of the Night Watch Department said in a deep voice.

Unless absolutely necessary,

he did not want the other three teams to get involved.

After all, given the power of evil spirits, even the Night Watch of Team A would suffer certain casualties.

Once the other three teams also joined... it was imaginable that the Night Watch would inevitably suffer a large number of casualties!

This was something the Director of the Night Watch Department did not wish to see.

But he had no choice but to do so.

Once evil spirits became rampant, it would directly threaten Jin Yun City.

The consequences would be extremely severe.

"The appearance of so many evil spirits cannot be without reason; while clearing them out, we must also quickly investigate the reason behind it!"

The Director of the Night Watch Department ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The four captains nodded in unison... "Sixth Body Refinement... success!"

Xiao Shi felt the enhancement of his body and the surge of his qi and blood.

Under body refinement,

even though he had already reached Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, his physical body would continue to improve, with no limits.

However, the biggest change in this body refinement

was not the enhancement of his physical body.

But rather... the massive surge of qi and blood!

Among his many increases in qi and blood, the largest increase was when he broke through from Entering Martial Realm Eighth Level to Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

However, this increase in qi and blood... was no less than that breakthrough.

This deeply shook Xiao Shi's heart.

He realized that the additional enhancement of the sixth body refinement was very likely related to qi and blood.

As a large amount of qi and blood surged within his body, when he tried to release all of it from his body,

the numerous qi and blood swirling around his body actually manifested into a Crimson Tiger head!

The entire Crimson Tiger head was lifelike, exuding majesty.

Beneath its crimson eyes, a gaping maw suddenly opened, revealing a mouthful of fangs, letting out a silent roar.

"This is..."

Xiao Shi's mind trembled.

He thought of a special realm of Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level.

Qi and Blood Manifestation!

This was a realm that could only be achieved when one's qi and blood reached an extremely terrifying level.

Ninth Level Entrance to Martial Realm Warriors who could achieve this... were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns! One in ten thousand!

"The additional enhancement of the sixth body refinement is Qi and Blood Manifestation!!!"

Xiao Shi's heart surged with excitement.

The improvement brought by Qi and Blood Manifestation

was akin to the Qi and Blood Release he experienced before.

If Qi and Blood Release was considered the first realm of Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, then Qi and Blood Manifestation was the second realm of Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level!

The difference was... anyone could achieve Qi and Blood Release.

But Qi and Blood Manifestation could only be successfully achieved by a very small fraction of people.

Once Qi and Blood Manifestation was achieved, then among those of the same realm, only those who could also achieve Qi and Blood Manifestation would be able to contend with Xiao Shi.

All other Entering Martial Realm Ninth Levels... were mere ants before him!

This brought him another step closer to his goal of becoming the strongest in the Entering Martial Realm!