65: Key Items

The Qi and Blood Manifestation expert, who was powerful and unrivaled in the eyes of Wang Luo and the other three, died tragically under Xiao Shi's single tiger roar.

Xiao Shi also realized that after his nine body refinements, the transformation of his Qi and Blood had enabled him to exert a strong suppression over other Martial Warriors of the Entrance to Martial Realm.

These Qi and Blood were not very obvious when they were on the Martial Warrior Puppet.

But once they were released from him, the effect was very significant.

Even an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level Qi and Blood Manifestation expert had no way to resist this Qi and Blood suppression.

This made Xiao Shi truly feel the power and extraordinary nature of the 'Blood Shadow Fury' realm.

As the highest realm of the Entering Martial Realm, once one reached this realm, it was like becoming the king of this realm.

One could exert absolute Qi and Blood suppression over everyone in the Entering Martial Realm.

However, reaching the Blood Shadow Fury realm was too difficult.

Unlike Qi and Blood Manifestation, which could be achieved through other methods besides body refinement, Blood Shadow Fury could only be achieved through body refinement.

And it had to be nine body refinements.

This also led to this realm almost being forgotten by people.

Now, very few people still knew about this realm.

As Wang Luo and the other three gradually regained consciousness, the first thing they saw was a ground full of shattered corpses!

When they confirmed that these shattered corpses came from the three Black-Robed Men, their minds were violently impacted.

"Could it be that mysterious expert who killed these three Black-Robed Men?"

Wang Luo was momentarily lost in thought.

In his eyes, an Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level Qi and Blood Manifestation expert was an invincible existence!

He found it hard to imagine how this mysterious expert had managed to eliminate such an invincible existence of the Entering Martial Realm!

Although their consciousness had now recovered, their brains were still somewhat muddled.

The effects brought about by Night Howl would take some time to fully recover from.

Night Howl's ability primarily had two aspects.

One was to form a powerful destructive attack with the roar.

When Xiao Shi used the Crimson Tiger's head to unleash it, its power was astonishing and the effect was quite good.

The other was to form a mental attack with the roar, causing people to feel dizzy and muddled.

However, this was only effective against those whose cultivation was lower than one's own.

For example, the three Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level Black-Robed Men were not greatly affected.

Soon, after Wang Luo and the other three had mostly recovered, they walked together into the cave ahead.

Inside the cave, there were numerous corpses.

These corpses were vast in number, and all of them had just been implanted with Evil Restraining Nails.

This also made them understand why those Black-Robed Men had appeared here.

Apparently, they had just placed these corpses in this hidden cave.

Without anyone noticing, these corpses would gradually transform into evil spirits as time passed.

Xiao Shi and the others quickly worked together to destroy all these corpses, leaving none behind.

As dawn broke, their group returned to the camp.

After Xiao Shi entered his tent, he eagerly checked his harvest from this trip.

The harvest this time was considerable.

After all, the four Black-Robed Men were all Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, and killing them would inevitably drop high-quality items.

In fact, Xiao Shi had already accumulated many high-quality items from killing evil spirits during this period.

It was just that his need for these high-quality items was no longer as great as it was at the beginning.

After all, with his current strength, even without relying on items, no one in the Entering Martial Realm would be his opponent.

And the gap with the Qi Martial Realm was too large.

Especially this difference in realms meant that many Entering Martial Rank items were ineffective for Qi Martial Realm Martial Warriors.

However, Xiao Shi still needed to constantly kill to obtain more items.

He urgently needed to obtain a key item that would allow him to take the final step and break through to become the strongest in the Entering Martial Realm.

"I hope this Qi and Blood Manifestation guy can drop such an item!"

Xiao Shi began to examine them carefully.

The items dropped by the other three Black-Robed Men, although all high-quality, could not bring about this breakthrough.

It wasn't until Xiao Shi saw the item dropped by the Qi and Blood Manifestation Black Robed Man that his breathing suddenly quickened.

"This is it!!!"

Xiao Shi's heart surged with excitement.

He had felt before that he was missing something to take the final step, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

Now, upon seeing the item dropped by the Qi and Blood Manifestation Black Robed Man, he finally knew what he had been lacking all along.

He excitedly looked at the item in his hand.

【Name: Cultivation Method Enhancement Scroll (Strongest Heaven Rank)】

【Type: Scroll】

【Grade: Entering Martial Rank】

【Description: One can select a cultivation method and record it onto the scroll. The scroll will automatically modify and perfect the cultivation method, making it the strongest cultivation method among the Heaven Rank.】

【Remark: The enhanced cultivation method does not require re-cultivation; it will be automatically mastered.】

..."What I was lacking was a cultivation method!!!"

Xiao Shi completely realized.

The Crimson Tiger Art he cultivated, although considered a decent cultivation method in Seven Stars Province, was only a Yellow Rank cultivation method.

Such a cultivation method, let alone comparing it with those top-tier Martial Warriors of the Entrance to Martial Realm, was not even the best cultivation method in Seven Stars Province.

Currently, Xiao Shi did have a better Earth Rank cultivation method, which he had obtained after killing evil spirits during this period.

But in the Entering Martial Realm, one could not change cultivation methods.

Especially if one had already cultivated a method to the Entering Martial Realm Ninth Level, it was even more impossible to change.

Once a cultivation method was cultivated, no other cultivation methods could be cultivated, unless it was an extension of that method.

Just like Night Tiger, it was created based on the Crimson Tiger Art, an extension of the Crimson Tiger Art cultivation method.

If it were other cultivation methods, he certainly couldn't cultivate them.

This meant that even if Xiao Shi had better cultivation methods, he couldn't cultivate them.

And without a good cultivation method, even if he completed nine body refinements, he couldn't become the strongest.

After all, other Martial Warriors of the Entrance to Martial Realm who completed nine body refinements mostly cultivated Heaven Rank cultivation methods.

The Crimson Tiger Art, a Yellow Rank cultivation method, simply couldn't compare to those Heaven Rank cultivation methods.

But now... a light gleamed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

According to the description of this [Cultivation Method Enhancement Scroll], he could use this scroll to directly upgrade the Crimson Tiger Art from a Yellow Rank cultivation method to a Heaven Rank cultivation method, and not just any Heaven Rank, but the strongest Heaven Rank cultivation method!!!

So, as long as the cultivation method was enhanced, he would be able to compensate for his weakness, thereby taking the final step and becoming the strongest in the Entering Martial Realm!

Xiao Shi took a deep breath, calming the surging emotions in his heart.

He unfurled the scroll in his hand.

The entire scroll was white, and besides two palm prints, there was nothing else on it.

Xiao Shi extended both hands simultaneously, pressing his palms onto the corresponding palm prints on the scroll, and began to recall the contents of the Crimson Tiger Art in his mind.

As he recalled, characters immediately appeared on the blank scroll.

In an instant, these characters covered half of the scroll.

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