253: The chance to grab the blood demon

All the energy Tang Ku currently possessed throughout his entire body was concentrated onto his right index finger in this single instant!

That’s right, all of it—including the kinetic energy his physical body could generate, whether it was Buddha Power, the defensive power unique to the Xuanwu True Skill, the amplitude power generated only when unleashing the Great Wilderness Divine Fist, or the energy provided by his Kryptonian physique... and even the power of the Kunpeng Mystic Skill he learned from Patriarch Bodhi—was concentrated onto his right index finger at this very moment!

Simply and plainly, he pointed his finger out. There was no grand display of power, yet it was incredibly effective.

Ding!

It was as crisp as spring water striking rock—simple and pure!

Snap!

A flash of light streaked across the point where his finger struck. Starting from that exact spot, the Haotian Mirror began to develop cracks, and then, with a bang, it shattered into countless fragments. The residual consciousness of Baimei also vanished without a trace at this moment, likely disappearing along with the shattering of the Haotian Mirror.

Boom!

The violently exploding Haotian Mirror turned into golden specks of light that filled the sky, slowly hovering in the blood-water. Where the Haotian Mirror had just been, a point of red light flickered incessantly. Although no opening was visible, it was clear that the space in that location had undergone some kind of distortion.

Tang Ku heard a voice in his ear say, "The Blood Sea Source is right below this; jump down and you will find it!"

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Ku suddenly laughed and jumped down without any hesitation.

The reason he had hesitated just now was that he feared this finger strike would cut off his own escape route; after all, the energy consumed was immense, having drained almost all the usable power from his body just to unleash that single strike.

Later, he realized that things were not as he had imagined.

When he retracted his Myriad Manifestations Tribulation Finger, he was surprised to discover that after the finger was pointed out, a large amount of residual energy flowed back, ultimately returning to where it had originated. Upon inspecting his internal state and doing some quick calculations, Tang Ku realized that the energy consumed by this finger strike was merely one-tenth of all the power within his body.

"This finger strike is actually still physical strength; it's just physical strength propelled by various types of energy, which is why the consumption is so low... Heh, that means I can still use the Myriad Manifestations Tribulation Finger nine more times in a short period... Hmm, no, wait—if I use it again later, won't the power of this move decrease..."

Tang Ku frowned slightly. "But fortunately, I have the Kunpeng Mystic Skill, which can compensate for some of the energy, more or less... Hmm, after I finish off the Blood Demon, it’ll be time to Cultivate the Kunpeng Mystic Skill and level it up!"

As his body passed through the spatial distortion, Tang Ku was shocked to find that the blood-water here had actually become clearer. After moving around a little, he realized that the blood sea in this small space below was no longer a simple sea of blood, but an entity purely condensed from Qi and blood energy. In other words, the energy here was incomparably pure—so pure that anyone could Cultivate here.

Tang Ku looked down and saw a long, slender object stuck in the ground. The immense Qi and blood energy was emanating from this thing, which looked like a blade. In other words, this was the Blood Sea Source that Baimei's residual consciousness had spoken of earlier.

"This thing is not simple. According to Baimei, as long as I destroy it, I will have a chance to completely eliminate the Blood Sea..."

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, then curled his lip and said, "But why should I destroy it?"

Just as he finished muttering to himself, he suddenly heard a voice urgently say, "Hurry, I can no longer control the Blood Demon's consciousness. My consciousness is about to be overwritten; you need to hurry... hurry and destroy the Blood Sea Source..."

"Baimei?"

Tang Ku smiled amusedly. "Why should I listen to you? Hmm, in fact, I already have another way to deal with this so-called Blood Demon..."

As he spoke, he sat cross-legged beside this blade and thought to himself, "I wonder what the origin of this divine weapon is, and why it possesses such power that it could form this Blood Sea..."

After thinking about it, he suddenly began to circulate the incantations of the Kunpeng Mystic Skill. Immediately, with his Dantian as the center, the pure Qi and blood energy in this lower Blood Sea began to pour incessantly towards his Dantian.

Qi and blood are also energy, and they are extremely pure, carrying no labels of good or evil. As long as one is human, one can absorb them, so Tang Ku had absolutely no psychological burden in absorbing this. Furthermore, the endless resentment and evil Qi contained in the upper Blood Sea were absent here.

"The Kunpeng Mystic Skill has nine levels. I have been Cultivating for so long, and I have always lingered between the first and second levels. According to what Subhuti said before, if I want to increase the speed at which the Kunpeng Mystic Skill absorbs energy to reach a higher level, I must constantly absorb energy to strengthen my Dantian... But where in the outside world is there so much pure energy for me to absorb? Heh, what a coincidence, I’ve just happened to catch such an Opportunity this time..."

Adhering to the principle that it's a fool who doesn't take advantage of a bargain, Tang Ku calmed his mind and began to circulate the Kunpeng Mystic Skill, starting to devour the surrounding Qi and blood energy.

At first, he could only absorb a thumb-sized ball of energy into his body per second, but as the energy continued to pour in, his Dantian, which hadn't expanded for a long time, actually showed signs of loosening.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the suction of his Dantian became larger and larger, increasing from the thumb-sized amount per second just moments ago to the size of an infant's fist...

"Hmm, does this count as snatching the Blood Demon's Opportunity? Heh, but this feeling is really great..."

The so-called strengthening and expanding of the Dantian does not mean increasing the physical range of the Dantian; everyone's Dantian is actually about the same size, but the amount of energy it can contain varies drastically. The difference lies in the Dantian's degree of decomposition and refinement of external energy, just as everyone's digestive ability is different, making the amount of energy and nutrients the body itself absorbs completely different. Everyone's Dantian "digestive ability" is also vastly different.

What Tang Ku needed to do now was to use the energy absorbed and devoured by the Kunpeng Mystic Skill, refine it bit by bit, and integrate it into his Dantian, then transform his Dantian into a more powerful purification machine to improve the quality, not the quantity, of the energy absorbed by his body.

Fortunately, this Qi and blood energy was very pure, so he basically didn't need to refine it much before his Dantian could quickly absorb it, which also made his Cultivation speed faster and faster, and his improvement method more and more skillful.

In just two or three minutes, it gradually grew from the size of an infant's fist to the size of an adult's fist per second, and then, it even became the size of a basketball, followed by doubling again. The absorption speed became faster and faster, and the absorption rate became stronger and stronger...

Finally, at a certain moment, Tang Ku's Dantian underwent a qualitative change, and the absorption rate instantly became one cubic meter per second.

And at this very moment, Tang Ku's actions were finally discovered by the Blood Demon!