208: Chapter 208 Mosquitoes Biting Elephants

Chapter 208: A Mosquito Biting an Elephant. Shen Qingyuan did not speak; he merely looked down at the blood-red light orb in his palm.

The light orb trembled violently in his palm, the phantoms of the Yao Beasts within struggling and roaring frantically, letting out shrill screeches.

But that hand remained completely motionless.

"Condense."

Shen Qingyuan gave a soft shout and raised his other hand, his slender fingers slowly tracing patterns in the Void Realm.

Streaks of profound and complex golden runes surged from his fingertips, sinking into the blood-red light orb.

The light orb suddenly burst with a blinding bloody light!

The bloody light was as blazing as fresh blood, illuminating the entire Gobi Desert!

The light orb began to deform and expand, as if kneaded by an invisible giant hand, slowly turning into a Blood Pool about ten feet square.

The Blood Pool was a perfect octagon, its walls condensed from crimson crystal stones, with fine golden runes flowing across its surface, exuding an ancient and weathered aura.

Within the pool, the blood-red liquid surged and boiled like hot lava, yet it contained a life force so dense it had almost materialized!

The life force was so strong that just taking a single breath of it would make one's pores dilate and cause the spiritual energy in their body to circulate frantically!

"This is..." Sun Buer scrambled up from the ground, quickly walked to the edge of the Blood Pool, and stared wide-eyed at the surging blood-red liquid.

In the library of the Taotie Pavilion, there was a record of an ancient Body Refining method—using the essence blood of Yao Beasts as a guide and a Formation as a furnace to temper the Physical Body, allowing one to shed their mortal body and exchange their bones.

But that method required an extremely massive amount of Yao Beast essence blood, and the grade requirements were exceptionally high.

Ordinary Cultivators simply could not afford it; even a Holy Land could only do it occasionally.

Yet, the Blood Pool in front of them—

The liquid in the Blood Pool was not ordinary Yao Beast essence blood at all, but the vital energy essence of a Saint Realm Great Yao!

Having been condensed and refined by Shen Qingyuan's Formation, the violent and tyrannical aura had been completely purified, leaving only the purest and gentlest vital energy!

Every single drop of vital energy essence at this level was priceless!

And now, the entire Blood Pool was filled to the brim with it!

"Senior, this... this is too precious..." Sun Buer's voice was trembling.

Shen Qingyuan glanced at him and said nonchalantly, "With your cultivation levels, you won't be able to consume much of it anyway."

Sun Buer's lips twitched, leaving him speechless.

Even if a Saint were to take their place, they probably wouldn't be able to absorb this entire pool of Saint Realm Yao Beast vital energy essence.

And they were merely minor Cultivators in the Huahong Realm and Dharma Image Realm, so what they could absorb was even more limited.

Saying it was like a mosquito biting an elephant was not an exaggeration.

Zhou Yuan and Qin Mo also gathered around. Looking at the surging blood-red liquid in the Blood Pool, their eyes were filled with shock and desire.

They could clearly feel how terrifying the power contained within the pool was.

If they could enter the Blood Pool for Body Refining, the strength of their Physical Bodies would increase by at least a whole level!

"All of you, get in," Shen Qingyuan said, tucking his hands into his sleeves as he leaned lazily against a large boulder. "You have the duration of a stick of incense. How much you can absorb depends on your own capability."

Shen Quan was the first to jump in.

*Splash!*

The crimson-gold liquid splashed as he submerged entirely into the Blood Pool.

The next moment—

"Ah—!"

A miserable shriek echoed from the Blood Pool, causing the entire Gobi Desert to tremble slightly.

Shen Quan's face instantly flushed crimson, veins popping on his forehead, cold sweat pouring like rain. He curled into a ball, his entire body shaking violently.

"So hot! So hot! It's burning me to death!"

His voice trembled as he desperately tried to climb out of the Blood Pool, only to find that his body would not obey him at all.

Surges of scorching power flooded into his body from all directions, frantically battering his Physical Body through his pores, Meridians, and bones!

It felt as if he had been thrown into a furnace, with every inch of his skin and every single bone being seared by raging flames!

"Don't move," Shen Qingyuan's voice drifted from outside the Blood Pool, still lazy. "This is the vital energy essence of a Saint King Realm Great Yao, containing a trace of Saint Dao Laws. It is only natural that a minor Cultivator in the Huahong Realm like you cannot bear it. Endure it, and you will shed your mortal body. Fail to endure it—"

He paused, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.

"And you will die inside."

Shen Quan froze, his face turning from crimson to a deathly pale.

Die?!

He swallowed hard, not daring to struggle anymore. Gritting his teeth, he frantically circulated his Cultivation Technique, guiding the scorching power to flow through his body.

Wherever that power passed, his Meridians felt as if they were being burned by fire, bringing waves of intense, searing pain.

Yet, Shen Quan could clearly feel that his Meridians were being widened and reinforced, and the speed of his spiritual energy circulation was several times faster than before!

His bones were also undergoing a transformation—becoming tougher and denser, with a faint crimson-gold light subtly flowing across their surface!

"It's working!"

Shen Quan's eyes lit up. Enduring the excruciating pain, he continued to guide the power to temper his Physical Body.

Shen Chong took a deep breath and also jumped into the Blood Pool.

He possessed the Azure Wood Precious Body, naturally close to life force, and his capacity to bear vital energy far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The moment he entered the Blood Pool, he felt streams of gentle power flood into his body, merging with the spiritual energy of his Azure Wood Precious Body and flowing slowly.

Wherever that power went, his Meridians, bones, and flesh were reinforced without any pain. Instead, there was a comfortable sensation, like soaking in a hot spring.

"As expected of the Azure Wood Precious Body," Shen Qingyuan nodded slightly.

Sun Buer, Zhou Yuan, and Qin Mo also jumped into the Blood Pool one after another.

Although Sun Buer's cultivation level was higher than Shen Chong's, his Physique was inferior. The moment he entered the Blood Pool, he grimaced in pain, almost crying out.

Yet, gritting his teeth, he held on desperately, frantically circulating the Cultivation Technique of the Taotie Pavilion to guide the vital energy to temper his Physical Body.

Zhou Yuan had it even worse. Although he was a Genius from Yinxian Village, his Physique was ordinary. Within less than three breaths of entering the Blood Pool, his entire body turned crimson, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of his skin, with blood seeping out alarmingly.

"Ah—!"

He finally could not help but scream miserably, rolling and struggling desperately in the Blood Pool.

"Steady your mind!" Qin Mo barked coldly, grabbing Zhou Yuan's arm and pressing him down into the Blood Pool. "Circulate your Cultivation Technique and guide the vital energy! Don't resist it; let it merge into your body!"

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, as he frantically circulated his Cultivation Technique.

The scorching power rampaged through his body. Wherever it passed, his Meridians ruptured inch by inch, only to quickly undergo Rebirth under the nourishment of the vital energy.

Rupture, Rebirth, rupture, Rebirth...

With each Reincarnation, his Meridians became a fraction tougher than before, and the speed of his spiritual energy circulation increased slightly.

Seeing that Zhou Yuan had stabilized, Qin Mo let go of his hand, closed his eyes, and began to guide the vital energy to temper his own Physical Body.

He was a Sword Cultivator with extremely high talent in the Sword Dao, but his Physical Body had always been his shortcoming.

If he could seize this opportunity to strengthen his Physical Body, his combat strength would increase by at least thirty percent!

The five of them sat cross-legged in the Blood Pool, each circulating their own Cultivation Technique, frantically absorbing the vital energy essence in the pool.

Shen Qingyuan glanced at the crowd in the Blood Pool, then raised his head slightly to look at the blood-red sun on the horizon.

"It is time to meet that Venerable Chiling!"

He leapt up, transforming into a streak of rainbow light, and flew straight into the blood-red sun.

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