Chapter 1146: Chapter 1146: 999 Drops
"How is this possible?" Yu Feng’s face changed dramatically.
Bound by the rope, unable to move, unable to dodge, and yet taking a full-force strike from a Saint King Realm Martial Artist without a scratch?
"Impossible, I refuse to believe it." Yu Feng looked instantly crazed and swung a palm towards Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi shook his head indifferently.
Just as Yu Feng’s palm was about to strike, a fist wrapped in flames punched forward heavily.
Boom... a loud explosion.
Yu Feng was blasted a hundred meters off the Martial Arts Arena and skidded dozens of meters on the ground before coming to a stop.
When he stopped, his clothes were already in tatters.
On his chest, a flaming fist imprint was glaringly conspicuous.
"Pff." Yu Feng spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out on the spot.
The Green Snake Rope, which was originally coiled around Xiao Yi, suddenly went limp and fell powerlessly.
From the audience, Yu An’s expression changed, "Yu Feng."
The next second, a cold gaze fixed on Xiao Yi, "Kid, return the treasures of my Yu family immediately, and don’t even think about keeping them for yourself."
"Ha." Xiao Yi sneered, "Such trash, I wouldn’t even take it if you offered it to me."
"You..." Yu An’s face turned black instantly.
The Supreme Treasure of the Yu family, a Low Grade Holy Device, was actually called trash?
Xiao Yi paid no attention to his reaction and looked towards the referee.
The referee nodded, "In this match, Master Yi Xiao is victorious."
Xiao Yi stood casually on the Martial Arts Arena, awaiting any challengers.
Ten minutes later, no one stepped onto the platform.
The referee directly announced Xiao Yi’s final victory, securing the slot.
Xiao Yi’s figure flickered and he left the Martial Arts Arena.
...
Hours later, the battles on the Martial Arts Arena concluded one by one.
The slots were ultimately decided.
Xiao Yi was the first to win, and thus was the first to enter the Blood Pool.
Subsequently, other Martial Artists who secured slots entered one after another.
However, there was an interlude that surprised many Martial Artists.
Ming’an City Lord entered the Blood Pool with a child of only seven or eight years old.
The surrounding Martial Artists all knew that this child was the young son of Ming’an City Lord, the Young City Lord of Ming’an City.
Ming’an City Lord placed the child in the Blood Pool, then seriously glanced at Xiao Yi, "Master Yi Xiao, my son is still young."
"This is precisely his Martial Arts Enlightenment period."
"Later, I would appreciate it if Master Yi Xiao could look after him."
"Don’t worry." Xiao Yi took a look at the child and nodded.
As Ming’an City Lord left, the Martial Artists began absorbing.
Xiao Yi also started absorbing.
After a while, Xiao Yi furrowed his brow slightly.
This Blood Pool was refined by blending countless Demon Beast Essence Blood with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
The power contained within was immensely abundant.
However, this abundance had almost no significant effect on Xiao Yi’s physical strength.
As for absorbing power to increase cultivation, given Xiao Yi’s vast Small World, this also had little effect.
The only benefit for Xiao Yi was the power of these Demon Beast Essence Bloods, which could be transformed into Asura Power upon absorption.
The Asura Battle Body, which had been stagnant for a long time, almost immediately began ’devouring’ the essence blood’s power as soon as Xiao Yi started absorbing from the Blood Pool.
The entire Blood Pool went berserk in an instant.
Blood bubbles rolled up in the pool.
The surrounding Martial Artists were not alarmed; instead, they were delighted.
"Such a vigorous Blood Pool indicates an astonishingly fast absorption rate by these Martial Artists."
"It seems that this event’s winning Martial Artists are all extraordinary."
The surrounding Martial Artists laughed.
Ming’an City Lord also smiled with satisfaction.
The stronger the Martial Artists, the better for Ming’an City and the surrounding dozen cities.
However, they might not have realized that the real reason for the Blood Pool’s frenzy and sudden surge in absorption speed was solely Xiao Yi’s rapid absorption.
Time slowly passed.
Two full hours later.
Within the Blood Pool, the originally crimson blood gradually lost its color.
This indicated that the power within was continuously diminishing.
As he absorbed, Xiao Yi also conducted introspection of his internal state.
This Blood Pool was almost useless for his normal cultivation.
But for his Asura Battle Body training, it was highly effective.
The Asura Power within him was increasing at a visibly rapid pace.
In just two hours, his physical strength had continuously surged and broken through.
After another hour.
Xiao Yi’s absorption suddenly halted.
Within, the Asura Power had reached exactly 999 drops.
This signified that his Asura Battle Body had been cultivated to the Seventh Layer Peak.
His physical strength had also reached the Heavenly Extreme Peak.
However, this sudden stop in absorption also meant the increase in physical strength had come to an abrupt halt.
It wasn’t that he wanted to stop, but that he could no longer cultivate further.
At present, with 999 drops of Asura Power, just one drop short of a thousand, his physical strength could step into the Saint Realm.
But, this single remaining drop was like an insurmountable chasm blocking his path.
The reason is simple.
The Asura Battle Body has only seven layers; reaching this point is the limit, and no further breakthrough is possible.
"I can’t believe that a Heaven-defying Technique like the Asura Battle Body would merely reach this level," Xiao Yi thought to himself.
He obtained the Asura Battle Body from the Cave Mansion of the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch, and there were only the first four layers, corresponding to the Innate, Mysterious Profundity, Mystic Breakthrough, and Earth Origin stages in Martial Artist cultivation.
The last three layers were obtained in the Blood Mist Valley, corresponding to the Heavenly Element, Earth Extreme, and Heavenly Extreme stages.
Heavenly Extreme Peak is the end of the Asura Battle Body’s Seventh Layer.
And now, Xiao Yi had fully mastered the Seventh Layer Peak.
But he clearly felt that this Seventh Layer Peak was not the end.
The cultivation of the Asura Battle Body had definitely not reached its conclusion.
However, Xiao Yi had no way of knowing how to continue the cultivation.
In fact, with his current strength, the physical strength from just the Heavenly Extreme Peak had little effect on him.
However, these 999 drops of Asura Power, if used in the Boundary Shattering Fist, could unleash an astonishing force instantly.
"Oh well, I can only leave it for now," Xiao Yi thought quietly.
His intuition told him that if he could condense this last drop of Asura Power, the cultivation of the Asura Battle Body would undergo a qualitative change, even a leap.
But, currently having no means to continue the cultivation, he had no choice but to let it be.
He ceased the absorption in the Blood Pool.
Then, he shifted his gaze to the child on the side of the Blood Pool.
With a slight movement of his fingers, streams of blood-red power from within the Blood Pool flowed into the child instantly.
Martial Arts Enlightenment, this cleansing and refining to create an optimal cultivation physique, is one of the most crucial aspects.
For Xiao Yi, an Alchemist, helping a child perfectly undergo Martial Arts Enlightenment was not difficult, it was merely a minor chore.
Another hour passed.
Within the Blood Pool, all the liquid transformed into colorless water.
The entire Blood Pool now seemed to be filled with nothing but ordinary clear water.
The power within had been completely absorbed by 50 Martial Artists.
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Third update.
