Chapter 1202: Chapter 1202: Breakthrough, Saint King Realm
Tianling Forest.
Xiao Yi lay unconscious on the ground.
He had been severely injured for a long time, his body weak, and his life was in danger.
A Saint Realm Peak, enduring the explosion of a Martial Arts Emperor at close range, the heavy consequences are imaginable.
In such a situation, he suffered another blow from a sword cultivator of unfathomable power.
For a normal martial artist, such continuous severe injuries bring them near death, and if they pass out, they may never wake up again.
They might directly perish from severe injuries while unconscious.
That middle-aged man, with immense strength and keen judgment, was unlikely to be wrong.
He judged that Xiao Yi was near death and could only perish from the injuries, and he was almost never wrong.
This was the reason why he left gracefully after delivering a palm strike.
However, this judgment only applies to a normal martial artist, not necessarily to Xiao Yi.
"Bastard." Xiao Yi struggled forcefully and slowly opened his eyes.
His muddled eyes could only open slightly.
If not for the faint breathing, his severely injured body might already be indistinguishable from a dead person.
Normally, Xiao Yi would also gradually die from serious injuries while in a coma in such circumstances.
But Xiao Yi had suffered life-threatening injuries too many times.
He survived numerous near-death experiences.
He came through many serious injuries and comas.
Various severe injuries were already commonplace experiences for him.
He had walked the edge of life and death countless times; his body had instinctive and sensitive reactions to such severe injuries.
This allowed him to forcibly wake up from his coma.
And since he woke up, what followed was simple for him.
For Xiao Yi, as long as he hasn’t died yet, no matter how serious the injury, it can’t do anything to him.
Bang...
A surge of golden flames instantly condensed.
Xiao Yi didn’t even need any action; with just a thought, he condensed the Golden Flame Sacred Fire.
The golden flames had no trace of high temperature, instead, they were extremely gentle.
The flames wandered around his entire body, constantly healing his injuries.
Moreover, the 999 drops of Asura Power within him had preserved his faint breath of life earlier.
"Phew." An hour later, Xiao Yi exhaled a breath.
The pain on his body had lessened considerably, and his injuries had alleviated somewhat.
At this point, Xiao Yi temporarily stopped his healing.
Ignoring his disheveled state, he lightly tapped with his fingers, and the Cold Flame Sword leaped back.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he absorbed the Blood-sucking Pearl into his hand.
Whoosh... His figure flashed, rapidly flying away.
This place was definitely not suitable for staying long.
Now that he was severely injured, he had to find a safe place to heal quickly.
As for taking away the Blood-sucking Pearl, firstly, he couldn’t let such an Ancient Evil Artifact linger here.
Secondly, the old evil cultivator was already dead, and this thing was proof of him completing the task.
That substantial reward, especially the high Task Points for this mission, Xiao Yi hadn’t forgotten.
...
Several hours later, Xiao Yi flew tens of thousands of miles away.
He casually found a remote mountain forest and opened a cave to enter for healing.
In fact, not far from the Tianling Forest was Tianling City.
In the large city, it is considered a relatively safe place.
But for a severely injured martial artist, a secluded place is far safer than a crowded one.
Inside the cave.
After setting up several Prohibition Barriers, Xiao Yi hurriedly sat cross-legged.
An entire body of Primordial Power was instantly mobilized to nourish his injuries; a handful of elixirs were continuously thrown into his belly.
With Xiao Yi’s capability, at most, in a few days, he could fully heal his injuries.
However, he had barely sat down when the Cold Flame Sword emitted a strong light again.
The Blood-sucking Pearl flew out from the Universe Ring.
Whoosh... The Cold Flame Sword once again adhered to the Blood-sucking Pearl.
"Again?" Xiao Yi was first surprised, then shook his head, too lazy to intervene.
For the Cold Flame Sword, Xiao Yi had already authorized it to absorb the power of the Blood-sucking Pearl.
Therefore, it started absorbing directly.
Xiao Yi didn’t bother to intervene; since the Cold Flame Sword needed this power, let it absorb.
After all, even if the Blood-sucking Pearl, such evil artifact, gets destroyed, Xiao Yi wouldn’t care.
The Blood-sucking Pearl was a treasure sought after by evil cultivators.
But for a normal martial artist, it was entirely unusable.
Even if there was a way to use it, it would still harm mental states, hurting oneself and others.
"Phew." Xiao Yi took a deep breath, focusing on his healing.
Yet suddenly, a surge of immense Blood Qi instantly engulfed the entire cave.
The Blood Qi flooded into Xiao Yi’s body automatically.
The healing Xiao Yi’s face was stunned.
"Sword Spirit, you can absorb it yourself."
The Sword Spirit’s ’heroic’ action startled Xiao Yi.
Connected with his aura, the Cold Flame Sword absorbed power from the Blood-sucking Pearl, while the surrounding Blood Qi also automatically flooded into his body.
The Sword Spirit did not respond, nor did it stop for a moment.
"You..." Xiao Yi gritted his teeth.
The Blood Qi Power appearing in his body again meant his Small World’s Primordial Power was suppressed once more.
Currently severely injured, he was unable to counter-suppress this Blood Qi.
In introspection, Xiao Yi’s mind sank as he saw the Blood Pill growing continually.
"Absorb for me." Xiao Yi’s face hardened, instantly activating the two Martial Souls within him.
The inability to mobilize Primordial Power from the Small World didn’t mean he couldn’t use Martial Soul Power.
He wouldn’t watch idly as the Blood Pill grew.
Since this Blood Qi Power continued to fill his body, he might as well absorb it and convert it to Primordial Power.
Whoosh...
Under Xiao Yi’s active absorption, the originally overflowing Blood Qi in the cave transformed into a river of Blood Qi, flowing rapidly.
Inside his body, a robust stream of Blood Qi Power continuously entered.
But upon reaching the heart gate, this Blood Qi Power suddenly split into two streams.
One part was quickly absorbed into the Small World, the other taken by the Blood Pill.
The originally rapid growth speed of the Blood Pill suddenly slowed significantly when most of the Blood Qi Power was absorbed.
"Hmph." Xiao Yi snorted coldly, "Can you contend with the aura of the Blood-sucking Pearl, how about trying to outmatch the Ice Phoenix Sword?"
The Blood Pill was indeed formidable, even able to unleash power that contended with the Blood-sucking Pearl previously.
But in terms of seizing and absorbing power speed, Xiao Yi had yet to find anything faster than the Ice Phoenix Sword.
The surge of Blood Qi Power originating from the Blood-sucking Pearl now split into four streams.
One stream was absorbed by the Cold Flame Sword.
Another stream flooded into Xiao Yi’s body, subsequently absorbed by the Ice Phoenix Sword and Blood Pill separately.
Clearly, the Ice Phoenix Sword absorbed faster than the Blood Pill.
Once the Ice Phoenix Sword absorbed into the Small World, a portion repaired the sword body, another transformed into surging Primordial Power, filling the Small World.
"Such abundant Primordial Power." Xiao Yi was abruptly amazed.
In the Small World, the Primordial Power was visibly increasing.
The immense Small World was continually replenishing, even filling.
Meanwhile, the Blood Qi Power absorbed from the Blood-sucking Pearl kept pouring out.
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Fifth update. (Explosion)
