Chapter 544: Qi and Blood Like a Dragon! Enhancing the Martial Dao! Drawn-Blade Art! Unified Qi! A Super Charging Station!

At this moment, even the three Yang Spirit powerhouses who were in discussion sensed nothing at all.

However, Li Yanchu’s physical qi and blood were surging without restraint. Vast, torrential life essence filled the entire room. His muscles, bones, and internal organs were all undergoing transformation.

The third realm was a towering chasm, separating countless sect patriarchs and ancient cultivators from true transcendence. Yet Li Yanchu was able to rely solely on his physical body to reach a level comparable to the third realm. This was simply inconceivable!

And now, Li Yanchu had taken another Blood-Qi Pill. Although its effect was not as dramatic as the first, the enhancement it brought was still incomparably immense.

When the dense crimson glow finally faded, Li Yanchu slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that the surrounding formation and restrictions were completely intact, he could not help but nod slightly.

“This guy is seriously talented,” Li Yanchu muttered in awe.

He had no intention of breaking through or strengthening his body in the presence of three Yang Spirit powerhouses. One must keep a low profile. After all, he was just a plain, unremarkable Daoist, his physical body exceedingly frail...

At this moment, Li Yanchu carefully felt the changes within himself. His qi and blood had grown so vast it was downright terrifying, and he was now more than twice as strong as before.

One should not underestimate this doubling; after all, his physical body was already comparable to the third realm, and becoming twice as strong again was an utterly horrifying increase!

Just then, he circulated the qi and blood within his body, testing it. At present, his physical strength was roughly equivalent to the divine power borrowed after using the Spirit-Official Summoning Talisman enhanced six times.

If I ran into that Yin Xuansheng again, I feel like I could punch him to death

, Li Yanchu judged silently.

Of course, third realm experts were extraordinarily difficult to kill. Completely annihilating a Yang Spirit expert was no easy task. In fact, in normal third realm battles, even deciding victory or defeat could take a very long time...

The martial manuals have already been enhanced to an extremely high level. I can try continuing the enhancement and see what kind of powerful Martial Dao emerges next

, Li Yanchu thought to himself.

He now had enough merit points to pursue dual cultivation. Daoist arts, martial skills, he wanted them all!

Then, he took out the martial manuals he had previously enhanced multiple times. His gaze landed on them, and he began with the Six Yang Saber Art. This saber method was the first martial manual he had ever studied.

“Decree of Bestowal!” Li Yanchu simulated the grand sound of the Dao in his mind.

The next moment, the Six Yang Saber Art manual began to transform, and it consumed two thousand merit points.

Then, Li Yanchu examined it carefully and shook his head slightly. His physical body was now extremely powerful, and every punch and kick contained terrifying force. Ordinary martial manuals could not match the sheer power of even one of his strikes.

He chose to continue enhancing. After bringing three manuals to a level of satisfaction, he had spent a total of eighteen thousand merit points.

The Six Yang Saber Art was enhanced into a new supreme skill.

The original “Fury Slash,” which was a wide-area skill, was now converted into single-target damage. Its name was simple:

Drawn-Blade Art.

Li Yanchu read the description of this martial manual and was very satisfied, finally stopping. To him, the Drawn-Blade Art meant a 100% critical strike. This skill surprised him, because the merit cost was actually not high, yet it greatly amplified his combat strength.

The Jiaoslayer was already razor-sharp, a treasure worth 100,000 merit points. Paired with this Drawn-Blade Art, it could unleash truly terrifying power!

This perfectly aligned with Li Yanchu’s intention: enhancing the Jiaoslayer’s potential. Especially when combined with the Golden Radiance Crown, he could instantly maximize damage.

Then, he fused the Crushing Fist, Cleaving Fist, and Cannon Fist of Divine Astral Hands, and it also gained a new skill:

Unified Qi

! It was a rather unusual name, but the form was explosively forceful.

When mastered, it resembled the Great Compassion Thousand-Leaf Palm[1], but the power was incomparable.

The Primordial Chaos Technique had always focused on defensive cultivation, using astral qi. After this enhancement, its astral qi reached an extremely terrifying level, with a very high upper limit.

If Li Yanchu could find pure energy from heaven and earth, he could enhance this skill without limit. He could also use the energy to refine demonic qi, raising his realm and refining evil into force.

Although the names remained unchanged, the effects were astonishing.

Even more remarkably, the merit cost was not high: all three martial arts together only cost eighteen thousand merit points.

Enhancing martial arts truly feels like opening a blind box. But this time, the results are excellent!

Li Yanchu exhaled deeply.

Eighteen thousand merit points could have been used to unleash explosive damage with the Five-Lightning Talismans, yet he still chose to enhance martial arts. This was, in a sense, a matter of choice.

Every man had a

jianghu

dream, to uphold justice and chivalry. Perhaps this was Li Yanchu’s original obsession with martial arts in his heart.

To enter the Dao through martial skill, to sanctify the body, maybe one day I can reach that stage too. Who says a martial man can’t fight?

Li Yanchu thought to himself.

The recent enhancement of the martial manuals had been very effective.

He had a Five-Lightning Talisman worth 200,000 merit points. This talisman was, so far, the most powerful talisman he had ever enhanced and his strongest trump card.

But after he had slain Jia Chuanfang’s former self with a single strike, the Five-Lightning Talisman had lost all its spiritual resonance.

For days he had used the Clearheart Jade Pendant to restore its spirit, but the results had been unsatisfactory.

Then, Li Yanchu did not continue to enhance a second 200,000-merit-points Five-Lightning Talisman. Instead, he took out the Clearheart Jade Pendant.

“Decree of Bestowal!” He simulated the grand sound of the Dao in his mind, enhancing this protective jade pendant given to him by the Celestial Master of Mount Longhu.

With that, a divine radiance bloomed across the jade pendant, flowing with mysterious brilliance. Li Yanchu did not hesitate this time, directly enhancing the Clearheart Jade Pendant to a 100,000-merit-points.

This became his fifth treasure of 100,000 merit points, following the Eight Trigrams Mirror, Dao Dust Bead, Jiaoslayer, and talismanic armor.

The Clearheart Jade Pendant now seemed as if it had been awakened with a true spirit, whirling around Li Yanchu continuously while expressing its joy. With that, Li Yanchu knew the pendant had developed its own consciousness and recognized him as its master.

He then took the depleted 200,000-merit-points Five-Lightning Talisman and placed it together with the Clearheart Jade Pendant.

Honestly, he felt a bit nervous. But the spiritual resonance of the Five-Lightning Talisman quickly filled a third of the way.

The speed kept accelerating, as the surrounding heavenly and earthly energies were absorbed by the Clearheart Jade Pendant and poured into the Five-Lightning Talisman.

This change immediately caught the attention of the three Yang Spirit experts in the Qingfeng Ridge camp.

The formation that Shen Hongye had set up was astonishing, and even after Li Yanchu had ingested the Blood-Qi Pill, with red light covering his entire body and life force surging to a terrifying degree, the three Yang-Spirit experts had still sensed nothing.

But now, with the 100,000-merit-points Clearheart Jade Pendant being enhanced, the phenomena in heaven and earth could no longer be suppressed.

1. Great Compassion Thousand-Leaf Palm is one of the seventy-two ultimate techniques of Shaolin and belongs to traditional Chinese martial arts palm techniques. Renowned for its intricate variations, the style often attacks from unconventional angles and is named for its resemblance to the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara. ☜