Chapter 889: Character Advancement, Strength Of Mountainsea (3)

Su Yu exhaled.

Fourth-tier lightning character.

Finally, he was done. Of course, he was in no rush to look for Lei Jue. Since his character had completed its advancement, he could try to work on his body again. He would work on body forging while waiting for Lei Jue to arrive.

It would be even better if some other people delivered themselves to him during the wait. That way, he would be able to kill them for more heavenly rewards. The golden light he had received from the heavens not long ago had actually been very helpful for body forging. It felt even better than heavenly source qi.

Also, he could probably get a copy of the index for himself as well. There had been too many changes. What he saw from Consul Liu's copy might no longer be accurate. Since Great Ming had never been too well-informed about the affairs of the Allheaven Battlefield, even Consul Liu's copy might be an outdated one.

Su Yu started his wait. While waiting, he forged his body with heavenly source qi. He did not mind the cost, wrapping his entire body in a thick layer of heavenly source qi instead of absorbing it bit by bit.

Not a single inch of his skin was left uncovered. He still had a decent amount of heavenly source qi. He had given his father and Uncle Liu some, but he still had about five hundred portions on him.

He also had five hundred thousand merit points and countless spoils of war. That was everything he had at the moment.

"Since I have completed my fourteenth body forging, perhaps I can start consuming Mountainsea blood essence."

He believed that his body was already strong enough to at least survive consuming a drop of Mountainsea blood essence. His body only needed to withstand the power of a drop of blood essence, not all the power of a Mountainsea.

If he could consume Mountainsea blood essence, he would also be able to unleash the power of Mountainseas in bursts. That would make it easier for him to kill Mountainseas. He had some Mountainsea blood essence in his possession. Prior to leaving Great Ming, Zhu Tiandao had provided him with some. But he couldn't decide on which blood essence to consume.

He couldn't consume the blood essence that was too powerful, so divines and devils were out of the question. Even with the help of the golden book, the blood essence of divines and devils might be strong enough to burst his body apart.

"Even the top 100 races might be dangerous. But I can try using the blood essence of the other races. A race with powerful physical strength and offensive power would be the better choice..."

After thinking for a bit, he took out a drop of blood essence. He hesitated slightly before consuming the blood essence with a determined expression.

Boom!

An explosion of source qi erupted inside his body as the power of the blood essence rippled out. His entire body shook while his blood coursed violently. His skin started tearing apart as well. But soon, that destructive power dissipated away.

Su Yu hurriedly utilized the First Divine Art, gathering the divine power in the air. Unsurprisingly, Great Xia King's saber qi started attacking him madly. He did not mind. After a short moment, he switched to the Sky Sundering Saber, calming the saber qi around him again.

He was too busy to care about his surroundings. He had consumed his first drop of Mountainsea blood essence. He wanted to see if there would be any changes.

A page in the golden book lit up.

Drought demon (First-stage Mountainsea)

Racial abilities: Earth Splitter (activation with blood essence), Violent Blood Transformation (activation with blood essence)

Foundation source art: Sky Splitting Art

Foundation body forging art: Sky Splitting Eighteen Forges

Foundation nine transformation art: Sky Splitting Nine Transformations

Foundation source acupoint art: Sky Splitting Source Acupoint Art

There was one additional line!

Foundation source acupoint art!

Su Yu had a pensive look. That was most likely the Mountainsea cultivation method of this race. It was basically a sort of acupoint fusion art. Of course, his acupoint fusion art was mainly produced for the usage of Infinite Strength warriors. It wouldn't be too effective for Mountainseas.

"Source acupoint art...this is probably the advanced version of a basic acupoint fusion art. My acupoint fusion art with only thirty-six acupoints might not necessarily be lower in quality than this."

Su Yu reached a conclusion. The so-called foundation source acupoint art was most likely an acupoint fusion method developed based on their foundation source art to be more effective for Mountainseas, but there must also be a limit to the increase of effectiveness.

Thus, Su Yu did not expect much from the foundation source acupoint art. Of course, it might still be helpful for him after his advancement in the future, but the best option for him would be to develop something uniquely his.

Drought demon! This was a race with formidable physical prowess. It was ranked in the top 300 among the myriad races, so it was actually quite a powerful race.

Su Yu exhaled lightly in relief. Fortunately, a blood essence at this level of power was still within his limit. But he still wondered if his body would be able to withstand it when he utilized the power of a Mountainsea during combat using the blood essence.

Fourteen body forgings might not be good enough for that. He would probably need at least sixteen body forgings to better withstand the stress of using the power at the level of a Mountainsea.

Using a drop of blood essence to unleash the combat prowess of a certain level was his true trump card. This was how he had prevailed over many of his past opponents. At the moment, he was still incomparable to Mountainseas. Even with all his strength, he wouldn't be able to surpass the strength of seven thousand acupoints. That was weaker than even the weakest of Mountainseas.

But he could use a drop of blood essence to gain a temporary boost to the level of a Mountainsea. And that much was enough.

Lei Jue had killed a Mountainsea before, but that was most definitely the Mountainsea of a minor race. The drought demon race wasn't considered a powerhouse race. But Su Yu knew a decent number of heaven-grade arts so that wouldn't be an issue for him. Would combining the Mountainsea strength of the drought demon race, the prowess of excellent arts, and his willpower be enough to kill Lei Jue?

If Lei Jue could survive even that, he wouldn't have remained in the Profound Index. Instead, he should be someone ranked high in the Earth Index. But he was merely a Profound Index genius.

"Hu!"

Su Yu inhaled deeply and sank into thought. Ultimately, he decided to take another drop of blood essence as a test. It would be awkward if he consumed a drop of blood essence during a fight only to find himself bursting apart from the power.

Before actually using it in combat, he had to gather more information. Thus, he consumed another drop of drought demon blood essence.

The Earth Splitter's racial ability activated.

Rumble!

His body shook, his blood boiled, and his skin started tearing apart again. There was too much power.

Su Yu could sense that his body was reaching its limit. He hurriedly activated the cultivation method of the first divine art, gathering the surrounding divine power on his body yet again. He could only sigh with relief that he had attempted this in the Skyrend Valley. Otherwise, he wouldn't know what to do.

The divine power started repairing his body and preventing it from bursting apart. At the same time, his speed of absorbing heavenly source qi was also increasing, allowing him to forge his body at a greater speed.

After all, he was currently utilizing the power of a Mountainsea to activate the 72-Forged Iron Devourer. It was understandable that this art would work much faster than before. A large amount of divine power was absorbed into his body.

While Su Yu was absorbing the divine power in the valley, Huang Teng's expression changed. The saber qi around him seemed to have become much easier to control. What was going on?

The other ambient power that had been contending against the saber qi seemed to have weakened slightly. Was someone from the first divine race here? Originally, the saber qi was slightly stronger than the divine power in the valley. But neither had an absolute advantage, so the divine power would still interfere with one's attempt to utilize the saber qi in the air.

But now, that divine power seemed to have weakened slightly. It was a very small change, but Huang Teng was sensitive enough to take notice. Only the people cultivating the First Divine Art or the Sky Sundering Saber could notice this minute change. Otherwise, one wouldn't notice anything.

"What happened to the divine power?"

Huang Teng looked in a certain direction doubtfully. Did Cui Lang destroy some of the divine power in the valley? Or perhaps an expert from the first divine race had arrived? But the arrival of a first divine would also further provoke the saber qi. That was also the main reason why no first divine had entered the valley previously.

Back then, this valley was created when Great Xia King tried to cut a first divine down. Thus, the saber qi in the valley was prejudiced against the first divines.

As for Su Yu, he hadn't actually been focusing only on the First Divine Art. He would constantly shift between the Sky Sundering Saber and the First Divine Art to maintain a balance and prevent himself from being cut down by the saber qi.

Huang Teng did not know that. But it didn't matter. He was still overjoyed by the change. Nice. With the weakening of the divine power, he would be able to utilize even more of the saber qi in the valley. That would be very helpful for him.

Beside him, Wu Qi could no longer maintain her consciousness due to excessive blood loss. Seeing that, Huang Teng sighed. He didn't even know if she could still survive this. At this point, their fate was up to the heavens.

Once again, Huang Teng cursed at Qin Fang. That unreliable bastard from Great Qin. If he managed to survive this, he would not spare that fellow! He could now muster more of the saber qi in the valley.

He firmed his heart and decided that he would let Tianduo have a taste of his strongest attack yet. Even if he couldn't kill Tianduo, he needed to at least get that fellow seriously injured. That would keep that fellow away from them for a while.

Without Tianduo, he did not fear anyone else. In the entirety of the Skyrend Valley, only a few individuals were stronger than him.

Su Yu also sensed the same thing.

After absorbing some of the divine power around him, the saber qi became much easier to control. It could also exert a larger portion of its strength.

At that realization, Su Yu continued activating the First Divine Art. This art had never been so useful before.

Su Yu was in a great mood. After draining the divine power around, his Sky Sundering Saber would be further amplified thanks to the ambient saber qi in the air. Coupled with his Mountainsea blood essence, would he be able to kill Lei Jue with one strike?

But to accomplish that, he would probably need to take an attack from Lei Jue head-on if he wanted to land his attack as well. With Lei Jue's speed, there was no guarantee that he would be able to follow up with a second attack after failing to kill with the first strike.

A wide grin appeared on Su Yu's face.

Lei Jue, you're dead!