Fighting: Practice makes it real, start with a poisonous body.

Chapter 163: Why is it only a Second-Rank Dou Zun?

"This Nine Dragons Thunderfire doesn't seem to be very good."

Su Yun examined the trembling Thunder Dragon in his hand and made a casual comment.

Tang Zhen's face twitched, and he couldn't help but defend his family's inherited strange fire: "The Nine Dragons Thunderfire ranks twelfth on the Strange Fire Ranking, and it has been nurtured by the fighting spirit of the successive Valley Masters of my Burning Flame Valley."

After a thousand years of cultivation, the power of the Nine Dragons Thunderfire, while still not enough to rank in the top ten, is nearly on par with the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, which ranks eleventh.

At the same time, Tang Zhen was also very puzzled.

Even with the Calamity Poison Body as its breeding ground, the power of the Netherworld Poison Fire would not undergo a qualitative leap until the Netherworld Venerable's cultivation reached the Saint Realm.

However, through the soul imprint, Tang Zhen could sense the fear emanating from the Nine Dragons Thunderfire.

The Netherworld Poison Fire alone shouldn't have caused the Nine Dragons Thunderfire to react in such a way.

This Netherworld Venerable likely harbors some great secrets unknown to others...

"Never mind, no matter how powerful it is, it is still a strange fire."

Su Yun gently shook his head, and layers of emerald flames rose around him. Netherworld poisonous fire surged from his body, staining the surrounding air with a sinister hue.

He immediately raised his arm and waved his sleeve, and a wisp of green flame appeared again. The Green Lotus Earth Core Flame was not as flamboyant as the Netherworld Poison Flame, but exuded a gentle and calming feeling.

"Bear, bear, bear—!"

Emerald green, light green, and silver-white flames repel and attract each other. Each collision of their tips sparks blindingly, and the restless energy surges endlessly, like three mad beasts.

Just as kings never meet, when different flames meet, it is a fight to the death, until they devour each other completely.

With a slight thought, Su Yun soothed the Netherworld Poison Fire. The emerald flames seemed to understand his intention, their bodies pausing slightly and their surging momentum subsiding somewhat.

"town!"

Tang Zhen also gave a light shout. The Nine Dragons Thunderfire, which was still baring its fangs and claws, became like a ferocious beast being disciplined after hearing the shout. The lightning around its body quickly dimmed, and it obediently hung in mid-air without making any more moves.

As for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, it was already ranked last among the three strange flames. Previously, under the combined might of the Netherworld Poison Flame and the Silver White Strange Flame, its aura had already been suppressed to the point of weakness, and now it could only behave itself.

"Finally, the time has come to condense the poison pill."

A smile flashed in Su Yun's eyes. The Nine Nether Wind Flame was being disobedient, and Tang Zhen had just delivered himself to their doorstep, so they could borrow the Nine Dragon Thunderfire.

Su Yun flipped his hand, and the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the seventh-order Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Demon Core floated in front of him.

The Bodhi Transformation Saliva was obtained from the Black Corner Region.

As for the seventh-tier Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast Demon Core, Su Yun didn't specifically look for it when he arrived in Zhongzhou. After the Netherworld Valley was established, Little Fairy Doctor sent her disciples to find it.

That's the advantage of establishing a faction: you don't have to find cultivation resources yourself; just give an order and your subordinates will do the work.

"boom--!"

Su Yun's clothes fluttered wildly, and his fighting spirit surged like a raging sea. At the same time, he mobilized the power of three different flames, which intertwined to form a scorching fire net.

He held the translucent white Bodhi in his left hand and grasped the purple demon core that emitted a halo in his right hand. He pressed the two together with his fingers!
Su Yun gave a soft shout: "Merge!"

"Fuck!"

The moment the Bodhi incarnation's saliva touched the demon core, a hissing sound rang out. Amidst the rising white mist, the two were forcibly bound by the strange fire, transforming into a stream of light that plunged straight into the dantian.

The three-colored flames followed closely behind, entering Su Yun's body and forming a refining array that continuously separated and purified the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and the Demon Core!

As the refining process deepened, the toxins lurking around Su Yun's body seemed to be drawn by an invisible force, rushing wildly along his meridians to his dantian, where they were continuously devoured by the fused substance.

Time slipped away quietly, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Within Su Yun's dantian, a poison pill, dark purple in color and with strange flame patterns flowing on its surface, slowly condensed and took shape.

The moment the poison pill took shape, his aura suddenly surged, rising like a torrent bursting its banks! The previously stagnant battle qi suddenly became extremely violent, causing the surrounding space to ripple with fine waves!

Beside him, Tang Zhen's pupils suddenly contracted, and his expression turned solemn. The Netherworld Venerable was already cultivating at an astonishing speed; now that this poison pill was complete, his cultivation was about to surge even further!
"boom--!"

A deep yet powerful roar emanated from Su Yun's body!

Eight Star Dou Zun!

The momentum of the breakthrough has not stopped!
The poison pill continued to release pure energy within Su Yun's dantian, and Su Yun's aura surged upwards at an astonishing speed like an out-of-control volcano, showing no signs of slowing down.

"Can it break through again?!"

Tang Zhen's eyes widened suddenly, his face filled with disbelief.

Breaking through one star in the Dou Zun realm requires countless efforts. Even with the resources of the entire Burning Flame Valley, it would take him several years to break through one star. Breaking through two realms in a row is simply unheard of!

"boom--!"

Another, even louder roar exploded!

The violent battle qi surged within Su Yun's body like a tsunami, and the pressure of his realm layered upon layer, making even the air seem to thicken!
The Nine-Star Dou Zun Realm!

Tang Zhen swallowed hard and muttered, "Shouldn't we stop?"

It's not over yet!
Su Yun's aura continued to rise, his battle qi like surging magma, rushing towards the peak of the nine-star realm, showing faint signs of touching the bottleneck of the Dou Zun realm, as if he was about to break through that even more insurmountable chasm in one fell swoop.

Above the Nine-Star Dou Zun is the Nine-Turn Dou Zun!
Nine turns can also be described as nine condensations and compressions.

When a nine-star peak Dou Zun expert's body is full of Dou Qi, it marks the beginning of the Nine Revolutions, requiring all the Dou Qi within the body to be condensed once.

This process is undoubtedly like starting the cultivation journey from Dou Qi to Dou Zun all over again!
The difficulty involved is unimaginable!

This is why, although the difference between a first-level Dou Zun and a nine-star Dou Zun seems to be only one level, there is actually a huge gap in realms!
Tang Zhen stared intently at Su Yun in the center of the snowfield.

In his view, it was already quite an achievement that Su Yun had advanced to the peak of the nine-star Dou Zun level with just one poison pill.

This is far from enough to complete the first Qi condensation and advance to the first level of Dou Zun...

However, things were not as he thought!

"boom!"

The Netherworld Poison Fire erupted suddenly. The originally docile and dormant green flames, now carrying a terrifying poison that made one's heart tremble, flowed back into Su Yun's limbs and bones through his meridians!

Even more strangely, the poison did not harm his body. Instead, it seemed to build an invisible bridge and flowed continuously into the poison pill!

What is the method of poisonous fire?

The essence of the Calamity of the Poisonous Body is that the host's physical body cannot keep up with the speed of toxin growth, and is eventually overwhelmed by the surging toxicity, causing the body to explode and die!

The Poison Fire Method uses Netherworld Poison Fire as a "container" to store excess toxins in the body, thus resolving the risk of the body exploding and allowing the Poison Fire to grow alongside it.

Su Yun's cultivation over the years has accumulated enough toxins in the Netherworld Poison Fire to make even ordinary Dou Zun pale at the mere mention of it!

At this moment, the poisonous fire and the poison pill were drawn together, and the pent-up poisonous power seemed to have found an outlet, bursting out in the pill and transforming into incomparably pure energy, frantically impacting his realm barrier!

"Boom, boom—!!!"

Two more loud booms followed!

One-stage Dou Zun!
Two-stage Dou Zun!

The terrifying toxins accumulated in the Netherworld Poison Fire propelled Su Yun to the Second Rank Dou Zun realm!
"call……"

Su Yun slowly opened his eyes, and after sensing his own cultivation level, he frowned, seemingly dissatisfied: "Why is it only a second-level Dou Zun?"

Tang Zhen almost fainted from fright.

(End of this chapter)