Battle Through the Heavens: The Rock King Emperor's Leisurely Wanderings in the Mortal World

Chapter 34 Completely devoured, suppressing cultivation.

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The Eternal Thunder Technique is accompanied by indescribable pain during the process of devouring, refining, and fusing different types of lightning, and the pain caused by devouring the first type of lightning is particularly intense.

Cultivating the Eternal Thunder Technique is like meticulously drawing the meridians of a second soul meridian all over the body with extremely delicate brushstrokes. The level of detail is beyond imagination; even the number of capillaries in tiny parts like the fingers and toes appears much sparser in comparison.

Xiao Yan endured this pain for two whole days and two nights. It wasn't until dawn on the third day, with the crowing of a rooster, that the imprinting of the Crimson Flame Lightning finally entered its final stage.

During these two long days and two nights, Xiao Yan did not let out a single howl. He suppressed all his pain, only letting it out faintly through his low groans.

However, this final, crucial moment is precisely the most painful, like being pierced by a thousand arrows, fried in oil, skinned and dismembered, or being eaten away by a thousand insects. One moment it's an itchy scratch that scratches your heart, and the next it turns into a sharp, cutting pain.

Xiao Yan finally could not bear it any longer and let out a cry. However, his voice was unusually hoarse, as if it came from a ghost wailing incessantly in the hell of boiling oil, filled with terror and despair.

Interspersed within this voice was Xiao Yan's resolute tone, a struggle against the constraints of fate, a counterattack against past humiliations, and the most powerful cry of a fifteen-year-old boy to the world.

As Yi Lei finished imprinting the second soul vein, the Crimson Flame Burning Lightning, under the powerful absorption and devouring of the Eternal Lightning Technique, gradually refined and merged into Xiao Yan's body.

At this moment, Xiao Yan finally completed the refining of the Crimson Flame Lightning.

Immediately afterwards, the Dou Qi energy brought about by the complete fusion of the Crimson Flame Burning Lightning with the Eternal Lightning Technique surged forth. Xiao Yan's cultivation level, which he had been suppressing at the seventh stage of Dou Qi for the past two days and nights, accelerated rapidly in that instant, as if he had stepped on the gas pedal.

Battle Qi level eight... level nine... When the Battle Qi level in his body reached the peak of level nine, there was still no sign of stopping.

In the long journey of cultivation, the reason why those cultivators who originally dreamed of advancing to the level of Dou Zhe failed at the crucial step of condensing Dou Qi vortex can be roughly attributed to two aspects.

Firstly, when a cultivator has just reached the peak of the ninth level of Battle Qi, they are often impatient and eager to break through.

However, at this moment they overlooked a crucial factor—the amount of battle qi they had stored.

Battle Qi, as the foundation and driving force of cultivation, is crucial. If one attempts to break through before accumulating sufficient strength, it is like rushing to top a skyscraper before the foundation is solid. Ultimately, the failure to advance will only result in insufficient Battle Qi.

Secondly, in the complex and subtle process of condensing the fighting spirit vortex, the dissipation of fighting spirit is almost inevitable.

Cultivators must carefully control the flow of every strand of battle qi, attempting to guide it along specific trajectories and patterns to converge into a stable vortex. However, the slightest carelessness can cause some battle qi to escape uncontrollably and dissipate from the body.

If cultivators cannot accurately control the amount of battle qi that dissipates when condensing the qi vortex, then even if they silently immerse themselves in the peak of the ninth level of battle qi for several years, spending a lot of time and energy to accumulate battle qi, it will all be in vain, and all their efforts will be in vain.

This is precisely why the precious pill, Qi Gathering Powder, is so sought after. At the crucial moment when a cultivator is advancing to the Dou Zhe realm, the power of Qi Gathering Powder acts like a solid barrier, firmly locking in the condensed Dou Qi vortex, reducing the dissipated Dou Qi to almost zero, thus greatly increasing the success rate of the advancement.

At this moment, Xiao Yan's internal Dou Qi reserves were incredibly abundant. Furthermore, the Eternal Thunder Technique he cultivated possessed a powerful absorption capacity, like a bottomless abyss, continuously devouring the Dou Qi transformed from the Crimson Flame Burning Thunder. Nourished by this Dou Qi, it spontaneously and methodically began to condense into Dou Qi vortexes, the entire process flowing smoothly and naturally, without the slightest leakage.

Therefore, judging from the current situation, for Xiao Yan, who has advanced several levels beyond his current level, the effect of the Eternal Thunder Technique is that for every few Dou Qi vortexes Xiao Yan condenses, the Eternal Thunder Technique performs the function of several "Qi Gathering Powders".

Xiao Yan frowned, focusing intently on sensing the fluctuations of Dou Qi within his body. However, the next moment, he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The reason was simple: the Dou Qi within his body had not yet condensed into a Dou Qi vortex and was currently running rampant. If it weren't for the suppression of the Eternal Thunder Technique, Xiao Yan would have already exploded and died.

Xiao Yan tried to calm himself down, and in an instant, the Dou Qi in his body spontaneously gathered into eight Dou Qi vortexes.

But at that moment, Xiao Yan, relying on his exquisite control of the Eternal Thunder Technique, suddenly shot out eight bolts of lightning from his soul meridian, instantly shattering the battle qi vortex that was about to take shape.

"I want to control my inner fighting spirit!!!"

Xiao Yan, with difficulty yet unwavering resolve, asserted his dominance over his body. Then, under the control of his extraordinary spiritual power, six Dou Qi vortexes gradually condensed within him.

However, in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yan once again activated the Eternal Thunder Technique, shooting out six bolts of lightning that completely disintegrated the nascent Dou Qi vortex.

Each time Xiao Yan reassembled his Dou Qi vortex, he would cough up a mouthful of blood due to the backlash from the vortex's collapse.

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Normally, the collapse of the Battle Qi vortex signifies failure in advancing to the rank of Battle Master. Most people encountering this will regress at least two Battle Qi levels. This is because when the Battle Qi vortex disintegrates, the Battle Qi condensed within it completely dissipates from the body, forcing the cultivator to start all over again.

However, the situation was completely different for Xiao Yan. His Dou Qi vortex had already collapsed on its own, but he didn't need to worry about the loss of Dou Qi in his body, because this Dou Qi had been marked by the Crimson Flame Burning Lightning, and under the powerful attraction of the Eternal Lightning Technique, it would not leak out in the slightest.

Therefore, given a constant total amount, the less Xiao Yan compresses the number of Dou Qi vortexes, the more refined his realm becomes, and the more valuable his Dou Qi level becomes.

He condensed the battle qi vortex once more, this time into four battle qi vortexes with an even deeper color.

"This kid's ambition is really quite large, having been suppressed from an eight-star Dou Zhe to a four-star Dou Zhe."

Yao Chen's eyes were full of admiration, which then turned into respect. After all, after experiencing such inhuman torture, it was truly rare to be able to stick to one's principles and remain rational in the face of such tempting power.

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