Immortal Martial Saint, starting with unlimited stat points

"Pfft—"

In an instant, the fiery red tip of the stick, like a red-hot branding iron, pierced Zhao Yan's heart.

The intensely hot energy instantly penetrated his body.

"Ugh!" Zhao Yan was struck dumb, feeling as if his heart had fallen into scalding lava and was being cooked instantly.

Without the blood supply from his heart, Zhao Yan's body trembled, and the dark skin that had appeared on his body due to the mastery of the Iron Body Technique rapidly faded away.

As he fell to the ground, the crimson flame energy spread from his heart.

Zhao Yan's entire body resembled a hunched-over shrimp, red and curled up, extremely terrifying.

"Crimson Flame Force!" Gao Tian was startled when he saw Zhao Yan's miserable state.

The Crimson Flame Staff Technique uses Qi and blood to nurture the flame, and when it reaches its peak, flames can be seen rising as the staff is swung.

But if that's all there is to it, how could Yi Yan have single-handedly suppressed all the martial arts schools in the city back then?

The Crimson Flame Force is the essence of the Crimson Flame Staff Technique.

As the senior brother who had always followed Yi Yan, he had only just begun to grasp the basics.

In the instant Zhao Yan was sent flying backward, Zhou Chen had already retreated gracefully, his face somewhat pale.

That attack just now had taken a huge toll on him, and he no longer had the strength to do it a second time.

"Zhao Yan!" Luo Taihe's pupils shrank suddenly, and he unleashed his power, about to pounce on Zhou Chen.

With a swing of his long staff, Gao Tian positioned it half a foot in front of Luo Taihe.

"Master Luo, you should worry about your disciples instead."

"Good! Very good!" Luo Taihe squeezed out the words through clenched teeth, his voice trembling. "Yi Yan has taught a good disciple. It was just a friendly sparring match, yet he resorted to such viciousness!"

"You clearly said that the competition would not only determine the winner but also decide life and death, so how come you're blaming us for the loss now?" Yi Lianxing said with displeasure. "Now that the sparring is over, and we have important matters to attend to in the arena, we won't stay any longer."

Luo Taihe's expression twitched, and he glared at Zhou Chen, as if trying to remember that face.

He waved to his disciples, who then lifted up the nearly ripe Zhao Yan and walked out the door.

Before the Iron Stone Martial Arts School members had even disappeared, the Crimson Flame disciples cheered and rushed towards Zhou Chen, their eyes filled with respect.

"Senior Brother Zhou is amazing! He really crushed the arrogance of Iron Stone Martial Arts School!"

"They were thinking of taking advantage of the owner's absence to bully us."

Zhou Chen waved his hand, "Thanks to my senior brother for stopping that Iron Stone Pavilion Master, otherwise I would probably be doomed today."

"Since you are a disciple of my martial arts school, it's natural for me to protect you." Gao Tian glanced at the excited crowd around him and said in a deep voice, "You are the same; as long as you are in the right, the martial arts school will always be behind you!"

"Our senior brother is mighty!" The disciples were even more energized upon hearing this.

Zhou Chen looked towards the door, recalling Luo Taihe's resentful gaze, and his heart sank slightly.

This person suffered a loss today and will certainly not let it go. You should be more careful outside the martial arts school in the future.

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That night, Zhou Chen slowly dispelled the form of the Zhenyue Stake and opened his eyes.

【God: 1.6】

【00:13:15】

Looking at his divine attributes, which had finally been fully restored, Zhou Chen let out a long breath.

He stretched, and his bones cracked and popped.

After his fight with Zhao Yan today, his understanding of the Crimson Flame Staff Technique has clearly reached a new level.

Although his proficiency level on the panel only increased by three points, the destructive power of his Crimson Flame Force increased significantly when he used it again.

"However, he still probably can't defeat Erlang Shen on the mountaintop." Recalling the scene of being killed yesterday, Zhou Chen still felt lingering fear.

At least at the Yi Jin Jing level, he would no longer seek trouble with Erlang Shen on the mountaintop.

As he pondered, white mist rose up.

Zhou Chen closed his eyes with practiced ease, and when he opened them again, he was already inside the Qiankun Realm.

The place before us is not in front of the Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun Temple, but at the node where we entered the Qiankun Realm last time.

An old, dilapidated, nameless temple.

He looked at the rusty staff that still stood beside him and couldn't help but feel surprised.

Although the three-pointed double-edged sword used by "Erlang Shen" on the mountaintop was not the original, its power was still astonishing.

This stick clashed with it several times without sustaining any damage; the only change was that a few rust spots were chipped off.

"Perhaps, this is also a treasure."

He slowly rose, gripping the long staff, his gaze fixed intently on the center of Guanxian County.

There, a ring of dim divine light parted the thick black fog around it, like a lighthouse on a deserted island, waiting for the cargo ship to dock.

"A great calamity?" Zhou Chen recalled the question Erlang Shen asked when he emerged from the temple and was fully conscious, and he was secretly startled.

What great calamity could have left even the mighty Erlang Shen with only a few lingering regrets?

It even destroyed this world.

"roar--"

Outside the nameless, dilapidated temple, the roars of plague monsters echoed.

Zhou Chen stepped out and saw four or five monsters gathered together walking towards the dilapidated temple.

Most strikingly, the leading monster clasped its hands together, carefully cradling a dark ball of light—the very relic of the Three Treasures.

"The monster can't absorb the power left by the relic, but it can touch it?" Zhou Chen's eyes flickered as he turned to look at the dilapidated temple.

In the center of the temple, now only ruins remain, a blood-red light faintly emanates from an earthen platform, identical to the formations seen before.

"Is someone else performing a ritual for this world?" Zhou Chen moved swiftly, arriving beside the monsters in an instant.

With each swing of the club, their heads were smashed to pieces.

Zhou Chen reached out and touched the Three Treasures Relic, and a notification appeared on the panel.

[Obtained Three Treasures Relic (Beginner) *1]

"Use the relics of the Three Treasures."

Without hesitation, Zhou Chen immediately absorbed and transformed it.

[Precision +0.25]

【Fine: 10.25】

"Huh?" Zhou Chen was taken aback when he saw the information on the panel. "After breaking through to the Inner Strength Realm, the boost to the Spirit attribute from the initial Three Treasures relics has decreased?"

His mind went blank, and he looked inward.

The tendons deep within the body are gradually becoming stronger and more resilient under the tempering of qi and blood.

Its refinement level has improved significantly compared to before using the Three Treasures Relics, comparable to his own months of arduous cultivation.

However, with the amplification effect of the Three Treasures Relics weakening, Zhou Chen's improvement speed will have to slow down.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen frowned, but then looked at the altar still glowing red in the dilapidated temple and a smile appeared on his lips.

Since these plague monsters can sense the power of this altar and will bring relics with them, as long as he stays here, wouldn't it be like someone has prepared a nest for him, just waiting for the fish to take the bait?

Zhou Chen took a step forward and hid behind the headless statue in the dilapidated temple.

His psychic abilities covered the surrounding area as he silently waited for the fish to take the bait.

After a short while, the earthen altar inside the dilapidated temple had taken shape, emitting beams of dazzling red light that shot into the sky.

A few breaths later, Zhou Chen clearly sensed the aura of several plague monsters appearing in the distance.

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"A good harvest."

In the real world, Zhou Chen slowly opened his eyes, a smile playing on his lips.

During his entry into the Qiankun Realm, he obtained four of the Three Treasures Relics thanks to the attraction of the altar.

If it weren't for the devaluation of the Three Treasures Relics after breaking through to the Inner Strength Realm, they would have been enough to increase the Spirit attribute by two points.

Even now, after using up the other four Three Treasures relics, he feels that he has made great progress in developing his Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing) skill.