With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

He stood before the pile of broken wood, visualizing fishing in the deep well of his dantian, and felt a surge of fire rising from his abdomen. He immediately opened his mouth and spat it out:

"Pfft~"

Zhao Yao spat out a flame, his face turning embarrassed.

The Fire Boar's demon blood is too thin, so thin that it shouldn't have awakened at all; this is all it can do now.

He thought for a moment, then withdrew from his demonic state, entered an introspective state, and activated the vortex within the Jade Chess set, extracting pure primordial energy from his body without taking it away.

After waiting quietly for a moment, as if finally confirming that he hadn't created primordial energy within his body for any other purpose, five intense desires suddenly surged forth, and his demonic blood became unusually active, directly emerging from his previously calm physical body.

That bit of primordial energy was instantly devoured by the five streams of demonic blood within the flesh and blood.

really!

He guessed correctly. Even the next level of blood essence greatly enhanced the demon blood in Yan Rouyun's body, and even helped her awaken the second demon blood, Phoenix Blood, not to mention the purer Yuan Qi.

Next, he mobilized the primordial energy within the jade chess piece and channeled it into his body to nourish it once more.

Following the same procedure, after confirming that he did not intend to use this primordial energy for other purposes, the five streams of demonic blood rushed forward and devoured the primordial energy.

Since you can eat, then eat more!

Zhao Yao then drew upon the primordial energy within the jade chess piece and continued to infuse it into his body, nourishing it further.

again and again.

Only when the primordial energy of one layer of flame was completely consumed did these demonic bloods cease releasing that intense impulse.

Zhao Yao felt feverish all over, sensing that something earth-shattering was happening inside his body.

He glanced at the tiny primordial energy figure that had disappeared from the second jade chess piece, his eyelids twitched, and he looked up at the bottles of pills placed on the ground not far away.

If the demon's blood is weak, then feed it primordial energy.

If you run out of primordial energy, take elixirs.

It's better to have a way to improve than no way to improve at all.

He comforted himself, walked to the pills, sat cross-legged, picked up a bottle, poured out the pills, and began to swallow them.

He closed his eyes, entered a state of inner vision, and gazed at the chessboard of the shattered jade chess pieces.

On the chessboard, the first jade chess piece contained ten layers of flames. Eight layers contained talismans of magical powers and divine thoughts, one layer contained talismans of magical and enchanting powers, and the last layer was filled with the magic power obtained from Song Angran.

On the day he killed Song Angran, his magic filled this layer of flames. When he returned from the lower realm, however, he did not condense any magical talismans as before.

The reason is simple: the first time he descended to the mortal realm was for official business, and the gathering of magical techniques was a reward from Heaven.

The second time was considered unauthorized descent to the mortal realm, and the fact that one can still retain the qualification to descend at any time is already quite remarkable. Hoping to use this to condense extraordinary techniques is impossible.

According to Zhao Yao's observation, in the first jade chess piece, apart from the Demonic Charm talisman which had just been used once and was currently on cooldown, the cooldown for all the other Divine Sense talismans that had been used previously had ended, and they had all regained three uses.

Inside the second jade chess piece, within the ten layers of flames, there were originally three small figures of primordial energy. One of them was consumed by feeding demon blood, leaving only two remaining.

As he continued to consume pills to increase his primordial energy, and then used this jade chess piece to extract more primordial energy, the amount of primordial energy liquid stored in the third flame layer of the chess piece began to slowly increase again.

Huo Xiaotian's elixir.

The elixirs of the five Black Iron Warriors.

The pills brought by Yan Rouyun.

There were also pills in Song Angran's bundle, a wide variety of them, clearly scavenged from the three villages in the desolate rock mountain.

Zhao Yao kept eating until he had used up all the edible pills, leaving only the two "Spring Dream Without a Trace" pills left by the Mad Protector on his body. Only then did he finally open his eyes.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and he muttered to himself:

"The three flame layers were filled again, and three primordial energy figures were obtained."

Now I have a total of six primordial energy figures!

He stood up, forcibly suppressing his excitement, and stretched his body.

Finally, he looked at the small bottles of pills scattered on the ground, squatted down to tidy them up, and then borrowed a stove from a family to start cooking for the bound, demon-infected villagers.

After he finished his work and calmed down, he returned to the square.

"Primordial Qi, merge with the body!"

Zhao Yao took off his clothes, stood in the square, and recited softly.

The first primordial energy figure jumped out from the jade chess piece.

hum~

The primordial energy figure merged into the physical body, a jade-white halo bursting out of the body and then quickly receding. The person's muscles bulged, bones grew, and in an instant, the figure transformed into a black iron warrior with jet-black skin and fiery eyes.

"continue!"

hum~

His body swelled again, reaching over four meters tall.

"Again!"

hum~

He grew even larger, reaching a height of 5.5 meters, and could be called a 16-foot golden body!

"Come!!"

hum~ hum~ hum~

The remaining three primordial energy figures merged into his body one after another. Within a few breaths, three layers of jade-white light exploded from his body, radiating a seven-colored radiance.

Zhao Yao's body continued to expand and grow, reaching a height of 6.5 meters in the blink of an eye. His muscles exploded, his heart pounded like a drum, his body drooped like a cone, and his veins spread like a net all over his body, making him look extremely terrifying.

"Phew~"

His pupils were like burning embers, as if they were about to burst into flames. He was breathing heavily, feeling the power within him. He felt unusually light, and his chest was filled with an unparalleled strength.

"roar!"

He roared, looked up at the mountaintop, bent his knees, the stone bricks beneath his feet cracked, and with a loud boom, he suddenly sprang up like a cannonball, shooting straight towards the mountaintop.

Bang!

He landed atop the desolate rocky mountain, creating a large crater in the ground.

"Cough cough~"

Fanning away the dust in front of him, Zhao Yao climbed out of the pit, his figure now back to its normal 2.5-meter height.

"Even with six primordial spirits possessing him, this is the best he can do."

It's not that it can't get bigger or taller, but it's stuck at a bottleneck, just a little short of becoming a 6.66-meter-tall Black Iron Realm Second Stage Warrior.

It caused my body to change sideways, my muscles to explode... Hmm, could it be that there are secrets to the training of a strongman?

"Can't one break through to the Warrior realm without overcoming this hurdle?"

Zhao Yao recalled what Yan Rouyun had said about the key points in each realm of martial arts, and guessed that the strongman probably had the same situation.

He walked back to the mountain demon village step by step, found his clothes, put them back on, and then found a measuring tape to measure his height.

"Two and a half meters is still within the normal range, just right."

He looked at the height on the measuring tape and breathed a sigh of relief.

After hearing Yan Rouyun's explanation of the taboos for strongmen practicing martial arts, he decided to temporarily abandon the strongman breathing technique and stop practicing further.

Currently, the accumulation of primordial energy and the existence of demon blood allow him to continue making progress.

There's absolutely no need to risk abandoning the path of martial arts, making yourself bigger, and further away from the path of martial arts.

Over the next few days, Zhao Yao picked up the "death squad gun" and began practicing in various states and pre-set scenarios.

He did this to familiarize himself with his own strength, so that when he faced an enemy, he wouldn't be unsure of his own capabilities or how to fight back.

Gradually, he figured out a set of combat tactics.

He called it the "Unstoppable Counterattack Technique".

When an ordinary person is attacked, the pain, injury, or even death that follows the attack can have far-reaching consequences, easily rendering the person incapable of effective retaliation.

Now, relying on his thick skin and inflexible body, he can launch an attack while withstanding the opponent's attacks.

Now, he can at least fight on par with martial artists.

"Phew~"

Another day, Zhao Yao put away his gun, stopped the drill, wiped his sweat, and was preparing to cook for the villagers.

Suddenly, a person appeared on the mountain road.

The man stopped at the edge of the square. Zhao Yao turned his head and their eyes met.

This man, dressed in a crimson robe and wearing a cloud-patterned crown, appeared aloof and his eyes were cold as he spoke:

Who are you?

Those outfits... People from the Heavenly Path Bureau? Good heavens, finally, people from the Heavenly Path Bureau have arrived.

Zhao Yao was excited, but he didn't forget to take out the jade pendant that originally belonged to Yan Rouyun, and said in a show of force:

"I am Zhao Yao, an unofficial clerk of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. May I ask your honorable presence?"

"Zhou Quan, an unofficial member of the Guiding Department, what are you doing here?"

The man also took out a jade token in response, scrutinizing Zhao Yao with his eyes.

This guy's attitude is just as bad as Song Angran's.

The visitor is up to no good.

Zhao Yao felt very uncomfortable being stared at by him and made this judgment.