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Chapter 238 Reincarnation of an Ancient Cultivator (Third Update)

Having schemed and plotted until now, only to have his own strength severely depleted, and being so close to success only to have his efforts thwarted by this Foundation Establishment cultivator whose name he had never even heard of, Blood God Child was truly unwilling to accept it.

So he had to give it his all; even if he lost, he could always escape using Blood Escape.

"Lightning Release: False Darkness!"

After unleashing a wave of lightning, the shadow clones didn't pause for a moment and immediately followed up with a second wave.

Li Chuan also secretly took out a handful of soldier's ration pills.

"I don't know if we can hold on."

With five hundred shadow clones created, each clone naturally wouldn't have that much chakra. It would be fine for low-level ninjutsu, but for high-level lightning releases like Pseudo-Dark, it could only be used ten times at most.

In other words, after the five hundred shadow clones have used up ten lightning releases, they will all disappear due to exhaustion of chakra. If the Blood River has not yet dried up by then, he can only recover his chakra by eating soldier pills and continue to use shadow clones.

Although his body is strong, there must be a limit to how much he can recover by taking soldier's ration pills.

So now he has no choice but to take a gamble. If he wins, great; if he loses, he'll teleport away with everyone.

"It seems I am still the superior one!"

Seeing that Li Chuan's clones below had all disappeared after ten consecutive combined lightning attacks, Blood God Child laughed arrogantly.

But he had only laughed halfway through when he suddenly widened his eyes and stopped laughing, because he saw Li Chuan below stuff all the soldier's ration pills in his hand into his mouth and create five hundred shadow clones again.

"Blood God Child, be careful not to bite off more than you can chew!"

Li Chuan continued to have his shadow clones unleash lightning techniques, and then took out another handful of soldier rations.

He had plenty of ration pills, but the main thing was whether his body could handle it. According to his calculations, he could only take them four more times before his body reached its limit.

"Impossible! No elixir can restore so much true energy in one go!"

Seeing Li Chuan eat a handful of pills that looked like elixirs, and then create five hundred shadow clones to continue attacking the Blood River, Blood God Child muttered in disbelief.

Pills that restore true essence are not low-grade pills; they are even rarer than pills that increase cultivation level.

Imagine how vast the true essence within a cultivator like him, who is at the Nascent Soul stage, would be after a hundred years of cultivation.

And what kind of precious spiritual materials from heaven and earth would be needed to refine a pill that can restore so much true essence in an instant?

Even the Enhancing Essence Pill, which can increase cultivation level, does not contain as much energy as the cultivator's dantian. It only means that after taking the Enhancing Essence Pill, it can use special energy to improve the dantian and increase its upper limit.

Furthermore, the true essence within each cultivator's body varies due to different cultivation methods. Even when taking pills to restore true essence, it still takes time to convert the energy contained within them into the true essence unique to their own cultivation method.

Instead of wasting time on this transformation, it's better to sit down and absorb external spiritual energy to recover; the speed won't be much slower.

If it really comes to a fight, the enemy won't be so kind as to let you absorb pills and recover your true energy.

Therefore, in fact, no one in the cultivation world refines pills to restore true essence.

This is why the Blood God was so surprised to see Li Chuan recover immediately after taking a handful of pills.

Not only was he surprised, but the Seven Sons of the Clouds behind Li Chuan, and the alchemy master Lotus Fairy who had just regained her human form and was holding the Lingzhi doll, were also almost speechless with astonishment.

What they didn't know was that Li Chuan wasn't restoring true essence at all, but rather chakra. The soldier pills were merely replenishing the body's energy after consumption, thus indirectly restoring chakra extraction.

"I don't believe you have that many pills that can restore true energy!"

Blood God Child still refused to give up, gritting his teeth as he unleashed even more rivers of blood.

"The amount of true essence possessed by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator is truly unbelievable!"

When Li Chuan released his shadow clone after eating the fourth soldier's ration pill, he saw that although Blood God Child's face was pale, he was still persevering, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"Looks like we have no choice but to run away."

He felt his body begin to tremble, and he knew he had reached his limit and could no longer defeat the Blood God Child.

So he was about to explain the situation to Chu Yuxiang and ask them to escape with him first.

However, when he saw the Lotus Fairy who had expelled the tainted blood and regained her human form, his eyes lit up and he suddenly changed his mind.

The Lotus Fairy is not good at fighting, and she was just struck by the Blood God. Even though she has expelled the tainted blood and returned to human form, she is still unable to help him fight.

However, since the Lotus Fairy is a master alchemist who can refine medicines that increase true essence, could she also have pills that enhance the physical body?

If he had a drug to enhance his physical strength, his physical strength would increase, and his chakra reserves would naturally increase as well. At the same time, because of the increased physical strength, he would be able to consume more soldier pills and become more enduring.

That's not the most important thing. The most important thing is the current situation. He is fighting to protect the Lotus Fairy and Lingzhi, which is a perfect opportunity for him to openly and legitimately obtain pills for free!

"No, I can't hold on any longer!"

"Junior Brother Qingfeng, do you run out of those pills that restore true essence?"

As the battle reached its crucial moment, Li Chuan suddenly lost the miraculous pill that restored his true essence, and the Seven Masters of the Clouds immediately showed expressions of despair.

Seeing hope and then falling into despair is more despairing than falling into despair from the start.

However, they also understood that Li Chuan, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, was able to fight to this extent against the Blood God Child, who was in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, which was beyond their imagination. And how could the miraculous pill that could instantly restore true essence be inexhaustible?

"What I have is not a pill to restore true essence, but a secret medicine to restore the body. To be honest, since birth, my junior brother has had a special secret technique in his memory. This technique does not consume true essence, but consumes the special power of the combination of physical body and primordial spirit."

The kick I delivered earlier, as well as the clones and lightning spells I unleashed now, all relied on this secret technique.

However, my physical strength has now reached its limit, and I can no longer take the secret medicine to unleash lightning magic.

Li Chuan reached out and took out another handful of soldier's ration pills.

Upon hearing Li Chuan's explanation, everyone suddenly understood. No wonder Li Chuan was so strong despite only being at the Foundation Establishment stage; it turned out he possessed a special secret technique inherited from his previous life.

Not everyone who undergoes physical transformation and reincarnation can retain all their memories. Especially in ancient times, when the method of physical transformation and reincarnation was incomplete, many ancient cultivators who were reincarnated may only remember some fragments, or some cultivation techniques and spells.

Moreover, the time for reincarnation after death is not fixed; it's not like you can be reincarnated immediately the day after you die.

Some have existed for over ten years, some for several decades, and some even for hundreds or thousands of years.

Reincarnation doesn't necessarily mean being human; it could be an animal, a flower, or a blade of grass. Even if someone is human, they may not necessarily have the talent for spiritual cultivation.

As one reincarnates more, memories gradually diminish, and the true spirit cannot be preserved.

It is clear that Li Chuan may be the reincarnation of some ancient cultivator, whose memories only contain some special secret techniques.

"So, as long as your physical body and primordial spirit become stronger, can you continue to take the secret medicine and unleash lightning magic?"

At this moment, the Lotus Fairy, holding the Lingzhi Child, suddenly stepped forward excitedly and asked Li Chuan.

Li Chuan pretended to hesitate for a moment, then nodded:

"Although I haven't tried it, if my physical body is strengthened and my primordial spirit becomes more powerful, I might really be able to consume more secret medicines and continue to unleash lightning magic."

(End of this chapter)