Chapter 389: Changes in Combat Power
With every contraction, every expansion, and every beat of his heart, Qin Ziling felt an overwhelming force surging in his body.
Every time the qi and blood surged, Qin Ziling could feel the nourishment and cleansing of his body. He could feel the pattern on his chest deepening and his blood power growing stronger, just like a sapling being nourished and growing stronger.
He could also feel that the moment the heart was refined, the entire Niwan Palace suddenly became full of vitality, as if the source of life had been opened up.
"No wonder it is said that the heart is the master of the spirit, the ancestor of the meridians, and the master of the five internal organs. Once the heart is refined, all the blood vessels and the five internal organs will have a master and a sequence, with soldiers and commanders, and they will be integrated and in order.
Although I had opened up the Way of Heaven and Man before, the heart on the human side was not refined, and this Way of Heaven and Man had not truly reached the most important center and source on the human side. Therefore, the Way of Heaven and Man can only be considered to have been opened up for more than half, and is only now considered to have been truly opened up.
No wonder Sister Zitang said that once martial arts are cultivated to the Grandmaster level, a person's spirit will suddenly become stronger. This is the reason. However, if the skull bones are not refined, the passage between the Niwan Palace and the heart will be mostly blocked, and it cannot be considered as the unity of heaven and man. "
Feeling the changes in his body, Qin Ziling thought of a lot and understood a lot in an instant.
As his heart continued to "accommodate all rivers and seas", Qin Ziling suddenly began to feel hungry, and this hunger became stronger and stronger.
Qin Ziling quickly finished the remaining half of the blood essence. It was fine at first, but soon he felt hungry again.
Because Qin Ziling soon discovered that not only was the heart "embracing all rivers and seas", but the three bloodline magical power patterns imprinted on the heart were also constantly "embracing all rivers and seas".
In the past, these three bloodline magical power patterns were dormant, and would only be activated when Qin Ziling activated them with his qi and blood.
But now these three bloodline magical power patterns seemed to have awakened, constantly absorbing Qin Ziling's blood, energy and strength like "the sea absorbing all rivers", and constantly becoming stronger.
The heart and bloodline magical patterns are like bottomless pits.
Qin Ziling had no choice but to quickly take out the huge red-blooded earth dragon from the corpse-raising ring, skin it, remove its tendons, drain its blood completely, and cut it into pieces.
The slices cut into pieces like tree stumps were hung up and roasted directly with the flames gathered by magic power, and the blood was reserved for the four heads and others to eat.
A portion of his blood had been given to the four heads to drink. Qin Ziling discovered that in a short period of time, not only did their strength increase rapidly, but the severely damaged Ape Big was also recovering faster. The faint vitality like a candle in the wind gradually stabilized with the recovery of Ape Big and took root in Ape Big's body.
This gave Qin Ziling hope of quickly advancing them.
As he kept eating, the essence energy was constantly converted into qi and blood energy and absorbed by the heart and blood vessels. The waste was directly excreted from the pores. Qin Ziling could only keep calling for clean water to rinse.
Qin Ziling ate meat with big mouthfuls all day long.
After the whole red-blooded earth dragon went into his stomach, Qin Ziling felt about 60% full. Then he took out a fifth-grade upper-level exotic beast that he had hunted two days ago but had not had time to eat, and cooked it to satisfy his hunger.
In this way, Qin Ziling finally felt relaxed.
At this time, Qin Ziling felt that he had endless strength all over his body. As soon as his qi and blood strength circulated slightly, his skin and muscles became as hard as iron. Qin Ziling let Ying Bao grab the Lietian sword and chop him, but only very faint knife wounds were left, just like when a grass leaf scratches the skin when cutting grass.
However, Qin Ziling did not dare to let the other golden corpses chop him with the Sky-Splitting Sword.
Sishou, Yuan Da and Yuan Er are all high-level golden corpses. A blow from them is equivalent to a full-strength blow from a grandmaster. Xiong Da is known for his strength, so even if the force of his blow is not as strong as that of a grandmaster, the difference is not that big.
Although Qin Ziling knew that with his current strong body, he would definitely not be killed by them, but flesh wounds were inevitable. Moreover, when the knife fell, in addition to the sharp blade breaking some flesh, there was also the strong impact force that he must consider.
But even so, Qin Ziling was already very satisfied.
Because with his current strength, he could stand there and get slashed a hundred or eighty times by the Grandmaster without getting seriously injured. This was simply unimaginable in the past.
"No wonder the Xuan Master is so high up. Even the Grand Master is just cannon fodder in their eyes. I think when a Xuan Master reaches the realm, it is difficult for a small or medium Grand Master to break through the magic shield he has cast around his body. Even if a Grand Master can barely break it, his strength is exhausted. It must be very difficult to hurt their bodies that have been tempered by thunder.
Besides, it is impossible for the Xuan Master to stand there and let the Grand Masters attack him. Once they take action, they can basically crush the small and medium Grand Masters. Only the Grand Master can fight the Xuan Master with the strength of numbers. "Qin Ziling touched his skin that was recovering and couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Because he was very sure that his current strength was at the Xuanshi level!
"Yuan Er, come, let's have a fistfight." Qin Ziling called out Yuan Er.
He also wanted to see to what extent his strength would increase after he broke through to become a grandmaster.
"Whoosh!" A violent friction sound that tore through the air was heard, and Yuan Er, emitting a dark golden metallic luster, gave off an extremely heavy and powerful huge iron fist that swung towards Qin Ziling at lightning speed.
Qin Ziling also threw a punch upon seeing this.
When he swung his punch, his heart beat violently, and instantly his blood and energy rushed to his arms like a surging river.
There was no need to use his magical powers of transformation. Qin Ziling's fist suddenly became one size larger than Yuan Er's fist, and the energy and air flow on it flowed rapidly, as if an energy fist shield was worn on his fist.
The huge fist broke through the air with powerful airflow shield, and the air waves rolled and the space fluctuated.
“Bang!”
"when!"
After the explosion of air wave energy collision, there was a deafening sound of metal clashing.
Qin Ziling stood there motionless, but the huge golden body of the ape, which was over two meters tall, seemed to be hit hard by a mountain. It flew backwards and broke two thick trees behind it before it stopped.
At this time, several cracks appeared on his huge fists and the golden armor covering his arms.
"This..." Qin Ziling raised his hand and looked at his fist in disbelief.
Although he knew that becoming a grand master from an intermediate master would result in a qualitative leap in strength, he did not expect that his leap would be so huge that a random punch could actually make Yuan Erfei retreat nearly a hundred meters.
If he attacked with all his strength, even using his power and magical powers, wouldn't he be able to blow up a high-level golden corpse with just one punch?
At the entrance to the wind and thunder barrier, Qin Ziling had personally witnessed the five Xuan Masters taking action.
He believed that the five masters had the fighting power to easily kill Yuan Er, and even if they used their Taoism properly, they might be able to kill him with one strike in a one-on-one situation.
But they definitely can't do it like he can with one punch.
The former's one-hit kill requires skill, the right time and place, and a one-on-one fight without being restrained by others.
The latter's punch was also a one-hit kill, but it did not require any skills, it was just a direct push and crush with unquestionable force.
"It seems that if I can only rely on martial arts now, once I activate my bloodline magical power, my combat power will definitely be better than that of Master Xiaoxuan. If I add the help of my soul, Qi refining and the four heads , I wonder if I can match Master Zhongxuan? Even if I can't, it will be difficult for Master Zhongxuan to kill me.
I don't know if the four of them have a chance to break through and become celestial corpses in this small barrier. I also don't know if it's possible for me to further comprehend the 'Dragon-Tiger Thunder Sound Marrow Refining Secret Method' and start refining the marrow.
Whether the four of them break through, or I break through and start refining my marrow, then even if I encounter a Zhongxuan Master, it shouldn’t be a big deal.”
Thinking of this, Qin Ziling subconsciously looked towards the east again at the place similar to the legendary Leigong Mountain, his eyes full of anticipation.
Soon, Qin Ziling withdrew his gaze, then left the spot and headed straight into the depths of the restricted area.
The situation has changed. He can now defeat or even kill a sixth-grade lower-level monster with martial arts alone. If he uses all his means, he can definitely match it even against a sixth-grade mid-level monster. If he is luckier, he may even be able to kill a sixth-grade mid-level monster.
After all, the alien beast is not a human being. It is impossible for it to make many calculations and plans like the human Zhongxuan Master. Its soul is also relatively much weaker. It mainly relies on the integration of soul with blood and flesh, which makes it tricky.
Otherwise, with Qin Ziling's current level of soul possession, he could directly possess and kill its soul.
But if it were Master Xuan, not only would their spirits be powerful, they would also have the means to defend the Niwan Palace. Even without the protection of blood, qi and flesh, Qin Ziling would not be able to directly take over their bodies and kill their spirits.
Lai Yinuan once told him that with the level of the wind and thunder barrier, the most powerful beast that could appear would be an upper-level sixth-grade beast, and their numbers were extremely rare.
Qin Ziling speculated that even if there were any upper-level sixth-grade exotic beasts, they should be active in the "Leigong Mountain" area that he saw.
It was precisely because of this that Qin Ziling, once he had broken through to become a grandmaster, dared to advance so boldly and quickly into the depths of the restricted area.
Qin Ziling crossed the deepest boundary he had ever been active in and slowly searched forward towards a place two thousand miles away from the entrance.
In a blink of an eye, this day has already been the 30th day since Qin Ziling entered the wind and thunder barrier.
For the next ten days or so, Qin Ziling had been moving around in an area about two thousand miles away from the entrance.
This area is a relatively suitable activity area for Qin Ziling now. It is dangerous but within his ability to bear, and the rewards are considerable.
During these ten days, he found some Leixun stones, some precious elixirs, and hunted down a sixth-grade lower-level exotic beast and six fifth-grade upper-level exotic beasts.
So far, Qin Ziling has not encountered any intermediate-level sixth-grade or higher exotic beasts, and the most common ones he has encountered are fifth-grade exotic beasts.
However, for strange beasts below the upper fifth level, Qin Ziling would not take the initiative to hunt them unless he happened to encounter them, and he even avoided them several times.
It’s not that I suddenly became soft-hearted, but I felt that I had reached this level of strength, and it seemed natural to do so.
