“This is genuine Qilin blood, the effect should be decent,” Lin Yun said, looking at the small jade vial in his hand.
The Qilin blood Lin Yun had used before, all came from demon beasts with Qilin bloodlines, not the purest kind.
But this Qilin essence blood in his hand, extracted from a real Qilin, the quality difference was massive!
“Let’s get started.”
Lin Yun drew his Qingfeng sword, after some effort, finally cut a small slit in the skin over his demon bone, the Qilin bone (demon bone) in his arm faintly visible.
Carefully, Lin Yun dripped the two small drops of Qilin essence blood onto the demon bone.
Just these two tiny drops, worth a Saint Spirit-grade weapon, bloody terrifying to think about, and outside, you couldn’t buy it with money, its rarity was obvious.
Sizzle!
When the essence blood touched Lin Yun’s flesh and bone, a violent, fearsome aura erupted within him, surging toward his mind’s sea of consciousness!
In an instant, Lin Yun felt plunged into a sea of corpses and blood, his eyes turning scarlet, a towering murderous aura enveloping him.
Everyone has joy, anger, sorrow, and delight, Lin Yun’s buried negative emotions and suppressed side, all detonated by this ferocious aura, magnified countless times.
“No!”
As Lin Yun teetered on the edge of madness, he shook his head fiercely, straining to shield his will and core self.
This domineering aura hit so hard, it nearly eroded Lin Yun’s resolve.
“A beast long dead, thinking two drops of essence blood can erode my mind? Dream on!”
Lin Yun gritted his teeth, his heart steadfast as stone, clinging to his true self!
He knew, if his will crumbled, this violent aura would take over, turning him into a half-human, half-demon monster.
Boom! Boom!
The savage energy battered Lin Yun’s will relentlessly, but his heart stayed rock-solid!
Having endured countless hardships, Lin Yun’s will had been forged strong long ago.
At the same time, he summoned his inner power, resisting and purging the violent aura in the two drops.
This ferocity, after all, was just ‘water without a source, a meal without rice’, no further fuel, after Lin Yun’s resistance and cleansing, it finally faded.
With the violent aura purified, the essence blood was pure enough to absorb without worry.
The toughest, most dangerous step, successfully crossed.
“Phew.”
Lin Yun let out a long breath, then began absorbing the two drops.
The essence blood seeped slowly into the demon bone, steadily strengthening it.
Buzz buzz.
The entire demon bone in his arm, faintly glowed, growing stronger.
Don’t underestimate two tiny drops, the energy they held was vast and terrifying!
This blood’s immense power, even nourished Lin Yun’s body.
With the ferocity gone, the refined energy refreshed him, an indescribable comfort coursing through.
About an hour and a bit later.
The two drops’ enhancement of the demon bone, fully complete.
Lin Yun slowly opened his eyes.
“With the demon bone strengthened, my power’s up by about thirty percent, not bad!” Lin Yun clenched his right fist, surging strength rippling through his arm.
“Shame there’s only two drops, a few more, and the boost could’ve been bigger,” Lin Yun sighed.
Don’t scoff at thirty percent, it rivalled a Taixu Power level-up.
And ‘Sky-Shaking Hand’, beyond its own might, relied heavily on raw strength, the stronger he got, the more it’d amplify the move’s power.
“To truly beat Li Shi, this boost alone, probably still won’t cut it,” Lin Yun muttered.
The demon bone’s upgrade, gave tomorrow’s match a bit more footing, maybe enough to tangle with Li Shi, closing some of the gap.
But to win, still no dice, victory demanded overwhelming dominance over him.
Lose to Li Shi?
Lin Yun wasn’t having it!
Fourteen-odd hours till tomorrow’s match, in this One Thought Clarity Tower space, that’s nearly three days for Lin Yun.
“With this time, I’ll try breaking through to Second-Order Mahayana, it’s the best shot!”
Lin Yun set his mind!
A realm jump, the clearest boost to fighting power.
Normally, cross-realm fights need heaps of tricks to bridge a small gap, showing how vast each realm divide is.
Cross-realm battles are rare and tough, precisely because each realm leap brings such a huge spike, creating massive disparities.
Hit Second-Order Mahayana, plus the demon bone boost, Lin Yun’s odds would soar.
But in just under three days, reaching Second-Order Mahayana, bloody tough!
“Spirit crystals alone won’t do, let’s try this!”
Lin Yun flipped his hand, pulled out a demon beast core.
This, from that Purple-Scale Sky Crocodile, equivalent to a human Third-Order Mahayana, its core packing serious energy.
Then, Lin Yun swallowed the core whole.
It hit his body, instantly turning into a sea of vast energy.
Lin Yun fired up his technique, refining this surging power.
Time ticked by as he processed it.
…
Nearly three days of refining later.
When Lin Yun’s dantian sea hit its energy limit, like a volcano pent up for millennia, it erupted, flooding his whole body!
From inside out, Lin Yun felt a stark, massive upgrade.
That dantian sea, swelled and expanded!
His aura, climbing fast…
This upheaval, lasted two hours before settling.
Boom!
Lin Yun’s eyes snapped open, sharp light flashing, fierce and commanding!
Right now, he brimmed with energy, so potent it felt ready to burst out.
“Second-Order Mahayana, done!”
Lin Yun grinned, uncontainable joy flooding him.
For today’s Lin Yun, few things sparked big emotions.
But a realm breakthrough, that brought irrepressible elation!
With the thousand-year spirit fruit’s monstrous energy, topped by the Purple-Scale Sky Crocodile’s core to bridge the gap, he’d finally hit Second-Order Mahayana.
“Now, facing Li Shi, my odds are way up,” Lin Yun’s lips curved.
“Wait, the match is about to start!” Lin Yun jolted.
Lost in breakthrough joy, he’d nearly forgotten.
By now, it should be ten in the morning outside, meaning the finals had started?
And he was still in this inn.
Getting from here to the palace, that’d take time.
Lin Yun bolted out of the tower space, left the inn, unleashed full speed, and raced for the palace!
After clawing to Second-Order Mahayana, he couldn’t miss the bloody match!
