Sighing deeply, he then focused on the other drop of blood. It exploded, sending thousands of threads of silver electric arcs coursing through his bloodstream.
Immediately, all the qi stored in his 25 Acupuncture points was drained, and a bolt of silver lightning shot out from his right hand. Recalling the information, he quickly unsheathed his sword, and a hair-thin yellow electric bolt crackled around the blade. He pointed the tip forward and yelled, releasing the energy infused in the sword.
The silver electric bolt shot out like a straight arrow, infused with strong sword qi. It punctured holes through multiple willow trees and bushes, finally stopping after breaking through a large pile of boulders. The trees fell noisily to the ground, scorched black.
"Hah! This attack is unbelievably strong. Plus, it’ll be my long-range offensive technique. The only downside is that it consumes too much of my qi. No, it consumed all the qi stored in my twenty acupuncture points. Maybe I should cultivate Qi here in this forest since I’ve already opened another twenty acupuncture points," he muttered as he sheathed his sword, made from the Fallen Bamboo Stick.
The sheath absorbed all the remaining traces of energy from the sword as if savoring a snack, though it was hardly substantial.
Han Xiao sensed this peculiar occurrence, feeling a mental link with the sheath made from the Fallen Bamboo Stick. "Maybe I can use some curse pits here in this Willow Tree forest to feed this stick," he mused. "I could use it as my strongest trump card."
"System, show me the map of this forest along with all the curse pits around my current position," he commanded.
With a soft chime, the familiar map appeared in the red interface. He saw twenty-five black star spots, with a red star blinking at his current position. "Twenty-five curse pits will be more than enough. And these black stars are larger than the one I visited before," he noted. With that thought, he quickly rushed to the nearest curse pit.
For the next week, Han Xiao moved from one pit to another, cultivating his Qi and breaking through continuously to the Seven Stars of the Pulse Condensation Realm. His fifty acupuncture points could no longer hold any more qi after reaching this level of cultivation.
However, the hard truth was that he used only three Small Size Curse Pits to achieve his breakthrough. The remaining twenty-two larger Curse Pits were used to dip the Fallen Bamboo Stick, now in the form of a sheath.
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Each time it was submerged into the smelly, greenish-black water rich with curse qi energy, it took only a fraction of a breath to consume the entire pit. This process continued for the next twenty-one Curse Pits, but nothing seemed to change for the sheath. Its current stats in the red interface remained nil.
Fallen Bamboo Stick
[Energy Gathered: 0.00% of its Original Strength!]
However, after dipping into the twenty-second curse pit, something substantial happened. He saw the update in the red interface and sighed in relief.
[Energy Gathered: 0.01% of its Original Strength!]
Despite this small percentage, he knew in his heart that releasing even this meager amount of energy could obliterate any cultivator below the Xiantian Realm. "For god's sake, this tiny fraction of strength is the energy gathered from those twenty-two curse pits. If I use this power efficiently at the perfect timing, I might be able to kill even those seniors in the Xiantian Realm."
Currently, Han Xiao is in the Pulse Condensation Realm. After breaking through the nine layers of this realm, he would enter the Houtian Cultivation Realm. Similarly, after the nine layers of the Houtian Realm, he would reach the Xiantian Realm. With the current strength of the Fallen Bamboo Stick, he could kill anyone two major realms above him. This would be like an ant being able to kill a healthy adult eagle in its prime, soaring high in the sky.
Hanging the Bamboo Sheath back at his waist and sheathing his long sword, Han Xiao finally decided to return to the Tianfu Sword Palace. Along the way, he killed several 3-Star Soldier Realm cultivators, gathering all their cadavers into the Spatial Storage Page using just his physical strength.
According to various books in this world, strength levels can be compared across realms. A 1-Star Soldier Realm cultivator has power equivalent to the Strength Training phase of body cultivation. Similarly, 2 stars correspond to Flesh Training; 3 stars to Viscera Training; 4 stars to Altering Muscle; 5 stars to Bone Forging; and 6 stars to Pulse Condensation, which is the final realm of the first phase of Body Cultivation.
Han Xiao's body cultivation realm was in Viscera Training, focusing on cultivating his organs. Along the way, he encountered a 4-Star Soldier Realm Grizzly bear, a realm above him.
Strength-wise, he was at a disadvantage. But this time, he chose not to run. Instead, he unsheathed his long sword and engaged the bear in combat. After thirty breaths, he was wounded all over, with several claw marks oozing blood.
"Alright, playtime is over!" he declared. With a thought, he activated the bloodline technique—Silver Electric Arc. Instantly, all the curse sword qi stored within his twenty-five acupuncture points was consumed, producing a silver electric arc that coiled around his long sword like a snake.
Instead of shooting the energy, he dashed forward, his speed increasing fivefold. He swung his sword, severing the bear’s head from its shoulders.
Ding!
You’ve Succeeded in Killing a Beast Above Your Realm!
+ 4000 Curse Points awarded!
Total Curse Points: 7070!
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