Crimson Fiend Skill, Entering the Inner Chamber!

Name: Su Que (18 years old)

Lifespan: 134

Talent Value: 24

Martial Arts: Seven Injuries Fist (6th Realm Divine Skill 36%), Five Animal Frolics (1st Realm Initial Glimpse 1%)

Internal Skill: Wedding Dress Divine Skill (4th Realm Outstanding 30%), Crimson Fiend Skill (Beginner 99%)

Su Que's Talent Value was 24 points, making his comprehension far superior to that of an ordinary martial artist.

In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, he was about to gain entry into the Crimson Fiend Skill.

An ordinary martial artist would need at least a month or two before they could gain entry into the Crimson Fiend Skill.

He felt a warmth slowly forming around his heart.

Like a tiny flame, it gradually began to burn.

Poof!

All of a sudden, he seemed to hear the sound of a flame igniting.

Immediately afterward, warmth surged from his heart like a spring, forming a thin thread that circulated through his body.

"It worked!"

Su Que checked his Attributes and saw that the Crimson Fiend Skill had indeed been learned. It was now at 1st Realm Initial Glimpse 1%.

That warmth around his heart was Crimson Fiend True Qi.

Su Que immediately circulated his Crimson Fiend True Qi, channeling it into his palm before striking toward his own face through the air.

At once, a warm breeze washed over his face. In this bitterly cold weather, it felt wonderfully comfortable.

"The Crimson Fiend True Qi produced by Crimson Fiend Skill at 1st Realm Initial Glimpse 1% has virtually no killing power."

"But in winter, it can at least keep the practitioner warm."

"Keep cultivating!"

Su Que gathered his Heart Intent and continued following the method recorded in the manual, concentrating as he guided the strand of Crimson Fiend True Qi within his body along a fixed route through his meridians.

The stream of qi circulated through his body, rapidly growing stronger.

At the same time, a pleasant sensation arose in his heart. It seemed the damage Crimson Fiend Skill had inflicted upon his heart had already been reversed.

As he continued cultivating, his heart would become even stronger than before.

After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Su Que looked inward and saw that his Crimson Fiend True Qi had thickened considerably. He summoned his Attributes.

Crimson Fiend Skill (1st Realm Initial Glimpse 12%)

"It actually rose to 12% so quickly!"

The speed of his cultivation progress left Su Que slightly astonished.

"It seems that my current Talent Value is already fairly high, and the Crimson Fiend Skill is inherently easier to cultivate than the Seven Injuries Fist and Wedding Dress Divine Skill."

"That's why progress in cultivating the Crimson Fiend Skill is so fast."

"At this rate, I might advance several realms tonight!"

The thought stirred Su Que's spirits.

Back when he cultivated the Seven Injuries Fist and Wedding Dress Divine Skill, each advance in realm had been measured in months.

How could he ever have imagined that cultivating other techniques would bring such swift progress?

After roughly an hour, Su Que's original strand of Crimson Fiend True Qi had grown from the thickness of a thread to the thickness of a finger.

Moreover, a new warmth was quietly brewing around his heart.

"I'm about to break through!"

Su Que glanced at his Attributes and found that the Crimson Fiend Skill had indeed reached 1st Realm Initial Glimpse 99%.

He continued guiding the Crimson Fiend True Qi through his body.

After making a circuit through his meridians, the Crimson Fiend True Qi returned to his heart once more.

Then, the warmth around his heart suddenly erupted, merging with the original stream of Crimson Fiend True Qi!

The Crimson Fiend True Qi was now as thick as two fingers, and its quality had undergone a fundamental leap.

Su Que checked his Attributes and saw that the Crimson Fiend Skill had risen to 2nd Realm Minor Accomplishment 1%.

He circulated the Crimson Fiend True Qi again, channeling it into his palm before striking toward his face through the air.

This time, the palm wind was no longer merely warm—it had become scorching hot.

His skin had been tempered by his qi and blood, and through cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist, his five viscera had become powerful. The quality of one's skin was also tied to the five viscera and six bowels.

Thus, his skin was now tough. When that palm wind struck his face, he felt only searing heat, while his skin suffered not the slightest damage.

But if that palm wind struck an ordinary person, or even a One-Blood Warrior, it would scald them.

Su Que looked again at his Lifespan and Talent Value.

Lifespan: 140

Talent Value: 26

Cultivating the Crimson Fiend Skill had damaged his heart somewhat. With the side effect reversed, however, his heart had instead been nourished.

Thus, when the Crimson Fiend Skill advanced from the entry stage to Minor Accomplishment, his Lifespan increased by six years.

Having passed the thresholds of 135 and 140, his Talent Value rose by two points.

Su Que's thoughts stirred. The Attributes vanished before his eyes, and he gathered his mind before continuing to focus on circulating the Crimson Fiend True Qi around his heart.

The Crimson Fiend True Qi traveled round and round through the meridians in his body.

"So hot!"

After cultivating for a while longer, Su Que felt as though his body were being roasted over a fire. Overcome by the heat, he stripped off his upper garments and tossed them aside.

Revealing a lean, powerful body packed with muscle.

His pectorals were firm and strong, flowing in wild, sleek lines.

His back was broad and solid, the contours of its muscles forming handsome patterns.

His abdomen bore eight neatly arranged blocks of muscle.

The two mermaid lines beside them stood out clearly.

His muscles had been built entirely through cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist, Blood and Qi Body Tempering, and the reversed side effects of the Wedding Dress Divine Skill.

They had not been forged through hard-body martial arts.

Thus, his muscles were not massive or exaggerated, but firm, tight, and natural.

That was why his usual loose scholar's robes concealed nine-tenths of his true physique.

The remaining tenth was his height and broad shoulders—things no clothing could hide.

His body grew hotter and hotter.

Beads of sweat emerged from his skin, merging into streams that trickled downward.

After cultivating for a while longer, his skin turned scorching hot and gradually flushed red, like the shell of a boiled shrimp.

The sweat on his skin evaporated beneath the heat radiating from his body, releasing wisps of steam.

More than two hours later, a searing heat began to brew within his heart.

"I'm breaking through again!"

Su Que's spirits rose as he continued focusing on circulating the Crimson Fiend True Qi.

Boom!

Su Que seemed to hear an explosion erupt from within his body.

His heart suddenly jolted, and warmth burst forth, merging with the Crimson Fiend True Qi that had been flowing through his meridians.

The Crimson Fiend True Qi in his body swelled once more, now about the size of a small mouse.

Su Que's thoughts stirred, and he summoned the Attributes again.

Name: Su Que (18 years old)

Lifespan: 145

Talent Value: 27

Martial Arts: Seven Injuries Fist (6th realm Divine Skill 36%), Five Animal Frolics (1st realm Initial Glimpse 1%)

Internal Arts: Wedding Dress Divine Skill (4th realm outstanding 30%), Crimson Fiend Skill (3rd realm Entry Level 1%)

The Crimson Fiend Skill had risen another realm, extending his Lifespan by five years and increasing his Talent Value by one point.

Su Que gathered the Crimson Fiend True Qi and threw a punch through the air at a dead branch beside him.

At once, the branch blackened and gave off wisps of smoke.

"Now that the Crimson Fiend Skill has reached the 3rd realm, Entry Level, the killing power of the Crimson Fiend True Qi can finally hold its own!"

Su Que's thoughts stirred, and he immediately threw punch after punch at the dead branches beside him!

Crimson Fiend True Qi burst from his fists, striking the dead branches one after another!

After the fifth punch, the small pile of dead branches burst into flames.

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