Time to Claim the Reward

Huff! Sigh! Blood flowed like congealed dew, as abundant as rain.

Blood seeped from every 108,000 pores like beads, each the size of a bean, and dried into scabs before hitting the ground.

Liang Qu's lips were chapped and his saliva was sticky like glue. He felt dizzy.

Open your mouth, and air rushes into your lungs, only to flow away from somewhere unknown, leaving nothing behind.

My heart was pounding desperately in my chest, but each beat was weaker than the last.

Unprecedented weakness.

Willpower is like a tree growing in the desert, its roots stretching wildly through the sand and gravel, yet unable to draw any moisture, withering and dying. Under the scorching sun, it will soon become a dead tree in the vast desert, worn away by the wind and sand.

Half an incense stick later, the last drop of blood was expelled from Liang Qu's pores, and his breath became almost nonexistent.

An ordinary person would have died on the spot by this point, but the foundation laid in the first three trials allowed Liang Qu to still have a breath of life.

The scabs fell off in a rustling sound. He shakily raised his hand, picked up the third medicine bottle, and poured out an orange-yellow pill.

A surge of sensation in the throat, and the pill entered the abdomen.

Almost the instant it came into contact with saliva, the Blood Coagulation Pill began to liquefy, and by the time it fell into the stomach, it was already a pool of pure medicinal liquid.

The medicine was potent, and heat rose in my stomach.

A dying body instinctively draws life from itself; like rain after a long drought, it is like cooking oil in a raging fire.

The medicinal power of the Great Elixir suddenly exploded, transforming into a raging fire that swept over Liang Qu's body and mind, causing him to groan involuntarily.

With each breath, the surging medicinal fire flowed along the blood vessels and meridians into the marrow, moving unimpeded wherever it went. As it surged, new blood flowed, rushing into his limbs and bones, forcefully stopping his downward momentum with the force of cutting water with a drawn sword.

In an instant, Liang Qu's pale face flushed red, and his blood flowed with renewed vitality.

Once the breathing stabilizes, the intensity has doubled!

"Ha..."

Liang Qu gasped for breath.

The fresh air enters the lungs and is no longer lost like it's being sifted through a sieve.

The parched, withered tree finally took root in the river, the struggling heartbeat calmed down, and the feeling of complete comfort was truly pleasant.

Two more times...

Liang Qu took a deep breath, lowered his gaze, and looked again at the three medicine bottles on the table.

He picked up another Greater Blood Exchange Pill, his gaze sweeping over the object.

The near-death experience actually instilled a sense of fear in him.

No wonder those Breaking Blood Barrier try to have their relatives and friends by their side for support.

For someone with a fragile mind, experiencing the feeling of being powerless and on the verge of death three times at once would certainly be quite perplexing.

However, the Three Surges and Three Coagulations of fresh blood, the three surges of fresh blood evaporating and the three condensations of fresh blood, must all be completed in one go within one hour.

One should press on with full force, but the momentum wanes with each attempt, and exhausts itself with each subsequent one!

Delay will only lead to unforeseen changes.

He was only in pain for half an hour, but damn it, he was determined to fight back! Liang Qu closed his eyes and swallowed another pill.

The scene unfolded exactly as before, with the stench of blood on the river growing stronger and carrying a faint, exotic fragrance, driving the Big Fish in the water into a frenzy, but all of them were blocked by the massive bodies of the three beasts.

The Fat Catfish opened its mouth wide and devoured the food; it hadn't eaten all day.

Inside the cabin, more and more blood clots fell off, layer upon layer, just like the dehydrated pine cones after being baked by the scorching sun.

Next came the second Blood Coagulation Pill, repeated three times. Each time, Liang Qu's aura rose and grew stronger.

Breaking Blood Barrier carries risks.

However, the martial arts system has a long history of inheritance. With the improvement of generations of physicians and powerful figures, the Pill Formula Blood Coagulation Pill and Blood Exchange Pill have become almost perfect, and the actual risks have long been controlled to an extremely low level.

If you take your medicine and practice breathing exercises step by step, you can generally get through it smoothly.

The source of danger often comes from the Martial Artist himself, whether he can maintain his composure and remain calm and avoid mistakes when facing death.

However, as long as someone is there to protect you, this potential danger can be almost completely eliminated.

The temperature of Liang Qu fluctuated three times.

By the third time his aura had risen, its intensity had tripled! A strong river breeze carried moist air.

A faint, exotic fragrance emanated from the "blood man," and Big Fish around the boat leaped up one after another, splashing water everywhere, as if they had mistaken the three beasts' obstruction for a dragon gate.

Click, click.

Dense, subtle sounds emanated from the "blood man," as dried, brittle scabs fell off piece by piece.

Large chunks of blood scabs slammed onto the deck, making a dull thud.

I've never felt so relaxed and carefree as I do today...

Liang Qu opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming.

With a burst of power, the blood clot turned to dust and scattered in the wind.

As the wind and clouds shifted and the source disappeared, the stench of blood gradually dissipated, and the Big Fish in the vicinity regained their composure, darting into the water and vanishing without a trace.

Liang Qu wouldn't care about small fry; he clenched his fists tightly, his Qi and Blood surging through his body.

Blood rushed through my veins like a mighty river, making a "whooshing" sound; as I exerted myself to the fullest, my heart pounded like a drum.

"The Blood Barrier is complete."

Of the four challenges, the Blood Barrier is the most dangerous and also the strongest.

If this barrier is broken, one's strength will be hard to diminish or exhaust.

With each breath, the heart beats once; the heart is the master of the five internal organs.

Legend has it that when the Martial Saint meditates, his heart beats once every seven days, granting him a lifespan of eight hundred years, oblivious to the passage of time.

The heart is the key to unleashing one's full potential.

Liang Qu is now brimming with energy, like a dragon or a tiger, surging endlessly, almost invincible.

It even has a fragrant aroma from the blood, without any fishy smell.

When I observed my Senior Brother Xiang breaking through his cultivation barrier, after three blood exchanges, there was no unusual fragrance in his blood.

Only those with exceptional talent can achieve the state of blood exchange and incense formation, where the blood coagulates and does not dissipate!

Liang Qu possesses Martial Bone, which naturally makes him a gifted individual.

He even suspected that consuming half a Dragon Tendon from the Sturgeon Fish Demon had played a role, since it had improved his aptitude to some extent.

"I can turn iron into mud, leap over tiger ravines, throw an elephant with the force of a raised hand, and shake the earth with the power of a stomp of a foot. Ice, snow, wind, and frost cannot get close to me. My domineering gaze can seduce people's souls, and my lion's roar can shatter a person's internal organs. I can expand and Size at Will, and no one can defeat me in my opening and closing movements!"

For some reason, this sentence floated into Liang Qu's mind.

Ahem, throwing elephants is fine, but shaking the ground won't work.

We should keep a low profile.

There are many people stronger than me in the Four Gates and Seven Paths.

Liang Qu ran his fingers through his hair and saw that there was still blood powder on his fingertips. He jumped into the water and the surging current easily carried away the remaining blood foam.

"The boat needs to be washed too."

Blood foam was also mixed in between the seams of the boat, as well as bloodstains left from killing fish on the boat before.

Liang Qu moved everything out of the waterproof compartment and stepped onto the water's surface Soaring Water Riding Waves.

With a flick of his hand, a vast wave rose into the air, as if a giant hand had pressed down on the entire boat, completely submerging it in the water and repeatedly turning it over and washing it.

After being thoroughly cleaned, the boat was lifted back to the surface by the current.

With a wave of the hand, the remaining moisture inside the cabin gathered and flowed, turning into a trickle that returned to the river, where it quickly dried.

Undoubtedly, Breaking Blood Barrier, Liang Qu's ability to Water Control became stronger and more refined. He could gather water droplets in his palm within a few breaths by simply extending his hand.

Simple tests showed that the amount of water that could be manipulated exceeded an astonishing 360 tons.

Of course, it still pales in comparison to the power of nature.

A small wave, two meters high and stretching for hundreds of meters, can easily contain more than a thousand tons of water; a ten-meter wave could contain tens of thousands of tons.

However, for a single object, it can be described as a hellish place, like a washing machine once inside.

Four Spirit Monster Water Beast Breaking Blood Barrier once more.

Everything is ready; it's time to claim the credit!