Swift Wind, Swift Thunder

Bloodlight surged like a tide, blood qi vast as a sea.

The Cyan Heavenly Dragon danced amid the hazy bloodlight, its enormous yet slender body gradually stained layer upon layer of crimson.

Scales, horns, claws, body—all were dyed scarlet in the bloodlight. In the end, even the Azure Dragon's eyes turned red. Upon the crimson Heavenly Dragon, countless ancient and profound runes shimmered with spiritual light.

In a daze, Gao Wu came to an understanding: the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation was deeply merging with his flesh, organs, and consciousness.

The runic light grew ever brighter. The blood-red color faded completely from the Heavenly Dragon, and its enormous, slender, elegant body once more became a vibrant cyan filled with life.

The Heavenly Dragon raised its head and roared again. The surrounding bloodlight and cloudlike qi were all sucked into its belly. Its body turned crimson once more, and countless ancient, profound runes within it flashed with spiritual light...

The same process repeated six times. The bloodlight and clouds filling the sky were completely absorbed by the Azure Dragon, revealing the boundless Void all around.

With a long roar, the Cyan Heavenly Dragon rose Riding the Wind. Divine Light blazed from its eyes, while layer upon layer of lightning suddenly emerged around its body.

Amid crackling Thunder, the shining Heavenly Dragon curled into a ball. One rune after another flashed and connected, forming a stable cyan sphere like an egg...

Gao Wu's body jolted sharply as he awoke from a deep dream.

His whole body felt sticky and terribly uncomfortable. He wiped himself with a hand and found his head, face, and body covered in sweat; even the bedding had been soaked through.

After losing so much water, an ordinary person should have long since dehydrated. Yet Gao Wu felt refreshed and comfortable inside and out, his entire body brimming with endless strength.

Calling it strength did not seem quite right. More accurately, every inch of him was filled with vigor. Even every strand of hair felt stiff and hard; if the sky had a hole in it, he felt he could beat the heavens into submission.

Gao Wu glanced at the phone beside him. It was five in the morning, meaning this transformation had taken eight hours.

He then looked at the action camera connected to its power source. After turning it on and quickly reviewing the footage, he found that the night-mode recording was fairly clear. The entire transformation process had been calm. Aside from his body sweating heavily, there had been none of the flashes or electrical discharges he had feared.

Only after confirming that there were no problems did Gao Wu open the Boundless Merit Book. He saw that the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation had already risen to the Great Accomplishment Realm.

Below the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation, there was also a new talismanic spell: Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation.

As the master of the Boundless Merit Book, Gao Wu naturally understood Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation. It was a transformation born after the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation reached the Great Accomplishment Realm.

Swift Wind allowed him to ride the wind and command qi, greatly enhancing his agility. Swift Thunder, meanwhile, unleashed lightning to break evil and slay demons.

As for the specific power of Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation, that would have to be determined through testing.

Gao Wu turned his gaze to the page containing his personal attributes and saw that his Constitution had risen to 15 points.

He almost thought he had misread it. He looked twice more and confirmed that it was indeed 15.

The Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation reaching the Great Accomplishment Realm had increased his Constitution by a full five points! In other words, after sleeping for one night, his Constitution was now 7.5 times stronger than yesterday!

For basic attributes such as Strength and Agility, he had only gained one or two points after injecting serums, training for long periods, and consuming all kinds of supplements.

Constitution had already been his strongest attribute. Increasing it by 7.5 times at once was truly terrifying!

Gao Wu silently recited the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation. He completed the recitation and spell maintenance in twenty seconds. The Cyan Heavenly Dragon flashed and danced deep in his mind, coursing through his entire body before finally gathering between his brows and curling into a ball.

"Hm?" This was a change that had never occurred before. Gao Wu was rather surprised.

He gently tapped the spot between his brows. The light sphere condensed by the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation was deep within his forehead...

He silently recited the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation again, and the Divine Mantra once more gathered deep between his brows. After repeating this several times, the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation condensed on the seventh attempt failed to enter his forehead. Instead, like an ordinary Divine Mantra, it silently dissipated inside his body.

Gao Wu came to an understanding. After reaching Great Accomplishment, the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation could condense into a sphere of light deep between his brows and exist stably in that form.

With his current cultivation, he could store at most six Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantations. This meant that in the future, he could instantly cast the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation six times without reciting it.

The Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation had condensed into pills. The change was somewhat miraculous, and he could not make sense of the details for the moment. He only knew that his Constitution was now absurdly powerful.

His skin had become exceptionally fine, smooth, and lustrous, with pores almost impossible to see.

His muscles, tendons, bones, and organs were all filled with vitality. Moreover, the structures inside and outside his body had clearly undergone optimization and adjustment, becoming more stable, denser, and stronger.

Gao Wu had an intuition that even if his heart were smashed to pieces, he could use the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation to grow a new heart.

Even if his head were shattered, so long as the foundation formed by the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation deep in his spiritual world was not severed, he could preserve his life and slowly recover.

With 15 points of Constitution and six instant casts of the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation, so long as he was not crushed into a pulp on the spot, he should be able to survive, right?

Warriors like Tie Dalong and Han Juan should be far inferior to him in Constitution as well. As for the specifics, without testing and comparison, it was difficult for him to make an accurate judgment.

He first touched the huge scar running from his throat to his chest. With the immense vitality contained in his body, repairing the scar would not be difficult. It should even have vanished during his transformation.

Yet the scar had remained naturally intact.

It was probably because he could not let go of it in his heart. It was a deep mark from his past, one of the foundations of his powerful spiritual strength. Keeping the scar was very necessary.

Only after remaining silent for a while did Gao Wu take out his sword and lightly draw it across his palm. His skin remained perfectly unscathed, but this was clearly already the limit.

Constitution leaned more toward endurance, vitality, resilience, immunity, and similar aspects. No matter how strong his Constitution became, it would be difficult to make his body impervious to blades and bullets.

Looking at his other attributes, only his Root Foundation had increased by 0.5, bringing the total to 7 points.

Gao Wu had never figured out exactly what Root Foundation represented. As a basic attribute, though, the higher it was, the better. Since he could not figure it out, there was no need to dwell on it.

Other than that, his lifespan had increased by twenty years, reaching 150 years. The lifespan lost from using Flying Squirrel Serum had all been restored at once.

After studying it for half the day, Gao Wu had more or less figured out the various changes brought by the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation at the Great Accomplishment Realm.

Everything else was excellent. Only the Nine Dragon Forms had not improved along with the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation, leaving a small flaw in an otherwise beautiful picture.

Finally, Gao Wu decided to test the power of Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation.

Strictly speaking, this spell was a transformation of the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation. Its name certainly sounded imposing.

To practice martial arts, he had installed huge mirrors on two walls of his room—like the large mirrors in a dance studio. Only by facing mirrors could he see problems with his movements. At the foundational stage, practicing before a mirror was extremely important.

Facing the mirror, Gao Wu activated Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation. Cyan-golden spiritual light gleamed in his eyes, strikingly visible in the darkness without being overly dramatic.

He casually threw a punch and found it noticeably faster. His gaze shifted to a prepared paper ball on the floor. The cyan-golden light in his eyes suddenly blazed, but when the radiance gradually faded, the paper ball on the floor remained completely unharmed.

Looking again at the Boundless Merit Book, he saw that Agility had increased by 0.5, and Spirit had increased by 0.5... He understood. Swift Wind enhanced Agility, while Swift Thunder enhanced Spirit. Although Swift Thunder could be projected outward, it could not affect matter. It should only be able to influence the spirit and consciousness of others.

Unfortunately, there was no target available to test the power of Swift Thunder.

He recited the incantation again to apply the enhancement. This time, Gao Wu released all the stored Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantations at once.

Through the Boundless Merit Book, Gao Wu could see that both his Agility and Spirit had increased by three points.

In that instant, Gao Wu felt as though time had suddenly become extraordinarily slow. His powerful spiritual strength allowed him to perceive the currents of air flowing through the room and even sense the dust motes drifting with them.

Gao Wu took one step and arrived at the bedside. He picked up his longsword, drew it from its sheath, and lightly swung it. The slender blade left a ring of sharp Mingrui Sword light in the gloom.

He had not used his full strength. In this state, even the air had clearly become thick and sluggish. A full-force slash would surely alarm his grandfather downstairs.

Within three seconds, Gao Wu practiced thirty-two sword forms. The moment the three seconds ended, the Swift Wind and Swift Thunder enhancement immediately vanished. It felt as though all the strength had been drained from his body at once. His limbs trembled, and the sword slipped from his hand and fell onto the floor with a loud Clang!

His grandfather downstairs was alarmed. He hurried up to the second floor and asked through the door, "Xiao Wu?"

"Grandpa, I'm fine. I couldn't sleep, so I practiced swordsmanship and accidentally dropped the sword..." Gao Wu opened the door and explained to his grandfather with an embarrassed expression.

His grandfather looked Gao Wu over from head to toe. He found that Gao Wu's complexion was a little poor and his clothes were soaked through, but there was otherwise nothing wrong.

After what had happened yesterday, it was normal for Gao Wu to be unable to sleep. His grandfather nodded. "It's all in the past now. Don't think too much about it... Go to sleep..."

After his grandfather left, Gao Wu stopped messing around. He rested for nearly an hour before barely recovering.

He spread the damp bedding out on the floor. The house had underfloor heating, so it would dry thoroughly in a day or two. After changing into a set of pajamas, he took out a blanket and spread it over the bed before lying down gently.

Unable to fall asleep for the moment, Gao Wu stared at the Boundless Merit Book and pondered. Swift Wind and Thunder Transformation was quite useful, and unleashing all six incantations at once was extremely powerful. However, firing all six incantations at once would also overdraw his mental and physical strength.

If that one strike failed, he could only let others carve him up at will. This was a life-or-death move and could not be used carelessly!

Now that the Azure Dragon Divine Qi Incantation had reached Great Accomplishment, it should be able to deal with the Strange Spirit, right? That should be the best possible thanks for Song Mingyue...

With his thoughts wandering free, Gao Wu unknowingly drifted into sleep.