With everything ready, Lu Yang used his Spiritual Sense to control his true essence and form Saber Qi. He found the right spot and slowly cut a slit less than an inch long into the side of his dantian.
The instant his dantian split, some of his Lightning Attribute true essence seemed to find an outlet. It surged out of his dantian in a frenzy and flooded into every limb and bone in his body.
Excruciating pain filled him at once. Even with his steadfast will, Lu Yang couldn't help but convulse violently.
He opened his mouth and spat out the excess lightning-attribute true essence, condensing it into a sphere of light outside his body.
As he focused on circulating the Five Strikes Lightning Qi Scroll to absorb the spiritual energy from the surrounding Mid-grade Spirit Stones and replenish the true essence he had lost, he also used his own true essence to activate the [Crimson Dragon Blood Crystal] and repair the damage to his dantian.
If he had simply cut it clean through in one stroke, at least a third of the true essence in his body would have gushed out in an instant. Even with his powerful physique, he would never have been able to withstand that.
Only by cutting it apart little by little, while simultaneously borrowing the power of the [Crimson Dragon Blood Crystal] to mend both sides, could he ensure that the true essence wouldn't pour out in large quantities as he gradually formed two independent dantians.
It was like taking a water-filled bag and snipping a slit down the middle.
As the bag was cut, two sets of needle and thread would be used to stitch up the tears on both sides at once.
This process would be repeated until the entire bag had