Cultivation Breakthrough! Combat Power Surges!

The inn room was lit by flickering candlelight.

Su Xian sat cross-legged.

He had finished reading the two thin manuals he'd plundered from the corpses of those ruthless criminals, and had recorded their contents into the Demon Strategy.

"Moon Shadow Twin Blades... So that's how it is."

A flicker of understanding flashed in Su Xian's eyes.

These two manuals originated from the same source, a set of extremely intricate and tricky blade techniques.

Their entry barrier was incredibly high, requiring the practitioner to have exceptional talent and the ability to multitask, to control two blades simultaneously.

The two brothers, knowing their own talents were limited, had taken a different approach. They split the complete blade manual in two, each cultivating one blade individually, and then relying on years of tacit understanding for their combined attacks.

When both blades were unleashed together, their power could rival that of ordinary Bone Tempering Realm Early Stage martial artists!

"Fortunately, my Lightning Flowing Fire Slash is superior!"

Su Xian shook his head slightly, a sharp glint flashing across his eyes.

"The time has come!"

"It's time to upgrade the Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force!"

With a thought, Su Xian began pouring demon lifespan into the Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force!

[Year 20: You cultivate Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force day and night! Finally, you have cultivated Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force to the introductory level!]

[Year 53! You haven't slacked off one bit, continuing to cultivate day and night. Finally, you have cultivated Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force to the minor accomplishment level! Your physical fitness has improved further!]

[Year 125, you continue to cultivate Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force! Finally, you have cultivated it to the great accomplishment level! Your physical fitness has undergone a leap! With every movement, you possess immense power!]

[Year 178! You have finally cultivated Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force to the perfection level! Your physical strength has undergone another leap! Your bones are incredibly tough, your blood and qi surge like dragons, roaring and surging, a fierce aura from the ancient wilderness emanates from your body, making you appear like a humanoid ferocious beast, a reborn Savage Dragon!]

Su Xian stopped pouring demon lifespan, exhaling a long breath of scorching white mist.

The mist condensed without dissipating, emitting a faint sizzling sound in the air.

"Hoo..."

He exhaled, his voice like muffled thunder.

At that instant, an indescribable, surging power erupted from within him!

His previously restrained blood and qi could no longer be contained, like a dormant volcano awakening, transforming into a visible, blazing pillar of blood that shot up from the crown of his head!

The violent blood and qi energy instantly illuminated the entire room in a blood-red hue, tables, chairs, and objects vibrated violently under this oppressive pressure!

Su Xian's mind raced, and he immediately circulated the perfected Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force with all his might, drawing the surrounding blood and qi back into his body.

Su Xian closed his eyes, concentrating, and carefully felt the earth-shattering changes within him.

The surging, seemingly inexhaustible sense of power made his heart pound.

"Although it consumed a full 178 years of demon lifespan..."

Su Xian felt the reborn, powerful strength within him and nodded with satisfaction.

"This effect... was worth it!"

At this moment, his physical body's resilience far surpassed that of peak Bone Tempering Realm martial artists of the same level!

With this thoroughly tempered physique alone, he was capable of confronting some early Viscera Nourishing Realm martial artists at their peak, with vigorous blood and qi, without being at a disadvantage!

"Although it was worth it... 178 years of demon lifespan! It still hurts!"

Su Xian smacked his lips, a pang of heartache surging through him.

However, this heartache was quickly replaced by even stronger excitement.

All this effort was worth it!

"If not for the Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force!"

"Even if I exhausted these 178 years of lifespan, how much would my cultivation have improved?"

"Perhaps I could have barely climbed from the early Bone Tempering Realm to the middle Bone Tempering Realm, and that would have been the limit?"

Su Xian understood clearly.

"Exhilarating! Refreshing!"

He clenched his fists, feeling the terrifying power within his finger bones capable of crushing metal and stone.

The corners of his mouth curved into a confident smile.

"If I encounter those two again, why would I need to dodge? Why would I need to use blades?"

"With just these iron fists, I can smash their shoddy iron to pieces, obliterating them and their blades into dust!"

Compared to before his breakthrough, his combat power had increased by more than double at this very moment!

It was a qualitative leap! A complete transformation!

Now, he even felt confident enough to fight the Master of the Blazing Sun Martial Arts School!

"Everything is ready! It's time... to break through my cultivation!"

The next instant, after consuming only fifty years of his lifespan, Su Xian raised his cultivation from the Bone Tempering Realm Early Stage to the Bone Tempering Realm Great Accomplishment!

He then consumed another fifty years to advance from the Bone Tempering Realm Great Accomplishment to the Bone Tempering Realm Peak!

"A total consumption of... two hundred and seventy-eight years?" Su Xian frowned slightly.

Even though his physical body had long met the requirements, breaking through his cultivation had still cost him a hundred years!

Was his cultivation talent... truly this poor?

"If I hadn't cultivated the Savage Dragon Bone Tempering Force to completion first, and instead directly consumed lifespan to forcefully break through realms!"

"I fear my hundreds of years of demon lifespan would have been nothing but a drop in the bucket!"

Su Xian shook his head helplessly, but the joy from the even greater power within him quickly washed away his frustration.

He calmed his mind and looked inward.

His bones were as clear as jade, flawless and translucent, shimmering with a warm yet resilient luster;

Beneath his skin, his blood flowed like mercury, ceaselessly coursing, with faint sounds of dragons roaring.

This was the supreme body-refining achievement described in the Marrow Cleansing Bone Refining Scripture:

Ice Muscle Jade Bone!

According to ancient texts, achieving this realm not only greatly enhanced one's cultivation talent, but also significantly accelerated the comprehension and cultivation speed of Martial Skills and Cultivation Methods!

At this moment, Su Xian felt his mind was clearer than ever before, his thoughts racing like lightning.

Many previously obscure and difficult martial arts insights now became clear and apparent.

"It truly is miraculous! Let's test the wonders of Ice Muscle Jade Bone!"

Su Xian whispered, his eyes gleaming with eagerness.

He immediately took out one of the blade manuals for the Moon Shadow Twin Blades, obtained from the Ghost Shadow Twin Blades.

His mind moved, and his steps followed.

He did not wield a blade, but used his fingers as blades, executing the profound and strange blade techniques within a small area.

His figure flickered like a phantom, his finger-winds sharp as cold steel.

Strangely, the intricate blade path that originally required undivided attention, now seemed quite smooth in his hands, the sluggishness caused by dividing his attention greatly reduced.

Before long, Su Xian felt he had achieved an initial grasp of it.

Su Xian paused, then closed his eyes to begin cultivating.

As soon as he started cultivating, Su Xian felt an immediate difference.

He could now clearly sense the bottleneck of the Viscera Nourishing Realm.

And from his senses, he felt that this bottleneck was significantly easier to overcome compared to before!

"Perhaps I can break through to the Viscera Nourishing Realm on my own!"

Su Xian's heart stirred. His current cultivation talent told him that, even without a Viscera Nourishing Realm cultivation method, he could attempt to break through to that realm!

"Why not give it a try?"

Su Xian looked at the remaining 340 years of demon lifespan in the Demon Strategy, feeling tempted.

"Damn it, over 300 years, shouldn't I take a gamble? Let's go!"

Su Xian gritted his teeth and began to invest his demon lifespan, preparing to break through to the Viscera Nourishing Realm!

The next instant, the Ice Muscle Jade Bone within Su Xian's body began to glow in unison!

The light radiated outward from his body!

Illuminating the room!

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