Mid-stage Blood Replacement Realm! Third Refinement!

"Breakthrough Points - 30"

"Breakthrough Points - 70"

"Breakthrough Points - 30"

Three consecutive point allocations, and the numbers on the system panel flickered rapidly before finally stabilizing at a new value.

In response, surging torrents of vast, scorching energy abruptly erupted within his body!

[Body Realm: Third Refinement]

[Qi Realm: Blood Replacement Realm, Mid Stage]

The body is the foundation of all endeavors.

Xu Feng preferred to prioritize enhancing his Body Realm first.

Even with the power to split mountains and shatter rocks, if his defenses were fragile, a single unexpected ambush could prove fatal.

A stronger physique not only provided greater survival assurance but also allowed him to withstand more violent and sustained bursts of blood and qi, thereby indirectly raising his power ceiling.

As the Breakthrough Points were consumed, that torrent of energy began to sweep through his entire body.

It was not a gentle nourishment but rather countless invisible heavy hammers and furnaces, pounding and smelting every inch of his body simultaneously with extreme frequency and intensity!

Skin, muscles, fascia, organs, bones, marrow... and even deeper cellular structures all underwent violent tremors and reconstruction.

Agonizing pain, accompanied by an indescribable wave of soreness, numbness, and swelling, surged forth like a tide.

This was the inevitable reaction of forcibly elevating one's life level!

As the heat spread, every inch of his body continuously strengthened.

His skin grew tougher and more resilient, his muscles became more powerful, and his bones, organs, and meridians followed suit.

However, this rapid physical enhancement also created a massive energy deficit.

A fierce, overwhelming hunger suddenly struck!

But Xu Feng was prepared. Without hesitation, he grabbed the massive leg of meat from the Bull Leader beside him.

Opening his mouth, he bit down hard!

His sharp teeth easily tore through the tough muscle fibers of the magical beast, ripping off a chunk of raw meat the size of an adult's fist.

He barely chewed before swallowing it whole.

The strong, bloody taste and the raw texture of the meat, in the face of his extreme hunger, actually seemed like an unparalleled delicacy.

As for the potential parasites or bacteria from eating raw meat?

To him now, that was a complete joke.

Any foreign harmful substance entering his digestive system would be instantly broken down and assimilated into pure energy, nourishing his body.

Beside him, the little black cat was elegantly nibbling at the beef Xu Feng had given it, swallowing in small bites.

Seeing its master once again eating like a starving ghost reincarnated, it was already used to it.

And as it sensed the terrifying aura steadily rising from Xu Feng with each bite, the little black cat's amber eyes filled with deep admiration.

Half an hour later.

The heat flow within his body, like a forging furnace, finally subsided slowly.

Faint wisps of white steam, visible to the naked eye, rose from Xu Feng's dilated pores.

The large muscles across his body writhed and undulated slightly, as if alive, before finally stabilizing. Their lines became even more perfect, exuding an explosive sense of power and beauty.

Xu Feng set down the massive cow leg bone in his hand, now stripped to a few stray shreds of meat.

He slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air.

"Hoo—!"

This breath condensed into a solid, visible white arrow of air, shooting three meters away before gradually dissipating into the night.

"Strong... too strong!"

Xu Feng clenched his fists, feeling the power surging like a great river within him.

Every inch of muscle, every piece of bone was filled with unprecedented vitality and resilience. It felt as if a single stomp could crack the earth, and a casual punch could shatter rocks.

"I feel like I could punch straight through a Bull's head right now!"

He stood up, and his height had unknowingly increased by another notch, now close to one meter ninety.

When he exerted force, his muscles bulged like blocks of refined iron cast into stone, their lines distinct, full of primal strength and beauty.

Even compared to world champion bodybuilders, the perfection of his physique and the terrifying energy within were far beyond their reach.

Breaking through to the mid stage of the Blood Replacement Realm had at least doubled his base strength.

The blood and qi nurtured in his dantian had also grown from a single strand to three strands.

And reaching the "Third Refinement" in the Body Realm had caused a qualitative change in his defensive power.

The toughness of his skin and muscles had already surpassed that of ordinary steel.

Now, even if he were to face the Bull Leader in its prime again, without wearing any extra armor, relying solely on his physical body to withstand its charge, he would at most be knocked back by that Great Strength, but would absolutely not suffer any injury.

But this... was far from enough.

After a brief surge of excitement, Xu Feng quickly reined in his thoughts, his gaze turning calm and sharp once more.

"Right now, I've barely touched the threshold of a C-Class Hunter's combat power. I'm still far too distant from a true powerhouse."

Involuntarily, fragments from the comic in his broken memories surfaced in his mind.

Terrifying figures that blotted out the sky and sun, whose mere gestures could split mountains and crack the earth, reducing cities to rubble—Monarch Level existences...

Before such world-shattering power, even the S-Class Hunters who stood at the pinnacle of human society could only struggle to survive, like ants beneath a giant's foot.

"The revolution is not yet complete, comrades still need to work hard."

Xu Feng sighed softly, pressing that sense of urgency deep into his heart.

Just then, he suddenly sensed a familiar fluctuation of energy.

He raised an eyebrow slightly, his gaze falling on the little black cat beside him.

Little Black was lying there, its belly round and full from eating the magical beast meat, quietly licking its paws.

Noticing Xu Feng looking over, it immediately stopped, obediently shuffled closer, and affectionately rubbed its fluffy little head against the back of his hand.

Xu Feng casually rubbed its soft head, but clearly sensed through his palm that the originally faint energy within Little Black seemed to have grown a little stronger, and now carried a trace of resonance with his own Qi and Blood.

"The rudiments of Qi and Blood?"

Xu Feng's mind stirred, but after careful sensing, he shook his head.

"No, it's still far from truly taking shape. It should be from the improved physique after the Breakthrough Point, plus eating magical beast meat and absorbing the mana. It's probably close to condensing Qi and Blood."

He tore off the few remaining shreds of meat from the bull leg bone and brought them to Little Black's mouth.

Little Black's eyes lit up. It opened its mouth and took them, trying hard to swallow.

But its swollen belly was clearly already full, unable to fit another bite.

After a few attempts, it gave up, merely holding the meat shreds reluctantly in its mouth.

Xu Feng's digestive system seemed to have become extraordinarily powerful due to the system panel's transformation, allowing him to quickly digest high-energy substances.

And while Little Black had also gained some benefits, its digestive ability far surpassing an ordinary cat's, it was still worlds apart from him.

The piece of beef it had eaten earlier was already enough to keep it digesting for a while.

"Meow~"

Little Black called out softly twice, looking up at Xu Feng with questioning eyes.

"Go ahead, hide it well."

Xu Feng understood what it meant and nodded.

Hearing this, Little Black immediately took the meat shreds in its mouth, nimbly leaped onto an old tree nearby, and disappeared into the dense canopy after a few bounds.

Its secret little nest was there, hidden by layers of leaves—both secluded and safe.

"Little Black is also close to touching the threshold of the supernatural."

Feeling the gradually active, faint energy inside Little Black, Xu Feng fell into thought.

"It seems this path is feasible..."

He lifted his head, his gaze seeming to pierce through layers of night and buildings, toward the direction of home.

"S-Class... the true pinnacle of human power. Only at that level might I have enough ability and status to ensure this secret doesn't bring disaster, or even..."

Xu Feng silently set a goal in his heart.

The wonder of the Breakthrough Points went far beyond helping him rapidly break through realms.

Every time he added points, that torrent of energy surging into his body, guiding it through qualitative changes, allowed him to clearly perceive every subtle transformation during a breakthrough—the flow path of energy, the method of condensing Qi and Blood...

This was an insight that reached the very essence.

Even setting aside the Breakthrough Points, as long as he continuously devoured enough magical beast flesh and blood, absorbing the abundant mana within, he could still methodically temper his Qi and Blood, strengthen his physique, and gradually improve.

In fact, with his current profound understanding of the essence of the Qi and Blood Martial Path, he was already capable of drafting a rudimentary martial art for ordinary people to attempt cultivation, with the ultimate goal of nurturing Qi and Blood and stepping into the supernatural.

This was completely different from the mainstream mana hunter system of the current world.

Mana hunters relied on innate special constitutions.

After awakening, their bodies would open like a valve, spontaneously absorbing mana from the air and storing it within.

However, the capacity of this "vessel" is largely set upon awakening, and for the rest of one's life, it is nearly impossible to expand.

The rank of the vast majority of Hunters is already determined from the moment they awaken.

They spend their entire lives constantly digging deeper and refining their techniques for utilizing their stored magic, trying to unleash one hundred and twenty percent of its power.

Take Kuang Lei's super fireball spell, which requires a long preparation time but delivers astonishing might.

Yet they can hardly achieve a qualitative leap in their own magic rank.

The Qi and Blood Martial Path, however, is another path of self-evolution.

It does not rely on innate constitution, but instead actively absorbs external energy—

Whether it be the chemical energy in food, or the more efficient magic power, and so on.

Within the body, it gives rise to a unique Qi and Blood energy.

Qi and Blood is both the source of power and the tool for self-transformation.

It nourishes and tempers the physical body, allowing the vessel of the flesh to continuously grow and strengthen, thereby storing more Qi and Blood and absorbing even greater external energy...

Thus forming a virtuous cycle, with nearly limitless potential.

This is a path to transcendence with a more solid foundation and a higher ceiling!

"However, now is not the time to think about this."

Xu Feng pulled back his wandering thoughts, his gaze sharpening as he fixed it on the broken hole leading to the sewer not far away.

"Time to deal with that nuisance."

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