Breaking Through to the Tendon Refining Realm, Lin Bei is Poisoned!

Over the next few days, the news of the Black Dragon Gang annihilating the Wild Wolf Gang spread throughout Zhaojiang City, sending shockwaves through every gang in the city.

Those who had once harbored greedy designs on the Black Dragon Gang were all drenched in a cold sweat!

This leader of the Black Dragon Gang... is truly no mere fish in a shallow pond!!

The leader of the Changle Gang sighed with emotion, feeling a lingering sense of fear and shock.

He had once suspected that the Black Dragon Gang was merely bluffing, and the thought of testing them had even crossed his mind.

Fortunately, he had never acted on it!

Otherwise, their fate would likely have been the same as the Wild Wolf Gang's!

"Feng Sheng really followed a good leader. Now that the Black Dragon Gang sits atop three merged gangs, their power is greater and their income has increased..."

Feng Sheng's good friend, Yang Hao, felt nothing but envy in his heart.

He had not expected that after Feng Sheng suffered the pain of his previous gang being destroyed and barely escaping with his life to seek refuge under his roof, he would suddenly turn his fortunes around. Through this misfortune, he had gained a blessing, and his status was now higher than his own, with a future that was truly boundless!

Liu Chu, however, paid no mind to the tremors felt by the various gangs in Zhaojiang City.

He was currently putting his all into breaking through the bottleneck of his Nourishing Practice!

The Nourishing Practice is just one final step away from perfection!

Liu Chu practiced the Nourishing Stake Practice, feeling the abundant power of his blood and qi circulating repeatedly within his body, scouring every tendon and ligament!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The power of his blood and qi surged like an endless river, galloping through his body. Four distinct streams of blood and qi surged violently, constantly battering his tendons and ligaments, causing them to emit a resonant, vibrating hum.

At this moment, both the blood and qi and the tendons within his body were nearing a breakthrough. His blood and qi boiled and churned, while his tendons hummed like strings, as if they were weaving together to play a song of war and iron horses!

The boiling blood and qi grew increasingly violent, like the surging waves before a storm, continuously scouring his body.

Until, at a certain moment, Liu Chu felt a sudden, thunderous tremor within his body!

BOOM!!

A dull, massive sound erupted, as if the long-awaited storm had finally arrived amidst rolling thunder, accompanied by the violent, tidal surge of blood and qi.

Liu Chu felt an incomparable sense of exhilaration.

Four more streams of blood and qi were born within his body, bringing the total to eight streams that converged together, intertwining and roaring like eight galloping dragons.

"Eight streams of blood and qi... The Nourishing Practice is complete!!"

Liu Chu felt the abundant and thick blood and qi within him, a sensation of overflowing power. He clenched his fists, wanting to fiercely unleash this ferocious strength.

But he held back.

"The tendon barrier is also just one step away. Break for me!!"

A sharp light burst from Liu Chu's eyes as he mobilized the eight dragon-like streams of blood and qi to charge toward the fascia barrier.

Having just achieved perfection in his Nourishing Practice, the sudden surge of eight streams of blood and qi dealt a massive blow to his tendons, which were already on the verge of breaking through, leaving the bottleneck teetering!

At this moment, he was focused and undistracted, concentrating all his spirit and energy to drive the eight streams of blood and qi like roaring dragons, slamming into the realm's bottleneck with the speed and force of thunder!

Hum! Hum! Hum!

The tendons within Liu Chu's body hummed like thousands of strings, as if they were about to snap, yet their powerful resilience supported them stubbornly. In the minute details, they were constantly being destroyed and reborn, merging with the blood and qi through a thousand refinements.

At a certain moment!

"BOOM!!"

A muffled sound like a bursting dam erupted within his body, as if a shackle had been shattered in an instant.

"Eighth Grade Tendon Refining, achieved!"

Liu Chu's eyes shone brilliantly, as if purple lightning had flashed across them. He opened his five fingers and clenched them suddenly, feeling an infinite power erupting from his tendons.

He stood up slowly, stretching his muscles and bones, feeling as if his tendons and skin were a powerful bow capable of unleashing terrifying force.

With a light shout, he suddenly threw a punch!

Instantly, his bones and tendons resonated in unison. The eight streams of blood and qi surged like galloping dragons, converging into his arm and fist. Amidst the explosive roar, the air rippled with the impact.

"My strength has improved significantly. If I were to face the leader of the Wild Wolf Gang again, I could kill him with a single blade strike!"

Liu Chu curled his lips into a smile, feeling quite satisfied with the massive increase in his own strength.

He opened his attribute panel:

Host: Liu Chu
Comprehension Multiplier: 4x (Sacrifice: 30 Treasure Fish / 300 taels of silver, 10 years of lifespan)
Dragon-Tiger Nourishing Practice (Perfect)
Dragon-Tiger Combat Technique (Perfect)
Dragon-Tiger Blade-Breaking Technique (Perfect)

Thunderclap Blade Technique (Minor Accomplishment 39%)

Liu Chu gazed at the three perfectly aligned "Consummate" entries on his attribute panel, feeling a deep sense of satisfaction.

"Without realizing it, I have already cultivated three techniques to the point of consummation!"

Liu Chu felt a wave of emotion.

Looking back, he was stunned to realize that the nourishing practice, combat technique, and blade technique from the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Hall had all been mastered to the consummate realm!

"I wonder if I can continue practicing the Rolling Thunder Nourishing Practice and the Jintao Yanglian Technique to cultivate even more blood qi power..."

Liu Chu fell into deep thought.

From the hall masters of the Green Tiger Gang and the Wild Wolf Gang, he had acquired two nourishing practices and a blade technique.

Blade techniques were martial skills, so naturally, they could be practiced at will!

In fact, blade techniques were the most common martial skills in the Outer Refining Realm for a simple reason: they were easy to pick up and possessed great power.

As the saying goes: "A staff takes a month to master, a blade a year, a sword ten years, and a spear a hundred years!"

Whether it was sword techniques or spear techniques, both were harder to learn than blade techniques.

And while the staff was easy to pick up, its power did not match that of the blade!

Therefore, whether it was gangs or martial arts halls, they primarily focused on blade techniques. Only martial arts families and sects with long-standing traditions, which raised disciples from a young age and possessed vast financial resources, had a higher proportion of sword and spear techniques.

Liu Chu now possessed three blade techniques; if he could master them all to consummation, he would be hard to match among the lower three grades of the Outer Refining Realm!

However, nourishing practices were different. These were the fundamental methods for one's realm, specifically designed to break through bottlenecks, and were much harder to master than martial skills.

Liu Chu was somewhat unsure if he could continue practicing nourishing techniques.

"The requirement for the Blood Qi Profound Sound Technique is ten strands of blood qi power, but I only have eight after mastering one nourishing practice, leaving me two short."

"There must be another way to continue increasing blood qi power; otherwise, this secret technique wouldn't just be a mediocre skill, it would be completely useless."

Liu Chu pondered, feeling that it should be possible to continue practicing other nourishing techniques.

"But to be safe, I should ask the hall master. It has been a while since I visited the martial arts hall."

Without further hesitation, Liu Chu headed straight for the Dragon Tiger Martial Arts Hall, intending to consult Yang Wenhuai.

Hall Master Yang Wenhuai had remained in the Bone Refining Realm for many years and was knowledgeable; he would certainly be able to provide an answer.

"I wonder if the hall master is finished with his work."

Liu Chu thought about how the hall master and Senior Brother Lin Bei had been busy dealing with the leaked techniques for some time now, and he wondered about the outcome.

"Hmm? What happened at the martial arts hall?"

Upon arriving at the hall, Liu Chu was shocked to see his fellow disciples gathered in the inner courtyard, all looking indignant.

He stepped forward to take a look and was immediately astonished: "Senior Brother Lin Bei?!"

He saw Senior Brother Lin Bei lying on a stretcher, his aura withered, his face pale, and his lips bruised black. It appeared he had not only suffered severe injuries but had also been poisoned!

Hall Master Yang Wenhuai was tending to him nearby, his face ashen, suppressing a look of rage.