At the Spirit Stream Realm level, each time one advanced by a tier, another Minor Heavenly Circulation system would form within the body.
Lu Ye was now at Spirit Stream Tier Three, with twenty-seven apertures opened. Nine apertures formed one cycle, giving him three Minor Heavenly Circulation systems within his body. Spiritual Power flowed through them like a murmuring stream, ceaselessly trickling onward.
What surprised Lu Ye was that after reaching Spirit Stream Tier Three, he could clearly sense a kind of resonance between these three Spiritual Power circulation systems. This had never happened when he reached Tier One and Tier Two.
This resonance made the Spiritual Power within him flow somewhat faster.
By now, he had cultivated the Golden Cicada Free and Unfettered Art he had obtained from Steward Yang to completion. If the twenty-seven opened apertures in his body were linked in a certain sequence, the resulting pattern resembled a cicada-like parasite.
The Golden Cicada Free and Unfettered Art likely got its name from this.
Every cycle of Spiritual Power resembled the breathing and exhalation of that cicada-like parasite. The three Spiritual Power circulation systems appeared independent, yet they could actually influence one another...
Logically speaking, advancing one tier should have increased Lu Ye's strength by a little over thirty percent. Yet he felt that his strength had risen by more than that, by roughly half. Understanding dawned on him—this was the benefit of cultivating an entire technique to completion.
If he had possessed his current cultivation when fighting Zhang Five, Lu Ye certainly would not have paid such a steep price. He might even have taken him down without injury.
In terms of attack power, he had the Sharpness Spirit Pattern. Back when he was at Spirit Stream Tier Two, even a Tier Four cultivator like Zhang