Top Twenty on the Blood Qi Ranking

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Lie could clearly feel that his blood and energy had been comprehensively enhanced.

He used his divine sense to introspect and examine his own body's condition.

"The Second Blood Tempering is complete. Next, I need to perform thirteen more Blood Tempering, but to Blood Tempering fifteen, my Strength Value must be increased by 15 times!"

Blue Star possesses Star Liquid, and the Profound Yang Golden Marrow, which has been cultivated into Pure Yang Precious Blood, is about to be obtained. Once the Pure Yang Precious Blood is successfully cultivated, Chen Lie's Strength Value will increase dramatically. Chen Lie is not sure exactly how much it will increase, but he expects it to more than double.

He already has 13 times the Strength Value. If it doubles again, it will be less than 15 times. At that time, the remaining tenths of Strength Value can be made up by the Star Liquid.

The completion of the Second Blood Tempering boosted Chen Lie's progress in the Blood Refining Stage. He had just used his divine sense to examine himself and found that he was only one step away from the late stage of Blood Refining, so he began cultivating again.

This was his first attempt to break through a cultivation realm without using any cultivation resources.

He knows his own situation best; his talent is at best above average, unlike true martial arts geniuses who can easily break through to higher realms.

The cultivation of Blood-Qi Stage does not require as high an aptitude as the True Qi Stage, and the effectiveness of the cultivation technique will be greatly reduced. Therefore, Chen Lie must lay a solid foundation in order to gain an advantage when he cultivates True Qi later.

He remembered two of the ten major Qi Gong methods of the Central Galactic Empire: the Primordial Limitless Qi Gong and the Primordial Jade Clarity Qi Gong.

These Qi Gong methods are all supreme secret techniques at the True Qi Stage, with extremely high cultivation thresholds. Without breaking through the Third Ultimate Realm the Blood-Qi Stage, it is difficult to cultivate these Qi Gong methods with ease, unless one possesses Extraordinary Bloodline. However, Chen Lie is merely a mortal and naturally does not possess any Extraordinary Bloodline.

That's how martial arts training works: one wrong step leads to another, and if the foundation isn't solid, it's incredibly difficult to make up for it later.

Chen Lie used the Blood Refining Technique to mobilize his Qi and blood, accumulating power for over an hour. Finally, with a mighty surge, his Qi and blood emitted a 'clang' sound, and he successfully advanced to the late stage of Blood Refining Stage.

"Breaked through to the late stage of Blood Refining!"

Chen Lie sensed the change in his cultivation level, and his qi and blood surged forth. The powerful qi and blood was like a raging torrent, shaking the entire Cultivation Room.

Having broken through to the late Blood Refining Stage and tempered his blood and qi twice more, Chen Lie's current strength is no less than that of Blood Refining Stage Perfection cultivator who Blood Tempering four times. He Han Keke's level head-on by relying entirely on martial force and without using Mental Power attacks.

"However, although my cultivation level has improved, my strength has not kept up. It's time to increase my Blood Qi Value; I can't let strength become my weakness."

Chen Lie spoke, he picked up his Communicator and made a call to the Resource Category Building Resource Category Building, asking the staff there to deliver two Martial Dao Rare Treasure Martial Dao Rare Treasure him: one to enhance the purity of his Qi and blood, and the other to enhance the strength of his Qi and blood.

For Chen Lie, Martial Dao Rare Treasure enhance the purity of blood and qi can no longer increase his Strength Value by even a fraction; they can only ensure that his Strength Value does not drop while his Blood Qi Value are increasing.

In less than twenty minutes, the staff of the Resource Category Building delivered two rare Martial Dao Rare Treasure to Chen Lie.

After receiving the Martial Dao Rare Treasure, Chen Lie immediately ate it raw.

His physical functions were already extremely strong in the late stage of Blood Refining Stage. As soon as the two Martial Dao Rare Treasure entered his stomach, before he could even circulate his cultivation techniques to digest them, most of them were automatically broken down by his body's functions.

Chen Lie circulated his cultivation technique slightly, and the energy of the two Martial Dao Rare Treasure was instantly absorbed.

After leaving the Cultivation Room, Chen Lie went to the Blood Essence Detector next to the Cultivation Room to check his Blood Qi Value and strength.

After consuming two rare Martial Dao Rare Treasure, Chen Lie's Blood Qi Value had increased to 2813.88 kcal, his Strength to 36625.56 jun, and his Strength Value was exactly 13 times the normal value.

"Before entering the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm, it seems that it is not advisable to increase the Blood Qi Value too much, otherwise there is a risk of the Strength Value dropping."

With Strength Value that is more than ten times higher, once it drops even a little, it becomes very difficult to improve again.

Once you reach the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm, your Spirit Aperture will open, and your Strength Value will be fixed. Only then can you recklessly increase your Blood Qi Value."

Chen Lie stared at the test results for a while before turning to leave.

The next day was the day for Blue Star to spar with Shuimang Star and Red Flame Planet.

The square of the Thirteenth Campus was crowded with people. Reporters from the Bluejing Times and Blue Star Times lined up to interview the students of the Blue Star Super Genius Class.

On the high Duel Platform in the center of the square, three Ninth-Order Grandmaster— Lei Jinglong, the Blue Star University President; Zhu Zhengchang, the Prince Yong'an Red Flame Planet; Zhou Chengchuan, the dean of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy —sat in a row, watching the students below.

Amidst the recordings of numerous cameras, a beautiful woman, approximately twenty-five or twenty-six years old, walked onto the platform.

The beautiful woman looked at the crowd in front of the camera with a smile.

"Hello everyone, I'm Xu Yan, a reporter from Blue Star Blue Star Times."

"I am honored to be here today, at the invitation of Blue Star University, to preside over the first public martial arts competition of Blue Star University, the highest martial arts academy on our planet, a contest between Blue Star and two neighboring stars, Red Flame Planet and Shuimang Star."

"News from the front lines indicates that our Blue Star authorities have wiped out the traitorous forces led by Dark Moon and Phantom Shadow, whose aim was to assassinate martial arts geniuses. With this, we can now proceed without worry, allowing some of Blue Star's top martial arts geniuses to appear on screen and showcase their prowess to everyone."

"Next, our invited journalists will conduct a brief interview with martial arts geniuses on our Blue Star, as well as those from Outer Stars."

After the interview, our friendly exchange with Outer Stars will proceed as scheduled. Please stay tuned!

Reporters from Blue Star Times and Bluejing Times stepped forward to interview the students on the Blood Qi Ranking.

Around the square of the Thirteenth Campus, many students from the Genius Class and Ordinary Class of Blue Star University came to watch, as well as some people from Lanjing Province's key Martial Arts High School and the Lanjing Genius Training Camp.

The reporter's interview went on for quite a while before Chen Lie finally arrived at the backstage area where the people from the three planets who were competing in martial arts had gathered, as Ruan Liuyun had instructed.

"Chen Lie, you've finally arrived!"

Upon seeing Chen Lie, Ruan Liuyun approached.

At this moment, all the members of Ruan Liuyun's Assistant Instructor Group — Dong Jingtian, Wang Tian'en, Xu Wanqing, Xia Ziying, and Ji Lingxuan, who had just arrived yesterday—were gathered here.

"Am I late?" Chen Liedao.

"It's not too late, but I mainly want to introduce you to some of the top twenty people on the Blood Qi Ranking. You've only been in the Super Genius Class for a short time, so you must have bumped into these people before, but you probably don't know them. So I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce them to you."

"Okay, go ahead and say it!"

Ruan Liuyun nodded and said, "The top ten on the Blood Qi Ranking are all people at the Great Extreme Realm of Blood-Qi Stage, the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm. These people are almost all studying at Starry Sky University now, so you probably won't have the opportunity to meet them. Therefore, I won't say much about them. Among them, three people broke through to the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm at Blue Star University. Let me tell you about them."

The first one is named Jiang Yuan, who ranks sixth on the Blood Qi Ranking and eighth on the Divine Sense Master Ranking. He is the Lanjing Martial Leader. He went to Outer Stars exchange some time ago and just returned to Blue Star University today. This person is very powerful and can be said to be the number one in the Blood-Qi Stage at Blue Star University.

The second one is named Zuo Yuan'er, the Martial Leader of Longhai Province, the third province of Blue Star. You met her before in the Super Genius Class.

The third one is named Hao Yulong, the Martial Leader of Jingji Province. You've met him before.

Ruan Liuyun also explained these words to Ji Lingxuan.

"The above three people are all among the top ten on the Blood Qi Ranking and have reached the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm."

Next, I'll talk about the eleventh to twentieth places on the Blood Qi Ranking.

The 11th on the Blood Qi Ranking is named Shao Keyu, the Martial Leader of Lingnan Province. Blood Tempering eight times and is only one step away from the Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm.

The 12th Blood Qi Ranking is named Yan Zheng, the Martial Leader of Eastern Zhejiang Province, who also appears to have undergone eight Blood Tempering.

13th place, Zheng Shuwen. I don't know her exact cultivation level, but I heard from rumors that she is the daughter of Zheng Dongyang 'Zheng Shuwen mentor and is from Lanjing.

14th place, Liu Yi, from Jingji Province.

15th place: Li Wanwan, from Lanjing.

16th place, Chen Lin, from Longhai Province.

17th place: Wu Tianhong, from Lanjing.

18th place, Xia Zhizhi, is also from Lanjing.

"19th and 20th place are you and Han Keke respectively."

Chen Lie nodded and said, "From the top ten to the top twenty, Lanjing has four spots. How come their percentage is so high?"

Ruan Liuyun said, "It's normal. Lanjing is the center of Blue Star. All the resources on the planet are prioritized for Lanjing first, and then other provinces are given priority. With such unique advantages, Lanjing's martial arts are much stronger than those of other provinces."

The martial arts resources that East River Province possesses, even if all three provinces in Chuanzhong were combined, would not amount to even one-tenth, or even one-twentieth, of Lanjing's.

Most of the Lanjing people on the Blood Qi Ranking are very united, and many of them follow the lead of Jiang Yuan Lanjing Martial Leader Arts. So try not to offend any Lanjing people, because if you offend one, you might offend a whole group.

You can ask Xia Ziying about this; she's from Lanjing.

Upon hearing this, Xia Ziying quickly shook her head and said, "Don't look at me like that. My family background is just average, and my martial arts skills aren't top-notch in Lanjing. Before attending Blue Star University, I wasn't even a member of the Lanjing Genius Group. The people I could team up with were all former members of the Lanjing Genius Group. Nobody wanted to team up with me."

Chen Liedao, "I know all that. I'd like to ask, what are the rewards for this competition?"

Ruan Liuyun said, "In this competition, Blue Star University Shuimang Star Martial Academy, and Red Flame Star Imperial Martial Academy all contributed a lot of martial arts resources."

Those who perform exceptionally well in the competition will receive a reward.

However, the best rewards are a two-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine from Blue Star University, a piece of Geng Metal Meteoric Iron from the Red Flame Planet Imperial Academy, and Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy.

Xu Wanqing, who was standing nearby, then said, "I know about two-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine. They are even rarer than ordinary Third-Tier Martial Dao Rare Treasures."

But what exactly is the Geng Metal Meteoric Iron from the Red Flame Planet?

And that Shuimang Star? It's ridiculous! They actually dared to offer such a cheap thing as Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid?

Ruan Liuyun patiently explained, "Geng Metal Meteoric Iron can be used to forge weapons for Martial Artist. You are currently in the Blood-Qi Stage, so you cannot use weapons yet."

Once you reach the True Qi Realm and cultivate True Qi, you will find that having a suitable weapon will greatly enhance your combat power.

Especially Sword Cultivator, students of the Sword Dao Department at Starry Sky University, whose longswords are so powerful that they can easily defeat even a dozen or so Martial Artist of the same level.

The Geng Metal Meteoric Iron is extremely valuable in Outer Stars. If students could obtain it in advance, it would save them a significant amount of money when they attend Starry Sky University.

There's also the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, which allows one to undergo a ninth Blood Tempering. Its price is actually comparable to a two-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, so it's not exactly cheap."

Xia Ziying asked, "Nine times of Blood Tempering? Isn't a person only allowed to Blood Tempering eight times?"

Ruan Liuyun shook his head and said, "Who told you that a person can only Blood Tempering eight times? Remember, for every doubling of your Strength Value, you can Blood Tempering one more time."

If you cultivate your Strength Value to nine times, wouldn't you be able to perform the ninth Blood Tempering?

"Nine times the Strength Value, is that something a human can cultivate?" Xia Ziying couldn't help but ask.

"As far as I know, the Starry Sky University is home to many Martial Dao Rare Treasure from various planets. Some people have even cultivated their Strength Value to ten or eleven times the normal level. Of course, these people are all martial arts geniuses from Outer Stars Permanent Councilor Star of the Ten-Star Alliance. Blue Star's martial arts environment is barren; it would be as difficult as climbing to heaven to find someone with nine times the Strength Value."

Chen Lie considered it for a moment. He could try to get his hands on the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Shuimang Star, but he wasn't quite clear on the rules yet.

So Chen Lie asked, "What kind of outstanding performance do I need if I want to obtain the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from Shuimang Star?"

"The two-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, the Geng Metal Meteoric Iron, and the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid are all the most important items. If you want the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid from the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, you will have to challenge the disciples of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy."

"If you can achieve ten consecutive wins, then this Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid is yours," Ruan Liuyun said.

"Ten consecutive wins? Does that mean you only need to defeat ten Shuimang Star?"

"That's about right. However, your challenges will be progressive. On your first challenge, you can only challenge someone of the same level as you. After you achieve a winning streak, they might send someone of a higher level than you, but they shouldn't be too extreme. At most, they can only be one or two minor levels higher than you."

"Understood!"

Chen Lie nodded. He remembered that Yan Qingwu, the senior sister of the Shuimang Star Martial Academy, had only undergone seven Blood Tempering. She should be the strongest disciple among the Shuimang Star Martial Academy disciples.

Fortunately, his strength improved slightly yesterday, and he now possesses Mental Power techniques. As long as he can break through her defenses, defeating Yan Qingwu shouldn't be difficult.

After all, his Mental Power had reached the peak of the first level, and no one could withstand the power of his Blood-Qi Transforming into Rainbow Realm.

Ruan Liuyun instructed, "Then remember, since you chose the Super Blood-Tempering Spirit Liquid as one of the three grand prizes, you can no longer challenge for the Geng Metal Meteoric Iron or the two-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine."