Vitality Fragrance

Once an opening appeared, everything exploded in an instant.

The stalemate from before turned into the fiercest clash.

As flesh and blood collided with steel and iron, they unleashed their full power.

Third Young Master Luo stood in the distance, staring wide-eyed at it all.

The Luo Family of East Province was a family of Martial Arts practitioners, and as the Third Young Master of the Luo Family, he naturally practiced Martial Arts too.

But for various reasons, he had only gotten so far.

He had always believed his father was the strongest person in the world.

Even after he got into trouble this time and his father sent him to his maternal grandfather's home to hide, he still believed his father could resolve the matter.

But when these people arrived, he completely panicked.

The Fiends of Lianwu Mountain were a notorious band of outlaws.

Every one of them was a martial artist. In this era, people practiced Martial Arts for fame and fortune.

Lianwu Mountain was the largest marketplace for martial artists. Every year, people went there to make a name for themselves, working as assassins and taking jobs to kill for a price.

Once they reached a certain level, they would be formally accepted into Lianwu Mountain and become one of the Fiends.

Each of the Fiends had a signature skill, mastering their chosen craft to the highest level.

When the Fiends appeared, even the gods retreated.

That was the slogan Lianwu Mountain had made for itself.

Their slogan was so brazen, yet they still hadn't been wiped out. That alone showed Lianwu Mountain had real ability.

Lianwu Mountain was hunting him not because anyone had put a price on his head, but because he had accidentally stumbled upon some of its secrets.

These secrets had sparked fierce debate within the Luo Family, while Lianwu Mountain kept applying pressure.

Some believed that, in that case, they might as well side with Lianwu Mountain and the power behind it. That way, Third Young Master Luo would be safe, and they might even turn hostility into friendship.

But others disagreed. They believed the Luo Family had old grudges with Lianwu Mountain, and that even if they sided with the power behind it, they would only be squeezed and suppressed. It wouldn't be worth it.

At this critical juncture, some people had also set their sights on Third Young Master Luo.

Some wanted to stir things up, hoping he would make public what he'd learned that day. Others wanted him to keep quiet, never speak of it, and avoid damaging relations.

The situation there was especially complicated, which was why his father had sent him away to hide.

He hadn't expected the people from Lianwu Mountain to arrive so quickly.

By now, Third Young Master Luo had begun to understand.

His departure had been secretly arranged by his father. Few people knew about it, and they hadn't made a big show of it.

Only after Uncle Zhong had taken him out of the area in secret did he find a carriage and flee.

Under those circumstances, only a traitor secretly passing along information could have allowed the people from Lianwu Mountain to catch up.

Moreover, although Lianwu Mountain had spread word that they would kill him, these people might not actually have come to kill him.

And Uncle Zhong had clearly known that all along...

Third Young Master Luo looked at Uncle Zhong's body in the distance, at a loss for words.

But the battle raging before him didn't stop because of Third Young Master Luo's actions. If anything, it grew more intense.

Blades flashed and swords clashed; life and death hung in the balance.

Lu Bai, too, inevitably suffered wound after wound.

When one person fell, both sides pulled apart once more.

A dozen or so people had originally ridden here, but now only five or six remained.

Lu Bai looked at his tattered clothes and simply tore them off, baring his muscular upper body.

Only then could one see the densely packed scars covering Lu Bai's body.

There were so many that they no longer looked like scars, but more like scales.

But Lu Bai's aura had weakened somewhat. One Vitality Module had already been completely used up, and his own Vitality had been depleted as well.

"He's finished!" one of the Fiends shouted, holding a pair of blades. In truth, he was only trying to bolster his own courage.

In all his years as a martial artist, he had never seen anyone like this.

Being built like an ox was one thing; his ability to seize the right moment in battle was on another level entirely.

He could produce all sorts of bizarre tricks at will, and his attacks never followed any particular pattern.

He seemed to be fighting wildly, yet he always struck at the most uncomfortable and unexpected points.

His talent for combat was something the man could never hope to match.

That realization had been branded deep in his heart after this encounter.

"It's only because his Internal Force cultivation comes from methods that risk his life. It's crude in the extreme. Otherwise, we'd have no chance of winning."

As his thoughts raced, they all quickly steadied themselves, preparing to take their opponent's life.

"Methods that risk his life must have terrible side effects. His aura has already weakened, and the side effects will soon kick in. If we drag this out, we—"

Before the thought was finished, he saw Lu Bai pull out a cube.

The instant he saw it, his pupils contracted.

Then, in the next moment, the courage welling up inside him drained away completely.

The crimson aura around Lu Bai seemed to flare up once more. It was a little dimmer, but that very dimness made the bloody aura even more concentrated.

His nostrils could almost sense the tang of blood. The stronger the scent grew, the more it seemed like a sweet fragrance.

Vitality Fragrance!

Lu Bai hadn't been making no progress during this time.

He had reached the limit of what he could achieve on Earth. To go further, he would have to study those techniques and follow the old path of Earth's Martial Arts.

But things were different now. The dimensions had extraordinary paths of their own. Because of their constitutions, people from Earth couldn't cultivate those extraordinary paths directly.

But with the help of modules, they could still harness those extraordinary forces.

Lu Bai now had two skills.

One was Internal Energy Protection, which guided Internal Force through his Meridians and Acupoints, letting it cling to his body to enhance his strength and defense.

The other was Blood Burning Technique, which used Vitality as fuel to generate a large amount of violent Internal Force, stimulating his body and raising his physical abilities to their absolute limit.

They both seemed like techniques rather than methods.

But the first time Lu Bai used Internal Energy Protection (Incomplete), he had noticed something was wrong.

The arm flushed by the violent Internal Force had been injured at the time, but it had also been strengthened to a degree.

Of course, the improvement was so slight that even if Lu Bai used up his entire stock of [Internal Force], it wouldn't amount to much.

But once he activated Blood Burning Technique, the violent Internal Force transformed from Vitality, along with the Vitality he himself had expended, helped Lu Bai find a way forward.

"This is internal refinement and blood exchange. By using this method, I've opened a crack in the path ahead, which had already reached a dead end!"

Lu Bai's spirits lifted, and he sprang into action.

The enemy's courage had already broken, while their side was locked in fierce combat!

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