Vitality Blooms

Once the opening appeared, everything exploded in an instant.

The previous stalemate transformed into the most intense reaction imaginable.

Flesh and blood unleashed their full power under the collision of steel and iron.

The Third Young Master stood in the distance, eyes wide as he watched it all unfold.

The Luo Family of the Eastern Province was a martial arts family, and as the Third Young Master, he naturally practiced martial arts himself.

However, limited by various reasons, he had only reached a mediocre level.

In the past, he had always believed his father to be the strongest person in the world.

Even after causing trouble this time, when his father sent him to his grandfather's house for refuge, he still trusted that his father could resolve the situation.

But when this group of people arrived, he completely panicked.

The Group of Fiends from Lianwu Mountain—they were a notorious gang of bandits.

Every one of them was a martial artist, and in this day and age, people practiced martial arts for fame and profit.

Lianwu Mountain was the greatest marketplace for martial artists; every year, people went there to make a name for themselves, taking on jobs as assassins to claim bounties.

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

Each member of the Group of Fiends possessed a signature skill, having honed their craft to the pinnacle.

When the Group of Fiends emerges, even the gods retreat.

This was the slogan touted by Lianwu Mountain.

The fact that such an arrogant slogan had not yet been silenced proved that Lianwu Mountain truly possessed the capability.

The reason he was being hunted by Lianwu Mountain was not because someone had put a price on his head, but because he had accidentally stumbled upon some of their secrets.

Because of these secrets, there was great controversy within the Luo Family, and Lianwu Mountain was constantly applying pressure.

One faction believed that since things had come to this, they might as well defect to Lianwu Mountain and the power behind it; this way, the Third Young Master would be safe, and they could turn hostility into friendship.

However, others disagreed, arguing that the Luo Family had old grudges with Lianwu Mountain, and even if they defected to the power behind them, they would only be squeezed and suppressed, making it a losing trade.

At this critical juncture, the Third Young Master of the Luo Family became a target for some.

There were those stoking the flames, wanting him to make public what he knew that day, and others who wanted him to keep his mouth shut forever so as not to disturb the peace.

It was precisely because the environment there was so exceptionally complex that his father had sent him away to seek refuge.

As it turned out, he hadn't expected the people from Lianwu Mountain to arrive so quickly.

The Third Young Master of the Luo Family began to realize something.

Their departure had been secretly arranged by his father; few people knew about it, and it hadn't been done with any fanfare.

Only Uncle Zhong had taken him out, and they had only sought a carriage to flee after they were far away.

Under these circumstances, someone must have betrayed them and secretly leaked the information for these people from Lianwu Mountain to track them down.

Furthermore, although Lianwu Mountain had spread the word that they wanted to kill him, this group might not have been sent to kill him after all.

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

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

The battle in the field did not stop because of Young Master Luo's actions; instead, it grew even more intense.

Swords flashed and shadows danced, a scene of life and death.

Inevitably, wounds began to appear on Lu Bo's body.

As one person fell, both sides pulled away from each other once more.

Originally, more than a dozen people had arrived on horseback, but now, only five or six remained.

Lu Bo looked at his tattered clothes, then simply tore them off, revealing his sturdy, muscular upper body.

Only then could one see the dense, overlapping scars covering Lu Bo's torso.

Because they were so numerous, they no longer looked like mere scars, but rather like scales.

However, Lu Bo's momentum had weakened somewhat; one Vitality Module had been completely exhausted, and his own vitality had been drained along with it.

"He's finished!" one of the Group of Fiends shouted while brandishing dual blades, though in reality, he was only trying to bolster his own courage.

In all his years in the business, he had never seen anyone like this.

Being as strong as an ox was one thing, but his grasp of combat timing was inhuman.

He wielded all sorts of strange and bizarre methods with ease, never following any set patterns in his attacks.

It looked like a chaotic brawl, yet he always managed to strike at the most uncomfortable and unexpected places.

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

This realization was deeply branded into his heart through this exchange.

"It's just that his internal energy cultivation relies entirely on life-risking methods, making it exceptionally crude; otherwise, we wouldn't have any chance of winning."

As these thoughts raced through their minds, they all quickly steadied their states, intent on taking the other's life.

"Most life-risking methods carry massive side effects. The opponent's momentum is already waning; the backlash will erupt soon. If we drag this out..."

Before this train of thought could even finish, he saw Lu Bai pull out a cube.

The moment he saw the cube, his pupils constricted.

Then, the courage that had just surged in his heart vanished in an instant.

The scarlet aura on Lu Bai's body seemed to ignite once more. Although it was slightly dimmer, it was precisely this dimness that made the blood-colored aura appear even more concentrated.

His nostrils could even detect the metallic tang brought by the blood; the scent grew increasingly intense, becoming something more akin to a fragrant aroma.

Vitality manifesting as fragrance!

Lu Bai had not been without progress during this period.

Lu Bai had reached the limit of Earth's path. To continue moving forward, he would have to delve into those techniques and follow the old path of Earth's martial arts.

But things were different now; the dimension possessed transcendent paths. Although Earthlings could not directly cultivate those transcendent paths due to their physical constitution, they could rely on modules to control these transcendent factors.

Lu Bai currently possessed two skills.

One was Internal Energy Protection, which allowed internal energy to flow along his meridians and acupoints, attaching to his body to provide a boost in strength and defense.

The other was the Blood Burning Technique, which used Vitality as fuel to obtain a massive amount of violent internal energy, stimulating the body and pushing his physical attributes to the extreme.

They appeared to be mere techniques rather than true methods.

However, Lu Bai had discovered the issue the very first time he used Internal Energy Protection (Incomplete).

The arm that had been scoured by the violent internal energy, while injured at the time, had also received a certain degree of strengthening.

Of course, this strengthening was too subtle; even if Lu Bai exhausted his entire stock of [Internal Energy], the degree of improvement would be of little use.

However, with the activation of the [Blood Burning Technique], the violent internal energy converted from Vitality, combined with the portion of his own Vitality being consumed, allowed Lu Bai to find a path.

"This is internal refining and blood changing. By using this method, I can pry open a crack in the path that had already reached a dead end!"

Lu Bai's spirit stirred, and he moved.

The opponent's courage was shattered, and on his side, the fierce battle was in full swing!