The Dragon-Tiger Guard camp.
Night lay deep, and the river wind made the campfires outside the tents flicker.
Muddy Bay in the distance was far from peaceful. Tides battered the embankment, and low demonic roars occasionally drifted over. The Dragon-Tiger Guards on night patrol trudged through the mud, the clatter of their armor mingling with the Water Demons' growls, keeping the entire camp shrouded in a murderous chill.
Lu Chen sat cross-legged inside his tent.
Spread across the low table before him were the instructions for the second level of the Fourfold Demon-Subduing True Force.
After mastering the first level, Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Force, Lu Chen had not stopped. He continued cultivating the second level, White Tiger Evil-Breaking Force.
Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Force focused on suppression.
Once unleashed, its force resembled an azure dragon coiled around a mountain, suppressing demonic power and sealing the circulation of blood and qi so demons could not bring their full strength to bear.
White Tiger Evil-Breaking Force was entirely different.
This force hinged on a single word: break.
It repeatedly compressed the blood and qi throughout the body into an exquisitely sharp, lethal force. When striking, White Tiger Evil-Breaking Force concentrated at a single point on a blade's edge or a fist, first tearing through protective force, then piercing scales and flesh to drive straight into sinew and bone.
If Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Force was a great seal that subdued demonic evil, then White Tiger Evil-Breaking Force was a keen sword slashing out of the darkness.
Once a blow was struck, blood had to flow.
Lu Chen read the second level's formula several times from beginning to end, his brow gradually furrowing.
The circulation route for White Tiger Evil-Breaking Force was more complex than that of Azure Dragon Demon-Suppressing Force.
It required blood and