While Zhao Feng concentrated on his cultivation, the situation outside underwent major changes.
Some of the reinforcements Military Supervisor Sun had summoned from the Outer Provinces arrived one after another.
When the rebel army first marched south, it had split its forces to attack Eastern Huai Prefecture and Guang'an Prefecture, ultimately occupying both.
But its main force had followed Wu Liang south and suffered a crushing defeat while attacking Ever-Peace Prefecture, with its retreat cut off. This disrupted its original plan to occupy Qingzhou's important cities and link them together. Instead, its forces were divided, creating a stalemate.
If the rebels in Bing Province sent more troops south, however, the situation would reverse again.
They therefore had to eliminate Wu Liang before the rebels in Bing Province could march south.
Meanwhile, the local militia recruited by the counties began assembling, and a major battle was poised to erupt.
Inside the Martial Suppression Bureau offices in Ever-Peace Prefecture.
Zhao Feng held the Blood Soul Secret Art and studied it carefully.
The Blood Soul Secret Art, which he had acquired from Chu Fan, was a forbidden technique for tempering Soul Force that could be cultivated at the astral force realm.
He was currently at the astral force realm. His overlapping souls had given him unusually strong Soul Force, so he had already developed a rudimentary Divine Sense, though it was extremely weak.
This was precisely the time to use the secret art to strengthen his soul and thereby improve his Divine Sense.
The Blood Soul Secret Art used one's own blood essence as a catalyst, nourishing the soul with blood energy and forging the spirit with blood intent. Domineering and powerful, it refined the soul far beyond what orthodox methods could achieve.
When practicing the secret art, one had to burn blood