Attaining Martial Momentum

Chunks of dead skin burning with ghostly blue flames fell from Chen Xu's body, turning to ash before they could hit the ground.

His gaze swept over his newly formed skin. The sound of Blood-Qi surging echoed from within him, vast and turbulent like great rivers.

"With my current condition, taking him down won't be easy at all." Chen Xu exhaled a long breath of scorching white vapor. Essence quivered gently within his ninety-nine Essence Apertures, as if cheering in delight.

A thread, both illusory and real, extended from the first Essence Aperture, linking the second, then the third, all the way to the ninth.

Once the nine Essence Apertures connected into a line, countless strands of Essence spread out from every part of Chen Xu's body, gathering into a pillar of Essence that shot into the sky.

Just as his Essence was about to run dry, it suddenly rebounded and surged explosively, rapidly increasing to dozens of times more than when all his Essence Apertures had been open.

Power continually flooded through his limbs and bones, sweeping away all the exhaustion from the prolonged battle.

"A breakthrough in the middle of battle? Martial Form into Martial Momentum?" A trace of humanlike surprise appeared on Sky Wolf Marshal's wolfish face.

Breakthroughs were supposed to be painstaking affairs. People hid away somewhere and polished themselves slowly, terrified of being disturbed. Yet for Chen Xu, it looked as easy as taking a bite of food or drinking a cup of water.

For most people, whether advancing from Spirit Opening into Martial Form, Meridian Linking into Martial Momentum, or breaking through Reincarnation into Martial Aspect, every advancement was an all-around improvement tied to one's future potential. No amount of caution was excessive.

In Sky Wolf Marshal's eyes, someone like Chen Xu, who leveled