Blood-Tiger Baleful Image

[You killed an Origin Transformation male Tiger Demon and gained 5000 experience.]

[You killed an Origin Transformation female Tiger Demon and gained 4000 experience.]

[You killed two young Tiger Demons and gained 100 experience.]

Lin Jun currently had 10,100 experience points—quite a comfortable sum.

With that in mind, Lin Jun began the simulation directly.

[You obtained Wind-Thunder True Armor (Incomplete), but this technique seemed incomplete. You chose:]

[1. Train diligently. Those who accomplish great things value perseverance. Costs 300 experience.]

[2. You noticed the technique was incomplete. Perhaps you should spend time repairing it. Costs 500 experience.]

[3. Only children make choices. You chose both, cultivating while repairing the technique. Costs 800 experience.]

Nothing bizarre appeared among these three choices this time. If anything, they were quite good.

Looking at his ample experience, Lin Jun directly chose the third option.

[You began cultivating Wind-Thunder True Armor (Incomplete). Very soon, you realized something was wrong. Most of the terminology in this technique came from the previous dynasty, and there were things you simply could not understand. You were stumped from the very beginning. Helpless, you decided to first study the vocabulary of the previous dynasty. (-800)]

[You spent ten years mastering the words and phrases of the previous dynasty before finally beginning cultivation. You cultivated while summarizing and deducing, but you were no genius, and the deduction process was extremely slow. (-800)]

[Another ten years passed. You finally grasped the essence of the martial art, yet the deduction progressed at a snail's pace. The missing portions could not be repaired at all. Wind-Thunder True Armor (Incomplete) (Minor Mastery). (-800)]

[Another ten years passed...]

Lin Jun watched as ten years passed after another. The technique's realm had already risen to perfection, yet it was still incomplete.

If he had known this would happen, he might as well have chosen the first option from the start.

[You were now a hundred years old. Wind-Thunder True Armor (Incomplete) had already been cultivated to the Transcendent Realm. No one in this world understood this technique better than you, yet it remained incomplete. Over a hundred years, you had not repaired even a fraction of it. Wind-Thunder True Armor (Incomplete) (Transcendent Realm). (-800)]

[At the brink of death, you returned to the place where you had studied the vocabulary of the previous dynasty. Looking at those unfamiliar yet familiar words, you suddenly came to a realization. It was fundamentally impossible to deduce the techniques of the previous dynasty through the martial logic of the present age. Your thoughts cleared, and the questions you had never understood were instantly answered. You understood! Wind-Thunder True Armor (Major Mastery). (-2000)]

A vast amount of knowledge surged madly into Lin Jun's mind. The incomplete Wind-Thunder True Armor was no longer incomplete, and centuries of insight allowed Lin Jun to understand this technique's true might.

After spending 5,200 experience points, Lin Jun had obtained a complete Wind-Thunder True Armor.

This deal was worth it.

Lin Jun possessed an extremely powerful set of offensive methods, especially the Heavenly Star Baleful Image, but he had no defensive ability at all, nor any ability to evade.

He was like a glass cannon.

But now things were different. As long as he put on a suit of Wind-Thunder True Armor before battle, he would have both durability and damage.

If he could get some movement technique as well, it would be perfect.

There was still a little regret, after all.

But rice had to be eaten one bite at a time, and roads had to be walked one step at a time. With the abilities he had now, Lin Jun was already quite satisfied.

"Open!"

Lin Jun called out softly. Instantly, thunder roared across the surface of his body, bolts of lightning boring out from within him.

Those bolts of lightning were like threads, slowly crawling over Lin Jun's entire body, yet he did not feel the slightest discomfort.

In only a few breaths, a suit of lightning armor had formed over Lin Jun's body.

Lin Jun tried moving his body. Since the lightning armor was not tangible, it did not affect his movements in the slightest.

Should I say something like, "Shatter the darkness with thunder"?

The lightning was too bright, and Duan Yan, who had just fallen asleep, was startled awake by the glow.

"What happened...?"

Duan Yan saw the lightning armor covering Lin Jun and rubbed her eyes.

"Oh no, he couldn't have really hurt his head, could he?"

Thinking of that, Duan Yan hurriedly pulled up the blanket and buried her entire head beneath it.

Rather than believe Lin Jun had reached major mastery in only one hour and even deduced the technique's complete contents, Duan Yan found it more likely that she had not woken from her dream yet.

Seeing Duan Yan like that, Lin Jun could only put away the lightning armor, gather the sheets of paper, and slowly leave the room.

Not long afterward, Duan Yan slowly lowered the blanket. Seeing the empty desk outside, she let out a breath of relief.

"Sure enough, that fall scrambled my brain. Ahhh, that dream was way too terrifying."

Duan Yan buried her head beneath the blanket again.

Lin Jun had now arrived at the courtyard where Chen Feng often practiced martial arts. Chen Feng could usually be seen training here even at night, but he had not appeared these past few days.

Who knew where he had gone.

Lin Jun took out the two Demon Cores.

Compared with the Mouse Demon's Demon Core, these two were more lustrous and rounder. They contained violent energy; if absorbed directly, even a Boundary Breach martial artist probably would not be able to withstand them.

Fortunately, Lin Jun had the panel. To him, these Demon Cores were merely cultivation materials.

[You obtained a Tiger Demon Core. You chose:]

[1. Absorb it directly and increase your cultivation. (-300)]

[2. Prepare medicinal ingredients and refine pills, obtaining medicinal pills. (-500)]

[3. The Tiger Demon Core is filled with Tiger-Baleful Aura, which echoes the Killing Intent within you. You believe you can try absorbing the Killing Intent within it. (-500)]

The three choices had once again presented a strange option.

This made Lin Jun hesitate. After thinking for a while, he chose the third option.

[Following the guidance of the Blood-Baleful Aura within your body, you began absorbing the Tiger-Baleful Aura within the Demon Core. Sure enough, the two resonated. The Blood-Baleful Aura within your body continuously devoured the Tiger-Baleful Aura. The process went smoothly, without the slightest mishap. (-500)]

[Your two different types of Killing Intent met within your body. Yet one mountain cannot contain two tigers. Your Blood-Baleful Aura and Tiger-Baleful Aura tangled in battle within your body. You suffered unbearable pain and came close to death, but fortunately, you endured it. (-500)]

[Though the power of the Tiger-Baleful Aura seemed fierce, it lacked staying power. It was slowly eaten away by the Blood-Baleful Aura within your body and fused into one. (-500)]

[Your Killing Intent became even more powerful. The Baleful Blood Demon-Subduing Blade Technique grew mightier, and the Heavenly Star Baleful Image evolved into the Blood-Tiger Baleful Image. (-500)]

[Under the scouring of the Tiger-Baleful Aura, you opened another meridian. Four of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians have now been opened. (-500)]

Feeling the surging Blood-Baleful Aura within his body, Lin Jun could not help wanting to slash at something.

But even his blade had shattered. Without a blade as a medium, he could not unleash it.

He could only force himself to hold it in. This was the Demon Affairs Prefecture, after all; if he wrecked anything, he would have to pay to repair it himself.

Endure it for now. By tomorrow, this power should settle down.

Yet just then, Chen Feng vaulted straight over the courtyard wall.

"My lord! I succeeded! I've entered the Transcendent Realm!"