If they disregarded life and death, martial artists had many ways to make their qi and blood surge abruptly.
One such way was the Heart-Burning Palm Shi Chong was using at that moment.
This was a palm technique every officer of the Sea-Calming Tower ranked Thousand-Household Commander or above had to learn. It was not complicated; to execute it well required only one thing-the courage to give one's life and go to one's death.
For this palm strike, directed at oneself, would forcibly pour the power of the Sea Incineration Formation into a Red Armor Cavalry officer's heart, forcibly raising his blood qi by one stage.
For instance, Shi Chong was in the Martial Saint Realm, so after using the Heart-Burning Palm, his blood qi would be equivalent to that of the Martial Emperor Minor Completion Realm.
And the price was death as blazing flames burned through his heart.
"Thump, thump!"
When Shi Chong struck his own chest with that palm, he clearly heard his heart beating, and at the same time felt the agony of blazing flames searing his heart.
But in just an instant, that agony was replaced by the exhilaration of brimming qi and blood.
"Boom!..."
As Shi Chong took another deep breath, violent qi and blood power spread over him like flames.
From afar, it looked as though a pillar of fire had shot skyward from his body.
Even some of the fisherfolk newly enlisted in the Red Armor Camp were no strangers to this sight, for in these past few clashes with the demonic beasts, almost all the previous Ten-Thousand-Household Commanders had used the Heart-Burning Palm before their deaths.
So when they saw that pillar of fire now, what they felt was no longer astonishment or excitement, but more a sense of tragic heroism.
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