Holy Fist
Chapter 328: Blood Pill No. 168, Extremely Violent_2

Chapter 328: Blood Pill No. 168, Extremely Violent_2

A special and mysterious rhythm spread across the surface of his body.

Thump thump thump...

Bai Xiao held his breath and concentrated, his senses seeming to immerse themselves within his body.

He heard a powerful heartbeat, vibrating like a drum. But at the same time, another faint throbbing sound began to emerge.

The sound was not coming from his chest but from the position of his dantian.

His senses all drew inwards, sinking bit by bit.

After an indiscernible amount of time, Bai Xiao finally saw it: a Blood Core suspended in the darkness, presenting a hazy oval shape, similar to an egg.

At this moment, this Blood Core was rotating on its own, forming a massive clockwise vortex. Surrounding it were endless streams of invisible Qi being drawn in, plunging into the vortex and making it spin faster.

Absorption, compression, absorption, compression; a cyclical process.

Finally, at a certain moment, Bai Xiao’s brain shook violently, and a thunderous boom resounded throughout his body. A scorching heat swept across his torso.

His senses reached out again.

At the position of the dantian, a Concentrated Blood Pill was slowly rotating, shrouded in countless dense bloodlines that formed hot streams shooting towards his limbs. It was like a network of cross-flowing rivers, reaching every muscle and membrane in the body before converging back into the Blood Pill. It appeared to be a second set of blood circulation within the torso.

"This is..."

With a thought from Bai Xiao, the Blood Pill also changed accordingly.

He slowly raised his right hand, and saw that the bloodlines oriented northeast from the Blood Pill instantly doubled in number compared to their normal state. Countless bloodlines intertwined, forming a red stream.

Bai Xiao opened his eyes and looked at his right hand, slightly startled.

He saw that his arm had swollen by half; his strong muscles rose high like inflated balloons, bringing the texture of cast iron. Power surged in, as though a single punch could demolish the entire room.

In that moment, he felt as though he had acquired a monstrous arm.

Power soared, and strength greatly increased.

Boom!

With a gentle empty punch, a sonic boom-like noise emitted.

The whistling white current continuously struck the wall.

Bai Xiao retracted his right hand and focused on his attribute points.

[Power: 73.5→96.8]

[Physique: 80.0→56.7]

"Physique conversion?!"

He narrowed his eyes, immediately noticing the phenomenon.

His Physique attribute had decreased, and the reduced portion had been added to his Power. The change was twenty-three and three-tenths points.

Bai Xiao pondered for a moment, then his thoughts stirred once more.

Suddenly, the attribute points changed again.

[Power: 73.5→52.3]

[Physique: 80.0→101.2]

Regaining his senses, he felt his entire body enveloped by an immovable, terrifying presence. At this moment, he was like a fully armored super-heavyweight tank, impervious to thunder and immune to cannonballs, stationed at the centermost point.

"So that’s how it is..."

Bai Xiao felt it for a moment and fully understood: his Physique had stepped into a new level. Without needing to enter the Burst State with the Ba Snake Body, his physical realm had reached an extremely terrifying extent. The Blood Pill at the dantian could mobilize blood and move Qi, instantaneously reaching the active limbs. This would take Bai Xiao’s strength and defense up a notch.

Of course, this had its advantages and disadvantages.

For example, when Bai Xiao’s power burst forth, it could reach nearly a hundred points.

However, his physique would weaken accordingly, leaving his defensive power less robust.

There was a certain possibility of injury.

"Overall, this ability greatly enhances me," he stated.

Bai Xiao clenched his fist, a strange, somewhat brutal smile appearing on his face. It was difficult to imagine, if he were to use Qi conversion to fix his Physique at one hundred points, and then apply the Ba Snake Body in its Burst State...

Would there be anyone who could still strike him!

Or perhaps, a punch nearly a hundred points strong in Power could crush a Martial Artist-level opponent to bits! This wouldn’t be a victory of skill or combat, but a naked, primal victory of the body!

Barbaric and bloody, extremely violent!

Bai Xiao chuckled softly, his laughter seemingly brimming with eager anticipation.

He calmed his emotions and continued to study this new phenomenon.

Subsequently, Bai Xiao found that the Blood Pill seemed to have even more capabilities.

For instance, it could to some extent restore physical strength and heal wounds, but it would be consumed in the process. I don’t know what the consequences would be for overuse.

Physical weakness? Decline in realm?

If it was the latter, then he needed to be cautious and prudent in its use.

Time passed little by little.

After adapting to his increased strength, Bai Xiao slowly rose to his feet.

He began flipping through the notes left by his senior brother, Wu Binghe.

On the back of his hand, the Skull Mark flickered faintly.

...

The foggy sense of stupor, like an invisible current, enveloped his whole body. Bai Xiao sat quietly at the Demonstration Arena’s desk, turning the pages of a book.

The rustling sound, as though returning to the classroom days of studying.

The subtle white noise made one’s head droop continuously, entering the land of dreams.

The surrounding environment became increasingly silent.

Only the whispering sound of leaves rustling outside the window could occasionally be heard.

"It’s coming..."

Bai Xiao closed his eyes heavily and merged into the black shadows.

...

The nightmare of fear, the Imperial Graveyard.

A tall and strong figure slowly appeared, feet treading the ground.

Bai Xiao suddenly opened his eyes, looking ahead.

To the right was a deep pit the size of houses, surrounded by a swath of charred traces, and the ground was cracked. That area was a complete mess as if it had been bombarded intensively with a barrage of aerial bombs. The Evil Ghost Owl died here, this unlucky fellow was too miserable, not even a remnant was left.

He paused for a moment on the spot.

His gaze swept around.

At some point, a grey fog had spread, gradually enveloping everything. The sky was dim, like night, without the contour of any sun or stars. Tombstones, twisted and incomplete, appeared indistinctly through the mist, a strange sense of quietness, flowing slowly like water.

Bai Xiao raised his head, his sharp gaze looking towards the distant grey-black city.

The dark city gates were tightly shut.

Above the city walls, inexplicably, there appeared dozens of Soldier Terracotta Archers, stationed at intervals, silently watching ahead. This number was at least five or six times more than before, and the reason for this was unclear.

"Is there someone inside this city?"

"Are these soldier statues controlled by man? Or are they like machines..."

Bai Xiao’s heart was filled with doubts.

He silently stepped forward, beginning to walk around the grey-black city.

During this time, Bai Xiao summoned the Totem Giant and began destroying the skull soldiers in his path, replenishing the energy in the Fear Core to overflowing. Just when preparations were complete and he was about to study the Magic Bird Secret Scripture, he stopped in his tracks, staring straight ahead.

This was a collapsed section of the city wall, almost six to seven meters wide. In the center was a grey stone road, shrouded in fog, with no indication of where it led.

Bai Xiao saw that the city walls on both sides had also been damaged.

Gigantic claw marks made by some unknown creature were left upon them.

They almost ripped through the wall, which was three meters thick and infused with special energy.

Why mention special energy?

Because Bai Xiao, looking at the cross-section of the hole in the wall, discovered that there were dense black runes at the break, flickering with a faint blue light.

It was certainly not an ordinary surrounding wall.

As his gaze swept over again, his eyes slightly hesitated.

Behind the wall, the outline of a huge white skull became visible. Menacing fangs plunged into the ground, it was the size of a house.

This creature in life, its entire size, must have been extremely horrifying.

Of course, this was not what most attracted Bai Xiao.

What attracted Bai Xiao was the dark, but abnormally large, diamond-shaped gem in the eye socket of the skull, quietly flickering a black light.

"Such a big Fear Core!?"