Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 561: Chapter 257: The Sword Array Forms, Power of the Thunder Strike Sword!

Ji Yuan felt the ceaseless surge of blood and qi within his body, nearly twice as resilient as before. The faint hum from deep within his sinews and bones seemed as if they were being reorganized, with meridians expanding.

Ji Yuan’s heart was filled with turmoil.

This Thunder Shock Marsh truly is a paradise for body cultivators!

In just thirty miles, the ”lashes” of tens of thousands of purple thunders combined with the surge of blood and qi induced by the Pile Skill to forcibly refine his physical body to a new level.

Of course, this also had to do with how he previously consumed an unknown number of Quenching Acupoint Pearls and Spirit Pig flesh.

Because he previously lacked a body cultivation technique, the consumed blood qi deposited in various parts of his body, and now struck by lightning... they were all triggered to further enhance his own strength.

But this joy lasted only for a moment.

His gaze pierced through the more rampant curtain of purple lightning ahead, feeling the paralyzing sensation in the air brought by dense electricity, igniting a deeper desire in his heart.

”Just thirty miles have such results... what if I go further?”

Not only did Ji Yuan not stop, he blazed with his well-honed Pile Skill steps even more firmly.

Stepping step by step deeper.

With each step, the charred ground quivered slightly. Originally, using Pile Skill was to guide the blood qi and share the thunder’s might; now he deliberately withdrew more blood qi into the depths of his body, leaving only a thin membrane of qi and blood to cover his skin, as if intentionally removing parts of his armor, allowing the wild purple lightning to ”forge” his flesh and bones more directly.

”Crackle! Boom!”

As he ventured deeper, the purple lightning from the sky suddenly grew several times thicker.

No longer the width of chopsticks, it was as thick as a baby’s arm, tearing through the air with a fierce whistle, and the frequency was several times more intense, almost forming an endless purple thunder waterfall.

Thirty-one miles... thirty-five miles... forty miles!

”Ugh!”

When an arm-thick bolt of condensed purple lightning struck solidly on Ji Yuan’s undefended back, even with his newly reached mid-stage Foundation Establishment robust physique, he couldn’t help but let out a muffled groan.

It wasn’t just the searing pain of torn flesh; the violent electrical energy within the lightning seemed like countless red-hot ox-hair-thin needles, instantly piercing every corner of his body, wantonly rampaging through his fascia, bones, and internal organs!

His body trembled violently, and his skin turned instantly charred black. Tiny blood beads evaporated from the cracked skin lines, only to be scattered by new lightning strikes.

The original numb pain had long vanished, replaced with a frightening agony that seemed to tear his body to shreds.

If not for his steadfast will and the immensely firm foundation of his Pile Skill, this would have been enough to make him faint.

”Good hit!”

The agony instead ignited the fierceness in Ji Yuan’s bones, just like when he faced the attack of those ten dried corpses.

He gritted his teeth, blood seeping from the corners of his mouth, yet he pushed the Pile Skill to its extreme.

Within his body, the blood qi surged like scorching lava racing through narrow channels, fiercely flushing, carrying, and obliterating the invading lightning power with this mightier torrent of qi and blood.

Each flush felt like forging an iron embryo in blazing fire, impurities burned away by lightning fire, while tougher and purer strength slowly grew amidst the agony.

The deeper he went, the stronger the lightning tribulation.

At fifty miles, the purple lightning was as thick as a robust man’s arm, the color darkening from bright violet to a deep, ominous hue, with increased might.

The form of the lightning strikes was no longer singular, sometimes attacking acupoints like venomous snakes with precision, sometimes pounding the chest and spine like a heavy hammer.

Ji Yuan’s movement had completely turned into a staggering struggle.

His body was long beyond recognition, new wounds over old, a mix of charred black and blood red, most of the time teetering on the verge of collapse from lightning strikes, sustained only by an indomitable will and the deeply ingrained rhythm of the Pile Skill.

Intense energies clashed within, with blood qi and lightning madly contending and merging. Wisps of green smoke occasionally rose from his body surface, where decayed body tissue was directly incinerated by the lightning.

Seventy miles in!

”Crack... Hum...”

Just as his body was about to reach the brink of collapse, his consciousness beginning to blur, an upheaval suddenly occurred!

The blood qi, surging to the extreme within, carrying the inexhaustible thunder power, abruptly broke through an invisible shackle.

The entire skeleton emitted a dense series of explosive cracks like popping beans, then turned into dragon roars and tiger growls, as his internal organs were washed with a refreshing rain, flourishing with renewed vitality. The muscles torn and damaged were swiftly regenerating under the stimulus of the lightning, becoming tougher, thicker, imbued with explosive strength.

The total blood qi surged several times over, circulating like a mighty river.

Late-stage Foundation Establishment!

The second breakthrough of his physique, at the edge of ultimate pain and destruction, came naturally!

A power several times stronger than before filled his limbs and bones, swiftly easing his near-collapse body, allowing him to endure the even more ferocious thunder baptism at the seventy-mile depth!

”It’s done!”

Ji Yuan’s spirit lifted, his exhausted eyes bursting with a captivating brilliance, this newfound strength providing him the assurance to continue moving forward!

But at the same time, he noticed the blood qi within his body had been entirely depleted with this breakthrough, meaning there were no hidden energy reserves left.

He had managed to achieve breakthroughs both times by relying entirely on the previously stored blood qi within his body.