Chapter 505 - 247: Mastering the Blood Burning Secret Technique, Learning the Soul Capturing Technique, and a First Attempt at the Beast Soul Seal

「Tingtai Garden.」

Inside the Practice Room of an elegant courtyard.

Thanks to the Spirit Gathering Array, the entire room was suffused with dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Jiang Che sat cross-legged, with dozens of translucent Jade Bottles arranged before him.

’I spent two thousand, which leaves me with eleven thousand points...’

Gazing at the mountain of Elixir Pills, Jiang Che felt a surge of reassurance.

The five-thousand-point reward for taking first place in the assessment, combined with the eight thousand points from the disciple from the Western Regions who won the bid for a meridian cleansing session, had turned him from dirt-poor to nouveau riche overnight.

Thus, he had made a special trip to Duobao Peak to purchase various Elixir Pills that would aid his Cultivation.

’I have the resources and the Cultivation Technique. Now, all that’s left is to grow stronger, one step at a time!’

Jiang Che focused his mind and first circulated the Spirit Void Technique for several cycles, feeling the ethereal, nimble True Qi slowly strengthening within his meridians.

Once his True Qi was flowing smoothly and without obstruction, he retrieved a crimson Jade Scroll from his Storage Bag.

It was the Low-level Ultimate Technique he had purchased but never had the time to practice: the Blood Burning Secret Technique.

’It’s about time I mastered this explosive power-up technique.’

Jiang Che extended his Divine Thought into the Jade Scroll, carefully studying its methods.

The principle behind this Secret Technique wasn’t complicated. Its core lay in using a special circulation path to stimulate the heart’s aperture and ignite one’s essence blood, thereby gaining power beyond one’s limits for a short time.

For Jiang Che, whose Comprehension had been reforged, practicing such a Low-level Ultimate Technique was as simple as eating or drinking.

Just half an hour later.

HUMMM!

[Ultimate Technique: Blood Burning Secret Technique mastered!]

’Done.’

Jiang Che’s heart leaped with joy upon seeing the notification on the panel.

’Time to see what it can do...’

’Blood Burning Secret Technique... Activate!’

In that instant, he felt his heart pound violently, as if the blood in his veins had burst into flame!

A faint, blood-red glow suddenly enveloped his body. His skin turned slightly crimson, and his temperature spiked.

Jiang Che stood up, stretching his limbs and carefully Sensing the changes in his body.

’After activating it, my strength, speed, reaction time... everything has increased by about thirty percent!’

For an ordinary Martial Artist, risking the combustion of their essence blood for a thirty-percent boost would be somewhat lackluster.

However, for Jiang Che, that thirty-percent boost meant something else entirely!

’Thirty percent might not seem like much...’

’But my True: Infinite Battle Armor Active Skill can unleash a strike with twenty-eight times the power!’

’And that twenty-eight-fold multiplier is calculated based on my own base attributes.’

A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Che’s eyes as he quickly ran the numbers in his head:

’Without the Blood Burning Secret Technique, my attack power is 1 × 28 = 28.’

’But once I activate the Blood Burning Secret Technique, my base attributes become 1.3. That means my final burst damage is 1.3 × 28 = 36.4!’

’Thirty-six point four times!’

Now that was substantial!

This wasn’t addition; it was multiplication!

’And that’s not all...’

Jiang Che carefully sensed the essence blood slowly draining away within him.

According to the Blood Burning Secret Technique’s description, activating it consumes a large amount of essence blood with every breath. Once depleted, the user falls into a state of extreme weakness and may even damage their foundational cultivation.

Thus, most people would only dare to use it for a few short breaths in a life-or-death situation.

However, for Jiang Che at this moment...

Within his body, the moment his various recovery-type Passive Talents—long since integrated into the depths of his bloodline—sensed the "damage," they all activated instantly!

[Yin Yang Transformation Force] Passive triggered!

[Rejuvenation] Passive triggered!

[Healing] Passive triggered!

[Sweet Dew] Passive triggered!

[Clear Heart] Passive triggered!

[Recovery] Passive triggered!

[Returning Essence] Passive triggered!

...

Warm currents surged from every corner of his body, frantically replenishing the very essence blood that had just been burned away.

Jiang Che sensed it carefully and was astonished to discover:

’The rate of consumption... was actually equal to the rate of recovery?!’

What did this mean?

It meant that this "Forbidden Technique," which was originally only a last resort, had become a permanent buff for him!

As long as he wished, he could even maintain this powered-up state twenty-four hours a day!

’Not bad at all...’

Jiang Che dispersed the blood-red glow from his body and sat back down on the cattail mat, satisfied.

His Cultivation had now reached the Fourth Layer of the True Master Realm, and his foundation was already far superior to his peers.

With the addition of this permanently active Blood Burning Secret Technique and that terrifying thirty-six-fold strike...

Jiang Che clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power contained within his palm.

The figure of Xie Songnian involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

The Vice Sect Leader of the Cangyun Sect, a master at the Fifth Layer of the True Master Realm, had once been like a great mountain pressing down on him, suffocating him.

’If it were me now, facing a peak-condition Xie Songnian...’

Jiang Che’s gaze was cold.

’I probably wouldn’t even need the Black Armor Transformation. Just one punch, empowered by Blood Burning...’

’...would be enough to kill him instantly!’

The thrill of such a leap in power was truly intoxicating.

However, Jiang Che didn’t let it go to his head.

’In the Myriad Phenomena Dao Sect, the Fifth Layer of the True Master Realm is nothing more than a slightly larger ant.’

’And that’s not even mentioning the lofty True Mastery Realm Vein Masters and Elders.’

’Even Senior Brother Song Yuan, who seems perfectly ordinary and is always smiling and giving me things...’

Jiang Che recalled Song Yuan’s unfathomably deep aura.

’He’s at least at the Tenth Layer of the True Master Realm!’

’And that’s not even counting monstrous talents like the True Disciples.’

’Right now, I’m just a slightly stronger grunt, at best.’