Becoming a Saint by Touching Corpses - Chapter 404 - 402: An Astonishing Discovery
Chapter 404: Chapter 402: An Astonishing Discovery
“Active Three, this skill is somewhat formidable.” Lou Yi’s eyes sparkled.
This means that the Petrification Talent from now on is no longer limited to pure defense; it also carries an extremely covert offensive capability.
“Lou Er, attack me with full force.” Lou Yi instructed his Lifebound Corpse Lou Er.
At this moment, Lou Er, except for lacking hair, mustache, and eyebrows, looked indistinguishable from an ordinary person, with a tall stature, plump skin, and an aura of completeness.
His chest even faintly showed the fourth plum blossom mark, clearly advancing towards the Copper Corpse realm.
The talent of the Innate Spirit Corpse is astonishingly impressive, comparable to a Super Grade Spirit Root among cultivators. Even though Lou Yi has been nurturing him in a laissez-faire manner, his progress has never stalled.
Upon Lou Yi’s command.
’Boom!’
Lou Er suddenly stomped the ground, creating a deep pit.
Meanwhile, he threw a punch fiercely towards Lou Yi’s chest, with a distinct breaking sound, and a force no less than thirty to forty thousand pounds, stronger than an ordinary Iron Corpse.
’Bang!’
As Lou Er’s fist approached, Lou Yi’s upper body had already turned a pale golden color, forcibly withstanding his full-force strike.
The next moment, a faint light flickered around Lou Yi’s body.
Without any visible movement, Lou Er suddenly flew backward, heavily crashing to the ground!
A clearly visible dent appeared on his chest.
Though slowly recovering, it caused Lou Er’s limbs to stiffen, making him unable to get up for a while.
“Not bad, not bad.” A smile appeared on Lou Yi’s face.
Since Active Three of the Petrification Talent can only be used once in a short period, he waited for a moment and continued to verify.
After continuous verification, he finally reached a conclusion:
The position of damage rebound by Active Three essentially matches the enemy’s attack position, and the speed is extremely fast, at least beyond Lou Yi’s current reaction speed.
This means that unless the enemy’s strength is far superior to his, they will find it hard to dodge the rebound attack of Active Three from the Petrification Talent.
The Petrification Talent achieved the Realm of Perfection, simultaneously accelerating the cultivation speed of the Star Body Tempering Technique.
Originally, it took him ten days to increase a point of proficiency in the Body Cultivator realm, and Lou Yi would need more than thirteen years to advance to Four-star Body Cultivator.
But now it only takes eight days, and the time to advance to Four-star Body Cultivator has shortened to less than eleven years.
This is equivalent to advancing from late-stage Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment in eleven years, which even Upper Grade Spirit Root finds hard to achieve, only a Super Grade Spirit Root seen once in a century could compare.
After the Petrification Talent reached the Realm of Perfection, Lou Yi’s confidence in self-protection under Foundation Establishment increased even more, and he continued to study the Attribute Panel.
His current strength consists of four major parts: Qi Cultivation, Body Refinement, Martial Arts, and Talent.
Progress in Qi Cultivation is ’slow’.
The spiritual power of Qi Cultivation at the fourth layer is like a drop in the bucket, its only role being to output with full force, providing him with a layer of Yin Light Shield for defense.
Body Refinement can increase basic strength and defense, but it’s only equivalent to the strength of late-stage Qi Refining. To stand independently, it still requires at least ten years.
Martial Arts and Talent are the two main components of his current strength.
An anomaly needs just over a year to advance to the high-tier level, at which time the martial strength will undergo a transformation.
If he can find the Dragon Saliva Grass required for the Demon Summoning Scripture, it can speed up the progress.
Among the talents, Petrification is already perfect, with Swift and tenacity having the greatest impact on strength.
With his current level, he can’t rely on Wind Walking Pill in the short term and can only focus mainly on the Spirit-devouring Vine.
In other words, Dragon Saliva Grass and Spirit-devouring Vine should be prioritized in his current search.
’Elder Wang, not easy to deal with…’
The last sneak attack almost got Elder Wang killed, but Lou Yi never believed he could directly rival Foundation Establishment.
Even though his strength has improved further now, there is still a considerable gap from the Foundation Establishment level.
But when it comes to self-protection, he still has some assurance.
Besides, after achieving the Realm of Perfection, is it really impossible to continue improving?
Lou Yi contemplated the road ahead and then saw Lou Er getting up from the ground, silently walking to his side.
The dented area on his chest had fully restored to its original condition, showing no signs of injury.
This is the power of the Lifebound Corpse in the Corpse-Driving Sect.
Each one is engraved with the divine array passed down for thousands of years by ancestors, endowed with immense wisdom from predecessors. As long as they don’t encounter a devastating blow, they will eventually recover.
Seeing Lou Er in a perfect and seamless state, without revealing a trace of chilling aura.
Lou Yi’s heart was moved.
Simultaneously perform the Yellow Extreme Breathing Technique, Skin Refining Technique, and Demon Summoning Scripture.
Press the tumor on the shoulder, forcing it to spit out a wisp of blue Qi-Blood, and fuse it with the original purple True Strength within the body.
Finally, face the palm of Lou Er, then slowly inject True Strength into its body.
In the next moment, black lines all over Lou Er began to flow rapidly.
Unlike the strong rejection reaction before.
This time, it forcefully endured the input of Lou Yi’s True Strength, and opened up a space in the lower Dantian to store Lou Yi’s True Strength.
Simultaneously, under Lou Yi’s control, Lou Er also began to operate this wisp of True Strength within its body in a specific manner, slowly growing and strengthening it.
Finally, it flowed back into Lou Yi’s body, completing a full cycle.
’Isn’t this equivalent to two of me practicing Martial Arts simultaneously?’
Lou Yi looked at the attribute panel’s realm level, and the proficiency in Martial Arts Realm related skills, all increased by double!
Although both the Skin Refining Technique and the Breathing Technique encountered a bottleneck, the impact was not significant.
Meanwhile, the speed of practicing the Demon Summoning Scripture increased from one point a day to two points a day.
This means that Lou Yi only needs a little more than half a year to advance to a high-tier anomaly!
All this thanks to the mysterious gray bead he took from the Yellow Springs Sect, which completely cleansed the cold aura from Lou Er’s body, otherwise, it would definitely not be able to endure True Strength, a peak Yang attribute.
The founder of Corpse-Driving Sect would never have imagined that his Lifebound Corpse could someday assist in Martial Arts practice.
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After Lou Yi’s Petrification Talent reached perfection.
A few days later, he received a letter from Ping’an Village.
“Weida is getting married?” Upon seeing it, Lou Yi felt joy and a gentle nostalgia for old acquaintances in Ping’an Village.
Zhan Weida, Old Man Shi, the vagabond Liu Yuan, Chen Muju…
And that girl, perhaps she would return as well, though it’s uncertain what realm she has reached now.
’A month until the wedding, I should find a chance to go back, after all, I’m still nominally the Sect Leader of Wangjiang Sect.’ Lou Yi thought.
Currently, his strength has greatly improved, although he cannot directly compete against Foundation Establishment, he believes he can manage to stay alive.
On the other side.
At Wendao Peak, Elder Wang’s abode.
Short and stout Elder Wang was seated cross-legged on a luxurious golden and jade platform.
Below stood more than ten people, each looking solemn.
Some wore unified deep blue Daoist robes, while others donned black or white long garments, varied in style, evidently not in line with Corpse-Driving Sect’s style.
“Master, You Qingyi is still in seclusion, Bi Yaoyao and Lou Yi have stayed in the sect without leaving, we can’t find any opportunity at all.”
The speaker had pale skin and a sinister appearance, it was none other than the true disciple Yan Zechen who had dealt with Lou Yi multiple times before.
“The murderer of Junior Brother Wang must be among these three!” another true disciple stated resolutely.
Upon hearing this, a middle-aged man in black directly fell to the ground, crying bitterly, “Father, you must avenge Wen Bai!
Wen Bai had an upper grade Spirit Root, with excellent innate talent, a rare genius of our Wang Family in a century.
We thought he could continue to support the family after you, but he was killed by these younglings, such enmity cannot coexist!”
Elder Wang coldly replied, “You don’t need to tell me, I will deal with them myself.
However, You Qingyi is always hiding in the cave, she has a powerful family background in the Zhao Kingdom and is difficult to handle, not to mention Bi Yaoyao.
We can only start with this Lou Yi. Have you found out what I asked you to investigate?”
“At Seeking Immortality Hall in Jin City, we’ve already found information on Lou Yi. He originally came from a place called ’Ping’an Village’ on the Zhao Kingdom’s border.”
“Humph, since Lou Yi doesn’t want to leave the sect, then find a way to lure him out, don’t expect me to teach you how.” Elder Wang said indifferently.
“Rest assured, Father, I can definitely force him out!” the middle-aged man in black suddenly raised his head, revealing a wicked look.
As Elder Wang was about to say something else, his expression suddenly changed.
A bronzed token popped out from his chest, emitting a flickering yellow spiritual light.
’The Sect Leader is summoning us, is there something significant?’
“I need to go for now, remember to get the task done.” After coldly instructing this, Elder Wang’s figure vanished from the spot.
Meanwhile, bright spiritual lights shot out from Wendao Peak, Ten Thousand Dao Peak, and No-Dao Peak, all rapidly heading towards Sect Leader Peak.
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