Chapter 557 Blood and Flesh Refining God (Part 2)

The already-distorting Cyan Lotus struggled even more to hold on under the assault of the Sound Waves.

"Miaoyin Hall’s Sound Wave Technique?"

Ling blurted out, recognizing the ability’s origin.

"Hahahaha, you’re right. This mouth of mine did indeed come from someone from Miaoyin Hall. It’s just a shame that person was only at the peak of the Sensing realm; their ability was truly disappointing."

Gan Ming boomed with laughter.

Strictly speaking, his focus was not on Attack Techniques, but on the Artifact Refining Technique. However, after undergoing the Yin Mother’s baptism, his abilities and Cultivation Technique underwent a terrifying mutation, far exceeding the original bounds of the Artifact Refining Technique.

Blood and Flesh Refining God!

This was the name he had given his now-unique Artifact Refining Technique. His ability allowed him to directly seize the most powerful parts of living creatures—and even Evil Spirits—refine them into Lifebound Magical Artifacts, seal the corresponding abilities within, and then assemble and graft them onto his own body to use as his own.

Step by step, he was replacing all his body parts until this body and his soul reached an unimaginable peak.

He would forge the body of a god!

This was why, despite being only at the peak of the Sensing realm, his strength was great enough to suppress an ordinary Innate Martial Artist. With the help of the Yin Tower Organization, he possessed multiple Innate Level body parts, and their abilities were considered powerful even among those at the Innate Level!

Ling’s expression grew solemn. ’This can’t go on,’ she thought. Her hands moved into a Seal Formation, and a complex, four-layered talisman materialized in mid-air, steadily reinforcing the Cyan Lotus’s protective power. Simultaneously, she moved. A cyan light coalesced at her feet into the shape of a flower bud, then abruptly blossomed.

Hundred Flowers Step!

With every step Ling took, an illusory flower sprouted from the ground, its roots spreading deep into the earth. Simultaneously, she moved rapidly, charging toward Gan Ming.

Her hands formed another seal, and a torrent of vines suddenly shot out from her body, surging toward Gan Ming like an overwhelming wave.

Wood Damage!!

This was an enhanced Technique derived from the Falling Leaves Picking Flower Skill. Each vine possessed a potent ability to siphon Vitality. If they pierced a target, the Technique could directly drain their Vitality. Even if they only coiled around an opponent, they could still continuously deplete their Vitality and restrict their movements.

Gan Ming’s eyes narrowed as he watched the overwhelming torrent of vines approach.

"You want to drain my Vitality? You can just become my fuel!"

He slowly raised his withered, bluish-black left hand, and the blood-red markings on it began to swirl.

VMMMM!!

A deep black vortex appeared around him. The illusory vines from Ling’s attack were immediately caught by a powerful suction, drawn into the black vortex. There, a force pulverized their Primordial Qi structure, and Gan Ming’s body devoured them, turning them into a source of his power.

This bluish-black arm came from an A-Class Evil Spirit and possessed the terrifying ability to devour Primordial Qi. It was also one of the main sources of Primordial Qi that Gan Ming used to power the many Innate "parts" on his body.

’An ability that devours and absorbs Primordial Qi?’

Ling understood at once. ’This opponent won’t be easy to deal with.’ She immediately retracted her Technique, refusing to feed him any more Primordial Qi.

At the same time, Gan Ming slowly raised his other arm. The golden tattoos on it activated, emitting a dense, jade-colored light that instantly condensed Primordial Qi into a massive, jade-colored arm nearly twenty meters long.

The arm’s five fingers formed a specific Seal Technique as it stamped down toward Ling.

A peculiar effect took hold. Ling felt a sense of daze, as if the Seal Technique formed by the jade arm was changing with dizzying speed. It was a spiritual attack.

Thousand Hands Seal Technique: Dazzle!!

This arm had come from a powerful Innate Martial Artist who had cultivated a special method focusing solely on the power of one arm. When activated with a Technique, however, this single arm could execute all sorts of marvelous Seal Techniques, even manifesting a thousand hands and a thousand seals!

BOOM!!

The arm crashed down. However, the spiritual attack had little effect on a soul-like being such as Ling. Cyan Lotuses bloomed around her as she instantly accelerated, escaping the giant hand’s range. The palm slammed into the ground, leaving behind a massive, fractured crater.

’The Seal Technique’s effect is minimal? In that case...’

Gan Ming’s expression turned fierce.

THUMP-THUMP! THUMP-THUMP!!

A dreadful thrumming emanated from within his body as a terrifying surge of Primordial Qi poured into his right arm.

The giant jade hand instantly multiplied into phantoms. Nine massive arms materialized behind him, crashing down on Ling almost simultaneously.

BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

Dust and smoke billowed everywhere. For a moment, all Ling could do was dodge, narrowly avoiding one disastrous blow after another. Yet, there was no fear in her eyes. A closer look would reveal that with every step she took, a flower bloomed on the ground. These flowers didn’t vanish after she passed; instead, their roots grew and burrowed deep into the earth. Even when the giant jade palms struck and the ground caved in, these illusory flowers remained.

As Ling dodged, the scattered blossoms began to form a peculiar pattern.

When the number of flowers blooming around her reached forty-nine, a sharp glint flashed in Ling’s eyes. Her dodging form came to an abrupt halt. Seizing a gap in her opponent’s assault, she shot forward, her hands flashing through a Seal Technique.

Hundred Flowers Array!!

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

The forty-nine illusory flowers erupted, unleashing a terrifying power. Thick vines shot out from them, stabbing toward Gan Ming.

This time, it wasn’t just Ling’s own power.

Her Hundred Flowers Step had connected the Primordial Qi flowers to the Vitality deep within the earth, allowing her to rapidly absorb it and convert it into her own power. At the same time, the forty-nine flowers had formed an Array, capable of drawing upon the Vitality between heaven and earth to inflict a terrifying toll on living beings.

VMMMM!!

Within a radius of tens of meters, the world itself seemed to tremble. A deep green light enveloped the area as all Vitality fell under Ling’s complete control. She channeled this power into a strike and hurtled toward Gan Ming.

The strength of this strike had undoubtedly reached the Innate Level!

The lower realms of the Hundred Flowers Dao were not skilled in direct combat, yet Ling had still unleashed an Innate Level attack!!

Even Gan Ming felt a sense of crisis, just like when he had faced the strike from the Ten Thousand Laws Incarnation before.

"It’s useless! Don’t you understand yet?!!"

Yet Gan Ming was utterly unafraid. He laughed maniacally as his Cyan and Red Ghost Pupils activated. The Sound Waves from his laughter pulsed outward as his left arm conjured an even larger black vortex.

The Cyan and Red Ghost Pupils distorted Primordial Qi, the Sound Waves disrupted Primordial Qi, and his left arm absorbed Primordial Qi. Under this threefold assault, even an Innate Level Technique was weakened to its absolute limit. He had dealt with the Ten Thousand Laws Incarnation’s attack in the very same way.

Unless an attack was an entire realm above his own, even the Technique of an ordinary Innate Martial Artist could not fundamentally harm him. This was the terrifying effect of stacking and coordinating the abilities of multiple Lifebound Magical Artifacts.

He, Gan Ming, was one of the top geniuses in the Yin Tower Organization. Otherwise, how could he have warranted such an investment from its leaders?

Ling’s pupils constricted. Her Technique was being weakened. At the same time, her opponent’s right arm activated again. The nine jade-colored arms flickered and merged into one, which then stamped down toward her.

BOOM!!

An earth-shattering explosion of Primordial Qi erupted. The deep green light was instantly extinguished, the Hundred Flowers Array’s offensive was shattered, and Ling was sent flying. Her feet carved two deep grooves in the ground as she skidded to a halt. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, her expression grim.

’Even the Hundred Flowers Array was broken? He’s really this strong... The main problem is his abilities. They specifically counter Primordial Qi attacks, which puts me at a massive disadvantage in my current state.’

’My physical body isn’t strong. Even infused with Vitality, I can only rely on Primordial Qi Techniques.’

’This is a real problem.’

TAP!!

Just then, a hand came to rest silently on her shoulder, interrupting her thoughts.

She whipped her head around to see Zhao Xuanqi standing behind her, his expression placid. She had no idea when he’d arrived.

"You’re finished?"

Ling said, looking at Zhao Xuanqi, her eyes holding little joy.

’From the looks of it, Zhao Xuanqi hasn’t adapted to the infusion of Vitality. His level of strength recovery is probably even lower than mine, and I’ve only just gotten used to controlling Vitality myself.’

’In that case, it won’t be easy to deal with that man, even if we fight together.’

"I am. You can leave the rest to me."

Zhao Xuanqi said calmly.

A flicker of astonishment crossed Ling’s face.

’You’re that confident?’