Chapter 140: Officially Entering the Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm

Chapter 140: Officially Entering the Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm

Time flew by.

The Dragon Tiger Power Pill's Inner Strength constantly tempered his muscles, causing them to undergo a transformation, increasing their resilience and strength.

At the same time, the medicinal power within the pill was continuously released.

In the blink of an eye, the moon had set, and the sky was filled with the sound of crows cawing in the frosty air.

Jiang Ning slowly opened his eyes.

"Success!"

His face lit up with joy.

At this moment, he felt that the Dragon Tiger Power Pill within him had completely dissipated, and all its medicinal power had merged into his body.

He could clearly sense that his muscles had been thoroughly tempered.

The resilience of his muscles had improved, and his strength had increased significantly.

He stood up, clenched his fist, and instantly mobilized the strength throughout his body.

Jiang Ning carefully felt his current strength and murmured to himself, "It's about 2,500 jin of strength."

After sensing his current strength, his eyes brightened.

"So powerful!"

"2,500 jin. In a sense, my strength is no weaker than those Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm practitioners who have achieved minor success!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but feel secretly pleased.

Since his strength was no less than that of an ordinary Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm practitioner, his actual combat power would be even greater.

After all, his River Wave Blade Technique had reached the stage of great accomplishment, allowing him to unleash five layers of Inner Strength.

It was known that the River Wave Blade Technique was a mid-tier Martial Art, and it was difficult for ordinary people to even enter its realm.

Now that his blade technique had reached the stage of great accomplishment, the five layers of Inner Strength combined, and each strike carried the power of five blades.

Furthermore, he had mastered a Blade Technique and held a Spirit Blade longsword.

He could also release the potential hidden within his body by breaking through physical limitations.

So, Jiang Ning wasn't entirely clear about his own strength.

But he knew that his true strength at this moment could dominate the Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm.

Unless he faced a Seventh Rank Martial Daoist, it would be difficult for him to lose.

At this moment, he thought of Tian Buyi, whom he had exhausted himself to defeat a few days ago.

That day, even though Tian Buyi had obvious internal injuries, Jiang Ning's full array of skills didn't cause him much harm.

The most significant damage was triggering the full eruption of Tian Buyi's suppressed internal injuries.

Additionally, Tian Buyi, unlike Jiang Ning, couldn't breathe underwater.

The internal injuries erupted, and his oxygen ran out.

The real reason for Tian Buyi's death was the environmental factors.

In the deep water, with oxygen depleted and internal injuries erupting, Tian Buyi had no chance of surviving until he could surface and breathe.

Not to mention that Jiang Ning was watching nearby, making it impossible for Tian Buyi to have any chance.

"If I were to face him again today, I should be able to kill him with a single strike!" Jiang Ning said, a determined look on his face.

Then, he went to the courtyard, holding the Dragonfrost Sword.

A dragon's roar seemed to echo as the sword was unsheathed.

At this moment, the sword's spirit seemed to sense his progress and celebrated his strength improvement.

"No wonder I felt so elated. It turns out that by feeding you with my blood, your spirit can grow even faster!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself after receiving a message from the sword's spirit, which had established a spiritual connection with him.

The next moment, he placed his index and middle fingers on the blade and lightly drew them across.

Even though he had already surpassed the Ninth Rank Martial Dao and entered the Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm, his skin membrane had reached a level of toughness comparable to bronze.

However, in front of the blade of this Spirit Blade, his fingers were still cut.

Bright red blood oozed from his fingertips.

He then pressed his two injured fingers against the blade.

The blood instantly flowed along the wound and into the sword, absorbed by the Spirit Blade.

This method allowed the spirit within the sword to grow faster; the stronger the spirit, the more powerful the sword.

After a few breaths, Jiang Ning removed his fingers from the blade and applied simple pressure to stop the bleeding.

The last time he had let the sword recognize him as its master, the wound on his finger had completely healed within a day.

There was no trace of injury left.

So Jiang Ning understood that as his strength increased, all his bodily functions would improve.

The healing of injuries was no exception.

Normally, even a minor sword wound would be difficult to heal completely within a day.

But now, he could achieve this.

This indicated that his recovery speed from injuries was several times faster than that of an ordinary person.

After a while, the wounds on his fingers had faded to a light red scar, and the blood had clotted and scabbed over.

After reaching this point, Jiang Ning no longer paid attention to the two shallow wounds.

Holding the knife in his right hand, he channeled his inner strength, and in an instant, five layers of inner strength combined.

Then, with a swing of his knife, a boom reverberated through the air.

The air seemed to take on the form of flowing water in front of his blade.

One could clearly see the trail of wind passing over the edge of the blade.

This swing unleashed all his power, a force of 2,500 jin.

As the knife slashed through the air, it easily generated an explosive force of over 20,000 jin.

With the additional five layers of inner strength, the total force reached a terrifying 100,000 jin.

Jiang Ning recalled that in his previous life, an ordinary car traveling at 120 mph would have a collision force of just over 10 tons.

The destructive power of such an impact was evident, capable of throwing a pedestrian over ten meters away, almost certainly resulting in death.

And now, his current explosive force far exceeded that.

"This swing could probably split a car in half!" Jiang Ning muttered, feeling the power of this moment.

He sheathed his knife with a swish.

Then, he examined his right arm, stretching out his palm and clenching his fist.

"Not bad!" He nodded in satisfaction.

Even with the five layers of combined inner strength, his arm only felt a slight difference.

Apart from that, there was no intense pain like before.

This indicated that after his successful skin tempering, with his skin membrane as tough as bronze, his right arm could barely withstand the combined force of five layers of inner strength.

This also showed that his physical defense had significantly improved.

On that day, when he confronted Tian Buyi, he only dared to unleash four layers of combined inner strength, and there was no need to unleash five layers.

Even with just four layers, he could only manage to swing the knife five times before reaching his body's limit.

Swinging the knife five times was already pushing his body to its limit.

If he continued, it would severely affect his muscles, tendons, and arm.

Superficial injuries could heal in a few days, but more severe damage could leave his arm weakened and unable to exert force properly.

That's why Jiang Ning didn't dare to continue.

Moreover, he was in a safe position and didn't need to force Tian Buyi to fight for his life.

Today was completely different.

The five layers of inner strength only caused a slight sensation in his arm, indicating that he could sustain the force for much longer than before.

Even without saying more, he could easily swing the knife 20-30 times without issue.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning was extremely satisfied.

He was pleased with the rewards of his hard work in cultivation.

This change made him feel a significant improvement in his strength.

Compared to his former self from a few days ago, the gap in strength was like heaven and earth.

【Essence Energy】: 96.7

Seeing the most significant change on his panel, Jiang Ning was secretly delighted.

The Dragon Tiger Power Fruit not only brought him an additional 600 jin of strength but also over 40 points of Essence Energy.

While breaking through the 100-point threshold in Essence Energy didn't guarantee immediate results, it was still a significant milestone.

On the panel, the only aspect that could satisfy the next limit-breaking requirement was the Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique.

【Skill】: Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique (4th Limit Break 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Broadening Horizons, Swift as the Wind, Divine Blade Control, Blade and Body Unification)



This blade technique had now reached its fourth limit break, consuming 100 points of Essence Energy.

Unsurprisingly, the fifth limit break would require more than 100 points.

I estimate that it would take 200 points of Essence Energy to achieve the fifth limit break for the Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique.

For him now, this practice was not worth it.

Similarly, the Five Beasts Fist's limit break provided a more substantial boost than the blade technique.

Not to mention, the Five Viscera Storing Essence characteristic was clearly superior to Blade and Body Unification.

Nevertheless, accumulating Essence Energy was still a good thing.

Action: At least on the skill panel, in addition to the Firewood Cleaving Blade Technique, there are two other skills that are also easy to level up with experience points.

These are the Water Proficiency skill and the River Wave Blade Technique.

If his Essence Energy points increase too much, he can spend a few days to max out these two skills.

Whether it's Water Proficiency or River Wave Blade Technique, they are both worth investing Essence Energy points to break the limits.

By breaking the limits of Water Proficiency, he gains the ability to breathe underwater.

Just this trait alone, at the cost of only ten Essence Energy points, is an incredible value.

The second limit break for Water Proficiency also only requires twenty Essence Energy points, making it equally worth attempting.

As for the River Wave Blade Technique, it goes without saying.

This is a mid-tier martial art, and breaking its limits will bring even stronger traits.

The dawn breaks.

"Finally, I'm alive again!"

Jiang Ning pats his belly and burps softly.

The entire previous day was spent digesting the Dragon Tiger Power Pill.

Even with the support of the medicine, he still felt ravenous.

Only after thoroughly satisfying his hunger and thirst does he dare to truly feel alive again.

"Now that I'm full, it's time to continue practicing!"

Jiang Ning is filled with motivation.

The efforts from before have now brought noticeable results.

This extremely positive feedback loop makes him feel even more driven.

Especially now that his strength has reached this level, after attaining the Eighth Rank Divine Strength Realm, he can finally focus on doing what he wanted before.

That is to search for treasures in the Luo Water Lake, based on the information he obtained from Wan Hua Tower.

According to the messages he saw before, he realizes that his previous thoughts were too simple.

Indeed, there used to be many sunken ships in the Luo River.

But this world is different from the one he knew.

The individual power in this world is too strong.

Especially those above the Fifth Rank, each with formidable Inner Fortitude, have attained the strength of an Essence Breath Like Gale.

In the face of such powerful individuals, even the Luo Water Lake holds few secrets for them.

With their tempered five viscera and six entrails, they can easily hold their breath for over a dozen hours, or even longer.

Moreover, their physical bodies are terrifying, and even the pressure at the bottom of the lake is hardly enough to affect them significantly.

Therefore, if a ship carrying gold, silver, and jewels accidentally sinks to the bottom, its value is so high that it will undoubtedly require the help of experts of this caliber for retrieval.

So Jiang Ning also realizes that his previous thoughts were too presumptuous.

Normally, ships containing truly valuable items would never be left for him to search; they would have been salvaged long ago.

However, it's not entirely worthless.

Because the Luo River is too wide and vast, it's like an ocean to ordinary people.

In such a vast body of water, there will inevitably be many forgotten places.

Especially in a few areas of the lake, known as the ultimate death grounds, even Upper Third Rank Grandmasters dare not venture to the bottom.

Jiang Ning's real target is only those sunken ships that others have overlooked.

Large ships often carry gold, silver, and jewels, among other valuables.

These scattered valuables, however, are not worth much.

It's not enough to persuade true martial artists of the Fifth Rank, with Essence Breath Like Gale, to dive for them.

Moreover, for those at the Fifth Rank, with Essence Breath Like Gale, even ten thousand taels of silver are not worth their attention.

They wouldn't deign to do what Jiang Ning is thinking of doing.

But for Jiang Ning, it's different.

Forget ten thousand taels of silver, even a thousand taels are important to him.

(End of Chapter)

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