Chapter 140: Officially Entering the Eighth Stage Divine Power Realm

Chapter 140: Officially Entering the Eighth Stage Divine Power Realm

Time flew by in a flash.

The power within the Tiger Dragon Power Pill constantly tempered his muscles, causing a metamorphosis, enhancing their resilience and strength.

Simultaneously, the medicinal power of the pill was continuously released.

In the blink of an eye, the moon had set, and the night was filled with the sound of crows cawing and frost covering the sky.

Only then did Jiang Ning slowly open his eyes.

"Success!"

He couldn't help but feel delighted.

At this moment, he could sense that the power of the pill had been completely exhausted, and all its medicinal effects had been absorbed into his body.

He could clearly feel that his muscles had undergone a significant tempering.

With the improved resilience, his strength increased significantly.

He stood up and clenched his fist, instantly mobilizing the power throughout his body.

Jiang Ning carefully assessed his current strength and muttered to himself, "Around two thousand five hundred jin of strength."

As he realized the power he now possessed, his eyes lit up.

"So powerful!"

"Two thousand five hundred jin, in a sense, my strength is no weaker than those Eighth Stage Minor Divine Power Realm experts!"

The thought brought a surge of excitement to Jiang Ning's heart.

With his strength rivaling that of ordinary Eighth Stage Minor Divine Power Realm experts, his actual combat power would be even greater.

After all, his Canglang Blade Technique had reached the level of mastery, allowing him to unleash five layers of power.

It was worth noting that the Canglang Blade Technique was a mid-tier martial art, and it was challenging for ordinary people to even grasp its fundamentals.

Once one understood the Canglang Blade Technique, they could control the power within.

Now that the blade technique had reached mastery, the five layers of power combined, and each strike could unleash the force of five blades.

Additionally, he had mastered a blade technique and wielded a Spirit Weapon long sword.

He could also release his physical restrictions, unleashing the latent power within his body.

Therefore, Jiang Ning wasn't entirely sure how strong he had become, but he knew that his true strength could now rival that of the Eighth Stage Divine Power Realm.

Unless he faced a Seventh Stage Martial Dao expert, it would be difficult for him to lose.

At this moment, he recalled the challenging battle he had with Tian Buyi a few days ago, where he had finally managed to wear him down.

That day, even though Tian Buyi was clearly injured, he had failed to inflict significant damage even when using all his skills.

The most severe injury he caused was triggering the internal injury that Tian Buyi had been suppressing, leading to its full eruption.

Unlike Jiang Ning, Tian Buyi couldn't breathe underwater.

With the eruption of the internal injury and the depletion of oxygen, Tian Buyi met his end.

The environment played a significant role in Tian Buyi's demise.

In deep water, with oxygen depletion and the eruption of internal injuries, it was impossible for Tian Buyi to survive until he reached the surface to breathe.

Moreover, with Jiang Ning nearby, watching intently, there was no chance for Tian Buyi to escape.

"If I were to face him again, I could probably kill him with a single strike!"

Jiang Ning's face exuded confidence.

Subsequently, he arrived at the courtyard, holding the Spirit Weapon Dragon Fathom.

Humming—

As the long sword was drawn from its sheath, the vibration of the blade resonated like the roar of a dragon.

At this moment, the spirituality within the blade seemed to sense his improved strength and rejoiced.

"No wonder I feel elated; it turns out that by feeding you with my blood, your spirituality can grow faster!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself as he received the message from the Spirit Weapon's spirituality, which had established a mental bridge with him.

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

Even though he had already surpassed the Ninth Stage Martial Dao and entered the Eighth Stage Divine Power, his skin had long reached the level of being as tough as copper.

However, against the blade's edge, his fingers were still easily cut.

Scarlet blood oozed from the pads of his fingers.

Jiang Ning then pressed his two injured fingers against the blade's edge.

The blood instantly flowed along the wound and merged into the blade, absorbed by the Spirit Weapon.

This method allowed the spirituality within the blade to accelerate its growth; the stronger the spirituality, the more powerful the blade.

After a few breaths, Jiang Ning's fingers finally left the blade's edge, and with a simple press, the wound quickly showed signs of healing.

The last time he had let blood to bond with the weapon, the wound on his finger had completely healed within a day.

There was no trace of injury left, as if it had never existed.

Jiang Ning understood that as his strength continued to grow, various bodily functions would also improve.

The healing of wounds was one such improvement.

Normally, even a shallow blade wound would take more than a day to heal completely.

However, he had now achieved this level of recovery speed, surpassing that of ordinary people.

After a moment, the wounds on his fingers only showed faint red bloodstains, and the blood had already coagulated.

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

He held the blade in his right hand, and the qi strength flowed through his grip.

In the blink of an eye, five layers of qi strength overlapped.

Then, he slashed with his blade.

Boom—

A faint rumble echoed through the void.

In front of his blade, the air took on the form of water.

One could clearly see the wind trailing from the blade's path.

At this moment, he unleashed all his power, a force of two thousand five hundred jin.

As the blade descended, it slashed through the void, easily generating an explosive force of over twenty thousand jin.

With the additional five layers of qi strength, the explosion of power was even more formidable.

This single strike unleashed a terrifying force of nearly one hundred thousand jin.

According to Jiang Ning's knowledge, an ordinary car, traveling at 120 miles per hour, would have a brief burst of power of only around ten tons.

In other words, the explosion of power from his current strike far exceeded the impact of a car traveling at high speed.

The destructive power of such an impact was evident.

It could easily send pedestrians flying over a dozen meters away, almost certainly resulting in death.

Not to mention the immense power he possessed now.

"This strike should be able to split a car in half!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself, feeling the surge of power within him.

Then—

Whoosh—

The blade returned to its sheath.

He felt his right arm again, sensing the subtle changes.

He stretched his palm and clenched his fist.

"Not bad!" He nodded in satisfaction.

Even with the explosion of five layers of overlapping qi strength, his arm only felt a slight difference.

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

This indicated that after his skin tempering breakthrough yesterday, with his skin membrane as tough as bronze, his right arm could withstand the explosion of five layers of overlapping qi strength.

This also showed that his physical defense had improved significantly.

It was worth noting that when he faced Tian Buyi, he only dared to unleash four layers of overlapping qi strength, not daring to go beyond that.

Even with the explosion of four layers, he could only manage to strike five times.

Five strikes were already the limit of his body at that time.

If he were to strike again, it would greatly affect his muscles, tendons, and arm.

If it were just external injuries, he could recover in a few days.

But if it were more severe, his right arm might even struggle to exert force afterward.

That was why Jiang Ning didn't dare to continue unleashing his power back then.

Moreover, as he was in a safe position, there was no need to risk his life against Tian Buyi.

Today, however, was completely different from that day.

The explosion of five layers of qi strength only caused a slight difference in his right arm.

This was enough to show that even with the explosion of five layers of qi strength, he could achieve far greater sustainability than before.

Without a doubt, striking twenty or thirty times was no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning felt even more satisfied.

He was pleased with the rewards of his hard work and cultivation over this period.

Such a change made him keenly aware of his significantly improved strength.

Compared to the Jiang Ning from a few days ago, the gap in strength between them was like heaven and earth.

【Source Energy】: 96.7

Looking at the most significant change on his panel, Jiang Ning felt a surge of joy.

The Dragon Tiger Power Pill not only granted him nearly six hundred jin of strength but also over forty source energy points.

Now, his source energy points were about to break a hundred.

Although breaking a hundred source energy points wouldn't bring about immediate changes, the only skill on his panel that could meet the requirements for the next limit break was the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique.

【Skills】: Firewood Splitting Blade Technique (4 Limit Breaks 5000/5000) (Characteristics: Understanding by Association, Saber Swiftness, Saber Movement Divine, Essence Stored in the Five Viscera)



This blade technique had already reached four limit breaks.

The fourth limit break consumed one hundred source energy points.

Without a doubt, the fifth limit break would require more than one hundred source energy points.

Based on his calculations, he estimated that two hundred source energy points would be needed for the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique to achieve the fifth limit break.

For him now, this wasn't a worthwhile approach.

Similarly, a hundred source energy points for a limit break.

Undoubtedly, the benefits of the Five Beasts Fist limit break far surpassed that of the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique.

Not to mention the traits gained after the limit breaks of both skills.

The Essence Stored in the Five Viscera trait was clearly superior to Blade and Body As One.

But even so, accumulating source energy points was still a good thing.

At least on the panel, in addition to the Firewood Splitting Blade Technique, there are two other skills whose experience can be easily increased.

These are the Water Proficiency skill and the Canglang Blade Technique.

If his Primordial Energy points grow excessively, he can spend a few days to max out the experience for these two skills.

Whether it's Water Proficiency or Canglang Blade Technique, they are both worth investing Primordial Energy points to break through their limits.

By breaking through the limit in Water Proficiency, he gained the Underwater Breathing trait.

Judging by this trait alone, it only cost him ten Primordial Energy points, which is an incredibly good deal.

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

As for the Canglang Blade Technique, there's no need to say more.

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

The dawn was breaking.

"Finally, I'm alive again!"

Jiang Ning patted his stomach and gently burped.

The previous day had been spent digesting the Tiger Dragon Power Pill.

Even with the support of the pill, he felt ravenous.

Only after truly filling his stomach and quenching his thirst did he dare to feel truly alive again.

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

Jiang Ning was brimming with motivation.

His previous efforts had now brought obvious results.

This extremely positive feedback loop made his motivation stronger than ever.

Especially now that he had reached the Eighth Rank Divine Power Realm, he could confidently do what he had wanted to do before.

That was to search for treasures in Luo Water Lake, based on the information he had obtained from Ten Thousand Joys Pavilion.

According to the messages he had seen before, there had indeed been many sunken ships in Luo Water.

However, this world was different from the world he had known before.

The power of individuals in this world was too strong.

Especially those above the Fifth Rank, each had achieved Inner Fortitude, reaching the strength of Internal Breath like the Gale.

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

With their tempered Five Viscera and Six Bowels, they could easily hold their breath for several hours, or even longer.

Moreover, their physical bodies were terrifying, and even the water pressure at the bottom of the lake could hardly affect them.

Therefore, if a ship carrying gold, silver, and jewels accidentally sank to the bottom of the lake, its value would be so high that it would require the help of such high-level experts to salvage it.

Jiang Ning realized that his previous idea had been too simplistic.

Normally, ships containing valuable items would not be left for him to search; they would have been salvaged long ago.

However, it was not entirely worthless.

For ordinary people, Luo Water was as vast as the sea.

In such a vast body of water, there would inevitably be places where treasures were left behind.

Especially in a few areas known as deadly zones, even Upper Third Rank Grandmasters would not dare to venture to the bottom of these waters.

Jiang Ning's real target was only those sunken ships that others had overlooked.

Large ships often carried gold, silver, and jewels.

These scattered valuables were not of high value, not enough to attract true Martial Dao experts to dive and salvage them.

Moreover, for Fifth Rank Martial Dao experts, those who had achieved the strength of Internal Breath like the Gale, even ten thousand taels of silver would not catch their attention.

They wouldn't deign to do what Jiang Ning was about to do.

But for Jiang Ning, it was different.

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

He currently had less than two thousand taels of silver.

This amount of money wasn't enough for him to spend once.

Without money, his Martial Dao progress would greatly decrease, and his potential points growth would stagnate.

He couldn't bear either of these situations, especially regarding the growth of his potential points.

As long as he had enough wealth, he could purchase higher-quality medicinal ingredients.

Like the fifty-year Blood Lotus he had absorbed, which gave him twenty Primordial Energy points.

The Bull Demon Power Fruit, a spiritual fruit, also provided him with a significant amount of Primordial Energy points.

There was no doubt about the importance of wealth to him.

Primordial Energy points were the most crucial thing he needed.

Moreover, by entering Luo Water, he could find so-called Heavenly Materials and Treasures, and also gain experience for his Water Proficiency skill.

This was a three-in-one benefit for him.

After making up his mind, Jiang Ning left a note in the house and headed towards the Luo River beyond the wall, carrying his blade.

(End of Chapter)

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