NovelsAlex Chapter 186 - 128: Light-Speed Leveling, Like a War God
Chapter 186 - 128: Light-Speed Leveling, Like a War God
Lin Ye focused his mind and looked inward.
The twelve primary meridians were like twelve wide rivers running through his entire body, with Qi and Blood surging through them, unimpeded.
But at this moment, the waters of these rushing rivers seemed to be overflowing.
A large amount of Qi and Blood remained unused, stored in his spleen and Dantian.
The Qi and Blood refined by the Source Crystal was pure, viscous, and filled with explosive power. The twelve primary meridians could no longer fully utilize it.
It needed broader riverbeds to contain it.
’In that case, I’ll just have to break through again!’
Like a monarch surveying his domain, Lin Ye locked onto eight deeper, more mysterious meridians hidden within his body.
In the theories of the Great Xia Martial Dao, the Eight Extraordinary Meridians referred to the Ren, Du, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yinwei, and Yangwei meridians.
Their paths were completely different from the cyclical flow of the twelve primary meridians. They sometimes intersected, sometimes ran independently, and were strange and peculiar, which was how they earned the name "Extraordinary Meridians."
Opening each of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians meant a Martial Artist could utilize more of their refined Qi and Blood, and the explosive power of their Qi and Blood would also increase.
But the difficulty of assaulting the Eight Extraordinary Meridians was far greater than that of the twelve primary meridians.
Assaulting the barriers of the twelve primary meridians was like breaking through a series of isolated mountain gates; once a gate was opened, the entire meridian would flow freely.
Assaulting the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, however, was like attacking a series of heavily fortified fortresses!
Each of the Extraordinary Meridians was dotted with acupoint checkpoints of various sizes.
Break through one acupoint, and countless more await you.
To completely open an Extraordinary Meridian required patient, persistent effort—a process of gradual polishing and refinement that would eventually lead to success.
This was the root reason why countless Martial Artists hit a bottleneck in the Middle Stage of Meridian Opening, their cultivation progress slowing to a crawl.
Lin Ye’s mind sank into his Sea of Consciousness, and he once again activated the Observation Skill of the Five Qi Guiding Formulas.
This time, he mobilized the vast, magma-like Qi and Blood within him, gathering it into an incomparably elite army. Its vanguard pointed directly at the first barrier of the Ren Meridian!
In his visualization, the barrier of the Ren Meridian was no longer an illusory mountain gate.
Instead, it was a massive city gate, with high walls and strict fortifications.
His Qi and Blood was the besieging army, waiting in formation before the gate.
The Spiritual Power in Lin Ye’s Sea of Consciousness poured out completely. With unprecedented focus, he pushed his control over every wisp of Qi and Blood to its absolute limit.
’Charge!’
BOOM!
The battering ram formed from the torrent of Qi and Blood slammed viciously against the black city gate!
A muffled boom exploded in Lin Ye’s spiritual world!
However, the gate only trembled slightly, remaining as sturdy as ever.
Instead, a violent backlash of force surged back along the torrent of Qi and Blood, slamming fiercely into the inner walls of Lin Ye’s own meridians.
The metallic, sweet taste of backlash from his Qi and Blood rushed up his throat.
The assault had failed!
Lin Ye frowned. After a moment of thought, his brow relaxed.
’I know it’s not because my strength is insufficient, but because my method is wrong.’
’That last charge seemed powerful and heavy, but the force was actually dispersed.’
’I was just using my own Qi and Blood to hurt myself.’
Lin Ye stopped trying to break through the barrier.
With a thought, he dispersed the gathered Qi and Blood.
「Ten seconds later.」
The "Healing out of combat" mechanic activated.
A cool stream of energy flowed through his entire body. The meridians damaged by the Qi and Blood backlash were instantly repaired, and the depleted Spiritual Power and Qi and Blood began to recover rapidly.
Had it been any other Martial Artist, a single failed attempt to break through a barrier would have resulted in damaged meridians, requiring several days or even weeks of rest and recuperation before they could try again.
But he could try an infinite number of times!
Lin Ye closed his eyes again.
This time, he didn’t rush to mobilize his Qi and Blood.
Instead, he focused all of his Spiritual Power on his visualization.
In his world of inner vision, Lin Ye began to visualize the details of the city gate.
Every part of its structure, every key point, was recreated by Lin Ye.
His Qi and Blood was mobilized once more. This time, it was no longer a furious torrent, but was condensed into an indestructible, siege-breaking spear!
’All power, concentrated on a single point!’
A violent roar, louder than any before it, exploded in Lin Ye’s Sea of Consciousness!
The center of the towering black city gate, where it was pierced by the spear of Qi and Blood, instantly spiderwebbed with cracks before shattering completely!
First barrier of the Ren Meridian, broken!
Lin Ye felt a warm current surge from below his lower abdomen as a brand-new meridian riverbed was forcibly blasted open!
A massive amount of pure, refined Qi and Blood poured in madly, as if it had found an outlet.
This was the first major acupoint of the Ren Meridian, the Huiyin Acupoint.
However, before he could savor the feeling...
The next moment, another black city gate lay before him.
That was the second major acupoint of the Ren Meridian, the Qugu Acupoint.
But Lin Ye now had the experience of successfully breaking through the first barrier. He had already mastered the core technique.
In addition, the quality and quantity of his Qi and Blood far surpassed that of other Martial Artists at his level.
The process that followed was unstoppable!
The second city gate, the Qugu Acupoint, shattered on impact!
The third city gate, the Middle Pole Acupoint, was obliterated!
Guan Yuan!
Qi Sea!
Shenque!
In just over twenty minutes, Lin Ye focused his spirit and condensed his Qi and Blood, shattering each barrier with a single strike!
He had successively opened the first six major acupoints of the Ren Meridian!
However, when he reached the final barrier of the Ren Meridian—the Chest Acupoint...
He discovered that his army of Qi and Blood had become sparse and scattered, unable to form a proper battle formation.
This gave him a direct understanding of the terrifying capacity of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
Just opening eighty percent of a single meridian, the Ren Meridian, had nearly exhausted all the pure, refined Qi and Blood in his body.