Chapter 842 - 285: Bloodline Power?
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In the vast mountains.
The biting cold wind blew down the leaves, and in the forest filled with withered yellow leaves, a figure gradually solidified.
After confirming he had shaken off those who had ambushed him, Lin Zheyu stopped, breathing slightly.
With his current strength, using the Shrinking Earth Skill to leverage the Power of Rules consumed a tremendous amount of energy.
His Spiritual Sense extended, washing over his body and soul repeatedly, with no anomalies discovered.
Immediately, Lin Zheyu pushed his perception field to the limit, focusing on his own body.
Finally.
Lin Zheyu discovered a very subtle, invisible energy throbbing with his heart.
"What a clever tactic!"
Lin Zheyu frowned deeply.
This energy was definitely not there before; it had only just appeared.
"That old guy from Lingyun Pavilion, with his bizarre and formidable strength, was able to plant a barely noticeable imprint on me."
"Just you few people, and you think you could silently plant a tracking mark?"
Lin Zheyu let out a soft, cold laugh.
The few who had attacked earlier only possessed Divine Treasure-level strength, relying merely on their powerful magical treasures.
When they acted, though concealed, they couldn’t escape Lin Zheyu’s keen perception.
As the strange energy merged into his body and reacted with the previously dormant benign energy, Lin Zheyu noticed it.
He concentrated his thoughts, and his Qi Blood surged wildly, rushing towards the invisible energy in his heart.
The massive golden Qi Blood Energy flowed rapidly, emitting a rumbling sound.
A few minutes passed.
The invisible mysterious energy, instead of dissipating, began to absorb Lin Zheyu’s Qi Blood under the rush, slowly growing stronger.
"Huh?!!"
"What on earth is this thing, unrefinable?"
"No, it can absorb Qi Blood to grow, is it a special imprint designed against Martial Artists?"
Lin Zheyu found this somewhat troublesome.
Since it could absorb Qi Blood to grow, then block the Bloodline Power, and use True Essence instead.
With a thought, a continuous flow of True Essence gathered in the meridians, causing the blood in his body to reverse and flow back out from his heart, his whole body’s blood vessels bulging.
After removing the fresh blood contained in the heart, Lin Zheyu’s heart ceased beating, and the blood seemed to stagnate.
"Good, the energy imprint is lurking at the heart, it doesn’t move with the flow of Qi Blood."
Lin Zheyu observed the invisible energy still lurking deep in his heart, his lips curling up slightly.
Now that the first step was successful, he began the second step.
This state of stagnated blood and a stopped heart beat was not sustainable for long.
Lin Zheyu immediately controlled the gray True Essence, surging it towards the heart along his meridians.
His face twitched slightly, and beads of sweat as large as beans slid down his cheeks.
Refining the invisible energy with True Essence caused severe damage to the heart, resulting in immense pain.
Chch—
The True Essence circulated and refined, the flesh in the heart area emitted a sizzling sound.
The invisible energy was like bone cancer; with Lin Zheyu’s current abilities, to completely eradicate this energy would likely destroy the heart entirely.
"What the hell is this thing?"
Sweating profusely, Lin Zheyu stopped.
His brows were furrowed tightly; the troublesome energy imprint was beyond his expectation, even with powerful perception to notice its presence, it was still impossible to expel.
To eliminate it entirely, one might need to risk significant loss of strength, possibly leaving hidden dangers, forcibly obliterating the imprint.
Moreover, before truly starting, more auxiliary elixirs and herbs would need to be purchased at the Cultivation Marketplace.
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"Better a swift pain than prolonged agony, it’s just a heart, I don’t need it!"
A trace of ruthlessness emerged on Lin Zheyu’s face.
For other Martial Artists or Cultivators, losing a heart would mean death, but for Lin Zheyu, it was merely the loss of one unit of Source Power.
He lightly tapped his storage bag, and suddenly eight low-grade Demon Spirit Stones appeared in his hand.
A flash of fierceness showed in Lin Zheyu’s eyes, his right hand formed into a claw, and he violently thrust it into his chest, grasping the beating heart inside his chest.
"Get out, along with the heart!"
The intense agony covered Lin Zheyu’s forehead with sweat beads.
He lowered his voice, giving a low, deep growl.
His right palm exerted force suddenly, as True Essence surged out, severing the heart’s vascular connections in an instant, his right hand violently pulling the heart out of the chest.
Thump thump thump—
The large heart continued to beat strongly after leaving the chest, emitting a muffled sound.
Lin Zheyu’s face was pale, his expression grim and fierce.
His perception expanded outward, and the invisible energy was still adhering to the heart; no traces of the energy imprint remained inside him.
Lin Zheyu felt life rapidly slipping away.
True Essence surged within him, sealing the heart inside.
With a thought, a storage bag floated out, storing away the heart sealed with True Essence as a backup.
Having done all this, Lin Zheyu did not delay further.
The rapid loss of life made him feel the approach of death.
His thoughts immediately transmitted: ’Use one unit of Source Power, cultivate Spirit Martial Heaven and Earth Secret Skill·Basic!’
Massive mysterious energy surged from deep within the cells, sweeping the energy from the Demon Spirit Stones, flooding into his body.
In the chest cavity, where the heart was missing, under the influence of mysterious energy, new blood and flesh rapidly formed and strengthened.
Metamorphosing into a new, powerful, and vigorous heart.
Thump thump thump—
The familiar heartbeat resounded again in the chest cavity, Lin Zheyu’s pale face rapidly recovering, becoming exceptionally rosy.