Invincible through Touching Corpses

This is precisely why a solid foundation is so important, and why the academy always advises students at the Peak of the Blood Qi Realm to properly temper themselves.

Even if their internal Blood Qi Power reaches 400 points, they are told to suppress it and not break through. Instead, they should continue their Cultivation to increase their total amount of Blood Qi Power.

An average student will at least raise their internal Blood Qi Power to five or six hundred points before attempting a breakthrough.

Some exceptional students will even spend more time raising their total internal Blood Qi Power to seven or eight hundred points.

There are even those who will push themselves all the way to the 1,000-point mark before breaking through.

The reason for this all comes down to the Body Shaping Realm.

If the Blood Qi Realm is for increasing one’s internal Blood Qi Power, then the Body Shaping Realm is for reforging the physical body.

During the Body Shaping Realm, whether the body can be forged to be sufficiently powerful depends on many factors, but the most important one is the amount of one’s internal Blood Qi Power.

This is especially true when breaking through from the Peak of the Blood Qi Realm to the Early Stage of the Body Shaping Realm. During this process, the human body undergoes its first reforging.

This first reforging of the body is the foundation for all subsequent ones, making it the most critical.

Just imagine the difference between a physical body reforged with 400 points of Blood Qi Power and one reforged with 800 points. The gap is by no means small.

Furthermore, the stability of this foundation directly impacts the strength of the subsequent reforgings.

It’s like building a house. If the foundation isn’t solid, it doesn’t matter how well you build the rest; it might even collapse under its own weight.

In terms of the human body, this means that when trying to break through to the Divine Demon Realm, one’s body might just explode, resulting in death.

For this very reason, after learning this information, Lin Xinghai decided that he would only attempt a breakthrough when his internal Blood Qi Power could no longer increase.

Besides laying a solid foundation, there was another very important reason: the Blood Qi Realm was the easiest stage to increase one’s Blood Qi Power.

For example, if one Blood Burst Pill could increase Blood Qi Power by 1 point in the Blood Qi Realm, it would take at least ten Blood Burst Pills to achieve the same effect in the Body Shaping Realm.

Therefore, since suppressing his Realm not only built a stronger foundation but also saved money, Lin Xinghai was naturally in no hurry to break through.

According to his plan, 1,000 points of Blood Qi Power was the bare minimum. ’With the system’s help,’ he thought, ’it shouldn’t be too hard to set a new record that others can only dream of.’

Lin Xinghai mulled over his plans as he walked downstairs from his dorm.

When he arrived, the other members of the Xinghai Squad were already waiting for him in the small garden below the dormitory building.

"Boss, there you are! Finally!" Little Fatty immediately ran up to him, a fawning look on his face.

"Don’t be so dramatic." Lin Xinghai pushed away the chubby face that was getting too close.

He then released his Perception Power, sweeping it over the others, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face.

In just one week, the auras of everyone present had changed noticeably. It was clear they had all accumulated a good amount of Blood Qi Power.

"Alright, let’s hear about the progress everyone’s made this week. We should all know where we stand with each other. It’ll give us a better idea of what we’re capable of when we go accept a mission later," Lin Xinghai said with a smile, looking around at the group.

The group members then began to report their progress one by one, and they certainly didn’t disappoint Lin Xinghai. Each of them had at least 30 points of Blood Qi Power.

A few members had even reached 40 points, and people like Sun Tianbo and Xie Shanyong had surpassed 50 points.

He had to admit, their talent was quite impressive.

However, when Little Fatty announced he had 61 points of Blood Qi Power, even Lin Xinghai looked at him with a hint of surprise.

"Did you just use Nine Yang Blood Pills to boost it?" Lin Xinghai asked.

Amid the envious gazes of the others, Little Fatty nodded.

Lin Xinghai didn’t have much to say about such a pay-to-win approach. His gaze shifted directly to Liu Miaomiao. "Miaomiao, how much Blood Qi Power do you have?"

In his Perception, Liu Miaomiao’s Blood Qi Power was by far the most vigorous.

"I’m at 75 points. But I didn’t just use up all the resources the academy gave us; I also spent my entire savings of 300,000 Huaxia Coins on Elixirs," Liu Miaomiao said.

The others couldn’t help but be secretly amazed, and the way they looked at Liu Miaomiao now held a new trace of admiration.

Lin Xinghai had told them to improve their strength as much as possible this week, assuring them they would quickly earn back any money they spent.

But none of them had the same audacity as Liu Miaomiao, to spend their entire savings on Elixirs.

Of course, for most people, it would have been useless even if they had dared. After all, the speed at which one could absorb Elixirs was determined by talent.

If not, Little Fatty could have definitely afforded more Elixirs than anyone else, but after a week, even using the best Elixirs, he had only managed to accumulate 61 points of Blood Qi Power.

Liu Miaomiao’s success was partly due to her talent, but another major reason was that Lin Xinghai had taught her a special Perception Technique.

Previously, while at the Star Shield Shelter instructing members of the Heaven-Sundering Mercenary Corps in Gun Technique, Lin Xinghai had created a simplified version of his system’s Perception Technique and passed it on to a few core members.

After breaking through to the Blood Qi Realm, Lin Xinghai had fully mastered the Intermediate Shooting Skill. Having obtained a better technique, he passed on the rudimentary Perception Technique to Liu Miaomiao.

Although it was only a rudimentary technique, it was a true Perception Technique. With it, controlling the medicinal energy from the Elixirs inside her body was undoubtedly much easier for Liu Miaomiao.

This was why, even while using ordinary Elixirs, she was able to accumulate more Blood Qi Power than a "pay-to-win player" like Little Fatty.

After listening to everyone’s reports, Lin Xinghai nodded in satisfaction. He gestured for everyone to go get breakfast first, saying they would head to the academy’s Mission Hall to pick up a mission afterward.

"Boss! You haven’t told us how much Blood Qi Power you’ve accumulated!" Little Fatty jogged up to him, his face full of curiosity.

The others quickly caught up, their ears perked up involuntarily.

"It’s decent. I just broke through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage not too long ago," Lin Xinghai replied with a smile.

He had indeed broken through just recently—only three days ago. Of course, what he didn’t mention was that, given enough resources, he could break through to the Late Stage in just two more days.

’But that kind of speed is just too demoralizing,’ he thought, ’so I’d better not mention it for now.’

Even so, his words were enough to leave them utterly shocked.

The semester had only started a little over a week ago! To have already broken through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage... it was no exaggeration to say that this had definitely set a new record.

One had to understand that breaking through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage wasn’t as simple as just accumulating 100 points of Blood Qi Power. One also had to complete the first stage of the Divine Demon Body cultivation, ensuring the body met the physical requirements before a breakthrough was possible.

However, Lin Xinghai had already cultivated the Blood Qi Realm stage of his Divine Demon Body to its Peak. Therefore, he didn’t need to worry about his body’s strength at all; all he needed to do now was accumulate Blood Qi Power.

"By the way, did anything happen this past week while I was in seclusion?" Lin Xinghai asked as he walked, not paying attention to the others’ shocked expressions.

"Uh... now that you mention it, there are actually a couple of things, and they’re both related to you, Boss," Little Fatty said, quickly snapping out of his daze.