Invincible through Touching Corpses

Faced with an attack speed equivalent to the Body Shaping Realm, Lin Xinghai didn’t dare to be the least bit complacent. He immediately unleashed another one of his trump cards.

As he channeled Blood Qi Power into his legs, they instantly swelled in size. His skin rapidly formed a hardened, keratinous layer. His feet became thicker, wider, and larger, and Sharp Claws sprouted from his toes.

Of course, the most dramatic change was the lightning that continuously arced around his legs.

At that moment, Lin Xinghai’s legs had completely changed, now resembling the thighs of some ancient beast.

Yes, this was what he looked like after activating his Divine Demon Body.

Once Lin Xinghai activated his Divine Demon Body, his Speed stat immediately increased by 1000 points, soaring to a total of 1400.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Metal spheres grazed past his body, one after another, as Lin Xinghai weaved and dodged with blinding speed.

’My current Speed is already comparable to the Body Shaping Realm Early Stage,’ he quickly assessed.

The weakest practitioners in the Body Shaping Realm had a base Speed of around 1000 points.

Soon, the number on the speed-testing machine’s display jumped from 5 to 6. This meant the upcoming speed would leap directly to a level equivalent to the Body Shaping Realm Middle Stage.

At the level of the Body Shaping Realm, the gap between each minor stage was enormous. The base Speed for the Body Shaping Realm Early Stage was only 1000 points, but it shot straight up to 2000 points at the Middle Stage.

Seeing this, Lin Xinghai didn’t dare hold anything back and immediately unleashed his Time Acceleration Ability.

Instantly, under the effects of Time Acceleration, everything about him became ten times faster—including his Speed.

In other words, at that moment, Lin Xinghai’s Speed rocketed from 1,400 to 14,000.

Lin Xinghai dodged the incoming metal spheres with absolute ease.

However, he couldn’t continue the test, as his body’s reserves of Blood Qi Power could no longer sustain the effort.

With only 10 points of Blood Qi Power, even if used just to maintain his Divine Demon Body, he could only keep it active for 10 minutes at most.

And while under the effects of Time Acceleration, everything in his body moved 10 times faster, and that included his rate of Blood Qi Power consumption.

The Divine Demon Body, which he could normally maintain for 10 minutes, could only be sustained for one minute under 10x Time Acceleration.

Of course, even without Blood Qi Power, Lin Xinghai could rely on his Martial Arts and his Time Acceleration Ability to reach a maximum Speed of 4,000, which was fully comparable to the speed of someone at the Peak of Body Shaping Realm.

However, Lin Xinghai also knew that this Speed of 4,000 was just the *base* Speed for the Peak of Body Shaping Realm.

If an opponent had speed-enhancing Martial Arts, a Divine Demon Body, or a Superpower, then with a base value of 4,000, even a small boost would result in a terrifying total increase.

Even so, if Lin Xinghai could maintain his Divine Demon Body for an extended period, keeping his Speed at 14,000, he would still be in the upper echelons of speed among those in the Body Shaping Realm.

After all, for practitioners in the Body Shaping Realm Early and Middle Stages, the boosts they could get from learning speed-enhancing Martial Arts, Divine Demon Bodies, and the like were limited.

After all, his Thunder Divine Body was one of the absolute best of its kind. As for his Time Acceleration Ability, it was practically a game-breaking cheat.

’The most important thing for me right now is to improve my Cultivation. First, I need to increase my internal Blood Qi Power, and second, I need to look for other ways to boost my Speed.’ Lin Xinghai concluded as he opened his system panel.

His gaze soon landed on two Martial Arts: "Phantom Body Technique" and "Thunderbolt Step."

Now that he had entered the Blood Qi Realm, he could cultivate both of these Martial Arts.

However, Lin Xinghai recalled the details of the Phantom Body Technique; it didn’t focus on raw Speed, but on evasiveness.

Therefore, cultivating the Phantom Body Technique to Great Success or even Perfection wouldn’t increase his Speed. Instead, it would grant other unique effects, like creating phantoms during movement to confuse his enemies.

Of course, that didn’t mean the Phantom Body Technique was useless to Lin Xinghai.

While it didn’t increase his Speed, the Phantom Body Technique also wouldn’t consume any Blood Qi Power, as long as he didn’t use its abilities like creating phantoms.

And even when he did use its abilities, the Blood Qi Power consumption would be much lower than that of the Thunderbolt Step.

After all, using the Thunderbolt Step first required activating his Divine Demon Body. Moreover, the further he advanced the Thunderbolt Step, the higher its quality would become, making its consumption far greater than a Profound Level Martial Art like the Phantom Body Technique.

’The system has plenty of Blood Qi Power anyway, so I might as well upgrade both Martial Arts.’ Lin Xinghai didn’t dwell on it for long.

He quickly opened the system panel and tapped the "+" icon next to Phantom Body Technique.

With the deduction of 10 points of Blood Qi Power, various techniques for applying the Phantom Body Technique flooded his mind, and the Body Technique’s proficiency rose by 1%.

Without much hesitation, Lin Xinghai spent 1,000 points of Blood Qi Power to raise the Phantom Body Technique from the Minor Success Realm to the Great Success Realm.

Immediately after, Lin Xinghai began to test it in the room. If dodging with the Phantom Body Technique at Minor Success could be described as clever and tricky, then at the Great Success Realm, it was simply phantom-like and unbelievable.

Lin Xinghai shot forward, then suddenly unleashed a burst of Blood Qi Power from his feet, completely venting all his forward momentum into the ground.

Simultaneously, a reactive force shot up his legs, allowing him to instantly reverse his direction from a forward charge to a backward retreat, all while maintaining nearly top speed.

Then he began darting left and right. Every change of direction was sudden and without any warning, and more importantly, his Speed was completely unaffected.

It was a movement that completely defied the principles of inertia. Any enemy trying to predict his attacks would miss completely.

’Not bad. With the phantom-like evasiveness of the Phantom Body Technique, as long as an enemy’s Speed isn’t drastically higher than mine, they’ll find it very difficult to hit me.’

Lin Xinghai nodded in satisfaction, then opened the system panel again and began to increase the proficiency of his "Thunderbolt Step."

The Thunderbolt Step was a scalable Cultivation Technique. Although its current power wasn’t much, it was fundamentally a Celestial Level Technique, so its Blood Qi Power consumption was not small in the slightest. Every single point of proficiency required 100 points of Blood Qi Power.

Lin Xinghai spent a full 10,000 points of Blood Qi Power just to advance it from Entry Level to the Minor Success Realm.

’There’s no need to test the Speed, but testing the Attack Power is definitely necessary.’

Lin Xinghai felt a sense of anticipation. After all, the Thunder Divine Body wasn’t just about high speed; its Attack Power was also among the absolute best.

And the Thunderbolt Step wasn’t just for acceleration; the Martial Art could also be used for attacking.

Of course, before the test, he first needed to recover his nearly depleted Blood Qi Power.

Blood Qi Power could be naturally replenished simply by resting. The more vigorous a person’s blood qi, the faster the recovery rate.

Lin Xinghai’s physical constitution was among the best for his realm, so even if he did nothing, his internal Blood Qi Power would fully recover within an hour.

Of course, if he wanted to speed up the process, the method was simple: eat highly potent restorative items.

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