The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 27 Breakthrough Fighter

The old apothecary tossed a black lotus into the white flames, then explained, "This white flame of mine is also a kind of strange fire in the world, called 'Bone Spirit Cold Fire.' Strange fires are more difficult to control than ordinary flames because of their extremely high temperature. If you're not careful, the medicinal herbs will be instantly reduced to ashes. Therefore, only those with extremely strong soul perception can use strange fires."

Gazing at the black lotus in the flames, it transformed into a mass of inky black liquid in just a moment. The old alchemist continuously adjusted the flame temperature, and after reaching a certain limit, some yellow impurities appeared in the inky black liquid. With a flick of his finger, he separated a portion of the inky black liquid containing the yellow impurities.

However, after only a short while, a few pale yellow impurities appeared in the dark green liquid, which the old man separated out again. This continued until the dark green liquid no longer produced impurities, transforming into something like a black pearl, deep and mysterious.

The five Black Leaf Lotus plants were processed in the same way, all of them were refined into clumps of black liquid the size of a thumb. Finally, they were fused together, first becoming the size of a fist, and then, after being continuously calcined by the Bone Spirit Cold Fire, they finally became the size of a thumb again.

The old apothecary threw the snake saliva fruit on the table into the flames again, and in a short while, the snake saliva fruit was refined into a ball of emerald green liquid. The old apothecary also removed the impurities from it, and finally merged this ball of emerald green liquid into the previous inky black liquid.

Two liquids with different properties collided with each other, producing a series of hissing sounds. After the two liquids completely merged, a rough-looking pill prototype appeared in the flames.

The old apothecary gazed at the nascent pill and slowly nodded. He then added the Spirit Gathering Grass and the second-tier water-attribute magic core into the flames, refining the last two ingredients, removing impurities, and slowly pouring them into the nascent pill.

After the four completely different medicinal materials were fully fused together, the somewhat rough rudimentary pill gradually became rounded, and a faint blue luster appeared on the surface of the pill.

Finally, after warming the pill in the flame for more than ten minutes, a pill emitting a fragrant aroma and alternating blue and green hues appeared.

He casually tossed the freshly made, still-warm pill to Xiao Yan and said nonchalantly, "This is the Qi Gathering Powder you've been longing for."

Carefully catching the Qi-Gathering Powder tossed to him by the old apothecary, Xiao Yan felt its temperature. He brought it to his nose and inhaled its fragrance, a scent that seemed to elevate the soul. Unable to resist any longer, he swallowed the pill whole. He immediately sat cross-legged, his hands forming strange hand seals, and began to cultivate.

Seeing Xiao Yan's eagerness, Yao Lao didn't stop him, because there was really no need. Xiao Yan had already reached the ninth level of Dou Qi, and with his terrifying physical body and meridian strength, how could anything happen to him?

The Qi Gathering Powder can be understood as a spirit gathering array in the cultivation world, which can quickly gather the energy between heaven and earth and continuously generate fighting energy.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, streams of pure energy emanated from it, continuously gathering the earthly energy of heaven and earth and entering Xiao Yan's body meridians.

As for the collision of these pure energies and battle qi, it only gave Xiao Yan a slight feeling, as if someone was massaging him. He didn't feel any pain, but rather a comfortable feeling.

As the Dou Qi within his body gradually increased, filling all his meridians, Xiao Yan felt a swelling sensation. However, Xiao Yan did not immediately condense a Dou Qi vortex; instead, he continued to refine the Dou Qi. This Dou Qi stretched Xiao Yan's meridians until they bulged, and later even directly entered Xiao Yan's flesh and blood through the meridians, causing Xiao Yan to continuously expand like a balloon.

Yao Lao stared wide-eyed at Xiao Yan, who had become a round ball, his teeth aching with anger. He said helplessly, "You think you can play like this just because you're physically strong?!"

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan was also getting anxious. His initial plan was to store up more Dou Qi so that he would have more when he entered the Dou Zhe realm, saving him time. Unfortunately, he couldn't form hand seals now; his body was like a ball, completely unable to move.

Just as Xiao Yan was frantic, like an ant on a hot pan, a sudden inspiration struck him. A powerful soul perception enveloped his entire body and began to compress it relentlessly. The dual pressures, one from within and one from without, caused Xiao Yan's veins to bulge, and a tearing pain shot through his brain, making his body feel as if it were about to explode at any moment. Only someone with a body like a magical beast would dare to do such a thing; otherwise, he would probably have been blown to bits long ago.

"Can you really play like this? Isn't this kid afraid of death at all? I really want to crack open Xiao Yan's little head and see what's inside. How can he have so many strange ideas? He even fused fighting techniques before. But if he really persists, his meridians will expand a lot." Looking at Xiao Yan compressing his body with his soul perception, Yao Lao clicked his tongue in amazement.

With Xiao Yan's continuous efforts, the energy of the Qi Gathering Powder was gradually depleted, and his body stopped expanding. Suddenly, a warm energy emanated from Xiao Yan's lower abdomen, instantly spreading throughout his body. Xiao Yan felt incredibly refreshed, like drinking an ice-cold cola, which was invigorating. Of course, there was no cola in this world.

After regaining the ability to move his hands, Xiao Yan formed a strange hand seal with his ten fingers. This hand seal was specifically designed to condense the Dou Qi vortex.

As Xiao Yan changed his hand seals, the Dou Qi in his body seemed to have a direction, gathering together towards his lower abdomen. Because there was so much Dou Qi in his body, his Qi Sea was completely filled and became swollen.

"Quickly, compress your Dou Qi! Use your soul perception to compress it. If you fail to condense it, you will fall back to the eighth level of Dou Qi," Yao Lao urged urgently.

Even without Yao Lao's reminder, Xiao Yan would have used his soul perception to compress his abdomen. His powerful soul perception instantly pressed down on his lower abdomen, finally reducing its size slightly. However, with the re-infusion of Dou Qi into his body, his abdomen swelled up again. When all the Dou Qi was concentrated in his lower abdomen, it was almost as large as a woman in her tenth month of pregnancy.

Xiao Yan manipulated his soul perception power like a giant hammer, constantly striking the Dou Qi. Whenever the Dou Qi solidified and remained still, Xiao Yan would increase the force again.

A muffled thud rang out.

With a muffled thud, the swelling sensation in his lower abdomen disappeared. However, Xiao Yan did not stop compressing; instead, he increased the compression force, because he knew that the smaller the Dou Qi vortex was compressed, the greater the benefits he would gain.

Only when Xiao Yan was completely exhausted and his fighting spirit could no longer be compressed and reduced did he finally let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"I've finally become a fighter!"

(End of this chapter)