Chapter 745 - 715: The Great War Concludes (Part 2)

Just like before, Lin Xinghai’s three-person squad methodically went about their business of killing Mutated Zombies and absorbing Blood Bags.

However, unlike in Zone C, the fighting here had already gone on for quite some time, so a large number of both Abyssal Creatures and Mutated Zombies had already been wiped out.

So, after Lin Xinghai and his team arrived, things quickly became much easier for them following the initial period.

Of course, regardless of whether it was easy, it didn’t affect their killing efficiency. The group simply went wherever the Mutated Zombies were most numerous.

Originally, the forces in Zone B only held a slight advantage. But under the onslaught of Lin Xinghai’s frenzied killing, the Abyssal Plane’s side lost the support of high-end combatants like the Mutated Zombies, and their Abyssal Creatures were quickly divided and encircled.

The situation cleared up in an instant, and the military’s advantage grew larger and larger.

This time, Lin Xinghai and the others spent even less time in Zone B—just an hour and a half. Once the situation there had completely stabilized, they rushed to Zone A without stopping.

At this point, nearly five hours had passed since the Abyssal Plane launched its attack. After such a long and grueling battle, the forces in Zone A had already gained a decisive upper hand, even without Lin Xinghai’s group joining the fight.

The military was gradually compressing the Abyssal Creatures’ area of activity, encircling and annihilating them in large swathes.

So, when Lin Xinghai and his team arrived in Zone A this time, they were no longer the main stars of the show. At most, their contribution was merely the icing on the cake.

But Lin Xinghai was happy to see such a situation. It would be truly tragic if he really had to do everything by himself.

Besides, this wasn’t Lin Xinghai’s main goal. His purpose was to increase his strength.

Finally, after another hour and a half, Lin Xinghai swallowed another Blood Bag. His body suddenly jolted, and he came to a halt.

"Has the total amount of Blood Qi Power in your body reached its limit?" Zuo Wenyao asked, seeing Lin Xinghai’s reaction.

"Yes! It’s finally at its limit." Lin Xinghai let out a long sigh of relief.

As the military continued to clear out the Abyssal Creatures, those that still possessed Blood Bags had become extremely rare.

Even though the three of them had deliberately stayed away from the front lines, almost reaching the edge of the core circle, the ratio of Abyssal Creatures here with Blood Bags was only about one in a hundred.

Fortunately, Zuo Wenyao was exceptionally reliable. Even in this situation, he could use his powerful Perception Power to quickly lock onto the Abyssal Creatures that had Blood Bags, one after another, allowing them to continue acquiring them efficiently.

But this efficiency was still a significant drop compared to when they had started.

Based on this rate of decline, Lin Xinghai estimated that in another half an hour, the speed at which they could obtain Blood Bags would no longer keep up with his absorption rate.

Fortunately, he had seized this opportunity to completely finish his cultivation in the Marrow Tempering Realm.

When Zuo Wenyao heard Lin Xinghai’s answer, his expression was incredibly complicated. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

After all, Lin Xinghai had only just broken through to the Marrow Tempering Realm in front of him the night before last. Now, just over a day later—not even two full days—he had already completed his cultivation of the Realm.

This cultivation speed left him feeling a bit dazed.

He now suspected that if the Abyssal Plane continued to provide an endless supply of Blood Bags, Lin Xinghai could probably cross the Body Shaping Realm and break through to the Divine Demon Realm in a matter of days.

"You’re improving too quickly," Zuo Wenyao advised. "I suggest you stay at this Realm for a while longer to adapt to your explosive increase in Power. It won’t be too late to break through after that."

"Then, Teacher, how long do you think I should spend adapting to this Realm?" Lin Xinghai asked humbly.

"That depends entirely on you. You can break through whenever you feel you’ve completely mastered the Power within your body. Of course, you can engage in more combat to speed up the process."

As Zuo Wenyao spoke, he glanced at the Gauss Rifle in Lin Xinghai’s hand and added, "And I mean fighting with melee weapons."

"Also, even if you can fully familiarize yourself with your current physical Power in a day or two, I wouldn’t recommend breaking through during the war. The time required to break through to the Body Shaping Realm is the longest."

"Huh?" Lin Xinghai looked at Zuo Wenyao, confused. He truly didn’t know anything about this.

"The Body Shaping Realm, as the name implies, is a Realm for reshaping your body. When you successfully break through to the Body Shaping Realm, you will need to undergo your first body reshaping."

"This reshaping is the most important one. It’s like the foundation of a skyscraper; you can’t be the least bit careless."

"Even for an ordinary person, the process can last for around 12 full hours. A typical genius will need even longer—some might even take more than a day. It all depends on how long your total reserves of Blood Qi Power can last."

"Of course, I’m talking about the old parameters. Now that the Marrow Tempering Realm exists, your total Blood Qi Power has greatly increased. I estimate the effects of the first reshaping will be unimaginably good, but the time required will also definitely be extended." As he said this, even Zuo Wenyao couldn’t help but feel a touch of envy.

"It takes that long?" Lin Xinghai was genuinely surprised. Thinking about the total amount of his own Blood Qi Power, he felt a headache coming on.

’If that’s really the case, then I really can’t break through now. Otherwise, if it takes several days, I can just forget about participating in the academy league.’

Next, Lin Xinghai asked Zuo Wenyao about some other details he needed to pay attention to during the breakthrough.

Zuo Wenyao answered each of his questions.

And so, Lin Xinghai learned that two main factors influenced the breakthrough to the Body Shaping Realm. The first was the total amount of Blood Qi Power, which was like the building materials; how big of a "foundation" you could lay depended on how much material you had.

The second was the Divine Demon Body. The body is reshaped during the Body Shaping Realm in preparation for breaking through to the Divine Demon Realm, so the direction of this reshaping is inextricably linked to the Divine Demon Body one cultivates.

The stronger the Divine Demon Body, the more outstanding the blueprint for the "foundation." Therefore, under the same conditions, the resulting reshaped body will also be stronger.

Lin Xinghai noted down every detail Zuo Wenyao mentioned. At the same time, he started to grow excited, anticipating just how powerful a body he could reshape for himself during the Body Shaping Realm.

After all, the conditions he currently had were the absolute best. His Blood Qi Power, for one, had undeniably broken through the limits of the human body.

Even the Thunder Divine Body he was cultivating was the best among all the various Divine Demon Bodies.

Perhaps in Ancient Times, there were other Divine Demon Bodies that could rival the Thunder Divine Body. But in the present day, many Divine Demon Body records were fragmented and incomplete, or the methods were impossible to cultivate, making them completely incomparable to the Thunder Divine Body.

Just as Lin Xinghai was lost in these aspirations, a ray of morning sunlight pierced through the green fog, which had thinned considerably, and shone down upon Changshi City.

Before he knew it, the night had passed.

And not long after the sun began to rise, a special siren sounded throughout the city.

"What’s that?" Lin Xinghai asked, uncertain, immediately looking toward Zuo Wenyao.

A smile finally broke across Zuo Wenyao’s face. "That’s the signal to rest in place. If I’m not mistaken, the great battle at the Abyssal Passage is finally coming to an end."