Chapter 538: Outburst (2)

Techniques as the foundation, a chain of linked Techniques—this is an “Array Map”!!

Stored in the lungs, the Cloudy Qi Sea Rune enhances pulmonary function, increases Qi storage capacity, and strengthens the airflow generated by attacks.

Stored in the kidneys, the Hundred Rivers Torrent Rune improves circulation through the meridians, stimulates the nervous system, and enhances the focus and explosive output of one’s Physical Ability.

And… stored in the heart, the Fire-Breaking Rune. It focuses the Spirit and stimulates the heart’s meridians, instantly unleashing terrifying Qi and Blood. It uses Heart Fire to ignite Primordial Qi, creating a horrifying Primordial Qi explosion. This rune may lack the incredibly terrifying Primordial Qi Attributes of the Red Heart Sect’s Golden Fire—such as Demon-Breaker, Exorcism, and Overbearing Fury—but in terms of sheer explosive power, its strength is not much weaker.

This was also one of the offensive methods Zhao Xuanqi used to replace the Red Heart Sect’s Golden Fire. Combined with the Martial Dao Techniques of his Hundred Beasts Fist, its power would only be more terrifying.

To have three talismans empowering his body was indeed powerful. However, the body of an ordinary peak expert in Refining the Internal Organs would suffer an immense burden from just one Three-dipped Talisman, let alone three at once.

Even Zhao Xuanqi, who had reached a terrifying level by opening the Second Gate of the Dragon Gate and achieving Five Viscera Tongxuan, felt a sense of discomfort. An unnatural flush crept across his skin, his eyebrows shot up, his expression turned savage, and his hair stood on end.

At this moment, he looked exactly like one of the iron-faced, glaring Dharma Guardian Deities from a temple hall!

“Today, you will witness the attack I held back that day.”

Zhao Xuanqi’s voice boomed. Before Ling could even act, he took a sudden, powerful step.

DONG!!

The resonance of his heart, bones, Qi and Blood, muscles, fascia, Force… all of it converged and erupted in the single instant he transitioned from stillness to motion.

FWOOM!!

A dark, spectral glow enveloped him. The tide of Primordial Qi was instantly ignited—not into Golden Fire, but a deep black Nether Fire. Compared to the righteous might, Overbearing Fury, and sanctity of the Golden Fire, this Nether Fire seemed incomparably cruel, ferocious, and tyrannical.

It was like the difference between a true god from the heavens and a killing god from the abyss.

He shot forward, one palm held vertically, and vaulted into the courtyard in a single bound.

The four Yin Tower Believers in the courtyard seemed to sense the intense threat emanating from Zhao Xuanqi. They instantly abandoned the middle-aged captain as their target and turned to face him instead.

VMMMM!!

The scarlet light blanketing the courtyard intensified. The overlapping, dream-like whispers of the corrupting Imperial Decree grew impossibly shrill. Distorted Primordial Qi condensed in the air, manifesting as bizarre talismans that swarmed toward Zhao Xuanqi.

Among the four, a black blood mist suddenly erupted from the body of their leader, a Sensing-realm Yin Tower Believer. The mist condensed before him into a complex, twisted talisman that looked to be at least of the Three Dips level. A cruel, bloodthirsty power permeated the surrounding space.

Even though he wasn’t the main target, the middle-aged captain felt the blood in his veins reverse its flow as his own Primordial Qi turned against him. He instantly spewed a mouthful of blood, and more trickled from his eyes, ears, and nose. A look of terror filled his eyes.

‘If they had used this Technique earlier,’ he thought, ‘I probably wouldn’t have survived this long. This must be a trump card for them, one that comes at a price.’

It wasn’t just the Sensing-realm expert; the three remaining Yin Tower Believers, all at the Refining the Internal Organs realm, also unleashed their trump cards. They condensed twisted, blood-red talisman-forms that actually began to resonate with the one conjured by their leader.

Reverse Blood Chaos Technique!!

Their Techniques bore down on Zhao Xuanqi. But while their power might shake a lake or a river, how could it possibly move a tsunami that surged to the very heavens?!

BOOM!!

Empowered by three Three-dipped Talismans, Zhao Xuanqi unleashed a surge of Qi and Blood that instantly disintegrated both their Techniques and their corrupting power.

The light of the Nether Fire eclipsed the scarlet glow that had covered the courtyard, and the symphony of his Force was unleashed in a single palm strike.

The Formless Array Map, combined with an incredibly explosive technique from the Hundred Beasts Fist.

ROAR!!!

An earth-shattering, explosive roar, like that of an enraged beast, erupted from the small courtyard and blasted the night sky.

The Nether Fire, combined with the rune-enhanced airflow of Gang Qi, instantly condensed into the shape of a savage Fierce Beast with a gaping, bloody maw that completely engulfed the twenty-meter courtyard!

Hundred Beasts Fist, Form of the Hou.

Instant Fire Heaven-Breaking Hou!!

“Damn it!!”

The middle-aged captain’s expression changed drastically. He leaped forward, throwing himself over two heavily injured team members and hugging them tight.

The next moment.

BOOM!!

The terrifying airflow and Nether Fire completely swallowed them.

CRACK!!

CRASH!!

RUMBLE!!

After a terrifying explosion, a cacophony of noises erupted. The middle-aged captain felt his body get tossed through the air like a ragdoll. He didn’t know what he had hit, but it seemed several roof beams had collapsed and the roof had caved in. Dust and smoke filled the air. His internal organs felt like they’d been scrambled, and he coughed up several more mouthfuls of blood, unable to stop.

‘Thankfully,’ he thought, ‘the man’s Primordial Qi Fire doesn’t seem to have affected me. Otherwise, my injuries would be far worse than just from the impact.’

He felt for the two heavily injured teammates beside him; they were still breathing. Furthermore, the terrifying, delirious whispers and the scarlet light screen over the courtyard had been instantly swept away by the shockwave of that horrific attack. So, even though he was severely injured, his situation had actually improved significantly.

‘Just one move, and its explosive power was that immense…’ he marveled. ‘This is already beyond the level of power a Three-dipped Talisman can achieve. You’d probably need a talisman of four dips or more to even have a chance of matching that, wouldn’t you?’