Chapter 119: Strength Increases
Your originally bright red blood, after devouring the essence blood of demon beasts, became an even more vivid crimson.
Your bloodline was strengthened, your Martial Way realm rose as well, and even your physical body grew increasingly powerful.
“No. The essence blood in this pool is still too thin.” A day later, all the blood in your body had been elevated, but the subsequent rate of improvement was far too slow, leaving you greatly displeased.
You abruptly rose from the Lesser Dragon Transformation Pool and looked down at the massive Dragon Transformation Pool below. Within it, you sensed an even more astonishing energy!
Your gaze swept across everyone present. After a moment's hesitation, you leapt straight down into that great Dragon Transformation Pool!
“He's insane! He actually dared to enter the Dragon Transformation Pool directly!”
“A cultivator who's never seen the world truly doesn't know the height of the heavens and the depth of the earth.”
“One less rival on the road to immortality. Alas!”
The instant you fell into the Dragon Transformation Pool, voices of amazement came from the outside world, only to vanish the moment you entered.
The moment you entered the Dragon Transformation Pool, you were surrounded by powerful forces. Essence blood from demon beasts you had never even heard of surged into your body, and this time it actually began devouring the blood within you!
Moreover, the traces of remnant will contained in the essence blood of those demon beasts rushed into your mind, battling your Primordial Spirit.
Your physical body and Primordial Spirit were struck simultaneously. This was a crisis of life and death!
At this moment, there were no other thoughts in your mind. The Heavenly Lightning Body-Refining Art circulated madly, Heavenly Lightning power throughout your body merging into your bloodline as it fought and devoured the demon beast essence blood within you.
At the same time, your Spirit Transformation Consummation Primordial Spirit power also began to unleash its might, battling the remnant will of the demon beasts.
You felled one powerful demon beast after another, and soon more Remnant Souls of demon beasts surged forth. You fell into an endless battle.
This was a battle without smoke or fire. On the surface, your expression was calm, but within your body, the fight had already reached a fever pitch.
After your Primordial Spirit had slaughtered too many demon beast Remnant Souls, your consciousness was affected, and your Primordial Spirit grew extremely wrathful.
The Heavenly Lightning power flowing in your blood was also affected, and in the great battle against the demon beast essence blood, it accidentally injured many of your meridians.
But fortunately, your physical body was powerful, and these injuries healed in the blink of an eye.
You devoured an unknowable amount of demon beast essence blood, and the bloodline within you was continuously optimized and strengthened.
Your blood gradually turned from red to gold!
Your golden blood emitted waves of pressure, and a faint, indistinct fragrance spread from within your body.
Your entire body was submerged in the Dragon Transformation Pool, your whole being seemingly fused with it.
Until at one moment, you opened your blood-red eyes and looked at the blood pool before you.
“So this is the true Dragon Transformation Pool? The effects really are extraordinary.” You murmured to yourself, then noticed the changes in your body.
You looked inward at yourself, and discovered your hair had turned from black to golden yellow!
You saw the blood within you, golden and gleaming, like dragon blood.
You saw that outside your body, something like dragon scales had already appeared, and at your rear, something inexplicable seemed to want to grow out.
On your hands, your fingernails had grown ten centimeters long, and the newly grown nails were incomparably hard.
Looking at this appearance of yours — neither human nor demon — you couldn't help but begin to doubt life itself.
What have I cultivated myself into? Am I even still human?
Even you couldn't bear to look at yourself directly. Inwardly, you swore a silent oath to restore your original appearance.
You began to fully circulate your various techniques, continuously purifying your bloodline, expelling everything foreign from your body.
Your originally golden blood gradually dimmed, slowly returning to its original appearance, bright red blood flowing through your veins.
The parts of your body that had already been demonized began to transform as well. The ten-centimeter nails retracted, and the strange sensation at your rear disappeared.
You once again returned to your original human appearance.
For demon beasts, purifying the bloodline power within the body, even reverting the bloodline to its ancestral form, was the only path to increasing strength.
But for you, cultivation was merely the continuous strengthening of oneself, reaching a higher level of life.
If the price was changing your own species to increase your strength, you would never agree to it regardless.
You gradually surfaced from the Dragon Transformation Pool. After confirming that your body had not undergone any changes, you slowly walked out.
After the experience just now, you already knew the true purpose of this Dragon Transformation Pool.
“Continuously absorbing the essence blood of various demon beasts to strengthen the bloodline power within oneself, but in doing so, one becomes neither human nor demon!”
“This is a path of endlessly devouring other bloodlines to strengthen oneself.” You sighed and shook your head. This path was not suited to you.
Though it wasn't suited to you, having soaked in the Dragon Transformation Pool for so long, you had still gained no small amount of benefits.
Your Martial Way realm had already broken through to the six hundredth layer of heaven, and your physical body, tempered continuously, had one foot in the Return-to-Void realm!
Even your Primordial Spirit had gained enormous benefits from the endless slaughter against the demon beast Remnant Souls.
By absorbing demon beast essence blood, you strengthened your bloodline, and used it to nourish your cultivation.
Your cultivation thus broke through to the mid-stage Spirit Transformation realm!
This trip to the Dragon Transformation Pool had elevated your strength in every aspect, by a massive margin!
The joy of breaking through in cultivation made your entire being cheerful.
In excellent spirits, you leapt up, appearing directly beside the Dragon Transformation Pool where Xiao Long was.
“Master, I broke through!” Sensing your arrival, Xiao Long opened his eyes, a flash of golden light passing through them, and said excitedly to you.
“Still too slow. Your master will grant you a stroke of fortune. Do you dare accept it?”
“The kind where a single misstep might kill you!”
“Master, I'm willing! As long as I can become stronger, I'll do anything!” Xiao Long said excitedly.
“Good!” You wasted no more words, directly scooping Xiao Long out of the pool and tossing him into the massive Dragon Transformation Pool below.
The moment he entered the Dragon Transformation Pool, Xiao Long let out a miserable scream, and then no sound came out again.
Your Martial Dao Heavenly Eye opened. You could see Xiao Long within the Dragon Transformation Pool clearly, and knew he wouldn't die anytime soon.
“You actually didn't die!!!”