The difficulty of refining the ninth drop of divine blood was much higher than that of the eighth drop. Even though Zhang Ruochen had the Five Elements Chaos Body, he still felt extremely strenuous and his face turned red and white at times.
Five-colored chaotic energy surged out of the body and spread quickly, covering the entire valley.
Even standing hundreds of miles away, you can still see the colorful brilliance rushing out of the valley.
As the power of the divine blood is continuously absorbed into the body, Zhang Ruochen's holy soul and body are undergoing some subtle changes, and it seems to be faintly about to undergo transformation.
The Holy Soul became more solid, suspended in mid-air, emitting light as bright as the scorching sun, and there were also star-like light points rotating around the Holy Soul, as if they were integrated with the sky.
Zhang Ruochen's body sprouted tentacles of holy energy hundreds of meters long, like tree roots, drilling into the soil and connecting with the earth.
The soul became heaven and the body became earth.
This wonderful feeling is getting stronger and stronger, making the marks of the gods in the air sea become extremely active.
"Wow!"
The two divine seals absorbed enough divine power, fell off from the wall of the Qi Sea, and traveled downstream along the meridians, like two fireballs traveling through the body.
It wasn't until the two divine seals reached the bottom of Zhang Ruochen's feet that they stopped, overlapping with the two acupuncture points on the soles of his feet.
Just when Zhang Ruochen wanted to work hard and hit a higher realm, he realized that the ninth drop of divine blood had been completely refined.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen immediately took out the tenth drop of divine blood, wanting to strike while the iron was hot and keep up his efforts.
However, this time, it ended in failure.
Zhang Ruochen's physical body reached a saturated state and had just begun to absorb the tenth drop of divine blood. Because it could not withstand the tyrannical divine power, his skin and muscles made a squeaking sound, and serious cracks appeared.
His body seemed to burst.
Fortunately, Zhang Ruochen quickly cut off the connection between his body and the divine blood and stopped immediately, thus saving his life.
"so close."
Zhang Ruochen let out a long breath, immediately took a healing elixir, circulated the holy energy, refined the elixir, and healed the injuries in his body.
After cultivating into the Five Elements Chaos Body, Zhang Ruochen's body was very powerful and had extremely strong self-healing ability. It didn't take long for the injuries sustained by the divine power to heal.
"I should be very close to the tenth transformation of the fish-dragon. It is very likely that I can break through to that state by refining the tenth drop of divine blood."
Zhang Ruochen felt quite regretful. He was only one step away, but he couldn't cross over at all.
It can be said that Zhang Ruochen is the human monk who is closest to the tenth transformation of fish and dragon since the medieval times.
However, even the Five Elements Chaos Body cannot refine the tenth drop of divine blood. What should be done to make the body one step further and cross the final step?
Zhang Ruochen fell into deep thought and thought of two methods, which should be of some help in refining the tenth drop of divine blood.
First, practice the ninth palm of Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm is the top martial art used by Buddhist monks to refine their bodies. The more advanced you practice it, the more powerful it will be for your own physique.
Taking miraculous medicine can only enhance your physical fitness, which is "nurturing your body".
Practicing palm skills is "refining the body".
Zhang Ruochen took a lot of elixirs to enhance his physique, so he cultivated into the Five Elements Chaos Body. However, in terms of "body refining", he was still a little behind.
If this gap can be made up, Zhang Ruochen's physique can reach a more perfect level.
However, after practicing the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm to the seventh palm, the difficulty of the practice will increase exponentially, and the masculine energy in the body will increase tenfold.
If you want to successfully practice the ninth palm of Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, it is no less difficult than practicing a holy art, and it requires a lot of time and energy.
Second, through sacrifice and with the help of divine power.
Zhang Ruochen has always relied on his own strength to refine the divine blood, rarely relying on external forces.
However, when other fish and dragon realm monks refine divine blood, they all succeed by borrowing the power of the gods during sacrifices.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen also wanted to try it. Perhaps during the sacrificial ceremony, borrowing the power of the gods would be of great help in achieving the tenth transformation of fish and dragon.
Zhang Ruochen decided to proceed with both plans at the same time.
First, of course, you need to practice the ninth palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, to transform your scales into a dragon.
However, practicing this palm also requires external assistance. You must drink a large amount of dragon blood and elephant blood before you can succeed.
Dragon's blood, Zhang Ruochen could use the Dragon Emperor's blood as a substitute, which would be easier to handle.
However, elephant blood is not so easy to find.
The blood of ordinary barbarian elephants would definitely not be able to meet Zhang Ruochen's needs, at least the blood of Silver Moon Dragon Elephant and Pantian Holy Elephant would be needed.
"Those holy shops opened by aristocratic families in the Middle Ages should sell elephant blood. After you go to the Central Territory, you can take a look."
Silver Moon Dragon Elephant and Pantian Holy Elephant are both sixth-level beasts, comparable to half-saints. If Zhang Ruochen went to look for them personally, he doesn't know how much time it would take.
Moreover, sixth-level beasts are very cunning and can escape much faster than human monks. Even if they are found, they may not be able to capture them.
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen was not in a hurry to find Xiang Xue now, but instead began to consolidate his newly improved cultivation level.
The resources in the Central Region are more abundant than those in the Eastern Region. Once there, it should be more convenient to find high-grade elephant blood.
After refining two drops of divine blood in a row, Zhang Ruochen still achieved huge gains although he failed to achieve the tenth transformation of fish and dragon.
First of all, the rules in the Holy Soul have been increased to eighteen, including three avenue rules and fifteen minor paths rules.
Secondly, four more divine seals fell off from the wall of Qi Sea, converging on both ears and feet.
Zhang Ruochen has not yet carefully explored the magical functions of these four divine seals, but it seems that they are quite extraordinary.
Another point is that the power of the divine blood pushed Zhang Ruochen's mental strength to the forty-sixth level in one fell swoop.
You must know that it is more difficult to increase one level of spiritual power than to increase one level of martial arts, and the increased strength will be greater.
Nowadays, Zhang Ruochen can compete with the third-level semi-saint by using only his mental power. Moreover, he rarely deliberately cultivates his mental power, but only uses his mental power as an auxiliary.
Next, Zhang Ruochen began to test the power of the four divine seals entrenched in his ears and feet.
The two divine seals on both ears are quite useless. They only improve Zhang Ruochen's hearing. Even the hearing formed by mental power is more sensitive than the two ears.
However, the two divine seals on his feet gave Zhang Ruochen a great surprise.
He circulated the holy energy to the soles of his feet, and two divine seals emerged and began to circulate rapidly.
The two divine seals are in the form of a green luan and a fire phoenix. They are ancient divine beasts, famous for their power.
With a chirping sound, Zhang Ruochen's feet burst out with blazing flames and turned into two fire clouds. He flew into the air as if he were stepping on two divine birds.
"Uh-huh."
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ruochen exploded with unparalleled speed and disappeared into the valley.
When he stood firm again, he had arrived at the foot of the flame mountain where Xiao Hei was refining the war corpse, and the flames in his legs gradually converged back into his body.
"The divine seals that activate both feet, coupled with the amplification of the Meteor Invisibility Cloak, at my current speed, should be comparable to that of a ninth-level half-saint."
Zhang Ruochen was still quite excited.
Mastering the divine seal of both feet means that even if he does not use the imperial edict and encounters a strong person like Wanji, even if he cannot defeat the opponent, he can still leave calmly.
Degree is the capital that saves life.
"Luanfeng God Seal Disease."
Zhang Ruochen gave this movement technique a name.
Now, he has only initially mastered this disease, and needs to continue to explore and practice in order to maximize the power of the movement.
In the next month, Zhang Ruochen continued to practice Luanfeng Divine Seal Ji. At the same time, he understood the holy way, practiced palm skills and sword skills, and his cultivation became more advanced. As long as his mind moved, he could break through to the semi-saint realm at any time.
However, he is suppressing the realm and wants to accumulate it deeper. It is best to reach the tenth transformation of fish and dragon first.