Chapter 426: Chapter 424: Transformation "No!" The black-robed male cultivator let out a miserable scream, his body’s vitality plummeting to rock bottom in an instant. At the same time, a green light orb flew out, rapidly escaping toward the distance. But Lou Yi swiftly enveloped it with Body-Breaking True Strength, preventing any possibility of movement. "Damn it, let me go! Do you wish to be an enemy of the Yellow Springs?" The black-robed male cultivator, now only a divine soul, still spoke with venomous tone. Lou Yi frowned and delivered him an Armor-Piercing blow. "Ah!!" "Stop... stop! I yield!" The opponent finally recognized the situation, lowering his proud head. "What do you mean by Ancient Martial Cultivators?" "Ancient Martial Cultivators, incredibly powerful, once swept through this realm without any opponent, though their legacy is nearly extinct... Our Sect Hierarch is quite interested in them and once captured a martial cultivator inheritor..." Lou Yi listened, his eyes lighting up. His path forward was blocked, now he could only rely on his own exploration. If not for having the Attribute Panel to forcibly advance Cultivation Technique, he would’ve long been stuck at the Martial Artist realm, unable to move. If he could find that martial cultivator inheritor and obtain the complete inheritance... then his path ahead would definitely be much smoother than now. Thinking of this, Lou Yi hurriedly asked, "Where is that Ancient Martial Cultivator?" "I don’t know..." "Armor-Piercing." "Ah!!! I’ll tell, I’ll tell, in the shadow..." ’Pat!’ The green light orb hadn’t finished speaking when it exploded with a ’pat’, turning into countless green rays. "Was a restriction placed?" Lou Yi’s face didn’t look good, realizing he still had to find a way to get answers later. Feeling the situation within his body, he couldn’t be bothered to think much, sitting cross-legged on the ground. The influence brought by the flesh tumors was becoming greater, making it impossible for him to focus elsewhere, he could only stay put and solve it first. Lou Yi started operating the Demon Summoning Scripture. Seven flesh tumors, apart from the original one on his left shoulder, new ones had formed on his right shoulder, both legs, and even his chest. A large amount of violent deep blue Qi-Blood entered his body, clashing fiercely with the existing purple Qi-Blood, resembling oil and water, unable to mix. His body produced a noticeable swelling pain, seemingly ready to burst at any moment. Lou Yi rapidly operated the Demon Summoning Scripture, guiding this blue emergent Qi-Blood, trying to let the two types of Qi-Blood coexist peacefully: With eyes closed and mind focused, perceiving them, they boiled like soup, while he became a cold stream, slowly guiding them, passing many floors, down to the Dantian, like leading a wild horse on a suspended wire... It took a while before Lou Yi managed to barely suppress the body that was about to go berserk. Fortunately, the Demon Summoning Scripture had advanced to the Minor Achievement realm, which allowed him to slowly harmonize the Qi-Blood, letting them merge with the body. The seven flesh tumors provided a large amount of extra Qi-Blood, causing the total Qi-Blood on Lou Yi’s body to visibly increase! In his mind there was another scene. Seven black snake shadows of varying sizes, the largest being five to six zhang, the smallest two to three zhang, all of them staring intently at the gray hawk opposite them. The gray hawk had already devoured the White Ape representing Body Cultivator and the gray snake representing Magic Cultivator, its figure had expanded to five zhang tall, barely able to confront these black snakes without falling behind. But seeing the black snakes ready to move, it seemed they could launch an attack at any moment, putting the hawk into a dangerous situation. Faced with such circumstances, Lou Yi had only one move to make. He clenched his fist, relentlessly pounding his own head, stopping just before touching the skin. "Armor-Piercing!" "Armor-Piercing!" "Armor-Piercing!" The gray hawk, having been forewarned, had already retreated to a secluded nook in Lou Yi’s mind. While those unprepared black snakes, under the invisible sharp energy attack of Armor-Piercing, all suffered severe blows. The larger shadows flickered like flames, glowing and dimming. The smaller ones even directly exploded, unable to reassemble for a while. ’Screech!’ Seizing this opportunity, the gray hawk flew over and devoured the smallest black snake shadow. Its size instantly grew from five zhang to five zhang and five chi. It then began devouring the second largest black snake, expanding further to six zhang. After consecutively devouring three black snakes, the gray hawk’s size reached six zhang and five chi, becoming the largest entity in Lou Yi’s mind, drastically changing the offensive and defensive stance! With its growth overshadowing theirs. The gray hawk actively launched an attack, aided by Armor-Piercing, swallowing up all the black snakes. Finally, its size reached a full eight zhang and eight chi, nearly doubling its original size! At this time, its feathers were exceptionally vibrant, every one bearing intricate patterns, almost indistinguishable from those of real birds, its eyes carrying both fierce and intelligent gleams, it appeared nearly enlightened. ’Screech!’ The gray hawk swiftly left Lou Yi’s mind, circling hundreds of zhang away, barely showing any signs of fatigue, indicating its Divine Sense strength had risen another level! The so-called flesh nurtures spirit, and spirit can naturally feedback to the flesh. With the help of the hawk, Lou Yi’s Demon Summoning Scripture operated more smoothly. Continuously extracting the Blood Qi from the seven tumors, the purple True Strength within him surged like a rocket, growing more and more viscous, sounding like mercury flowing ’whoosh whoosh’! And the enhancement of True Strength, which is the increase of Qi-Blood, simultaneously nourished the hawk, causing its body growth to show no signs of stopping! The two sides, aiding each other, developed like a snowball, mutually benefiting and growing stronger. The seven tumors were crazily squeezed, becoming the greatest source of Lou Yi’s progress. The progress of a Mid-tier Anomaly, which originally could only increase proficiency by six points a day, began to rise rapidly before his eyes. Mid-tier Anomaly (210/600) → Mid-tier Anomaly (250/600) → Mid-tier Anomaly (420/600) → Mid-tier Anomaly (600/600) And as six of the seven tumors were completely digested— Lou Yi’s anomaly progress suddenly became: High-tier Anomaly (0/600) At the same time, the hawk in his mind expanded to ten zhang! ’Boom!’ The Qi-Blood increases to the limit, undergoing a qualitative change at this moment. The purple True Strength, almost oil-like, transformed into a transparent red Energy, neither liquid nor gas, with not a single impurity. Most importantly, it didn’t disperse like ordinary gas or liquid, but tightly united, forming a coherent whole. It seemed ready to burst out of the body at any moment. Lou Yi hadn’t yet had the chance to carefully feel the changes brought by this special red Energy. In the distant sky, a brilliant black light suddenly flew towards him. "Who dares to kill the elders of the Corpse-Driving Sect!" A grand voice filled with anger resounded. Behind this black light, several other dazzling lights, with not much weaker aura, followed closely, only a breath or two behind. ’Now Wang Hongyue’s call for reinforcements has truly arrived.’ Lou Yi shook his head, unwilling to clash with the elders of the Corpse-Driving Sect, and prepared to make his escape. But the black light clearly noticed his intention. "Stop!" A giant black dragon, a hundred zhang long, instantly formed in the sky, surrounded by rolling smoke, teeth and claws bared, descending with tremendous might! It completely covered and blocked all areas around Lou Yi. No matter where he fled, he couldn’t escape the black dragon’s charged strike. And as long as Lou Yi was delayed for a moment— The fellow elders behind would catch up. By then, Lou Yi would inevitably face disadvantages from all sides! However, faced with such a powerful attack, Lou Yi’s expression was more serene than ever before. The recent enhancement in strength brought him an inexplicable confidence. The newly-generated red Energy within him was raring to go. Simultaneously, the hawk in his mind chirped excitedly. With his mind enlightened— All the existing Qi-Blood Energy in his lower Dantian instantly became one, then broke through and emerged outside his body, forming a semi-transparent red river, without any impurity, flowing slowly in the sky. The hawk in his mind also broke through the aperture, diving headlong into the Qi-Blood red river. ’Caw!’ A divine change occurred. The Qi-Blood red river and the hawk merged with each other, boiled, and transformed into a gigantic red flying eagle, three to four zhang high, soaring into the sky! The red giant eagle spread its radiant wings, shading the sun and sky, feathers swirling, as if blazing torrents flowed and burned around it. Although its size was smaller than the black dragon, its body seemed more compact, solid, and substantial. Its eyes were vibrant like a living creature, filled with vigorous fighting spirit, unlike the black dragon which seemed lifeless. The two collided without yielding. ’Boom!’ The sky above everyone’s heads instantly turned black and red, distinctly separated, like the original separation of Yin and Yang at the opening of the world, leaving no other colors. The extreme brilliance forced all who were watching to shut their eyes. Once the light faded, Lou Yi was long gone from his original spot. In the sky, a large amount of black Energy remained, but the red vanished completely. Several powerful light figures fell to the spot where he once stood. "What kind of technique was that? Never seen it before!" "Body Cultivator... no, that’s not it. I think I’ve seen it in ancient records." "Ancient Martial Cultivator, Innate Gang Qi?" a voice tinged with uncertainty rang out. Then several more voices of exclamation were heard. ...