RNP Chapter 75, Rank 3
Chapter 75, Rank 3
Back in his dorm, Lu Hao first checked his stats.
[Kill Point Allocation]
[Host: Lu Hao]
[Qi and Blood: 277/722 calories]
[Mental Strength: 199/339 Hz]
Storage space: 1000 cubic meters
Kill Points: 8510
Well, 8510 kill points is enough for Lu Hao to squander.
The body's energy and spirit have been fully restored.
Lu Hao then began to temper his spine. Tempering the spine consumed more blood and mental energy than Lu Hao had expected, but fortunately, Lu Hao had enough killing points.
Two hours later, a spine tempering was completed. Lu Hao glanced at the panel and saw that his Qi and Blood had increased by 8 units, which was about the same as the increase from tempering the ribs, but the consumption had doubled, costing nearly 200 Kill Points.
But most importantly, the moment when all the tempering is completed and the transformation takes place will bring Lu Hao a great boost.
However, Lu Hao can only temper two vertebrae at most per day. It's not a problem with his mental strength. Now, Lu Hao can use killing points to restore his mental strength without any problem. The most crucial issue is the control of his qi and blood.
If Lu Hao didn't care about mastering Qi and Blood, he could have reached the high level of the third rank in just two days. But that would have made him an ordinary martial artist. It would have taken him much longer to master Qi and Blood to the point where he could use it as a trump card.
If there's no way to slow it down, then so be it. Even if I practice combat techniques during the day to improve my qi and blood control, and temper my bones at night, I can break through to the high-level third rank in a maximum of 12 days.
Moreover, during the day he could learn a mid-grade combat technique on footwork, since his lack of footwork had been exposed when he was fleeing from the underground warriors.
If Lu Hao had mastered a mid-grade footwork technique, he could have easily shaken off that fifth-grade opponent without getting injured, instead of risking his life on a gamble.
Two hours later, Lu Hao finished his bone-tempering training for the day and headed towards the combat technique room of the Magic Martial Arts Academy. This place was open to him, since Lu Hao hadn't come here to choose a combat technique since the start of the semester, and he just happened to be choosing a footwork technique now.
Lu Hao swiped his martial arts certificate and went inside. There, he saw the "Blood Battle Mad Blade" technique he was practicing, as well as the even more advanced "Ninefold Battle Blade."
As for the Grandmaster Battle Technique "God-Slaying Blade," Lu Jingxuan is still working on it, so it hasn't been widely disseminated yet.
However, these things gradually became less useful to Lu Hao. After all, the enemies Lu Hao was facing now wouldn't allow him to build up his strength step by step, so once he truly mastered the ultimate move, these combat techniques would be useless.
Only higher-level mental combat techniques will be effective against Lu Hao.
After browsing through the options, Lu Hao even came across a combat technique created by Lü Fengrou, with the name "Invincible Fist"—quite straightforward indeed.
However, this also shows that Lü Fengrou is desperately trying to achieve the unity of essence and blood. Once I find suitable resources in the underground cave, I will grant her wish.
However, we also need to explain to her how powerful the City Lord of Tianmen City is, so that she won't go and die as soon as she breaks through.
In the end, Lu Hao chose a mid-grade combat technique called "Phantom Step," which uses a large amount of blood and qi to create an effect similar to teleportation. When mastered, it can reach a distance of forty or fifty meters in one step.
It consumes a lot of Qi and Blood, but Qi and Blood are the last thing Lu Hao lacks, so with the fully mastered "Phantom Step", he might be able to shake off the pursuit of a sixth-rank opponent.
Having chosen his fighting style, Lu Hao went to the training room and began practicing. With the support of the mastered leg techniques, Lu Hao's footwork training was incredibly fast. In just one afternoon, he had already mastered the basics of footwork.
Being able to cover a distance of ten meters in one step is already similar to Lu Hao's previous burst speed. Lu Hao is particularly looking forward to the effect after this is perfected.
So, Lu Hao spent his mornings practicing footwork, his afternoons practicing swordsmanship, and his evenings tempering his bones, keeping his schedule packed.
……
Late October, Lu Hao's dormitory.
With the last piece of coccyx having been refined.
The next moment, Lu Hao's blood and qi surged violently, his bones cracked and popped, and his spine vibrated continuously.
On the body's exterior, layers of filthy blood dripped down almost like water.
The body is transforming; the cosmic cycle has been completed!
Lu Hao watched all these changes with a smile, constantly using kill points to restore his health and support his transformation.
Previously stagnant blood and qi are now flowing smoothly in the area below the head.
Lu Hao watched helplessly as his skin contracted and expanded repeatedly, each contraction and expansion making his skin even tighter.
This is the body undergoing a transformation!
Meanwhile, within the body, bones and blood are undergoing transformation.
His entire skeleton was moving closer to a semi-golden body, but unfortunately Lu Hao couldn't temper his skull, otherwise he could have tempered a semi-golden body in one go.
But this is not bad either.
One hour later.
With a series of crackling sounds, Lu Hao completely completed his transformation into a high-level third-grade cultivator.
After standing up and moving around a bit, I realized that my control over my Qi and blood had indeed decreased. My mastery of the ultimate move, which I was almost at, had dropped back to the level of a trump card. Fortunately, the decline wasn't too severe, and I could recover after a few more days of secluded cultivation.
A thought arose.
[Kill Point Allocation]
[Host: Lu Hao]
[Qi and Blood: 84/1097 calories]
[Mental Strength: 58/379 Hz]
Storage space: 1000 cubic meters
Kill Points: 2460
My Qi and Blood value has reached 1097, breaking the thousand mark. I've basically reached the limit of the peak of the third rank. My mental strength has also increased by 40 Hz. It seems that the improvement brought by opening up all the bones except the skull this time is quite significant.
However, he only had 2460 kill points left, which was more than Lu Hao had planned. But it didn't matter. With his combat power increased, he wasn't worried about not having enough kill points.
Lu Hao's current attacks can generate 200 units of Qi and Blood. Even if he encounters a peak fourth-rank opponent, Lu Hao doesn't need to use the "Blood Battle Mad Blade" anymore; he can still kill them.
Even if they encounter a peak fourth-rank expert who controls Qi and blood, they can still hold their own and slowly wear down the opponent by relying on their Qi and blood.
If Lu Hao were to use the "Blood Battle Mad Blade" now, he would be confident of killing a fifth-rank expert. However, the reality is that Lu Hao is currently unable to gather his strength in front of a fifth-rank expert.
The fact that he couldn't withstand the attack of a fifth-rank official with just the first two strikes is a big problem. It might allow the fifth-rank official to take the opportunity to seriously injure Lu Hao.
Therefore, Lu Hao is now finding it a bit too late to keep up with the "Blood War Mad Blade" technique. He is even more eager for the ultimate move. If he could truly master the ultimate move, he would definitely be able to deal with ordinary low-level fifth-rank opponents.
……
On November 4th, Lu Hao finally emerged from seclusion. Although he had broken through at the end of October, he had spent the last few days in the training room familiarizing himself with his qi and blood.
It took Lu Hao five or six days to regain control of his Qi and blood back to the level before his breakthrough. Now, he is not far from mastering his ultimate move, and his footwork is also nearing completion.
Therefore, Lu Hao plans to temporarily refrain from improving his cultivation level and instead focus on honing his combat techniques, striving to master his Qi and Blood to the level of ultimate moves before further improving his cultivation.
Otherwise, it will be more difficult to improve your control over Qi and Blood at higher levels.