Xiao Yan, a Nine-Star Dou Master, possessed various martial arts and techniques.
One could simply combine the Flame Splitting Tsunami with the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Change or use the Raging Fire Lotus directly with the Green Lotus Core Flame and Purple Flame to kill the Ice Serpent.
No external forces were required.
It could only be said that he was still developing.
Su Yun was not discouraged.
Bread would come, milk would come, everything would come!
Persistence was the key!
With this thought in mind, Su Yun continued to search for body-refining martial techniques.
After some time, Su Yun opened his eyes and found it.
A High-Rank Earth-grade martial technique, "Bull's Strength Technique"!
It was a technique that imitated the movements of a powerful bull and, when combined with medicinal baths, enhanced physical strength from all angles.
Su Yun grinned. Yes, this was it.
"System, merge the 'Bull's Strength Technique' with me!"
"Ding, a mergeable solution has been detected, requiring an additional consumption of three fourth-grade demon cores. Do you wish to proceed?"
This sentence left Su Yun in silence.
His expression stiffened for a moment, and he asked again to make sure he hadn't misheard.
The "Bull's Strength Technique" required three fourth-grade demon cores!
Could it be because it was a body-refining martial technique?
Su Yun suddenly realized.
"Indeed, when I tried various levels of demon cores for consumption before, I didn't consider that body-refining martial techniques would require additional cores. I was being too presumptuous."
A wry smile crossed Su Yun's face.
Indeed, body-refining martial techniques were different from ordinary martial techniques. They directly strengthened the body and naturally required more energy.
It seemed that he still had some gaps in his exploration of the system's functions.
Su Yun shook his head, shifted his consciousness into the system's space, and began searching for enough fourth-grade demon cores.
In no time, Su Yun looked at the remaining three fourth-grade demon cores, feeling a hint of bitterness in his heart.
It seemed that after the breakthrough, he would need to go on a hunting spree.
The "Bull's Strength Technique" had emptied his reserves.
Su Yun didn't hesitate; there was no need to save the demon cores. Transforming them into his own strength was the top priority, and he could always procure more later.
He ordered the system once again.
"System, merge the 'Bull's Strength Technique' with me!"
"Ding, a mergeable solution has been detected, requiring an additional consumption of three fourth-grade demon cores. Do you wish to proceed?"
"Proceed!"
As Su Yun issued the command, the three fourth-grade demon cores in the system's space immediately dissipated into nothingness, and a strange energy spread throughout his entire body.
His physical strength was gradually increasing.
Su Yun closed his eyes, his face showing signs of pain.
Muscles all over his body were tearing and healing continuously. As the energy circulated, every inch of his muscles was strengthening.
After some time, Su Yun's clothes on his body were completely soaked with sweat.
As time passed, the energy dissipated completely.
Su Yun, exhausted, lay on the ground. His entire body was filled with a sense of strength, but at the same time, he was exhausted, not wanting to move at all.
After resting for a while, Su Yun laboriously crawled into the bathroom.
After cleaning up, Su Yun couldn't help but sigh.
Things were better when Xiao Yi Xian was around. She not only helped him wash his clothes but also came in to help him scrub his back during his baths, her delicate hands gently caressing his skin, meticulously cleaning every inch.
After this ordeal, Su Yun didn't have the immediate intention to advance to the Dou Spirit stage.
Advancement was not child's play; it required adjusting one's state. Forcing an advancement in an extremely exhausted state was akin to seeking death.
After a night's rest, Su Yun woke up and felt that he had successfully comprehended the Advanced Heaven-tier martial technique, the "Refreshing Spirit Technique"!
Feeling the strength within him, Su Yun went to the courtyard.
With a punch, a fierce sonic boom echoed through the courtyard.
Seeing this, Su Yun raised an eyebrow. Not bad.
He had just performed that move without using any internal qi; it was purely based on his physical strength.
His physical strength had probably reached a level comparable to a fourth-grade demonic beast.
Su Yun moved around in the courtyard, nodding in satisfaction.
Back in his room, Su Yun took out the fourth-grade pill he had refined yesterday and the Purple Flame.
Today was the day to break through to a Dou Spirit!
Su Yun swallowed the fourth-grade pill in one gulp.
As the medicinal power took effect, a thin layer of ice covered the meridians throughout his body.
Su Yun used his inner sight to sense the condition of his meridians. When he saw that the medicinal power had fully taken effect, he immediately activated his inner qi, enveloping the seed of Purple Flame in his right hand.
A scorching and burning sensation appeared in his palm. However, with the strengthening from the "Bull's Strength Technique," as well as the protection of his inner qi, the Purple Flame did no harm to his hand during this brief moment.
Su Yun swallowed the seed of Purple Flame into his abdomen.
The Purple Flame began to spread through his meridians, attempting to burn them. At this point, the protective effect of the ice layer started to show, resisting the heat of the Purple Flame and safeguarding his meridians from burning.
Su Yun sensed the situation within his meridians and immediately activated his inner qi, surrounding the seed of Purple Flame. His inner qi began to battle the Purple Flame within his meridians, turning his body into a battlefield.
After a period of stalemate, Su Yun's inner qi started gaining the upper hand.
Purple Flame was isolated and helpless. It couldn't receive any replenishment, while Su Yun could utilize his techniques to absorb inner qi.
Su Yun drove the raging Purple Flame in his meridians toward the seed, enveloping it with his inner qi, and started moving it towards his dantian.
After a while, it reached his dantian, and Su Yun began using the "Incinerate Cold Art" to refine the Purple Flame.
His soul power also joined the effort and arrived at his dantian, where the Purple Flame had been stubbornly resisting.
However, facing Su Yun's inner qi and the addition of soul power, Purple Flame began to yield.
After a long time, Purple Flame in Su Yun's dantian settled down, as if it had recognized him as its master.
The refining of the Purple Flame seed was a success!
Simultaneously, a tremendous surge of energy radiated from Su Yun's dantian.
Su Yun didn't relax; he had been waiting for this moment.
His inner qi began to interact with the energy, using his techniques to refine it and break through the bottleneck!
As the inner qi and energy clashed, the bottleneck loosened. After dozens of impacts, cracks finally appeared in the bottleneck.
Su Yun felt a sense of joy, but he quickly suppressed it. It wasn't time to celebrate yet.
Now that cracks had appeared, things would be easier. After a few more impacts, the bottleneck shattered completely, and his inner qi surged like a torrential river.
At the same time, the external world's natural energy began to converge towards Su Yun.
He had become a Dou Spirit!
Su Yun didn't immediately open his eyes; after all, he had just broken through, and his state of mind was not yet stable.
After some time passed, Su Yun's aura began to stabilize.
Finally, he opened his eyes, and the abundant inner qi within him made Su Yun burst into laughter.
"Hahaha..."
After calming his excited heart, Su Yun extended his hand, and a long sword formed from inner qi appeared in his hand.
A martial artist who could shape Dou qi into a physical form, a Dou Spirit, was truly terrifying!
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