Published: December 25, 2024
If it weren't for the immense trust in Qin Chen and knowing that Qin Chen had no reason to harm him, the Great Sadness Elder might have thought that Qin Chen was intentionally trying to trap him. In his dazed state, resentment and killing intent naturally emerged in his eyes, wishing he could cut everything before him into pieces.
"Hmph, maintain your focus."
Qin Chen's booming voice entered the Great Sadness Elder’s mind.
"Ah!"
The Great Sadness Elder could not withstand the impact and spat out a mouthful of foul blood, which was actually purple-black in color, exuding a rancid smell. However, even after spitting out the foul blood, the Great Sadness Elder's aura continued to weaken madly.
Kang Sitong, watching from the side, was almost driven crazy. What were these two doing? Were they trying to court death? After severing his meridians and losing his cultivation, who would act like this?
The Great Sadness Elder was also screaming in agony, unable to bear it any longer.
"What are you screaming for? One must break before they can establish anew; this principle, do you not understand?" Qin Chen snorted coldly, his gaze suddenly becoming extraordinarily serious. "Almost there."
His eyes suddenly shot out a sharp light, raising his hand as the last elixir was instantly flicked into the Great Sadness Elder’s mind, while simultaneously, a palm struck directly on top of the Great Sadness Elder’s Baihui acupoint. Boom!
A force crackling with lightning surged into the Great Sadness Elder’s body, instantly awakening his dispersed consciousness.
Then, in Qin Chen's hand, forty-nine purple-gold divine needles appeared in a flash. He raised his hand, and whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, the forty-nine divine needles stabbed into the Great Sadness Elder's forty-nine major acupoints, connecting to every shattered meridian within him.
The Great Sadness Elder was now completely numb to pain, only feeling a force penetrating his skin into his meridians. It was not painful; instead, it felt extraordinarily comfortable.
Sizzle!
The forty-nine divine needles invoked the power of heaven and earth, and with the elixir that the Great Sadness Elder swallowed, his shattered meridians began to sprout new tender ones, which reconnected his originally broken meridians.
An unprecedented feeling of power filled the Great Sadness Elder’s body.
Time was unknown as it passed; the meridians within the Great Sadness Elder were completely revitalized, all newly opened and reshaped. The man felt as if he had been reborn, and a force he could not suppress surged through his body, awakening his innate talents that had been dormant for decades.
"Roar!"
The Great Sadness Elder could not contain his power any longer, releasing a long howl.
"Boom!"
A muffled sound erupted within him, all his meridians instantaneously blasting open, the true essence flowing through his limbs and bones, suddenly expanding within his energy sea, a force several times stronger than before erupting from his body.
"Boom!"
A wooden bucket filled with boiling water exploded. The fierce energy swept through, shaking the heavens and earth, reaching both the depths of the abyss and the Yellow Springs. The Great Sadness Elder suddenly opened his eyes, crackling as if lightning danced in the void, his every movement emanating an earth-shattering force.
"Eighth Stage Late Martial Emperor?"
That overwhelming aura shocked Kang Sitong, who couldn’t help but exclaim.
As a peak Eighth Stage Late Martial Emperor, Kang Sitong was extraordinarily sensitive to power. In that instant, the man who had previously been at the peak of the Eighth Stage Mid Martial Emperor had unexpectedly broken through to the coveted Eighth Stage Late Martial Emperor realm, even reaching its peak, directly approaching the pinnacle of the Eighth Stage Late Martial Emperor level.
If the previous Great Sadness Elder was strong, in Kang Sitong’s perception, he could still easily be suppressed. At this moment, however, the Great Sadness Elder gave him an implicit feeling of threat that was extremely intense.