Chapter 284: Chapter 178: Breaking the Hundred-Point Barrier, Advancing Beyond the Specialized Level!
“Hey, Old Zheng, we meet again so soon?”
Upon seeing Zheng Xu frozen into a big ice chunk, Pei Han was not at all surprised.
What good outcome can come from meddling in a showdown between two monsters?
“If you’re still alive, blink your eyes.”
Pei Han rubbed his hands together and asked.
Zheng Xu’s body was already stiff, his flesh and blood frozen solid, as if sealed in ice.
“Looks like he’s dead.”
Pei Han sighed as if witnessing the untimely demise of a hero, then added with a tinge of sorrow:
“As the saying goes, when a person dies, their possessions hold no value anymore. The gold and silver of the world are taken neither in life nor after death. I’ll keep these things you left behind for you.”
He casually grabbed a piece of stone and started smashing the outer shell of ice, breaking it apart.
Then he carefully searched the body and indeed found a few items.
“Life One for enhancing physical abilities! Brain Domain Activator for temporarily boosting Spiritual Power! Old Zheng, you’re cheating! The competition rules clearly state that aside from defensive equipment, no drugs are allowed!”
Pei Han stuffed them into his own pocket right in front of Zheng Xu.
He then pressed the button on Zheng Xu’s wristwatch, setting up an electronic marker and calling the rescue team.
Zheng Xu, completely frozen stiff and unable to move even a finger, struggled to open and close his mouth.
From his lip movements, it seemed like he was sending a heartfelt greeting to Pei Han’s female relatives.
How could he have known that Zhou Yuanchen, who also collaborated with the Ying Corporation, would help Qin Shi and betray him?
Caught off guard, he didn’t even have a chance to use his trump card before being kicked off Copper Mountain.
“No need to thank me, Old Zheng. Friendship first, competition second.”
Pei Han grinned, full of smiles.
He didn’t expect to pick up such spoils, a truly pleasant surprise.
He laid Zheng Xu’s and Ji Yuqi’s bodies side by side, then continued climbing the mountain.
“Not bad luck, passively eliminating two strong competitors increases my chances of making it into the top three.”
Pei Han couldn’t help but feel a bit grateful to Qin Shi, as it was thanks to being kicked by him that he got this opportunity.
“Let’s give it another try, see if I can get over Copper Mountain.”
“You’re planning to use this ‘Blood Flower’ now?”
Having easily dealt with the troublesome Zheng Xu, Zhou Yuanchen returned to the original steps and looked at Qin Shi, saying:
“This thing is extraordinary, containing highly active factors that not only enhance Life Force but even have sublimation effects. I advise you to wait until you’re about to step into the Specialized Level to consume and refine it to get the most value out of it.”
Qin Shi had already split the Blood Flower in half. After being picked, it quickly shrank to the size of a palm.
He glanced at Zhou Yuanchen, who still looked vigorous despite being beaten by Gromax’s residual will.
This guy didn’t follow the Old Martial Limit-Breaking Road, so how could he have such stamina?
After several consecutive battles, he took a heavy palm strike from Ji Yuqi, fought Gromax’s residual will, and lasted a long time before taking away the not-weak Zheng Xu.
Even for himself, with an Old Martial body that broke the Three Great Limits, the consumption was significant.
“Could it be that this guy has some special physique, similar to the Holy Body or Divine Body of ancient times?”
Qin Shi was puzzled, while Zhou Yuanchen secretly lamented with a tinge of regret.
His medical insurance coverage was running low, and Gromax’s residual will was ferocious enough to nearly take out a quarter of it; plus he still needed to recover from the injuries caused by Ji Yuqi.
“A loss! Indeed, financial management must remain absolutely rational; no room for emotions!”
Zhou Yuanchen silently reminded himself, feeling moved by Qin Shi’s passion into shouldering the tough task of facing Gromax’s residual will.
“From now on, I must remain calm!”
“Old Zhou, you’re saying this flower can make someone break through to the Specialized Level?”
Qin Shi played with half of the Blood Flower, feeling its weight and coolness in his hands.
Upon close inspection, he noticed that the ‘stamen’ was a blood-red core that gently pulsed, emitting a faint glow.
“This is a manifestation left behind by the Great Demon Gromax of the Netherworld, you can consider it the ‘Essence Blood’ of a divine or demonic creature. Even top-tier masters at Specialized Level Rank One or Two rarely get their hands on it.”
Zhou Yuanchen admired the clearly veined blood-red petals, exclaiming:
“The benefits of this thing are many, the most obvious being that it stimulates the activity of blood and flesh, enabling limb regeneration, not just limited to severed hands or feet, but even so-called ‘Tao Injuries’ can be healed.”
Qin Shi’s eyes flickered, capturing a key term.
The ‘Tao Injury’ mentioned by Zhou Yuanchen was an ancient term.
It essentially referred to injuries caused by ‘properties’.
For example, Qin Shi’s Perfect Level Electric Shock Saber had the ‘Living Slash’ property.
Flesh monsters summoned by Esotericists would be utterly annihilated with no possibility of healing.
As one advances along the Martial Arts Path into the Specialized Domain, various inheritances become miraculous.
By absorbing external imagery and blending it with the Heart Stance, moves and Power are endowed with extraordinary ‘properties.’
Such as ‘Blast’, ‘Sturdiness’, ‘Iron Bone’, ‘Strength’, etc.
The higher the rank at the Specialized Level, the stronger the properties.
During the third encounter between He Lanchan and Qi Wuxiang at the Star Cup, they clashed properties against each other.
One embodied everything, the other annihilated everything. Their battle nearly shattered the tournament’s planetary arena.
“Old Liang’s crippled leg should be a ‘Tao Injury.’ Otherwise, with his blood and flesh activity at the Specialized Level, it should’ve healed long ago.”
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes, considering whether to save half of the Blood Flower for Old Liang.
He still had some distance to go before reaching the hundred-point threshold of the Specialized Level.
“But the renewal of flesh and blood isn’t much use to us. The active purification is the most coveted effect, allowing the flesh and blood activity within a mortal body to become instantly pure, as if it had been refined.”