nycdaug Chapter 233 - 140: Late Stage of Meridian Opening, Speedrunning the Forest
Chapter 233 - 140: Late Stage of Meridian Opening, Speedrunning the Forest
SCHLICK!
Another thrust of the spear.
The spear tip precisely pierced the second giant bear’s eye socket, and a frenzied force instantly turned everything inside its skull into mush.
The two Level 26 mutated giant bears were killed in an instant, without ever posing a real threat to Lin Ye.
Lin Ye pulled out the Star-Piercing Spear and flicked his wrist.
The blood and brains on the spear tip were instantly shaken off, leaving not a single trace.
He glanced back at the Source Crystal Vein he had hollowed out, his nostrils flaring slightly as he picked up the lingering scent of energy in the air.
A good portion of the Qi and Blood in his body had yet to be fully refined.
It also seemed his Shadow Scale skill could continue to devour energy to reach its true state of perfection.
Maintaining the black scales covering his body, Lin Ye’s figure once again vanished into the strange, dark forest.
Unlike a skill such as Crystalization, which required a constant and massive drain of Spiritual Power to maintain, the consumption from Shadow Scale was minuscule once it had fully grown to cover his body and entered a state of perfect Mimicry.
With his current Spiritual Power reserves, plus the recovery from his post-combat regeneration, Lin Ye could easily keep Shadow Scale active indefinitely outside of battle.
The scent of Source Crystals on the wind was like a lighthouse in the dark, guiding his way.
The aroma was even stronger than before.
Lin Ye knew he was headed in the right direction.
However, the destination was much farther than it looked.
By the time Lin Ye finally saw massive Source Crystals growing in clusters like a crystal jungle next to a towering ancient tree in the distance, more than half an hour had passed.
Along the way, he had casually slaughtered dozens of mutated beasts that stood in his path.
It wasn’t that there were no mutated beasts in this forest.
It was just that their numbers were far sparser compared to other parts of the fallen zone.
Furthermore, without exception, all these mutated beasts were entangled to some degree in those strange, thin black threads, like puppets controlled by invisible strings.
Lin Ye didn’t hold back.
He walked up to the massive cluster of Source Crystals and began to devour them frantically.
Piece after piece of high-purity Source Crystals transformed into a torrent of the purest energy.
He continued until the last trace of surplus Qi and Blood in his body was completely refined, once again reaching that critical state between Qi and Blood and Gang Sha.
He continued until the Shadow Scale covering his body gave him the feeling that it could not be evolved or enhanced any further.
Only then did Lin Ye stop.
At this moment, the black scales on his body seemed alive.
With every breath he took, and with every subtle shift in the surrounding light and shadow, the scales’ color and texture adjusted in milliseconds, synchronizing perfectly with the environment.
Shadow Scale had been strengthened to the absolute limit for its current stage!
Lin Ye found a relatively clean thicket, sat down cross-legged, and focused his mind inward.
’I’ll use this painstakingly refined, pure Qi and Blood to break through to the next stage again.’
With a warning and stealth skill like Shadow Scale, Lin Ye no longer had to worry about being ambushed at a critical moment while trying to break through.
It was his second time, so he was no stranger to the process. Having already cleared the Ren Meridian, Lin Ye knew exactly what to do.
He mobilized all the Qi and Blood that had been refined to its absolute limit, visualizing it gathering into a roaring, golden dragon.
The Du Meridian is the Sea of Yang Meridians, governing all the Yang Meridians in the body.
It originates deep within the lower abdomen, travels up along the inside of the spine, and reaches all the way to the Baihui Acupoint at the crown of the head.
The entire meridian is like a great dragon coiled along the human spine.
Although it only has four major acupoints—Changqiang, Mingmen, Dazhui, and the Baihui Acupoint—each gate is more perilous and set higher than the last!
Like a Great Wall ascending to the heavens!
Lin Ye adjusted his method of impact accordingly.
The next moment, the golden dragon formed from pure Qi and Blood let out a soul-shaking roar and launched a ferocious assault on the Du Meridian’s first gate, the Changqiang acupoint!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Three consecutive violent impacts made Lin Ye’s body tremble slightly, his Qi and Blood surging within him.
But the stagnation and excruciating pain he expected from using the wrong method of assault never came.
Lin Ye’s spirits lifted.
’No damaged meridians, no reversal of Qi and Blood... This means my method is correct!’
The fourth impact!
Lin Ye gathered all his Qi and Blood into a single point, forming an indestructible dragon’s head, and slammed it forward!
CRACK!
A crisp shattering sound echoed, as if from the depths of his soul.
The Du Meridian’s first gate, the Changqiang acupoint, burst wide open!
However, Lin Ye did not halt the surging momentum of his Qi and Blood.
’I have to do this in one go! Press the attack, straight to the finish!’
The golden dragon burst through the first gate with undiminished power, continuing its ascent along the straight heavenly road of the meridian!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Two more thunderous roars erupted in succession within Lin Ye’s body!
The Mingmen gate—broken!
The Dazhui gate—broken!
Lin Ye felt a searing warm current, like lava, rise from his tailbone, instantly shooting through his entire spine and rushing toward the crown of his head!
His momentum was unstoppable!
He had broken through the first three great gates of the Du Meridian in a single, direct assault!
Finally, the torrent of Qi and Blood reached the last gate: the Baihui Acupoint.
This acupoint was located at the crown of the head, right next to the Sea of Consciousness Divine Court—the highest point of the human body.
Lin Ye didn’t dare to be as reckless and forceful as before.
He calmed his mind and transformed the rampaging dragon of Qi and Blood into countless tiny streams, which began a gentle and persistent process of seeping into and wearing down the barrier of the Baihui Acupoint.
A few minutes later.
As the last shred of the barrier dissolved...
The Baihui Acupoint was open!