46: Chapter 46 This kid isn't a war machine, he's a monster
Inside the marrow cleansing pool.
Lin Fan exhaled a long breath of stale air. The breath shot out like an arrow for three meters, creating a deep crater on the water's surface.
"Is this the power of the Nine Dragons..."
Lin Fan clenched his fist, feeling the terrifying power within his body that seemed capable of overturning mountains.
【Host: Lin Fan】
【Realm: Fourth Refinement Duan Fu Realm (Perfection)】
【Physical Strength: 250,000 jin!】
"Two hundred and fifty thousand jin of pure physical strength."
Lin Fan's lips curled up slightly. "With my current strength, I could probably beat a mid-stage Marrow Cleansing Realm practitioner to death with just my fists, right?"
But he didn't get up.
More than half of the energy in the marrow cleansing pool remained; leaving now would be a complete waste.
"Since I've finished tempering my bones, I might as well strike while the iron is hot and temper my internal organs too."
With a thought, Lin Fan focused his attention on his internal organs.
Previously, with the help of Xue Linglong's Taiyin Qi, he had already completed the tempering of most of his organs. Now, only the final strengthening and coordination remained.
"Start with the spleen."
Lin Fan closed his eyes and drew upon the vast essence of Origin Qi in the pool water, wrapping it around his spleen like a gentle stream.
In the control room.
"What is he trying to do?" Lan Wuji frowned. "He just finished tempering his bones, and he's not going to rest? Can his body handle it?"
The next second, he shut his mouth.
On the screen, the bar graph representing the progress of his spleen tempering began to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye.
10%... 30%... 60%... 100%!
In just one hour!
"He's... already finished?"
Zhou Zhan rubbed his eyes, feeling as though his years as principal had been in vain. "Back when I tempered my spleen, it took me a full three months!"
However, this was just the beginning.
Lin Fan was like a tireless precision instrument, methodically advancing his "human body modification project."
Liver, half an hour, Perfection!
Lungs, forty minutes, Perfection!
Kidneys, fifty minutes, Perfection!
Finally, the leader of the five organs—the heart.
This was also the most dangerous step. The heart is the master of all blood vessels; a slight carelessness could result in severed heart meridians and death.
The atmosphere in the control room grew tense once again.
"This kid is too impatient!"
The burly man from the White Tiger Sacred Academy slapped his thigh. "Tempering the heart is most hindered by restlessness. He has been breaking through continuously, so his mind must be exhausted. Attempting the heart now is like walking a tightrope!"
But on the screen, Lin Fan remained as steady as an old dog.
He even had the leisure to stretch in the water before slowly mobilizing the energy and carefully wrapping it around his heart.
Two hours later.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The dull, powerful heartbeat echoed throughout the control room via the loudspeaker. Each beat sounded like a war drum being struck, making everyone's hearts tremble.
Fifth Refinement Duan Fu Realm, great Perfection!
"A monster..."
Lan Wuji slumped in his chair, his eyes hollow. "Five hours to complete the journey that takes others five years. Is he even human?"
In the pool, Lin Fan opened his eyes. Feeling the perfect circulation formed between his internal organs, he nodded in satisfaction.
"Next is the Marrow Cleansing Realm."
Without the slightest hesitation, he began to assault the barrier of the major realm.
"Wait! What is he doing?!"
Zhou Zhan exclaimed. "He's going to break through to the Marrow Cleansing Realm? Now?! Doesn't he need to adjust his state? Doesn't he need to prepare meridian-protecting pills?!"
Generally speaking, breaking through from the Duan Fu Realm to the Marrow Cleansing Realm is a major hurdle. Martial artists need to bathe, burn incense, adjust their state for three days and three nights, and use various rare pills to protect their meridians before they dare to cautiously attempt to guide energy into their marrow.
But Lin Fan, on the other hand.
It was as easy as eating or drinking. With a single thought, rolling Origin Qi rushed directly into his spinal column!
"Nonsense! This is absolute nonsense!"
Lan Wuji jumped up in anxiety. "If he fails, he'll be paralyzed at best, or dead at worst! Zhou Zhan, cut the power, make him stop!"
Zhou Zhan's hand was already on the emergency stop button.
Just at that moment.
"Snap!"
A crisp sound of bones鳴 rang out.
Immediately following, Lin Fan's already incredibly powerful aura surged significantly!
That Origin Qi seeped into his bone marrow without any obstruction, like water flowing into a sponge, incredibly smooth.
【Ding! Congratulations to the host for breaking through a major realm!】
【Current Realm: Marrow Cleansing Realm (Initial Stage)!】
In the control room, there was a deathly silence.
Zhou Zhan's hand froze in mid-air, his expression changing rapidly.
"He... he broke through?"
The beautiful woman from the Vermilion Bird blinked, looking blank. "The time we spent discussing the breakthrough plan seems longer than the time it took him to actually break through, right?"
"I retract what I said earlier."
Wu Tianqing's expression was grave. "This kid isn't a war machine, he's a monster."
Lin Fan did not stop after the breakthrough.
Taking advantage of the momentum from the breakthrough, he pressed on in one go and began tempering the bone marrow in his limbs.
Left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg...
In less than three hours, the bone marrow in all four limbs was completely tempered!
At this point, there were only four hours left before the marrow cleansing pool closed.
Lin Fan stopped.
"The bone marrow in the torso is connected to the spine and brain; it's too sensitive. Breaking through continuously in such a short time can easily make the foundation unstable."
Lin Fan was greedy, but not stupid.
"Too much is as bad as too little. If the physical body improves too quickly and the mental state cannot keep up, it's easy to suffer from cultivation deviation."
He stood up from the water and stretched his body.
"Since I can't train my physical body anymore, I'll train my brain."
Lin Fan sat back down. This time, he didn't circulate his breathing technique but closed his eyes, his consciousness sinking deep into his mind.
"System, bring up the Intent panel."
【Intent 1: Seven Kills Sword Intent (Lv5)】
【Intent 2: Killing Blade Intent (Lv1, advanced from Sword Drawing Art)】
"Master of both blade and sword..."
Lin Fan rubbed his chin. "Although it sounds cool, switching between them in actual combat is too troublesome. If only I could fuse these two Intents together..."
The Seven Kills Sword Intent focuses on momentum, on monstrous killing intent, and on suppressing others with that presence.
The Killing Blade Intent focuses on extreme sharpness, on killing with a single strike, and on precision strikes!
"One is a wide-range AOE, the other is a single-target critical hit."
Lin Fan's imagination ran wild. "If I use the Seven Kills Sword Intent to set the stage, create a killing magnetic field, and lock off the enemy's escape route... and then, under this absolute suppression, unleash a killing strike..."
"Wouldn't that be unstoppable, killing gods if gods block the way, and killing Buddhas if Buddhas block the way?!"
Thinking of this, Lin Fan became excited.
"System! Simulate it for me! Fuse the Intents!"
【Ding! Consuming 50,000 evolution points, activating Comprehension Ability overclocking mode!】
Boom!
Level 100 Saint-level Comprehension Ability fully activated!
In Lin Fan's sea of consciousness, a blood-colored longsword and a black battle blade appeared out of thin air. They collided and clashed, attempting to devour each other.
Outside.
The once calm marrow cleansing pool suddenly surged with monstrous waves.
An extremely sharp aura erupted from Lin Fan's body, shredding the pool water into pieces!
"What's going on?!"
In the control room, the bigwigs were alarmed once again.
"This aura..."
Zhou Zhan widened his eyes. "It's Sword Intent! No, there's also Blade Intent!"
On the screen, within a three-meter radius around Lin Fan, the air seemed to be distorted. On the left was the sword qi of a churning sea of blood, and on the right was the cold, bone-chilling blade radiance.
Two completely different Intents were colliding crazily!
"What is he doing?!"