Chapter 54

When she spoke of death, she was very calm. Qianye had never imagined that this wild, sometimes body-earning woman could have such a strong side.

Qianye broke the chains, laid her flat on the ground, then found a few buckets of water and poured them over her, washing away the filth and pus. Finally, he found a blanket in the adjacent compartment, cleaned her, wrapped her up, and held her in his arms.

Ming’er sighed lightly and said, "Qianye, I have a question I’ve always wanted to ask you."

"Go ahead."

"Why have you never touched me? Even when I don’t want your money?"

"Because... I’m afraid I can’t control myself and will drink your blood, turning you into a blood slave."

"You’re a bloodline?!"

"No... I am."

"I don’t understand. But it’s because of this reason! As long as you don’t hate me, I feel much better. Is this our secret...?" Ming’er was delighted, but her voice grew fainter.

"Yes, it’s a secret only the two of us know," Qianye said.

But his answer, Ming’er could no longer hear.

A moment later, behind the factory in a deserted area, Qianye placed the bodies of Young Master Zhao and Ming’er side by side on a pile of black stones. Qianye lit the black stones, watching the flames slowly consume their bodies. The rest of Young Master Zhao’s subordinates were nowhere to be found.

In the firelight, Qianye turned and left, disappearing into the vast wilderness where the sky was already fully bright.

From this moment on, he had no more friends in Beacon Town.

A day later, Qianye arrived outside Blackstream City.

He didn’t rush into the city but stayed in the airship graveyard outside. Blackstream City was not like Beacon Town; there were expeditionary forces stationed here year-round, and Qi Yue himself was a second-level warrior. He even had a fourth-level guard by his side. Assassinating such a person was not easy.

Qianye needed to be patient, waiting for his opponent to relax and expose a weakness. He believed that when Qi Yue learned of Yan Laohu and Mr. Wang’s deaths, he might initially be nervous, but it wouldn’t take long for him to relax. Qianye had left few traces, and in Qi Yue’s eyes, he was still just a first-level warrior. A first-level warrior, no matter how strong, had its limits.

The airship graveyard was a good hiding place. These ancient airship wrecks had no value, and only scavengers would come here to try their luck.

Qianye set up his hiding place and began to quietly cultivate the War Sutra.

The third origin force node was about to be activated. Once he became a third-level warrior, his strength would suddenly increase. With the experience he gained from the Netherworld Training Camp and the Red Scorpion Corps, as long as he didn’t encounter the sixth-level major stationed in Blackstream City, he could escape even if he couldn’t win against others.

The origin force tide formed by the War Sutra began to impact the barrier at the node, but Qianye found that the pain caused by the tide passing through his chest was much less than before. Clearly, this was the result of his bloodline physique. With this ability, the bloodline continuously transformed Qianye’s body, enhancing his physical attributes, and his ability to endure the origin force tide also increased.

The pain brought by each tide was now only slightly higher than that of a normal person, so Qianye easily crossed twenty tides and continued to climb to heights he had never touched before.

Twenty-one, twenty-two...

After each tide, the new origin force tide became even stronger. Qianye’s origin force was more substantial and refined than that of a normal person, and the tidal impact was also more powerful. After more than twenty tides, the impact was like a storm at sea!

The barrier of the third origin force node began to flash continuously, and in a moment, it was on the verge of collapse. However, the more the origin force tide accumulated, the better it wasn’t. If it were another person, the backlash of the origin force tide would have shattered their internal organs long ago, but Qianye’s body, enhanced by his bloodline physique, could still barely endure it.

By the twenty-sixth tide, Qianye’s internal organs began to show minor damage. But the recovery ability from his bloodline physique made Qianye feel he could endure one more tide.

The twenty-seventh tide!

The barrier of the origin force node began to crack!

At this moment, Qianye’s internal organs started to bleed, and he endured the pain, carefully adjusting his state.

"I should be able to endure one more tide," he silently guarded his vital organs, allowing the War Sutra to continue running.

At this moment, the origin force in Qianye’s body surged like a tide, forming huge waves that continuously rushed towards the origin force node in his palm. The origin force collided with the barrier and recoiled, shaking his meridians and internal organs. It was then carried by the origin force from the lower abdomen and chest qi sea nodes, crashing back into the barrier!

With each wave, countless tiny wounds appeared in Qianye’s body.

By the time the twenty-eighth tide was halfway through, Qianye suddenly trembled. A small crack appeared in his heart!

In origin force cultivation, the heart was the most important organ for humans. The War Sutra especially protected the heart, and any damage to that area meant over-cultivation, requiring immediate cessation and rest.

Qianye sighed inwardly, preparing to give up, but suddenly the bloodline in his body began to boil. The originally dormant three-colored black blood gathered in his heart, quickly forming a thin layer of blood film!

At this moment, the new wave of origin force tide was just recoiling, but the waves rushing towards the heart were all blocked by the blood film. The blood film twisted and quickly returned to its original position, appearing abnormally tough.

Qianye was first stunned, then overjoyed. This way, he could endure more origin force tides, and the progress of the War Sutra cultivation would be greatly accelerated!

He calmed down and tried to guide the bloodline, as smoothly as controlling his origin force. Soon, layers of film enveloped his heart and other major organs. However, Qianye’s bloodline was still weak, and the protection on other parts was much thinner than that on his heart.

The twenty-ninth tide passed smoothly, and the origin force briefly lay dormant before slowly surging, preparing for the next impact.

Qianye’s heart suddenly tightened, realizing that the thirtieth tide seemed fundamentally different from the previous ones. When the first wave of the origin force tide surged, Qianye immediately knew something was wrong!

Just the first wave had more impact than the ninth wave of the previous tide! He finally understood why the title of War King was so hard to achieve with thirty tides.

However, Qianye couldn’t think about it much at this moment. The origin force in his body surged, repeatedly hitting the barrier, and he struggled to survive like a small boat in a storm.

By the third wave, the blood film protecting his internal organs began to crack, and by the sixth wave, all the blood films except for the heart were shattered. By the seventh wave, the blood film on the heart was on the verge of collapse! By the eighth wave, the blood film on the heart finally broke, leaving all of Qianye’s internal organs exposed to the origin force tide!

Qianye’s ruthless nature suddenly flared up. He gritted his teeth and struck his chest hard! This was a secret method to stimulate potential, which could significantly boost physical strength in a short time, but the consequences were severe, shortening one’s lifespan.

At this moment, to complete the thirtieth tide, Qianye didn’t care about the consequences. He was ruthless to others and even more ruthless to himself. If he weren’t ruthless enough, he wouldn’t have survived this long.

The temporarily stimulated strength barely withstood the final wave. Qianye spat out a mouthful of blood, but his heart was filled with joy. He had finally crossed the major hurdle of thirty origin force tides and officially entered the War King level!

Looking at the millions of soldiers in the entire empire, he was now among the very best!

Qianye’s current strength was still low, but having crossed the major hurdle of War King, the future path was infinitely broad, and the speed of origin force enhancement would be unmatched by few.

The barrier of the origin force node in his right hand was completely shattered by the final wave, and origin force continuously flowed into the node, gradually filling it. In the following period, Qianye needed to continuously nurture the origin force node, making it grow until it was fully complete, and then he could impact the fourth node.

After activating the origin force node in his right hand, Qianye could infuse origin force into physical bullets himself.

He had already prepared the materials. This was a blank origin energy bullet, made of alloy, with a crystal bullet tip, and a small amount of silver in the bullet body, mainly to deal with dark races other than bloodlines. This origin energy bullet was also quite valuable, but compared to the Demon-Breaking Secret Silver Bullet, it was in a completely different league in terms of power and cost.

But this was the only blank origin energy bullet Qianye had managed to save. It had been buried outside Beacon Town and hadn’t been seized.

Qianye rested for a night and spent a day slowly recovering his origin force before beginning to infuse it into the blank origin energy bullet. The blank origin energy bullet seemed like a bottomless pit, draining more than half of Qianye’s origin force before the bullet tip flashed with a light, indicating the infusion was complete.

After infusing the origin force, a misty fog appeared inside the originally transparent bullet tip. The origin force formed by the War Sutra should have been light yellow, but a dark red bloodline was moving back and forth inside this origin energy bullet, as if it had a life of its own.

That bloodline was actually Qianye’s bloodline, and for some reason, a thread of it had entered the origin energy bullet during the infusion.

Looking at this origin energy bullet, Qianye hesitated. He wasn’t sure what special properties this origin energy bullet, mixed with bloodline, would have. He would only know after using it. But no matter what, its base power was there, and it wouldn’t be too bad.

The infused origin energy physical bullet was more powerful than a pure origin force bullet, comparable to a heavy bullet, which was one and a half times the power of a regular origin energy bullet. Moreover, it consumed only half the origin force of a normal shot, so each additional physical bullet was equivalent to an enhanced origin energy bullet in battle, significantly boosting combat power.

This origin energy bullet was Qianye’s killing move prepared for Qi Yue.

After infusing the origin energy bullet, it was already daylight. Qianye lay down to rest, waiting for night to fall again.