Chapter 123: The Demon Body Frenzy Technique

Without the guidance of any breath and having distanced themselves sufficiently, Cheng Dongkui and the Second Master of the Cheng family found it increasingly difficult to locate Chu Xiner again. Although they remained determined, their exhaustive searches over the following days yielded no results, forcing them to reluctantly return to Cheng Family Fortress for the time being.

Far away, over a mountain range thousands of miles from Cheng Family Fortress, a masked girl cloaked in black robes was swiftly fleeing. She was none other than Chu Xiner in disguise. After several fierce battles and enduring pressure from foundation establishment-level experts, her mindset had been tempered and elevated.

Each day, after expending all her cultivation energy to travel, she would meditate to replenish it. Her spiritual power gradually became purer, and she faintly sensed an opportunity to break through her bottleneck. She possessed eleven foundation establishment pills, including one of medium grade. With these pills to aid her, and without external interference, breaking through to the foundation establishment stage was almost certain.

Gazing down at the lush mountains below, Chu Xiner’s thoughts began to stir. The spiritual energy in this region was still relatively abundant, and there were no powerful sects or families nearby. Finding an uninhabited mountain peak to establish a cave dwelling seemed a promising plan.

However, the breakthrough to foundation establishment was accompanied by celestial phenomena that could attract the attention of other cultivators. At this critical moment of advancement, she must not be disturbed. Chu Xiner decided to first comprehend the Heavenly Origin Thunderfire Formation before considering anything else. Moreover, if Xiao Wen’s realm could improve further, it would provide additional security.

Thanks to the pills she could freely consume, Xiao Wenzi had already broken through to the mid-stage of the tenth level of the Demonic Qi realm. But if Chu Xiner were to enter seclusion, it would certainly last more than a couple of days. He also needed to accumulate more system coins for his cultivation.

Thus, when Chu Xiner inquired, Xiao Wenzi naturally proposed finding a few more novice cultivators to siphon blood from. Chu Xiner did not refuse. As they continued, she began to watch for lone, inexperienced cultivators.

In truth, with invisibility talismans, demon-suppressing charms, and paralyzing venom, Xiao Wenzi’s surprise attacks left ordinary tenth-level cultivators utterly defenseless. Chu Xiner did not need to intervene personally; she watched from afar. Soon, cries resembling the slaughter of pigs echoed through a forest.

“No! My face! My handsome and charming face! Who did this?”

As the young rogue cultivator wailed, Xiao Wenzi comfortably cultivated within the spiritual beast pouch at the girl’s waist, happily collecting thousands of system coins.

After most of a day, curses and cries arose again from another dense forest. The man’s fate was similar to the handsome youth’s: a sudden sharp pain at the nape of the neck, followed by paralysis, then waking to find his head transformed into that of a pig.

Thus, over the following days, Chu Xiner deliberately chose isolated tenth-level cultivators for Xiao Wenzi to ambush and drain, while she took the opportunity to deepen her understanding of the Heavenly Origin Thunderfire Formation.

In the previous days, she had also inventoried the storage bags of Elder Ge and others. Combined with the medium-grade spirit stones obtained from Cheng Fang, she had enough resources to sustain the formation for a long time.

Having studied formations before, Chu Xiner had some foundation. After over half a month, she had fully mastered the setup and control of the Heavenly Origin Thunderfire Formation, and Xiao Wenzi had reached the peak of the tenth level.

The valley where she now resided lay tens of thousands of miles from Cheng Family Fortress, making it impossible for her pursuers to find her. This mountainous area, spanning only about a hundred miles, lacked spiritual veins, resulting in relatively sparse spiritual energy. No cultivation sects or families occupied it, only some low-level beasts roamed.

Selecting a valley near the center to establish her cave dwelling was a calculated decision. Though spiritual energy was not dense, the absence of cultivators offered relative safety. Moreover, with eleven foundation establishment pills and tens of thousands of spirit stones on hand, even without absorbing external spiritual energy, she had ample resources.

With sword lights dancing, Chu Xiner carved out a spacious cave dwelling. After deploying the formation and installing the necessary medium-grade spirit stones, she stepped inside as the cave entrance thundered shut.

Breaking through the foundation establishment bottleneck was no easy feat. Many scattered cultivators nearing the end of their lifespan remained stuck at the perfect Qi refinement stage, a testament to the difficulty involved.

Chu Xiner knew that even having touched the breakthrough opportunity and possessing coveted medium-grade foundation establishment pills, she could not afford to be careless during this critical juncture.

Inside the cave, she bathed and changed, then indulged in a deep sleep to ensure she would be in peak condition for her advancement.

It was no surprise—female cultivators prized beauty. Her storage bag always contained a bathing tub, towels, and other essentials. She could even condense dew and moisture herself, so bathing was simple.

While Chu Xiner prepared herself for the breakthrough, Xiao Wenzi cultivated diligently in another stone chamber, consuming pills.

Having ambushed so many scattered cultivators, Xiao Wenzi had amassed three or four tens of thousands of system coins at the tenth level. He could swallow pills as casually as candy, advancing at an astonishing pace.

Thus, within a few days, before any signs of breakthrough emerged from Chu Xiner’s chamber, he had already shattered his bottleneck and entered the eleventh level.

“Hm, Demonic Body Frenzy Technique,” he murmured.

Having broken through, further improvement required exchanging for new cultivation methods. After stabilizing his realm, Xiao Wenzi exchanged to learn the eleventh-level incantation of the Blood Spirit Great Method.

Golden characters imprinted upon his sea of consciousness, complementing his tenth-level incantation. The comprehension was not difficult, and to his delight, this new technique included a secret demonic art.

The so-called Demonic Body Frenzy Technique allowed him to concentrate and explosively release his cultivation within a short time, dramatically boosting his body and realm.

According to his current state, using this secret art could instantly elevate him from the early eleventh level of the Demonic Qi realm to the peak of the thirteenth level, increasing his physical strength by thirty to fifty percent.

Moreover, since the Blood Spirit Great Method was far superior to ordinary cultivation arts, mastering the Demonic Body Frenzy Technique meant that when facing the likes of Cheng Fang or Liang Fan, Xiao Wenzi could confront them head-on without relying on invisibility talismans, shattering their protective auras and killing them outright.

Additionally, by ramping up his cultivation and physical body with the Frenzy Technique, he could perform the self-destructive move that only cultivators at foundation establishment or above could execute—a self-detonation.

Self-detonation sounded tragic, a desperate last resort for cultivators at their end, for it risked destroying not only the body but also the spirit.

But for Xiao Wenzi, who could revive with a red heart, this was a powerful trump card to turn the tide against invincible foes.

After all, he would not truly die after self-detonation, merely losing a red heart. If one explosion was insufficient against a strong enemy, he could simply detonate multiple times.

Therefore, while continuing to consume pills to advance, Xiao Wenzi also dedicated time to cultivating the Demonic Body Frenzy Technique.