The Blood Burning Seal was not an independent combat skill, but a high-tier technique for utilizing one’s Qi and Blood and Heart Fire after reaching Minor Achievent in the Hundred Refinents lting Furnace.
Its core lay in forcing one’s Qi and Blood out of the body, then using one’s Spiritual Will to draw upon the Heart Fire in the Dantian and ignite it instantly. This created a unique fla, born from the spirit influencing physical reality.
This fla could be used for ranged attacks or be attached to one’s fists, feet, and weapons, greatly enhancing their lethality.
"This is it!"
A sharp glint flashed in Xu Wuyi’s eyes.
He possessed the Nine-Turn Heart Fire, so his control over it far surpassed others of his rank. Furthermore, he bore the True Intention of "Incineration," making him a natural fit for this fla-based ability.
He got right to it.
He stood up, took a deep breath, and, following the technique’s instructions, circulated the vast Qi and Blood within his body.
HUMMM!
A mass of dark red Qi and Blood was slowly forced out from the center of his right palm. It hovered like a viscous liquid about an inch above his skin.
This step wasn’t difficult. Any Martial Artist with a decent level of control over their Qi and Blood could manage it.
The next step was the crucial one.
He sank his consciousness into his Dantian, communing with the steadily burning, dark-gold Heart Fire.
He separated a tiny wisp of the fla, guiding it silently up through his ridians until it finally reached his palm.
’Burn!’
Xu Wuyi roared inwardly, his Spiritual Will highly concentrated as he guided the wisp of Heart Fire to make sudden contact with the hovering Qi and Blood!
TSSS—!
A faint pop echoed.
The mass of dark red Qi and Blood in his palm was suddenly ignited, transforming into a fist-sized, restlessly dancing, dark-gold fla!
An aura of scorching heat and destruction instantly filled the air, and the temperature in the Cultivation Room rose sharply.
However, the fla seed extrely unstable. Its edges flickered, as if it might dissipate at any mont.
Xu Wuyi could feel that maintaining this fla required a constant drain of his Qi and Blood and Spiritual Power, and demanded an extrely high level of control.
He tried to push it forward.
The fla wobbled two or three ters forward, tracing a faint golden line in the air, then dissipated with a soft PUFF, leaving only a scorched sll behind.
’A failure.’
Xu Wuyi was not discouraged.
To succeed in igniting and briefly maintaining it on the first try was already proof of his talent and his affinity for this technique.
The problem lay in the precision of his control and the ratio of Qi and Blood to Heart Fire.
He once again circulated his Qi and Blood and drew upon his Heart Fire.
Once, twice, three tis...
Inside the Cultivation Room, the dark-gold fla flared to life and died out, again and again.
Sweat soon soaked his training clothes, and the drain on his Spiritual Power was imnse.
But he was tireless, completely absorbed in the process.
With every failure, he carefully studied the subtle changes as his Qi and Blood rged with his Heart Fire, adjusting the output of his Spiritual Power and searching for that delicate point of balance.
Ti flew by as he practiced with intense focus.
After an unknown amount of ti, he once again succeeded in forming the Blood Burning Seal. This ti, the dark-gold fla no longer flickered but burned steadily in his palm, emitting a constant yet restrained heat.
’Success!’
Xu Wuyi felt a flicker of joy.
He could feel that he had established a stable connection with the fla, able to control it as if it were an extension of his own body.
With a thought, the fla obediently floated up and began to circle his body slowly, leaving a trail of fine golden specks of light.
He tried attaching it to a nearby alloy dumbbell.
The fla, as if it had a life of its own, spread rapidly and enveloped one end of the dumbbell.
To his surprise, the fla didn’t rapidly heat the dumbbell until it was red-hot and lting, like a normal fire would.
It burned "quietly," hardly making a sound.
But Xu Wuyi could clearly sense that under the fla’s heat, the dumbbell’s tal structure was being slowly destroyed and broken down by a strange power.
’It wasn’t lting from the heat. It was more like... "incineration" on a conceptual level?’
He withdrew his Spiritual Power, and the fla slowly died out.
The burned section of the dumbbell was left with a dark gray mark. When he pinched it, the tal crumbled into a fine powder and sifted away.
"This..." Xu Wuyi observed the mark carefully, his brow slightly furrowed.
The behavior of this Blood Burning Seal fla seed different from what he had expected, or rather, from the typical effects described in the Cultivation Technique.
The Cultivation Technique ntioned that the nature of the Blood Burning Seal’s fla was closely related to the Cultivator’s own will and the True Intention they had comprehended.
So were fiery and explosive, detonating on contact. So were insidious and bone-corroding, specializing in breaking through Protective Gang Qi. Others were like a cancer clinging to the bone, difficult to dispel.
His fla, on the other hand, didn’t seem to have strong direct destructive power; at least, its burning speed wasn’t fast.
But it possessed an extrely tenacious characteristic.
Once it touched sothing, it was incredibly difficult to extinguish, as if it would never rest until its target was utterly incinerated.
Moreover, this incineration wasn’t burning in the ordinary sense; it was about destroying the very internal structure of matter.
’Is it because of my "Incineration" True Intention?’ Xu Wuyi wondered thoughtfully.
His will—"a brilliant sun to wash away all injustice"—was reflected in this fla, transforming into this persistent trait of "burning until nothing remains."
It might not be explosive, but its unyielding tenacity, a profound quality that seed etched into the very marrow, was enough to give any opponent a massive headache.
For the next few days, Xu Wuyi focused his training entirely on mastering and deepening his understanding of the Blood Burning Seal.
He constantly practiced the speed of its formation, the distance of his control, its changing forms, and the technique of imbuing it onto his long spear.
He discovered that imbuing the fla of the Blood Burning Seal onto his teor Iron Long Spear greatly enhanced its destructive power.
This was especially true against Star Beasts with formidable defenses or Martial Artists who cultivated Body Protection Techniques. The fla’s "incineration" property could continuously erode and destroy their defenses until they were completely broken.
During this ti, he also re-entered the Battle Network to test the effects of the Blood Burning Seal in actual combat.
At first, he still lost more than he won. Forming the Blood Burning Seal took ti and controlling it occupied his Heart and Spirit, which easily beca an opening for his opponents in the rapidly changing battles.
But he persisted in using it, learning from each failure to improve his timing and thods of deploynt.
Gradually, the situation began to improve.
When he could stably form the Blood Burning Seal within a second and control it with ease for simple attacks and imbuing, the tide of battle began to turn.
A Sixth-Rank Martial Artist, renowned for his powerful defense, relied on his abundant Protective Gang Qi to take a spear strike from Xu Wuyi that was imbued with the Blood Burning Seal.
At first, he only felt his Qi and Blood churn and his Protective Gang Qi dim slightly. He hadn’t suffered any serious injuries and was about to counterattack.
But soon, he discovered in horror that the dark-gold fla was stuck to his Gang Qi like a maggot on a bone. No matter how he circulated his Qi and Blood to try and extinguish it, it was useless!
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