Chapter 226: Virtuous Sacrifice
During a fight, the faster one would understand his opponent, the better his chance of survival will be.
The Unstable Blood Spawn seemed to be crafted by blood magic with evilness within it. The blood magic and evil magic mixed so thoroughly that even the Buddhist Purification Talismans could only restrain it so far.
Not to mention, Jia Hao already used all of them during the transition of the blood spawn, thus reducing its strength.
He couldn’t even imagine the strength of a stable blood spawn.
After fighting it, he realized that he could only kill it if he chipped away its body and kept burning it with his righteous yang energy.
Because if he doesn’t burn off the part of the monster’s body, it will soon return back to his body, making it regenerate.
But still, Jia Hao’s internal energy was rather limited. And since he used the Crimson Frenzy Blade Art and the robust Metal elemental energy, his energy has been depleting rapidly.
And like his friends, Jia Hao simply can’t use the chocolate to replenish his strength.
However, it wasn’t like he was out of options. As he realized his buddhist energy could kill the monster, he decided to go all out. In the chapter of Virtuous Pilgrims, there was a secret technique to bolster one’s power.
Consuming all the virtue and returning it to heaven, one can attain a great amount of mystic power for a short amount of time,
” Virtuous Sacrifice of Heaven and Earth.”
” With all my heavenly virtue, I summon…the strength of righteousness and benevolence.”
” Allow me to purify the sin of the world and the suffering of mortals.”
His dantian churned as all the virtues he accumulated through the month slowly escaped from his foundation. The starlight strings of virtue swirled around his dantian as they turned into a stream of pure buddhist energy.
Putting his saber back, Jia Hao joined his palm as he gave a bow. His body shone with a gentle golden radiance, a radiance filled with benevolence and righteousness.
” Radiant Palm!”
Using the Fading Moon Steps, Jia Hai instantly closed the distance between the blood spawn and himself.
His palm stuck out as the buddhist energy swirled around it.
*CHII! CHIII!*
It was like water droplets falling on a heated woke. As Jia Hao’s palm landed on the monster’s body, the viscous blood around the spawn vaporized instantly.
Jia Hao concentrated his will as he threw more and more palm attacks at the monsters, trying to burn as much as he could.
The monster roared as it tried to retaliate frantically. However, Jia Hao didn’t back down.
Putting faith in his Golden Arhat Vajra Body Arts and the broken armor, he pushed forward.
” Clasping the Jewell!”
His eyes flashed as he finally located the core of the monster. Without hesitation, Jia Hao made a clawing motion as he used both the buddhist energy and Gold elemental power in his palms,
Wincing in pain, Jia Hao felt like his palms were being prickled by hundreds of sharp needles.
However, without budging slightly, Jia Hao’s hand pierced through the body of the demon, like thrusting a knife in a dough.
*CRUNCH!*
The moment Jia Hao felt the core in his palm, he used all his energy to crush it. The core shone with blinding radiance as it got crushed by pure virtuous yang energy and buddhist energy.
*SCREEECHHHH!*
The monster screeched as it suddenly turned into a whirlpool of blood and flesh. As if all of its strings breaking, the pool of flesh and blood fell on the ground lifelessly.
Suddenly, Jia Hao’s Pot of Miracles appeared as it greedily devoured all the blood and flesh, leaving nothing behind.
‘ Damn, Can’t you wait till I manually pull you out?’ Jia Hao couldn’t help but grumble.
However, he didn’t interrupt as the flesh and blood energy is pretty abundant. As the pot finished drinking it, Jia Hao saw the energy bar of blood energy reached 10%
‘ Fuck, You drank that big ass monster and it only grew by 4%, what the hell?’
Jia Hao pondered to devour the lingering blood vitality on the battlefield as it was littered with corpses of both humans and monsters.
He already collected 6% worth of blood energy from the battlefield.
However, as usual, he can’t devour everything as the dried corpses would raise great doubt. And, Jia Hao definitely didn’t want to get labeled as a heretic.
As the virtuous energy slowly faded, an aching pain assaulted Jia Hao. However, clenching his teeth, he persisted.
‘ Ugh, The backlash is still pretty strong, huh?’ Jia Hao grumbled as he sat on the floor to take a few breaths of respite.
Looking around, he saw there were still a few rooms next to the main ritual hall. Summoning some strength, Jia Hao dragged his body and walked into those rooms.
One room was like the bedroom, with some humble accommodation. The second room was filled with various herbs and bizarre items, probably used in rituals.
Jia Hao had no patience to check the items. He felt his body was getting more and more dizzy. So, he simply threw everything into his Pot of Miracles.
‘ Haah, but with this thing dead, I can finally rest in peace.’ Jia Hao took a deep breath as he walked out of the cave.
‘ I hope Old Yang subdued that Zhu Wenyu.’
As he was finally outside, Jia Hao pulled out a signal flare and shot it into the sky. However, his body felt very tense and heavy, making his balance falter.
‘ Ugh…’
Clutching his head, Jia Hao fell down, lying on damp forest grass. He wanted to get up, but he simply didn’t find strength at all.
Not long after, he heard the sounds of horse hooves. With a nod, he finally fainted, realizing the Silver Lightning Cavalry was there.
‘ Haah, Let me rest now…’
When his eyes opened, he found himself on a familiar bed. As he rolled his eyes, his gaze finally fell on Cai Yixue.
She was sitting beside him, with her chin resting on her fist.
” Nngh…Wife…”
” Hnnng?”
Cai Yixue heard the faint murmur of Jia Hao as her eyes opened. Wiping the saliva, she looked at him.
” Goodness! You are awake!”
As Jia Hao wanted to get up, Cai Yixue placed her palm at his chest.
” You should rest. Your body is rather exhausted.”
” I am…Fine. Don’t worry.” Jia Hao smiled as he got up and leaned against the bed frame.
” So, How long I remain unconscious?”
” Half a day.”
” What about father in law?” Jia Hao asked with a tinge of urgency,
” Father…He is back.” Cai Yixue spoke with a relieved tone. ” Although he was injured, he managed to protect all he remaining villages.”
” Ahaha…Hahahah!”
Jia Hao laughed as his body relaxed.
‘ Finally…I did it! I changed the fate of the entire Cai Family.’
Suddenly, a burst of starlight appeared above Jia Hao as his eyes widened.
Before he could react, his entire body was showered with a pillar of starlight.
‘ UGH!’
The energy swirled in his dantian as the virtuous energy turned into pure buddhist energy.
At that moment, Jia Hao felt the ring a thousand bells, as the various mantras of Golden Arhat Vajra Body Art echoed in his ear.
‘ Ah, so this is enlightenment…’
