Chapter 524: Finally Reaching Battle King (3k)
Returning to the Herb family’s room, Su Jiu released Bairnis again, asking her to guard her while she officially began her breakthrough to the Battle King level during the current spare time.
“Little Sisi, keep an eye on the surroundings. The monsters suddenly stopping their attack definitely means they have another plan.”
After glancing at Bairnis, who was sitting not far away looking at her phone, Su Jiu gave an instruction, then asked, “Did you find out how to use the Dream Cloud Essence?”
“Hmm, I think this time the monsters really left a way out for the people in the city. Let me see the usage of the Dream Cloud Essence…”
Bairnis chuckled lightly, holding the hairpin Su Jiu gave her, her gaze still fixed on her phone. On the phone were some Baidu searches on alchemy decorations –
[The Meaning of Purple Winged Ghost Face Butterfly Decoration.]
[Baidu Explanation: Burial objects, post-death rights… Those with dark attributes can wear it. Depending on the material, it can provide certain special bonuses. Most are made of xiuyu, serving as a memento from the owner’s lifetime.]
[(Anonymous) asked: Does it not represent admiration? (Just now)]
[(ai) Xiaodu: According to existing data, no, unless it’s a dead person. — Please rate Xiaodu’s answer: 1-5 stars]
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Bairnis expressionlessly closed Baidu again. She knew that modern AI was very cunning and liked to deceive people. She then said very seriously to Su Jiu,
“The Dream Cloud Essence must be used by taking off clothes, and then burning the cloud essence with fire, absorbing it through the pores of the body. It will be very painful during this process, and someone needs to massage you nearby to ensure smooth skin and meridians.”
“I understand. I’ll trouble you, Little Sisi, later.”
After responding, Su Jiu withdrew her gaze and rummaged through her ring, taking out several emerald green crystals. The crystals shone under the incandescent light.
“This is the Dream Cloud Essence. If you weren’t here, I really wouldn’t dare to use it.”
She concentrated, savoring the strange sensation within. After a long while, she slowly opened her eyes, exhaled lightly, her gaze flickering.
After musing for a moment, Su Jiu calmed herself down again and followed Bairnis’s “found” method of consumption. She took off her clothes, leaving only a little bear-themed undergarment. Her fair shoulders contrasted sharply with the black stockings.
“Miss, you don’t need to take off the stockings. They can prevent energy from dissipating. You only need to absorb energy through the meridians in your upper body.”
Just as Su Jiu was about to take off her stockings, Bairnis spoke. Then, a warm hand was placed on her thigh, pinching the tight stockings and flicking them lightly with a “snap!” against her thigh.
“Little Sisi, you… are too close.”
“I have to be closer to ensure Miss’s safety during the breakthrough.”
Su Jiu closed her legs slightly, a blush rising on her face. She turned her head and found that Bairnis had come to her side at some unknown time, still looking serious.
“Take this feather. After I finish breaking through, throw it over.”
Seeing her serious expression, Su Jiu also calmed herself, chuckled, and handed the feather she had obtained earlier to Bairnis.
Bairnis took the feather, her light blue eyes falling upon it, her expression gradually becoming solemn. She softly agreed, “Okay.”
Without waiting for a response, Su Jiu waved her hand casually. The emerald green Dream Cloud Essence began to spin around her, and then gray flames surged out, burning the cloud essence.
The cloud essence made a “sizzling” sound, and in a moment it turned into liquid, and then a strange fragrance emanated from it. Soon, the dense liquid transformed into a fine ribbon, like melted chocolate, flowing onto her fair skin.
As the energy liquid surged wildly through her meridians like a flood, Su Jiu’s skin turned from fair to a ruddy glow. Tingling pain instantly spread throughout her body, and her expression became contorted.
Fortunately, she was prepared in advance. Otherwise, this level of external qi riot would have at least sent her rolling on her bed like a character from a cartoon.
“Miss, calm your heart. Convert this energy, which is similar to an Awakening Stone, and use it to impact your dan tian. I will relieve your pain.”
A faint voice reached Su Jiu’s ears. Bairnis placed one hand on her back, and a warm feeling emanated from behind her. The piercing pain gradually disappeared.
Su Jiu’s brows also began to relax, and she glanced gratefully behind her before concentrating again.
Little Sisi is truly my thoughtful little cotton-padded jacket. This medicine is too potent. Without her, it would be very difficult for me to convert it easily.
Slowly casting aside distracting thoughts, Su Jiu began to guide the turbulent energy within her body. With Bairnis’s gentle power, this chaotic energy was quickly gathered into several main meridians without taking much time.
It rapidly circulated along the “Elegy” route, transforming into a more concentrated liquid that enveloped the two inner cores, one large and one small, in her dan tian. And in this circulation, a profound and mysterious feeling slowly arose in Su Jiu’s heart. First, cold frost exploded from her body.
Just as Su Jiu’s mind was immersed in that mystical feeling, the concentrated flow of emerald liquid began to surge wildly, and then spun rapidly.
Finally, it transformed into a serpentine pattern intertwined with white frost and struck Su Jiu’s body, seeping into her skin like a mark.
As such a massive amount of energy poured into her dan tian, Su Jiu’s brows immediately furrowed. The energy contained within seemed a bit too vast. She hadn’t expected to be this strong so early on.
The best course of action now was to use this power to break through to the Battle King level immediately, then use the residual power to awaken her bloodline while refining the feather. This would likely bring her domain into balance.
“It’s time to break through.”
Taking a deep breath, Su Jiu’s mind moved, and she pushed “Elegy” to its limit, compressing her body to its absolute peak for the best effect.
Her body was already close to the Battle King level. With this boost, a vortex-like suction appeared above her head, and visible elemental energy was drawn into this small body. Breaking through to the Battle King level was bound to happen naturally.
Time passed by the minute. Outside, nearly half a day had gone by. Bairnis continued to gently soothe the energy for her, constantly monitoring her condition.
Suddenly, Su Jiu’s aura became intermittent, like a blooming flower, full of randomness. Before long, she slowly opened her eyes, and an icy aura surged out from her!
Reaching out and tapping to create a light blue rippling energy shield in front of her, Bairnis’s expression stiffened, and she took two steps back.
This was the sign of a breakthrough. But was this really an initial stage Battle King? Her aura felt significantly stronger than many people breaking through to the Demigod level.
“The feather!” a voice echoed, as if from disuse, sounding somewhat hoarse.
Bairnis dared not delay. With a flick of her finger, she sent the feather next to Su Jiu using external qi, and then continued to use Healing Arts to assist her.
As Bairnis acted, the chill emanating from Su Jiu immediately weakened. Soon, the feather, as if with sentience, landed on her forehead. Green coldness and crimson flames formed a faint blue flame that blossomed on her forehead.
The flame inexplicably exuded a sense of coldness, but it also carried a trace of warmth, as if Su Jiu’s flame had been transformed into another unidentifiable flame.
Bairnis’s gaze lingered on Su Jiu for a moment, then she involuntarily turned her head to look at the notification that had just been brought into the room. Reading the contents, she couldn’t help but feel a bit strange.
[Respected Miss Su:]
[The remaining work of maintaining the city’s formation will be entrusted to you. As the City Alchemist Guild, we need to explore outside first and may not return… Around today, in the evening, Councilor Filina requires you to go to the western district’s external area to assign you some alchemy formation work.]
This was a letter sent by a maid from the Herb residence earlier. To Bairnis, this letter seemed like they were directly abandoning the city’s formation safety and dumping it onto Su Jiu.
…
After another half day or so, Bairnis seemed to sense something and looked towards Su Jiu. She smiled slightly, realizing that the latter could already open her eyes.
Slowly opening her eyes, Su Jiu met Bairnis’s smiling gaze, and her heart warmed. The other party had been guarding her for quite some time.
“How long have I been cultivating?”
Stretching again and getting up, Su Jiu’s body made crackling sounds like popping beans. She felt that her energy was completely incomparable to before.
She could say that if she used all her skills now, it wouldn’t be a problem to contend with veteran Demigods, and even killing them wouldn’t be too difficult.
“About a day? The monsters have started attacking again, and the government also gave you a letter,” Bairnis replied truthfully. Her gaze, however, fell on Su Jiu’s smooth abdomen, her eyes narrowed slightly before she indifferently looked away again.
“Looks like I need to use some of that firepower.”
Not noticing her gaze, Su Jiu glanced at the black stockings beneath her and didn’t rush to take them off. Instead, she put on the Crow Feather Attire from her ring and tied her hair into a ponytail again.
After doing so, she read the letter Bairnis handed over again. The first time she read it, she thought she had misread it. The second time, she was inwardly stunned.
Did those unscrupulous guys just ‘run’? In less than a day, they’ve also handed over the task of maintaining the city’s formation to her?
Isn’t this just a mess?
Su Jiu’s gaze fell to the end, and she found that it was an invitation from a councilor she had never heard of to arrange tasks.
“Let’s go, we should check out the western district. There might be a problem with the formation there.”
With a raised eyebrow, she casually popped a low-grade Magic Crystal into her mouth, patted Bairnis’s shoulder, and walked towards the door.
As soon as they stepped out, a small snowflake fell from the sky…
