John appeared above the ridian essence volcano and peered into the mouth from above. A burning lake of ridian essence ca into view, glowing with a purplish color and aura. He widened his eyes, surprised to see such a great amount of ridian essence, then plunged towards it, not hesitating for a second.
He shot into the ridian essence, which was much thicker than he had been expecting. Instead of it being like water, it was so thick that it was almost solid, making moving through it a bit troubleso. A world of purple enveloped him as he plunged into the lake of ridian essence, as well as a world of heat and pain.
The temperature of the ridian essence was far greater than he had been expecting, so potent that his flesh began to burn and sear, exposing his muscle beneath.
Roar!
Dragon-God Shift!
John roared with pain, activating his Dragon-God Shift to increase his bodily defenses. The ridian essence around him blasted a small distance away from the force of his aura, before crashing back onto him, feeling like mountains slamming into him from all directions. His body trembled with pain, but he resisted the weight of the ridian essence from crushing him.
The heat all around him continued to burn at his flesh, but thanks to his Dragon-God Shift, he was able to resist it a bit better. His skin still burned and charred, but his more durable body was able to withstand for long enough for his natural healing ability to heal the wounds, resulting in a stalemate between destruction and healing.
After creating this stalemate, John composed himself for a brief mont. The pain wracking his body was intense, almost equal to the pain he had felt during his recent trial of pain. In so ways, it was worse, especially the searing portion of the pain.
'Should I use this pain to ditate on the Dao of Pain?' John thought, teeth gritted, then shook his head.' '…No, I cannot waste this ti cultivating. I need to absorb as much ridian essence as possible first. Once that's done, I can think about doing sothing else.'
Mind made up, John braced himself for the pain to co. He wanted to take a deep breath of air to ntally prepare, but couldn't as he was surrounded by nothing but scorching ridian essence. Face scrunching up for the incoming pain, he opened his acupoints, allowing the ridian essence around him to flow into his body.
Searing, scorching pain flowed through him imdiately, making him feel as though a fire had erupted within him. The ridian essence quickly entered his acupoints, flowing directly into his ridians afterwards. John withdrew his Qi from his ridians, allowing the ridian essence to flow unimpeded.
His ridians ignited with fiery pain, greater than any ridian pain he had ever felt before. The Titan Demon ridian essence snaked throughout his ridian pathways, moving with the slow, slumbering pace of lava. It scorched whatever it touched, changing healthy ridians into scorched ones.
John's healing ability kicked in, healing his ridians as best he could. However, as ridians were one of the hardest things, if not the hardest thing to heal in a cultivator's body, his healing was practically non-existent. Teeth perpetually gritted, John used his divine sense to guide the ridian essence through his ridian pathways, ensuring nothing was missed.
Despite the fact that his ridians were being burned and injured, he continued as he could feel the ridian essence slowly but surely start to rge with his own ridians. The process was automatic, as if the ridian essence was sentient, and wanted to rge into his own ridians, transforming it into true Titan Demon ridians.
The excruciating process continued for several hours, with the ridian essence snaking through his ridian channels, burning and damaging them, but also infusing and strengthening them. The process was one of the most painful things he had ever had to endure, but endure he did.
After four hours, John's divine sense and Qi flared through his body, flooding into his ridians, pushing out the Titan Demon ridian essence. After a brief but excruciating battle, he succeeded, then closed off his acupoints. His body trembled with the lingering pain within, and he cald his mind for a mont before inspecting the results.
His divine sense scanned over his ridians, inspecting the changes.
'My ridians are at least twenty percent stronger, and also seem to have changed in nature, so this twenty percent extra durability should continue to persist for many major cultivation realms,' John thought as he gauged the changes to his ridians.
Just like they were next to impossible to heal, ridians were also incredibly difficult to strengthen. It took sothing as heavenly as the Immortal Asura Body and Dragon-God Shift to strengthen them a bit, but even then, it wasn't enough. Stacking both arts together gave him problems, and when using his bloodline ability on top, complete destruction of his ridians was possible if he used the art for more than a few dozen seconds.
As such, a permanent twenty percent increase in durability was beyond amazing, sothing anyone in the cultivation world would be elated to achieve. With his ridians as his bottleneck at full power, that was twenty percent more Qi throughput, twenty percent stronger battle arts. That was an incredible boost to obtain in just four hours of cultivation. And yet, it wasn't enough. And yet a frown lingered on John's face as he studied his ridians.
'Twenty percent is great…but I had hoped for more,' he thought, wincing occasionally from the pain.
Despite the process infusing Titan Demon ridian essence, thus strengthening his ridians, the damaging process was far more severe. He had reached a point where if he had continued, his ridians would have been scorched to a point of being half-crippled, and if he wasn't careful, fully crippled. Compared to the damage the ridian essence did, his healing ability was practically nothing at all.
And worst of all, John was certain that this was not a place he would be able to return to anyti soon. Despite the Pri Shadow's insistence, this was a dangerous, closely guarded place. The Pri Shadow had been very hesitant to co here before finding out about John's true talent. The Devils would surely notice the missing ridian essence before long, and at that ti, place a more careful guard around these ancestral grounds. It would be impossible to return after that, and so he needed to take advantage of this mont as much as possible.
'Even if I beco strong enough to return here without danger, the ridian essence will be a lot less effective at that ti, maybe even useless depending on my cultivation realm at that ti. Much how World Expansion blood would be useful for by body dantian cultivation right now but useless when I'm at a higher cultivation realm, this ridian essence is the sa. The earlier I absorb this ridian essence, the greater the results will be, establishing the most powerful foundation possible. But how... Even with my incredible healing ability, the damage to my ridians will take at least two to three weeks to heal,' John thought, grumbling internally at just how difficult ridians were to heal.
'Once I leave this place, I'll most likely not be able to return. I can tell my body would be able to withstand having much stronger ridians, but if I continue any longer, I'll end up crippling myself. Is this really all I can do…'
A thought entered his mind, one too crazy to consider, but also one he could not ignore. There was only one thing in his possession that could potentially heal ridian damage. A debate ford in his mind as he balanced the pros and cons of what he was contemplating, the pros winning out in the end.
Face scrunched up with pain and uncertainty, John sighed, then committed to the crazy plan. A ball of powerful Qi was created on top of his right palm, forming a small area shielded by his Qi. That sphere of QI suddenly sprang to life with a brilliant, green glow, as if the most vibrant thing in existence had appeared there.
"If there's anyone that can out heal this ridian damage, it's you. I'm counting on you, Laia."
His body shuddered as John started to siphon a stream from the orb of vital life essence Laia had gifted him, the most precious and valuable thing he had on him at the mont. He had been planning to save it for a mont of life and death, but this had instead decided to gamble it all, right here, to seize as much of this opportunity as possible.
The potent healing vitality from the orb flowed into his body, which John directed to focus solely on his ridians. He held his breath as he waited to see the outco, as he did not know exactly how well Laia's healing energy would heal his ridians. Even he was unable to heal them at any visible speed, despite having his Limiter of Healing and Limiter of Life unlocked, despite having a formidable natural healing ability with his Immortal Asura Body.
The vital healing essence flowed into his ridians, and to his elated joy, started nding and healing the damage that the ridian essence had caused at a visible rate. With how the orb worked, John was unable to stop the process of using it once it was used. It was an all or nothing item, and after seeing this, he didn't hesitate to use it all.
The potent, heaven-defying vibrant life energy flooded into his ridians, infusing within, becoming a semi-permanent fixture of them, waiting to be used in the near future.
"I'll be sure to return the favor when I return ho," John promised in his mind, eternally grateful for everything Laia had done for him, then opened his so of his acupoints once more. Titan Demon ridian essence flooded into his ridians, scorching everything in its path once more. The vibrant healing energy instantly activated, nding the damage as if it had never happened.
John smiled as he watched his idea prove to be a success, then opened all his acupoints, allowing the ridian essence to flood into his ridian pathways. The battlefield in his ridians, one of destruction and healing began. The only question was how long the battle would last before the healing essence ran out. The longer the healing power lasted, the stronger his ridians would beco.
"Show just how strong you are, Laia!"
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