The Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum's metallic property was very pure, but it was still slightly inferior compared to Quan Yi's Ultimate Fire.
Moreover, this energy was evaporating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After a quarter of an hour of fierce fire burning, the metallic energy pouring into the Gauntlets had shrunk by about half.
As for the remaining energy, it constantly contracted and became introverted, instead bursting out with even more dazzling golden light.
Gold cannot become a useful tool without being tempered.
In the Five Elements, "Metal follows change"; "Follow" means to obey; "Change" means transformation.
Following change means that metal is produced through transformation.
The already pure energy, under the refinement of the Ultimate Fire, advanced towards a higher level.
As time passed, Quan Yi used Dual-Mindedness, paying attention to the flow of Blood Qi in his body while guiding the filtered metallic energy into his Martial Soul.
An hour passed.
Quan Yi's limbs swelled more than twice their original size under the continuous infusion of Blood Qi, and the dense Dragon Scale covering his arms was stretched open, revealing the original skin underneath.
At the same time, his body crackled, as if all the bones in his body were shattering and reforming.
If someone could see through him, they would see that the Blood Qi in Quan Yi's body had accumulated to a critical point.
Even with a body as strong as Quan Yi's, he felt some worry when he saw the Blood Qi expand to this point.
However, when the accumulated Blood Qi crossed a certain critical point, Quan Yi suddenly heard a shattering sound in his ears.
In that instant, the majestic Blood Qi poured into Quan Yi's limbs and skeletal structure, and his swollen body quickly contracted at this moment.
Quan Yi, who had been paying attention to his body the entire time, noticed the changes in his body immediately.
It was also at this moment that Quan Yi noticed that the stored Blood Qi were being diverted by several unknown channels like a flood being released.
Quan Yi was no stranger to these channels.
Hidden Meridians.
This was another meridian breakthrough after the Ren and Du Meridians.
However, unlike the previous two times, he opened up a full six Hidden Meridians at once.
This matter was an unexpected surprise for Quan Yi.
Each stream of flowing Blood Qi broke through the acupoint barriers with unstoppable force.
Before absorbing the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum, Quan Yi and Dugu Bo knew that the medicinal power of this item was neutral, vast and profound, and powerfully domineering, but they could not have known that this item had the effect of opening up meridians.
Therefore, this could be said to be a real surprise for Quan Yi.
As the acupoints were opened, Quan Yi could feel that his absorption efficiency of Supreme Hot Yuan Power had significantly improved, which in turn triggered a significant improvement in Quan Yi's Soul Power recovery efficiency.
This feeling was like completely opening up the bridge between the body and the world.
The Source Power between heaven and earth flowed unhindered in Quan Yi's body.
Reaching Heaven, Reaching Heaven.
Quan Yi seemed to understand why it was given the name 'Reaching Heaven'.
The Scarlet Dragon Horns on his head began to dim in color due to the terrifying suction force erupting from his body.
This meant that the energy reserves of the Scarlet Dragon Horns were rapidly decreasing, and this speed was accelerating.
The Scarlet Dragon Horns in automatic energy absorption mode could no longer keep up with Quan Yi's digestion speed.
In order to prevent the Blood Qi that was being opened from stagnating due to energy depletion, Quan Yi consumed a certain amount of mental power and activated active energy absorption.
Moreover, Quan Yi, considering Huo Wu, summoned his Martial Soul, got up and walked towards the Spring Water, and jumped directly into the Yang Spring.
Immersed in the Yang Spring, Quan Yi erupted with a terrifying suction force, and majestic energy poured into Quan Yi's body from the Scarlet Dragon Horns.
It was also at this moment that the energy contained in the Spring Water was transported to every corner of the body along with the surging Blood Qi.
The Vermilion Dragon Scale covering the upper body spread to the lower body at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The full coverage of the External Soul Bone, which would have taken about a year to complete, was greatly accelerated by the medicinal power of the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.
Compared to the successive surprises in his physical progress, Quan Yi's initially anticipated process of replenishing metal-attribute energy seemed fraught with difficulties.
Two hours passed, and the metal-attribute energy contained within the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum was on the verge of depletion.
However, that glimmer of gold in the flames had yet to complete its essential transformation.
All the metal-attribute energy had been condensed into an extremely tiny golden sphere.
Quan Yi could feel a wisp of sharp aura emanating from his body, indicating that he had reached the critical moment of transformation.
However, it was this final step that was the most agonizing. Watching the metal-attribute energy dwindle, Quan Yi's heart also became somewhat tormented.
Finally, after another three hours of extraction, Quan Yi could no longer squeeze a single trace of metal-attribute energy from the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.
The golden sphere, in the process of transformation, stopped its evolution due to the lack of energy replenishment. What was worse, under the continuous burning of the raging fire, the gold element was gradually dissipating.
Actually, Quan Yi could integrate this ball of energy into his Martial Soul now.
Even so, Quan Yi's Martial Soul could still transform into a top-grade metal-attribute Martial Soul. However, having come this far, he certainly couldn't give up.
But objectively speaking, Quan Yi had no additional metal-attribute energy to replenish.
It was at this moment that a flash of inspiration struck Quan Yi's mind.
Quan Yi suddenly opened his Dragon Eyes, clenched his Dragon Teeth, and swam rapidly towards the depths of the Spring Water.
Dugu Bo, who was standing around the Spring Water, paying attention to the two, felt a deep worry in his heart when he saw Quan Yi's sudden action.
"What is this kid doing? Is it necessary to make such a big fuss over a mere Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum?"
For safety's sake, Dugu Bo quietly circulated his Soul Power, blocking between Huo Wu and the Spring Water.
At the bottom of the Spring Water, Quan Yi used the amplification brought by Dragon Transformation to dive quickly to the bottom.
As the depth increased, the pressure of the water on Quan Yi increased.
However, Quan Yi did not stop for a moment, swimming until he reached the limit of what his body could withstand.
At this time, the water pressure Quan Yi was under, converted into weight, was roughly 100,000 kilograms. This 100,000 kilograms was not the same concept as Quan Yi's 100,000 kilograms of weight-bearing.
Here, the 100,000 kilograms was the pressure exerted on every inch of his skin.
Having reached this point, Quan Yi only felt that the bones were pressed very tightly together, and even simple lifting movements became extremely difficult.
Unable to continue downwards, Quan Yi stopped in place and focused his attention on his Gauntlets.
Become a demon, or cease to live.
Since there was no external metal-attribute energy to replenish, then he would use the internal metal-attribute energy.
Quan Yi took off one of his Gauntlets.
Then, he directly detonated this Gauntlet, shattering it completely in a self-destruction.
"Pfft!"
With Quan Yi's strength, the power caused by the self-destruction was terrifying.
The Ultimate Fire hidden within the Martial Soul also erupted. However, at Quan Yi's location, this terrifying energy, enough to destroy the world, only spread a few meters before being firmly controlled in place by the water pressure.
Dim metal fragments scattered before Quan Yi's eyes.
Due to the self-destruction of his Martial Soul, Quan Yi felt the pain of his soul being peeled away, and his body overflowed with traces of blood due to the impact of the Martial Soul's shattering.
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