Two hours later, Xiao Yi finished his cultivation.
The demon beast essence blood of the Purple Flame Lion King had been completely absorbed.
It was gratifying that the first layer of the Asura Battle Body was now fully cultivated.
Xiao Yi stood up and felt his body brimming with strength; he threw a punch fiercely.
With a "boom," a nearby spiritual barrier fluctuated several times.
"How strong," Xiao Yi gasped in amazement.
The punch he had just thrown had been powered by his physical strength alone; he hadn’t used True Qi or Martial Techniques.
"With mere physical strength, my combat power is equivalent to the Innate Ninth Layer. The Asura Battle Body is indeed powerful," Xiao Yi silently praised.
For the average Martial Artist, True Qi is the primary source of strength.
Without True Qi, one’s combat effectiveness would greatly decrease, and you wouldn’t be able to exert your full battling potential.
This is also why Martial Artists, when training and battling outside, generally don’t dare to deplete all their True Qi; otherwise, it could be very dangerous.
Yet now, even without True Qi, spiritual artifacts, or any other means, Xiao Yi could fight a demon beast at the Innate Ninth Layer to a standstill with just his body.
"If we leave out spiritual artifacts, physical strength is currently my strongest combat capability. Heh, the first layer is already this formidable; if I could cultivate the second layer..." Xiao Yi thought to himself.
Of course, he was just pondering.
The Asura Battle Body required a copious amount of demon beast essence blood for cultivation.
This time, it was only because of the essence blood left behind by the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch from the Level 6 demon beast, the Purple Flame Lion King, that he could successfully cultivate the first layer in one go.
"In addition to the inner core, a demon beast’s blood also contains immense power, with essence blood being the most vital few drops from all of the blood in their body."
"The Purple Flame Lion King is a demon beast with Earth Origin Realm strength; all its essence blood was just enough for me to perfect the first layer."
"If we talk about other Third-level Demon Beasts with only Innate Realm strength, who knows how many must be killed to obtain enough blood, not to mention that the essence blood required for the second layer is even more."
Xiao Yi spoke to himself and shook his head.
The Asura Battle Body has a total of seven layers, each requiring demon beast essence blood to cultivate. And the higher the layer, the more essence blood energy is needed.
At that moment, there was suddenly a restlessness inside Xiao Yi’s body.
"Eh?" Xiao Yi was startled and performed introspection.
The agitation stemmed from his Martial Soul.
The Fire Control Beast, which had always been sluggish, suddenly became lively, as if something was pouring into it.
"Is it the ferocious aura? Wasn’t it eradicated?" Xiao Yi’s expression changed dramatically, yet suddenly he discovered something else, "No, it’s not the ferocious aura, but a pure force."
After the Fire Control Beast calmed down, Xiao Yi felt it over and realized what had happened to his Martial Soul, as he knew it well.
"Indeed." Xiao Yi muttered to himself, "The ferocious aura comes from the essence blood of the Purple Flame Lion King and inherently carries its power. After the Sun and Moon Eyes absorbed the ferocious power, the remaining pure strength was all transferred to the Fire Control Beast."
Just like before when Yiyi was hit by Yang Fu’s poisonous dagger Martial Soul, the Sun and Moon Eyes eradicated the poison, with the remaining power then transferring to the Fire Control Beast Martial Soul.
But, aren’t the Sun and Moon Eyes only capable of absorbing Martial Soul Power? How comes it absorbed the ferocious aura as well now?
After a long pause, still unable to understand, Xiao Yi moved his hand and manipulated a flame to coalesce in his palm.
At that moment, he became even more surprised.
Because the flame was purple.
"Could it be..." Xiao Yi suddenly had a terrifying thought.
The Purple Flame Lion King was a famous Level 6 demon beast, especially for controlling the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, an extremely formidable type of flame.
Anything touched by the Purple Flame would cling like a malignant tumor, impossible to wipe off, inextinguishable by water, or blown out by the wind; only by burning the object to ashes would it cease by itself.
Xiao Yi tried it out and pulled out a piece of Purple Cloud Iron from his Qiankun Bag.
The purple flame latched onto the Purple Cloud Iron instantaneously; in a few seconds, the entire piece was reduced to ash.
"Hisss," Xiao Yi took in a sharp breath, "It really is the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame."
Purple Cloud Iron is a very hard material, and previously when he burned it with a flame, it took a full hour to completely melt.
But now, under the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, it couldn’t last even a few seconds.
"The Fire Control Beast actually has the ability to manipulate the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame," Xiao Yi frowned.
There are many types of flames in the world, some strong, some weak.
For instance, the Great Elder of the Xiao Family can wield a kind of flame known as the Flowing Gold Separation Fire.
Flowing Gold Separation Fire has a much higher temperature than the average flame and possesses formidable attack power; in the art of alchemy, it also greatly increases the speed at which the Grand Elder can burn medicinal materials, significantly enhancing his alchemy capabilities.
But that’s because the Great Elder’s Martial Soul is the Flowing Gold Separation Fire, a Fire Attribute Martial Soul.
Whereas the Fire Control Beast Martial Soul would only manipulate ordinary flames, and the weakest ones at that, barely sufficient for burning wood.
The Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, on the other hand, belongs solely to the Purple Flame Lion King and is more than a hundred times as powerful as the Flowing Gold Separation Fire.
"How could the Fire Control Beast be used?"
Xiao Yi pondered for a moment and had some guesses.