Blood Sacrifice To Millions Of Zombies, I Will Be A Demon Cultivator In The Apocalypse

Chapter 103: Breakthrough! Foundation Building

Zheng Yi's face turned red as he quickly sat cross-legged, activating his cultivation technique to refine the surging essence of blood that flowed throughout his body.

After a moment, Zheng Yi opened his mouth and spewed out a mist of blood. It wasn't caused by any injury, but rather because the essence of blood was too vast for him to completely digest at once.

Wherever the mist of blood passed, lotus leaves trembled slightly, competing for the pure essence of blood.

What a waste!

These essence of blood were extremely precious even in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, yet they were being wasted like this. It was truly a pity.

"Damn, this is intense!"

Zheng Yi was a bit intoxicated by the blood, his face flushed, unable to help but curse.

Immediately, Zheng Yi consumed the second blood lotus seed. This time, he was prepared. He not only activated his cultivation technique but also the Body Tempering Art.

The surging blood qi split into two waves. One continued to flow through his blood, circulating through his organs, while the other only circulated throughout his body, transforming into blood hammers that pounded his increasingly robust physique.

A white jade-like luster gradually emanated from his skin, like the most delicate sheep fat white jade, emitting a warm glow. It formed a contour around his sitting body.

The warm white light illuminated the surroundings, carving out a space in the blood-filled red world.

As the blood lotus seeds were continuously swallowed, Zheng Yi's body contained a large amount of blood qi. His physical structure underwent peculiar changes, with his flesh and blood constantly wriggling, and his organs trembling slightly, becoming more digestible.

Even his physical strength and Qi Refining cultivation were rapidly improving under the impact of this powerful blood qi.

This kind of progress could be said to be visible to the naked eye. If other Qi Refining cultivators at the ninth level were to see this, they would probably be dumbfounded.

Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators at the ninth level had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage. Advancing further was extremely difficult, requiring a lot of time and painstaking effort.

However, Zheng Yi, relying on a large number of blood lotus seeds and absorbing spiritual energy with spirit stones, enhanced his physical strength, which in turn increased his capacity to absorb more spiritual energy.

The progress of his Qi Refining cultivation was complemented by the enhancement of his physical digestion ability.

Working together, after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, his strength could still steadily improve, and his physical strength visibly increased.

At this rate, it wouldn't take long for him to refine his Qi Refining cultivation and Body Refining to a smooth and unimpeded state, reaching an unbeatable level.

At the same time, at this moment, Zheng Yi's originally delicate sheep fat white jade-like skin began to emit a hint of gold.

At first, it was just a touch of golden light, almost submerged in the white light. But soon, this golden light gradually brightened, and Zheng Yi's skin began to show golden dots as if covered in golden powder.

Fully focused, one could see that this change was still ongoing.

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Cultivation knows no time. One month, two months...

It was unknown how much time had passed, but there were scattered empty blood lotus pods around, and all the blood lotus seeds inside had been consumed by Zheng Yi.

Next to the lotus pond, Zheng Yi's entire body seemed to be coated with a layer of gold paint, turning into a golden figure.

Sitting cross-legged there, like a sun, he emitted a dazzling golden light. He seemed as if he had been immersed in golden water and then lifted out.

However, this golden light was not rigid or stiff. It had a very heavy feeling, and even though the area around the blood flesh lotus pond was filled with gloom and a bloody aura, it couldn't get close to his body.

With Zheng Yi's body as a barrier, he directly blocked the blood light, forming a golden space that occupied a corner.

"Mysterious Demon Body Tempering Art, Diamond Body!"

Although he was immersed in cultivation, Zheng Yi had long noticed this change through his inner vision.

Especially with the tightening of his skin, his bones becoming harder, and even his organs becoming more stable and solid under the influence of this golden light.

It was evident that for Zheng Yi, this was an excellent opportunity to consolidate his cultivation and establish a solid foundation for his body.

Devouring the Blood Lotus seeds, absorbing a large amount of blood energy, not only polished the last stage of Qi Refining, but also reached the peak of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.

Moreover, in terms of the Profound Fiend Body Tempering technique, the physical body also benefited, directly breaking through the final layer and transforming from White Jade Bones to the strength of a Vajra Body.

If divided according to Body Refining, this is the strength of the Fleshly Foundation Building.

It is not an exaggeration to say that with Zheng Yi's current defense power of the Vajra Body, his speed is like thunder and his strength is boundless. If he seizes the opportunity to engage in close combat, ordinary cultivators at the Foundation Building Stage would be easily crushed by him.

At this point, Zheng Yi's cultivation in the Qi Refining stage has completely ended, reaching an unreachable stage. His cultivation, whether in Body Refining or Qi Refining, has been polished to perfection.

"Next is Foundation Building!"

Zheng Yi's mind is clear. The next crucial goal is to turn his head and look at the central area of the lotus pond where the ancestral lotus is located.

After this period of cultivation, the water tank-sized lotus bud has slightly opened, showing signs of blooming. Zheng Yi ordered the gathering place to exert full force and continue to increase the amount of zombie flesh and blood being put in. It shouldn't take long before it can bloom.

If the problem can be solved using zombie flesh and blood, then it is not a problem.

Zheng Yi doesn't want to wait any longer. The earlier he succeeds in Foundation Building, the smoother his path of progress will be.

In the apocalypse world, he may be a heavy hitter, but in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, he is just a small fry.

Qi Refining stage, Foundation Building Stage, Violet Palace stage, Gold Core stage, Nascent Soul stage - each stage in the Immortal Cultivation World is like a different world. Even the Foundation Building Stage is just a starting point in the long journey of cultivation.

The earlier one enters the Foundation Building Stage, the more benefits there will be in future cultivation.

These are all heartfelt words summarized by the seniors of the Great Yi Immortal Domain!

...

The gathering place issued an order to double the number of zombies provided by each blood warrior team and double the contribution points.

For a while, the entire gathering place started operating at high speed. Except for the blood warriors stationed in the major forbidden areas, almost all the blood warriors were dispatched.

The gathering place has now developed into a small city, and more and more survivors or small gathering places choose to join.

Zheng Yi accepts all incoming joiners without exception, as long as they don't have ulterior motives. They can all seek opportunities for survival here.

But at the same time, they have to work for the gathering place and abide by its rules. Contribution points are the main currency in circulation.

As the issuer, Zheng Yi has an unlimited money-printing machine, focusing on cooperation and harmony.

As the saying goes, you may profit, but I will never lose.

Because at the same time the orders were issued, rewards were also presented to everyone. In addition to blood rice, various zombie crystal nuclei, even the exchange threshold for parasitic bats has been greatly reduced, greatly stimulating the fighting enthusiasm of the blood warriors.

The surrounding zombie groups were directly wiped out. With the cooperation of the blood warriors with supernatural abilities and ordinary blood warriors, ordinary zombie groups are like appetizers, easily surrounded and eliminated.

Every day, various areas of Luo City were cleared out. Countless trucks or other transport vehicles delivered a large number of zombie corpses to the zombie flesh and blood factory.

Then, after the separation of flesh and blood, they were directly sent to the flesh and blood lotus pond area.

Under the nourishment of the continuous supply of zombie flesh and blood, the ancestral lotus became more and more beautiful on the surface, and the lotus bud slightly swelled, as if it could bloom at any time.

The mandatory hunting mission finally ended on the fourth day. Exhausted blood warriors returned to the gathering place for recuperation. Although they didn't lose any manpower in the intense hunting, everyone was injured and suffered some damage.

Fortunately, the parasitic bats in these blood warriors of the Integrated Union contain the bloodline of zombies. Even if they were scratched, there was no danger of being infected by the zombie virus. They only needed a few days of rest to recover.

However, this made Zheng Yi realize another problem. He was not satisfied with the blood warriors' performance in this operation.

The mandatory hunting mission exposed the fact that these blood warriors fought individually and did not form a unified Body Integration. Therefore, although each of them was injured, their achievements were not outstanding.

Such results cannot meet Zheng Yi's increasing resource demands in the future, nor can they provide the potential brought by the expansion of the gathering place.

Currently, they are still confined to a corner of Luo City, and they haven't even set foot in the central area of Luo City, yet they have already suffered such losses.

In the future, they will have to face zombie hordes, various monsters, and even terrifying mutated zombies and fierce ghosts.

With their current state, the blood warriors that have been painstakingly cultivated will ultimately be scattered and difficult to be of great use.

Perhaps a series of successful actions have made the higher-ups of the gathering place lose their sense of crisis, thinking that establishing safe zones around them would guarantee absolute safety, leading to complacency.

Zheng Yi gave a direct order to double the intensity of the Blood Warrior training. The high-ranking members of the gathering place were also required to join the training, increasing the intensity to three times.

Any Blood Warrior who couldn't pass the training would be immediately kicked out of the team and have their abilities revoked.

Although Zheng Yi's approach was domineering, it was undoubtedly a necessary measure. For a while, every Blood Warrior in the gathering place felt a sense of self-doubt and increased the intensity of their training. They were mentally tense and dared not have the slightest slack.

After all, for those who lived in a post-apocalyptic world, having supernatural abilities was everyone's dream. As long as they possessed these abilities, it meant they had escaped the lower ranks and gained higher status and greater power.

No Blood Warrior could give up everything they had obtained!

The only way out was to train desperately and gain Zheng Yi's recognition!

As the source of the parasitic bats, the progenitor of the zombie blood bats, Cain held their lives in his hands and dared not disobey any of Zheng Yi's orders.

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As the Blood Warriors trained fervently in the gathering place, a smile appeared on Zheng Yi's face by the blood and flesh lotus pond.

Finally, the blooming of the ancestral lotus had arrived.

Buzz!

A refreshing fragrance suddenly filled the air, rapidly spreading from the blood and flesh lotus pond to the outside, almost reaching half of the gathering place in the blink of an eye.

Some Blood Warriors who had just finished training and were panting heavily suddenly felt a pleasant fragrance in the air and took a deep breath.

Immediately, someone couldn't help but exclaim as they felt a stream of blood energy entering their body, and their whole body, which had been sore, suddenly recovered.

As the blood energy circulated, they felt as if they had taken a powerful tonic, full of energy, and felt like they could go another thousand miles.

Knowing the benefits of this substance to themselves, many Blood Warriors began to breathe heavily, competing for the fragrance circulating in the air.

For a while, the previously bustling training ground became quiet, with only the sound of the Blood Warriors exhaling heavily.

"Good, it truly is a treasure that complements the Blood Lotus Scripture!" Zheng Yi's divine sense had long expanded outward, and he was well aware of what was happening outside. No movement could escape his perception.

The situation outside didn't worry Zheng Yi; instead, it made his eyes light up, deepening his expectations for the effects of the Blood Lotus Ancestral Lotus.

However, the fragrance had no effect on him. He had been consuming Blood Lotus Seeds every day, and the blood energy in his body was already extremely rich. Even though the refreshing fragrance had some effect, he couldn't feel it.

His gaze was fixed on the blooming ancestral lotus, with each flower gradually opening to a diameter of three to four meters. Zheng Yi's eyes felt a burst of brightness.

In the instant the ancestral lotus bloomed, a brilliant blood-colored light rose, as if a bright red moon had appeared above, emitting a dazzling radiance.

Naturally born treasures always have extraordinary phenomena.

It had to be said that just by looking at the phenomena displayed during the blooming of this final cultivated ancestral lotus, one could tell that it was extraordinary.

But when he thought about the total amount of zombie flesh and blood consumed during the growth process of this Blood Lotus Ancestral Lotus, even Zheng Yi felt a bit scalp-tingling.

Fortunately, in the post-apocalyptic world, zombies were a vast species, and their numbers seemed endless.

If this were in the Great Yi Immortal Domain, Zheng Yi wouldn't even consider cultivating the Blood Lotus Flower Ancestral Lotus for Foundation Building. It would be much easier to plan for Foundation Building Pills.

Now that everything was done, Zheng Yi couldn't wait any longer. He directly picked the ancestral lotus and stored it in his storage bag.

As the storage bag closed, a smile finally appeared on Zheng Yi's face. Everything had been taken care of, and the next step was to prepare for Foundation Building.

After more than twenty years of bitter cultivation, this was the moment he had been waiting for.

This was the Great Yi Immortal Domain, a day that countless ordinary Independent Cultivators at the bottom had dreamed of, their ultimate goal.

It was also Zheng Yi's lifelong wish, a goal his parents had pursued their entire lives but never achieved.

Now, it was up to him to fulfill this goal.

And his cultivation path, the path to immortality, only begins at this moment.

...

Standing on top of the towering watchtower in the gathering place, Zheng Yi stands against the wind, with Jin Wuqian standing behind him, looking nervous.

After inspecting the training results of the Blood Warriors and seeing their increasing ferocity, Zheng Yi encouraged them a few words, which put Jin Wuqian at ease.

After giving some instructions, Zheng Yi hurriedly returned to the Dayi Immortal Domain.

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In the mining area of Badong Town, the Qi family.

As soon as he returned to the Qi family, Zheng Yi issued an order and summoned Qi Lin.

Originally, according to Qi Lin's idea, all the blood cultivators who were secretly trained in the canyons would be summoned back to tightly guard the family, ensuring that Zheng Yi's Foundation Building would be successful.

But this idea was directly rejected by Zheng Yi.

The rapid development and expansion of the Qi family has attracted the attention of some surrounding forces. If they were to mobilize again, it would only draw more attention.

Zheng Yi wants to break through the Foundation Building stage now, and the later it is exposed, the less dangerous it becomes.

After all, demonic cultivators are not good people. A Foundation Building cultivator from a small family who is currently breaking through is like a living target in the eyes of others, a rare opportunity.

Moreover, a Foundation Building cultivator can already disrupt the ecosystem and dominate the surrounding forces. No one wants an extra powerful enemy out of nowhere.

And if it is an existing Foundation Building force, they would definitely not want an extra opponent out of thin air.

Therefore, if the news is leaked during the breakthrough process, it will inevitably attract the covetousness of others.

It is unavoidable that others will make a move.

If possible, Zheng Yi would even be willing to advance in the End of Days World, but unfortunately, there is no spiritual energy there, and it is not suitable for cultivators to break through.

So in the end, Zheng Yi decided to return to the Dayi Immortal Domain to break through the Foundation Building stage.

He ordered Qi Lin to prepare secretly and quietly activated the Qi family's protective formation.

The Qi family's main vein had been planning for a hundred years, but it was wiped out by Zheng Yi in the Black Iron Mine. In fact, if the three brothers had relied on the family's protective formation within the family, Zheng Yi would not have been able to reach them.

From the scale of the protective formation, it was carefully arranged and could withstand the impact of a Qi Refining stage cultivator at the peak. After Zheng Yi reinforced it, it could withstand three full attacks from an early Foundation Building cultivator, making its defensive power superior.

After dispersing everyone from the central area, Zheng Yi sat in the secret room, quietly recovering his turbulent spiritual power.

He waved his hand, and the Soul-Capturing Banner fluttered, emitting a huge ghostly aura that enveloped the surroundings.

And the Ghost King and the three hundred Yin Soldiers were all released, relying on the concealment ability of the Soul-Capturing Banner to hide their aura, forming an inner layer of defense, protecting the backyard.

As for the ace in the hole, the progenitor of the zombie, Cain, his massive figure curled up in the front room, his huge bat wings spread out to cover the sky, also being utilized as the final layer of defense.

At this moment, under Zheng Yi's meticulous arrangement, the seemingly calm interior of the Qi family was already like an iron bucket, with layers of defense that no water could penetrate.

Their only goal was to support Zheng Yi in completing his Foundation Building without any disturbance.

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After everything was arranged, Zheng Yi finally settled down completely and, after a few days of recuperation, began to break through the Foundation Building stage.

From the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Building stage, there are three major hurdles to overcome.

The hurdle of mana, the hurdle of the physical body, and the hurdle of the divine soul, these are the three hurdles of Foundation Building.

First is the hurdle of mana. To break through the Foundation Building stage, the first thing to do is to convert all the spiritual power in the body into purer mana.

Zheng Yi sat cross-legged, and the spiritual power in his body began to circulate.

The Black Demon Technique was activated, turning into flames of profound ink that quickly ignited his body, and strands of flames slowly entered his body through the skin.

(End of this chapter)