CHAPTER 132: CHAPTER 132: GOLDEN LEVEL TECHNIQUE AND 7TH-TIER TRUE DRAGON ESSENCE BLOOD

First, Qin Tian decided to upgrade his cultivation technique.

The "Shadow Thunder Prison Technique" is a Bronze Level technique, not exactly bad, but since military merit points were abundant, Qin Tian wanted to settle it all in one go.

Among the many Golden Level techniques, he chose the only thunder and dark dual system technique, "Nine Nether Thunder Brilliance Technique."

The "Nine Nether Thunder Brilliance Technique" comes from the Golden Clan—the Nine Nether Thunder Tiger Clan.

The Nine Nether Thunder Tiger Clan was once extremely prosperous, with many family members holding key positions in the Imperial Capital. They were definitely a family of nobility, but unfortunately, during a power transition, they chose the wrong side and ultimately met a bleak end, and the family’s legacy technique flowed into the military department’s treasure trove.

When cultivating the "Nine Nether Thunder Brilliance Technique," the spiritualist must first refine and purify the dark spiritual energy in the body, use divine sense as a guide to construct a Nine Nether Energy Matrix within the meridians, condensing the chaotic dark attribute energy into the special power of the Nine Netherworld.

This transformed power of the Nine Netherworld can stealthily lurk in the shadows like an unshakable affliction, silently penetrating the enemy’s defenses, as well as bursting out with tremendous destructive power at a moment’s notice.

At the same time, thunder spiritual energy needs to be tempered using the Thunder Tempering Body Technique, so it possesses both destructive power and swift momentum.

The energy absorption efficiency of this technique far surpasses that of the "Shadow Thunder Prison Technique", and the condensed power of Nine Netherworld and Thunder Radiance Power are high-ranked energies, which are extremely destructive.

A cultivation technique is foundational to a spiritualist; the better the technique, the faster the cultivation speed, and the stronger the combat power.

A Golden Level technique is already a top-grade technique among spiritualists, above which there are only the legacy techniques of the Nine Great Holy Bloods families.

However, without Holy Blood, it’s impossible to cultivate Holy Blood techniques.

Furthermore, the attributes of Holy Blood techniques are not suitable for most spiritualists.

Thus, the "Nine Nether Thunder Brilliance Technique" will become Qin Tian’s only technique before reaching great success in combat strength. Perhaps in the future, when he becomes a supreme power, he’ll be able to create a Holy Blood Level technique unique to himself.

Golden Level techniques are priced at ten or even dozens of times that of Silver Level techniques.

A single "Nine Nether Thunder Brilliance Technique" consumed 450,000 military merit points from Qin Tian, directly reducing his total military merit points by nearly one-third.

However, the Golden Level technique is worth the price.

If not for the military department’s platform, even if he had more money, he wouldn’t be able to buy a Golden Level technique suitable for himself.

With the technique selected, as for martial techniques, after consideration, Qin Tian decided not to upgrade them for now.

The reason is simple: insufficient spiritual energy. Rashly performing high-level martial techniques will only lead to exhaustion or self-backlash, plus his current physical state is indeed not suitable for cultivating new martial techniques.

For now, the techniques "Thunderbolt Saber," "Ninefold Thunder Flash," and "Bone-Eroding Hand" are sufficient. After breaking through Tier Three and having ample time, it won’t be too late to exchange for Bronze Level martial techniques.

In the second part, Qin Tian exchanged for two units of Tier Seven True Dragon Essence Blood.

Unlike the Dragon Blood Potion he took earlier, True Dragon Essence Blood is unprocessed, directly refined from True Dragon Blood.

The two units of essence blood are extracted from a Tier Seven Nether Dragon and a Tier Seven Thunder Dragon. Normally, these two units of essence blood aren’t meant for human consumption but are used to concoct Dragon Blood Potions or to make elixirs.

However, Qin Tian has the Night Demon bloodline, allowing him to directly ingest dragon blood, absorb the power within, thereby enhancing his physique and suppressing the power of curse.

The two units of essence blood consumed 150,000 military merit points.

The third major expense is a piece of spiritual equipment called the Qingtan Holy Branch Bracelet.

The bracelet is made from a branch containing Divine Wood Essence, inscribed with high-level runes. When worn, the Divine Wood Essence continuously cleanses one’s being, revitalizing the spirit and keeping illnesses at bay, with some restraining effects on the power of evil.

Most importantly, in emergencies, one can activate the array inside the bracelet with spiritual energy to trigger the Cangmu Wall, which can withstand a Tier Six attack.

After triggering the Cangmu Wall, the bracelet can be placed in a place rich in wood spiritual energy, like a forest, where it will automatically absorb energy to recharge, enabling the Cangmu Wall to be used again.

The Qingtan Holy Branch Bracelet costs 120,000 military merit points.

In the fourth part, Qin Tian spent 40,000 military merit points to exchange for a poison flower

Rotting Spirit Bone Flower

The Rotting Spirit Bone Flower grows solo on the "Wraithbone Tundra" at the intersection of the Nether Rift and Rotting Abyss, a place shrouded in a blue-grey miasma year-round, with a surface covered by millennia-old bones and decaying flesh, forming a fertile yet eerie soil from which the Rotting Spirit Bone Flower emerges, its dark purple petals emitting an eerie fluorescence, and tiny bone insects wriggling in its pistil, releasing a toxic, sickly sweet liquid whenever the dark winds sweep by.

This poison flower is extremely toxic; once inside the body, it will ravenously devour flesh and soul, unbearable even for a Tier Six spiritualist, and costly for a Tier Seven spiritualist.

For most people, the practicality of such highly poisonous substances is extremely limited.

It’s tough to poison a high-tier spiritualist through food unnoticed, and poison applied on weapons loses its potency in high-intensity spiritual energy clashes.

Moreover, how much poison liquid can a single poison flower yield? Exchanging several tens of thousands of merit points for a few grams of poison liquid is truly uneconomical.

However, for Qin Tian, due to possessing the Poisonous Snake Body, he can secrete poison liquid and gas without limit after consuming the poison flower, gaining a method to threaten Tier Six spiritualists at an extremely high cost-efficiency ratio.

In the fifth part, Qin Tian spent 20,000 military merit points through the military department channel to have a Rune Master in the Azure Wood Star Realm upgrade the "Shadowstrike."

For Qin Tian, the usage of the Shadowstrike Rune Sniper Rifle far exceeds that of the Black Frost Blade; numerous times, he has relied on the Shadowstrike to eliminate formidable enemies.

However, with his improved strength, he now has to battle stronger foes, impacting Shadowstrike’s lethality above Tier Four spiritualists.

Qin Tian reviewed several high-tier rune sniper rifles such as the Gauss Electromagnetic Rune Gun, Fireburst Sniper Rifle, and Blood Demon Sniper Rifle... These rifles are powerful but lack Shadowstrike’s silent and stealthy nature, failing to meet his expectations.

After consulting Yan Qing, Qin Tian learned he could use the military department’s platform to have a Rune Master upgrade Shadowstrike, inscribing new runes to boost its lethality to assassinate Tier Four and threaten Tier Five targets.

Without hesitation, Qin Tian placed an order on the military department platform, sending the Shadowstrike to Azure Wood Star, where it would return to him in ten days, newly enhanced.

The total for the five major parts added up to 780,000 military merit points.

Qin Tian rounded it up, using an additional 20,000 military merit points to exchange for consumables like Spirit Essence Pills, Vitality Pills, Mingshen Liquid, and 3,000 Shadowstrike Special Bullets.

Thus, 800,000 military merit points were expended.

The remaining over 700,000 military merit points serve as reserves, sufficient for future exchanges for high-level martial techniques, spiritual equipment, or cultivation resources.