Under such severe bodily trauma, being able to cultivate the Xing Dou Da Fa in an ethereal form presented an unprecedented pressure, also allowing Ren Yuanhao to truly grasp the importance of strength.
It was as if, had this man been a bloodthirsty killer today, he would have paid the price of his life for his recklessness. Moreover, according to this man, the world was vast, and extraordinary individuals were plentiful; one must never be a frog at the bottom of a well, seeing only a sliver of the sky and missing the grand panorama.
He was fortunate to have encountered this man today, though his life was not yet out of danger.
Ren Yuanhao had always been fond of martial arts films and knew the difficulty of going against the natural order. However, he never imagined that experiencing it firsthand would be far harder than he had anticipated.
Consider the act of using the restroom: everyone first relieves themselves, then flushes, then washes their hands. This is almost an absolute common sense passed down from ancestors.
But the current situation was akin to someone slapping you, force-feeding you a bellyful of wine, holding a knife to your neck, and cutting your flesh, all while asking you to wash your hands first, then flush the toilet, then relieve yourself, before returning to the feast at the dining table!
Who could possibly endure such a thing?
Yet, no matter how many complaints or difficulties Ren Yuanhao had, the thought of survival made all pain seem insignificant.
The voice of the system's sister grew increasingly faint. The ethereal space in his mind was on the verge of collapse. His entire body was swelling like a balloon, the three streams of internal energy clashing subtly. He hung his head, the searing pain incessantly invading his whole body.
And at this very moment, a wondrous realization flashed through Ren Yuanhao's mind.
"The vast universe began with an explosive expansion, a process of fission, the genesis of boundless civilization and infinite space. If the Dantian can be likened to the universe before the explosion, perhaps finding a catalyst to detonate it could yield the phrase in the incantation: 'always like a deep chamber, forever like a profound valley'?"
Ren Yuanhao also recalled the method employed by Yu the Great in controlling the floods: "It is better to channel water than to dam it. If Qi is condensed in the Dantian, why not transform the Dantian into a water pump, channeling the Qi into the extraordinary meridians and eight channels? Then the Dantian could perpetually remain in a state of 'forever like a profound valley'!"
However, these theories, if not put into practice, would forever remain mere theories.
With this thought, he no longer rushed to circulate his Qi to impact the Dantian but used his Qi to sense it.
"Heaven and Earth possess Yin and Yang as two forces. Day gives way to night, and night gives way to day, endlessly repeating, circulating back and forth. To transform the Dantian into a universe, into a vast ocean, into a profound valley, into a deep chamber, one must possess the capacity to accommodate; one must be able to encompass all things!"
"The prerequisite for encompassing is to gather the strengths of a hundred schools!"
Ren Yuanhao seemed to have found a key point, and along this point, the incantations of the Xing Dou Da Fa gradually became clear and lucid!
"If one is to encompass all things, wouldn't it be foolish to merely contain my Qi within the Dantian?"
Ren Yuanhao acted in reverse, completely drawing his Qi out from the Dantian. The Qi vortex in the Dantian, which should have rotated clockwise, immediately began to spin in the opposite direction, like the hands of a clock running backward!
Initially, the Dantian felt as if it were being pricked by countless needles, causing him unbearable pain and breaking him out in a cold sweat.
After an unknown period, the Qi accumulated in Ren Yuanhao's Dantian slowly dissipated amidst tearing pain.
If any practitioner of internal martial arts or Qi cultivation were to witness this, they would surely laugh at Ren Yuanhao for being a fool. After all, for centuries, the Dantian had been considered the very foundation of martial arts practice, and even cultivation of immortality. To deliberately destroy one's Dantian was an act of utter foolishness.
No, it was an act of utter idiocy!
But Ren Yuanhao, in his desperate bid to survive, was dissolving the Qi in his Dantian and acting against the natural order. It was a desperate measure, a last resort, compounded by the bewitching influence of the Xing Dou Da Fa. There was no turning back now.
"What's going on with this kid? Why do I suddenly feel like all his internal energy is gone!"
In reality, the man was also in immense pain. But at this moment, an even more horrifying situation occurred. What was initially an active process where he injected Qi into Ren Yuanhao's body, as the starting point, now felt like it was being pulled by a strange force within Ren Yuanhao, as if a vortex were madly snatching the Qi from his body!
"What is this situation?"
The man circulated his Qi to resist, but a massive vortex had already formed in reverse at Ren Yuanhao's Dantian. Not only was it siphoning the man's Qi, but it was also, bit by bit, tearing apart the Qi that had been stagnating in the Dantian!
"What a strange power! What kind of demonic art has this kid cultivated!"
The man struggled for a good while before finally breaking free from Ren Yuanhao's suction force, retreating several steps, drenched in a cold sweat.
On the other hand, Ren Yuanhao's expression was still contorted with pain, but as an esper, the man could fully sense the peculiar changes occurring within Ren Yuanhao's body!
"What's going on? His internal energy is so weak, yet he makes me so wary? And..."
The man glanced at his right hand, which was trembling slightly under that strange suction force!
"What exactly has happened to this kid's body?"
As he spoke, Ren Yuanhao suddenly coughed up a large mouthful of dark blood!
"It's over, this kid seems beyond saving..."
Bang!
At that very moment, the previously shut door was kicked open by a woman dressed in red!
Two people, one in red and one in white, burst through the door. In the flickering dim light, two beautiful faces were illuminated. The moment these two saw Ren Yuanhao inside, their expressions changed drastically!
"Don't misunderstand, I was also trying to save him~"
"Enough nonsense!"
The woman in red was none other than Shen Lan Ni. With a flash, she appeared before the man, her stance resembling the starting posture for a shoulder throw. The man, knowing he couldn't explain, was about to dodge, but unexpectedly, the woman in white delivered a diagonal palm strike, incredibly fierce, a style that seemed utterly reckless!
"You listen to me!"
The man could not evade this palm strike and immediately circulated the internal energy in his palm, raising his hand to meet it head-on. However, this palm was meant for evasion, not a killing blow. The woman in white was Ye Lan. Their palm energies clashed, and both were pushed back two steps. At that moment, Ren Yuanhao coughed up another mouthful of blood!
"Yuanhao!"
All three stopped fighting simultaneously and rushed to Ren Yuanhao's side. Shen and Ye were about to reach out when they heard the man sharply shout, "Don't touch him! This kid has cultivated some strange demonic art, and he'll steal your internal Qi!"
"Demonic art? I think you're the one trying to harm him and then kill him!"
Shen Lan Ni made to attack the man again, but Ren Yuanhao weakly uttered three words.
"Don't fight."
Hearing Ren Yuanhao still able to speak, though his breath was weak, the two women's hearts settled somewhat.
"If anything happens to Yuanhao, we will not let this go!"
Shen Lan Ni shot him a fierce glare, only to see Ren Yuanhao cough up more dark blood!
"Yuanhao!"
"Don't worry, you two. I think this kid's demonic art is helping him clear the stagnant Qi in his body."