Legendary Librarian System-Chapter 137: Demon Breath Dominance

A/N: Merry Christmas, everyone!

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Liu Wei returned again to break the fifth chain. The fifth chain was called Never Enough, where he had to face a situation where releasing all stored power would guarantee him victory but refused.

After all, true greed is long-term supremacy.

Of course, like earlier, he fought against Senior Yan Qingshan.

However, compared to the last time, he could go all out immediately and just prevent releasing the stored power, or the initial blood surge mode.

Yet, similar to the last time, he lost.

And like what the Blood Demonheart Sutra said, he really perceived his victory was about to come only if he released all the stored power but he refrained.

He fought against Senior Yan Qingshan mainly to break the fifth chain, not to defeat him.

After breaking the third chain, even though he discerned he could now defeat him, he had the strange feeling that Senior Yan Qingshan was still holding back.

As though the Training Domain itself was doing its job for him to accomplish his main purpose, not to simply embarrass him.

Hence, as soon as the fifth chain was broken and Senior Yan Qingshan was defeated again in the similar outcome, Liu Wei returned to the Meditation Garden to break the sixth chain.

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The sixth chain was called Dominion of Excess. The Blood Demonheart Sutra required him to confront any temptation to explode with power — and instead contained everything.

"Blood Qi must be deliberately overfilled past safe limits. Wrath, hatred, killing intent, all surged simultaneously. My body will definitely want to enter Blood Surge Mode to release them, but I have to refuse."

Liu Wei was not surprised anymore of how cruel the Blood Demonheart Sutra was.

He had to compress everything into the liver, force his organ to bear the treasure, and carve a Blood Chain as a containment seal.

Just visualizing himself enduring it made him understand the level of agony he would undergo.

Nevertheless, he did not hesitate to cultivate in the Meditation Garden and underwent the ritual to break the sixth chain.

Half an hour later, he finally broke through the sixth chain and puked out blood once again.

He did not emit a noise, not once, as he indifferently wiped the blood in his lips and immediately watched as the Liver Shackles finally formed.

When it was finished, the System's voice echoed in his head.

[Liver Shackle, also called Crimson Wrath Reservoir, has finally formed.

Effects: The liver becomes a Blood Qi Reservoir, enabling explosive power storage.

It grants the following:

Overflow Capacity: Stores 200% more Blood Qi than normal.

Blood Surge Mode: Temporarily boosts attack power and movement speed by 50% when releasing stored energy.

Wrath Refinement: Converts anger and negative emotions into qi instead of losing control.

Venom Sovereignty: Immune to most poisons and toxins, including demonic ones. ]

Liu Wei nodded. With the System showing the precise calculation of the effects of the Liver Shackles, he was rest assured of the knowledge he had about the Liver Shackles.

Now that Liu Wei opened the Liver Shackles, he was still not satisfied yet.

He did not attempt to rest and immediately cultivated to awaken the Lung Shackles.

The Lung Shackles, according to the Blood Demonheart Sutra, was associated with Fear.

Lungs govern breath, and breath governs life, survival, panic, and suffocation.

Hence, fear was the emotion most directly tied to breathing.

"Fear is not weakness, it is the instinct to survive slaughter." I like it.

From the Blood Demonheart Sutra, the Lung Shackles were about mastering fear, not eliminating it.

That's why the Lung Shackles are also called Demon Breath Dominance. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The First Lung Chain is called Fear of Suffocation.

Liu Wei must cut off his own breath using Blood Qi suppression.

Without hesitation, he immediately practiced cutting his own breath but when he felt suffocated and almost died, he failed to resist his body's instinctive response to take a breath.

Liu Wei closed his eyes and attempted another try, but failed again.

He paused for a while, reflecting, and was successful at the third try.

He circulated his Blood Qi through his lungs directly, and he was able to hold his breath far beyond the mortal limits.

The fear of suffocation also weakened.

Liu Wie did not rest, knowing he would just complain of how difficult progressing because of his cultivation technique, and continued to the second Lung Chain.

The second Lung Chain was called Fear of Death.

He touched the Manifestation of Stones and manifested in a reality where it was filled with killing intent, execution aura, and battlefield remnants.

Of course, with his killing intent reaching the Minor Completion Stage, he had to force the Manifestation of Stones to reach the peak limits of its reality, to the point Liu Wei actually felt fear against Killing Intent.

He was surprised.

This must be Killing Will.

The Killing Intent manifested into physical form. Worst, it was the form of his father who pointed a gun at him while being helpless.

He feared death despite experiencing them once. Against countless images of his father who pointed a gun at him, shooting with extreme killing intent, Liu Wei actually felt fear.

Liu Wei simply closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and condensed all the fear into his lung meridians and stabilized.

He was successful and all the bullets that were supposed to kill him actually failed to do so since they were restricted from killing him by the Manifestation of Stones.

Liu Wei gained killing intent resistance and breath no longer falters in lethal situations.

Of course, his Dao of Killing comprehension increased, too.

The third Lung Hai required him to proceed to the Training Domain again.

The Blood Demonheart Sutra instructed him to stand before an overwhelmingly stronger opponent, but since the aim was for his lungs to learn to breathe evenly under the pressure, then the Gravity and Pressure Fields should suffice.

However, Liu Wei realized that Meng Ai must also be there.

He looked down and observed his current appearance, exposing most of his bare-naked body.

Why do I feel guilty for letting a child see a bit part of my naked body, though? Wait, It's not that one I'm concerned about. It's the fact that I appeared to be in a life and death situation with this current appearance!

Liu Wei shook his head and decided to change his clothes and appeared formal in front of Meng Ai.

He was also curious of Meng Ai's progress on her personal cultivation technique.

Liu Wei was always proud of her achievements. It was just not any simple cultivation technique, but a peak minor rank at that.

It was also a dual-path cultivation technique. He could not help but feel a bit inferior to Meng Ai when it came to intelligence quotient.

He grinned.

Still, It's quite refreshing to know that she's not only smart but also eager to be knowledgeable as well.

Even so, Liu Wei was worried about the amount of knowledge she would consume. Like they say "knowing too much is a sin."

However, as long as she followed the Dao of Knowledge from the book Liu Wei gave, Meng Ai should be safe.

Albeit, she would be too mature compared to her age.

Liu Wei shook his head and tossed the unnecessary thoughts at the back of his mind.

He proceeded to the Gravity and Pressure Fields area and instantly saw Meng Ai.

In her area, the gravity intensity, according to the puppet worker, was five times higher than normal.

He was surprised.

He narrowed his eyes and was shocked that Meng Ai was already at the middle stage of the Body Tempering Stage.

Before she proceeded in the Training Domain, she was not even at the early stage yet. If he was not wrong, only two days should have passed.

He turned to the puppet worker and asked, "Does she ever rest?"

The puppet worker nodded and replied, "Yes. In fact, she'd take two hours of rest in every session. One hour to completely rest and an hour to meditate and reflect about her progress. She's really a hardworking child."

Liu Wei was even more shocked.

A puppet worker empathizing with humans? Are they capable of having emotions in the first place?

Liu Wei wondered but soon forgot about it.

He did not come to the Training Domain to be distracted.

Since Meng Ai herself was deeply focused that she must have ignored his presence, Liu Wei entered a deep concentration mode, too.

"Increase the pressure ten times. Don't forget the atmospheric pressure, too."

"Understood, Librarian."

The puppet worker waved his hand, and runes began to appear out of thin air.

Liu Wei stared at him with widened eyes, mesmerized by the runes, but was instantly taken aback by the pressure suddenly descending on him.

However, he was able to compose himself quickly and soon realized the pressure was not enough.

He said, "Increase it ten times more."

"Understood."

The pressure intensified and Liu Wei could barely take a breath. He wanted to kneel, but he restrained himself.

He straightened his posture and tried to breathe evenly.

Damn, I can't even take a breath, much less breath evenly!

Liu Wei thought of decreasing the pressure but he found that the puppet worker's area seemed to be affected by the pressure, too.

Damn, he's even unfazed!

Now, Liu Wei's pride refused to be trampled and awakened the Crimson Chain Drive just to lessen the pressure and breathe evenly.

Finally, he successfully broke the third Lung Chain, and his breath Qi refinement's efficiency increased multifold.