Chapter 62: Chapter 62: A Step Further, A Boundless World
He Kun unleashed a Secret Technique, his aura instantly exploding to the True Martial Second Layer in a monstrous burst.
His eyes turned bloodshot, glinting with a crimson light.
"Zhao Chun, time to die!"
He threw a punch, which manifested in mid-air as a fist shadow hundreds of feet wide. It whistled through the air, gathering an immense amount of True Yuan power.
In an instant, it surged toward Zhao Chun like a raging tsunami, threatening to crush him!
Faced with this attack,
Zhao Chun waved his hand, a Top Grade Magical Artifact—a long staff—appearing in his grasp. He immediately swung it forward in a powerful smash.
Channeling his True Yuan, the staff abruptly expanded in the air, transforming into a colossal club hundreds of feet long. It carried the weight and momentum of a mountain as it hurtled toward He Kun.
BOOM!
The two unleashed their killing blows.
The very air seemed to shatter. Under the force of the powerful True Yuan attacks, the fiery-red, parched earth for hundreds of feet around caved in under an invisible pressure, instantly disintegrating.
’Damn it! He actually reached the True Martial Second Layer!’
’I can’t stay here any longer.’
Zhao Chun quickly tossed a glowing green Elixir into his mouth and swallowed.
"A Shadow Speed Pill!" He Kun cried out, seeing Zhao Chun’s intent to flee.
He instantly threw another punch, a fist shadow hundreds of feet wide materializing from the void. It whistled through the air, carrying the terrifying force of a collapsing mountain.
But he was too late. The terrifying, hundred-foot-wide fist shadow, pregnant with devastating power, slammed into the ground nearby.
BOOM! The impact gouged a massive crater out of the earth, sending dust and debris billowing into the air.
Zhao Chun’s speed had increased dramatically. His body flickered, moving so fast that he became a series of afterimages, almost as if he were teleporting.
In a flash, he was already several kilometers away, a rapidly shrinking figure disappearing into the distance.
He Kun watched Zhao Chun’s retreating figure with an icy gaze but didn’t pursue him.
The Fiery Sun Fruit was his top priority.
...
Meanwhile, Gu Yun had reached a pool of lava where scorching flames burned and magma roiled.
He hadn’t seen a single soul on his way here and had no idea where Xiao Chen and Xingyue might be.
’Might as well cultivate here for a bit.’
With that thought,
Gu Yun activated his True Essence Body Protection. Combined with the resilience from his Thunder Gang Body, a Body Refining Martial Technique, he jumped directly into the lava, intending to use the searing flames for Body Refinement!
The intense heat of the lava was excruciating,
but he soon realized it was a stroke of incredible luck!
A flash of lightning flickered in Gu Yun’s eyes as he carefully sensed the changes within his body.
Submerged in the lava, Gu Yun used his True Essence Body Protection to withstand the extreme heat while continuously circulating the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision.
Through the Circulation of Heaven and Earth, and aided by his Thunder Gang Body technique, Gu Yun’s body was being forged and tempered as if it were steel.
After only a short time, he could already feel a slight improvement in his Physique.
It was a minuscule improvement,
but every great journey begins with a single step, and every mighty river starts as a small stream.
Moreover,
the intense heat of the lava contained traces of the Fire Realm left behind by the Tongxuan True Monarch.
Cultivating here would help him comprehend Fire Momentum.
With this realization, Gu Yun sat cross-legged within the lava.
A fiery red glow gradually enveloped him as he continuously resisted the intense heat, strengthening his Physique little by little.
Before long, Gu Yun was completely absorbed in the process, his entire body appearing as if it were wreathed in raging flames.
At the same time,
[You have cultivated in lava containing a trace of the Fire Realm. You have successfully comprehended Fire Momentum.]
[You have cultivated in lava containing a trace of the Fire Realm. Your understanding of Fire Momentum has deepened. Fire Momentum Skill Level +2%]
[You have cultivated in lava containing a trace of the Fire Realm. Your understanding of Fire Momentum is improving. Fire Momentum Skill Level +3%]
...
The extreme heat radiating from the lava had now transformed it into a gigantic, fiery crucible for Gu Yun.
Gu Yun placed himself within this crucible, offering his body as the raw material and the searing lava as the forge’s fire, continuously burning and tempering his flesh!
Just then, Gu Yun’s Cyan Lotus Water and Fire emerged on its own, burning around his body.
If one could see him,
they would see a figure wreathed in cyan flames deep within the blood-red lava, his aura growing stronger by the moment.
「Several days later.」
BANG!
A violent tremor shook the depths of the searing lava sea. The magma churned and billowed like a turbulent ocean.
Gu Yun’s aura climbed steadily higher. It became as deep as an abyss, a terrifying pressure that washed over the area like a flood.
As Gu Yun’s True Yuan circulated within him, a majestic momentum unfurled, causing the scorching air itself to tremble.
’One step further... True Martial Third Layer!’
While tempering his Physique in the lava, Gu Yun had discovered a stream of energy within it, originating from the trace of the Fire Realm.
The moment he found it, his heart pounded with excitement. An opportunity for a breakthrough was at hand, and he seized it without hesitation.
He absorbed every last drop of the energy and, just as he’d hoped, broke through to the True Martial Realm Third Layer!
With this level of Cultivation, he had already caught up to the senior disciples who had been in the Profound Celestial Sect’s Inner Sect for decades.
Meanwhile, of the disciples who had entered the Inner Sect at the same time as him, only a few had broken through to the True Martial Realm; the majority were still struggling at the Half-Step True Martial threshold.
The further he progressed, the more Gu Yun realized the Heaven-Defying nature of his Heaven Rewards Diligence talent. As long as he was diligent enough and had sufficient resources,
he could grow stronger indefinitely. There was no such thing as being stuck at a bottleneck for years, or even decades, for him.
...
「At this very moment.」
Elsewhere in the ruins, upon a field of blood-red earth...
...thunderous roars echoed ceaselessly. Powerful shockwaves swept out in all directions, kicking up a massive storm.
PSHH!
A beam of sword light shot toward the heavens. Its incomparably sharp aura tore through wind and cloud, shredding the very air as if to slice the sky in two!
At that same instant,
a crimson light blotted out the sky. It was like a colossal, surging wave that transformed into a seemingly tangible, boundless sea of blood crashing down from above.
The very space within the ruins seemed to shudder under its terrifying pressure.
The sea of blood covering the sky finally coalesced into a colossal, blood-red hand that descended with earth-shattering power, smashing down on the sword light that rose from the ground.
BOOM!
As the sword light and the sea of blood collided, a devastating explosion erupted. The surrounding blood-red earth buckled and collapsed.
A violent storm swept across an area several kilometers wide.
"Xue Wuya!"
The sword-wielding young man was none other than Li Xingyue. Shockingly, his Cultivation had already reached the True Martial First Layer Peak.
To have improved so much already was astounding.
And hovering in the air above was a domineering man with wildly dancing, blood-red hair—Xue Wuya, the True Disciple of the Blood God Sect!
"Li Xingyue, how about this: you hand over the Blood Flame Fruit, and I’ll let you walk away," Xue Wuya said, his voice low and threatening.
Li Xingyue laughed heartily. "Haha! Xue Wuya, if you want this Blood Flame Fruit, you’ll have to get past my sword first."
Before the words had even left his mouth,
Li Xingyue slashed his sword. The Sword Qi whistled as it tore through space, transforming into a streak of starlight.
Like the Milky Way ascending to the heavens, the overwhelming light of his sword illuminated the blood-red land!
Seeing this,
Xue Wuya snorted, his gaze turning frigid.
"Stubborn fool. Since you’re so eager to die, I’ll grant your wish!"
As he spoke, the full power of his True Martial Second Layer True Yuan erupted from his body.
A monstrous, blood-red light surged from him like a tidal wave!
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