Chapter 560: Breakthrough to 9th level of Mortal Core Realm!
"Hm? What is that?"
As Li Yun continued diving deeper into the lake, a hidden underwater cavern suddenly appeared before him.
"Hm?"
Looking at the water cavern that had appeared so suddenly, Li Yun felt a brief moment of hesitation. However, immediately afterward, he gritted his teeth and charged straight inside.
This water cavern clearly had only one entrance and exit. Once he entered, there would truly be no path of retreat. No matter what happened next, he could only fight to the death.
Splash!
His speed erupted, stirring up violent waves as he rushed directly into the cavern.
Whoosh!
As soon as Li Yun entered the water cavern, he saw a vast field of luminous pearls scattered across the ground. There were tens of thousands of them, some large and some small, yet all of them sparkled brightly. Together, they emitted an incomparably dazzling light, causing his eyes to narrow slightly before gradually adjusting.
"Just as I thought."
Seeing this vast field of luminous pearls, Li Yun’s face immediately revealed a trace of joy.
He had indeed guessed correctly.
Among all demonic beasts, dragons were one of the most formidable and intelligent races. However, they were also the greediest, possessing an almost obsessive desire to collect and own all kinds of treasures.
Every dragon had its own treasure trove. Although the Green Scale Flood Dragon was only a dragon-like creature and not a true member of the dragon race, the same instinct still flowed within its blood.
This water cavern was clearly the treasure trove of the Green Scale Flood Dragon.
Li Yun did not pay much attention to the luminous pearls and continued rushing forward.
Items such as luminous pearls were naturally valuable treasures to ordinary mortals, but to cultivators, they were practically worthless. Only demonic beasts like flood dragons and other dragon-like creatures would collect them as treasures.
After continuing forward, Li Yun soon passed the luminous pearls and saw a vast expanse of spirit stones.
Most of them were high-grade spirit stones, mixed with a small portion of top-grade spirit stones. At a rough count, their total number was around one million.
However, even after seeing so many spirit stones, Li Yun did not feel the slightest temptation.
There were indeed many spirit stones here, but one had to be alive to take them away. If he became greedy for these benefits, wasted precious time, and ended up dying here, then that would be truly foolish.
After passing through the ocean of spirit stones, Li Yun arrived before a chaotic pile of spiritual materials.
Among them were various precious ores, special materials used for crafting spiritual artifacts, and many medicinal herbs. Inside this pile, there was even a Mansa Flower.
Although this Mansa Flower was only low-grade Heaven Rank, it was still enough for Li Yun to break through to the 9th level of Mortal Core Realm.
This trip had not been in vain.
"Hm? What is this?"
Li Yun reached out and took the Mansa Flower, but at that moment, his gaze suddenly sharpened.
At the bottom of the pile of spiritual materials, he made another astonishing discovery.
There lay a green sphere covered in strange patterns. It emitted an unusual fluctuation, and it was actually a demonic beast core.
All demonic beasts, whether they were birds, beasts, or creatures of the sea, would form a core once they reached Rank Eight, which was equivalent to the human Heavenly Core Realm.
The core contained most of a demonic beast’s life essence. As long as the core remained intact, no matter how severe its injuries were, the demonic beast could recover quickly. However, if the core was destroyed, the demonic beast would at best become crippled, and at worst, die instantly.
It could be said that for demonic beasts above Rank Eight, their core was something they valued even more than their own lives.
The strange patterns on this core were somewhat incomplete, and its color was also slightly dull. Clearly, it was not a complete core. It was very likely that a demonic beast had failed while attempting to break through to Rank Eight, and in the end, it had condensed all its life essence into this incomplete core.
Without a doubt, this core could not have belonged to the Green Scale Flood Dragon. It was most likely left behind by one of the Green Scale Flood Dragon’s elders. Unfortunately, the Green Scale Flood Dragon had never gotten the chance to absorb the core’s power before being killed by Saber Fiend.
"A demonic beast core. Good, very good."
Grabbing the demonic beast core, Li Yun finally revealed a confident smile.
If the Mansa Flower had only given him a little more confidence, then this demonic beast core gave him complete assurance.
If Saber Fiend dared to pursue him into this place, then he would definitely come here without being able to return.
After storing away the demonic beast core, Li Yun picked up the Mansa Flower. Seizing the final moments before Saber Fiend arrived, he hurriedly began absorbing its power with his Devouring Intent.
Under the full force of Devouring Intent, the Mansa Flower withered completely within moments. Its energy was entirely absorbed into Li Yun’s body.
At last, Li Yun’s cultivation smoothly broke through to the 9th level of Mortal Core Realm.
Now, even in the outside world, his strength was enough to contend with ordinary Half-Step Heavenly Core Realm experts. And inside this world, where his enemies were still suppressed, he could truly battle Half-Step Heavenly Core Realm experts.
It could be said that within the Lost Ancient City, Li Yun now had the confidence to battle anyone.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
At that moment, the water waves were forcibly parted, and Saber Fiend’s figure emerged.
His expression was cold, and his steps were neither hurried nor slow. He carried an air of indifference toward life and absolute confidence in himself. The thick-backed saber in his hand reflected a startling cold light, and his gaze immediately fell upon Li Yun.
"9th level of Mortal Core Realm?"
Upon sensing Li Yun’s cultivation, Saber Demon was slightly taken aback. However, the surprise in his eyes lasted for only a moment before it was replaced by his usual indifference.
"Li Yun, you truly are a genius," Saber Demon said coldly. "To actually break through at such a critical moment. But even if you have reached the 9th level of the Mortal Core Realm, it still will not change your impending fate of death."
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