Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 540 - 526: Mental Promotion, Alien Conspiracy!_1

Chapter 540: Chapter 526: Mental Promotion, Alien Conspiracy!_1

Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Inside a stone house, Xiao Chen sat on a stone bed, with occasional energy fluctuations rippling through the void in the room - a representation of spiritual power.

When warriors broke through to the Layered Tower Realm and endured the tribulation of thunder, their bodies and spirits became solidified; their souls truly stabilized, and their spiritual wills could separate from their bodies, melting into the void. Even further, they could harness the power of Heaven and Earth with their spiritual will alone, and even infiltrate other people’s bodies with their spiritual will, controlling everything.

Next to Xiao Chen, there was a small white jade box. Inside the box, just a single Sword Spirit Grass remained - he had already refined the other two.

Five years ago, Xiao Chen’s spiritual will may have been weaker than that of a true Venerable One, but it was on par with them nonetheless.

In these five years, Xiao Chen’s martial cultivation had reached the Layered Tower Realm’s fifth Heavenly Layer. But after reaching the fifth Heavenly Layer’s completion, his spiritual will hadn’t advanced a single bit. It seemed as if he had hit a bottleneck.

There was only one layer between the Layered Tower Realm’s fifth and sixth Heavenly Layers, but bridging this gap made fighters undergo earth-shaking changes. This was a transformation much greater than the one from the Blood Refining Realm Limit to the Layered Tower Realm.

In the world of the Hundred Clans, including the Human Clan, as long as a warrior entered the Layered Tower Realm’s sixth Heavenly Layer, they could claim the title of Venerable.

Before reaching the Layered Tower Realm’s sixth Heavenly Layer, a warrior’s blood qi, combat qi, and even their soul were fundamentally separate from each other. Of course, there were some gifted warriors who could merge these three aspects temporarily and unleash a formidable power. However, this was not true unity.

The Heavenly Fire Tribulation of the Layered Tower Realm’s fifth Heavenly Layer refined a person’s body, combusting their blood and spirit. This led to their initial fusion and true unity. Every single movement would brim with Heaven and Earth’s power.

Qiu Hu had already rushed back to the Battle Division, conveying Xiao Chen’s orders for the tribe to prepare for the upcoming crisis. This Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood may not have been moving towards Dragon Fall Territory, but it was always better to be careful. After all, this related to the tribe’s development; they couldn’t take the risk.

To take a step back, if this Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood fled towards Dragon Fall Territory and appeared in East Dragon Ridge, if the tribe were ready, it may yield unexpected benefits when taming the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood.

The original Eastern part of Dragon Ridge was guarded by a master and his disciple from Dragon Legacy Tribe’s Luo Yun Mountain. However, after the crisis of the Blue-eyed Suanni was alleviated five years ago, no powerful wild beasts made an appearance. Consequently, the master and his disciple ventured deep into the Great Wasteland, and their return date was unknown.

Hum Hum Hum!

Xiao Chen had refined the third Sword Spirit Grass into his body. Inside the stone house, the fluctuations grew more intense. An invisible force even ground the stone table nearby into dust. Just like Xiao Chen’s soul being whipped around violently, the entire void shook.

Even though he had been stuck at a bottleneck in his spiritual strength for five years, Xiao Chen hadn’t slackened his efforts to hone his spiritual power. At his current stage, while talent did play a part, it also required relentless perseverance. This was a war of attrition where progress happened slowly but steadily. As long as he had the strength, success was eventually guaranteed.

However, he never expected to acquire such spiritual essence-refining medicine. Xiao Chen even felt grateful towards the elder from the Profound Clear War Tribe who had come to challenge him. If it weren’t for him, Xiao Chen wouldn’t have gotten his hands on the Sword Spirit Medicine.

Bang!

Within Xiao Chen’s Sea of Soul, there was even a storm brewing. That belonged to the spiritual world’s tempest. At this moment, his brows knit tightly, even landing him into a state of confusion.

If someone were to be by Xiao Chen’s side, they would find that his aura at the moment had become ethereal. It seemed as if he was caught in some strange frenzy and couldn’t break free.

However, regardless of how wildly the spiritual storm raged within him, in the deepest parts of his Soul Sea, there was a faint light that steadied his mind and anchored his soul.

After who knows how long, an invisible wave erupted from the depths of Xiao Chen’s soul. The wave forcefully swept outwards from him as the center, spreading in all directions. It even rushed outside the stone house, sweeping over the void.

The mental barrier was finally broken. Xiao Chen’s spiritual will truly reached Venerable level.

Vast qi flooded the entirety of Treasure Gathering Pavilion. It even overflowed outside, causing all the surrounding warriors to feel suffocated from the arrival of a supreme force. Some were even crushed to the ground by this force.

Whoosh!

As quickly as it came, that force disappeared without a trace. In the stone house, Xiao Chen’s body slightly shook. A green gleam flashed across his eyes, and the previously wild force retreated like a tide, fully withdrawn by him.

His spiritual will had broken the barrier of the Venerable Realm, and truly entered the Layered Tower Realm’s sixth Heavenly Layer. He was genuinely on par with a Venerable’s spiritual will. Of course, this only applied to the aspect of spiritual will; in other aspects, he was still somewhat inferior compared to a great Venerable.

Even so, Xiao Chen had enough reasons to be proud of himself. Advancing to the Venerable level was only difficult because the breakthrough in the spiritual will was the hardest. Now, Xiao Chen had already prematurely completed his breakthrough. All he needed to do in the future was to accumulate combat qi, stabilize his combat body, and becoming a great Venerable would naturally follow.

Although Xiao Chen’s breakthrough was rapid and dissipated quickly, some real powerful people in Duanmu City sensed it. The spiritual will that belonged to the venerables had long surpassed that of ordinary warriors, which was a form of sublimation.

Two days later, there was still no news about the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood. The number of Zhong Lou Realm martial artists in Duanmu City had reached more than twenty, and even in the Sifang Pavilion, a venerable powerhouse had arrived.

He was an old man with white hair and no fluctuations of combat qi on his body. He appeared out of thin air over Duanmu City. Even though he was standing there conspicuously, he was perceived as an empty space by many warriors.

His spiritual will has ascended to the level of a venerable, and this gave Xiao Chen a deeper perception of this old man than other warriors. In Xiao Chen’s sense, this venerable had just been promoted recently. In terms of spiritual will alone, they should be on par with each other, but compared to others, Xiao Chen was way behind.

Not long after, the name of this venerable has spread throughout Duanmu City. He was the third venerable of the Bai Ze Marquis Division, who had passed the Sky-fire Tribulation three years ago and ascended to the venerable status. He was known as Vajra Venerable One, this was because he had a half ten-foot four-star Vajra Demon Ape, which was said to be about to upgrade to a real four-star beast.

Giant Stone Valley, the edge of the East Region’s extreme wasteland.

There were low and rolling ancient mountains. Beneath one of the ancient mountains, there were ancient trees standing tall. Green creepers were hanging down. The clear stream was gurgling. If there weren’t a monster with flesh and blood splattering around nearby, it would indeed be a beautiful scenery.

Xiao Chen was sitting on the Heavenly Horse, not looking at the monster beneath his feet. After settling the matters of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, he left Shi Ya and Elder Hua to guard it. Together with the deterrence from the incidents of the Profound Clear War Tribe a few days ago, the safety of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion was not of concern.

The Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood had lost its traces. Some warriors had withdrawn from the Great Wasteland, but there were still some of the powerful ones who continued to rush to the depths of the Dragon Fall Mountain Range. Xiao Chen did not stay in Duanmu City to wait for news, but personally came to the extreme wasteland of the East Region instead.

Since the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood had fled to the depths of the Dragon Fall Mountain Range, he planned to follow the outskirts of the Dragon Fall Mountain Range in the East Region all the way south. This would take him directly into the eastern part of the Dragon Fall Territory. Even if there were any changes, with the speed of the Heavenly Horse, he could still rush back in time. At the same time, he would also covertly guard the Dragon Fall Territory.

As Xiao Chen had predicted, some strong ones had already entered the Dragon Fall Territory, especially those tribes near the East Region were the first to bear the brunt.

These powerful individuals invaded the Dragon Fall Territory without any restraint. They bullied the people of the Dragon Fall Territory’s human tribe with their strength.

The Gu Yuan Tribe was located in the northwestern region of the Dragon Fall Territory, tens of thousands of miles away from the East Region. It was too late to respond. Fortunately, Qiu Hu rushed back to the tribe in time and passed on Xiao Chen’s orders.

Deep in the Dragon Fall Mountain Range.

Thousands of miles away, the continuous ancient mountains were thousands of feet high. This was a real desolate ancient forest, rarely visited by humans, with unknown dangers lurking within.

A natural graveyard, which had buried countless bones and blood, was a paradise for monsters. This area was the territory of the Dark Three-headed Dog.

But at this moment, the three heads of this Three-headed Dog, which had reached the peak of the three-star level, had been cut off. Its body, which was twenty yards long, had been drained of blood and turned into a skeleton.

A thick stench of blood spread out, staining the surrounding ancient forest with a layer of blood.

Deep in the ancient forest, several figures were moving. Some were filled with blood, as if soaked in fresh blood. Some were like phantoms, seeming to be between reality and illusion. Others were filled with a terrifying demonic aura and had a black horn on their bodies.

"The trash of the Blood Clan can’t achieve anything but spoils everything. They thought they could infiltrate the ancient city where the humans gather and stir up trouble. But they were exposed by the humans in just one day, lost their lives and not even a drop of blood essence escaped. Not to mention reincarnation, they have already been annihilated."

With that, a hoarse voice rang out in the ancient forest.

"Black Horn, you are courting death; it’s not your turn to preach about the affairs of our Blood Clan."

Immediately, an angry voice echoed.

"Did this prince say something wrong? Infiltrating the ancient city of the human race to create chaos, was something we all negotiated. Your Blood Clan’s trash has not only failed to accomplish the task but they have been beaten to oblivion. If this prince had gone there personally, there would be no need to hide, I would have killed my way in, human flesh and blood are most delicious!"

Roar!

A gust of eerie wind was howling, and the sharp sound interrupted the two quarreling voices.

"Enough! This time, we, the various races, gathered together to take advantage of the fact that many human war tribes in the Border Wasteland Region are focusing on the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood. We planned to strike them separately and severely damage the strength of the human race. The plan has just started, and you have fallen into infighting. Do you really think that this Ghost Marshal is not daring to kill anyone!"

Ghostly, two gloomy green ghost flames flickered in the dark jungle, which immediately plunged the entire ancient forest into a wave of chills and fell into silence.