Tyrant Sky Martial Soul
Chapter 723: Rapid Breakthrough_1

Chapter 723: Chapter 723: Rapid Breakthrough_1

The Half-Step Realm is a stage of accumulating power. There are no requirements for perceptiveness; as long as one has enough strength, they can advance.

These pills are for replenishing strength.

There are no side effects at all, nor is there any notion of an unstable foundation—completely different from the earlier situation.

These one hundred Half-Step Breakthrough Elixirs could potentially help Ling Xiao raise his level by two to three realms.

Ordinary martial artists would need to go into seclusion for at least one day after consuming such a pill, which means one hundred pills would be a hundred days.

However, with the Mountain and River Martial Soul and the assistance of the Ancient Hell Dragon’s Hell Melting Furnace, Ling Xiao would take at most a shichen.

Seeing that no one was around, Ling Xiao simply consumed all one hundred Half-Step Breakthrough Elixirs in one go.

As soon as they were ingested, a feeling as if his body was engulfed in flames spread throughout his entire body.

"The power is truly terrifying. Fortunately, it’s me. Otherwise, if anyone at the same realm as me consumed so many Half-Step Breakthrough Elixirs at once, they would certainly die," he thought to himself.

Ling Xiao hurriedly sat down cross-legged and started to operate the Mountain and River Martial Soul at full force to digest the pills.

A quarter of an hour!

Half an hour!

Half a shichen!

If anyone were watching Ling Xiao, they’d definitely notice that this guy seemed to be emanating fire all over, burning up to the point where his clothes were completely incinerated.

"Ha!"

Within a shichen, Ling Xiao leapt to his feet and smashed the wall in front of him with a punch. The surging power seemed to vent out dozens of meters, utterly terrifying.

A ferocious beast that had been planning to ambush Ling Xiao saw this scene and turned tail to flee.

"Hahaha, too strong! To think that I could find an Advanced Yellow Grade Elixir. On the Heavenly Dragon Continent, even Mid Yellow Grade pills are considered treasures."

Of course, Ling Xiao was elated because he had advanced from a two-tenths power Half-Step Celestial to a five-tenths power Half-Step Celestial in just one shichen.

In terms of cultivation level alone, he was comparable to some of those ranked within the top one hundred.

"I should still set up a realm template. Otherwise, it’s too frightening," he muttered.

Ling Xiao kept the template set at the level of a two-tenths power Half-Step Celestial, then stepped away.

The ruins were too vast, truly headache-inducing. More importantly, the passageways here were densely packed, some completely destroyed, while others were exposed due to the collapse of buildings, creating an inadvertently crafted maze, leaving one utterly confused.

Of course, what’s even more important is that the treasures inside were not as plentiful as imagined. Most of the items had already been taken by martial artists who had entered before, leaving behind items that were not only harder to find but also generally unremarkable.

Initially, Ling Xiao found it thrilling and entertaining, but it quickly became boring after a while. He decided to utilize the analytical abilities of the Mountain and River Martial Soul to search for treasures.

Perhaps because he was too bored, someone actually laid in ambush behind a fork in the road, waiting to attack him.

Ling Xiao sneered in disdain and sent a sword qi slashing through, cutting both the person and the wall in half together.

The person was cut in two, not even understanding how Ling Xiao had discovered him, nor how the attack was launched. Judging by his expression, he probably thought he was well-hidden.

Ling Xiao took out the attacker’s Storage Ring, expecting it to be empty as usual. Surprisingly, this time he was in luck as this person had probably killed several martial artists using this method, so there were tens of thousands of Low-grade Spirit Stones and a Gold-top Level Martial Arts manual inside.

Although such items had little significance in terms of his martial arts advancement, looking at it in the long term, Low-grade Spirit Stones as currency still have a very wide use.

"Justice may be late, but it will never be absent. Hmph, you killed so many people, and now you’ve been killed. It’s a death well-deserved!" he mused.

Ling Xiao didn’t even glance at the corpse as he picked up the Storage Ring and left.

He had already found a way to leave these labyrinth-like ruins, and more importantly, beyond these ruins, one could see a palace that had stood tall for tens of thousands of years.

It was the Imperial Palace of the True Demon Emperor back in the day, towering into the clouds, untouched by the tragic war of that era, and even now, it still seemed fairly new.

At this moment, quite a number of Martial Artists had already gathered near the palace, presumably having arrived there while Ling Xiao was just finishing his training.

Not everyone could find treasures in the ruins like he did. Many Martial Artists had been inside for a long time, at most finding some herbs or encountering some Ferocious Beasts, but not the chances they should have had.

According to the organizers of the Martial Arts festival, the True Demon Forbidden Land was mainly used to select individuals for the finals. Those who encountered opportunities numbered no more than thirty each time, while the others were essentially there for the preliminaries.

Having a gain was naturally the best outcome, but making it to the finals through the preliminaries was also a very good result.

A few hundred meters from the palace, there was a huge expanse of open ground, which might have once been the palace square, but had now become an overgrown wilderness.

At this time, a fierce battle was unfolding in this place.

Joshua Long was surrounded.

He was facing four disciples from the Southern Three Sects, three of them from the Tang Sect, while the other was from the Poison King Sect.

The battle had reached a fever pitch. Joshua Long was covered in injuries, and he was considering whether he should enter his Golden Dragon Form.

Once he did, his identity would undoubtedly be exposed, and the consequences would be endless.

But if he didn’t, today he would only have the choice to withdraw.

Yet, he was not willing to give up!

Being the only person from Divine Sword Sect to participate in the preselection, how could he face his fellow Sect members if he couldn’t get into the finals?

"Tang Qi, I have no grudges with you, why bully me like this?"

Joshua Long dodged while shouting loudly.

"Everything you wanted, I’ve already handed over with both hands, do you really have to push me to a dead end? It’s best to leave some leeway when dealing with others, otherwise, you will regret it!"

"Hahaha!"

Tang Qi couldn’t help but burst into laughter and said, "Of course I want the things, but you must die too, because you’re friends with Ling Xiao. As for Ling Xiao’s friends, we people from the Southern Three Sects won’t spare a single one!"

"You’re going too far!"

"I’m going too far? How about that? You’re weak and deserve to be beaten. Otherwise, just withdraw from the preselection and at least save your pitiful life. Run back like a dog, hahaha."

Tang Qi laughed smugly.

He was the brother of Tang Jiu and also one of the ten Core Disciples of Tang Sect, although his strength was far from Tang Jiu’s.

If it were a one-on-one fight, he might not match Joshua Long.

But the problem was that beside him were three others with comparable strength, joining forces to besiege Joshua Long.

That Joshua Long had managed to hold on until now was already quite impressive.

"Hmph, if it were a one-on-one fight, I would’ve slaughtered you already!"

Joshua Long dodged another attack, spitting out a bloody spit and cursed.

"No one from Divine Sword Sect is any good; that’s your own fault. Today, you should die here! Guys, stop wasting words with him, let’s finish this kid quickly, before those from Moon Hua Sect come and intervene."

Tang Qi stopped the banter, instead speeding up the attack with the other three.

The four of them surrounded Joshua Long, not giving him a chance to escape—it could be considered a Sky-Net indeed.