blenderwars Chapter 284 Half-Step to Rank 8
Chapter 284 Half-Step to Rank 8
Chapter 285 Half-Step to Eighth Rank (Bonus Chapter, Please Vote!)
December 23, afternoon, Nanjiang Cave.
In front of the alloy house,
"After I go in, you guard this place. If no one returns to report before the third passage opens, we can consider disrupting the passage and saving the major battle for next year."
Zhao Xingwu said in a deep voice.
"Old Zhao."
"Okay, that's enough, I'm going in."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Xingwu walked into the passageway.
The remaining grandmasters watched this scene unfold.
"Nanjiang is in trouble this time."
A master whispered.
Inside the cave, more than 30 miles underground, lies the passageway.
"Now the Nanjiang Cave is stable, and there won't be too much damage."
Lu Hao said that Song Wang is still maintaining order in his city and sorting out the mines. Lu Hao's bombing will prevent Song Wang City from having any major operations for at least half a month.
"It's definitely a sure thing. We're all heroes this time. Old Lu, you're the big winner, and the rest of us are the small winners," Qin Fengqing said with a smile.
"I don't know how many people will come in the second batch. The situation is different now than at the beginning. There is no threat from the two cities anymore," said Li Wang Jin Yang.
Qin Fengqing chimed in, "I don't know, but at least one Rank 9 will definitely come. After all, it was a two-city battle before. If there wasn't a Rank 9 to hold back the opposing Rank 9, then... Where is Senior Brother Wu hiding? I haven't sensed his burst of power. It seems he hasn't been found by Prince Liu yet." "No matter where he goes, Prince Liu can't escape him. Before I blew up the mine, someone had already angered the guardian demonic plant of another city."
If nothing unexpected happens, that kid Fang Ping is causing trouble in Liuwang City. He can't do the large-scale blasting I do, but blasting the exterior shouldn't be a problem. Even if he can't,
"The two of us, both of us at the ninth rank, should have no problem dealing with Prince Liu. This round is pretty much a sure thing."
Lu Hao said with a smile.
"Fang Ping. I wonder how Teacher Li is doing. During the battle, I saw Fang Ping take Teacher Li away with a single sword strike that killed an eighth-rank eighth-rank. I really didn't expect Teacher Li to be so powerful," Qin Fengqing said.
"We'll see. Large cities have reserves of life essence. Many were injured in the battle of Giant Willow City, so we'll definitely need to activate healing mechanisms."
"If Fang Ping can seize the opportunity to steal some of Teacher Li's things, there's hope for him to recover. Maybe he can even rise from the ashes," Lu Hao said.
"Well, I hope so. Teacher Li's sword strike was truly astonishing. A single strike from a sixth-rank to an eighth-rank opponent—even you, Lu Hao, couldn't have done that."
"It's definitely impossible. Teacher Li nurtured that sword strike for ten years. Ten years of qi and blood from a peak sixth-grade cultivator, plus vitality..."
With sheer willpower, that desperate sword strike...
Aside from Teacher Li, no one else could unleash that sword strike at the sixth rank—it's almost time, we should set off and check the situation on the other side of the passage.”
As they spoke, the group got up and prepared to head towards the passageway.
Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away from Giant Willow City, on the ground... *Whoosh!*
"call!"
Li Changsheng and Fang Ping both crawled out from underground. Ever since the great battle in Juliu City, they had gone underground, and even with their high rank, they couldn't wantonly destroy the city.
After digging down, the two dug horizontally for several hours before finally getting away from Giant Willow City.
"Thanks to you this time, kid, you actually survived. I've never done anything so daring in my life, sneaking into the royal city to steal the essence of life, and you actually succeeded. It sounds like a legend or myth." Li Changsheng said with a smile. He really didn't expect that he would survive.
"My internal organs are mostly shattered, and some of my bones are broken. Old Li, I suffered heavy losses this time trying to save you."
Even working for me my whole life wouldn't be enough to pay off this debt. Fang Ping looked at his own situation and calculated what they had consumed. He realized that Old Li had just swallowed at least trillions of life essence. That's trillions! If he had those trillions, he could probably surpass the ninth rank and reach a higher realm.
Most importantly, the system didn't calculate its value when they used it.
Fang Ping's eyes turned red; several hundred million!
Trillions!
"Alright, stop looking so heartbroken. My life is yours now. If you really manage to overthrow that Wu Kuishan guy in the future, I'll definitely agree. Do you still have any life essence left?"
"Without overthrowing the principal, I'm only a fourth-rank official now; I don't have that kind of ability."
"You still don't have the ability? You can come and go as you please in the underground royal city, and you can even steal the essence of life. If you still don't have the ability, then whoever does should stop complaining and help me protect the Dharma. I'll see if I can fix the bones."
After saying that, Li Changsheng released the life energy in his body. After absorbing so much life essence, a large amount of energy remained in his body.
After all, that was something the Great Willow Tree had saved up to break through to a higher level. Fang Ping snatched one-tenth of it all at once. If it had been used by a human at the peak of the sixth rank, it might have been able to create a seventh or eighth rank. But now it has all been swallowed up by Li Changsheng.
One can imagine how much energy Li Changsheng possesses; he's practically a human-shaped piece of Tang Sanzang's flesh.
If a demonic beast were to devour and consume him, he might be able to directly reach the eighth rank.
Under Fang Ping's protection, Li Changsheng's entire body began to shimmer with golden light.
After most of the day had passed, Li Changsheng's body emitted a series of crisp sounds as his bones collided, and his entire body radiated energy, attracting many demonic beasts.
Despite his injuries, Fang Ping managed to kill all the attacking monsters with great difficulty.
Li Changsheng's entire body radiated golden light, and Fang Ping could clearly see Li Changsheng's bones changing towards gold.
Is this a process of forging a golden body?
Soon, as Li Changsheng's aura grew stronger, no more demonic beasts dared to approach.
The next moment, Li Changsheng spat out a mouthful of foul blood, and his aura completely disappeared.
"Old Li, have you forged an invincible body?"
"No, my mental strength hasn't recovered yet. My skull hasn't been tempered much, but I'd say my golden body is about two-thirds forged. Most importantly, I can sense my mental strength now. Before, I was in a state of mental strength fragmentation and couldn't sense it. Now that I can sense it, I can slowly increase it."
"With the energy of the life essence within my body, as long as my mental strength increases, I can quickly break through to the eighth rank," Li Changsheng said with a smile.
"So—can you fight at the eighth rank now?"
"cannot"
"You absorbed so much of my life essence, yet you can't even defeat an eighth-rank cultivator? You could before, but now you can't." That was a desperate attack before; I had accumulated ten years' worth of vital energy, and someone created the opportunity for me to kill him. Now, compared to seventh-rank cultivators, my close combat is stronger, and their mental strength is greater, but they still can't attack me.
You could say it's a 30/70 split.
"I'm seven, and the other three... As long as my spiritual power increases, I can immediately forge a golden body. I'm about half a step into the eighth rank now," Li Changsheng said with a dark face. "Kill an eighth rank? That sword of mine was all I could do. Otherwise, when have you ever seen a sixth rank kill an eighth rank?"
"You should heal your injuries too. I'll protect you. Maybe we can even take this opportunity to advance to the fifth rank. Once you break through, it'll be about time for the second batch to come in. We should also go check out the passage."
"Okay," Fang Ping said, and began to digest the life essence in his body to heal his injuries on the spot.