Chapter 714: Ample Gains (1/2)

Chapter 714: Ample Gains

Previously, Xiao Chen had spent a lot of time refining the Quintessence that he obtained from using Inferior Grade Spirit Gathering Pearls. He would not give up on his progress here.

After he consumed all the Earth Essence Fruits under a hundred years old, his cultivation advanced to a mere step shy of peak late-stage Martial Monarch.

Then, Xiao Chen took out one of his three remaining Medial Grade Spirit Gathering Pearls. He used the incredible surging Spiritual Energy of the Medial Grade Spirit Gathering Pearl to waltz through this bottleneck.

A Medial Grade Spirit Gathering Pearl was worth millions of Superior Grade Spirit Stones. Usually, it would be hard to obtain a Medial Grade Spirit Gathering Pearl even if one had the necessary Spirit Stones. It could be used to break through from Medial Grade Martial Monarch to Superior Grade Martial Monarch.

Actually, it was rather wasteful of Xiao Chen to use the Medial Grade Spirit Gathering Pearl for this small bottleneck. However, he was in a rush for time. The True Dragon’s Cave was now open. Probably most of the people had arrived already.

If he wanted to get some treasures before they were all s.n.a.t.c.hed up, he had to make a substantial improvement in his strength in as short a time as possible.

After reaching peak late-stage Medial Grade Martial Monarch, Xiao Chen took out a Superior Grade Quintessence Gathering Pill. However, he was not in a hurry to consume it.

When he recalled the pain of his previous experience with the Quintessence Gathering Pill, his body could not help but hesitate.

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and decisively placed the Quintessence Gathering Pill into his mouth. After choking for a bit, he swallowed it whole.

Not long later, the antic.i.p.ated pain arrived. After experiencing it once, Xiao Chen already knew what to expect. He gritted his teeth and endured as drops of sweat the size of beans dripped down.

Time slowly pa.s.sed. The pain increased with every second Xiao Chen endured. Waves of torment a.s.saulted his mind, trying to break him.

Even though he had experienced this process once before, it was still a great test of his willpower. If he was not careful, he could end up wasting all his precious efforts. So he struggled to stay conscious with all his might.

The instant the pain subsided, Xiao Chen did not feel any relief. Instead, he felt numb like he had lost all his senses.

He managed to curl his lips up in a bitter smile only much later. He said, “Probably, only someone like me would attempt to challenge such agony a second time.”

With the aid of the Quintessence Gathering Pill, his cultivation returned to that of an early-stage Medial Grade Martial Monarch. However, the hundred white clouds around the dantian all turned purple.

Xiao Chen stood up, and his aura was withdrawn, none of it leaking out. His black eyes were pitch-black like a gemstone, filled with Spiritual Energy and a glow.

With a thought, he flicked his ten fingers, and strands of purple saber Qi flew around him without stopping.

The saber Qi danced chaotically, flickering with electricity. It crackled relentlessly like a storm of knives and lightning.

The hair around Xiao Chen’s forehead fluttered. Standing in the eye of the storm of knives, he looked like an exceptionally murderous deity revealing its lethality.

“Chop!” Xiao Chen shouted, and the knives around him shot out, swiftly flying forward and tearing the air apart in an instant.

An enemy with slightly weaker cultivation standing before him would immediately find himself tattered, as full of holes as a hornet’s nest.

Xiao Chen nodded with satisfaction. After his Quintessence became purer, he could feel a distinct increase in his strength. All the agony was worth seeing this.

He sat down on the truncated mountain once more. Then, he waved his hand, and rows of Earth Essence Fruits appeared before him, all at least one hundred years old.

There were even ten two-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits and one three-hundred-year-old one. Such a terrific h.o.a.rd would make anyone’s eyes go red with envy.

Hu Hai and the others had already been astounded when they saw the ten two-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits. If they knew that Xiao Chen still had a peak grade Earth Essence Fruit, their jaws would hang open wide enough to touch the ground.

Seeing the Earth Essence Fruits before him, Xiao Chen smiled faintly and said, “The Savage Battlefield is truly a land of fortuitous encounters for me. My cultivation would not be able to increase this fast under normal circ.u.mstances.”

Suddenly, he remembered all the strong people he saw after arriving here—An Junxi, Bai Wuxue, Shui Lingling, the Pa.s.sionate Young Master. His excitement could not help but subside somewhat.

Compared to these people, what did his accomplishments count for? How could he feel so self-satisfied?

His gaze filled with unswerving determination, and he said sullenly, “It is not enough, far from enough. After the Savage Battlefield closes, I need to be able to survive against the seven giants, at the very least.”

The Extreme Yin Sect’s true inheritors had all mocked Xiao Chen. Before Bai Wuxue left, he had given Xiao Chen a grim look. If he had not stopped there, Xiao Chen would have died for sure.

An Junxi’s casual whip attack could toss a three-hundred-meter-long venomous snake into the air. Murong Lingfeng did not hesitate to use his folding fan to kill half-Sage loose cultivators.

The seven giants all viewed half-Sages with contempt, killing them at will. On the other hand, Xiao Chen was still a Medial Grade Martial Monarch.

As for the mysterious three Holy Scions, they had already left the Tianwu Domain long ago.

In the vast and boundless Kunlun Realm, these Holy Scions were the leaders of the human race’s younger generation. Their fame spread far and wide, shaking the entire Kunlun Realm.

Xiao Chen sighed slightly and said, “This world is really huge. For the sake of seeing all the sights of the world, I have to work very hard, never giving up!”

He had more than thirty one-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits, ten two-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruits, and one three-hundred-year-old Earth Essence Fruit.

This h.o.a.rd equaled an incalculable fortune. Xiao Chen spent three days and three nights consuming it all.

Then he spent another two days stabilizing the Medicinal Energy he absorbed. After that, his cultivation returned to peak late-stage Medial Grade Martial Monarch.

He was now only one step away from Superior Grade Martial Monarch.