Chapter 206 - Chapter 206: Chapter 201 Breakthrough i (2/2)

When this amplification reached tenfold, it was effectively two hundred times the normal cultivation speed in the outside world.

Cultivating for one day was equivalent to half a year of cultivation for others in the outside world.

The charm of elixirs was so great that it was simply irresistible.

In the past, I thought cultivating under the Ancient Banyan Tree was already like having a huge advantage, but I didn’t realize that was just child’s play.

Only now could it be called a truly privileged life.

Qin Niu was keenly aware that this cultivation opportunity was extremely rare. Who knew when the next chance to obtain a Boundary-breaking Elixir would come.

Hunting monster beasts for their Beast Cores was a matter of luck.

If one could encounter such an opportunity once in ten years, it would be as if their ancestors’ graves had billowed with blue smoke.

Even if one did encounter it, there was no guarantee of success in the kill.

Because every monster beast that managed to mature was an existence of extreme terror.

The King Pig that Qin Niu had slain last time wasn’t really a true monster beast in the strict sense.

At best, it was a powerful King Pig that had encountered a stroke of luck.

It barely qualified as a half-demon.

In reality, it was much weaker compared to a true half-demon.

Moreover, even if one hunted down a monster beast and obtained its Beast Core, one couldn’t necessarily refine it into a Boundary-breaking Elixir.

Because even Master Zi Zhou, with the highest success rate of elixir formation, only had a thirty percent chance.

Therefore, this cultivation opportunity was extraordinarily precious.

Many people, if given such a chance once in their lifetime, would be able to rise above the common herd and directly change their fate.

Time was rapidly slipping by, and his cultivation level was overcoming barriers one after another, advancing by leaps and bounds.

He easily broke through to the third level of the Acquired Realm, and then came the fourth level, fifth level…

When his cultivation level broke through to the tenth level of the Acquired Realm, the rate at which his strength was increasing started to diminish. This indicated that most of the elixir’s energy had been consumed by him.

“Taking the Boundary-breaking Elixir for the first time, I was a bit too impatient. Quality steel should be used on the blade’s edge. Others probably cultivate to the peak of the tenth level of the Acquired Realm before taking the Boundary-breaking Elixir, using the power of the elixir to breakthrough.”

Qin Niu had a moment of realization.

Many pits could only be known after one had fallen into them.

The detours one must take in life really cannot be skipped.

Fortunately, the cultivation environment he was in was extremely special.

The cool energy under the Ancient Banyan Tree was very concentrated, at least twenty times that of the outside world. This had become an important aid for his assault on a new realm, its effect no less potent than that of the Boundary­breaking Elixir.

Clenching his teeth, with an unrestrained determination in his heart, he wanted to break through the Acquired Realm and experience the taste of a higher realm.

Boom!

Boom!

The power of the Everlasting Spring Technique surged within him like raging waves, rushing crazily through his body, repeatedly tempering and strengthening every inch of his skin, muscles, and internal organs.

His entire body became as solid as if it were cast from steel, extraordinarily robust.

Now, he was like a human-shaped mech capable of crushing steel blades with his bare hands.

Ordinary arrows shot at him probably couldn’t even penetrate his defenses.

And this was without donning the King Pig Leather Armor.

Otherwise, his defense would be even more terrifying.

But then again, the fundamental strength of the body is what truly matters. Armor, no matter how strong, is ultimately an external object; its role is merely to gild the lily.

If the body itself isn’t strong enough, no matter how powerful the armor, against a real master, one move would be enough to shatter the flesh beneath the armor.

“Charge, charge, charge!”

Qin Niu bit down hard, his cultivation level rising rapidly.

He wanted to break through.

As the amping effect of his cultivation began to wane, he felt a clear insufficiency of strength when attempting to break through the major barrier.

Yet he did not give up, harboring an unwavering determination in his heart.

His resolve was indestructible.

As time passed, his power had reached the peak of the Acquired Realm’s tenth level, and he could even vaguely glimpse some of the rules and abilities of the new realm.

But breaking through was still extremely difficult.

Since the start of his cultivation of the Everlasting Spring Technique, this was the first time he had encountered an obstacle.

Or it could also be called a bottleneck.

After breaking through the Acquired Realm, he would no longer be an ordinary person, but would have stepped halfway into the threshold of Immortal Gate, becoming a true cultivator.

Such an existence, even in Black Tiger City, was by no means commonplace.

Rather, it was an exceedingly rare and transcendent being.

Not even Old Master Huang, whom he had slain, would have reached this realm.

Otherwise, no matter how much Qin Niu schemed, it’s unlikely he could have killed him.

At this moment, the more he glimpsed the aspects of the new realm, the more he yearned to break through.

He also felt a twinge of regret, wishing he had not been so hasty.

At the very least, he could have waited to advance to the tenth level of the Acquired Realm before using the Boundary-breaking Elixir to charge at the new realm. But what’s done can’t be undone, and regret was pointless.

All he could do was grit his teeth and persist to the end.

Sometimes, when facing difficult challenges, having faith is crucial.

If one’s resolve wavers at the slightest setback and contemplates giving up, then once the spirit is gone, failure is sure to follow. But if one’s will is as solid as iron, and one strives with a steely resolve, one might just succeed in the end.

At that moment, he felt a drizzle-like cold energy raining down upon him from above.

When these energies invaded his body, they caused his blood to stagnate and his spirit to become sluggish.

He knew this meant the sky had darkened and the Ancient Banyan Tree was beginning to cleanse its territory of all living beings.

The energy from the Boundary-breaking Elixir was almost depleted, night had fallen, and the new realm was extremely difficult to break into; multiple difficulties weighed on his heart, shaking his conviction.