Chapter 619: Immortal Spirit Ring (1/2)
Chapter 619: Immortal Spirit Ring
Unfortunately, Xiao Chen had already advanced to Martial Monarch. All these Medial Grade Spirit Stones were useful only as money; they would not be of any help to his cultivation.
When Martial Monarchs cultivated, only Superior Grade Spirit Stones could help them cultivate quickly. The effects of Medial Grade Spirit Stones were minuscule.
Everyone knew this. However, the number of Martial Monarchs who could afford to use Superior Grade Spirit Stones in the Tianwu Continent were few.
The reason being, there were too few Superior Grade Spirit Stones in the Sky Dome Realm. Most Martial Monarchs could only use Superior Grade Spirit Stones occasionally and generally cultivated with Medial Grade Spirit Stones.
The same applied to the gray-robed and blue-robed old men. Otherwise, they would have used the Superior Grade Spirit Stones in their rings long ago.
As Old Feng had said, the Tianwu Continent could not afford to raise so many geniuses. Xiao Chen now had a deeper appreciation of this.
At the same time, Xiao Chen understood that in order to maintain his previous pace of cultivation, he had to go to the Kunlun Realm. Staying in the Sky Dome Realm would only waste his talent.
Collecting his thoughts, Xiao Chen shifted his attention to the Netherworld Flower in his Universe Ring. This was his greatest gain here.
When the Lunar True Flame swallowed up the matured Netherworld Flame Seed, its Origin Flame would no doubt strengthen.
The block of lava and ground took up half the space in his Universe Ring. Xiao Chen could see the core of the Netherworld Flower withering at an extremely gradual pace.
“In one year’s time, if I cannot find an Immortal Spirit Ring, this Netherworld Flower will wither completely,” Xiao Chen muttered and withdrew his gaze.
Ao Jiao smiled gently and said, Don’t worry. Although Immortal Spirit Rings are precious, unless you are looking for a peak Immortal Spirit Ring, you definitely can afford one.
Xiao Chen smiled and stopped thinking about this. He looked around and found a suitable spot before starting to cultivate.
A vast difference existed between Essence and Quintessence. The latter was at least a hundredfold stronger. This was Xiao Chen’s first contact with such an intense power; he would have to cultivate quietly for some time before he could gain perfect control over it.
Otherwise, when he fought, Quintessence would leak out without him being able to control it. He also would not know how strong his attacks would be.
There were also certain Martial Techniques that could exhibit their true might only after he advanced to Martial Monarch, like the Azure Dragon Cloud Soaring Art, Dragon Subduing Slash, and the Battle Sage Origins’ Strength Character Formula.
Xiao Chen had to spend some time comprehending them before he could use them smoothly.
The sun rose and set. The days went by slowly as Xiao Chen cultivated alone on this uninhabited island.
Soon, he gained some familiarity with the control of Quintessence. He could now use the might of the Small Perfection Azure Dragon Cloud Soaring Art perfectly.
A dragon roar came from Xiao Chen’s body. He stepped onto the Azure Dragon and moved about in the air as fast as lightning. A certain Dragon’s Might spread out, significantly increasing his aura.
Xiao Chen could already use the Dragon Subduing Slash’s first move—Return of the Azure Dragon—as he pleased. Now, as he fueled it with Quintessence, its might was several times greater than before.
The side effects on Xiao Chen’s physical body had eased significantly and would not appear again. The situation in the past where he ended up half-dead after he had beaten up his opponent would not recur.
With Quintessence fueling the peak Superior Grade Earth Ranked Four Season Saber Technique, the various mysterious phenomena of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter that Xiao Chen materialized all improved by a level.
The most impressive was the Battle Sage Origins’ Strength Character Formula. When Xiao Chen used it, it could increase the might of any of his Martial Techniques thirty-three times.
However, the amount of Quintessence required to sustain the Strength Character Formula was daunting. His ninety-nine drops of Quintessence were insufficient. After executing it once, it drained all of Xiao Chen’s Quintessence; it even overdrew from his body.
Furthermore, that was the result when Xiao Chen used it on an ordinary Martial Technique. If he used it on the Dragon Subduing Slash, it would probably even drain his blood.
No wonder Ao Jiao had warned him back then never to execute the Strength Character Formula before advancing to Martial Monarch. The amount of Quintessence required was too horrifying. He could use it only as a last resort.
All the trump cards that Xiao Chen accumulated before advancing to Martial Monarch had improved by ten or even a hundredfold after he advanced to Martial Monarch.
Given his strength now, he could truly be called a King Grade True Dragon genius, unrivaled within the same cultivation realm, a king of the Martial Monarchs.
Xiao Chen would be able to kill an ordinary Martial Monarch easily. He would require some effort to do the same for Medial Grade Martial Monarchs. When fighting peak Medial Grade Martial Monarchs, he held a seventy percent chance of victory. Even when facing Superior Grade Martial Monarchs, he would be able to hold his own.
Of course, this referred to the Martial Monarchs in the Tianwu Continent. Xiao Chen was not familiar with the situation in the Kunlun Realm, so he could not comment on it.
Against the geniuses from the other three thousand great realms, the situation might be a little different. Their talent and resources might be on par or even better than his.
There were also the absolute geniuses of the Kunlun Realm. No one could tell what the situation would be like.
Xiao Chen felt no pride over his current strength. The road was still long; this was just the beginning.
On this particular day, Xiao Chen woke up from his cultivation and tossed aside the two exhausted Superior Grade Spirit Stones in his hands. He opened both his eyes. A purple flame blazed endlessly in his right eye, and his left eye flickered with white light, spreading an overwhelming cold Qi.
In the depths of Xiao Chen’s eyes were a purple light and a white light. They released a glow brighter than that of the stars.
During the past days, Xiao Chen had been thinking about how to execute that Taiji Yinyang Flame Diagram from the time he spent in the gate of desire.
At this moment, he finally gained some inspiration on how to do it, so he decided to give it a try.
“Xiu!”
He released the purple Origin Flame in his right eye first. For the sake of creating a balance, he only sent out half of the Purple Thunder True Fire’s Origin Flame.
After that, the Lunar True Flame’s Origin Flame flew out as well. It hovered about fifteen centimeters apart from the purple Origin Flame, the two floating side by side.