Chapter 44: Assailing the Concealed Stage (1/2)

After Sage Goldenlight disappeared, the three cultivators from Dark Light Island exchanged glances and released sighs of relief. The suppressive atmosphere they felt from Sage Goldenlight was too strong.

“So, this is an expert who has cultivated himself up to the Sky Human stage. The atmosphere he exudes is simply too strong. It felt as though there was a mountain pressing down on me.”

“That is right. It is said that Sage Goldenlight is an expert who had overcome Lightning Tribulation. Additionally, the Divine Goldenlight Net in his hand is an even more powerful magic treasure. Did you see how easily the Greenjade-eyed Gold Toad was swooped up? That yao beast is one that is on the verge of reaching the ability to transform into a human.”

“This time around, we suffered so many deaths and wounds only to gain nothing. How unfortunate! How unfortunate!”

“There is nothing unfortunate about this. The ability to preserve our lives is good enough. Besides, the ones who died are not our men. We just lost some materials. I remember that kid who is not even at the Concealed stage. We can secretly search for him, just don’t bump into Sage Goldenlight.”

“Let’s go!”

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“Phew! I am finally safe!” Chen Feng was seated cross-legged in the cave within the stone mountain, gasping heavily for breath. He had pushed out all his internal strength to rush all the way there, even going way beyond his limit. Now, a feeling of exhaustion surged through every part of his body.

Suddenly, Chen Feng’s face turned red. It even appeared as though he might begin to bleed. His thick blood vessels were continuously swelling and twisting. Chen Feng’s heart itself was palpitating furiously and the sound of his heart beats echoed constantly within the cave.

“Not good, this is a precursor to cultivation deviation! It seems I am too excited.”

Chen Feng’s face flickered. Immediately, he threw everything on his person to the ground, closed his eyes and composed himself. He concentrated on circulating the primary energy within his body. Only after a whole hour did he manage to calm down his heart and stabilize his emotions, suppressing the deviating thoughts from earlier.

“It seems my level of cultivation in the area of the heart is still insufficient. It cannot even resist such a small temptation. If this keeps up, it will seriously affect my future cultivation efforts. It seems there is a need for me to properly hone myself. If only there is a meditation technique for cultivating the heart,” Chen Feng mumbled softly.

Next, Chen Feng turned his gaze towards the items on the ground. Despite having calmed down his heart, seeing the items on the ground had still caused his rate of breathing to turn slightly ragged.

Truth be told, there were not many items on the ground. There were only one spatial pouch, one sword, one black arrow and two Water Prevention Pearls. However, the number of items stuffed into the spatial pouch was huge. Back then, Chen Feng had stuffed in around 10 other spatial pouches into it. However, after opening the spatial pouch, Chen Feng could not take anything out. Even after putting his hand inside, he could grasp nothing.

“Huh, I actually cannot take anything out. Could it be that I will have to cultivate up to the Concealed stage before I can access it?” Chen Feng became crestfallen and he placed the spatial pouch aside before picking up the black arrow.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that, without this black arrow, Chen Feng would have died back in the bottom of the pool. This was the black arrow that helped Chen Feng break through the sphere imprisoning him and enter the Greenjade-eyed Gold Toad’s lair. It was thanks to the arrow that he could have gained so much.

“I wonder where this black arrow come from?” Chen Feng touched the black arrow. It remained as black as ink, still and seemingly no different from any other arrows. There were no patterns on the surface of the arrow, giving it an extremely ordinary look. However, when Chen Feng’s eyes fell upon the black arrow again, he could feel as though there was a vortex swirling within the surface of the arrow, a vortex that wanted to absorb human souls into it.

“This arrow is really bizarre.” Only after diverting his gaze away did he recover his normal state.

For there to be such bizarre arrows. I wonder, is there a matching bow? If there is, how powerful will these arrows become when shot out using the bow? Chen Feng thought.

Then, Chen Feng placed the black arrow on the ground and picked up the powerful sword. The sword sheath appeared very ordinary, without much adornment on it. However, Chen Feng knew; should he swing out the sword, it would unleash out a mighty force. It was a mighty force capable of instantly killing off a Concealed stage expert.

“How strange. Could my luck be so good? A weapon that I had picked up at random turned out to be a treasure?” Chen Feng was unable to stop himself from blurting out with a smile.

Slowly, Chen Feng exerted some force on his arm to pull out the sword. A dazzling, eye-piercing light radiated outwards, forcing Chen Feng to close his eyes. The light from the sword illuminated the surrounding stone walls. Soon enough, Chen Feng could hear sounds coming from the walls as stone powders slipped down the walls. It did not take long before a layer of stone fell off the walls.

“It truly does possess a mighty power. Just the power it naturally radiates could instantly kill off a cultivator that has yet to reach the astral energy (6th) layer.” Chen Feng was secretly shocked and pleased at the same time.

Thankfully, Chen Feng had been able to condense out astral energy long ago. If a cultivator who was not at the astral energy layer were to pull out this sword, he or she would be reduced to meat paste by the sword energy emitted by the sword.

“Eh? There are words on the sword.” Chen Feng forced his eyes open and saw words revealing itself upon the surface of the sword. The calligraphy style was broad and wide, giving off an atmosphere of vastness.

“Overwhelming Astral Sword,” Chen Feng said slowly before keeping the sword back into its sheath. Immediately, the sword energy within the cave disappeared and everything returned to a calm state.

“So, this sword’s name is Overwhelming Astral Sword. No wonder it could give off an impression of overwhelming vastness. However, I wonder what this weapon’s grade is? Additionally, it is obvious that I cannot unleash its full power,” whispered Chen Feng as he looked at the sword in his hand.

“Now, with this Overwhelming Astral Sword in hand, I can instantly kill the average Concealed stage experts by surprise,” said Chen Feng with a smile.