Chapter 1751: Advancing

Han Li and the second Nascent Soul felt their bodies and divine sense being scraped by countless sharp blades over and over again at the same time.

Even worse, this pain could not be alleviated or resisted by magic power or any ability, leaving them like ordinary mortals, forced to directly endure this extreme pain of being sliced by a thousand knives.

Therefore, even though Han Li's body could directly withstand the damage of flying swords and flying knives, under such intense pain, he temporarily lost control of the magic power in his body and fell.

"Bang!" A muffled sound.

Although he was in unbearable pain, the Brahma Saint True Devil Art on his body had not dissipated, and this mere height naturally could not damage his physical body in the slightest. Instead, his powerful frame smashed a small pit into the ground, causing some gravel to burst and fly in all directions.

Han Li had no time to pay attention to these trifles. He kept his lips tightly shut, forcibly enduring the pain, but his face turned slightly blue and purple.

This kind of pain was truly beyond what an ordinary person could endure, and he could only rely on his own tenacious willpower to resist it desperately.

Under these circumstances, Han Li only felt his primordial spirit was exceptionally hot, as if wrapped in an inexplicable heat, and even the soul within was burning fiercely.

Although Han Li managed to maintain a trace of clarity, he was still greatly horrified in his heart.

Gritting his teeth, he moved his body, managing to control it to sit up in the pit.

Sitting cross-legged, he formed a seal with both hands, and golden light flared from his body again.

After adapting slightly to the pain, he actually wanted to rely on the power of the Brahma Saint True Demon Art to forcibly expel the abnormality from his body.

But the next moment, something that stunned him happened.

As the spiritual power in his body circulated, the pain transformed into streams of cool energy that surged into his meridians, turning into a strange energy he had never seen before, pushing the Brahma Saint True Demon Art to circulate at a terrifying speed.

After one cycle, his cultivation had inexplicably increased by a bit.

Although relative to the total amount, this increase wasn't much, it was indeed a genuine increase out of thin air.

And this strange increase in cultivation continued to progress without stopping as the Brahma Saint True Demon Art circulated.

To think there was such a good thing—this naturally surprised and delighted him!

Han Li didn't bother to think about the reason anymore. Without a second thought, he closed his eyes tightly, golden light flashing on his body, and focused on cultivating.

Under these circumstances, every cycle of the art was equivalent to a year of hard cultivation in ordinary times; he would never give up such a great opportunity.

However, this increase in cultivation was still far behind that of the second Nascent Soul in the light pillar in the distance.

Although the second Nascent Soul also operated the art to resist the pain, because it was directly bearing the massive energy surging from the light pillar, the portion it dissolved was negligible compared to the energy surging in without stopping.

Therefore, even though the pain didn't decrease much while operating the art, the second Nascent Soul's increase in cultivation was far beyond what Han Li's true body could compare to, almost three or four times greater.

After the time it takes to eat a meal, it broke through from the early Spirit Transformation stage to the mid-stage, also without encountering any bottlenecks.

Time passed bit by bit!

Han Li felt his body tremble, and a strange feeling surged into his heart. After spending some effort, the bottleneck of the early Void Refinement stage was actually broken through, and he entered the mid-Void Refinement stage in one go.

Han Li was overjoyed and continued to operate the Brahma Saint True Demon Art crazily.

He didn't notice that the moment he advanced to the mid-Void Refinement stage, the golden liquid drops in the light pillar in the distance flashed with golden light and suddenly gathered toward the second Nascent Soul.

In the blink of an eye, a brand-new golden body manifested in the light pillar.

The new golden body was also three-headed and six-armed, but its body was covered in astonishing purple-golden patterns, forming some vague, strange runes. These purple-golden runes were not only flickering but also seemed somewhat incomplete.

In this state, the aura emitted by this golden body was worlds apart from before, and the red-golden spiritual light it emitted vaguely revealed wisps of purple light, appearing exceptionally mysterious.

The third blurry face of the golden body was also much clearer than before, and even some facial features like eyes and nose could be seen. But the appearance of the third face was still not very clear.

With the new golden body, the second Nascent Soul's speed of absorbing pure spiritual power and five-colored runes increased greatly, and the pain also decreased significantly.

A moment later, the second Nascent Soul's cultivation broke through the mid-Spirit Transformation stage, entered the late-Spirit Transformation stage, and surged toward the late-stage peak.

After a while, when Han Li's cultivation was approaching the mid-Void Refinement stage peak and was accumulating power for the next breakthrough, the second Nascent Soul spent some time breaking through the Spirit Transformation stage bottleneck, entering the Void Refinement stage similar to Han Li's true body.

This terrifying speed of advancement would leave any great Spirit Realm expert speechless.

"Boom!" A loud noise!

Seemingly sensing something, the silver spears pointed at the high sky by the nine armored soldiers let out a long cry simultaneously, and the nine light pillars sprayed from the spear tips vanished into the void.

The milky-white light pillar sprayed from the golden vortex suddenly trembled and grew a circle thicker than before.

The second Nascent Soul in the light pillar let out a shrill cry.

The Brahma Saint Golden Body that had just formed outside flashed with golden light and dissolved once again.

In the blink of an eye, dense golden liquid drops hovered in the light pillar again.

Only this time, these golden liquid drops contained wisps of purple silk, seeming somewhat different from the previous drops.

Below, the same scene appeared.

Pure spiritual power and five-colored runes surged into these golden liquid drops, and streams of mysterious energy washed and tempered these golden liquid drops once again.

The purple light silk in the golden liquid drops grew thicker at a speed invisible to the naked eye, unknowingly.

On the other side, Han Li felt the pain in his body and divine sense deepen by more than double as the power of the milky-white light pillar surged.

The immense pain penetrated deep into his soul, almost making him faint.

Fortunately, by now, he had adapted much more to this resistance to pain. This allowed him to barely maintain his figure without falling.

And as the spiritual power in Han Li's body circulated, the cool energy he absorbed was much more than before, making his cultivation increase even faster.

Han Li felt as if he were in a world of ice and fire.

His cultivation had reached the mid-Void Refinement stage peak half an hour ago, and he had forcibly impacted the late-stage realm more than ten times with the help of the mysterious energy.

But this bottleneck was clearly very different from the previous ones. After several impacts, none had succeeded.

As a result, the pain deep in his soul and the accumulation of mysterious energy in his body reached an unprecedented extreme state.

He was in a state where if he couldn't break through this bottleneck in a short time, his soul would either be torn apart by the pain, or he would explode and die.

This was still the result of him cultivating the Great Development Technique and the Brahma Saint True Demon Art, with both his primordial spirit and physical body far exceeding those of the same rank by several times.

Ordinary Void Refinement cultivators would have perished long ago at this point.

Han Li had long since thrown his joy to the winds, and could only desperately gather the energy in his body, impacting the bottleneck again and again.

It was clearly only a hair's breadth away, yet he was always unable to enter the late-Void Refinement stage.

He couldn't help but feel anxious.

This kind of benefit falling from the sky was indeed not so easy to take.

According to his calculations, if he failed to impact the late-stage bottleneck three more times, he would truly perish.

Therefore, Han Li was sweating profusely, but the golden light on his body was as bright as a scorching sun, almost blinding.

Whether it was the effect of the previous impacts, or whether his opportunity had truly arrived in his desperation.

After the next impact on the bottleneck, it actually succeeded as if it were natural.

Han Li's body shook, and several streams of hot energy flowed from his dantian, injecting into his body and the meridians of his limbs. At the same time, the gold and green spiritual light on the surface of his main Nascent Soul flashed, growing a circle larger than before.

His magic power and cultivation surged by more than half in an instant.

Han Li was overjoyed, but the next moment, a look of fear appeared in his eyes.

Because the golden liquid drops in the light pillar in the distance, the moment his true body advanced to the late-Void Refinement stage, formed another golden body in the golden light.

This golden body's runes were not only much clearer and more complete than the previous one, but the protective spiritual light it emitted also turned into a faint purple-golden color.

But the next moment, the milky-white light pillar sprayed from the sky also increased its power, causing the golden body to vanish and turn into liquid drops again.

And the spiritual power in Han Li's body showed no sign of stopping, the cool energy actually urged his cultivation to increase rapidly again, and even faster than before.

He had never thought that one day he would be terrified because his magic power was surging.

Han Li knew very well that even with the help of the light pillar, breaking through bottlenecks was becoming increasingly difficult. If the last breakthrough was so difficult, the great bottleneck of advancing to the Integration stage was definitely not something he could succeed in by luck.

Letting his magic power continue to increase would naturally still lead to the result of exploding and dying.

Under such circumstances, how could he not turn from joy to fear?

This strange situation was not something he could control in the slightest; only by stopping the mutation of the second Nascent Soul in the light pillar could he resolve the danger of his true body perishing.

But the second Nascent Soul had already had its golden body destroyed twice, and the Nascent Soul itself was pressed by the powerful energy and unable to move, so what method could it have to resist the milky-white light pillar's forced infusion?

He could only helplessly watch his own cultivation surge at every moment.

Half an hour later, the second Nascent Soul broke through two levels of cultivation, advancing to the late-Void Refinement stage, actually identical to the realm of his true body.

But the speed of cultivation increase of the second Nascent Soul in the light pillar was naturally not something Han Li's true body could compare to.

While his true body was still a long way from the late-Void Refinement stage peak, the second Nascent Soul reached the peak state first, beginning to directly impact the great bottleneck of the Integration stage.

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