Chapter 79

More importantly,

the reason the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon is called the brand of the eternal lower-class human,

is because it cannot be removed!

Back then, the Fish-Man Fisher Tiger, who caused a ruckus at the Holy Land of Mary Geoise,

and liberated countless slaves,

when faced with the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon,

also chose to create the Sun Pirates,

and branded the "Sun" symbol over the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon,

thereby serving as a cover!

But now,

Li Xiao actually said he could remove the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon!

If it could really be removed,

then she could truly live like a normal person!

But that was, after all, a branded Hoof of the Soaring Dragon...

For a moment,

Hancock was extremely excited yet somewhat unable to believe it!

Facing Hancock’s expectant and uneasy gaze,

Li Xiao nodded,

and said with a firm tone:

"I can!"

In fact,

for Li Xiao,

removing the Hoof of the Soaring Dragon was not a difficult task!

After all,

the miraculous uses of spiritual energy far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people!

With Li Xiao’s current cultivation base,

just removing a brand,

wouldn't take much effort!

"I can help you remove the brand on your back!"

"But as I said before, the brand on your body is not scary; what is truly scary is the brand in your heart!"

"After I come out of seclusion, I will come back to find you!"

"If by that time you are ready, I will help you remove the brand on your back!"

Having said that,

Li Xiao rubbed Hancock’s head,

and then turned and left.

Hancock stood where she was,

blankly watching Li Xiao’s departing figure,

murmuring:

"The mark in the heart..."

…………

Half a month later,

in a forest on the Amazon Lily,

in a small, temporarily built wooden hut,

Li Xiao sat cross-legged, practicing his cultivation.

A moment later,

as the medicinal power of the last One-Yang Pill was completely refined by Li Xiao,

a certain node in his body was suddenly broken,

and a massive wave of spiritual power surged outward from Li Xiao as the center point!

Under this huge wave of spiritual power,

the small wooden hut where Li Xiao was located instantly turned into countless wood shavings!

Not only that,

but the surrounding trees also fell in rows!

Meanwhile,

Li Xiao's cultivation base broke through to the peak of the Refining Qi into Spirit realm as a matter of course!

A moment later,

Li Xiao slowly opened his eyes,

a faint, unmistakable smile hanging on the corners of his mouth!

20 One-Yang Pills,

no more, no less,

had pushed his realm exactly to the peak of the Refining Qi into Spirit realm!

With his current cultivation base,

even without the help of the Purple Gold Linglong Tower,

he could still steadily suppress any of the Four Emperors!

More importantly,

as Li Xiao broke through to the peak of the Refining Qi into Spirit realm,

he finally gave birth to spiritual sense!

As mentioned earlier,

normally,

a cultivator needs to reach the Refining Spirit into Void realm to give birth to spiritual sense,

while some gifted individuals give birth to it early at the peak of the Refining Qi into Spirit realm!

However,

what Li Xiao didn't expect was,

that he was actually one of those gifted individuals!

As the most important and powerful ability of a cultivator,

the role of spiritual sense is reflected in every aspect,

and its wonders cannot be described in just a few words!

In short,

the birth of spiritual sense,

allowed Li Xiao's strength to improve significantly once again!

And the most intuitive manifestation in battle,

was that if he encountered Huang Yuan again,

even if he dodged at the speed of light,

he would definitely not be able to dodge Li Xiao's sword!

This is not because Li Xiao's sword has become faster,

but because under the lock of spiritual sense,

he has nowhere to hide!

Once locked by Li Xiao's spiritual sense,

this sword is almost guaranteed to hit!

Just this point alone,

is enough to make Li Xiao's combat ability rise sharply!

After practicing on the spot to stabilize his cultivation base,

Li Xiao rose on a cloud,

and returned to the Amazon Lily located on the mountain peak!

To prevent being stopped on the way,

and thus adding unnecessary trouble,

therefore,

Li Xiao directly locked onto Hancock's aura with his spiritual sense,

and then went straight into the hall,

heading directly to her location!

At this time,

in a room in the hall,

Hancock was sitting alone at the table,

with her head down,

seemingly looking at something,

even looking a bit distracted!

Li Xiao leaned against the door frame,

and said to Hancock, who had her back to him:

"Hancock!"

Hancock was startled by the sound,

and subconsciously looked back,

and when she saw it was Li Xiao,

her tense state instantly relaxed,

and she let out a light sigh of relief.

But then,

she seemed to react again,

and hurriedly hid the wanted poster of Li Xiao she had been looking at into the drawer!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao asked:

"What are you hiding?"

Upon hearing this,

Hancock hurriedly shook her head,

and denied it in a panic:

"No, nothing, I'm not hiding anything!"

"Oh, by the way, did your cultivation go smoothly these past half a month?"

Seeing Hancock's panicked appearance,

Li Xiao smiled and shook his head.

In fact,

under the coverage of his spiritual sense,

everything here was in full view,

and he naturally knew exactly what Hancock had been looking at!

It's just that since she denied it in a panic,

Li Xiao didn't expose her,

but instead responded to Hancock's words:

"It went quite smoothly, with a slight breakthrough!"

"Now, I have come to fulfill the promise I made earlier, to remove the Hoof of the Celestial Dragon brand from your back!"

However,

a look of hesitation appeared on Hancock's face!

After thinking for a moment,

Hancock actually shook her head,

and refused:

"Let's, let's just leave it for now!"

Upon hearing this,

Li Xiao showed a look of surprise,

and asked:

"Why?"

Hancock was silent for a moment,

and then said slowly:

"These past few days, I have also been thinking about this!"

"Just as you said, shadows are also a part of life, and I must learn to face them and accept them!"

"Now is not the time to remove it!"

"If it were removed now, it would just be an escape!"

"Wait until the day I remove the brand in my heart, then you can help me remove the brand on my body!"

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(The plot of Amazon Lily is coming to an end, it was written a bit long, but I think this is the only way to have a complete process).

(The Amazon Lily arc is coming to an end; it was written a bit long, but I feel this makes for a complete process.)