Chapter 739: The Seventh Level of the Pill Tower

In the wilderness.

Mu Lingxi is fighting a translucent, gaseous, beast-like creature.

Without using a shred of Will Power, she is nonetheless suppressing this beast-like creature, whose combat strength is comparable to a Second-tier Will-level Cultivator, firmly.

Halfway through the battle, she seems to have lost interest in continuing to fight this Pill Beast.

With a flick of her finger, a wisp of black aura appears within her originally pure white finger-force.

This wisp of black aura is precisely Death Intent.

The destructive power of Death Intent is not strong, but after perfectly merging with Life Intent into Life and Death Artistic Conception, it undergoes an instantaneous transformation, its power surging.

Far exceeding that of pure Life Intent.

Although Mu Lingxi still has not used any Will Power, the power of this strike far exceeds the previous ones.

Bang~

The Pill Beast's body is instantly pierced through, then crumbles.

A Pill appears and falls from the air.

Mu Lingxi beckons with her palm, grabs the Pill, takes a look at it, and then tosses it to Wang Jianqiang.

"A Level 4 High-Grade Healing Pill, far worse than what you refine, Senior Brother."

Wang Jianqiang catches the Pill and examines it.

He smiles and shakes his head.

This Pill indeed cannot compare to a Perfect Pill, but it is still better than those refined by ordinary Alchemists.

It is not as unbearable as Mu Lingxi says.

This girl's palate has been spoiled purely by him.

He puts the Pill away.

This Pill has little value to him, but it can be sold; even a mosquito's leg is meat, after all.

Afterward, the two continue forward.

Although they did not deliberately search, they still encountered several Pill Beasts along the way.

Their strength was similar to the first Pill Beast.

All were "slain across levels" by Mu Lingxi.

Soon.

The two arrive at the core area of the first level and find the entrance to the second-level world.

In front of the Space Entrance leading to the second-level world, there is an invisible Restriction, just like a transparent film.

Upon touching this film, the two immediately feel a resistance.

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifts, and he circulates the Spiritual Power within his body.

The next moment, the resistance vanishes, and he successfully passes through the film.

At the same time.

Mu Lingxi also passes through the obstruction of the film.

The two enter the Space Channel together.

After entering the second-level world.

The strength of the Pill Beasts is clearly stronger; Mu Lingxi increases her power slightly, still maintaining her posture of fighting across levels.

While practicing and adapting to her own power, she moves toward the core area, and soon they arrive at the fifth level.

After killing another Pill Beast, Mu Lingxi tosses the obtained Pill to Wang Jianqiang.

She looks at Wang Jianqiang, somewhat bored, "Senior Brother, didn't you say there were hundreds of cultivators who entered the Secret Realm?"

"How come we haven't run into anyone to rob along the way?"

Wang Jianqiang smiles, "Those who entered the Alchemy Emperor Secret Realm this time are all top figures among the disciples of the Four Great Powers; the weakest are at least standouts among Sixth-Order Will-level Cultivators."

"According to the strength patterns of the Pill Beasts in this Pill Tower, even the weakest among the Four Great Powers' cultivators should be able to reach at least the sixth level."

"We have already reached the fifth level, so we should run into them soon."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Mu Lingxi's eyes light up immediately.

It seems her and her Senior Brother's luck is quite average; they have only encountered a dozen or so Pill Beasts along the way.

Not only is it not satisfying to kill them, but the Pill Beasts don't know pain and have no emotions; killing them is like chopping wood, not interesting at all.

Killing people is better.

Not only is the emotional value sufficient, but the harvest is also great.

The seventh level of the Pill Tower.

Five figures are circling a Pill Beast, continuously attacking the Pill Beast before them.

The strength of the Pill Beast has already reached the level comparable to a Seventh-Order Will-level Cultivator, while the five people besieging the Pill Beast are all Sixth-Order Will-level Cultivators.

The six have impressive combat strength, and by joining forces, they are actually suppressing this Seventh-Order Will-level Pill Beast firmly.

And they all appear to have plenty of energy to spare.

"I didn't expect our luck to be so good that we could actually encounter a Seventh-Rank Pill Beast."

"Indeed, although this is the seventh level of the Pill Tower and the probability of encountering high-level Pill Beasts is much higher than in the lower-level spaces, normally, the difficulty of encountering a Seventh-Rank Pill Beast is still very high; it seems our luck is not bad."

"Tsk tsk, a Seventh-Rank Pill Beast; the Pill inside its body starts at at least the Sixth-tier, and there is even a slight, faint possibility of it being a Seventh-tier pill."

"If it's a Seventh-tier pill, we'll be rich!"

The five talk and laugh while attacking the Pill Beast.

"Everyone, it is not just my Beast Taming Sect that has entered the Pill Tower; we should resolve this Pill Beast as quickly as possible, for delays lead to changes."

Just as the group was chatting and laughing, the only woman among the five suddenly spoke up.

Hearing the woman's words, the expressions of the other four tightened.

"Zhou Yun is right, let us all use our full strength to resolve this Pill Beast as quickly as possible."

Whoosh—

No sooner had the five reached a consensus than a sound of something piercing through the air suddenly arrived.

The five looked over instinctively, and their expressions changed one after another.

Another Pill Beast had actually appeared.

And it was also a Seventh-Rank Pill Beast!

Encountering one more Seventh-Rank Pill Beast meant being able to obtain one more high-level Pill.

Under normal circumstances, the five might have been overjoyed.

But they were currently dealing with another Seventh-Rank Pill Beast.

With that as a premise, adding another one.

To them, it was no longer a pleasant surprise, but a fright.

With their strength, joining forces to deal with one Seventh-Order Will Stage Pill Beast could be said to be more than enough.

But dealing with two at the same time was somewhat strenuous, and it was very likely that casualties would occur.

The five exchanged glances, their expressions simultaneously becoming grave.

"What should we do, retreat or fight?"

One person asked.

"Wealth is sought in danger." Zhou Yun gritted her teeth, "If we can slay these two Pill Beasts, our trip to the Pill Tower can be considered a Consummation, I think we should fight."

Hearing Zhou Yun's words, the eyes of the other three flickered, and then they nodded simultaneously.

"Good, then we fight."

The person who had first asked the question saw this and nodded fiercely.

A moment later.

The other Pill Beast flew over.

The five people and two beasts began a fierce battle.

One hour later.

The two Pill Beasts were slain one after the other.

Although all five were injured, fortunately, no one had fallen.

Among them, the three who were most heavily injured had already lost their ability to fight and were sitting cross-legged on the ground recovering.

Zhou Yun and a young man named Cui Ming were less severely injured.

The two of them were full of anticipation as they walked toward the spots where the two Pill Beast corpses had dissipated, picking up the two Pills that had fallen to the ground.

Zhou Yun was not familiar with Pills and could not discern the specific grade of the Pill in her hand.

On the other side.

Cui Ming seemed quite familiar with Pills; after carefully sensing it for a moment, he shouted in surprise, "It is a Sixth-Grade High-Level Pill!"

Hearing Cui Ming's cry, the three fellow Disciples who were healing could not help but open their eyes.

All of them revealed looks of excitement.

A happy smile also appeared on Zhou Yun's face.

The Pills that appear within Seventh-Rank Pill Beasts range in grade from Sixth-tier low-level to Seventh-tier low-level.

Being able to get a Sixth-Grade High-Level Pill meant their luck was already quite good.

Immediately after.

All four looked toward the Pill in Zhou Yun's hand with anticipation.

I wonder what grade this Pill is?

Just at this moment.

Three streaks of Sword Light suddenly flew in from afar.

Puchi—

Puchi—

Puchi—

The three heavily injured Inner Sect Disciples of the Beast Taming Sect were simultaneously decapitated by the Sword Light.

The next moment.

Three Nascent Souls escaped from their physical bodies, their faces full of panic.

Zhou Yun and Cui Ming were startled and looked instinctively toward the direction from which the Sword Light had come.

Their gazes then shrank simultaneously.

In the air less than a hundred zhang away from them, three men had appeared out of nowhere.

At this moment, the three were staring at the two of them with greed on their faces.

"Inner Sect Disciples of the Jade Cauldron Sect!"

Upon seeing the three, the hearts of the two Beast Taming Sect members and three Nascent Souls sank simultaneously.

"Hahaha, thank you for your hard work, five Daoist Friends of the Beast Taming Sect."

"We will gladly accept these two Pills."

The three scanned the two people and three Nascent Souls, then launched an attack without hesitation.

Three Flying Swords shot out simultaneously.

The three Beast Taming Sect Inner Sect Disciples, who had only their Nascent Souls remaining, had not the slightest power to resist, and their Nascent Souls were instantly shattered.

Zhou Yun and Cui Ming turned and fled without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing this, the three people revealed cold sneers at the same time.

Immediately following.

The three people split into two directions.

Two people chased after Zhou Yun, and the other person chased after Cui Ming.

Wang Jianqiang and Mu Lingxi traveled along at a leisurely pace.

They easily passed through the sixth-level Pill Tower space and arrived at the seventh level of the Pill Tower.

After the two walked out of the spatial entrance, Mu Lingxi's gaze swept across this world, her pretty face full of anticipation.

"There actually wasn't anyone in the sixth-level space either."

"We should be able to run into someone on this seventh level, right?"

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "Definitely. According to the patterns inferred from the previous few levels, the strength of the Pill beasts in the seventh level must all be at the Sixth-Order Will Stage or above; if we're lucky, we might even run into a Pill beast with strength comparable to the Seventh-Order Will Stage."

"For those Sixth-Order Will-Level Cultivators from the Four Great Powers, reaching this level is already their limit, and Seventh-Order Will Stage cultivators with more conservative personalities might also stay on this level."

Upon hearing this, Mu Lingxi was eager to give it a try.

Great, finally I can go rob someone.

Just at this moment, Wang Jianqiang's expression suddenly shifted, and he looked toward the front.

A faint Golden Light welled up within his eyes.

Immediately after, he raised his eyebrows and began to laugh, "I was just feeling sleepy, and I didn't expect someone to come and bring a pillow."

"Lingxi, don't you feel bored?"

"Something interesting is coming."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Mu Lingxi hurriedly looked in the direction Wang Jianqiang was looking, but she didn't discover anything at all.

Her heart stirred.

Her Spirit Sense spread toward that direction, and she immediately perceived two auras rapidly approaching their location, one after the other.

Two Sixth-Order Will-Level cultivators?

A bright, sparkling color immediately welled up in Mu Lingxi's large, pitch-black eyes, "Hee hee, someone really did deliver themselves to our door."

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "The one in front is a Beast Taming Sect cultivator, and the one behind is a Jade Cauldron Sect cultivator."

"Do whatever you want with the one from the Jade Cauldron Sect; as for the Beast Taming Sect Disciple, just rob them, but leave their life."

"Got it, Senior Brother, you're so long-winded."

After Mu Lingxi finished speaking, her figure flashed and she disappeared.

Wang Jianqiang's expression froze.

This dead girl, she can't tell who's the boss anymore, can she?

No, I have to find an opportunity to re-establish my dignity.

In the boundless wilderness.

Two figures, one in front and one behind, flew at an astonishing speed like flickering light and passing shadows.

"Almost there, we're almost at the spatial entrance."

Cui Ming's face was deathly pale, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

Looking far ahead, his spirit lifted, and a glimmer of light flashed through his eyes, which had already become somewhat dim.

He was already heavily injured, and having suffered several heavy blows while fleeing, he was at the end of his rope.

But fortunately, he finally fled to the spatial entrance.

As long as he could enter the spatial entrance, he could flee to the sixth level and take the opportunity to disrupt the spatial entrance's teleportation power, delaying the time it would take for his enemy to teleport to the sixth-level space; taking this opportunity, there was a very high probability of escaping the pursuit.

"Want to escape through the spatial entrance?"

"A nice idea, but you're thinking about it too simply!"

Behind him, the pursuer sneered.

His hands suddenly pressed together, and as his hand seals changed, a drop of essence blood emerged from between his eyebrows, then burst open, transforming into a layer of blood-colored halo that shrouded him within it.

The moment he was shrouded in the blood light, his speed climbed abruptly.

In the blink of an eye, he had shortened the distance between himself and Cui Ming by more than half.

"You actually used a secret technique to burn your essence blood!"

Cui Ming was shocked.

"Hehe, for a Sixth-Grade High-Level Pill, it's worth it!"

The pursuer gave a sinister laugh, and the next moment, he had already caught up and struck a palm toward Cui Ming's back.

Seeing this, Cui Ming gritted his teeth fiercely and had no choice but to stop his figure and meet the attack with a palm.

Crack!

The moment their palms collided.

Cui Ming's palm instantly snapped, a mouthful of blood sprayed out, and he was sent flying backward.

A flash of killing intent crossed the pursuer's eyes.

Just as he was about to deliver a fatal blow to Cui Ming.

A figure suddenly flashed out in front of him without any warning.

On a slender, jade-white finger, a wisp of pure, flawless aura swirled as it pointed out into the void.

A surge of finger energy tore through the air.

The pursuer's expression tightened, instinctively unleashing all their power to condense a layer of blood-colored Spiritual Power defense in front of them.

However.

The moment the finger energy made contact with the Spiritual Power defense, that defense—which had condensed the entire strength of this top Inner Sect Disciple of the Jade Cauldron Sect—was pierced through instantly, like a bubble.

The Jade Cauldron Sect Disciple was startled and instinctively shifted sideways to dodge.

But it was still a moment too late, and their shoulder was pierced by the finger energy.

A ghastly bloody hole appeared on their shoulder, and bright red blood gushed from the wound, instantly staining half of their body red.

They instinctively mobilized the Spiritual Power within their body, wanting to suppress the injury and stop the bleeding.

But they immediately discovered that a strange force was permeating their wound, hindering the recovery of their injury.

They wanted to grind away this force.

Yet this force possessed a peculiar property; it seemed endless, as if it could constantly self-heal and recover!

They had no choice but to increase their power to accelerate the rate of grinding it away.

That force was limited after all, and the speed at which it was being worn down exceeded its rate of recovery.

It gradually diminished, and was finally worn away completely.

Although they had successfully ground away this wisp of force, they could not help but reveal a look of horror.

To grind away this faint wisp of force, they had actually consumed a full ten percent of their Spiritual Power!

The power consumed compared to that wisp of force—the difference was more than a hundredfold.

What on earth was that power!!!

A wave of horror surged in their heart as they looked up vigilantly.

Immediately, a familiar figure appeared in their field of vision.

They were stunned.

This is...

Senior Sister Zilan?