Chapter 533: Fourth Stage Perfection and Spiritual Breakthrough (Please vote with monthly tickets)

Accommodation Area, Room 206.

The black alloy door slid open silently, and Lin Qi entered; he asked Xiao Chan to start preparing lunch.

He himself began to take notes!

He needed to record the large amount of insight in his mind and then verify it by cultivating spear technique.

One hour later.

After lunch, Lin Qi returned to the martial arts room, changed into martial arts robes, and a large number of cultivation notes appeared on the projected panel.

After browsing through them carefully, a large amount of insight emerged, and his hands began to itch; he couldn't wait to verify them.

He immediately took down the black-gold great spear from the wall and began to cultivate.

He demonstrated the "Mountain and Shanhe Qiang Fa Art."

Having eaten 1,000 kilograms of Level 9 disaster beast flesh, his body absorbed the essence within.

He was full of energy and used spear practice to vent it.

"Swish swish!!"

"Chirp chirp!!!"

Lin Qi demonstrated the spear technique without mobilizing Gangjin, using only pure physical strength.

The black-gold great spear penetrated the air, emitting a whistling sound of tearing air.

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

As the spear body swung, it rubbed against the air, kicking up gusts of fierce wind.

"Boom!!"

A phantom of mountains and rivers appeared behind Lin Qi, and the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang's teachings emerged in his mind again.

Artistic conception is formless; it is the power of all natural things in heaven and earth.

Lin Qi could feel this power blessing him.

Under the blessing of artistic conception, his body cells also moved violently.

Lin Qi controlled the artistic conception, compressing it and synchronizing it with the cell movement of his body.

"This is the feeling..."

Lin Qi's brain operated, and insights into the "Mountain and Shanhe Qiang Fa Art" continuously emerged.

The power of heaven and earth surged into his body; under his control, the power of cell artistic conception became stronger and stronger, affecting the area within one meter of his body.

The Mountain and River artistic conception was transforming, just like an infant growing into a child.

But it hadn't fully grown up yet; at most, it had grown another year older.

Two hours later.

"Whoosh!!"

"Zheng—!"

Lin Qi in black robes retracted his spear, his temples blowing in the wind, and the surrounding fierce wind began to dissipate.

"Drip!"

Sweat dripped from Lin Qi's forehead, and his gaze locked onto the panel.

【Your body absorbed Level 9 disaster beast flesh, physical strength improved, blood Qi value +50】

【You accepted the Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang's guidance, gained new insights into spear technique, spear technique reached a higher level, closer to the Fifth Stage spear technique, spear technique +2%】

【Blood Qi Value: 8650 → 8700】

【Spear Technique: Fourth Stage 97% → Fourth Stage 99%】

Lin Qi nodded secretly at the spear technique; it had finally reached Fourth Stage perfection.

Just a little bit more, and he would be able to break through to the Fifth Stage spear technique.

In this regard, he was similar to Gu Jian; the other party had just broken through to the Eighth Realm, and his sword technique hadn't broken through yet.

They were at the same starting line.

"Grandmaster said that most martial artists or geniuses break through to the Eighth Realm first, and then their martial arts techniques break through."

"That's because after breaking through to the Eighth Realm, Gangjin becomes stronger, the body transforms, and the difficulty of controlling cells also decreases."

"Techniques are easier to break through to the Fifth Stage!"

Lin Qi thought to himself, but he was different.

He would likely have his spear technique break through first.

Because the difficulty of 8, or even 9 blood exchanges, is extremely high.

Without several months of time, it is impossible to successfully break through to the Eighth Realm.

Unless he can take some heaven-defying treasures during the whole process.

However, his spiritual power could break through in advance.

【Spiritual Power: 9700 (Seventh Realm)】

After continuously taking top-grade soul water, his spiritual power was closer to the Eighth Realm.

It was estimated that he would be able to break through to the Eighth Realm soon!

Lin Qi felt the power surging within his body; he wasn't very tired yet and could continue to cultivate body technique.

He immediately threw himself into the cultivation of body technique.

Three days had passed since the last super-large disaster beast tide.

For the Black Dragon Base, it was rare to have no disaster beast tide for so long.

So everyone entered a state of cultivation and precipitation.

The snow was still falling, and it was getting heavier; the base's intelligent robots were clearing the snow every day.

In a large conference room, several Ninth Realm martial artists sat together drinking tea and chatting.

The Overlord in purple armor sat in the middle, picked up a cup of tea with his large palm, took a sip, and said seriously:

"I had a sudden whim today; I have a bad premonition!"

"There hasn't been a disaster beast tide for three consecutive days!"

"Major bases in the Xia Guo are all resisting disaster beasts, but here it's peaceful."

"It's like the calm before the storm; perhaps a larger disaster beast tide is waiting for us."

After hearing this, the other Ninth Realm martial artists' expressions froze, and the atmosphere in the air became oppressive.

If a Seventh Realm or even Eighth Realm martial artist said this, everyone would just take it as digestion.

But since the Overlord, the second strongest person in the Xia Guo, said this, they had to believe it.

The Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang said seriously: "Do we need to request more Ninth Realm martial artists to come over?"

The Purple-Armored Overlord picked up his teacup and shook his head:

"Not for now; maybe it's just my illusion!"

"Recently, many martial artists have come to the base to prepare to hunt disaster beasts, all for the sake of the awakening potion!"

"With us here, even if Level 10 disaster beasts descend, we can kill them!"

"We need to guard against the Zerg, guard against their assassinations!"

Everyone nodded; the Zerg were their biggest concern.

The Mountain and Senior Shanhe Wang nodded, worried in his heart, because every time a Level 10 disaster beast descended, the number of martial artists sacrificed would not be small.

He suddenly thought of Lin Qi.

Anyone could be sacrificed this time, except for Lin Qi.

Because he was the future of the Xia Guo.

He had already made up his mind that once a disaster beast tide erupted, he would focus on Lin Qi.

Ten Thousand Beasts Restaurant, in a lively private room.

The Rending Rock Squad, plus Lin Qi, eight people sat within.

"Senior brother, congratulations on successfully awakening!"

Lin Qi raised his glass to congratulate him.

Liang Tai had drunk quite a bit of wine, his face flushed, and he directly picked up a bottle of wine to toast and drank it in one gulp.

He looked at Lin Qi gratefully:

"I really thank you, junior brother, for being able to awaken this time."

"Without you, I might not have been able to awaken."

Lin Qi shook his head: "Senior brother, this is all your own ability."

Liang Tai shook his head; he knew very well that without this duel,

it would have been impossible for him to accumulate 200,000 points with his own strength in a few months.

And he believed that Lin Qi had brought him good luck.

Lin Qi looked at Senior Brother Liang Tai and drank the fatigue in his cup.

Just last night, the senior brother successfully awakened, awakening the earth-attribute 【Heavy Earth】.

After awakening, his body's cultivation talent transformed, and his comprehension improved.

His future ceiling was raised, and his prospects became brighter.

As for the others in the Rending Rock Squad, they could only reveal envious expressions; they were all from modest families.

They couldn't take out too many merit points.

But at least there was hope; in the future, by accumulating merit points and buying awakening potions, there might be hope for awakening.

Second Senior Sister, with the help of Teacher Mu Hong, had already exchanged for two bottles, but unfortunately, she still hadn't awakened.

She was preparing for the third time.

Lin Qi also planned to hunt more disaster beasts during the next disaster beast tide and lend them to the Second Senior Sister.

Awaken first to raise the ceiling, and then pay it back slowly later.

As for Senior Brother Li Qing, his talent was too low; his family had money, and he had already bought four bottles, all of which failed.

He was preparing to buy a few more bottles of awakening potion next time to try to awaken.

One o'clock in the afternoon.

Lin Qi parted ways with the members of the Rending Rock Squad and walked in the snowy base.

He began to return to his Room 206.

"Buzz buzz!!"

The door slid open silently; in the spacious living room, two black metal boxes were placed on the ground, their surfaces smooth and reflective.

Lin Qi looked at the metal boxes and nodded; in two days, under expedited conditions, the Eighth Stage equipment he bought had finally arrived.

"Beep!"

He opened the square metal box slowly, revealing the Eighth Stage battle armor inside.

The black-gold battle armor was revealed, black all over, with gold trim, even forming a mysterious pattern.

The workmanship was more detailed than the Seventh Stage battle armor, and it looked domineering and noble.

Lin Qi began to put on the battle armor.

The first feeling after putting it on was that it was heavier than the Seventh Stage battle armor, but it had little effect on his movement.

He slapped his chest hard; the force was absorbed by the battle armor, and there was no obvious feeling in his chest.

Lin Qi nodded secretly; the Eighth Stage battle armor had stronger defensive capabilities and could also absorb force.

It wouldn't be that easy to destroy it.

Then he opened the other metal box, which contained a black-gold long spear, and Lin Qi took it out slowly.

The entire spear head exuded cold light, emitting two colors: gold and silver.

"Hum!!"

With the black-gold great spear in hand, Lin Qi could clearly feel the weight within it.

This was the 10,000-kilogram great spear he had specifically requested.

It felt a bit heavy for him to hold right now.

But as he broke through to the Eighth Realm and used it again, it would only feel light.

His speed might be slightly affected, but the power of his moves would increase significantly.

He took the black-gold great spear, went to the martial arts room, and began to brandish it.

"Whoosh whoosh!!"

"Chirp chirp!!"

Swinging it casually, fierce winds kicked up in the martial arts room, and the sharp spear tip tore through the air.

The next instant, Lin Qi's whole body emitted golden light, sharpness was released, and the Golden Emperor Gangjin was mobilized and quickly injected into the spear.

"Buzz buzz!!"

In an instant, Lin Qi felt as if the great spear in his hand had come alive.

It emitted golden light, Gangjin condensed into spear Qi, and the air vibrated.

"It really has become much stronger!"

"Eighth Stage weapons really can increase the power of Gangjin!"

Lin Qi felt happy in his heart; the Eighth Stage weapon was custom-made for him, and the metal-attribute power injected into it resonated with the long spear.

The special metal material could actually enhance the power of Gangjin.

In the martial arts general knowledge class, it was taught that high-stage weapons are not only sharper.

At the same time, various abilities have corresponding metal materials that, when added to the weapon, can enhance power.

Lin Qi felt that he had only injected a wisp of Gangjin, but the spear Qi displayed had the power of two wisps.

He could unleash stronger destructive power and save physical strength.

Hanging the new spear on the wall, Lin Qi went to the metal cabinet, verified his fingerprint, and opened it.

He took out two bottles of potion and a black scroll from it.

Lin Qi placed the black scroll in front of him, opened it, and sat cross-legged.

The two bottles of potion contained deep purple liquid; this was top-grade soul water.

Lin Qi opened the two bottles and drank them in one gulp.

"Gulp~"

The top-grade soul water entered his stomach, making Lin Qi tremble all over, and a cool feeling instantly rushed to his brain.

"Whoosh~"

Lin Qi adjusted his breathing, closed his eyes tightly, and began to operate the "Ten Thousand Disaster Records."

Mobilizing his spiritual power to hook onto the black scroll!

"Swish!"

A golden light shot out from the black scroll instantly, rushing into his consciousness space.

"Roar~"

In the consciousness space, a huge gray mist mass shrouded a large area; at this time, its shape had changed into a nebula shape.

Operating on its own, wisps of gray mist within it seemed to come alive, detaching from the group and condensing on their own.

The overall outline seemed to be evolving toward a nebula.

Lin Qi felt as if he had realized something; this was the evolution direction of spiritual power in the future, involuntarily evolving toward the direction of the universe and starry sky.

Or perhaps it was related to his subconscious thoughts.

The "Ten Thousand Disaster Records" records that the tempering of spiritual power is through the fighting of disaster beasts.

And the evolution of spiritual power is different for everyone.

But in the end, they will all walk the same cultivation path, which is to expand to the limit and then compress, condensing a spiritual core.

It's just that that is the Ninth Realm stage, and what he needs to do now is to continue to expand, the bigger the better.

"Roar~"

In the consciousness space, a deafening roar suddenly sounded.

Looking around, those were Level 8 disaster beasts.

Lin Qi himself also visualized the Level 8 disaster beast Jin Gang Tiger, its body as towering as a mountain, but it was now surrounded by a thousand disaster beasts.

Their bodies were all tens of meters long, and they were all Level 8 disaster beasts!

The fifth level of the "Ten Thousand Disaster Records," fighting with a thousand Level 8 disaster beasts.

"Roar~"

Wisps of purple energy were injected into the Jin Gang Tiger's body, and it roared, pouncing toward the nearest Rending Earth Dragon.

The fight was about to break out!

In an instant, the Jin Gang Tiger that Lin Qi had transformed into was submerged by a thousand Level 8 disaster beasts.

The entire space vibrated violently, and the gray mist mass also began to expand.

Lin Qi threw himself into the fight with all his heart, able to clearly feel that his spiritual power was significantly improving.

Today, his spiritual power would break through to the Eighth Realm.

This was very important!

The prerequisite for the spear technique to break through to the Fifth Stage was that his spiritual power must break through to the Eighth Realm.

"Roar~"

"Bang!!"

The Jin Gang Tiger fought with a Covering Sea Whale; the opponent's body was two sizes larger than the Jin Gang Tiger's.

One impact could bring huge damage.

Also difficult to deal with was the Level 8 disaster beast—Earth Shield Elephant.

This was a Level 8 disaster beast with powerful strength and defensive capabilities; its whole body was like a steel shield, and sharp claws slapping on its body couldn't break its defense.

And there were hundreds of such disaster beasts.

Wanting to kill them all was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Lin Qi had broken through to the fifth small level early on, and his spiritual power had increased by thousands, but he still hadn't broken through.

But today, it was time to break through.

"Roar~"

The Jin Gang Tiger roared to the sky and pounced on the Earth Shield Elephant.

Its fangs bit fiercely into the opponent's neck.

The fangs pierced through the neck, and the Earth Shield Elephant let out a mournful cry before transforming into golden particles and dissipating.

"Bang!"

The Jin Gang Tiger was slapped away by a giant bear, then continued to fight.

In the blink of an eye, five hours passed.

The martial arts room remained quiet, with only the sound of breathing and dripping sweat.

"Inhale~ Exhale~"

Lin Qi, dressed in black martial arts robes, sat cross-legged, his brows furrowed, his body hot, and white steam rising.

Sweat kept dripping from his forehead, soaking his martial arts robes.

The consciousness space vibrated continuously, the gray mist mass expanded continuously, until at a certain moment it stopped expanding, and a large amount of gray gas detached, separated, and circled around.

"Roar~"

The Jin Gang Tiger fought with the last Lava Sparrow, its bloody mouth biting the opponent's neck, biting off its vitality, and it only ended when it transformed into golden light spots and dispersed.

And the Jin Gang Tiger itself, after roaring to the sky, also dissipated instantly.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Qi trembled all over, and then majestic spiritual power surged out from the consciousness space.

It surged out like flowing water, covering the entire martial arts room.

Although Lin Qi closed his eyes tightly, the outline of the entire room clearly emerged in his mind, and even the appearance of every object emerged.

Even if he didn't use his eyes, he could use spiritual power to touch objects and feed them back into his consciousness.

This is spiritual perception!

Perceiving the surrounding air, countless light spots emerged in his perception.

Dense, like sand in the desert, spread throughout the air.

Many source energy particles entered through every pore with his breathing.

Every moment, source energy particles entered his body.

Lin Qi continued to perceive, perceiving the surrounding heaven and earth; he could feel that with the breakthrough of spiritual power.

He became more compatible with heaven and earth.

The body and heaven and earth had a strange resonance, making him feel some parts of his body forming a resonance with heaven and earth.

Lin Qi seemed to have realized something; perhaps this change was related to the Eighth Realm's acupoint refining.

However, he had only exchanged blood twice, and he was still far from the Eighth Realm's blood exchange.

"Hum!"

In an instant, Lin Qi opened his eyes, and golden light shot out from them; his eyes were deep and bright, as if he could see through everything.

He stood up slowly and looked at the panel that only he could see, and information popped up:

【You took two bottles of top-grade soul water, and in the process of cultivating the "Ten Thousand Disaster Records," you successfully broke through!】

【Your spiritual power successfully reached the Eighth Realm, spiritual power +350】

【Your spiritual power has broken through, template fusion degree +0.5%】

【Spiritual Power: 9700 → 10050】

【Template: Erlang Zhenjun · Yang Jian】

【Fusion Degree: 38% → 38.5%】

Lin Qi looked at his spiritual power breaking through 10,000 and immediately revealed a smile.

His whole person was refreshed, and his spiritual power had finally broken through to the Eighth Realm.

He had encountered almost no bottlenecks; as long as there was potion, he could keep improving.

Lin Qi took the black-gold great spear from the wall and began to demonstrate spear technique.

"Now, my spiritual power has broken through to the Eighth Realm, and I can fully charge toward the Fifth Stage spear technique."

"By the way, I'll also raise my blood Qi value."

"Buzz buzz!!"

The black spear body trembled, and Lin Qi clearly felt the vibration frequency of the spear body's metal.

The sharp spear tip thrust out, instantly tearing through the air.

"Boom!!"

The phantom of mountains and rivers appeared, the Mountain and River artistic conception was demonstrated, and the power of artistic conception flowed into the spear tip.

Lin Qi's spiritual power instantly spread out like flowing water, perceiving the power of artistic conception, and striving toward the Fifth Stage spear technique.

In a moment's time, Lin Qi felt the improvement of the power of artistic conception.

But there was still a long distance to the Fifth Stage spear technique; it needed to form a qualitative change.

Two hours later.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Qi retracted his spear, feeling the fierce wind that had been kicked up.

"Just a little bit more to the Fifth Stage spear technique!"

"It's useless to keep practicing!"

"I need to verify my spear technique through actual combat!"

"That can only be improved by hunting disaster beasts."

Lin Qi gripped the great spear; his strength now was significantly improved compared to a few days ago.

Next, he would wait for the disaster beast tide.

He looked out the window; the blizzard under the lights was raging, as if foreshadowing something.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 534 =====