Chapter 475

"I can feel that you are strong!"

"Let's have a hearty and thorough battle with Wang!"

The muffled voice came from Wang Yuan's mouth, like a rumble of thunder in a clear sky.

Facing this provocation.

Jade Jiao Long's willow eyebrows stood up!

"Hmm?"

With a heavy sound, a massive spiritual pressure swept out from her petite body, pressing toward the giant in front of her.

Boom!

At this moment, Wang Yuan's expression changed slightly, feeling as if a great mountain was pressing down on his head.

That massive pressure forced him to kneel.

But how could his tenacious fighting spirit allow him to kneel to an enemy?

He gritted his teeth, continuously driving the blood energy in his body to resist this pressure.

Crack, crack, crack...

The sound of bones trembling exploded from his body, as if bamboo joints were bursting.

His waist and back, which were about to bend, gradually straightened under this stubborn will.

There was even a strong momentum of counterattack!

A trace of surprise appeared on the face of the Mengquan Cave Core Formation master, Jade Jiao Long.

The spiritual pressure of a Core Formation cultivator is a high-level suppression of the spiritual power of Foundation Establishment cultivators by magic power, possessing absolute crushing power.

She didn't expect Wang Yuan to be able to withstand her spiritual pressure.

Thinking back to the moment the other party resisted her palm strike...

Jade Jiao Long looked thoughtful; although the other party had a Foundation Establishment realm, he primarily practiced the blood energy of the body-refining path.

It was not the same source of spiritual energy, so even if the magic power level was one level higher, it could not achieve an absolute suppression effect.

"However!"

"Daring to provoke me with just this?"

Just as Jade Jiao Long was about to use her methods, a clear and resonant sound came from the high platform to the north.

"Daoist, let's not haggle with a junior!"

As soon as the voice fell, a Core Formation spiritual pressure no less than Jade Jiao Long's poured over.

The two collided, setting off a wild wind in the void.

As robes fluttered, Jade Jiao Long looked up at the person who had spoken.

It was a young man in a bright red Daoist robe with a handsome face.

The other party met her gaze and cupped his hands in a Daoist salute.

"Luo Chen of the Luo Tian Sect, greetings!"

Luo Chen?

Dan Chenzi!

Jade Jiao Long frowned, then looked at Wang Yuan with dissatisfaction.

"This battle, our Mengquan Cave has lost."

After speaking, she flicked her sleeves and left.

The three Mengquan Cave Foundation Establishment cultivators, now pale-faced, followed behind her petite figure and slunk away.

Only at this moment.

Did the venue, which had been silent, wake up as if from a dream, erupting into deafening noise.

The words of shock were just the usual clichés and need not be repeated.

On the Dao-discussing platform.

The Sword Sect Core Formation elder stared at Wang Yuan's three-zhang-tall body, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise.

Could such a body withstand a sword strike from a Core Formation master?

Thinking this in his heart, he still announced the result.

"Wang Yuan of the Luo Tian Sect wins, promoted to eighth place!"

After the loud announcement, he looked up at Wang Yuan.

"Do you wish to continue challenging?"

Wang Yuan licked his blood-basin mouth, eager to move.

However, after hearing Luo Chen's spiritual sense transmission, he could only suppress his unwillingness.

"Let's stop here!"

After speaking, he tapped several points on his body, and his massive body gradually began to shrink.

After putting on a layer of hemp clothing, he left the Dao-discussing platform and went to the Luo Tian Sect stand on the north side.

Wherever he passed, there were gazes of admiration, awe, and fear.

Even those Core Formation masters showed appreciative and curious looks.

In his ears, there were words like: he's so strong, why didn't he keep fighting, so big, his arms are so thick.

He ignored them all and went straight to the stand where Luo Chen and the others were.

Just as he arrived, he saw Luo Chen set out a chair.

"Take a seat!"

Wang Yuan was stunned, his gaze sweeping over the other four Core Formation masters, but he didn't see them show any dissatisfaction.

Instead, their faces were full of praise.

Pursing his lips, Wang Yuan sat beside Luo Chen with neither humility nor arrogance.

"Why didn't you let me keep fighting?"

"Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators are no longer your match. Unless there are Foundation Establishment true disciples from Nascent Soul sects, or even Dao-child level existences, they are unlikely to pose a threat to you. Fighting further has no meaning."

"But..."

"You shouldn't have provoked that female cultivator from Mengquan Cave just now; you are no match for her."

Wang Yuan had a look of unwillingness on his face.

But after careful consideration, he could only admit Luo Chen's judgment.

The other party could make him feel like he was carrying a great mountain just by using spiritual pressure.

If she had used Core Formation stage methods without reservation, the final result would only be defeat.

Even though he possessed both body-refining and spiritual-energy-refining realms, and his Blood River Realm was at completion, he was still no match for a Core Formation master.

A difference of one realm is a difference of heaven and earth!

Thinking this way, when Luo Chen was in the Foundation Establishment stage, he killed two Core Formation masters in a row; even if there were elements of trickery, his wit and courage were definitely not something ordinary people could compare to.

He sighed with regret, "You're right, I was too arrogant."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, his gaze on the new round of fighting on the Dao-discussing platform while chatting with him.

"Actually, you are already very strong; if you face someone who has just entered Core Formation, you might have the power to fight."

"But that Jade Jiao Long is an unparalleled genius of Mengquan Cave, with a water-type Heavenly Spirit Root, forming the Core in a hundred years, and has hopes for Nascent Soul in the future. The reason Mengquan Cave left the Feng Hua domain and participated in the opening war away from home, besides the drying up of the spirit springs in the sect, was mainly to create a better environment for her future Nascent Soul formation."

"You still have a certain gap with her."

Wang Yuan was stunned; was that petite female cultivator that powerful?

He had just thought the other party was an ordinary Core Formation cultivator.

Or rather, those who can achieve the Core Formation stage are not ordinary people to begin with!

"Speaking of which, you seem to have comprehended my 'Ten Thousand Paths Convergence' very deeply!"

Luo Chen exclaimed in admiration.

Just now in that battle, he saw it very clearly through his spiritual sense.

Especially when Wang Yuan used the Giant Spirit Transformation, the details were extremely similar to the methods in his "Ten Thousand Paths Convergence."

Wang Yuan nodded, "Although I don't like the transformation of the demon-like, your 'Ten Thousand Paths Convergence' indeed has many merits. Such as energy absorption, armor formation, etc., plus the smoke-to-armor secret technique of Lu Rong from the Shen Gong Sect, making my current Giant Spirit Transformation increasingly flexible and powerful."

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

The other party's talent in the path of body refining was indeed outstanding.

Comprehending energy-sensing was already shocking enough.

Now taking a step further in the path of transformation was also a matter of course.

Now, what stood before Wang Yuan was actually just the step of gathering intent to form the Dan and condensing energy into Gang-Energy.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Di Wuqi.

"Daoist, what about the promised reward?"

Di Wuqi laughed and generously sent a green bag to Wang Yuan.

"Inside are ten strands of Divine Wind Gang-Sha, and this wind bag is my extra gift."

Wang Yuan took the green bag, probed it with his spiritual sense, and then showed a look of satisfaction.

Seeing that he had confirmed it was correct, Luo Chen also felt relieved.

"Don't worry about the third realm of body refining. With your current level, fighting those of the same rank won't have much effect. Core Formation masters are too far beyond your level."

"Wait!"

"Wait for the opening war later; those third-tier demon beasts with simple methods will be the best whetstones for your advancement."

"Your opportunity is not here, but in the mountains."

Wang Yuan nodded.

He naturally understood that the cultivators on the stage had no courage for life-and-death struggles and could not bring him the pressure of life and death.

Today, making a name for himself and taking the No. 8 shop was enough!

Next.

Luo Chen and the others watched the shop-contention battles of other sects in their entirety.

The methods of those Foundation Establishment cultivators were considered entertainment by Di Wuqi and the others.

But in Luo Chen's eyes, it felt a bit boring.

Just as Wang Yuan had evaluated before, these sect cultivators from old-school immortal cultivation domains might have mastered powerful methods, but their combat experience was really not much.

Their control of timing, assessment of risk, and even the courage to fight for their lives were all too lacking.

In the end, sect cultivators haven't experienced too much tempering of blood and fire; they might have fast cultivation progress, but in same-rank battles, they are really not as unreasonable as people like Luo Chen and Wang Yuan who lick blood from the edge of a knife.

With the same methods, Luo Chen and the others use them more sharply!

After all, their journey was carved out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood!

The only thing that Luo Chen found a bit interesting was probably the inexplicable emotion brought about by the change in status!

Once upon a time, he was an insignificant spectator among the ten thousand.

He also had the experience of personally taking the stage to compare alchemy skills with others.

But unknowingly, he had become like those high-and-mighty Core Formation masters, a person sitting high in the tower, watching the wind and rain at leisure.

Time passed to the evening.

Luo Chen had no heart to watch anymore.

He called Wang Yuan, greeted Di Wuqi and the others, and took the Luo Tian Sect disciples to leave first.

Out of the Dao-discussing platform.

The hot atmosphere instantly cooled down, and even the air seemed to become a bit sweeter.

Walking on the spacious street, Luo Chen chatted with Wang Yuan and Chu Kui about first-hand news regarding the opening war.

He had arrived a bit late, and the previous intelligence had a lag.

Now, being a newcomer, he naturally had to understand it in detail.

However, the final information obtained was very little.

The focus of the previous intelligence was basically related to the construction of the Po Yue Immortal City. There were some loose cultivators who couldn't hold back and went to explore the interior of the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, but their gains were minimal.

The only thing that caught Luo Chen's attention was the intelligence about the Xiaoyue Wolf Clan.

"That fourth-tier Demon Wolf Emperor, named Ao Xiao, has been shapeshifted for over a hundred years."

"His strength is said to be very strong. True Person Han Zhan of the Luo Yun Sect, who had not long ascended to the Nascent Soul stage, had a brief exchange with him once. True Person Han Zhan admitted that the pressure was great, which is why he stopped his steps, broke ground, and built the Po Yue Immortal City."

Hearing this intelligence, Luo Chen frowned slightly.

That the Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao was strong was within his expectations.

Low-level demon beasts lack intelligence and act purely on instinct, posing little threat.

Once they reach the third tier and refine their horizontal bones, their wisdom is no different from normal humans.

Once they reach the fourth tier and shapeshift, because of their physique and some legendary bloodline inheritance methods, demon beasts can often look down on humans of the same rank.

But True Person Han Zhan felt the pressure was great?

This was a bit intriguing.

He remembered very clearly that this person had dared to confront the White Bone Mysterious Snake.

And that White Bone Mysterious Snake had been shapeshifted for three hundred years, and its strength was definitely above the Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao.

It made no sense for Han Zhan not to fear the White Bone Mysterious Snake but to fear the Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao.

"I reckon it's the same as I speculated before; Han Zhan's purpose is to use the power of the coalition to build a super immortal city to reap benefits."

"After all, the pressure he spoke of was his own admission, not observed by others."

Beside him, Chu Kui was still talking eloquently.

He chatted about the general situation of the Xiaoyue Wolf Clan.

Under the Wolf Emperor Ao Xiao, there were thirty-six third-tier demon wolves, all under the command of the Wolf Emperor.

There were also thousands of second-tier wolf clans, and countless first-tier demon wolves!

This power was very strong!

But in front of twenty-seven sects, it didn't seem like much.

The Luo Yun Sect came out in full force, with hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a dozen Core Formation masters.

The other eight major sects dispatched basically one to three Core Formation cultivators each.

The main force was the eighteen Core Formation major sects, with the fewest having three Core Formation cultivators, and the most being like Mengquan Cave, with ten Core Formation masters at every turn.

Adding it all up, just the Core Formation level powerhouses numbered over a hundred!

If you add the million cultivators and nearly ten thousand Foundation Establishment true cultivators... it was enough to sweep through the Xiaoyue Mountain Range!

"Calculating this way, if I want to win a third-tier spirit land, the main enemy is not the demon beasts, but the human cultivators."

"Too many monks and too little porridge!"

Luo Chen muttered as he returned to the temporary station of the Luo Tian Sect.

In the immortal city, there was a row of temporary stone houses.

"Xu Huanzhen will handle the handover of the No. 8 shop tomorrow."

Before entering the house, Luo Chen gave the task.

Xu Huanzhen immediately agreed.

Then Luo Chen looked at Wang Yuan, "Don't go out looking for opponents recently; if you really lack opponents, I'll practice with you."

Wang Yuan nodded.

He had just obtained the Divine Wind Gang-Sha and wanted to study it, so he wouldn't go out anyway.

Finally, Luo Chen's gaze fell on Chu Kui.

Forty years had passed since his last failure to form the Core.

The cultivation base that had once fallen had slowly been practiced back, and he was again at the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

However, even though Luo Chen had let Wang Yuan pass on the "Dust Origin Technique" he had created to the other party, Chu Kui still didn't rush to sprint for the Core Formation stage after he started practicing.

That failed experience had given him a great psychological shadow.

As long as the "residual poison" in his Qi Sea was not cleared, he would not dare to form the Core.

Now Chu Kui looked weathered, lacking his former high spirits, and had become increasingly silent.

Luo Chen patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Fu Jiusheng told me that there will be a gathering of Core Formation cultivators in the Po Yue Immortal City in three days. I'll see if I can find a way for you to clear out the foreign magic power."

Chu Kui nodded heavily, and a bit of hope appeared in his dead eyes.

Hopefully, he could find it!

Inside the rugged-style cultivation room, Luo Chen felt the spiritual energy fluctuations and curled his lips.

Second-tier high-grade level.

The Luo Yun Sect was already generous, having opened many second-tier cave dwellings in the immortal city.

But for him, the effect was not too great.

"Cultivation still has to rely on myself!"

Luo Chen muttered, a spiritual light flashed on his storage ring, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand.

With a casual pour, an elixir as crystalline as glaze and as brilliant as the stars appeared.

Starry Elixir, a third-tier cultivation-type elixir!

It was the elixir recipe that Fu Jiusheng gave him during the Core Formation ceremony back then.

He had had it for over half a year.

Before going to the Green Elixir Valley, he had studied it for a long time, and in the following months, he finally found the way.

After experiencing hundreds of failures.

Luo Chen entered the path naturally without relying on the system.

It was precisely for this reason that he didn't choose the True Flame Elixir of the Flame Alliance he had just obtained, but refined the Starry Elixir instead.

On the journey here.

He stayed inside the Red Flame Dragon Boat, not going out, and besides studying the basics of artifact refining, he was concentrating on refining the Starry Elixir.

Nowadays, his proficiency had stabilized at the skilled level, with a twenty percent success rate.

Ten portions of raw materials could succeed twice, ten pills each time.

"The True Flame Elixir only improves fire-attribute spiritual energy, but the Starry Elixir provides five-element spiritual energy."

"I am currently primarily practicing the 'Burning Wood True Technique,' which requires absorbing both fire and wood attribute spiritual energy simultaneously. By comparison, even if the True Flame Elixir has stronger medicinal power, the Starry Elixir is more suitable for me."

"Fu Jiusheng has also helped a lot."

With a slight smile, Luo Chen swallowed the low-grade Starry Elixir into his abdomen.

In an instant, a massive but gentle medicinal power slowly spread out.

Then Luo Chen operated his life-bound technique to refine the spiritual energy contained in the elixir.

His cultivation progress was also slowly improving at an extremely slow but unstoppable trend.