Chapter 357

"Very well." Seeing that Lin Ze knew what he was doing, Zhao Xing did not ask further.

Thus, on the seventh day of his seclusion,

Zhao Xing successfully traded for the 10 Time Origin Crystals in Lin Ze's possession.

Lin Ze, in turn, obtained the weapon embryo from Zhao Xing.

"10 Origin Crystals."

Zhao Xing threw them to the Time God Tree to devour again.

The seventh leaf matured, and the eighth leaf sprouted.

"Time acceleration 750 times; these Time Crystals are truly miraculous."

"After consuming so many, they have remained effective for the Time God Tree, with no reduction in effect whatsoever."

Logically speaking, after consuming the same type of treasure multiple times, the effect should diminish.

Therefore, the Empire cultivates troop types using combinations of dozens or even hundreds of resources.

But these Time Crystals have remained effective for the Time God Tree in its seedling stage.

After the Time God Tree finished devouring the Origin Crystals this time,

Zhao Xing also received a vague intention fed back by the Time God Tree.

When time acceleration reaches 1000 times,

it will enter the Growth Stage!

In other words, only 25 Time Crystals are needed to make the Time God Tree transform!

On the eighth day of Zhao Xing's seclusion,

the second layer of the Ten Thousand Things Growth Diagram hit a bottleneck.

"Stop!"

Realizing this, Zhao Xing did not continue to use time acceleration.

All spiritual power rose and returned to his physical body.

"Eight days have passed in the outside world, while over 14 years have passed in the internal world."

"By the twelfth year, I was only one step away from fully comprehending the second layer."

"Then, over two years passed, but I have been unable to break through."

"Even the progress of the third layer of the Profound God Art has increased to 1.5 million units of spiritual power, with a 200-fold power burst."

"But this second layer is still missing a little something."

Zhao Xing did not continue to force his seclusion.

After all, even Master Guluohe spent a hundred years comprehending the second layer.

It is very difficult to break through a bottleneck that exists in the dark; like Lin Ze, who was at the Star-rank peak when they first met,

and is still at the Star-rank peak now.

"Seclusion and comprehension are no longer of any use."

"I must comprehend it in actual combat," Zhao Xing recalled what Master Guluohe had said back then.

At that time, he had also just entered the second layer, and Guluohe had told him to leave the internal world and comprehend the 'dynamic growth' of plant life in battle.

"And as of the eighth day, the number of cleared cities has reached 59."

"Only 49 cities remain."

"If I wait any longer, I fear there will be no more profit to be made in this second stage."

Zhao Xing immediately decided to exit seclusion!

Although Guluohe and Yun Tianye told him to comprehend under the protection of the Crystal Palace to avoid fighting,

Zhao Xing would not listen entirely, because only he knew his own situation.

Even without Emperor-grade troop types, he was not afraid at all.

"Whoosh~"

Zhao Xing's figure instantly left the Crystal Palace and appeared above the lake.

And with his departure, the protective shield of the Crystal Palace instantly vanished.

"Hmm?" Far away, the Shadow Assassin who had been observing immediately looked up.

"He has exited seclusion; Zhao Xing finally couldn't help but exit seclusion!" ===== CHAPTER 359 =====