Chapter 72: Advancing to the Eighth Layer of the Condensed Divine Realm

  The energy refined from the 'Golden Scarlet Elixir' flowed like liquid gold, majestic and luxurious, displaying extravagance. As the seven meridians suddenly rotated vigorously, a burst of true energy impacted, dispersing this luxurious golden energy instantly. The seven meridians rotated together, refining and rolling out an endless river of true energy that poured out in an instant, filling Xiao Chen's dantian with a vast amount of true energy.

  "As expected! Once this 'Golden Scarlet Pill' is refined and bursts out, its true energy is indeed overwhelming!"

  Xiao Chen felt his dantian filling up rapidly with true energy, it was a wonderful feeling, full of joy.

  "Cuckoo!"

  Gradually, as the golden energy was continuously refined, a strange 'gurgling' sound emerged from Xiao Chen's dantian. This was the true qi being refined and then emitted by the seven swirling airs pulling, tugging, and stirring it up. Now, in Xiao Chen's dantian, apart from the previous seven swirling airs, a new air swirl was about to take shape.

  The newly born cyclone, under the leadership of the other seven cyclones, gradually formed a small whirlpool, leading the majestic true energy in the dantian to slowly rotate.

  However, the seven formed cyclones were the energy released from the continuous refinement of 'Golden Red Dan', transformed into rolling true gas, nourishing the newly born cyclone.

  Thus, it's like a snowball rolling, the formed cyclone continuously refines golden energy, nourishing that new-born cyclone. And that new-born cyclone, resembling a whirlpool, stirs up the thick true Qi in the Dan Tian, constantly condensing, coagulating, and gathering, becoming increasingly solidified. The entire true Qi within the Dan Tian is wildly circulating, further strengthening itself.

  That newborn cyclone, spinning faster and faster, faster and faster, swift as wind and thunder, infinitely condensed, finally accompanied by a faint sound...

  Wow!

  "The eighth vortex has formed, condensation successful!"

  This sound was like a sudden tear in the air, and this sound to Xiao Chen was already incredibly familiar. The eighth vortex responded with a loud noise.

  Xiao Chen's divine soul sank into his dantian and swept it with a glance, immediately discovering that the majestic true energy in his dantian, which was previously chaotic, had now become neat and tidy, all of it having been absorbed into the eighth vortex. The eight vortices were crystal clear, slowly rotating, and supplying his body with immense power.

  "With a focused mind, my true energy explodes, with a strength of 12,000 pounds, surpassing the power of an elephant. My breath is long and steady, my physical strength is dense, now I can fight for longer periods of time. With full force unleashed, both fists can pierce through a thick steel plate. The agility of my body, reaction speed, and explosive power have all increased, making me even more formidable in battle!"

  "One step closer to the Spiritual Awakening Mirror, once I get it, I can burst into Triple Yuan True Fire and refine my own elixir, making my cultivation twice as effective."

  Xiao Chen felt a surge of powerful energy coursing through his body, his confidence doubled, and he became even more determined on his path to cultivation. He wanted to become stronger, to constantly grow in power, so that he could better protect himself and trample those who sought to harm him underfoot.

  "The top priority is still to refine the remaining 'Golden Scarlet Pill' and advance to the Ninth Heaven of Condensing Spirit." Xiaochen calmed down, the joy brought by advancing gradually dissipated. His gaze cleared up again, as clear as water, deep and bottomless, looking towards the deeper part of the passage, where there were still what kind of crises...

  Xiao Chen stood up tall, grasping his sword, striding forward with a gaze as sharp as a torch, continuing to venture deeper into the passage.

  Knowing there is a tiger on the mountain, he deliberately heads towards the tiger mountain!

  Divine soul's thoughts radiate outwards, every step is a camp, this passage is fraught with crises, perhaps at that moment, one misstep would lead to being pierced by countless arrows.

  Rumble...

  At this moment, Xiao Chen took a step forward. Suddenly, the floor under his foot collapsed, and at the same time, arrows shot out from the collapsed floor like locusts. The six-edged arrowheads were stained with blood, and their sharp edges seemed to be blowing in the wind. If one was hit by them, they would surely become a pile of bones.

  Almost at the same time, Xiao Chen also reacted, his feet suddenly appeared in a cloud of fog, and he unfolded his ladder-like movement skill, like a white flying bird, flipping and jumping in mid-air, rising and falling, his hands holding the sword were swinging left and right, fluttering unpredictably. One by one, the arrows were chopped down, cut off, and shot out in all directions, falling to the ground.

  However, just as the dawn had settled, countless arrows shot out like locusts, and from a distance, these rapidly fired arrows seemed like an extremely dense steel net, killing people and taking lives in an instant.

  Xiao Chen also thoroughly unfolded the ladder cloud, walking in the web of death lines, seemingly relaxed, but actually Xiao Chen was also under immense pressure. Such a powerful mechanism posed an extremely great challenge to Xiao Chen, and with one careless move, he feared that he would be shot into a hornet's nest.

  The sword spewed out a dazzling sword tip, dancing within a three-meter range, the sword light flashing like a divine shield, guarding its surroundings.

  Xiao Chen's palm was incredibly agile, and the sword in his hand directly danced into a sword wheel divine light. The dense steel arrows shot onto the sword wheel were cut off inch by inch.

  Whoosh!

  A six-edged steel arrow shot through the sword wheel, brushing past Xiao Chen's ear, bringing out a few drops of blood, cutting off several strands of Xiao Chen's long hair, and almost shooting off Xiao Chen's ear.

  ……

  ……

  At the same time, Ximen Wudi also encountered the sword array, and he was struggling in death. His quick sword flashed like lightning, his legs were marked with "Shenfeng Symbol", his body was light as a swallow, treading on arrows, walking through the arrow net.

  However, those fine steel arrows were extremely fast, and killed without seeing blood. Ximen Wudi's sword speed was already extraordinary, and it would be no problem to resist one of them. But resisting so many was extremely strenuous.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Just as Ximen's invincible sword swung, shattering three hundred fine steel arrows, three fine steel arrows flew towards him, like venomous snakes striking, instantly fatal.

  Those three arrows were constantly expanding in Ximen Wudi's pupils, at this moment, Ximen Wudi was already unable to stop them, although he saw it, but couldn't react.

  At this moment, Ximen Wudi is about to be shot through the head!

  At this moment, even Qi Changlao, who was standing in front of the stone wall and watching the second floor of Daluo Palace, became tense. His palms were clenched into fists, his finger joints turned white, and his teeth chattered with worry for Ximen Wudi.

  At this moment, suddenly, two icy lights shot out from Ximen Wudi's eyes like swords and knives, shooting out and turning the three steel arrows into powder.

  "Ahh——!"

  Ximen's furious roar burst forth, and instantly, endless white frost shot out from around him, ice crystals, like diamonds, like crystal clear glass.

  As the ice crystals and frost danced away, in an instant, with Ximen Wuji as the center, the temperature within a radius of ten meters plummeted, as if suddenly entering a severely cold winter month, snowflakes fluttering about, and a chilling air pressing down.

  Those swiftly shot arrows, in the process of flying, were all wrapped in a layer of white frost and snow. At the moment when they were about to shoot into Ximen Wudi's body, they suddenly exploded and turned into powder, fluttering and scattering everywhere.

  "Hi!"

  Ximen Wu Di flipped over, dodged through a hail of arrows and landed safely on the ground. He turned around to see a scene of utter chaos, but his eyes shone with excitement.

  "My soul is starting to awaken! Haha...... The properties of Tian Feng Xuan Han's battle body are emerging! Haha......"

  Ximen Wu Di burst out laughing, excited to the extreme, then gradually calmed down. "However, my soul has not fully awakened, my true energy has not transformed into true yuan. Wait until I kill him three times and thoroughly awaken my soul!"

  "Made it through!" Qi Changlao's tightly clenched fists relaxed as Ximen Wudi charged past the danger, a faint smile playing on his lips.

  "Give me all the change!"

  At this moment, Xiao Chen was also trapped in the arrow array. Despite wielding his sword with 3,000 sword auras and stepping on the Ladder Cloud, he couldn't break through. In his haste, Xiao Chen suddenly unleashed "Magic Sound Nine Songs!"

  Fearsome sound waves, with Xiao Chen's loud roar, instantly shot out, the magic sound was overwhelming and unmatched, blasting out of Xiao Chen's mouth, radiating out in an instant, even the air was shaken like ripples on water.

  Those arrows flying randomly in the air shattered one after another under the shock of the sound wave, unable to reach Xiao Chen's side, and were directly torn apart by that terrifying sonic force, even the fine steel was broken inch by inch.

  "Hi!"

  Xiao Chen seized this moment, flipped over and jumped away, landing in a safe place. He finally let out a sigh of relief. Looking back, Xiao Chen also secretly wiped the sweat from his brow. This hidden arrow array was truly terrifying, its speed was not something that could be withstood by human physical strength, perhaps it could be withstood, but it was absolutely not something he could do now.

  After this experience, Xiao Chen looked inward with his divine soul and found that the 'Golden Red Dan' in his stomach had shrunk to the size of a bean, almost fully digested. Once the 'Golden Red Dan' was completely digested, it would be the moment when Xiao Chen entered the Ninth Heaven of the Condensed Divine Realm.

  Rumble!

  Xiao Chen was about to move forward, when at this moment, the stone wall opened a door, and a golden crescent moon knife extended out, blocking Xiao Chen's path!

  "Huh?" Xiao Chen furrowed his brow, and then he saw a person walking out of the gate. He was nine feet tall, wearing a suit of golden armor with a golden beard and eyebrows, a wide mouth and a flat nose, exuding an aura of majesty without even being angry.

  Buzz!

  The Yan Yue knife shook, a fierce gust of wind tore through, and the whirlwind pointed at Xiao Chen from afar. The man said, "You must pass my test before you can proceed!"

  "Am I going? Is that the God of War, Guan Gong?" Xiao Chen's eyebrows rose slightly, and he felt that the person in front of him had a demeanor similar to that of Guan Yu, the God of War from the Three Kingdoms, as seen on screen.

  "Who dares to block me? Report your name at once!"

  "Hmph! I am one of the eight great martial generals of Zhen Gong, Jin Mian Sha!" The man said, originally called Jin Mian Sha. At the same time, the heavy golden crescent moon knife swept up a wild wind and chopped down towards Xiao Chen.

  "How treacherous!" Xiao Chen let out a low growl, his sword flashing as he swung it to meet the descending crescent moon blade.

  Bang!

  A dull thud, Xiao Chen only felt his arm go numb, and was chopped back several steps in an instant. His face changed color, and he secretly thought: "Ling Jue Mirror Warrior!"

  Xiao Chen did not expect that a warrior with a Ling Jue Mirror would appear, although it was not a war body warrior, but even the combat power of an ordinary Ling Jue Mirror warrior was enough to make people turn pale!