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Reunion on floor 824.2
The second level of the Heavenly Tomb.
Xiao Yan's figure swept across the desolate sand dunes. His soul power, like an invisible fishing net, had been quietly cast before his attack, covering an area of dozens of miles.
"To the left front, three, around the strongest eight-star Dou Zun; slightly to the right of the front, six, the strongest nine-star; to the right, two, approximately seven-star..."
The Heavenly Realm Soul's perception was terrifyingly sharp, clearly relaying the locations of the wandering undead energy entities to Xiao Yan. These energy entities were shrouded in a hazy gray mist, aimlessly wandering in their familiar territory. They possessed no intelligence, only the instinct to devour the energy of intruders.
"You are the one!"
Xiao Yan quickly decided on his final target, moving as fast as a black lightning bolt.
The first to block Xiao Yan's path were three energy beings at the Seven-Star Dou Zun level. Sensing Xiao Yan's presence, they attacked him together. Although these spirits had lost all their intelligence, they still retained their fighting instincts. They did not attack each other, but if one's strength was insufficient, a simultaneous clash could be quite troublesome.
"It's in the way!"
bang bang bang
With a wave of his Xuan Heavy Ruler, Xiao Yan easily harvested three energy bodies, turning them all into rhomboid energy cores. Energy bodies of this level posed little threat to Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan didn't even glance at them. With a flick of his left hand, he drew the three spoils into his palm with a gentle suction force and casually stuffed them into his storage ring. The entire process was swift and efficient.
Xiao Yan moved quickly, and only then did the strongest energy entity at the core react. Its form was much more solid than that of ordinary energy entities, and it slashed at Xiao Yan with a vicious claw, clearly demonstrating that it had a stronger fighting instinct than its companion.
"That's interesting."
Xiao Yan did not underestimate this inanimate object, and with a swing of the Xuan Heavy Ruler, he met the claw of the energy body.
boom--
After the collision, the energy body staggered back several steps. Xiao Yan quickly assessed that this energy body was much stronger than the others, and its strength should have reached the peak of the Dou Zun realm.
With just this energy body, it could withstand more than a dozen collisions with the Xuan Heavy Ruler without falling. After Xiao Yan figured out its fighting habits, he attached the Crimson Lotus Star Flame to the Xuan Heavy Ruler and unleashed a Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, completely annihilating this not-so-weak energy body.
This is Xiao Yan's current combat strength. If he wanted to, killing a peak Dou Zun would only take a moment.
Xiao Yan let out a soft sigh, dispelling the flames on the Xuanzhong Ruler, which returned to calm. He reached out, and the energy core, at the peak of the Dou Zun level, obediently flew into his palm. It felt warm to the touch, and the Dou Qi energy it contained was immense; one could feel its surging power even through the crystal.
Xiao Yan took the energy cores from the storage ring one by one into his hands. The suction force in his palm increased, and several energy cores reacted. The fighting spirit contained within them found an outlet like a torrent, gushing out and finally turning into a fighting spirit mist in mid-air.
This was the pure Dou Qi that Xiao Yan valued most. The Dou Qi was extremely gentle, and Xiao Yan absorbed it all into his body. His Burning Flame Technique began to circulate rapidly, integrating the Dou Qi into his limbs and bones, nourishing every inch of his body. An indescribable feeling of comfort instantly spread throughout his body, as if parched earth had received sweet rain. Xiao Yan could clearly feel that his cultivation barrier, which had remained at the early stage of the Half-Saint realm, was constantly shaking under the continuous erosion of this pure energy.
Breaking through to the early stage of the Half-Saint realm is just around the corner in this Heavenly Tomb.
After absorbing all the scattered energy cores, Xiao Yan clenched his fist, feeling quite satisfied with the powerful force erupting from his body. The cultivation speed within the Heavenly Tomb was far superior to that outside. This was all due to the Heavenly Tomb's much higher concentration of Dou Qi and, most importantly, the presence of undead energy bodies.
"Indeed, high-grade energy crystals are good, but unfortunately they are hard to find."
The second level of this Heavenly Tomb has a large number of energy cores at the level of Dou Zun seven or eight stars, while nine-star cores are relatively rare. Xiao Yan has only encountered the peak Dou Zun level core in his hand four or five times.
During these four months, Xiao Yan traveled to the third level while constantly harvesting energy cores along the way, and his gains were quite substantial.
After all, Xiao Yan not only possesses a Heaven-Rank Soul, but also the Soul Transformation Technique, which allows him to convert Dou Qi into soul power. With these two combined, Xiao Yan can easily lock onto the energy bodies around him.
However, after absorbing more, Xiao Yan found that his body was gradually adapting to the Dou Qi of the low-level energy cores, and the benefits of the seven-star energy cores to him were constantly diminishing, although the rate was relatively slow. Therefore, Xiao Yan also set his sights on higher-level energy bodies, but in this second layer, the high-level ones were really quite limited.
"It seems that to achieve a greater breakthrough, we must go to the third level of the Heavenly Tomb."
Xiao Yan has already touched the edge of the mid-stage of the Half-Saint realm. In order to break through as soon as possible, he feels he needs more peak Dou Zun, or even Half-Saint level energy bodies. The second level of the Heavenly Tomb is clearly insufficient to meet his current needs.
During his several-day journey towards the light curtains of the second and third levels of the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan also managed to harvest several eight-star energy bodies within his perception range, absorbing all their energy cores. Although the improvement was limited, every little bit helps, and accumulation is just as important.
After traveling for a while, Xiao Yan finally arrived at his destination: a massive light screen. The screen shimmered with iridescent light and emitted powerful spatial fluctuations. This was the light screen leading to the third level of the Heavenly Tomb; its immense energy pressure made even ordinary Dou Zun feel breathless upon approaching it.
This place connects the second and third levels of the Heavenly Tomb. Xiao Yan was not the first person to arrive here. Looking around, Xiao Yan finally saw other figures besides himself.
When Xiao Yan saw that extremely distinctive ghost face mask, the person behind the mask was obviously also somewhat surprised. It was Ling Fengzhui, the genius of the Spirit Clan!
The two had a fierce battle after entering the Heavenly Tomb, but it was stopped because of the ancient devouring insects. Xiao Yan did not expect that he would encounter Ling Fengzhui again among so many people in the Heavenly Tomb.
Ling Fengzhui's gaze was also quite surprised; when it fell on Xiao Yan, there was no killing intent in it.
"Heh... I didn't expect to have a big battle with you when I entered the Heavenly Tomb, and now that I've just reached the third level and am catching my breath, the first person I run into is you again. Xiao Yan, my luck is really not bad."
His tone was so flat that you couldn't tell if he was happy or angry; it sounded like a conversation between old friends reuniting.