Chapter 57: Devouring Essence Blood, Continuous Breakthroughs!
On the Heavenly Profound Continent, within the Heavenly Demon Palace of the Northern Continent's Demon Race.
Inside a magnificent hall with carved beams and painted rafters.
Yu Zhenlong, clad in a black dragon robe and seated cross-legged on a purple-gold dragon chair, suddenly opened his tightly shut eyes, a flicker in his gaze.
He then took out a two-way communication talisman from his robes.
The single point of spiritual light within the talisman had now vanished. No matter how much spiritual energy he injected, it could no longer be activated.
This could only mean one thing: the chess piece he had deployed, Qin An, had also encountered danger.
"It seems the people within the Nine Heavens Holy Land were well-prepared!"
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Yu Zhenlong's eyes.
"Since I cannot enter the interior of the Nine Heavens Holy Land, I can only take an alternative path!"
After speaking, Yu Zhenlong walked out of the hall with a graceful stride.
...
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.
During this period.
The fame of Holy Son Lin Xu had soared after he single-handedly eliminated the demon race spies within the Nine Heavens Holy Land. His prestige among the disciples gradually increased.
Previously, some disciples had been somewhat skeptical of Lin Xu becoming a Holy Son. Lin Xu was like a dark horse, rising from the outer disciple test all the way to the core disciple ranks. He then participated in the trial battle alongside the Big Dipper Holy Land, where he claimed the top spot, suppressing many candidate Holy Sons from the two Holy Lands and making a stunning debut.
Subsequently, the Holy Master announced Lin Xu as the third Holy Son of the Nine Heavens Holy Land.
Although most people were quite convinced, a minority only feared Lin Xu's status as a Holy Son. It was only after learning that he had inherited the legacy of the Northern Ming Emperor and seeing him eliminate all the demon race spies within the Nine Heavens Holy Land that they became truly convinced.
For the past month.
Around the area of Nine Dragon City, the activities of demons and monsters had become increasingly frequent.
The disciples of the Nine Heavens Holy Land had almost all mobilized. The number of disciples who used to cultivate day and night on each peak began to decrease sharply, accompanied by numerous casualties.
Even the core disciples, who previously focused only on cultivation, had dispatched eighty percent of their number.
The atmosphere of the entire Holy Land had become tense.
On Green Bamboo Peak.
Before Lin Xu's courtyard, the many spirit herbs planted by Zhao Ling'er had all sprouted tender new shoots, somewhat increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the surroundings.
However, the reason for this rapid growth of the spirit herbs was also due to Xiao Yu, who was cultivating within the entire spiritual field. She gathered the spiritual energy of the entire Green Bamboo Peak with her own spiritual energy, and the surrounding spirit herbs benefited greatly from this.
Inside the courtyard.
Lin Li, dressed in a neat green robe, with every breath seemed to draw in spiritual energy like a giant whale, swallowing the mist-like spiritual energy into his abdomen, where it was consumed by the python dragon cell particles throughout his limbs and bones.
"After a month of conditioning, I have finally refined all the remaining medicinal properties of the Great Dream Heart Tribulation Pill and the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood."
Lin Xu's originally bloated body, like an inflated ball, gradually calmed down.
At the same time, the number of python dragon cell particles within Lin Xu's body had reached eight hundred and eighty-one. One more step would bring him to the second heaven of the Creation Divine Dragon Palace.
"It's time to break through!" Lin Xu thought to himself.
Immediately, with a thought, Lin Xu took out the Purple Gold Gourd from his storage ring.
The less than half-meter-long Purple Gold Gourd, as if carved from purple jade, was grand and primitive. At the bottom of the gourd were imprinted profound space character runes, with a faint flow of treasure light visible on them, creating an astonishing aura.
"Open!"
Lin Xu roared, his hands forming several runes that merged into the Purple Gold Gourd.
The restriction on the gourd's mouth was instantly broken.
The next moment, a strand of dazzling golden silk flew out from the gourd with a spiritual nature, and was swallowed by Lin Xu.
As the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood entered his mouth, it was like gulping down dozens of mouthfuls of ten-thousand-year spiritual milk.
Violent spiritual energy surged into the meridians within his body.
Rumble, rumble, rumble...
Dozens of sounds like muffled thunder exploding erupted from within Lin Xu's body. Nearly a hundred python dragon cell particles instantly mutated, suddenly increasing his strength by a million jin.
With him at the center, a visible wave of air rippled out, and all the walls around the courtyard collapsed.
"The Creation Divine Dragon Palace has broken through to the second heaven!"
Shua!
A pair of ferocious dragon wings instantly unfurled behind Lin Xu, with a wingspan of nearly three zhang.
After Lin Xu's Divine Dragon Body broke through, a layer of dark, firm dragon scales began to grow on the originally smooth dragon wings at a visible speed, gleaming with a metallic luster. Both their defensive and offensive power had greatly increased.
Not only that, but even a layer of fine, pale-white scale armor grew within Lin Xu's body, like a suit of natural armor.
A faint python dragon's might swept out in all directions.
Xiao Yu, several hundred meters away, heard the sound of the courtyard wall collapsing and looked over sharply. Immediately after, a vast pressure assailed her, forcing her body to retreat several hundred meters.
"Such a rich blood qi, and it seems to be the essence blood of a high-grade spirit beast!"
Xiao Yu's delicate, jade-like nose twitched slightly. She smelled an extremely alluring scent, which stirred a powerful desire to devour within her. Her small eyes stared longingly at Lin Xu, who was enveloped by a rich aura of blood qi.
"This big liar swallowed so much blood qi in one gulp, isn't he afraid of bursting?"
At the same time, Xiao Yu also sensed that the vast blood qi was so immense that even she would need at least three months to completely absorb such a mass.
As Xiao Yu was marveling, a rich pressure of a high-grade spirit beast actually emanated from Lin Xu, making even her feel a hint of suppression.
Although the pressure was faint, it was undeniably real.
"This big liar must have inherited more than just the Northern Ming Emperor's legacy!"
On Xiao Yu's delicate, rosy face, she cutely swallowed, her interest in Lin Xu growing even more intense.
At this moment, Lin Xu.
The python dragon cells in his body frantically devoured the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood. It was not until the python dragon cells had awakened to one thousand one hundred and forty-two that his swollen muscles gradually calmed down.
The amount of Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood Lin Xu had swallowed this time was only half a strand more than the first time, yet he had not expected the blood qi it contained to be so abundant.
Within his body.
Those newly mutated three hundred-plus python dragon cell particles opened their ferocious mouths, continuously devouring the roaming Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood. Their tender bodies grew at a furious pace. In just a few breaths, under the transformation of the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood, their sharp claws, fangs, and large, hard scales could already match those of the original eight hundred-plus python dragon cells.
After another hour of conditioning.
Lin Xu slowly opened his eyes.
Like an ancient giant dragon awakening from slumber, his dragon-like vertical pupils were deep and distant. Having been irrigated and tempered by the Ancestral Dragon Essence Blood twice, for an instant, he even saw a remnant image of the ancient Dragon Ancestor, but the scene was very blurry, lasting only a moment.
Immediately after, the realm barrier of the second heaven of the Void Core Realm within Lin Xu's body shattered on its own, without Lin Xu needing to deliberately attack it.
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