Chapter 227: Chapter 159: The Fifth Layer of the Thousand Flames Art, It's Time to Trade with the Military (5k)

[After obtaining the broken jade and the cultivation technique, you quickly located the position of that ancient tomb relic.] Sёarch* The NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.[But just like last time, you didn't recklessly charge into the tomb relic.]

[Instead, you simply settled down in the Immortal Martial Era Instance.]

[On regular days, you still collected spiritual liquid to prepare for the next simulated breakthrough, and you also didn't neglect your cultivation, continuing to deepen your understanding of Origin Force and the Thousand Flames Art.]

[In the twenty-first year, the quantity of your spiritual liquid broke through to one million and three hundred thousand drops.]

[That same year, your divine sense detected a familiar aura.]

[You quickly identified the target. Although the person had changed their appearance and concealed their aura, with the divine sense imprint of the Ten Thousand Li Tracking Technique, you confirmed that it was Damned Zong!]

[You decisively launched a sneak attack on Damned Zong, and as expected, he sensed the danger in advance.]

[A great battle unfolded between you two, and for a time, the earth tilted and rocks shattered.]

[You and Damned Zong fought over a hundred rounds, and Damned Zong was firmly suppressed by you.]

[He was shocked by your strength and knowing that he couldn't match you, he prepared to flee.]

[Despite your lack of the talent "Even the small is cute," no matter how you taunted, Damned Zong desperately tried to escape.]

[But your mastery of Origin Force had already stepped into the third layer of external release, making your strength much greater than before.]

[Even though Damned Zong's escape technique far surpassed yours, after chasing him for half a month, you still managed to kill him.]

[Without any hesitation, you killed Damned Zong and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.]

[Before he died, Damned Zong also destroyed his storage magical artifact, leaving you nothing.]

[You weren't too disappointed by this. In pursuing Damned Zong, one reason was for revenge and the other was to see the level of your own strength.]

[Indeed, after the release of Origin Force, your strength increased greatly. Killing Damned Zong was not difficult, but your escape technique was still a weakness.]

Su Xing nodded slightly upon reading this, inwardly acknowledging the truth of it.

"Indeed, although I am now a cultivator at the Divinity Transformation Stage, my proficiency in escape techniques is still too lacking..."

A normal Divinity Transformation Great Perfection cultivator, if they controlled an average escape technique, wouldn't have much difficulty traveling twenty thousand li a day, even if their spiritual power wasn't very profound.

Although Su Xing could also achieve flight, it was purely reliant on the profound spiritual power within his body, and though the speed wasn't slow, capable of travelling ten thousand li a day.

However, Su Xing's spiritual power was not infinite; long-duration travel using spiritual power naturally required resting periods.

As for his Body Refinement Cultivation Level... Although Su Xing was at the Great Perfection of Divine Strength Realm, with a robust physical body.

Techniques and flight were never the specialty of a Body Cultivation cultivator.

If he relied solely on the Divine Strength Realm Cultivation Level for travel, Su Xing might even have to run on his two legs on the ground. How could that compare to the speed of someone else's flight?

However, after reaching the Broken Void Realm, a Body Cultivation cultivator could achieve flight with their physical body alone, without relying on spiritual power, and this is when the escape speed of a Body Cultivation cultivator would rapidly increase.

"Looking at it this way... It's time to learn an escape technique,"

thought Su Xing, stroking his chin.

"Damned Zong's divine skill 'Shrink the Land to an Inch' is a pretty good minor divine skill... More advanced escape techniques include 'A Step Through Heaven and Earth', and even the 'Rainbow Transformation Technique'..."

Whether for fleeing for one's life or pursuing an enemy, escape techniques shouldn't be overlooked.

Su Xing silently added learning an escape technique to his plans, then looked towards the simulation panel.

[After killing Damned Zong, you resumed your regular cultivation and collection of spiritual liquid.]

[In the twenty-second year, you collected over sixty thousand drops of spiritual liquid.]

[But what troubled you was the difficulty of breaking through the later stages of the Divinity Transformation Stage was like ascending to heaven.]

[Despite your rigorous daily cultivation, the absorbed spiritual energy seemed to drop into a vast ocean, accumulating only slowly.]

[In the twenty-third year, the number of collected spiritual liquid reached one million and four hundred and thirty thousand drops, not far from your goal.]

[In the twenty-fourth year, you finally achieved your goal of accumulating one million and five hundred thousand drops of spiritual liquid.]

[You placed one million and five hundred thousand drops of spiritual liquid evenly into one hundred and fifty little jade bottles, feeling quite satisfied in your heart.]

[At the beginning of the twenty-fifth year, your Cultivation Level was still stuck at the eighth layer of the Divinity Transformation Stage, but not far from reaching the ninth.]

[Knowing you were running out of time, you decided to explore the ancient tomb relic again before the apocalypse arrived!]

[You came to the familiar mountain, shattered that large rock with the formation.]

[You entered the tomb relic.]

[Everything in the ancient tomb was arranged exactly as it had been in your previous simulation.]

[You made your way through the narrow tomb corridor and soon encountered the Living Dead Puppet that was comparable to the Broken Void Realm.]

[Without hesitation, the Living Dead Puppet launched an attack on you.]

[And you quickly responded, promptly activating your Origin Force, covering yourself in an invisible armor of Origin Force.]

[Holding the Ink Ice Spirit Sword, wrapped in Origin Force, you counterattacked the Living Dead Puppet.]

[A great battle was about to erupt, with violent sonic booms echoing with each movement, and the powerful destructive force caused continuous fluctuations in the protective formations on the stone walls.]

[You fought the Living Dead Puppet for hundreds of rounds, and the ultimate destructive power of your Origin Force managed to injure it.]

[But the puppet, feeling no pain nor bleeding, leaked black liquid from the wounds you inflicted on it.]

[Then the wounds eerily began to heal, and the Living Dead Puppet's assault on you remained unabated.]

[So you persisted for another hundred rounds, finally feeling that the Origin Force within your body was running low.]

[Whether it was the puppet's physical strength, recovery ability, or even patience, all far surpassed yours.]