Thump! Thump! Thump!......
The sound of footsteps on the ground grew louder, yet the person remained silent.
"Playing games! Hmph!"
Qian Wen Chao snorted coldly, and a fist print shot towards the direction of the sound.
The ferocious fist print whistled away, scattering the dense spiritual energy around like a torrential downpour.
Puff!
Thump! Thump!
A sound of spitting blood occurred almost simultaneously with the thud of something heavy hitting the ground.
"Xiao Qingyu?" Lin Yue Ru shrieked, naturally recognizing the person who emerged from the white spiritual energy. It was Xiao Qingyu, who had come onto the stage with them.
"Haha, brat, so it was you lurking around and playing tricks. Take this punch from me!"
Seeing that the person hidden in the dark was Xiao Qingyu, whom he had just sent flying with a single palm strike, Qian Wen Chao immediately felt relieved.
However, he couldn't suppress his anger. Without a word, he rushed forward and threw a punch at Xiao Qingyu.
Puff!
Xiao Qingyu, flying backward in mid-air, spat out another mouthful of blood. It was clear that he had suffered severe internal injuries.
"Qingyu!"
Lin Yi Chen, Wang Teng, Lin Yue Ru, and Lu Xiao Yu all cried out in unison. The others could only watch helplessly as Xiao Qingyu was sent flying by a punch, unable to do anything.
They had not expected the heavy "footstep" sound from the darkness to be made by Xiao Qingyu.
It now seemed that it was merely a tactic by Xiao Qingyu to stall for time. He had clearly used his dual hammers to strike the ground, mimicking the sound of footsteps.
With the cover of dense spiritual energy, it had indeed affected Qian Wen Chao.
The dense spiritual energy could block Qian Wen Chao's line of sight, but it couldn't block his attacking punch.
Xiao Qingyu, with his heavily injured body, naturally could not dodge it and was hit squarely by the fist print. Su Dan Novel Network
"Hmph, truly a group of reckless fools. Is Zhang Er Gou really worth you risking your lives to protect?"
Qian Wen Chao snorted coldly.
...
At this moment, Zhang Er Gou had reached a critical juncture. As spiritual energy entered his body, his vast Sea of Qi was also filled with golden spiritual energy.
Then, as the concentration of spiritual energy increased, the Sea of Qi gradually began to rotate.
As the Sea of Qi slowly rotated, the golden spiritual energy within it became extremely compressed.
Pop!
With a crisp sound, Zhang Er Gou looked inward at his Sea of Qi and discovered that a drop of spiritual liquid had condensed.
Gradually, one drop, two drops, three drops...
More and more spiritual liquid gathered, and the spiritual energy in Zhang Er Gou's Sea of Qi was gradually replaced by spiritual liquid.
Outside his body, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged towards Zhang Er Gou even more madly.
"It's happening again. Hasn't Zhang Er Gou's dantian exploded yet? It's been so long, why does it feel like his rate of absorbing spiritual energy has become even more insane?"
"That's right, this kid cannot be judged by normal standards. Such a scene is truly unprecedented!"
Below the fighting platform, the observing inner disciples could only see the surging spiritual energy of heaven and earth madly rushing towards the platform.
As for Zhang Er Gou's condition at the center of the vortex, they knew nothing.
Zhang Er Gou looked inward at his own body. Although he couldn't control the rate at which his Sea of Qi absorbed spiritual energy,
he was relieved to find that his meridians had not been burst by the mad absorption of spiritual energy.
Glancing around his meridians, Zhang Er Gou discovered that as more and more spiritual energy from heaven and earth was absorbed, his meridians had become thicker and sturdier from repeated cleansing.
Carefully observing every change in his body, he dared not be the slightest bit careless at this point.
The amount of spiritual energy absorbed by his Sea of Qi exceeded his imagination.
Initially, when the spiritual energy in his body became restless, Zhang Er Gou thought that after such a long period of suppression, his cultivation had reached its critical point.
But he thought he might only break through to the peak of Foundation Establishment.
Now, it seemed far from what he had imagined. This massive influx of spiritual energy was more than ten times greater than the aura when he broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
This was definitely not the commotion that should accompany breaking through to the peak of Foundation Establishment.
The Sea of Qi had not stopped its frantic absorption of spiritual energy since it began. Now, more than half of his Sea of Qi was occupied by spiritual liquid.
Pop!
Another crisp sound, like something being broken through, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged towards him even more madly.
The Heaven and Earth Chaotic Art circulated for one cycle after another, and Zhang Er Gou's meridians became even more robust.
When the Sea of Qi was filled with spiritual liquid, the spiritual energy swirling around Zhang Er Gou no longer rotated wildly, but it did not dissipate either.
The rapidly circulating Sea of Qi within him also gradually slowed down.
"Is that it?"
Zhang Er Gou was somewhat surprised. Was it that simple, and he had broken through?
But he felt no change other than the spiritual energy in his Sea of Qi turning into spiritual liquid.
Was it just going to stop like this?
To be honest, Zhang Er Gou was somewhat disappointed. Perhaps he hadn't held much hope at first, but as more and more spiritual energy was absorbed by his Sea of Qi, Zhang Er Gou naturally felt a surge of ambition.
What was the meaning of stopping now? Was his cultivation now at the peak of Foundation Establishment?
But he had never heard of anyone's dantian having its spiritual energy turn into spiritual liquid!
Zhang Er Gou didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
What realm was he in now? It seemed he would have to wait until things here were over to ask his master, Chi Yu.
He had never encountered such a situation.
Just as Zhang Er Gou was about to get up, abruptly, the Sea of Qi within his body began to rotate frantically again, without any warning.
He quickly focused his mind and dared not be careless. This sudden change had caught him completely unprepared and had almost led to a disaster.
The direction of rotation of the Sea of Qi at this moment was very different from before, rotating in the opposite direction.
After rotating for thirty-three cycles, the speed of the Sea of Qi gradually slowed down, and no changes occurred within his body.
Ugh!
Zhang Er Gou was speechless. What was this for? Was it playing with him? He was truly speechless by the commotion within his own body.
With such a huge commotion, if others heard about it, wouldn't they laugh their heads off?
Focused on the changes within his body, Zhang Er Gou naturally did not notice the external changes. He was completely unaware that Lin Yi Chen, Xiao Qingyu, Wang Teng, Lin Yue Ru, and Lu Xiao Yu had been injured while protecting him.
Focusing on the changes within his body, Zhang Er Gou worried that his Sea of Qi would start to rotate automatically again, giving him no time to react.
This time, with sufficient preparation, after the Sea of Qi rotated in the opposite direction for another thirty-three cycles, Zhang Er Gou was not surprised in the slightest.
After the Sea of Qi rotated in the opposite direction for thirty-three cycles, a change occurred. The spiritual liquid in his Sea of Qi split into five whirlpools, rotating at high speed.
Slowly, the five rapidly rotating whirlpools of spiritual liquid shrank, finally condensing into five spherical objects of the same size.
"Five Golden Cores?" Zhang Er Gou exclaimed as he looked inward at the changes in his body.
As soon as the exclamation fell, the five spherical objects instantly exploded...