All-class Gu Immortal

Chapter 268 Dual Cultivation of Gu and Martial Arts Leads to Success (End)

Rumble!
The celestial phenomenon formed by the convergence of the power of heaven and earth slowly expanded, lasting for a full seven days. The spiritual energy pillar, which was originally only ten miles in diameter, had expanded to a hundred miles.

Over the course of seven days, the power of heaven and earth continued to converge, and even the Venerables of the Flying Feather Clan and the Yin Soul Clan arrived near the valley.

At this moment, several miles away from the spiritual energy vortex, above the clouds, four cultivators of different appearances were gathered.

One of the elderly men in black robes changed his expression slightly and looked at a young man in green robes beside him.

"Fellow Daoist Xiong, was the spiritual energy vortex this exaggerated when you broke through?"

The green-robed youth frowned and said in a deep voice, "When I broke through, the spiritual energy vortex was only thirty miles in radius. In the Yellow Springs Path, that was already considered a Gu Master who could draw in a lot of spiritual energy."

The vortex of spiritual energy gathered by this person has exceeded a radius of a hundred miles, which is truly unbelievable.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman in a long purple gauze dress next to her shook her head:
"Lingzhou is located in the heart of the Ten Thousand Mountains, and the Yellow Springs Path is within the Yellow Springs Cave Heaven. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant, which is naturally incomparable to this barbaric land with scarce spiritual energy."

Even if the vortex of spiritual energy this person condensed spread to a radius of two hundred miles, it would only barely rival the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by Fellow Daoist Xiong during his breakthrough.

“Fellow Daoist Baili is right. However, this person can withstand such a massive influx of spiritual energy, so his physical body must be extremely strong. He is probably not a Gu Master, but a martial artist,” the last burly man in a yellow robe with golden wings on his back analyzed.

He was ugly, with protruding lips, high brow bones, thick eyebrows with a dark purple tinge, and a lightning bolt-shaped spiritual pattern between his brows.

“Indeed, if someone were a Gu Master, there would be no need for such secrecy. They must be a martial artist without any background to choose this place for their breakthrough.” The black-robed elder nodded in agreement.

"If he is a martial artist, this person is probably a martial artist who cultivates both internal and external strength, with profound foundations. Otherwise, he would not be able to withstand such a massive vortex of spiritual energy with his physical body." The green-robed youth said solemnly.

“A martial artist who cultivates both internal and external strength, if he breaks through to the Grandmaster level, might be difficult to deal with. What do you all think?” The woman in the purple dress asked the three for their opinions.

"If this person successfully breaks through to the next realm, then naturally we should make friends with him and explain our purpose."

If he fails, the body of a Grand Martial Master at the half-step Three Flowers Gathering at the Top is still a valuable material for Gu refining. Any of the three interested are welcome to make a move.”

The ugly man in the yellow robe said calmly.

The green-robed youth nodded and said, "Fellow Daoist Yun is right. If this person fails to break through, his body will belong to me. It just so happens that my Flying Bear Gu is about to break through and needs to replenish its blood. I will compensate you three Yuan Crystals according to the market price afterwards."

"Compensation crystals? This deal is worth doing!"

"I have no opinion."

"can."

The other three had no objections.

The four were none other than the Venerables of the four races—the Savage Race, the Beast Soul Race, the Yin Soul Race, and the Flying Feather Race—who had arrived one after another.

The old man in black robes was from the barbarian tribe and his name was Tu Lu.

The green-robed youth was from the Beast Soul Clan and his name was Xiong Lei.

As for the woman in the purple dress, she came from the Yin Soul Clan and was named Baili Hongling.

The last ugly man in yellow robes was from the Flying Feather Clan, named Yun Lie, and was the strongest among the four.

Tu Lu and Xiong Lei arrived near the valley on the very night the celestial phenomenon appeared.

However, during the process of breaking through to the third level, cultivation will attract a massive amount of heaven and earth power, which will be continuously absorbed and condensed into magic power.

If both are third-tier experts, interference from external forces can greatly increase the difficulty of a cultivator's breakthrough, or even lead to direct failure.

However, if a cultivator who has broken through to a higher realm tries to make the power of heaven and earth become violent at all costs, then it is very likely that the disruptors will also suffer the onslaught of the violent spiritual energy, ultimately leading to their mutual destruction.

Therefore, unless the two sides are locked in a life-or-death struggle and are prepared to perish together from the outset, it's unlikely.

Otherwise, no third-tier expert would dare to easily interfere when a cultivator breaks through to the third tier.

Generally, it is more advantageous to wait until a cultivator breaks through to a higher realm and then strike when their foundation is unstable.

Therefore, after Tu Lu and Xiong Lei arrived, they only dared to watch from a distance.

Bai Li Hongling and Yun Lie, who arrived later, also joined the onlookers.

The next day.

The vortex of spiritual energy suddenly accelerated and expanded.

This caught the attention of the four. "This person has a very deep foundation and has reached a critical moment. If he can take this step, he will succeed." Yun Lie nodded.

"It seems I won't be able to get this Yuan Crystal," Tu Lu said with a hint of regret.

"The last step is the key. Nine out of ten martial artists fail at this step. It's too early to draw conclusions now." Xiong Lei frowned slightly and shook his head.

“I have a premonition that this man will succeed.” Tu Lu stroked his beard and smiled.

"Hmph!" Xiong Lei snorted, without replying.

"By the way, why hasn't Fellow Daoist Wanqi of the Ice Spirit Clan arrived yet?" Baili Hongling changed the subject.

"That newcomer, Fellow Daoist Wanqi, will probably need a year just to stabilize his injuries. He has no time to come and join in this fun." Tu Lu chuckled, somewhat gloating.

"What did Fellow Daoist Tu's Heavenly Eye Gu see?" Baili Hongling was taken aback.

Xiong Lei and Yun Lie also looked at Tu Lu.

Tu Lu possesses a third-tier 'Heavenly Eye Gu', which can project scenes seen from hundreds of miles away to Gu Masters, so he must know some things that others do not.

"That Fellow Daoist Wanqi has quite the nerve, daring to provoke that black dragon all by himself, and almost lost his life. He's probably still feeling sorry for his substitute Gu now," Tu Lu sneered.

"You mean Fellow Daoist Wanqi went to find the Ink Dragon alone? He wouldn't be thinking of taking advantage of the Ink Dragon's serious injury to kill it, would he?" Baili Hongling's expression changed several times, as if she had recalled some terrible memories.

"What an idiot! Does he really think we five Venerables are all useless? That beast has already reverted to its ancestral form and awakened the fifth-order Poison Dragon bloodline. Its poison supernatural powers are unpredictable. Even if we severely injured it, it is not something that one or two Gu Masters can deal with."

Xiong Lei said coldly.

The five Venerables besieged the Ink Dragon, and four of them were injured. The other two juniors of the Ice Spirit Clan used Possession Gu. Although they gained combat power comparable to the third rank when they joined forces, they were killed by the Ink Dragon the moment the power of the Possession Gu weakened.

Of the four injured, Xiong Lei, relying on the terrifying physical body of the Flying Bear Gu, fought several rounds with the Ink Dragon. As a result, he was targeted by the Ink Dragon and was severely injured. Therefore, he had a deep understanding of the Ink Dragon's strength.

Now, the Ice Spirit Clan's Venerable One, disregarding the advice of the others, insisted on secretly seeking out the Ink Dragon, hoping to monopolize the benefits. As a result, he suffered a great loss, and Xiong Lei couldn't help but applaud.

"The Gu Masters of Jin Hong Dao have always been..." Yun Lie sneered, seemingly also somewhat dissatisfied with the Venerable of the Ice Spirit Clan. However, as he finished speaking, his entire body suddenly trembled, as if his neck had been grabbed.

"Fellow Daoist Yun, what's wrong?" Tu Lu asked in confusion.

The three followed his gaze and saw that above the vortex of spiritual energy, another, even larger vortex of spiritual energy had appeared.

"Two vortexes of spiritual energy? What's going on?!" Tu Lu exclaimed in shock.

“There are only two possibilities. One is that the martial artist also had a second-tier spirit pet, and they took this opportunity to break through together. The second possibility is that this person also cultivated the Gu Dao, and while attempting to break through to the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, they were also condensing the third Yuan Aperture.” Xiong Lei said somewhat uncertainly.

"Look! There's been another change!" Suddenly, Baili Hongling's voice became shrill.

The third one

The four looked at each other, watching as the third vortex of spiritual energy condensed, and remained silent for a moment.

"Fellow Daoist Xiong, what's going on?" Tu Lu's eyes were glazed over.

"Don't ask me, I don't know either," Xiong Lei shook his head.

"It's going to succeed!" Baili Hongling shouted. The third condensed spiritual energy vortex was slowly absorbed by the other two spiritual energy vortices, which then expanded rapidly and spread out in all directions.

A terrifying aura slowly rose from the center of the spiritual energy vortex.

“Fellow Daoists, I suggest we leave this place first, lest this newly joined Daoist misunderstand,” Tu Lu hurriedly suggested.

"retreat!"

"retreat!"

"retreat!"

The three were in complete agreement and retreated simultaneously.

The spiritual energy vortex spread out to a radius of four hundred miles in one go, and then quickly contracted.

"Roar~!"

At that moment, a deafening dragon roar suddenly rang out from behind the four of them.

(End of this chapter)