Zombie King: Picking up a baby at the beginning is the reincarnation of the empress

Under the Bodhi Tree, Ji Ruxue was being baptized by the precious light. Her cultivation had finally reached its limit and she had reached the peak of the eighth rank. The next step was to advance to the ninth rank.

Meanwhile, Lu Chuan, who had been left behind by Ji Ruxue, quickly led his army of corpse puppets back to the base city.

Upon returning, Lu Chuan made a series of arrangements, including patrolling and hunting.

A large number of corpse puppets were deployed to patrol the entire Lijiang City area, both in the sky and on the ground, to prevent any alien races or insectoids from unknowingly invading the city.

In addition, Lu Chuan also allocated some manpower to the hunting.

Before leaving, he swept away all the zombie breeding bases, and now that he's back, he naturally intends to rebuild them.

The most important thing for a zombie breeding base is a sufficient supply of flesh and blood. Only through large-scale hunting can the zombie breeding base and pigsty be restored.

Afterwards, Lu Chuan quickly returned to the villa, easily finding his way around, and put some things down.

Without rushing to clean up supplies or put things away, Lu Chuan took the bag containing the crystal cores and went straight back to his room.

Then, Lu Chuan took out four eighth-order crystal cores from the bag, looked at them in his hand, and his eyes were filled with intense eagerness.

Right now, there's no shortage of eighth-order crystal cores. If I swallow these four eighth-order crystal cores, I'll definitely be able to break through to the ninth order and reach the pinnacle of this world.

With a ninth-tier cultivation level as a foundation, one can go anywhere in the world. In addition, Lu Chuan is already able to mass-produce ninth-tier corpse puppets.

If Lu Chuan, as the Zombie King, cannot reach the ninth rank, then naturally his zombie puppets will also be impossible to create.

However, obtaining a batch of ninth-tier corpse puppets is not so easy.

Eighth-order crystal cores are extremely rare. In Lu Chuan's view, successfully gathering a batch of ninth-order corpse puppets, especially those that rely on eighth-order crystal cores for advancement, is almost an impossible task.

The number of eighth-order crystal cores is already too small. It's okay to advance one or two ninth-order corpse puppets by consuming them, and you can still try to collect some crystal cores.

But if there are too many, that won't work. Where will he find so many eighth-tier ferocious beasts and zombies?
There may be enough eighth-tier ferocious beasts in the sea, but the sea is vast and boundless, and the difficulty of hunting down eighth-tier sea beasts in the sea is simply too great.

However, Lu Chuan had already made up his mind. Since hunting eighth-tier ferocious beasts was not an option, he would massacre alien insectoids and use their flesh and blood as resources for advancement.

As long as the group of eighth-tier corpse puppets can devour enough insectoid aliens, they will definitely be able to accumulate enough energy to advance to the ninth tier one after another.

However, this method takes a bit long.

"Let's advance to the ninth rank first..."

After calming down, Lu Chuan stopped thinking about it, glanced at the crystal cores in his palm, and then put them into his mouth one by one and swallowed them.

boom!
In an instant, the four crystal cores transformed into surging energy, which began to surge wildly within Lu Chuan's body, like a raging river, flowing ceaselessly and constantly impacting the meridians within his body.

Sensing this immense energy, Lu Chuan dared not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly sat down cross-legged and carefully mobilized the spiritual energy within his body, beginning to continuously refine this external energy.

As time went by, this surging energy was gradually refined into wisps of spiritual essence, which quickly merged into Lu Chuan's original spiritual essence.

As his spiritual energy continued to grow, Lu Chuan's cultivation level also rose, and his aura became increasingly powerful.

Lu Chuan, already at the peak of the eighth rank, sensed the solidity of the ninth-rank barrier for the first time. It was as if it were an impenetrable fortress. He tried to break through it, but found that his spiritual energy could not budge it in the slightest. For a moment, Lu Chuan's face was heavy, and he felt extremely distressed.

However, Lu Chuan would not give up because of this. He rallied his strength and continued to channel his ever-increasing spiritual energy, charging fiercely towards the barrier of his realm.

boom!
Instantly, Lu Chuan felt as if he had been struck on the head with a heavy hammer, as if he had been struck by lightning. A deafening bang echoed in his mind.

After the tinnitus subsided, Lu Chuan felt dizzy, as if his head and body had separated.

In response, Lu Chuan could only shake his head, trying to stay awake.

However, even so, the barrier remained unmoved.

Lu Chuan gritted his teeth, unwilling to give up.

Rumble~
The repeated impacts constantly strained Lu Chuan's body, causing him to feel a dull ache all over.

Especially the damage to the meridians. Due to the constant impact of the violent spiritual energy, the meridians along the way were all damaged and had some minor scars.

Furthermore, during the impact on the barrier, the surrounding energy seemed to be drawn towards Lu Chuan.

Soon, the absorbed energy was transformed into spiritual essence belonging to Lu Chuan himself, which made the pressure on Lu Chuan's meridians even greater.

Lu Chuan now only has one solution: to advance to the ninth rank as soon as possible. Once the barrier is broken, the surging spiritual energy will flow freely, and the pressure on his meridians will disappear completely.

Thinking of this, Lu Chuan gritted his teeth and continuously mobilized his spiritual energy to launch a final assault on the barrier of his cultivation realm.

Rumble~
A deafening roar echoed continuously in his mind, and Lu Chuan's entire body trembled violently. Blood began to seep from his body, and his condition was extremely serious.

Lu Chuan knew that physical injuries were unavoidable, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to break through the barrier of his realm.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

Boom~
Suddenly, the barrier between realms loosened slightly. Lu Chuan was overjoyed and once again mobilized his spiritual energy to launch an attack.

Each subsequent impact shook the barrier of the realm, and soon, the barrier began to dissipate little by little.

boom!
The next moment, the barrier between realms was finally breached by the spiritual energy, just like a collapsing dam.

The spiritual energy flowed freely and rapidly through the meridians, and even the wounds on the surface of the meridians gradually healed under the circulation of the spiritual energy.

The moment Lu Chuan broke through to the ninth level, the sky above changed color, and endless energy began to flow back rapidly, causing the amount of spiritual energy in Lu Chuan's body to soar at a visible speed.

At the same time, an incredibly powerful ninth-tier aura surged from Lu Chuan's body, sweeping across all directions, unstoppable by anyone.

"Ninth rank! I've finally broken through to the ninth rank!"

Lu Chuan slowly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with excitement.

(End of this chapter)