In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 208, Breakthrough!

Inside the cultivation space.

Lin Ran continued to cultivate the Eight Gates Formation. With the support of the comprehension formation, his combat power and health increased at a terrifying speed. The prompts for gaining experience were almost constant, and the speed at which resources were consumed was naturally also very fast.

The ancient magic array that Ling Qiqi took out seemed to be able to directly connect to the rules of heaven and earth, and could directly find the corresponding information from it. The only thing that limited the speed of improvement was the speed of copying and absorbing blood and qi.

During her cultivation journey, Yan Lingfei returned in person and brought a large amount of resources, which she had collected after conquering three cities. She knew that Lin Ran was in great need of resources at this stage.

She has conquered all the cities along the other lines of territory she attacked, except for the final demon capital.

The demon army is attacking other cities to plunder more resources.

time flies.

Lin Ran immersed herself in cultivation, never imagining that her strength could increase so quickly.

Unbeknownst to him, his blood and qi filled his entire body, flowing into his heart through the Mysterious Focus of Life and Death, and extending to the front of the final, pure black gate.

The Qi and blood stop here and begin to accumulate, then must break through the last barrier in one go.

After an unknown amount of time, the blood and qi accumulated enough energy to launch an attack on the dark portal.

boom!

With a sudden impact, the pitch-black portal burst open, and after the blood and energy surged in, it underwent another sublimation, entering a completely new realm.

The Eight Gates Formation, the eighth gate, the Gate of Death, opens!

Physical body, ninth rank!

[Eight Gates Formation LV9→LV10: 2/5000]

Boom~

The flow of Qi and blood was like a surging river, and the Qi and blood that rushed into the spiritual space completely suppressed all other forces except for the rules.

However, no conflict occurred under the control of the skill panel.

Golden energy gathered in an empty space, seemingly filling something, until a golden figure slowly appeared.

Lin Ran was slightly bewildered. He subconsciously clenched his fist and saw his golden but transparent body. Only then did he realize that he was in a soul state.

When one's vital energy and blood are so powerful, they directly pull the soul out of a state of nothingness and transform it into a tangible, physical entity!

Lin Ran took a deep breath, looked around her mental space, and saw many familiar things. It felt like coming home, completely different from her previous observations!

After wandering around the mental space for a while, I left with a thought.

After leaving, the soul figure sat cross-legged on its own, naturally controlling the qi and blood in its body, allowing it to circulate along a fixed route.

……

Cultivation space.

After a brief tremor, Lin Ran manipulated the spatial rules to stabilize it, and then used his vital energy to expand the space again until it could basically withstand the natural release of his vital energy.

The speed of improvement did not stop during this process; in fact, the speed of resource consumption accelerated, like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring resources.

Lin Ran had to stop cultivating after only a short time because he ran out of resources.

He then left the cultivation space and contacted Ling Qiqi remotely.

He sensed the sealing power emanating from the territory during the communication, but the seal was only at the eighth level. His current overall strength was at the ninth level, so he easily broke through the seal.

However, only the seal on Ling Qiqi's position was broken; the other two positions remained untouched.

"Qiqi, I've broken through! Which territory has more resources?"

Ling Qiqi was taken aback, then overjoyed.

"The territory that Ling Fei attacked was the most valuable among the eighth-tier territories."

"Okay, I'll go and take him down now."

……

Outside the Demon Capital,

Yan Lingfei led the demons to confront the demons in the main city. The opposing side had three eighth-tier demons, but their auras did not seem very stable, as if they had forcibly broken through using some method.

Although there are no eighth-tier demons here, there are quite a few seventh-tier demons. Along the way, we captured quite a few seventh-tier demons and used some resources to help more than a dozen peak sixth-tier demons break through.

Therefore, in terms of overall strength, the two sides are roughly equal.

Yan Lingfei was considering how to capture this main city when she suddenly received a message from Lin Ran.

Upon learning of Lin Ran's breakthrough, she was first taken aback, then broke into a bright smile, as the difficulties before her were easily resolved!

Not long after,

The space not far away distorted, and then a figure emerged from it.

Lin Ran nodded to Yan Lingfei, then looked at the Demon City. The aura he exuded caused all the demons in the city to change their expressions drastically.

Ninth Rank!

Although there is only one rank difference between them and the eighth rank, their strength is worlds apart. Even at the peak of the eighth rank, with powerful attack methods, they can only manage to escape when facing the ninth rank.

Lin Ran moved with his feet and arrived above the main city, delivering a palm strike without any unnecessary words.

空~

A giant handprint in gold and blue appeared out of thin air and landed at a location with a spatial node in the center of the main city.

The demon trapped inside tried to escape, but found that the power of the giant handprint had frozen space, making it impossible to move!

boom!

The giant handprint fell into the city, and an area within a radius of a thousand meters was instantly reduced to ashes. Nothing was left behind, whether it was buildings, demons, or special methods.

Of the three special spaces, two were directly destroyed. The space that stored the origin was destroyed by Lin Ran after he extracted all the origin and solidified it, shattering the origin space with a single glance.

Then, he threw a punch at the city wall, and a fist imprint hundreds of meters in size smashed down on the wall. Countless demons, including three eighth-level demons, were reduced to ashes in an instant when they tried to resist.

……

To Ling Qiqi's left, the demon suddenly let out a muffled groan, and dense cracks appeared on its body. Then, with a bang, its body exploded, leaving not even a complete corpse!

Ling Qiqi's smile grew even brighter, while the remaining demon's expression was almost distorted, a mixture of shock, bewilderment, and fear.

……

After the main city was destroyed.

Lin Ran ordered the demons to collect all the resources in the city.

In less than half an hour, all the resources were delivered to him.

After comparing them, Lin Ran felt that it was a bit too little. He estimated that he would need more than a dozen similar cities to fill up the experience required to reach the final level of the Eight Gates Formation.

Let the demons continue collecting resources from the remaining cities, and then send them all to Ling Qiqi's castle.

Lin Ran set off for the last demon capital city.

Ling Qiqi and Zhou Yu acted together, but she got trapped, so Zhou Yu led the army to confront the demons. They are still on the border.

……

Boundary line.

Zhou Yu suddenly looked up and saw a distorted space, from which a figure walked out.

Lin Ran lowered her gaze and saw Zhou Yu, as well as Ling Qiqi trapped in the halo.

He nodded slightly to the two men, then looked at the enemy demon.

Perhaps because the controller came in person, there were no other eighth-tier demons in the demon army; the highest-ranking one was only a peak seventh-tier demon.

Lin Ran opened her eyes, a brilliant golden light flashing in them.

(End of this chapter)