King of Creation
Chapter 187 - 184: Unsealing the Second Stage Space of the Mirage Dragon Pearl?

Chapter 187: Chapter 184: Unsealing the Second Stage Space of the Mirage Dragon Pearl?

"Still a bit short..."

Ye Zhen gritted his teeth and directly took out the Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Core extracted from the Water and Fire Golden Ape and pressed it against his chest. The moment he activated the Mirage Dragon Pearl, an overwhelming surge of energy instantly rushed into the pearl.

Even though the Mirage Dragon Pearl absorbed eighty percent of it, leaving only twenty percent for Ye Zhen, this twenty percent of the remarkably pure spiritual power still shocked him!

Compared to the power provided by a Mid-grade Earth Level Demon Core, the Upper-grade Earth Level one doubled in strength.

Ye Zhen felt fortunate, and it was a good thing he had the Mirage Dragon Pearl; otherwise, rashly refining and absorbing the power within an Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Core could have very well been fatal.

The power within the Demon Core of the Water and Fire Golden Ape continued to flow out, and Ye Zhen’s cultivation soared at a rate that he could directly perceive.

Ye Zhen estimated that if he could refine the Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Core into a Demon Spirit Essence Elixir and then absorb it, his cultivation could soar directly from the Late-stage Spirit Summoning Realm to the Peak of Spirit Summoning Realm.

However, as for the current state of the Black Water Kingdom, no one was able to refine an Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Spirit Essence Elixir.

The Black Water Pill King could barely manage it, but the success rate was extremely low.

Boom!

Before long, Ye Zhen felt a sudden ripple in his Dantian, and an indescribable sense of fullness welled up in his heart. An immensely powerful aura radiated from him. In that instant, the few strands of True Yuan remaining inside his Dantian were completely transformed into spiritual power.

From True Yuan to Pure Spirit!

The power within the Dantian was refined into a single form; the sluggishness that used to be felt when circulating spiritual power due to the presence of True Yuan was completely gone.

The spiritual power circulated rapidly, without a hint of obstruction.

Just this alone would increase Ye Zhen’s combat power by twenty percent!

Not only that, but the spiritual power filling his Dantian began to churn violently.

With his Divine Soul in motion, Ye Zhen instantly suppressed the fluctuation of spiritual power.

This kind of fluctuation indicated the precursor to the condensation of a Spiritual Power Seed; however, just having a precursor didn’t guarantee success.

Many people failed to condense a Spiritual Power Seed tens of times; with each failure, they would greatly weaken in vitality, and their cultivation would regress.

Breaking through from the Spirit Summoning Realm to the Spirit Transformation Realm was one of the major challenges in a martial artist’s path of cultivation.

Within the Qiyun Sect, several Inner Sect Disciples elevate their cultivation to the Peak of the Spirit Summoning Realm every year, but only a few become True Disciples over several years.

To this day, the number of True Disciples in the Qiyun Sect still remains only eight, and this is the reason why.

Not to mention the hundreds of Sect Stewards of the Qiyun Sect who are stuck at the Peak of the Spirit Summoning Realm, unable to break through.

As his cultivation reached a peak and spiritual power continued to pour in, waves of pain swelled within Ye Zhen’s Dantian. With a thought, the Mirage Dragon Pearl ceased to distribute the purest spiritual power and absorbed all the energy into the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s First Spatial Stage.

As time passed, the energy from the Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Core was completely channeled into the Mirage Dragon Pearl!

Boom!

Suddenly, the Mirage Dragon Pearl began to tremble, a change that immediately caught Ye Zhen’s attention, prompting his Divine Sense to dive in immediately.

Ye Zhen found that as the energy from the Demon Core continued to pour in, not just the space within the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s First Spatial Stage, but also its spatial walls, began to quake.

That tremble was like an earthquake during the collapse of a mountain range.

"Could it be that the Second Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl is about to be unsealed?"

Ye Zhen’s expression instantly became overjoyed!

The benefits that the First Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl brought to Ye Zhen were substantial—he was able to refine True Essence Spiritual Power, and it also enabled him to take on the appearance of beasts, helping Ye Zhen accomplish many things that would have been otherwise impossible.

If the Second Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl were unsealed, what benefits would it bring to Ye Zhen?

For a moment, Ye Zhen’s expression was filled with eager anticipation!

However, to Ye Zhen’s disappointment, even after the energy of the Upper-grade Earth Level Demon Core was completely drained, the spatial walls within the First Spatial Stage of the Mirage Dragon Pearl were still trembling rhythmically.

The anticipated unsealing of the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s Second Spatial Stage didn’t occur.

But then again, when considering the seals within the Mirage Dragon Pearl left by those legendary beings capable of destroying the heavens and the earth with a mere wave of their hands, it wasn’t something that could be unsealed easily, was it?

That tremoring now could be the hope Ye Zhen had been seeking during this period of crazy refining of Demon Cores in order to improve his cultivation.

If the trembling has started appearing on the walls of the Mirage Dragon Pearl’s First Spatial Stage, how far could the unsealing of the Second Spatial Stage be?

"Little Tiger, you worked hard..."

Ye Zhen patted the head of the Cloud Winged Tiger, which had been on alert for him for most of the day, and with a flick of his hand, a three-colored Talisman Light soared into the sky, lingering for a long time.

This was Ye Zhen sending out a Talisman Communication to notify the Third Prince Zhu Kun, their expedition’s leader, to send a guide signal back.

In the far north of the Battlefield of Demon Souls, a group from the Black Water Kingdom awaited information from two martial artists who had come from the military.

In the past few days, the small squads of the Demon Soul Legion that they could hunt became fewer and fewer, and the gap in the collection of Demon Soul Blood Crystals was still significant. Especially after the Third Prince Zhu Kun became frustrated several times, it had cast a pall over the mood of the entire team.

"Eh, a three-colored Talisman Communication?"

On glancing up at the sky by chance, Han Shi was momentarily stunned, then burst into excitement: "It’s our people, it’s our people sending out a guiding signal! Third Prince, quick, send the directive signal!"

"Who could it be from our group?"

The Third Prince Zhu Kun’s face was sullen as he flicked his hand, and a three-colored Talisman Communication shot up into the sky.

"Senior Brother Ye, I’m certain it’s Senior Brother Ye!" Han Shi laughed joyfully.

"Ye Zhen?"

"Since he’s still alive, why did he only send a guiding talisman communication now, twenty days after entering the Battlefield of Demon Souls? We’ve sent so many gathering talisman communications, why didn’t he come to the gather?"

After over twenty days of fierce fighting, even the complexion of Third Prince Zhu Kun had darkened, and this sudden appearance of a guiding talisman communication only made his face even darker!

"Hmph, no matter who it is, having not joined us for so many days, they must give us an explanation!" Lishui Sect Disciple Chang An shouted angrily.

"Such a pity. If we had one more person, we could have taken down that Demon Soul Battalion of three hundred and seventy men yesterday!" Lishui Sect’s top Disciple Tong Wei lamented with a bitter smile.

"Not just yesterday! The Demon Soul Battalion of just three hundred men the day before, and that near four hundred men the day before that, we could have taken them down too, even if we had to sustain injuries! Those are thousands of Demon Soul Blood Crystals, such a waste..."

"If we start counting, it’s not just thousands, I’m afraid it’s over ten thousand!"

"If we had those ten thousand Demon Soul Blood Crystals, our shortage of Blood Crystals wouldn’t have been so severe..."

"Yeah, whether it’s Ye Zhen or Xianyu Feng, how could this be? Not coming to gather and wasting the opportunity, it’s just too unreasonable..."

Listening to the complaints of the crowd, the rage inside Third Prince Zhu Kun was flaring higher, but he still had some abilities.

"Enough, let’s not talk anymore. No matter who it is, they will have to give us a reasonable explanation! For now, let’s conserve our energy and wait for the intelligence reports!"

Three hours later, Niu Qing, covered in dust, descended from the sky and said a few words, prompting Third Prince Zhu Kun to stand up abruptly.

"Everyone, prepare for battle. Niu Qing’s reconnaissance has found a Demon Soul Battalion of two hundred and ten men ten miles ahead. This is the first and smallest squad we’ve discovered today. We must be quick!"

The expressions of everyone instantly grew tense. It was getting harder and harder to find small squads of Demon Souls.

The group gathered and set off towards their destination with a killing aura.

Behind them, a Sword Origin Sect disciple disguised as a blood-colored stone, Hou Ling, ran swiftly to the hiding spot of the Sword Origin Sect disciples.

"Big brother, they’ve found their target and are on the move!"

"Also, look at the talisman light in the sky. It seems to be their gathering signal. It looks like someone is coming to join them. We must act quickly!" said Hou Ling.

"Junior Brother Hou, continue to scout. We’ll follow at a leisurely pace! When they are deeply engaged in a fierce battle with the Demon Soul Battalion, that will be our chance to eliminate the martial artists of Black Water Kingdom in one fell swoop!"

After giving it some thought, Sword Origin Sect’s top disciple Luv Zixiong made the most appropriate arrangement, ensuring they could deal with the martial artists of Black Water with minimal losses.

Hou Ling immediately obeyed the orders, wrapped up in a blood-colored cloak, skimming across the ground. He blended in with the blood-colored land so well that without close observation, it was impossible to spot him.

The disciples of the Sword Origin Sect also took out their blood-colored cloaks and blended into the environment, slowly closing in on the location of the Black Water Kingdom martial artists.

Ten miles away, a two hundred men strong Demon Soul Battalion appeared in the visual range of the martial artists from Black Water Kingdom.

"Tong Wei, Gao Xinglie, you two Hundred-man Generals, each of you take on an opponent. At the very least, hold on for half a quarter-hour!" commanded Third Prince Zhu Kun.

"No problem!"

"Alright!"

Tong Wei and Gao Xinglie responded at once. With an explosive burst of spirit light, they charged out, their war cries shaking the heavens.

In the clouds, riding on a Cloud Winged Tiger, Ye Zhen was flying at full speed. It’s very difficult for someone on the ground to notice someone flying amongst the clouds.

The Cloud Winged Tiger’s flight speed was exceptionally fast. Within three hours, he had covered a distance of over a thousand miles, getting closer and closer to the location indicated by the three-colored talisman light.

The closer he got, the more worried Ye Zhen became.

How were Han Shi and Gao Xinglie? Was everything alright? What were the losses among Black Water Kingdom’s martial artists?

Suddenly, familiar cries from the Demon Soul Army below startled Ye Zhen. He slowed down to take a look and was immediately overjoyed at the sight.

The martial artists of Black Water Kingdom were engaged in a fierce battle with a Demon Soul Battalion of over two hundred men. It seemed they had just started the fight and were having a difficult time with it.

Especially the two Hundred-man Generals, Tong Wei and Gao Xinglie, who were being forced to retreat by their opponents.

With a pat on the Cloud Winged Tiger, Ye Zhen descended from the clouds. Just as he was about to go down and help, Ye Zhen’s gaze suddenly shifted.

Two miles away from where the Black Water Kingdom martial artists and the Demon Soul Battalion were battling, there was a blood-colored boulder that was actually moving.

Because Ye Zhen was high up in the sky, he had a clear view of everything on the ground. The movement of the blood-colored boulder was very discernible.

With a shift in his heart, Ye Zhen took a closer look and soon figured it out.

That blood-colored boulder was actually a person in disguise.

"Someone is planning to ambush them?"

Ye Zhen’s form immediately and silently flew towards the person in the sky above them.

Perhaps afraid of being noticed, Sword Origin Sect’s Hou Ling only dared to glance forward occasionally and move closer in short spurts, completely oblivious of what was above him.

So much so, that even when Ye Zhen was hovering a hundred meters above him, Hou Ling still had no clue.

"Sword Origin Sect disciple!" After recognizing the person, Ye Zhen’s expression chilled, and his gaze sharply targeted the lurking Hou Ling.

Ye Zhen had scanned all the Five Countries Disciples that day and memorized their faces.

Just as Hou Ling, who was in hiding, suddenly felt a chill on his scalp and a premonition of danger, he looked up in shock only to see Ye Zhen floating above him.

And in the instant he looked up, Ye Zhen had already swooped down like lightning, his Yuan-sealing Meridian Cutting Finger striking swiftly!

He captured him in one move! (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to continue reading.)