Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates
Chapter 425 - 421: Cultivation Breakthrough

Chapter 425: Chapter 421: Cultivation Breakthrough

In the underground world of the Second Zone of the Talent Cemetery, the Blood Demon Tree stood like a war fortress, its massive body towering and brandishing over a hundred huge branches, frantically attacking Xiao Ye and Nangong Xingyu. The overwhelming branches turned into a prison, trapping both of them.

Pffft!

Xiao Ye, with the Sky Breaking Saber in hand, broke a hole in the prison and squeezed out. His body emitted ten thousand feet of golden light, shooting towards the trunk of the Blood Demon Tree.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

The Blood Demon Tree seemed to sense Xiao Ye’s intentions. After emitting a piercing screech, it gave up on Nangong Xingyu. All its tentacle-like branches waved, sealing off Xiao Ye’s path and lashing towards him.

"Get the hell out of my way!"

Xiao Ye activated a golden protective shield, the unrivaled power of the Sky Breaking Saber, now a Void Artifact, fully unleashed. It sliced seven huge branches at once before he continued advancing.

With the Void Artifact in hand, Xiao Ye saw a glimmer of hope.

Buzz!

The massive Blood Demon Tree screeched, suddenly bursting into light. Its branches swept through the void in arcs of profound mystery, releasing a powerful magnetic field that strongly attracted metal.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The next moment, decayed weapons in the underworld trembled and then soared up, becoming a torrent of weapons flowing towards the Blood Demon Tree, merging into its thick trunk.

Even the Sky Breaking Saber in Xiao Ye’s hand flew out of his grasp.

"What the!"

A chill rose in Xiao Ye’s heart. How could the Blood Demon Tree seize weapons? What kind of trick was this?

Without his Void Artifact, how could he contend against the Blood Demon Tree?

"Damn it! The rumors said that the Blood Demon Tree could release a powerful magnetic field and had the innate ability to ’Seize Soldiers.’ I didn’t expect it to be true. Xiao Ye, retreat quickly!"

Nangong Xingyu, who had just managed to break free, saw this and his complexion drastically changed.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

But the Blood Demon Tree didn’t give Xiao Ye any time to retreat. Swaying its body, forty-six tendrils attacked Xiao Ye with great speed.

"Ten Thousand Refining Golden Body!"

Xiao Ye gritted his teeth and released ten thousand feet of golden light, bringing up a golden shield.

In that instant, Xiao Ye felt an overwhelming force like the simultaneous strikes of forty-six Virtual Martial Level 7 Martial Artists sweeping across the All Heavens World, then fiercely smashing into the golden shield.

Boom!

The golden shield shattered without a doubt.

Xiao Ye’s body trembled. Every muscle and bone inside him vibrated, blood spewed from his mouth, his pain so intense that he shivered. The terrifying force wreaked havoc within him, causing his muscles to twist, limbs to explode off, and his bloodied, indistinct body to harshly fall far away.

"Damn!"

Xiao Ye felt a coldness throughout his body, a sense of death rising in his heart. He suffered the most severe injury since his birth; even his bones were shattered, his internal qi in total chaos. Now, even the Four Cave Heavens erupting together would be useless.

The next moment, Xiao Ye’s consciousness plunged into boundless darkness.

"Xiao Ye!" Nangong Xingyu bellowed.

But everything happened too quickly; he couldn’t possibly rescue him in time and saw Xiao Ye being killed by the Blood Demon Tree.

Is Xiao Ye really dead?

Nangong Xingyu turned into a streak of light, cutting through the void. He severed three huge branches of the Blood Demon Tree, broke through the blockade, and came to Xiao Ye’s side.

Rumble rumble rumble!

At this moment, the seemingly lifeless Xiao Ye suddenly burst forth with an extremely powerful Emperor’s Suppression, sweeping across the entire underworld.

Feeling this Emperor’s Suppression, the Blood Demon Tree screeched in fear, its branches quickly retracting into the ground, no longer daring to attack.

"The Emperor’s Undying Order!" Nangong Xingyu looked at Xiao Ye, his heart leaping with joy, "It must be given to Xiao Ye by the East Emperor."

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The powerful Emperor’s Suppression shook the entire underworld. Xiao Ye’s entire body trembled, as a golden token emerged from within him, radiating intense light, cocooning his body just like a silkworm chrysalis.

Hiss hiss hiss!

The divine skill of the Emperor’s Undying Order rapidly healed Xiao Ye’s body.

Before long, Xiao Ye’s mutilated body was restored perfectly. When the intense light faded, his skin emanated a faint white glow as if he was newly born, delicate to the touch, without a single scar left on his body.

Whoosh!

Xiao Ye opened his eyes, and a resplendent divine light burst forth from his pupils, like a Martial Arts King awakening, with an unparalleled powerful force sweeping out from within him.

"What a waste of an Emperor’s Divine Ability from the Emperor’s Undying Order!" Xiao Ye leapt to his feet, his heart bleeding.

Since his participation in the Dynasty Battle, he had faced several dangers, all of which he had managed to turn from peril to safety. Unexpectedly, he was now forced by a Blood Demon Technique to waste an Emperor’s Divine Ability, which was truly frustrating to the extreme.

"Huh? My cultivation..." Suddenly, Xiao Ye’s body trembled, his face full of disbelief.

Because his cultivation had actually jumped directly from Void Martial Level 3 to Void Martial Level 4, and the surging extreme power roamed his entire body, at least seven or eight times stronger than before.

"Right, the East Emperor once mentioned that the Emperor’s Undying Order not only repairs the heavily injured bodies of Void Martial Realm Martial Artists but also elevates a Martial Artist’s cultivation every time it’s used." Xiao Ye’s heart surged with excitement.

If he had cultivated normally, even with High Grade Essence Stones and the Time Tower, it would have taken him close to a year to break through to Virtual Martial Level 4.

You should know that his cultivation breakthroughs, unlike other Martial Artists, imply that all four Cave Heavens are upgraded simultaneously.

With each stacked on top of the other, even by utilizing only the power of three Cave Heavens, he could definitely be called the first powerhouse in the Ancient Battlefield. If he encountered the South Emperor Prince holding the Heavenly Incomplete Bow, he was confident that he could contest with him.

"The means of Emperor Martial Realm powerhouses are truly unpredictable," thought Xiao Ye, and then he took out a set of clean clothes from his Space Ring and changed into them.

"Xiao Ye, I didn’t expect you to possess the Emperor’s Undying Order. It seems the East Emperor values you highly," Nangong Xingyu spoke, sizing up Xiao Ye.

Xiao Ye responded with a light smile, offering no further explanation, a trace of cold light flashing in his eyes.

The Blood Demon Tree had caused him to waste an Emperor’s Divine Ability; how could he easily let go of the Blood Demon Tree?

"Hmph, even without a Void Artifact, I’m sure I can break through this time!" With his hair flying wildly, Xiao Ye summoned a Cave Heaven that burned with endless radiance behind him, like a brilliant Yao Ri, illuminating the entire Underworld.

Xiao Ye walked through the Underground World like a divine being, with divine radiance of ten thousand zhang and a dazzling, majestic presence.

"The Emperor’s Divine Ability contained within the Emperor’s Undying Order not only allows a Void Martial Realm Martial Artist to be reborn but can also take their cultivation to the next level. Now it seems, indeed it’s true."

"Now, even I might not be able to overcome Xiao Ye’s strength," Nangong Xingyu expressed with emotion, his eyes filled with anticipation as he followed.

He was very curious about how strong Xiao Ye had become.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

When the Blood Demon Tree saw Xiao Ye approaching and felt the Emperor’s Suppression disappear, its figure swayed and grew drastically, towering in the Underworld, over ninety tentacle-like branches burst forth from the ground, covering the sky as they attacked Xiao Ye.

"Hmph, this move again, get lost!"

Xiao Ye roared, wielding the Three-in-One Domain, channeling the power of his three Cave Heavens, his body radiating golden light from ten thousand zhang, opening up a golden domain.

Boom!

Xiao Ye himself transformed into a Supreme Divine Blade, his edge revealed, and then he swung a vast expanse of Sword Light with his hand.

This Sword Light made the entire Underground World tremble, containing resounding Heavenly Might, cutting through the void, and in an instant, sliced six massive branches apart, which fell to the ground with a thunderous crash, blood spraying in the air.

With Xiao Ye’s breakthrough in cultivation, his strength had explosively increased to this extent. Even Nangong Xingyu was slightly shocked; at this moment, the destructive power Xiao Ye caused barehanded was almost catching up to when he invoked a Void Artifact.

Yet Xiao Ye’s cultivation was only at Virtual Martial Level 4, showing just how powerful Xiao Ye was at this moment, on par with higher-level Void Martial Realm Martial Artists, and far surpassing Nangong Xingyu himself.

Losing another six branches, the Blood Demon Tree writhed violently, letting out pained shrieks before shrinking in size, along with its remaining branches, retracting into the ground, attempting to flee.

Xiao Ye had severed six branches barehanded, and the Blood Demon Tree was now frightened, not daring to fight any longer; otherwise, how many branches it would have left in the end was uncertain.

"Where do you think you’re going!"

Xiao Ye’s eyes blazed as he chased with a stride, slapping down a Mountain and River Seal that released a suppressing aura of the Ancient Divine Mountain, then descended.

Boom!

The ground shook violently, splitting open massive cracks, spreading out in all directions, causing the floor of the Underground World to drop by about a meter or so, sealing the path of the Blood Demon Tree’s escape.

"Brother Nangong, we can’t let it get away!" Xiao Ye called out.

"Don’t worry, it won’t escape," Nangong Xingyu replied, his body bursting with endless starlight.

This was the power of his unique constitution, completely locking down the Blood Demon Tree.

Despite fighting desperately, the Blood Demon Tree’s tentacle-like branches were flailing, but after Xiao Ye’s increase in strength, the damage done to it was too great. At the expense of injuries, Xiao Ye once again severed more than twenty of its branches.

With Nangong Xingyu’s cooperation, the Blood Demon Tree’s branches dwindled increasingly, its overall strength rapidly declining. Xiao Ye seized the opportunity and with one punch, he blew the main trunk apart, expelling countless weapons from within.

Hiss!

With the main trunk destroyed, the Blood Demon Tree shrieked violently, its flailing branches weakened, thunderously collapsing to the ground.

"This Blood Demon Tree is really tough to deal with," Xiao Ye patting his chest, coughed up blood with a wry smile, then retrieved his own Sky Breaking Saber and put it into his Space Ring.

Although he had significantly increased in strength and attracted most of the Blood Demon Tree’s attacks, he couldn’t avoid injuries, while Nangong Xingyu was unharmed.

"In the trunk of this Blood Demon Tree, there are red fruits, a kind of special Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, let’s find them quickly," Nangong Xingyu urged.

"Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures?" Xiao Ye nodded, his face full of anticipation as he walked over.