The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 526 - 525: Breaking Through to Half-step Divine Elixir Realm!

Chapter 526: Chapter 525: Breaking Through to Half-step Divine Elixir Realm!

Spiritual energy flowed boundlessly from the roots of the giant tree, rushing into its body, and then being absorbed by Lin Bai.

His True Qi returned to the Dantian.

At this moment, Lin Bai’s Dantian began to slowly transform.

The Dantian gradually expanded to three times its size, transforming from a Dantian into an Elixir Lake.

The Dantian became a lake.

Lin Bai’s cultivation officially broke through to the initial stage of Half-step Divine Pill Realm.

"Hahaha, I have reached the initial stage of the Half-step Divine Pill Realm, can I continue?"

Lin Bai exclaimed ecstatically.

Although his journey to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was fraught with danger, Lin Bai not only survived but also relied on this giant tree and the earth, utilizing the tree to madly absorb the spiritual energy from the earth’s veins.

This caused Lin Bai’s state to increase at a rapid pace.

Half a day later!

The Elixir Lake within Lin Bai’s body gradually transformed into an Elixir River.

"Middle Stage of Half-step Divine Pill Realm!"

"Hahaha, good, good, good, keep going, it would be best to break through to the Great Perfection of Half-step Divine Pill Realm in one fell swoop!"

Lin Bai continued in his delirious excitement.

The Half-step Divine Pill Realm is not a fully-fledged state.

It is merely a transitional state from the Heaven Martial Realm to the Divine Elixir Realm.

In this state, one needs to expand their Dantian to prepare for the coagulation of the Divine Elixir.

That’s why this realm was later categorized as the Half-step Divine Pill Realm.

The quickest way to expand the Dantian is to directly consume a large number of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, which would allow a warrior to transform their Dantian in a short time.

At this moment, Lin Bai was relying on this ancient tree, using his body as a medium, absorbing a lot of spiritual energy from the earth veins beneath the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains allowed Lin Bai’s cultivation to officially break through to the middle stage of the Half-step Divine Pill Realm.

However, the Power of Devouring was unfolding uncontrollably.

Cracks began to appear on the seemingly robust thousand-year-old tree standing in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Crack, crack-

These sounds of crisp cracking kept ringing out.

"No no no no!"

The agonizing screams of the tree kept coming.

At this point, Lin Bai sensed the commotion and looked on in surprise.

He realized that the tree could not stand Lin Bai’s Power of Devouring and its trunk was bursting open rapidly.

Whoosh-

The last trace of life force of this tree, along with its Divine Soul, was absorbed by Lin Bai’s Devouring Sword Spirit.

The ancient tree vanished silently.

With a loud thud.

The trunk of this tree exploded fiercely.

And Lin Bai fell to the ground.

Seeing the ground covered with wood chips from the old tree, Lin Bai lamented, "What a pity, it had reached its limit. Perhaps if it had held on a little longer, I might’ve been able to use it as a medium to break through to the late stage of the Half-step Divine Pill Realm."

"But that doesn’t matter, the middle stage of Half-step Divine Pill Realm is enough for me to protect myself."

"Thankfully, this old tree had a strong life force. Absorbing its life force has allowed my wounds to heal."

Lin Bai spoke happily.

Immediately, Lin Bai took some clothes from his storage bag and put them on.

This old tree was originally a spiritual object. Its leaves and trunk could be used for Alchemy, refining high-grade Spiritual Medicine.

It could also be used to refine Spiritual Tools and was an excellent material.

"Is this the Forbidden Area?"

After a quick survey, Lin Bai searched the surroundings with a wary gaze.

Whoosh——

In a blink, a shadow appeared outside the forest entrance, looking into the Forbidden Zone Forest and mumbled, "How could this happen, the spiritual energy of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, has all been absorbed by the Forbidden Zone?"

At that moment, around this shadow, a dozen other shadows quickly appeared.

These dozen or so shadows were not to be taken lightly, as they were none other than the ten or so Demon Kings deep within the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Among these dozen or so people, a middle-aged man dressed in a purple-gold robe and dignified in appearance, was watching from afar.

"Tiger King, you’re the most experienced one here, can you figure out anything yet?"

One of the Demon Kings asked the man in the purple-gold robe.

Tiger King shook his head, "Nothing, it’s peculiar. Hawk King, you have the sharpest eyes, can you make out anything inside?"

Tiger King asked a man with a hooked nose, like a hawk.

Hawk King had eyes that were bright and sharp, seeing through the void like a sharp sword.

After observing for a while, Hawk King shook his head and said, "I can’t make out anything. Moreover, such a big event happening in the Forbidden Zone, there is the vine of the Old Divine Tree. Anybody who enters the Forbidden Zone will die."

"The Temple has been in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains for more than a hundred years, and no one knows what secrets lie within."

Hawk King had a touch of anticipation in his eyes as he longed to venture within the Temple.

Not only the Hawk King, but other Demon Kings also longed to do so.

The Temple was too mysterious, no one knew what was inside.

Plus, there were Forbidden Zone Creatures guarding outside the Temple. It was a commonly held belief that treasures are often found in dangerous places. Therefore, all of these Demon Kings wanted to go in and have a look.

Tiger King also wanted to go in, but thinking of the vine, he hesitated and said, "I can’t beat the Old Divine Tree."

Before, Tiger King had tried to break into the Temple, but was immediately thrown out by the vine of the Old Divine Tree.

Frightened, Tiger King turned and ran, never coming back to the Forbidden Zone Forest outside the Temple.

Just then, a thunderous noise came from the Forbidden Zone.

Surprised, Hawk King said, "What’s going on? I sense that the aura of the Old Divine Tree has disappeared. Did it die?"

Both shocked and excited, Tiger King said, "I also sense that the aura of the Old Divine Tree has disappeared. Does it mean we can go and explore the Temple now?"

"I’ll give it a shot."

The Hawk King shook his body and revealed his true form: a Purple Crown Divine Emperor Hawk.

The Purple Crown Divine Emperor Hawk was powerful, incredibly formidable, possessing a terrifying speed that far exceeded the Zixiao Black Hawk.

Immediately, Hawk King soared up and rushed into the forest.

This time, the Hawk King managed to get a kilometre into the Forbidden Zone Forest without any vine attack, and he was overjoyed. "It seems the Old Divine Tree is really dead. As for the Temple, here I come!"

Having not been stopped by the Old Divine Tree, Hawk King concluded that the Old Divine Tree must have died.

But Hawk King didn’t go back to tell Tiger King and the others, he directly flew towards the Temple.

Seeing Hawk King flying towards the forest without looking back, Tiger King immediately cursed, "Hawk King, you bastard, just you wait!"

Tiger King immediately took to the air and pursued Hawk King.

"How come Hawk King directly flew in."

"Tiger King also went in!"

"Damn, it seems the Old Divine Tree is really dead!"

"If the Old Divine Tree is dead, then the secret of the Temple... Hahaha, this is a great opportunity!"

Seeing the two most powerful Demon Kings in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains enter the forest, the rest of the Demon Kings also raced in unwilling to be left behind.

In the past, the moment anyone stepped into the Forbidden Zone Forest,

The Old Divine Tree would strike and kill them.

Therefore, these Demon Kings and warriors only knew about the Old Divine Tree in the Forbidden Zone.

But they didn’t know about the Headless Knight and Desolate Sword Cultivator.