Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain
Chapter 1678 - 1677: Watching the Battle at the Heavenly Realm

Chapter 1678: Chapter 1677: Watching the Battle at the Heavenly Realm

In the World Martial Arts Community, as everyone focused on this matter, Lin Dong, at Tianya Sea, finally woke up.

At the moment, he had completely absorbed and refined the twenty-three hundred-year-old Heavenly and Earthly treasures.

After absorbing and refining them, Lin Dong had finally reached the peak of a level-eight Grandmaster.

The ninth Golden Pill at the center of his Dantian was nearing perfection.

"Peak level-eight Grandmaster, just one step away from a Ninth Stage Grandmaster. However, this final step is a bottleneck that requires an immense amount of energy to breakthrough," Lin Dong mumbled to himself.

This kind of bottleneck is different from the one between the Ninth Stage Grandmaster Realm and the Heavenly Realm Martial Artists.

The bottleneck from the peak of Ninth Stage Grandmaster to Heavenly Realm Martial Artists requires the fate and fortune of heaven and earth for a breakthrough.

Since the arrival of the Age of Dharma End in this world, it has been too long since a Heavenly Realm Martial Artist has emerged. Only those who can suppress an era, the top Tianjiao of their time, would have a slight chance. Like twenty years ago, Lin Dong’s father, Lin Zhantian!

Beings like King Kunlun are also Tianjiao among Tianjiao. Yet, despite so many years, he has been unable to breakthrough to Heavenly Realm Martial Artist, still trapped in that bottleneck.

It is indeed because the bottleneck from a Ninth Stage Grandmaster to Heavenly Realm Martial Artist is extremely difficult to breakthrough, almost as hard as ascending to the heavens.

The conditions required include not only vast and boundless energy as the foundation but also fate, surviving the heavenly tribulations, enlightenment, and various opportunities.

Should there be the slightest error in any of these aspects, then not only would the progress from Ninth Stage Grandmaster to Heavenly Realm Martial Artist be impossible, but there would also be a complete and utter downfall.

However, the bottleneck from peak level-eight Grandmaster to Ninth Stage Grandmaster, although it exists, only requires vast amounts of energy to break through.

As long as there is sufficient energy, there is a great chance of making a breakthrough!

It’s just that such enormous energy is extremely hard to come by in the Age of Dharma End.

If one were to rely solely on absorbing the Spiritual Energy between heaven and earth, it would take hundreds of years to do so.

"If I could defeat Qingye Sanzang, devour his Inner Qi, I wonder if I could use his energy to help me break through this bottleneck and reach the strength of a Ninth Stage Grandmaster?" Lin Dong pondered in his heart.

Immediately, his eyes firmed up with determination.

This battle, he must win.

And he must breakthrough to the strength of a Ninth Stage Grandmaster before returning to his country, so that he would have the capital to fight against King Kunlun. Otherwise, he estimated he wouldn’t be able to withstand even a few of his moves.

Lin Dong now glanced at the ’Tianya Sea.’

He chose this place near the clouds, near the sea, to have his decisive battle with Qingye Sanzang, naturally, he had his considerations.

This location could help him set up an ’Ancient Witch Formation.’

This ’Ancient Witch Formation,’ named the ’Mountain Sea Formation,’ could help him in this battle.

Doing this was also for the sake of being cautious!

In a life-and-death fight, especially against an existence like Qingye Sanzang, how could he afford to be negligent? Naturally, he would use all the Trump Cards available to him.

As for the formation, it’s also part of his strength, so if he can use it, why not?

Lin Dong then began to set up the ’Mountain Sea Formation’ here, inscribing more than nine hundred lines of Witch Text around the area.

Once these Witch Texts were inscribed, the ’Mountain Sea Formation’ was set.

However, up until now, Qingye Sanzang still had not appeared.

Lin Dong was somewhat surprised; it took him roughly three hours just to absorb and refine those medicinal materials, and now setting up the ’Mountain Sea Formation’ had taken another two hours. Five hours had passed, and Qingye Sanzang had still not arrived.

According to Lin Dong’s estimation, even being tens of thousands of miles away, with Qingye Sanzang’s speed, it would not require five hours.

Having reached the strength of a Peak Ninth Stage Grandmaster, his speed would outpace an airplane. That’s why he directly traversed the sea for thousands of miles to return, instead of flying back by plane.

Lin Dong continued to wait there.

Miss Ying and Old Ming had already arrived, and after their arrival, Miss Ying said to Lin Dong: "Master Lin, we have received news that Qingye Sanzang has already hurried back to Yinghua Country. His first move was to head for the Qingye Clan and witness everything about the Qingye Clan."

"After knowing that you killed his wife, Oda Yukihime, he became furiously angry, his killing intent sky-high, and immediately rushed over here. However, we do not know why, after such a long time, he still hasn’t shown up."

Lin Dong pondered for a moment, then seemed to have understood the reason.

"At his level, his mental state has reached a terrifying degree. Even though at this moment his urge to kill is soaring to the sky, wishing to kill me immediately, under the influence of his mental state, he will still maintain his utmost rationality."

"He must want to face me in the most peak condition!"

Naturally, the journey of thousands of miles across the sea would have depleted Qingye Sanzang significantly, and he, exhausted from the long journey, was clearly not at his best state.

Therefore, his absence likely meant he was resting and recuperating. He must wish to recover to his peak condition before fighting me to the death at Tianya Sea.

This is precisely the terrifying aspect of top warriors; they would not underestimate you because their strength is greater than yours, nor would they look down on you because they are a Ninth Stage Grandmaster and you are a level-eight Grandmaster.

Once they have accepted your challenge to a life-and-death battle, they will go all out and spare no effort in fighting.

They won’t harbor any thoughts of underestimating you; instead, they will adjust themselves to their peak state before killing you.

This mentality is also a manifestation of strength!

At the moment, Lin Dong continues to wait by the inscribed stele at Tianya Sea.

He also closes his eyes to cultivate, bringing himself to his peak state.

In this battle, Qingye Sanzang won’t be negligent or look down on him. Naturally, he would not look down on Qingye Sanzang either.

Even though he has many trump cards, he will not underestimate Qingye Sanzang in the slightest.

While he was cultivating, Lin Dong sensed several breaths approaching consecutively.

One was above the eastern clouds, a few hundred miles away. That breath was so profound that even Lin Dong couldn’t see through it, and it gave him a feeling of returning to the original simplicity.

"Heavenly Realm Martial Artist!" Lin Dong’s eyes narrowed as he realized that the person in the clouds hundreds of miles to the east was a Heavenly Realm Martial Artist.

As for which country’s Heavenly Realm Martial Artist it was, Lin Dong could not spy on, nor see through his true appearance.

At the same time, within the Western Cloud, there was also a breath. It was also the aura of a Heavenly Realm Martial Artist.

And that breath, Lin Dong found somewhat familiar.

"Kid, today is your time to die! Although I am restricted by the ’Heavenly Oath’ and cannot act to kill you, the Tianjiao of my clan, Qingye Sanzang, who has the best opportunity to step into the Heavenly Realm Martial Artists in recent centuries, will take action to slay you!"

Indeed, the Heavenly Realm Martial Artist hiding within the Western Cloud was the same one Lin Dong had encountered before at the Qingye Clan.

The Heavenly Realm Martial Artist who had given Lin Dong a warning!

Unexpectedly, he had also come to watch the battle!