"Boss, I feel like I'm filled with strength." Gu Yang shouted excitedly, looking at his own body, feeling the surging power within him, wishing he could find a powerful otherworldly expert and fight a good match.
Long Chen examined Gu Yang's body and was secretly shocked. The Hall Master's essence blood was incredibly strong. Gu Yang's flesh had undergone a dramatic transformation, his skin resembling dragon skin. Although it might not withstand immortal divine weapons, ordinary domain artifacts would find it difficult to cut through his skin.
The body's defense and strength complement each other; from the defense alone, Long Chen could judge how strong Gu Yang's power was.
Immediately after, Li Qi and Song Mingyuan also reached their limits, feeling that if they absorbed even one more trace of dragon blood, their bodies would explode and die.
Similarly, both of their physical strengths had reached unprecedented heights. Although they didn't rely on brute force in battle, their powerful bodies meant they had no worries about their ultimate moves and no need to worry about their bodies not holding up.
The Dragonblood warriors also reached their limits one after another, stepping forward. Feeling the changes in their bodies, their eyes were filled with excitement.
Xia Chen was actually the second to reach saturation, because his body was weak and absorbed very slowly, so he had to be extremely cautious, not daring to make the slightest mistake.
Guo Ran, on the other hand, lay on the ground still unconscious. His body hadn't reached saturation yet and absorbed more slowly while unconscious.
The Dragonblood warriors kept swinging punches and kicks, each punch sending out a howling wind. Ripples rippled through the void, and the force of each punch was terrifying.
It wasn't until half an hour later that Guo Ran slowly woke up. His body was finally saturated. He stood up, feeling the changes in his body, and couldn't help but burst out laughing. At that moment, it was as if he were invincible in the world.
"Laugh my ass? You think that's all there is to it? There are no shortcuts on the path of cultivation.
You've gotten through this part by taking shortcuts now, but when the heavenly tribulation arrives, let's see how you can still use shortcuts. Long Chen said irritably.
This kid just likes to think he's clever. Since he absorbed dragon blood after being unconscious, this kind of shortcut would cause some flaws in the fusion of dragon blood.
When crossing the tribulation, the power of the heavenly tribulation will act like a furnace, refining the flaw, and the pain Guo Ran will endure will be several times greater than now.
Most importantly, no one can cheat or cheat in the tribulation. To put it bluntly, if you go out of business, you'll have to pay back what you owe sooner or later.
"Hehe, drink while you have your own wine today. We'll talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow."
Guo Ran didn't care at all, still excited. Seeing that smug attitude, Long Chen was speechless. I'll see how you cry then.
After absorbing the dragon blood, the three-foot-diameter essence blood was now reduced to just a fist-sized chunk. Long Chen immediately returned this fist-sized essence blood to the Hall Master.
However, as soon as Long Chen arrived outside the palace gate, the essence blood in his hand trembled slightly and then vanished.
Long Chen knew that the Hall Master had taken back the remaining essence blood. He bowed outside the door but did not go inside.
Long Chen returned to his residence to find Bai Shishi and Yu Qingxuan, but was told that both were in seclusion, so he hadn't seen them in person.
The academy was still under rapid construction, but the number of people had noticeably decreased. After some inquiry, they learned that the academy's disciples had already begun their tribulation. The academy's experts, fearing accidents, mobilized all their troops to guard the area, fearing ambushes from otherworldly powerhouses.
Among them, Bai Zhantang, Bai Xiaole's mother, Bai Shishi's mother, and other powerful figures were all escorting the disciples through their tribulation, so none of them were inside the academy.
Meanwhile, some of the older generation of strong figures in the academy had been stuck at bottlenecks for years. Now, with the arrival of chaotic energy, their bodies were being stimulated, causing the bottlenecks to loosen and to begin to break through to their realms.
No matter how old a strong person is, as long as their vital energy and blood have not begun to wither, they have a chance to break through the bottleneck. It can be said that chaotic energy has given countless people new hope.
Inside the academy, many powerful cultivators' auras fluctuated unpredictably, all because they had only broken through a few days ago and still couldn't control their own power.
Long Chen asked around, then sped toward the southwest direction of the academy. The golden Kunpeng wings behind him fluttered, and in the time it takes to burn an incense stick, they arrived at a desolate land.
There are four teleportation arrays around here, but they can't be used for now, because people are constantly undergoing tribulations, making the space extremely unstable. They can only be reached on foot.
This place, in ancient times, was the exclusive tribulation crossing ground for the disciples of Lingxiao Academy. Due to the terrain, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is abundant, and the laws are relatively sound and gentle. It is one of the nine best tribulation crossing holy sites in Nieying Heaven.
But precisely because of this, countless powerful figures came here to undergo tribulations. Originally, this place was under the jurisdiction of Lingxiao Academy.
But because this place had been abandoned for so long, it had long become unclaimed land. Even though Lingxiao Academy had just reclaimed its territory, this tribulation-crossing site was still treated as a land without a master.
However, human experts can freely undergo tribulations here, but those from other races are not. Lingxiao Academy has issued a decree that, except for the Spirit Clan, no other race is allowed to undergo tribulation here.
Today's Lingxiao Academy is no longer the same as it once was. Among the younger generation, there is Long Chen who sweeps through his peers, and among the older generation, there is the commanding Hall Master. At this moment, Lingxiao Academy is at the height of its fame, and no one dares to provoke it.
So far, no foreign powerhouse has dared to come here to undergo the tribulation, but there are experts from other worlds who ambush the prodigies undergoing tribulation.
And not just once, these powerful beings from other worlds were originally all at the Immortal King realm, but after entering Nie Ying Heaven, they passed tribulation and advanced to Realm King.
It is said that it is very difficult for Realm Kings to break through the Gate of Another World, but Immortal King Realm experts find it much easier, so they choose to undergo tribulation here.
These otherworldly powerhouses appeared and disappeared unpredictably, extremely powerful. They repeatedly charged into the heavenly tribulation and killed the human prodigies, leaving the human warriors anxious and afraid to calmly face the tribulation.
Therefore, disciples from major powers need protection from powerful clan members to overcome tribulations, otherwise it is extremely dangerous.
Some forces even formed the Tribulation Protection Alliance, with dozens of powerful figures from various families mobilizing together to protect disciples undergoing tribulation.
Yet even so, they were repeatedly ambushed by otherworldly beings, suffering heavy casualties. The human warriors gritted their teeth in hatred, but these creatures were extremely cunning; after the sneak attack, they fled, unable to catch up.
Sometimes, the raiding squad had dozens of people, and if they fled in different directions, if they split up to chase, they might end up being defeated one by one. You have to know, among these otherworldly Realm Kings, some beings are so powerful that they're comparable to half-step immortal experts. One wrong move and they'll be killed in return.
Therefore, the human prodigies undergoing tribulations were all on edge. With such a mindset, the failure rate of their tribulations was rapidly increasing, yet the human race simply had no other choice.
"Damn bastard, stop right there."
Long Chen had just arrived at the tribulation crossing place when he heard someone roaring in the distance, followed by a living being with wings on its ribs flying toward Long Chen.