Translator: Silavin
In the end, Qin Yichen did not choose to utilise his Martial Soul.
Perhaps, even if he deployed his Taotie Martial Soul, he would not be much inferior to Gu Feitian and the others. However, if he did so, even if he passed through the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate, it would hold little significance.
The Demon Subduing Great Saint had gathered this river of Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate not merely to block everyone from receiving his inheritance, but rather to prepare them for being able to receive his inheritance.
The Demon Subduing Great Saint’s inheritance was something no one had managed to obtain in his previous life.
[Could it be because the people who entered this place were all not good enough!? That can’t be the case.]
Although Qin Yichen was unclear about some of the details from that time, absolutely no one had been able to satisfy the requirements for the Demon Subduing Great Saint’s inheritance.
With this in mind, Qin Yichen not only refrained from utilising his Martial Soul, but gradually withdrew his Yuan Energy as well.
*Peng! Peng!*
Within the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate river, golden lightning bolts flickered, striking directly upon Qin Yichen’s body. Instantly, his skin split and flesh tore open, blood flowing freely.
With a stumble, he fell back more than ten metres.
Just as he had recovered sufficiently and prepared to rise and enter the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate, Qiao Linlang witnessed this scene and immediately sneered. “A mere Early Stage Martial King also wishes to show off. How laughable!”
Having spoken, a giant python manifested behind him.
The python bore a single horn atop its head, ferocious as it flicked its tongue, its imposing presence vast. That gaping maw was particularly Soul-stirring.
“A Mighty Rhinoceros Python Martial Soul!”
Seeing the Martial Soul he had manifested, everyone present was shocked.
According to legend, the Mighty Rhinoceros Python was a descendant of Flood Dragons, possessing strength like an ox and impervious to blades and swords. It was a truly formidable Demonic Beast.
Sensing that astonishing fluctuation, both Gu Feitian and Yao Yue turned back. Upon seeing Qiao Linlang’s Martial Soul, their expressions became considerably more solemn.
Encircled by the Mighty Rhinoceros Python, Qiao Linlang stepped into the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate.
Lightning crackled, unable to approach his body.
His progress was astounding. In merely a brief moment, he had already climbed to a height of a hundred metres. After a while longer, he had already arrived at Qin Yichen’s position.
Gazing at Qin Yichen, whose skin had split, and flesh torn under the baptism of the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate, his eyes revealed deep contempt as he mocked, “Trash will always be trash. Your struggles will ultimately be useless!”
Under the protection of his Mighty Rhinoceros Python Martial Soul, he remained completely unharmed, while Qin Yichen appeared exceptionally miserable. In everyone’s eyes, the two were like Heaven and Earth, completely incomparable.
Soon, Qiao Linlang surpassed Qin Yichen, pursuing Gu Feitian and the others ahead.
Up front, Li Yuanba had already approached a height of two thousand metres, while Qin Yichen remained stagnant in place. Indeed, under the bombardment of successive lightning strikes, he continuously retreated.
Li Yuanba, who had been consistently observing Qin Yichen, furrowed his brows slightly, yet was helpless.
He could not help Qin Yichen in any way.
In truth, Qin Yichen had already greatly surprised him. After all, in his mind, Qin Yichen had always been an Alchemy Master.
While everyone believed Qin Yichen was merely enduring with difficulty, at this moment, deep within Qin Yichen’s pupils there flickered a trace of delight.
In just this brief period, he could sense that his Physique had already undergone obvious improvement.
Improving one’s physique was actually more difficult than advancing one’s cultivation realm.
For Qin Yichen’s Physique to reach today’s level, who knew how much tempering he had undergone.
Yet at this moment, he could perceive that his Physique was improving at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Naturally, simultaneously, the Pills he consumed were also astonishing.
High Grade Pills, one after another, he poured into his mouth like sweets, continuously recovering from his bodily injuries.
And his Physique improved through this repeated process of destruction and recovery.
By the time Li Yuanba climbed to three thousand metres, Qin Yichen had already fallen to around a hundred metres from the start. However, subtle changes had occurred in his body.
After he withdrew his Yuan Energy, every strike of Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate could leave a terrifying wound upon his body. Some deep enough to expose bone.
Yet now, when a Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate strike came, it merely left a scratch-like mark upon his body.
If before entering the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate, his Physique was equivalent to an ordinary Late Stage Martial Emperor, then now his Physique had already reached Xia Lieyang’s level.
For someone at the Early Stage Martial Emperor Realm to possess such a formidable Physique, if spoken aloud, it would seem somewhat inconceivable.
“This is about right.” Sensing the changes upon his body, Qin Yichen swallowed another Pill and began advancing. Soon, he arrived at the five hundred metres mark.
“Hmm?” Li Yuanba merely glanced back casually, yet could not help but exclaim.
He had originally assumed Qin Yichen could not persist much longer, yet unexpectedly, not only had Qin Yichen not given up, but his progress was not much slower than Gu Feitian and the others.
“He…” The corner of Li Yuanba’s mouth curved upwards as he continued advancing.
The higher one ascended, the greater the frequency of those lightning strikes, and their striking force increased accordingly.
Positioned at five hundred metres, Qin Yichen now understood why Gu Feitian and Yao Yue had utilised Yuan Energy and Martial Souls at this height.
At a hundred metres, the lightning had been fine as silk threads, but here they resembled iron needles, their force having increased four or fivefold.
Observing the wounds upon his body, Qin Yichen did not choose to advance rashly. Instead, he halted once more, choosing to continue tempering his Physique.
Only when these needle-like electric arcs could merely leave scratch-like marks upon his body did he advance again.
During this tempering period, Li Yuanba had progressed approximately another thousand metres, reaching a towering four thousand metres. However, his speed had already become extremely slow.
Behind him, Mu Yanzhen led slightly ahead of Gu Feitian and Yao Yue. The three were roughly positioned at three thousand metres.
Evidently, in terms of Physique, they were far inferior to Li Yuanba.
“Just a brutish ox! He is just relying merely on his thick skin and tough flesh!” Gu Feitian cursed sourly under his breath.
He had to acknowledge that in terms of Physique, Li Yuanba had far surpassed him.
Having delayed to heal his injuries, Qiao Linlang lagged behind them by approximately a thousand metres. At this moment, he too appeared rather strained. Even with his Mighty Rhinoceros Python Martial Soul’s protection, numerous wounds decorated his body. There were even several gashes deep enough to expose bone with blood seeping forth continuously.
*Swoosh!* Qin Yichen moved. His speed was extremely swift. It was so rapid that many could not react before he had already climbed to a thousand metres.
At a thousand metres, lightning fell upon him like raindrops. Yet the scene of flesh splitting and skin tearing did not occur. Although the lightning impeded his progress, the injuries they inflicted upon his body remained limited.
*Clang clang clang…*
At this point, the lightning strikes on him actually produced sounds resembling metal striking metal.
Evidently, under the tempering of the Golden Sea Lightning Concentrate, what had improved was not merely his flesh, but his skeletal strength as well.