Chapter 516: Experience
Xiao Ze absorbed the vast information in his mind, and after a while, his eyes brightened. The method for crafting the Ancient Insect Emperor Armor was indeed simple for him, roughly equivalent to crafting an eighth-grade pill.
"In the coming period, you two should practice here in the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb," Xiao Xuan said with a smile to Xiao Ze and Xun'er. "Although the Heavenly Tomb is monotonous, it is quite beneficial for cultivation."
"I'm not worried about Xiao Ze's combat strength, but as for the little lady from the ancient clan, who has just broken through to Dou Sheng, you might also benefit from sparring with the Dou Sheng powerhouses here," Xiao Xuan continued. "Though there are not many Dou Sheng powerhouses in the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, those from ancient times are enough for both of you to gain some experience."
"Thank you for the guidance, Senior Xiao Xuan," Xun'er bowed slightly.
"Ha ha, the rest you can arrange yourselves. You are already peak powerhouses on the continent; you don't need me to arrange your training," Xiao Xuan waved his hand and disappeared from their presence, leaving space for the two young ones.
Having completed his task of passing on the Xiao clan's bloodline power, Xiao Xuan was relieved. He knew he was from a millennium ago, and his presence might make Xiao Ze and Xun'er feel uneasy or constrained. It was better to leave them the space.
After Xiao Xuan returned to the hall, Xiao Ze faced the hall and bowed respectfully.
"Xiao Ze brother, what shall we do next?"
"Let's take the ancestor's advice first and roam around the third layer, look for some Dou Sheng level powerhouses to test our skills against, and if we can get their energy cores, all the better."
"Ha!"
Above the misty gray-brown land, a voice shouted, and a mighty hand of energy collided fiercely with a cyan wind blade that seemed to cut through heaven and earth. The spreading energy caused the surrounding space to fracture.
Golden flames intertwined with cyan wind, tearing the area's ground into myriad holes. The figure in a white robe staggered back hundreds of meters with a grunt.
With a wave of his sleeve, a fierce wind dispersed the encroaching golden flames, his eyes filled with intense wariness.
"No wonder it's ranked fourth on the list of Heavenly Flames, the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame."
"Heh, thanks for the compliment, senior, but please continue to enlighten me!" Xun'er's lips curled slightly, and the golden flames in her eyes burned even more intensely, her aura incredibly overwhelming.
"Golden Emperor's Heavenly Slash!"
Golden flames burst forth from Xun'er, eventually converging into a beam of light nearly a thousand meters long, slashing fiercely towards the white-robed old man.
Seeing the towering golden beam, the old man inwardly cursed as his strength was slightly better than Xun'er's. But with the power of the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame, he was frequently at a disadvantage. After all, this was a terrifying flame capable of burning even Dou Qi.
His usually prideful cyan wind struggled against the Golden Emperor's Burning Heaven Flame.
With a sigh of resignation and without facing the golden beam head-on, the old man, a wind attribute practitioner who had achieved Dou Sheng, was unmatched in speed among his peers. His body flashed with cyan light, and he instantly moved thousands of meters away. However, the golden beam, as if sentient, closely followed him.
"Damn it!"
Cursing, the old man unleashed cyan winds that tore through space towards the beam, attempting to weaken its power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Intense explosions echoed through the area as the winds struck, and numerous golden flames surged out, significantly increasing the local temperature.
Though the golden beam's power was somewhat diminished, it was still closing in on the white-robed old man, who made a decisive decision. Forming a massive wind sphere in his hands, where numerous violent cyan winds churned, threatening to obliterate anything that entered.
He pushed the giant wind sphere fiercely towards the golden beam.
Boom—
As the collision neared its center, the white-robed old man, unavoidably tainted by some golden flames, cursed. The golden flames, like relentless parasites, were incredibly difficult to shake off.
He cut off the part of his body that had been touched by the flames and, like avoiding the plague, burrowed into the gray-brown earth below.
Xiao Ze appeared at the center of the energy collision, waving his hand to calm the rampant energies. Even the tearing spatial rifts quickly healed under the remedial power of space.
Xun'er soon joined Xiao Ze, her expression one of surprise. "Xiao Ze brother, I can't sense him anymore."
"This must be one of the special abilities of the Heavenly Tomb's energy bodies; burrowing into the ground of the Heavenly Tomb allows them to hide their presence to the greatest extent," Xiao Ze explained, also unable to detect the old man's presence anymore.
"According to those Dou Sheng energy bodies, even the ancestor occasionally cleanses the third layer, so these energy body's ability to evade powerful enemies must not be weak," Xiao Ze concluded.
Laughing behind her hand, Xun'er added, "It's surprising that even peak-level powerhouses from the Dou Qi continent aren't having an easy time on the third layer."
"It can't be helped; in the third layer of the Heavenly Tomb, even those at the Dou Sheng level can't dominate," Xiao Ze explained, spreading his soul force, which was at the Great Perfection level, to detect Dou Sheng level energy bodies.
"After advancing to Dou Sheng, my first battle with an opponent of the same level significantly improved my grasp of power. The ancestor was right; progress in battle is swift," Xun'er said, eager to try again. One more battle of that intensity, and she could fully master the power of the Dou Sheng level.
"Ha ha, it seems we've found two good opponents," Xiao Ze suddenly opened his eyes, smiling at Xun'er.
"Good opponents?"
"If I'm not mistaken, those two presences belong to individuals from the Soul Clan," Xiao Ze said thoughtfully.
These were probably the two Soul Clan Dou Shengs from the original story, summoned by Soul Cliff to the third layer to eliminate Xiao Yan and the ancients in one fell swoop. But at the crucial moment, the projection of Xiao Xuan appeared and obliterated these two Soul Clan Dou Sheng energy bodies with overwhelming power!
"Now that we've detected them, we can't just let them go."
(Chapter End)
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