As more and more people gathered, they were able to feel the intensity of how serious the situation was as they chatted amongst themselves.
"This is definitely a Breakthrough to the Spirt sea realm"
"But why is it so terrifying, is this normal"
"This is definitely not normal in any way!"
"Indeed you're right, this is definitely not normal"
"I have never seen anything like it before"
"But who could it be?, who's this terrifying?"
"Are you dumb or what?, do you even still need to ask?"
"There is only one person who's this terrifying in the outer court"
"Yes it can only be him, after all, he's able to fight someone an entire realm above him"
"Hmmmm. He's indeed worthy of his new title"
"Hahaha. Of course after all, he is the Mortal King. Eremiel Vin Celestra"
"This must definitely be the benefits of the spirit pool, I can't think of anything else"
"But I thought no one had ever broken through within the spirit pool before"
"No, its more like, no one has ever lasted that long enough to actually make a Breakthrough"
"But the Mortal King is different, this should be the ninth day right"
"Wow, how terrific is that"
"Indeed, this is definitely an eye opener"
"I wonder how the others who entered in that past would feel, especially him."
"Well, I definitely won't feel good"
As the crowd chatted, the other Mortal Lords and those in the top twenty had gathered in another corner of the place.
"What do you think?"
"I don't think I can produce that kind of phenomenon"
"This guy is definitely a monster"
"More like a demon"
"Tch, he dares to push me out of my rank. Hmph Hmph."
"Hey, I was the one who got defeated, shouldn't I be the one complaining"
"Well, at least you're still a Mortal Lord, while I'm stuck with a bunch idiots"
"Hey, who are you calling an idiot?"
"When I Breakthrough to the Spirit sea realm, I'll definitely teach him a lesson"
"I think you're the one who's going to learn a lesson"
While all these banter was going on, Arkeon the second ranked Mortal Lord who's now ranked third, walked towards a certain person who was separate from the group.
Only him dared to do this as the others didn't even want to get close to this person, they weren't worthy.
"What do you think Thorne, I know you held back when you fought against him because he was one realm below you. Now that that's no longer the case, what are your chances of winning against him" Arkeon asked as he stood beside the former Mortal King.
"I have no idea how I would fare against him, but if I were to give an estimate, I would definitely lose more than I win" Thorne replied.
Arkeon looked at him in shock, he knew Thorne was a very proud person and he disdained lying, so what he said was definitely the truth.
But he still found it quite inconceivable, he had known Thorne for a very long time and he was well aware of his strength.
Just like Vin, Thorne was also able to fight above his realm when he was in the Body refining realm, that's why he was never able to defeat him.
And that thought became even more inconceivable when Thorne broke through to the Spirit sea realm, he became even more stronger than before.
Since then he had challenged him in secret, over and over again but he had never won. That was why he had looked down on even the other Mortal Lords because the only person in his eyes was this guy.
This genius who had always defeated him, and now the person who he had always looked up to was telling him that even if he used his full strength he would lose more than he won against someone who is just breaking through the the Spirit sea realm.
'Just how terrifying is this guy's talent, and Thorne, he looked so serious when he said those words, which means I might not even be able to block a single blow from Vin.'
When Arkeon arrived at this thought, a cold sweat ran down his neck.
Meanwhile, Vin watched as spiritual energy poured from outside his body and into his dantian, when he had broken the barrier his mind had felt so relaxed that it was almost euphoric.
The spiritual energy entered in form of mists, and then it started condensing until it formed into a hundred meter wide Lake.
"With this I have successfully entered the first stage of the Spirit sea realm, but why does it seem like my Breakthrough isn't complete..." he said to himself as he noticed something wrong.
His aura, it was still rising, as he broke through.
First stage
Second stage
Third stage.
It was only when he had gotten to the third stage that his realm had calmed down a little but it still wasn't over as more and more spiritual energy kept pouring into the lake.
The lake kept expanding from the initial hundred meters and was going up and a terrifying pace.
Hundred meters.
Two hundred meters.
Three hundred meters....
Six hundred meters..
It was only when it hit the six hundred meter mark that it stopped expanding, by then he already had twice the amount of Spiritual energy as someone in the the same stage.
But that still wasn't the end of his breakthroughs, the six hundred meters lake started to condense, getting thicker and thicker that it almost stopped flowing.
It was only when it had condensed to its limits that the spiritual energy stopped flowing in, and Vin opened his eyes.
The first thing he noticed when he looked around was that the spirit pool had reduced by half, even the formally intense berserk energies were looking quite tame now.
Making it possible for anyone to enter the spirit pool now and cultivate.
Vin smiled wryly, hoping the sect wouldn't blame him for taking so much from it.
He then raised his head and looked at the door of the cavern room, but he was quite shocked by what happened next, he was able to look through the stone door and saw as Elder Ling paced back and forth in worry.
A warm smile emerged on his face as he felt a warm feeling in his heart, he was glad that Elder Ling cared this much about him, asides from his master, no one else had ever cared for him like Elder Ling.
And he was very grateful for that, although he was very shocked about his new eye abilities, he knew that wasn't the only thing that it could do so he decided to test its limits.
He looked past Elder Ling and continued gazing through the walls and there he could see them.
Thousands of deciples were gathered around the mountain, and although he couldn't hear what they were saying he was able to read their lips and from what he could tell, they gathered because of him.
"What the.....? Did my breakthrough really cause that much of a ruckus." Vin exclaimed in surprise, he could definitely feel a headache coming.
Vin turned his attention back to Elder Ling and took a step forward, phasing through the stone door he appeared directly in front of him.
This was also one of the perkes of his breakthrough, he could now pass through almost anything without even using Hermes Celeration, and he wondered how fast he would be when he actually used it.
He bet that only those in the Sea expansion realm and above would be able to track his movements.
Elder Ling was given a huge fright when Vin suddenly appeared before him "Jeez, Damn it kid, you almost scared me to death" He exclamed as he tried to calm his raging heart.
"I have caused you to worry Elder Ling, my apologies!!" Vin said as he gave a deep bow to this great elder.
"No, it's no trouble at all, besides how did you appear here without any warning, how did you even pass through the door. But you know what scratch that... You've really made a mess of things with your breakthrough you know.
"You alarmed the entire outer court, now everyone is gathered outside waiting for you" Elder Ling exclamed.
"Yeah, I can see them" Vin said as he smiled wryly, if he had a choice he would definitely not have wanted things to escalate like this but he had no control over his breakthrough so he just let it run wild and do its thing.
But maybe that was a bad idea?, he didn't know.
"You don't have to worry about anything kid, you did really good and I'm proud" a husky only voice rang out at that moment.
And the moment that happened two surprised voices exclamed immediately.
"Master!!!"
"Old Bai..... Wait what? Master????"
"It's been a while Vin, how have you been" Old Bai said as he appeared right in front of them.
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