Chapter 287: Chapter 288: Spiritual Spring Realm

The shadowy figures in the Slaughter Space grew more numerous, their strength now approaching the Spiritual Spring Second Layer. Even Ye Wushuang began to feel the pressure.

For two straight days, he hadn’t rested.

The moment he showed any sign of slowing down to catch his breath, the vicious figures would charge, their cruel sabers landing mercilessly upon his body.

Despite possessing a Treasure Body, Ye Wushuang could barely withstand the onslaught. His clothes were soaked in blood, reeking of its pungent, metallic scent.

Fortunately, his Cultivation was advancing, and his various Combat Skills were being honed to perfection. His World Destruction had reached the Great Success stage, and his Heavenly Concealing Hand was approaching it.

BUZZ!

Crimson Saber Qi crisscrossed through the air, tearing apart the figures that charged at him.

Then, as if exhausted, the figures rapidly retreated into the darkness.

Ye Wushuang was taken aback for a moment. ’What’s going on?’

However, he knew this wasn’t over. The most urgent task was to recover to his peak condition.

After a moment’s thought, Ye Wushuang took out his only Ancient Medicine King: the True Dragon Immortal Mushroom.

Ye Wushuang’s purpose for this trial was to break through to the Spiritual Spring Realm, so he directly devoured the True Dragon Immortal Mushroom.

Over by the stone platform, Nangong Liuyun’s expression changed. "This kid is insane! How dare he just swallow an Ancient Medicine King? Isn’t he afraid of being blown apart by the energy?"

The medicinal power of an Ancient Medicine King was simply too vast and immense. Even someone like him would have to be extremely careful during Refinement, lest he be torn apart. Yet Ye Wushuang had just gulped it down whole.

Nangong Liuyun stared intently at Ye Wushuang, only to find that absolutely nothing was happening to him. There was no reaction whatsoever, which left him utterly astonished.

’What kind of monster is this kid?!’

Finding it hard to believe, Nangong Liuyun turned to look at the Star Elder. He saw the elder stroking his beard, a faint smile gracing his somewhat pale face.

As the True Dragon Immortal Mushroom was devoured, earth-shattering waves surged within his Dantian. A colossal amount of pure energy swept through every corner like a tempest, battering the Chaos within his Dantian.

The Dragon Blood Divine Cauldron began to devour the energy frantically, while the Heaven-Devouring Dragon Technique automatically activated to begin the Refinement process.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

At this critical moment, ferocious roars of beasts echoed from all directions. RUMBLE! RUMBLE! In the darkness, pairs of eyes, glowing like lanterns, began to appear.

Immediately after, hordes of Barbaric Beasts, each comparable to the Spiritual Spring Second Layer, came stampeding forward.

Just like before, these Barbaric Beasts were not real creatures but Barbaric Spirits. Nevertheless, their attack power was so terrifying that a single moment of carelessness would lead to utter annihilation.

Ye Wushuang’s expression darkened. ’This is bad,’ he thought. He had just devoured the Ancient Medicine King, and its rampaging, boundless medicinal power was not yet under his control. He feared this would cause problems.

The Barbaric Spirits possessed immense strength. A single stomp from them as they trampled through the air was enough to crush any master at the Spiritual Spring First Layer.

Ye Wushuang didn’t dare to be careless. He immediately focused and unleashed his full power to counter them. Golden Fist Seals blotted out the sky as they met the charge, the Tyrant Dragon roared, and a vast Dragon Power surged forth.

After knocking back the Barbaric Spirits, Ye Wushuang stomped his foot hard. His attacks became a relentless barrage, covering the spirits in a wave of released energy.

The medicinal power in his Dantian was rapidly refined and absorbed, converted into offensive power.

Ye Wushuang sensed this sudden change and was overjoyed. ’It seems that combat is the best way to refine the Ancient Medicine King’s power!’

’This time, I should be able to break through to the Spiritual Spring Realm!’

Ye Wushuang’s eyes gleamed. His fists grew even more ferocious and his power surged. The stronger the enemy, the more his Battle Intent swelled.

ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!

The Barbaric Spirits were incomparably savage, each one the size of a small hill. Before them, Ye Wushuang looked like a tiny doll.

As they charged through the air, they blotted out the sky, surrounding Ye Wushuang from all sides. He was sent flying by their attacks, but he would scramble back to his feet and seize the opportunity to obliterate the nearest Barbaric Spirit.

This went on back and forth, yet they were unable to finish him.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, six days had gone by.

During this period, Ye Wushuang had figured out the pattern: every two days in the Slaughter Space, he would get a three-minute respite.

Though the time was short, it was enough for Ye Wushuang to heal his body.

"’Almost there!’"

Ye Wushuang muttered to himself. He was now at the Peak of the True Essence Ninth Layer, just one step away from breaking into the Spiritual Spring Realm.

The Spiritual Spring Realm, as its name suggested, was a state where the Qi Vortex would gush like a Spiritual Spring, endlessly generating True Essence.

At this stage, the Qi Vortex connects to the heavens and the earth, drawing its roots from them. As long as the Spiritual Spring did not dry up, one’s True Essence would be inexhaustible, and one would never have to worry about running out of power.

Moreover, one’s aura would transform into the oppressive might of the Spirit Dao!

As he waited, the figures reappeared. Their strength had increased yet again, now reaching the Spiritual Spring Third Layer. This was the absolute limit of what Ye Wushuang could currently withstand.

Facing so many opponents at the Spiritual Spring Third Layer, he knew that if he didn’t achieve his breakthrough, he would die here today.

On the stone platform, Nangong Liuyun’s face grew heavy with extreme worry. With Ye Wushuang participating in the Barbarian God Battle Platform, the Ancient Spirit Sect’s chances of securing tenth place were very high.

But if Ye Wushuang were to fall here, the consequences would be unimaginable to Nangong Liuyun.

At this moment, even the Star Elder’s expression turned grave.

BOOM!

This time, Ye Wushuang impatiently took the initiative. He led with a golden fist, followed by a horizontal slash from a crimson blade of Saber Qi spanning dozens of feet.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Explosions rang out continuously as the figures charged forward, one wave after another, heedless of death. Their vicious sabers cleaved through the void and descended upon him. The aura of slaughter stimulated every pore on Ye Wushuang’s body.

"’I’m almost there!’"

Ye Wushuang grew more and more anxious, even forgetting about the countless life-threatening entities before him. He fought on relentlessly, his Divine Sense focused on the changes within his body.

The figures seemed to grow even more savage, as if intending to annihilate Ye Wushuang once and for all.

From all directions, at almost the exact same moment, they hacked toward Ye Wushuang. The area covered by their vicious sabers was a seamless net of death, leaving no room for escape and dead set on taking his life.

The aura of death washed over him, setting every nerve on edge.

"’Just a little bit more!’"

Ye Wushuang grew even more frantic, madly circulating the Heaven-Devouring Dragon Technique.

"Spiritual Spring Realm, break for me!"

Just as countless attacks converged above his head, Ye Wushuang let out a thunderous roar. A loud BUZZ echoed from within his body, and a terrifying aura instantly erupted from him.

CRACK!

All of a sudden, the mirror-like surface beneath the stone platform shattered.

"What’s happening?"

Nangong Liuyun, who had been staring intently at Ye Wushuang, had a drastic change of expression. With the mirror shattered, he could no longer see Ye Wushuang.

The Star Elder’s fingers moved rapidly, forming a seal. An instant later, with a SPURT, he coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face growing even paler.

’How could this be? I can’t sense Xiaoshuang’s aura anymore!’

’I can’t even sense his vital signs or his fate, as if they’ve been completely obscured.’

’What happened?’

The Star Elder suddenly grew anxious as well. But they couldn’t enter the Slaughter Space. If they did, the space would generate entities as powerful as them, making the situation even more dire.

BOOM!

Inside the Slaughter Space, a massive vortex of devouring power exploded outward with Ye Wushuang at its center. It pulled in all the shadowy figures, grinding them to dust and swallowing them whole.

Ye Wushuang had finally broken through to the Spiritual Spring Realm. His strength had undergone a complete transformation.

But.

At that very moment, the Chaos Dragon Tomb began to change drastically. Waves of Devouring Power emanated from it, frantically consuming the power within his body.

Ye Wushuang was helpless; he was completely unable to stop it. All he could do was continuously consume Treasure Medicines and Spiritual Pills to replenish his losses.

He had given eighty percent of his treasures to Xiang Tianxiao and the others, keeping twenty percent for himself precisely for the purpose of breaking through to the Spiritual Spring Realm.

He never expected that at the very moment of his breakthrough, the Chaos Dragon Tomb would also decide to get involved.

"I wonder if this thing is going to suck me dry this time!" Ye Wushuang thought, frustrated. He could feel the shadow of death creeping over him.