In the Divine Dragon Cave.

The three had been there for more than two hours, and Chen Tianlong could clearly feel an unusual sensation in his body, continuously heating up. It was a sign of an impending breakthrough.

Chen Tianlong was overjoyed and hurriedly increased his speed. He wanted to break through before Xu Fei and his companions completed their body refinement. That would be interesting.

Just as he was thinking about this, there was suddenly a loud boom, and Xu Fei unexpectedly broke through first.

At this moment, Xu Fei was surrounded by a lot of evil qi. Apparently, he hadn’t completed his breakthrough, as the evil qi was drilling into his body like a black hole, capable of absorbing endless amounts.

Seeing this, Chen Tianlong frowned, but he couldn’t give up halfway, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and continue practicing the Heart Method.

Hao Kan was obviously not as fast, still engaged in body refinement.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a miserable scream echoed, sounding full of pain.

Xu Fei suddenly stood up and punched the ground. A puff of black smoke rose instantly, causing the ground to shake.

"Wakaka, I’ve succeeded, finally broke through to the fourth level of the Heart-Burning Divine Skill...."

Xu Fei laughed loudly and discovered that his power had advanced to Celestial Dao’s seven stars with the breakthrough of the Heart-Burning Divine Skill.

In other words, his power now surpassed that of Chen Tianlong, and it was time to torment that guy.

Thinking of this, Xu Fei fixed his gaze on Chen Tianlong, who was focused on body refinement, clearly at a critical moment.

If he attacked now, should Chen Tianlong be interrupted in his body refinement, it would be all for nothing. If he didn’t stop, he would face death.

Xu Fei, filled with excitement, got up and took big strides toward Chen Tianlong.

At this time, Chen Tianlong also sensed Xu Fei approaching, but the situation was extremely urgent, making it impossible to extricate himself.

That’s why, when practitioners are upgrading or undergoing body refinement, it’s best to have a protector. Otherwise, at critical moments, they are easily ambushed, which could easily lead to demonic possession.

"Humph, Chen Tianlong, I never thought you’d have a day like this. The wheel of fortune truly turns. Today you fall into my hands, truly unlucky for you."

Xu Fei said unscrupulously.

At this moment, Chen Tianlong was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered, completely defenseless.

Xu Fei believed that Chen Tianlong couldn’t possibly give up body refinement now, so if he acted, he could surely injure him severely.

"Die, Chen Tianlong!"

With a shout, Xu Fei’s fist, carrying a swirl of gray Powerful Qi, rushed toward Chen Tianlong.

Chen Tianlong, intending to stop and dodge, realized that body refinement wasn’t as important as his life. However, just as he was about to do so, a gigantic body suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Boom!"

Xu Fei’s black qi struck the Divine Dragon, producing a muffled sound.

The Divine Dragon was clearly in some pain, as this was an attack from a practitioner at the seventh level of Celestial Dao, and not an ordinary one but an adept of the fourth tier of Heart-Burning Divine Skill.

Chen Tianlong took a deep breath, grateful for the Divine Dragon’s timely intervention. Otherwise, this time he would have failed miserably.

Xu Fei was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the Divine Beast, just a little short of finishing Chen Tianlong, and he was really dissatisfied.

"Divine Dragon, the grudges between Chen Tianlong and me are none of your business. You better step aside, or else I won’t be polite to you." Xu Fei, having just broken through to Celestial Dao’s seven stars, bluffed without knowing the Divine Dragon’s true power.

"Roar!"

The Divine Dragon pretended not to understand human speech, as it had communicated with Chen Tianlong and didn’t want to risk the entire plan.

Frightened by the powerful roar, Xu Fei shivered and deliberately retreated a few steps, looking for an opportunity to ambush Chen Tianlong. If Chen Tianlong was finished, he could escape with Hao Kan.

So, Xu Fei cunningly retreated, moving further and further back.

The Divine Dragon naturally assumed Xu Fei was scared and slowly advanced.

"Heart-Burning Divine Skill, Fourth Style! Hallucinatory Mind...."

Xu Fei shouted out several sonorous words, and like the Lion’s Roar Skill, each one sent shockwaves, striking the Divine Dragon’s head.

At this moment, the Divine Dragon became somewhat confused.

In its trial, it had been momentarily confused by Xu Fei’s Phantom Divine Whip. Now, with the fourth level of Heart-Burning Divine Skill, the power was stronger. After a few hits, the Divine Beast became disoriented.

It shook its head forcefully, still unable to clear its mind.

Chen Tianlong sensed something was wrong, but he was only a few minutes away, feeling that his strength had reached the Bottle Zhen point—just a hair’s breadth from breaking through.

He was unwilling to give up, so no matter what happened, he had to withstand it.

"Roar!"

The Divine Dragon roared again, trying to clear its mind.

Xu Fei was frightened by the roar and quickly retreated a few steps. At that moment, the Divine Dragon suddenly felt a coldness all over, as if frozen.

It quickly looked back, stunned.

A young man had struck its leg, and miraculously, its leg was frozen. What was going on?

This person, of course, was Hao Kan. Hao Kan had finally achieved body refinement and stabilized his power in advance. The reason Chen Tianlong took longer was that having barely stabilized his six-star Celestial Dao, he now needed a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual qi to upgrade.

At this moment, Chen Tianlong’s body was constantly absorbing evil qi, converting it through the Nine Yang Celestial Dragon Technique into the powerful qi his body needed.

The Divine Dragon was frozen by Hao Kan’s peak-state Cold Ice Divine Palm for ten seconds.

"Young Master Xu, act quickly; time is running out."

Hao Kan shouted.

Xu Fei immediately grasped the situation, understanding that he was being urged to strike Chen Tianlong. Although the Divine Dragon was frozen, being a high-level Spirit Beast, it was remarkably powerful; they might not be able to kill it.

Should they fail to kill it and it got angry, it could take them out in one fell swoop, and that would be ridiculous.

Upon receiving the signal, Xu Fei sprinted towards Chen Tianlong, but at this moment, the Divine Dragon suddenly exerted force. Its leg couldn’t move, but its body was too large for Hao Kan’s Cold Ice Divine Palm to fully reach the Spirit Beast’s head.

Naturally, the Divine Dragon could still launch a fire bomb.

A fire bomb flew toward Xu Fei, exploding with a rumble, blasting him back.

Frustrated, Hao Kan quickly added another palm strike, completely encasing the Divine Dragon’s body in ice, but Hao Kan was exhausted, collapsing to the ground.

"Young Master Xu, seize the moment, attack now!"

Hao Kan urged.

After being blown back, Xu Fei wasn’t greatly harmed; he quickly got up, shook his head, identified Chen Tianlong’s position, and dashed forward.

"Humph, die!"

With a loud shout, Xu Fei aimed a palm strike at Chen Tianlong.

"Is that so?"

"Boom!"

With a tremendous roar, Chen Tianlong knew he had broken through to Celestial Dao’s seven stars.

Xu Fei’s palm was just about to hit Chen Tianlong when Chen Tianlong countered with a punch, striking Xu Fei’s abdomen. Although it didn’t cause severe damage, it forced Xu Fei several steps back.