Chapter Fifty-Four: Ouyang Xin

  Yang Yi was not only ruthless to others, but also to himself. The several collisions of the Golden Finch had already reached the peak of eight drops of essence blood. Even with the protection of the Azure Cloud Armor, the powerful shockwave could not be resisted and all took effect on Yang Yi's internal organs.

  Yang Yi's internal organs were almost displaced, but he resisted stubbornly, seeking the best opportunity to succeed at one stroke.

  This method is extremely dangerous and extremely bold, not universally applicable, and only Yang Yi's body has the medium-grade artifact Biyun Jia, which makes it possible to do so. If it were someone else, they would have been crushed by the powerful force of Jin Siyan long ago.

  This time, not only was Zhang Song left speechless, but the other geniuses on the fourth floor also revealed shocked expressions, with each pair of eyes emitting an unbelievable gaze, as if they didn't dare to believe it.

  Yang's eyes swept over Zhang Song, and he found that his eyes revealed an even stronger venomous color, obviously already being irreconcilable with Yang.

  "Hmph, Zhang Song, since that's the case, then we must eradicate the problem at its roots!" Yang Yi's mind also surged with a fierce killing intent. Someone like Zhang Song was a huge threat once conflicts couldn't be reconciled, and would stab you in the back with a cold knife at any moment.

  "Whoosh"

  Yang Yi ignored Zhang Song and walked into the fifth floor.

  In this fifth round, there was only one person, that is Ou Yang Xin, the genius of this Dragon Transformation Competition.

  Ouyang Xin's body was slender, but he was very tall and lean, with a cold aura emanating from him. He had been sitting cross-legged, but when he saw Yang Yi enter, the calm and peaceful atmosphere around him rippled slightly.

  Ouyang Xin turned around calmly and took a glance at Yang Yi, just this one glance, although calm and soundless, but Yang Yi felt the pride deep within Ouyang Xin's bones.

  Ouyang Xin slowly stood up and walked straight towards the guardian beast on the fifth floor.

  The guardian beast of the fifth floor is a pitch-black hedgehog king, its entire body filled with sharp spikes that are also covered in deadly poison, inspiring terror.

  Moreover, this Black Hedgehog King has also undergone a qualitative change compared to the Four-Layered Guardian Beasts, because its strength has truly reached the Fifth Layer of Blood Condensation. And relying on its innate talent as an exotic beast, even a cultivator at the Fifth Layer of Blood Condensation would have to be cautious around it.

  Ouyang Xin, however, walked towards Hei Bao Wang with an unyielding determination, his solitary figure exuding an unparalleled pride, as if he were the favored son of heaven.

  Yang suddenly realized that if he hadn't entered the fifth floor, Ouyang Xin wouldn't have gone to the sixth floor. Even now in the Dragon Tower, the top ten didn't actually make a difference because what followed was a real battle in front of thousands of cultivators to determine the ranking of the top ten. But even if it had no effect, someone like Ouyang Xin still had to be first, because his pride wouldn't allow anyone else to surpass or equal him.

  This is a proud person, but at the same time, he is also a talented figure. His blood power has clearly condensed into eight drops of essence. Among the cultivators participating in the Huálóng Grand Competition, he is truly the first person to do so, and currently, only Ou Yang Xin has condensed eight drops of essence.

  Yang's eyes flickered, staring fixedly at Ouyang Xin. If there were no accidents, Ouyang Xin would definitely become the first this time. It wasn't because he had condensed eight drops of pure blood, although having eight drops of pure blood was also a capital for being proud and arrogant. However, it absolutely wouldn't make everyone submit, after all, cultivation was only one factor of strength.

  Ouyang Xin's ability to make all the monks admire him was due to his possession of a magical artifact, an artifact that could conceal one's aura, making it impossible for even shape-shifting masters to detect his presence.

  "Ah, the treasure of law! That's something that only a master who has transcended the heavens can refine. Transcending the heavens means being able to communicate with the heavens, and having almost destructive power over the universe. The treasures refined by such an existence have powers that are truly immeasurable."

  Even most of the powerful shape-shifters don't have a magic weapon in hand, which shows just how rare and precious they are.

  Squeak

  The black hedgehog king opposite seemed to have also sensed Ouyang Xin's purpose, and issued a warning sound from his mouth, a powerful force permeating the entire fifth layer.

  The hedgehog king's sharp quills had all stood up on end, each one emitting a cold glow.

  This black hedgehog king, in legend, has a body with over 48,500 sharp quills. If all of them are shot out at once, it can rival a large army. Even the thickest armor is useless against this attack. Even if one is a master of the fifth level of Blood Condensation who dodges too slowly, they will still be pierced through and through, an invincibility that knows no bounds.

  "Whoosh"

  Ouyang Xin suddenly darted towards Hei Xiong Wang, without a hint of fear, which made Yang Yi slightly furrow his brow.

  The eyes of the black hedgehog king suddenly turned bright red, it was extremely ferocious, and its sharp quills instantly shot towards Ouyang Xin at an extremely fast speed, leaving no residual shadow, only a faint sound of friction with the air could be heard.

  This invisible and intangible sharp thorn is the most difficult to detect, and if you're not careful, you'll get caught off guard. However, Ouyang Xin didn't think much of it, stretching out his hands, splitting them into palms, and a strong gust of wind was released.

  Boom

  The mighty power of the eight drops of essence blood burst out instantly, this is a power that can be compared to the fifth level of Blood Coagulation. To know, ordinary fifth-level Blood Coagulation, most people only need four drops of essence blood to comprehend the mysteries of Blood Coagulation and successfully advance, doubling their essence blood to eight drops.

  Just like Jin Wu Xie, there are only eight drops of pure blood in his body.

  So Ou Yang Xiong's current power of eight drops of pure blood is already comparable to the fifth stage of Blood Condensation, it just doesn't have the same agility as true fifth stage Blood Condensation.

  The difference between this genius and ordinary cultivators is like heaven and earth. Ordinary cultivators think about advancing their realm, from Condensing Blood Five Heavy to Six Heavy, Seven Heavy, until the final Transformation, cultivating step by step in an orderly manner.

  But once the blood is extracted and refined, if more than four drops of essence are exceeded in the fourth stage of coagulation, then the more essence there is, although the strength will be greater, but wanting to advance will become increasingly difficult.

  Only a top-notch genius would have enough confidence to successfully cultivate the fifth layer of Blood Condensation, someone like Ouyang Xin who managed to condense eight drops of essence blood. Once they break through to the fifth layer, it's truly unstoppable. The essence blood doubles in an instant, possessing sixteen drops, almost twice that of a normal fifth-layer cultivator. In one go, they reach the pinnacle of the fifth layer, where no one within the fifth layer can rival them.

  The thicker the accumulation, the stronger the strength, but at the same time, when gaining great strength, there are also many difficulties to go through. Many seven-drop geniuses can't advance to become a Five-Condensed Blood for their whole lives because of too thick an accumulation.

  There is gain and loss, this is the balance of the heavenly way.