Chapter 9: Fierce Battle Breakthrough First Encounter with Yun Tian

  Yang Le gathered his strength, putting away the already shrunk Primordial Golden Essence. He was also rejoicing in his heart, fortunate that he had discovered a vein of Primordial Golden Essence back then and collected a lot of it. After a hundred years of cultivation, he reached the peak of Hong Wu, with an abundance of spiritual energy to spare. Otherwise, he might still be consolidating his strength at the initial stage of Hong Wu.

  Moreover, on the way, Yang Le also deliberately searched to see if there were any innate materials, such as Geng Jin Han Tie and other refining equipment materials. Although, as a witch, he could only refine divine weapons and not refine magical treasures, who would complain about having too many materials? This was the hard currency of the Desolate Expanse.

  However, along the way, Yang Le found that there were very few refining materials, let alone pre-heavenly materials. These materials couldn't be lying around waiting for you to pick them up, they were usually hidden deep beneath a million feet of rock or at the bottom of a hundred-million-foot-deep sea. You can't just recklessly smash your way through everything, that's too arrogant, and several lives wouldn't be enough.

  Yang Le had just finished his cultivation and moved the giant stone away from the cave entrance. He was about to take a deep breath of the fresh air in the vast wilderness when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting coming from a hundred miles away. Yang Le sensed that the auras of the two parties were not much different, and neither was much stronger than himself, so they wouldn't pose a threat to him. Curious, and also thinking of taking advantage of the situation, he concealed his aura and quietly made his way towards the battlefield.

  Arriving near the battlefield, Yang Le hid behind a huge rock and looked inside.

  Yang Le's heart skipped a beat as he watched, his emotions churning with excitement. Finally, he saw someone who looked like a person - no, wait, it was a young man with green hair, golden eyes, and an air of nobility that even Yang Le, a mere novice, could sense. The youth was awkwardly wielding a staff-like spirit treasure that emitted terrifying energy as he battled a giant, hundred-meter-tall crimson gold unicorn. The only thing that seemed off about the youth's attire was its bizarre, domineering style, which was so over-the-top that it reminded Yang Le of the outfits worn by heroes in some online games, making him feel like spitting out his food.

  Only the golden-haired unicorn seemed to be somewhat wary of the rod-shaped spirit treasure that emitted a terrifying aura, shrinking back and retreating. However, the green-haired youth became more and more exhilarated as he fought, his movements becoming increasingly pure and skilled after a period of intense combat. He forced the golden-haired unicorn into a desperate situation, occasionally being swept by the residual waves of the spirit treasure, its body torn apart with skin ripped open and flesh bursting forth.

  A loud roar, the golden single-horned leopard was forced into a desperate situation and burst out in fury. It withstood a blow, then took advantage of the green-haired youth's momentary stunned state to suddenly open its massive jaws and unleash a blast of icy, dark frost that radiated intense energy fluctuations, freezing everything in its path. The space around it seemed to solidify as the green-haired youth was on the verge of meeting his demise, dying an unjust death.

  Yang Le was also caught off guard by this sudden change and was about to rescue him, but it was too late.

  It's worth noting that this was the first time Yang Le had seen someone a bit unusual since arriving in the Desolate Expanse. Although he had slept for nearly 10,000 years out of the over 10,000 years, there were still over 100 years where no one interacted with him, which made Yang Le, a civilized person, feel stifled. Moreover, to become familiar with the situation in the Desolate Expanse, it was necessary to find locals to understand the situation. Of course, just by looking at the spiritual treasure in the youth's hand, it could be seen that the youth's background was not small, and his knowledge of Xīn Mì was much stronger than that of ordinary fallen cultivators. Most importantly, Yang Le saw that the green-haired youth's face still had an innocent look that couldn't be wiped away, knowing that he was a young and inexperienced person with simple thoughts, and he felt a good impression at first glance.

  So it's true that people's social interactions are all about appearances and first impressions are very important.

  Just as the green-haired youth was about to meet his demise, Yang Le couldn't help but feel a pang of regret and pity. Suddenly, a mysterious yellow light enveloped the youth, and the Frost hit it with a loud crash. The light flickered slightly, and the youth, along with the tower-shaped spirit treasure hovering above his head, shot out like a bullet, creating a sonic boom as he flew rapidly into the distance. He crashed into a distant short peak, shattering it to pieces, before colliding with a massive peak behind him, opening up a human-shaped cave.

  Yang Le is now reevaluating the green-haired youth, two spiritual treasures. To know that making spiritual treasures above a certain level is extremely difficult, not only do you need to have innate materials mixed in, but also rely on luck. Even for Taiyi Xuanxian Dao fruit-level immortals, spiritual treasures are highly sought after, and owning one is a symbol of power and strength. The success rate of Taiyi Xuanxian's spiritual treasure refinement is frighteningly low, and even when they occasionally succeed, it's just dumb luck.

  The refinement of Lingbao requires at least a Daheluo Jinxian-level existence to be successful, it can be said that behind the green-haired youth, there is at least one Daheluo Jinxian-level existence.

  Only to see that the crimson golden single-horned leopard's waist was torn open with a more than thirty-zhang long gash, fresh blood flowing horizontally, its fierce eyes completely red, letting out a loud roar, and then pouncing on the youth like a smashing hammer, apparently wanting to rip him apart before feeling relieved.

  At this time, Yang Le knew it was his turn to take the stage.

  Yang Le let out a loud roar, bursting out of his hiding place and transforming into his true form, the Hundred-Zhang Hong Wu. He threw a punch at the Scarlet Gold Single-Horned Leopard, sending it flying hundreds of feet away. Immediately after, he rushed to the leopard's side and began exchanging blows with it, their movements swift and fierce. The sound of their battle shook the air, but despite Yang Le's powerful punches, the leopard's razor-sharp claws left sparks flying as they scraped against his skin, producing a deafening screech. Every time Yang Le's fists landed on the leopard's body, its skin split open, revealing flesh and blood beneath. The speed of their battle was too fast to follow, with only two flashes of light visible as they clashed and separated, leaving trails of blood scattered in the air.

  Yang Le is now fighting more and more excitedly, his blood boiling, various Wu clan combat skills at his fingertips, one by one unfolding. However, the surrounding terrain has been devastated by the aftermath of the battle, a mess everywhere.

  Yang Le felt the opportunity to break through in that thrilling and intense battle, and his fighting became more and more frantic. The power of various combat skills increased greatly, his movements became more elusive, and his speed also gradually broke through the limit.

  In an instant, Yang Le felt a huge threat looming in his fighting consciousness, staring at the dead eyes of the crimson golden unicorn leopard. "Self-destruction", a flash of spiritual light flashed through Yang Le's mind, and he retreated like lightning while manipulating the heavenly and earthly spirits to condense into a giant shield. He also seized the opportunity that had just broken through and frantically rotated the third layer of "Opening Heaven and Earth". The heavenly and earthly spirits frantically entered Yang Le's body, and the color of his skeletal system was rapidly deepening. His blood flow was even more rapid, and his bones and flesh were wildly absorbing the innate spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and a metallic luster was visible to the naked eye.

  A deafening boom shook the earth, as if space was shattered, air compressed by an instant of unimaginable force, shot out like bullets, with a continuous explosive roar.

  Yang Le was at the center of the explosion, and a terrifyingly powerful force struck him. The giant shield lasted less than a second before being torn to shreds by the force. Yang Le took advantage of the brief moment to retreat ten miles, but was still blown away by the weakened impact. Even his Hong Wu True Body, which was comparable to a mid-grade immortal artifact, was smashed by the terrifying impact, causing his skin and flesh to burst open. However, under the crazy rotation of the third layer of "Opening Heaven and Earth Decision", a large amount of innate spiritual energy frantically poured into Yang Le's meridians, rapidly flowing through them. The meridians and flesh and blood skeleton were broken and quickly healed under the impact of the massive innate spiritual energy. As he flew through the air like a shooting star, Yang Le's Hong Wu True Body became increasingly harder.

  The third layer's rotation is getting faster and closer to the limit, steadily and firmly climbing up step by step. The innate spiritual liquid that was compressed in the meridians by the "Opening Heaven and Earth" third layer finally broke through the limit, circulating along a more complex and mysterious trajectory ten times faster. As it passed through, the speed of muscle, bone, and blood absorbing the spiritual liquid increased tenfold, hundredfold. The skeleton suddenly burst out with a dazzling golden light, and the spiritual liquid in the meridians decreased at a visible rate. The fourth layer opened up to the heavens, cultivation surged, and power rivaled that of an extreme immortal. With just a period of closed-door meditation using the innate Golden Furnace tempering, the body's strength could even rival that of top-grade immortal artifacts.

  Facing the self-explosion with the power of a single strike from the Extreme Mystic Right, it's somewhat laughable in front of Yang Le. Just as he thought about it, a spherical light shield enveloped his body within a ten-meter radius, and the extremely terrifying impact force that struck the light shield only caused slight ripples.

  After the aftershocks of the self-explosion subsided, Yang Le dispersed the light shield and slowly descended from the air, landing on the edge of a thousand-meter-deep giant pit, with hundreds of holes and wounds around him, like a beehive.

  In the distance, a green-haired young man with red lips and white teeth, eyes like stars, and an immature face, wearing a noble prince's attire, was walking towards this side with some embarrassment.

  "Even... even I, Yun Tian, have seen...", but all he could see was the youthful appearance of the person who had lent a helping hand, and no matter what, he couldn't bring himself to say "senior".

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