Chapter Eleven: Sudden Surge in Power

  The powerful and overbearing divine consciousness of the foundation-building period was like the ancient divine mountain, pressing down on the emerald-eyed golden-scaled python.

  The Azure-eyed Golden Scaled Crocodile's body suddenly felt an intense surge of energy, its scales bursting forth in all directions. It felt as if every pore on its body had opened up. The Azure-eyed Golden Scaled Crocodile instantly sensed extreme danger approaching it, as if it had witnessed the destruction of a star and the birth of a civilization. In its heart, the Azure-eyed Golden Scaled Crocodile let out a frantic roar: "What kind of move is this?! Why is it so powerful?! Why can I see the entire process of a star's life and death unfolding before my eyes?! Who is he?! Could he be the reincarnation of an ancient great being?! He clearly only has the cultivation base of the Sixth Heaven of Qi Refining, so why did he unleash the divine pressure of the Foundation Establishment stage?! How is this possible?!"

  Lu Shao's divine consciousness intimidated him, completely overturning his understanding of cultivation, and his combat strength could only exert 60% of its usual power!

  Lu Shao-yu let out a cold laugh, his footsteps swift and light as he moved. The light rain behind him flew about in all directions, and the faint sound of celestial music drifted out from the blurry shadows that followed him. The rolling waves seemed to be able to penetrate through everything, past and present. Lu Shao-yu's hands shone with a divine light, his massive palm coming down like a giant bowl to cover the Golden Scaled Crocodile. No matter how it struggled and roared inside, it was unable to break free from the prison of his hand.

  "Die! Cover the sky and earth, shake all heavens! Crush me!" Lu Shaoyou let out a long whistle, his golden giant palm falling like a doomsday millstone, seemingly slow yet swift as wind and thunder, making the emerald-eyed golden-scaled python feel that there was no escape.

  "Boom——" The Biyan Jinxiao was not even able to let out a miserable cry before being crushed into minced meat by Lu Shaoyou, and a large patch of bloody mist burst open in the air.

  Lu Shao-yu stepped on the divine light, and in an instant, he rushed to the front. With a flick of his sleeve, he swept the golden inner elixir into his sleeve. Lu Shao-yu opened his mouth and took a deep breath, and the Golden Scaled Turtle's lifelong vital energy was completely absorbed into Lu Shao-yu's abdomen, becoming nourishing nutrients. After a bout of whale swallowing and sea absorbing, Lu Shao-yu immediately sat down cross-legged, with golden light surging throughout his body. The ancient scriptures in his body thundered like a giant drum, and all the demonic yuan in his body were mobilized to refine the essence of the Biyan Golden Scaled Turtle.

  "Humming——" Lu Shaoyou only felt that his whole body was filled with thunder and lightning, and the virtual shadows of divine soldiers and sharp weapons rose and fell behind him. A series of exquisitely crafted sounds came from within his body.

  One hundred dragon horses' power! One hundred and twenty dragon horses' power! One hundred and forty-nine dragon horses' power! Lu Shao's internal strength surged wildly, instantly breaking through the shackles of ninety-nine dragon horses' power and advancing triumphantly.

  Still growing!

  One hundred and sixty-four horsepower! It continued to grow until it reached one hundred and sixty-four horsepower, at which point the momentum of this surging power finally began to slow down, but still continued to grow, albeit not as rapidly as before.

  One hundred and eighty dragon horses' power! Only when it reached one hundred and eighty dragon horses' power did the strength in Lu Shao's body stop growing, increasing by over a hundred dragon horses' power! This made Lu Shao feel a surge of joy. One hundred and eighty dragon horses' power was still just physical strength! If combined with demonic yuan attacks, the power would be even more formidable. The only thing that made him feel depressed was that his cultivation had yet to break through to the seventh heaven of Qi Refining, seemingly lacking something. At this time, the divine light within Lu Shao's body retracted, and all the strange phenomena disappeared without a trace, as if he had become a statue of an ancient Buddha. Lu Shao furrowed his brow. Although he didn't know where these strange phenomena came from, since he had transformed into his current form, they had always accompanied him, allowing him to gain the upper hand in battle and seize the initiative. However, who knew if this was actually a good thing? Maybe it was just a chess piece left behind by some great figure from ancient times or even more distant eras.

  At this thought, Lu Shao felt a surge of pressure. He knew he had to quickly improve his strength in order to break free from fate and escape the manipulation of others, taking control of his own destiny! After all, at present, he still didn't know whether the figure on the stone monument was benevolent or malevolent towards him.

  "Huh——" Lu Shaoyou suddenly stood up, stretched out his hand and grabbed it, the spiritual medicine on the lake surface was caught in his sleeve.

  "It's a good thing I have this storage ring, otherwise I wouldn't know where to put all these things!" Lu Shao-yu muttered to himself as he put the spiritual medicine back into the storage ring. This storage ring was something Lu Shao-yu had obtained after killing that lecherous young man on his way here, and it contained some cultivation pills and a book recording strange events from the mainland called "The Chronicles of the Vast Expanse". As for the mainland, Lu Shao-yu wasn't very familiar with it, so he was quite fond of this book, but he really didn't have time to flip through it, as all his time was devoted to cultivation. "Lingyun grass, Blood Coral, Bìlóng Tiěngù, Kuīxīn Stone... and this inner elixir. Hmm, this storage ring is quite useful, I reckon it's not something an ordinary demon clan can use, that young man's background must be pretty extraordinary too."

  But Lu Shao didn't care, as long as he escaped into the Yanwu tribe and focused on his cultivation, he wouldn't necessarily be afraid of the people behind him in the future. At worst, if one came, he would kill one; if a pair came, he would kill a pair.

  Lu Shao carefully examined the inner elixir of the Biyan Jinxian, thinking that if he swallowed it now, he would definitely be able to break through to the Seventh Heaven of Qi Refining, or even reach its peak. Lu Shao swallowed his saliva and restrained his desire, for compared to obtaining power through external means, he preferred to achieve it with his own two hands. After all, relying on external objects was just that - external, and would never be considered a great path, at most just a small one. If the foundation was not solid, it would lead to suffering in future cultivation, and who knows, might even die at the hands of his own heart demon.

  After carefully counting the spiritual medicines, Lu Shao-yu looked around and found nothing else of value. He sighed and said, "This beast is really poor, not even a single treasure." Then he transformed into a long rainbow and left. If the golden-scaled crocodile that had just died were to hear these words, it would surely be furious, cursing Lu Shao-yu as shameless for taking its life and still calling it a poor ghost!

  "Hmm... after searching for so many days, I've only found this little bit of stuff. It's probably just 800 merit points in total. Looks like I'll have to resort to robbery." Lu Shao Yu sat on a massive boulder, his face twisted in frustration as he sighed. His divine sense had searched far and wide but couldn't find any good spiritual medicine. Even if he did find some, he wouldn't be able to defeat the guardian spirit beast protecting it. This was clearly telling him to go rob someone! Suddenly, Lu Shao Yu's divine sense stirred, and a hint of a smile appeared on his lips.

  "Alright, you bunch of guys, I won't rob you, but instead, you're not only not begging for Buddha's blessing, but also coming to rob me? You're really asking for death!" Lu Shaoyou thought to himself. "Since all of you have delivered yourselves to my doorstep, then I, young master, will not be polite." Lu Shaoyou narrowed his eyes and thought, just now he had been searching everywhere with his divine sense for spiritual medicine, but unexpectedly saw several other guys sneaking around and staring at him, preparing to make a move.

  Lu Shao Yu just thought of making a move when his body suddenly shook and a cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth again.