Chapter 18: Cultivation Boost (Part 2)
Wang Xiong lightly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "It's ok. I'm cultivating!"
Cultivating? Qinghuan opened her mouth, she had yet to see anyone who cultivated to the point that they threw up blood.
However, Wang Xiong had no choice but to push ahead in this way. Very soon, he's going to pluck the Godly Tomb flower and use it to evolve his Tianding point. But, not having
enough time to slowly enlarge his Tianding aperture, he had to use brute force to quickly open it.
Fortunately, Wang Xiong succeeded.
From a bystander's viewpoint, Wang Xiong did not show any changes. However, Wang Xiong himself knew that his Tiandong aperture had enlarged countless of times. It was formerly only the size of a finger, yet now, it seemed to be as spacious as the base of a mountain.
Wang Xiong opened his eyes slightly. When he stretched out his hand, a long whip lashed out and wrapped around the core.
"But this is the core of a human head tree, you also want to eat it?" Qinghuan asked inquisitively.
Wang Xiong didn't pay attention to her and instead, opened his mouth to swallow a finger sized tree core.
The core had just entered his body when suddenly, his Tianding aperture emitted an attractive force.
"Humm!"
The vital energy inside the tree's core instantly entered the Tianding aperture, then rotated within, changing the core's vital energy into Wang Xiong's own vital essence, then entered into his blood vessels to be delivered to his dantian.
"Woosh woosh!" Inside his dantian, vital essence constantly increased, more and more, until they compressed into a small mountain sized space in his dantian.
Vital essence crammed in his dantian. Wang Xiong narrowed his eyes. He knew that he'd reached a critical moment at this point.
"What a pity. The Tianding wheel had not evolved to a point where it can help with the compression. I can only increase the quantity!" Wang Xiong displayed a trace of disappointment.
He opened his mouth and swallowed a little bit of tree core once more.
"Humm!" After passing through the Tianding aperture and his blood vessels, surging vital energy became vital essence and entered his dantian.
His dantian was already full previously, and now, several folds arrived once more. Immediately, it expanded and seemed as if it could blow apart his dantian at any time. Surging vital essence finally expanded to its limit.
"Boom!" A loud boom as the vital essence within his dantian suddenly experienced a qualitative change. Abruptly, all of his vital essence instantly congealed, and transformed once more into a strand.
Its volume decreased countless times.
As before, it was still vital essence in a gaseous form. However, his vital essence currently was actually countless times more powerful than before.
Moreover, the originally transparent vital essence currently changed into a light purple color.
"In the past, when vital energy became vital essence, his vital essence transformed once. Presently, the vital essence transformed twice. This is the second stage of the Qi Ocean realm?" Wang Xiong's eyes shined.
Once again, Wang Xiong swallowed a little bit of tree core.
This time, the vital energy that his Tianding aperture refined also increased in quality and seemed like it wanted to fill his entire dantian. He needed to produce many more times the amount of vital energy before it was possible to advance further.
After six hours.
"Boom!" A loud boom sounded again. The vital essence inside his dantian filled his dantian completely once more before it congealed into a new strand of vital essence.
The color of his vital essence was also a bit more purple.
Vital essence transformed three times. This is the third stage of the Qi Ocean Realm?" Wang Xiong eyes flashed in satisfaction. This won't do. My dantian hurts too much. I can't continue to cultivate in this way. Otherwise, my dantian will rupture!" Wang Xiong sighed faintly as he opened his eyes.
As he opened his eyes, Wang Xiong's entire body drummed and turbulence swept outward.
Immediately, the demonic Yin gas around him dispersed slightly.
"You, your cultivation also broke through? What, you're even more powerful than I am?" Regional Princess Qinghuan asked in amazement.
"That's right. I'm more powerful than you now. Who are you going to blame for not eating these tree cores?" Wang Xiong smiled as he replied.
"I, I'm just not eating!" Qinghuan insisted stubbornly.
"!" The little tiger seemed to have fallen asleep in Wang Xiong's bosom and woke up.
Wang Xiong pat the little tiger's head and smiled slightly.
"Senior, I've broken through. I'm now at the second stage of the Martial Ancestor realm. This tree core is even more formidable than the essence pills I've eaten before!" Ju Que exclaimed in delight.
Wang Xiong observed Ju Que the shook his head. "Martial Ancestor realm's second stage? If you were to revolve your dantian, you should be able to advance at least another stage!"
"It's enough already, already enough!" Ju Que grinned delightedly.
The wolf pack also all stood up, a respectfully bowed ot Wang Xiong.
Yu Jin announced even more good news to Wang Xiong.
"You've reached the fifth stage of the Qi Ocean realm? The other wolves have also reached the fourth stage? Not bad. Digest everything well first. Your physical bodies still can't keep up with your cultivation. First use vital essence to refine your physical bodies before making another breakthrough!" Wang Xiong explained to them.
"Awoo awoo woo!" The wolf pack deferentially nodded their heads.
Yu Jin was the most excited one, because he's made the right bet. As expected, by following Wang Xiong, who guided him bit by bit, he'd surpass his former fumbling ways.
"Gather the remaining tree cores. They may be of use in the future!" Wang Xiong instructed them.
There were fifty three cores altogether, of which they'd used thirty, so there were still twenty left. Under Wang Xiong's arrangements, they tied all of these tree cores on top of the wolves' backs.
"Wang Xiong, we've been trapped for a day. When can we leave?" Qinghuan asked with worry.
"There are Wind Rooted Trees here, so it's possible to leave now!" Wang Xiong looked at the big trees all around with satisfaction.
"Huh? These human head trees? Haven't they already been split open? Of what use are they now?" Qinghuan didn't understand it.
"Burn them!" Wang Xiong instructed them.
"Burn?" Qinghuan didn't understand.
Under Placid Cloud Mountain, the group of Zhou Tian Yin, Fourth Prince, and Zhou Chi saw Wang Xiong go on a killing spree. When the heavenly eye's time ran out and everything dispersed, everybody immediately became anxious.
"Wang Xiong shouldn't have killed Regional Princess Qinghuan, right?"
"Damn it! Damn it Wang Xiong is rushing into a huge disaster!"
Everybody was filled with anxiety, but were out of options. They could only wait until noon of the second day.
"Hurry, Eldest Miss Zhou, hurry and see whether Regional Princess Qinghuan is still alive!" Fourth Prince exclaimed anxiously.