The ancient Bodhi tree had forcibly trapped everyone in this strange dimension for over a month. As the culprit, Chen Guan's every move was under constant scrutiny.
Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the others, not much later than Gu Xun'er, noticed that Chen Guan had unknowingly opened his eyes atop the tree, gazing at them with an indescribably perplexing gaze. He
possessed no joy, no anger, no sorrow, no emotion, as if detached from the world.
Yet, it was precisely this vacant, weathered gaze that inflicted immense pressure on Hun Yu and the others, as if their very souls were being read.
They dared not speak to disrupt the eerie atmosphere, nor to avert their gaze, as if only this could provide them with a sense of security.
Swish, swish, swish...
Figures appeared one after another: Yun Yun, Little Medical Fairy, Ran Qingchen, and the others.
Seeing the familiar figure, Chen Guan's gaze finally shifted. A long-lost emotion returned, a touch of agility. Those who had been watching him felt relieved. Now, he seemed like a living being.
"A Hundred Reincarnations!"
The perceptive ones had already guessed, watching Chen Guan with a frenzy of jealousy and alarm.
They didn't know the exact extent of the Hundred Reincarnations, but the name suggested it was a chance for a complete transformation.
Even a pig could soar to the heavens after experiencing the Hundred Reincarnations, let alone Chen Guan's inherent talent.
He was unfathomable now,
but he was undoubtedly terrifying!
Chen Guan ignored the scrutiny, his consciousness quickly returning to reality. He raised his head and exhaled a long puff of emerald green air.
Immediately, he rose from the ancient Bodhi tree and, before the gazes of the crowd, took a step forward.
The tree, so repulsive to everyone, rippled upon contact with Chen Guan's body, offering no resistance. It was as if it had transformed into liquid, allowing him to flow freely through it.
"Huh..."
Chen Guan let out a long breath, feeling as if he were in another world.
It was finally over!
To others, only a little over a month had passed, but in Chen Guan's mind, he had experienced a hundred reincarnations, without a trace of ambiguity.
Each reincarnation, a life. Even with Chen Guan's state of mind and formidable mental strength, he eventually became numb. Upon emerging from the cycle of reincarnation, he was initially confused about whether what he saw was real or not.
After all, compared to this experience, his life experience had only been a few decades.
"Bodhi, thank you very much. We'll see you again in the future."
No one could fathom Chen Guan's current state. It wasn't just about his physical strength or mental strength; it was a comprehensive transformation.
At this level, he had a sense that he would surely see the ancient Bodhi tree again.
It was indescribable, inexplicable, and profoundly mysterious.
Upon hearing Chen Guan speak, the ancient Bodhi tree, silent for over a month, immediately shook to its feet, emitting a rustling sound that amazed everyone. It turned out this creature truly possessed intelligence, though it simply seemed to disdain them.
"Chen Guan,"
Little Medical Fairy and the others approached, their eyes gleaming with curiosity.
They knew Chen Guan better, and now they could more clearly sense the transformation within him.
Chen Guan nodded and smiled, his gaze sweeping across the room, taking in everyone's progress.
"You've all made significant progress, that's fantastic."
Besides Chen Guan, their group had also made significant gains, their auras becoming more lingering and profound. Skyfire Venerable had even achieved a breakthrough to the rank of Eight-Star Dou Zun.
In fact, compared to Dou Qi strength, the most significant improvement was in their state of mind.
It could be said that this experience had laid a solid foundation for them all, ensuring their future cultivation would be twice as effective with half the effort!
"It seems you'll be even faster than me,"
Gu Xun'er approached, a hint of envy in her beautiful eyes.
She roughly guessed Chen Guan's current realm. In just over a month, he'd completed a journey that would take others decades, even centuries. Such an opportunity would be difficult for even someone from an ancient race to remain calm.
Chen Guan knew what she meant; it was simply the word "saint."
He smiled back, without any self-deprecation or further boasting. He turned to meet the fiery gazes in the distance.
Seeing Chen Guan's gaze, Hun Yu, Jiu Feng, and the others almost simultaneously activated their internal fighting spirit, their eyes cold and cautious. If Chen Guan showed any sign of movement, they would immediately unite and strike back, their only hope of reassurance and quelling the sense of danger.
Fortunately, Chen Guan didn't attack immediately.
The ancient Bodhi tree was stirring.
"Buzz..."
Suddenly, patches of emerald green light erupted from within the tree, faintly as if something was about to burst forth.
Once bitten by a snake, one becomes afraid of ropes for ten years.
Seeing the ancient Bodhi tree's behavior, Hun Yu and the others thought they were in danger and quickly retreated to distance themselves.
He had already proven the ancient Bodhi tree's formidable power with his own blood, and he would never repeat the same mistake of trying to defeat a powerful enemy with an egg against a rock.
As they retreated, a series of subtle muffled sounds suddenly erupted from within the tree, and then, like a celestial being scattering flowers, emerald green light burst forth, hovering in the air.
"So many Bodhi seeds!"
The sight of these light spots startled everyone, before a series of astonished cries erupted.
The crowd was incomprehensibly stunned. They couldn't believe that Bodhi seeds, so rare in the outside world, had been ejected from the ancient Bodhi tree in a flash, over twenty of them.
Grab!
Boom! Boom!
The same thought crossed everyone's mind, and they channeled their internal Dou Qi, exerting extreme speed to dissipate.
In the blink of an eye, the air was thick with figures.
But at that moment, a massive palm print, tens of feet across, suddenly appeared, enveloping everyone.
The massive palm print was incredibly ferocious, carrying an overwhelming momentum. With a resounding roar, everyone was driven back!
"Chen Guan, don't go too far!"
Jiu Feng shouted, filled with shame and indignation.
Just now, he had been among the group being pushed back.
A few days ago, he had been desperately trying to stop Chen Guan and prevent him from escaping, but now, with the combined strength of so many people, they were simply repelled by a single palm strike?
The disparity made Jiu Feng's face burn.
"You want to steal my things? Isn't that even more excessive?"
Jiufeng was about to argue. "Natural treasures belong to those with ability."
But before she could finish her words, she saw Chen Guan wave his hand. The green dots of light suspended in the air, as if summoned, flew towards Chen Guan with a whoosh, landing on his palm.
"I don't need so many Bodhi seeds. If you're interested, we can meet at Dan Tower later."
Ignoring the reddened eyes, Chen Guan offered most people an opportunity, which wisely led them to abandon their attempts to steal. "You're
kidding! They couldn't handle a casual slap. Risking their lives?
Rather than doing something that almost guaranteed death, it was better to follow the rules. While the Bodhi seeds would undoubtedly come at a hefty price, at least there was hope."
After he finished speaking, Chen Guan once again looked at the Soul Clan and the Sky Demon Phoenix Clan.
"As for you, the Bodhi seeds are right here. Come and try?"
Chen Guan said playfully, no longer considering them a threat.
Such contempt infuriated the two self-proclaimed masters.
However, Jiufeng didn't dare to attack again, realizing the gap between them. She immediately turned her gaze to the Soul Jade.
The Soul Jade, on the other hand, was watching Gu Xun'er. Chen Guan was no longer the same person he had been before. After his transformation, if Gu Xun'er were to help him, he wouldn't stand a chance of winning.
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Fortunately, Gu Xun'er didn't seem to be inclined to help Chen Guan; her pretty face even showed a rare hint of anticipation.
Seeing this, Hun Yu could no longer contain himself. With a mighty wave of his hand, he led the Hun Clan towards Chen Guan.
Jiu Feng, seizing the opportunity, knew this might be their only chance, and immediately gritted her teeth and followed suit.
"Attack together!"
Over ten Dou Zun from both factions, including prominent figures like Hun Yu and Jiu Feng, locked onto Chen Guan.
Xiao Yixian and the others, filled with murderous intent, were about to attack when Chen Guan intervened.
"I'll do it,"
he said, and with a flick of his hand, Chen Guan appeared in mid-air, confronting the two clans head-on.
Over a dozen Dou Jing (battle skills) surged forward, seemingly threatening to rip the very sky apart, engulfing Chen Guan.
Standing at the center of the storm, Chen Guan remained unfazed. He raised his hand and launched a burst of unstoppable force, like a divine weapon, shattering the layers of Dou Jing, unfazed by the slightest threat.
"Swish!" "Swish!"
Bathed in the bursting energy, Chen Guan's speed remained unaffected. With a single slap, he swatted away the strongest, Hun Yu and Jiu Feng. With a tap of his fingertips, strange fire shot out, piercing the two unfortunate individuals' brows.
In the instant of the clash, two Dou Zun obeyed!
The onlookers gasped, feeling a sense of having escaped a catastrophe.
Fortunately, fortunately, he hadn't harbored murderous intent earlier.
Chen Guan glanced at the two bodies about to fall and nodded in satisfaction.
He remembered watching Gu Xun'er handle Hun Ya and Hun Li with such ease in the Heavenly Tomb. He had been filled with admiration and astonishment.
Yet, in less than a year, he had reached this level of growth!
"Chen Guan, you're courting death!"
"Soul-Destroying Palm!"
Hun Yu roared coldly, unleashing a powerful fighting technique.
His palms flew, forming complex hand seals one after another. The cold, black Dou Qi within him condensed in front of him like lightning, forming a terrifyingly deep, pitch-black palm print. Shrill screams echoed from above, and faintly, the hideous face of a spirit loomed above it.
Soul Clan fighting techniques seemed to be all this monstrous.
On the other side, Jiufeng's face was solemn, her irises radiating a dazzling light. Anyone who looked directly at her felt their souls tremble, as if being forcibly pulled out.
A soul fighting technique based on pupil magic!
Quite novel.
Chen Guan glanced back at the two of them, and a cluster of strange fire instantly burst through the air, rising with the wind, enveloping the pitch-black palm print. A series of shrill screams echoed, making his scalp tingle.
As for Jiufeng...
she was just waving her sword before Guan Gong. Chen Guan ignored her completely.
With a wave of his fists, he unleashed powerful waves of Dou Qi, like a celestial demon slaying, wantonly slaughtering Dou Zun from both clans. In just ten breaths, four more Dou Zun masters were blasted apart in mid-air.
Was this a siege?
No, this was a one-sided massacre!
Witnessing the decimation of his clan elders, Jiu Feng's eyes shone with blood, his features twisted, his irises strained to the limit, blood streaming from the corners of his eyes.
Even more incomprehensible than the loss of his clan's powerful members was Chen Guan's unfazed acceptance of his attacks.
This outcome shattered Jiu Feng's spirit, his faith shattered.
"Your spiritual power is too weak to break my defense."
It must be said that Chen Guan was a good man.
He noticed Jiu Feng's doubts and even managed to point out the key.
Even before his hundred reincarnations, he had already reached the soul strength of the mid-level Celestial Realm, let alone now.
It's no exaggeration to say that even with this severely "biased" Jiu Feng, Chen Guan couldn't kill him even if he stood still.
Crushing power, unstoppable!
"Boom!" "Boom!"
Two more Dou Zun masters were blasted to pieces, leaving only three in mid-air.
Shaking the blood from his hands, Chen Guan surveyed the remaining two, as if debating who to kill first.
Across from him, Jiu Feng was already mired in self-doubt, desperately activating his pupil technique. The very space before him distorted, sweeping out like ripples.
But whenever these waves reached within three feet of Chen Guan, they were intercepted by an invisible barrier, unable to cause even a single ripple.
Most of Jiu Feng's fighting skills were centered around his irises, his most powerful weapon.
If Chen Guan weren't so adept at mental power, Jiu Feng's threat, while not as great as the Soul Jade, would have been no less significant.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
The onlookers, roughly perceiving the truth, shook their heads, feeling pity for Jiu Feng. It was so devastating; they, too, would have been devastated.
On the other side, Soul Jade, after repeated failed attacks, fell silent, its gentle face filled with solemnity.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Chen Guan sensed a mysterious vibration emanating from Soul Jade.
Looking up, he saw Soul Jade's hand seal shift, and a clan crest slowly emerged from its brow.
With the appearance of this crest, Soul Jade's aura suddenly surged, instantly ascending to the realm of Ninth Transformation Dou Zun.
A common trump card of ancient races: the clan crest!
"Void Soul Beast!"
With a fierce cry, the Dou Qi within Soul Jade surged forth. As the hand seal shifted, a massive phantom beast, hundreds of feet long, materialized behind it.
The beast's phantom was bizarre, its limbs barely visible, its entire body consisting mostly of a head, like a deformed toad...
As the beast's maw opened and closed, a terrifying devouring force spread out, causing the weaker onlookers to almost lose their balance and quickly retreat.
Chen Guan faced the phantom of the demonic beast, his gaze narrowing slightly.
He sensed a faint familiar aura within it.
It was the characteristic of the Void Devouring Flame.
Shaking his head slightly, Chen Guan offered no resistance, his figure darting towards the abyssal maw.
In the blink of an eye, he was about to be swallowed.
At that moment, the long sword in Chen Guan's hand flashed, and a flash of extremely blazing blade light shot out.
"Swish!"
Like a deflated ball, the massive demonic beast's phantom was split in two, and its devouring power instantly dissipated.
Eat as much as your stomach can hold. Eating too much will burst.
The shadow of the demon beast dissipated, and Soul Jade was struck by lightning. His body trembled violently, and his face turned visibly paler.
"How could this be? You're not even a Half-Saint yet?"
Soul Jade demanded through gritted teeth, unable to accept such a result.
Chen Guan looked down at him from above.
"We're both at the Ninth Transformation, but you're no match for me!"