Chapter 72

It was already a desperate situation; with Ye Wei's own strength, there was no way to escape.

"Ultimately, I still have to use the divine scrolls..." Ye Wei felt a bit pained in his heart. Lin Ziyuan had given him five divine scrolls, two of which contained protective divine techniques, while the other three contained offensive divine techniques.

The five divine scrolls were all valuable mid-grade divine scrolls, each costing at least tens of thousands of silver coins. Once a divine scroll was torn, it would lose all value, equivalent to instantly throwing away tens of thousands of silver coins. That was tens of thousands of silver coins! How could Ye Wei not feel heartache?

Rip!

The five gray-brown stone statues and the martial artist with a deranged expression blocked all of Ye Wei's escape routes. Ye Wei had no other choice. Just as the stone statues swung their huge fists to smash Ye Wei and the deranged martial artist roared and charged at Ye Wei, the divine scroll in Ye Wei's hand, which emitted a faint green light, was suddenly torn open.

Boom!

As the divine scroll broke, the hidden divine technique within instantly erupted.

Hundreds of divine patterns surged out from the divine scroll, quickly combining and operating, emitting a dazzling red light.

"Is this the power of a divine technique?" At the moment Ye Wei tore the divine scroll, he felt a vast and scorching power temporarily under his control.

The power of the divine technique was completely under his control. He could guide the divine technique to attack any direction, and he could also make it dissipate.

To control a power that originally did not belong to him, this was the magic of the divine scroll!

"Kill!"

Ye Wei's gaze fell on the five gray-brown stone statues. Controlling the power of the divine technique, a vast flame power swirled around him.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

"Divine Technique —— Earth Fire Blaze!"

With Ye Wei's cold shout, hundreds of divine patterns written in demon blood floated in the air. Then, a scorching aura emitted a terrifying high temperature, distorting the surrounding air.

With Ye Wei as the center, circles of flame shadows spread out like surging waves. The five gray-brown stone statues, swinging their fists, suddenly collided with the flame shadows.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The moment the stone statues touched the flame shadows, five thunderous explosions sounded simultaneously. The five gray-brown stone statues instantly exploded into a pile of rubble.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The flame shadows continued to oscillate outward. Under Ye Wei's control, they rushed towards the distant stone statues.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The power covered a hundred-meter radius. In just a breath, over two hundred gray-brown stone statues were all reduced to rubble!

The terrifying aura of the divine technique enveloped the entire open space, and everyone turned in shock, looking at Ye Wei with uncertainty.

"Mid-grade divine scroll!" The gazes of the crowd immediately became complicated, with shock, surprise, and a hint of fear.

A mere apprentice realm youth, yet he had a mid-grade divine scroll for protection, he must have a significant background!

Crack, crack, crack!

Just as the power of the mid-grade divine scroll spread, the originally motionless silver and golden stone statues suddenly opened their eyes, their pupils emitting blood-red light several feet long.

"Trouble!"

"The dozens of intermediate stone puppets and five advanced stone puppets left by the Ice Emperor were activated by the aura of the mid-grade divine scroll!" Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao, who were gliding in the air, looked at the suddenly awakened silver and golden stone puppets, their faces turning extremely grim.

The situation was developing in an unexpected manner.

Rumble, rumble!

Before Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao's cries of alarm had even faded, the dozens of intermediate stone puppets emitting a faint silver light and the five advanced stone puppets emitting a golden light surged towards the crowd like a flood.

The intermediate and advanced stone puppets were much stronger than the gray-brown初级 stone puppets, and their speed was much faster. Their raised fists seemed like meteors falling from the sky, smashing down fiercely.

"Ah!"

"No, no!"

The sudden rush of dozens of intermediate stone puppets and five advanced stone puppets caught everyone off guard. In the panic, at least dozens of martial artists were crushed into meat paste by the stone puppets' fists.

The piercing screams echoed on the open ground, making people's scalps tingle and their hearts race. The already chaotic scene quickly became even more chaotic.

"Fight!"

"Act!"

Seeing this, the muscles around Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao's eyes twitched slightly. Their slightly narrowed eyes flashed with a fierce and cold light as they dove down and charged towards the dozens of intermediate stone puppets.

If the situation was not controlled, the nearly a thousand martial artists who had entered here might be completely wiped out!

Although Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao were strong, without the support of the crowd, they would also be unable to contend with so many stone puppets. The passage was sealed, and everyone had no way out. They could only unite to fight the stone puppets!

"Don't panic!"

"Stay calm, those who don't want to die, stay calm!" Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao used all their strength, shouting loudly to try to stabilize the situation.

The people on the open ground, after all, were martial artists. After a brief panic, they all calmed down and, under the leadership of Hong Xun, Lu Zhao, and Xue Yao, engaged in a difficult battle with the stone puppets.

In the critical moment, Ye Wei and the bloodthirsty martial artist were forgotten by everyone...

The martial artist with blood-red eyes lay on the ground, still mumbling incoherently, "kill, kill, kill."

Around Ye Wei's body, a dense blood mist like mercury enveloped him, forming a large human-shaped blood cocoon!

When Ye Wei tore the divine scroll and used the divine technique to destroy over two hundred gray-brown stone puppets, no one noticed that exactly 238 Blood Luo Crystals simultaneously shot towards Ye Wei!

The bloodlust contained in a single Blood Luo Crystal had already made a martial artist realm expert lose his mind. How could Ye Wei possibly withstand 238 Blood Luo Crystals?

Inside the blood cocoon, Ye Wei's pores opened wide, and the blood mist surged in, filling his skin, muscles, bones, and even his internal organs with a thick blood mist.

The bloodlust contained in the Blood Luo Crystals surged into Ye Wei's mind, eroding his soul. The more refined essence energy contained in the Blood Luo Crystals, which was even purer than top-grade elixirs, surged into Ye Wei's skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs. It was as if Ye Wei had swallowed 238 elixirs more potent than the Silver Moon Elixir, a power that the current Ye Wei could not bear.

Not to mention Ye Wei, who was only a four-star martial artist, even a high-ranking Condensation Essence Realm expert would absolutely be unable to withstand it!

Inside the blood cocoon, Ye Wei's body continuously swelled, like a balloon filled with air, seemingly about to burst at any moment.

Whether it was the surging bloodlust or the violent essence energy filling his body, either could easily end Ye Wei's life. The flood-like bloodlust eroded Ye Wei's soul, causing his consciousness to fall into a state of silence, and his memories began to blur!

The figures of his father, mother, grandfather, Ye Zhongtang, Lin Ziyuan, and others gradually faded... If Ye Wei's memories completely disappeared, he would become a puppet with only a killing intent, just like that martial artist!

His soul became dim and lifeless, and Ye Wei's consciousness was about to completely sink into silence!

No, I will not give in! Ye Wei barely maintained his clarity, biting his arm, the intense pain making his mind jolt, slightly regaining some clarity.

However, Ye Wei's consciousness could still be erased at any moment.

At this moment, a faint green mountain shadow appeared in Ye Wei's mind. The green mountain seemed to have several blurred golden characters that suddenly emitted a ten-thousand-foot golden light, spreading a majestic aura.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—

Under the golden light, the 238 bloodlusts attacking Ye Wei's soul, like snowflakes under the scorching sun, melted at a visible speed, transforming into the purest energy to nourish Ye Wei's mind. Ye Wei's soul, which was about to sink into silence, quietly emitted a faint golden light!

Ye Wei was still a four-star apprentice, but his mind, nourished by the 238 pure energies, began to slowly expand...

His cultivation did not increase, but his mind was expanding!

The green mountain shadow completely suppressed the bloodlust in Ye Wei's mind, and his mind continued to expand, eventually reaching a very astonishing level, even surpassing that of a martial artist!

With a sufficiently strong mind, Ye Wei's cultivation would improve very quickly, requiring only an increase in physical strength. If it was just an increase in physical strength, sufficient resources were enough!

Ye Wei had obtained 190 Silver Moon Elixirs, and resources were not a problem. If he could get through this crisis, his cultivation would improve greatly in a very short time.

The bloodlust was suppressed, but the surging essence energy in Ye Wei's body had nowhere to go, and his body continued to swell. His skin was stretched to the point of cracking, and his bones and internal organs were violently shaking!

If this continued, Ye Wei could only last ten breaths. After ten breaths, Ye Wei would explode!

The situation was extremely critical. At this moment, the rusty iron plate hanging on Ye Wei's waist in the spatial bag suddenly vibrated slightly. As it vibrated, the rust fell off, revealing a completely black body. Just as Ye Wei's body was about to burst, the iron plate shot out of the spatial bag.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The completely black iron plate, engraved with eighty-one blood-red grooves, floated three inches above Ye Wei's head, emitting black rays.

These black rays spread out from the iron plate, looking like a black lotus blooming on the peak of a blood mountain. The iron plate slowly rotated.

As the rotation speed increased, the iron plate suddenly emitted a powerful suction force, like a fierce beast, voraciously absorbing the violent essence energy that was about to burst Ye Wei.

Ye Wei's strangely swollen body visibly returned to normal. In a short while, only the essence energy that Ye Wei could bear remained in his body. Under the nourishment of this essence energy, Ye Wei's skin, which had been torn by the violent essence energy, and his bones and internal organs, which had been violently shaken, quietly returned to their original state.

Ye Wei was extremely excited. This iron plate was indeed not an ordinary object, just as he had thought!

Bang, bang, bang!

Several crisp sounds rang out. Under Ye Wei's skin, several green threads appeared, one, two, three... Instantly, ten green threads emerged.

Boom!

The ten green threads connected to form a green curtain, and Ye Wei's body emitted an iron-green light. His taut muscles became as hard as wood and stone, and his physical strength, power, and defense all increased several times in an instant. This was a qualitative improvement!

The green threads forming a curtain was the mark of entering the five-star apprentice realm!

Unconsciously, Ye Wei had crossed the four-star apprentice realm and entered the five-star apprentice realm!

When Ye Wei was in the four-star apprentice realm, he was already stronger than ordinary five-star apprentices. Now, having entered the five-star apprentice realm, his strength suddenly increased several times. Even a six-star apprentice would be far inferior to Ye Wei.

However, this was not the end. The green threads rapidly circulated around his body, gradually becoming more robust and powerful.

Ye Wei's mind was filled with a series of booms, and his muscles bulged as a surge of essence energy flowed into his dantian.

His cultivation continued to rise rapidly.

With a "boom," he broke through again, reaching the six-star apprentice realm!

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