Chapter 57

Ignoring everyone's attempts to persuade him, Nie Tian resolutely chose to leave the team.

The reason he gave was that the desert was more suitable for his cultivation.

However, Jiang Lingzhu, Pan Tao, and others did not actually agree with this reason.

Only cultivators with a fire attribute could achieve a faster realm advancement in the desert environment.

Nie Tian had never shown any talent for fire attribute cultivation, and they did not believe that Nie Tian was the type of cultivator who possessed such talent.

Even if Nie Tian's cultivation attribute was truly fire, the volcanic area where Xuanwu Palace's Zheng Bin and others were located would be a more suitable place for his cultivation.

Therefore, everyone understood that Nie Tian was just looking for an excuse to leave.

They really couldn't understand why, in the face of the Blood Sect and the Ghost Sect's threats, Nie Tian would choose to leave the team.

Nie Tian did not provide a reasonable explanation. Carrying hundreds of pounds of dried earth lizard meat, he left alone.

After separating from the main group, Nie Tian walked alone for most of the day and chose a secluded place with sand dunes. He began to continuously consume the earth lizard meat for cultivation.

He no longer wanted to waste time, nor did he want to wait until the energy stored in the dried meat was almost depleted before consuming it.

He risked his life to leave everyone, all to be able to use the earth lizard meat to break through to the eighth level of the Qi Cultivation realm as soon as possible.

He dared not delay for a moment.

Over the next two days, he did nothing but eat and cultivate frantically!

In just two days, his Spirit Sea expanded by about thirty percent!

By not traveling and dedicating all his time to cultivation, his cultivation speed was much faster than expected.

Not only did his Qi Cultivation realm improve significantly, but with the tempering of his flesh and blood, his mental energy coverage also reached ninety meters!

He thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of making progress every day, clearly sensing his own strength growing bit by bit. He was fully committed.

...

In the desert.

Yu Tong of the Blood Sect held a dark red compass, bit her finger, and dripped a drop of bright red blood onto the compass.

The drop of blood from Yu Tong immediately turned into fine blood threads upon landing on the compass, as if they had a life of their own, moving to various positions on the compass.

A hazy blood light was released from the compass, giving it a mysterious aura.

Soon, those fine threads gradually seeped into the compass and disappeared.

"Reveal!" Yu Tong called softly.

Tiny specks of blood light suddenly flashed from the compass, flickering and slowly moving.

Beside her, Mo Xi and others from the Ghost Sect instinctively gathered around when the blood-colored light points appeared.

"Truly worthy of the Blood Sect's Blood Detection Compass, it is indeed wondrous and unpredictable," Mo Xi praised sincerely.

He knew that the blood-colored light points on the compass represented blood vibrations, symbolizing living beings.

A cluster of blood-colored light points moving together indicated that many people were on the move.

"Nineteen blood-colored light points, representing nineteen people. If there are no surprises, those guys should be the trial participants from the Spirit Treasure Pavilion and the Lingyun Sect," Du Kun said, his eyes fixed on the compass.

"Hey!"

He suddenly pointed to another small blood-colored light point on the surface of the compass and said in surprise, "Why is there still one person here?"

Mo Xi focused and saw that this light point was far from the other nineteen, clearly not in the same place.

The other light points were clustered together and always moving.

Only this light point remained stationary, staying in one place.

"I think this person... has been kicked out of the main group," Du Kun from the Ghost Sect chuckled. "He must be very annoying. Those guys, knowing we would surely pursue them, actually kicked him out of the team, clearly leaving him to fend for himself. Only someone who has offended everyone would be expelled from the team. He is truly a pitiful worm."

At this moment, Yu Tong of the Blood Sect suddenly put away the Blood Detection Compass.

She pointed in a direction, "Thirty miles that way, there is only one person."

"Our main target is the main group of the Lingyun Sect and the Spirit Treasure Pavilion. A single person is not worth changing our direction for," Mo Xi frowned and said to Du Kun, "The person kicked out of the team cannot possibly be Jiang Lingzhu or An Ying. Anyone else, you can easily kill."

Du Kun understood and said, "I'll take care of him."

"Alright, deal with him quickly and rejoin us. Don't waste too much time," Mo Xi said.

"Understood."

Du Kun, guided by Yu Tong, also left the main group alone.

"Everyone, speed up. We must intercept them before they reach the volcanic area and make sure they all die in the desert," Mo Xi shouted.

"Let's go!"

...

In the center of a cluster of sand dunes, Nie Tian sat cross-legged, his right hand spread open.

"Zhissh!"

Strands of spiritual light flew out from his fingertips.

These strands of spiritual light, following his mental changes, circled around his fingers like slender electric snakes.

"Seventh-level spiritual energy leaving the body," Nie Tian muttered to himself.

At this moment, he had just consumed a large amount of dried meat, and his stomach was digesting the spirit beast meat, with the energy not yet fully dispersed.

Before starting the Qi Cultivation technique, he tried to use the seventh-level spiritual energy leaving the body.

To his surprise, when his spiritual energy flowed through his meridians and reached his fingertips, the strands of spiritual energy smoothly escaped without any obstruction.

When the spiritual light condensed and bloomed from his fingertips, completely leaving his fingers, he made another astonishing discovery.

Even after the light from his spiritual energy left his body, he could still sense it and control it through his mental awareness!

Seeing the strands of spiritual light move as he wished, Nie Tian's face was filled with joy.

He had a vague feeling that the stronger his mental energy, the sharper his perception of spiritual energy, and the more precise his control.

He was naturally strong in mental energy, and after the recent strengthening of his body, his mental energy had been improving daily.

Now, his mental awareness could spread to a hundred meters!

This meant that his mental energy was rapidly growing, far exceeding that of cultivators at the same level.

The abundance and strength of mental energy helped in controlling spiritual energy. When the strands of spiritual energy left his body, his powerful mental energy allowed him to manipulate the external spiritual energy with great finesse and use it as he wished.

"Marvelous!" He exclaimed excitedly.

At this moment, the spirit beast meat he had consumed earlier, after being digested in his intestines, gradually began to generate energy.

Nie Tian immediately calmed down, not wanting to waste any more time, and prepared to cultivate using the Qi Cultivation technique.

If he could consume all the hundreds of pounds of earth lizard meat before significant loss, and use it all for cultivation, he believed he could break through to the eighth level of the Qi Cultivation realm in a short time.

"Shh!"

A very clear sound of footsteps suddenly sounded, growing louder and louder.

Nie Tian, who was about to cultivate, his face suddenly changed. Without hesitation, he immediately released his mental awareness to sense the abnormalities around him.

He knew that the people from the Lingyun Sect and the Spirit Treasure Pavilion were all rushing to the volcanic area and would not come here.

The ones coming must be disciples of the Ghost Sect and the Blood Sect, or spirit beasts of the desert.

He released his mental energy to determine the number of people, to decide whether to flee immediately.

"There's only one!"

A moment later, he retracted his mental energy and stood up calmly.

"Shh!"

The footsteps were deliberately made louder, as if the person did not fear he could escape and was intentionally intimidating him.

Nie Tian remained composed. After confirming there was only one person nearby, he was not only not nervous but also felt a slight excitement.

"It's you?"

Soon, Du Kun of the Ghost Sect appeared on a sand dune.

"You didn't run?" He said with some disappointment.

"Is it you." As soon as he appeared, Nie Tian immediately recognized him and smiled, saying, "With only you, why should I run? Where are the others? Are they nearby?"

"Others? Heh heh, who do you think you are? A small fry kicked out of the team, worth us all changing our direction for?" Du Kun mocked.

"Very well, since you're here, you'll stay!" Nie Tian made the first move.

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