Chapter 96

Seeing these guys charging over, Ye Chong's eyes turned icy cold, with a faint killing intent spreading in his pupils. He was determined to obtain the Yin-Yang Flower, and he wouldn't hesitate to take a life if anyone dared to stand in his way.

"Clang—"

In almost no time, the man-faced dragon had already charged over, and its scaly hand claw instantly swept towards where Ye Chong was standing.

Ye Chong's right hand flicked, and the Six Paths Asura Sword Seal quickly overlapped. Then, with a lightning-fast punch, he fiercely struck the man-faced dragon's sweeping hand claw.

The sound of metal clashing echoed, and in the next moment, the man-faced dragon's body trembled, actually being forced back several steps by Ye Chong's punch. This scene made its expression change slightly, clearly not expecting Ye Chong to have such abilities.

The other powerful figures who had charged over also had their expressions change when they saw Ye Chong actually force the man-faced dragon back with a single punch. They absolutely did not expect Ye Chong's abilities to be so formidable.

"Hum—"

Before they could finish being shocked, the spirit talismans that had been spinning on the small island had already quietly suspended in the air, and a thick light barrier covered Ye Chong's group and the entire island.

Under the cover of this light barrier, even the medicinal fragrance of the Yin-Yang Flower had been completely cut off.

"Damn humans!" The man-faced dragon stared in disbelief at this scene, and in the next moment, it attacked again, sweeping out a claw. A green light instantly landed on the light barrier, but it couldn't break through it at all.

"Master, the Star Constellation Sect guys have probably set up a protective spirit talisman array. Given the strength of this spirit talisman array, it might not last very long, but its defensive power is likely to be extremely astonishing!"

The many powerful figures of the Blood Yuan Dynasty also paused on the water's surface. From this defensive spirit talisman array, they felt an extremely astonishing fluctuation, and Xue Si's expression changed slightly as he spoke.

"Stay here. No matter what these Star Constellation Sect guys are trying to do, we absolutely cannot let them succeed. They are different from others. If we let them act recklessly, even our plans might be ruined..." Xue Xin's face was dark. For some reason, he always had a lingering shadow in his heart, making him extremely wary of Ye Chong and the others' sudden actions.

Seeing that the powerful figures of the Blood Yuan Dynasty did not retreat, the powerful figures of the Beast King Sect and the Battle Prince Manor also retreated to the side with flickering gazes, not rushing to enter the Hongya Cave.

After its attack failed, the man-faced dragon's face became extremely fierce. It ignored the other human powerful figures and continuously spewed out green light, clearly doing its utmost to break through the spirit talisman array.

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Inside the spirit talisman array, a milky white light barrier enveloped the entire island. On all sides of the island, at least a hundred spirit talismans were floating, each emitting extremely terrifying spiritual energy. These spiritual energies intertwined to form this extremely stable defensive spirit talisman array.

At the center of the spirit talisman array, Ling Yue was sitting cross-legged. As the imprints in her hands changed slightly, the positions of these spirit talismans would occasionally shift, emitting varying amounts of spiritual energy. This subtle manipulation kept the spirit talisman array in its most perfect state at all times.

Ye Chong also had a remarkable talent in the art of spirit talismans. After just a few glances at Ling Yue's actions, he understood that this woman might have no talent in martial arts, but her achievements in the art of spirit talismans were extremely astonishing. Although the spirit talismans she used were probably not drawn by her, the fact that she could set up such a powerful defensive spirit talisman array in such a short time was something not any ordinary spirit talisman master could do.

Moreover, if Ye Chong's calculations were correct, although Ling Yue had not yet officially become a spirit talisman master, her current cultivation was already infinitely close to that of a first-level spirit talisman master.

It should be noted that a first-level spirit talisman master could be compared to a martial arts innate spiritual energy realm expert. In other words, if Ling Yue were to use her full strength, her power would be infinitely close to that of a spiritual energy realm expert!

Su Yu and the others were clearly not seeing Ling Yue activate the spirit talisman array for the first time, so they didn't say much. Instead, they all cast curious gazes at the Yin-Yang Flower at the center of the island, their expressions peculiar.

"Since we have done this, those guys outside will certainly not let it go easily." Ling Yue suddenly opened her eyes. Although her face was still hidden behind a white veil, her eyes seemed to move slightly, "So, if you really want to refine the Yin-Yang Flower, I will do my best to buy you two hours of time."

"The time is enough." Hearing this, Ye Chong smiled faintly. With two hours, he had enough confidence to refine the Yin-Yang Flower. His only concern was whether he could successfully advance to the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage!

If he could smoothly advance to the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage, he wouldn't even care about those powerful figures from various factions, let alone a man-faced dragon with the strength of the seventh level of the Body Tempering stage.

This was Ye Chong's confidence. At the fifth level of the Body Tempering stage, he could already use various means to fight against sixth and even seventh-level Body Tempering experts. If his strength increased further, he wouldn't even care about seventh-level Body Tempering experts.

After all, Ye Chong practiced the ancient Body Tempering Divine Technique, the Six Paths Burial Sword Technique. Although he hadn't fully understood the Six Paths Burial Sword Technique by this point, this did not affect the manifestation of his strength.

Only by successfully advancing to the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage would the Star Constellation Sect have the qualifications to compete with other factions in this Hongya Cave dispute.

"Senior Ling Yue, and all the seniors." Ye Chong's gaze fell on the Yin-Yang Flower, his eyes filled with fervor. He took a deep breath and slowly walked over, "I will trouble you to protect me. I will strive to advance to the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage within two hours."

As he spoke, the Six Paths Burial Sword Technique in his body began to rapidly circulate. As his hand reached out, the Yin-Yang Flower quickly withered under the curious gazes of Su Yu and the others, finally transforming into a drop of extremely pure spiritual liquid. With a wave of his hand, it entered his mouth.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

The moment this drop of pure medicinal liquid entered his mouth, Ye Chong's body was like a storm of lightning, emitting a series of extremely terrifying sounds.

But Ye Chong seemed to be completely unaware, quickly sitting cross-legged and changing the imprints in his hands.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle—"

As the imprints in his hands changed, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rapidly gathered around him, continuously flowing into Ye Chong's body. Clearly, from this moment on, Ye Chong had already begun to forcibly refine the Yin-Yang Flower.

As Ye Chong used the Six Paths Burial Sword Technique to fully refine the Yin-Yang Flower, his clothes began to flutter without wind, and the green meridians under his skin began to move continuously.

A wave of dense energy washed over his body, with the yin and yang forces balanced. In the most rapid and stable way, it gradually rewrote his body.

The sixth level of the Body Tempering stage, the Bone Tempering stage!

Generally speaking, those who have the qualifications to advance to this realm have already forged their blood, skin, and meridians to the extreme. Only under such conditions do they have the qualifications to refine their body to the bone!

The terrifying strength possessed by the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage is a leap compared to the first five levels. If the first five levels of cultivation are merely quantitative changes, then the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage is a qualitative change!

Even those with weak constitutions, if they can cultivate to this realm, will likely have at least a thousand pounds of strength in their bodies, which is undoubtedly extremely terrifying.

However, the Six Paths Burial Sword Technique that Ye Chong practiced was extremely profound. From the beginning, his physical strength was already stronger than others, let alone now?

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Under the washing of the dense spiritual liquid energy, drops of dark black blood began to seep out of Ye Chong's body. These were the hidden ailments left in his body from previous body tempering, and now they were all eliminated. In their place, Ye Chong's body became abnormally powerful.

On the side, Su Yu and the others watched Ye Chong, who was in cultivation, with speechless expressions. They were all ninth-level Body Tempering experts and had a basic understanding of the various stages of the ninth level. However, Ye Chong's method of forcibly refining and advancing was something they had never heard of or seen before. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Chong showed no change in expression, they would have thought he had been washed silly by the energy.

Time passed quickly during cultivation. In the blink of an eye, two hours were almost over. Ye Chong was still in a state of cultivation, showing no signs of waking up.

Su Yu looked at Ye Chong with slight worry and then at Ling Yue, whose body was slightly swaying. Two hours of meticulously activating the spirit talisman array was a great mental strain, so when Ling Yue said she could only last two hours, it wasn't an understatement; she really could only last that long.

As the two hours passed, the thick spirit talisman array began to thin out. The man-faced dragon, which had been continuously attacking from the outside, clearly sensed something and became even more violent and frenzied in its attacks.

This action made the spirit talisman array even more precarious...