Chapter 102: On the Verge of Becoming a Key Player (Part 4—Dear Readers, Please Be the First to Subscribe!)

Chapter 103: Almost Becoming a Main Force (Dear Readers, Please Support the First Release!)

“With the power of five dragons and six tigers, combined with my own blood energy as vast as the sea, and the secret technique of Fish-Dragon Transformation Dance, my strength can nearly reach the level of seven dragons.”

“Then, once I master the Star Body Formation technique for my clone, increasing my blood energy to beyond six dragons...”

“At that moment, when I unleash my full potential, I will possess strength approaching eight dragons.”

With these thoughts, Xu Chen gazed up at the sky.

“Unconsciously, I have already become this strong.”

“Rolling this snowball feels exhilarating.”

Now, Xu Chen eagerly anticipated the scenes after advancing to the Treasure Body realm.

“The path to invincibility is only just beginning.”

Standing with his hands behind his back, Xu Chen looked toward the heavens.

Under the midday golden sun, the blazing rays warmed the earth, bathing Xu Chen in a heat that felt like soaking in a hot spring.

Just then, a luxuriously decorated spiritual vessel passed through the formation and landed on the training ground.

Clan Elders Li Chengfu and Zong Changshou immediately sensed the aura emanating from Xu Chen.

The overwhelming blood energy, vast as the ocean, made them feel like fragile boats tossed about in a furious storm, liable to be capsized at any moment.

“Junior brother, your strength has grown again,” Li Chengfu said joyfully. Who wouldn’t like their comrades growing stronger? Who wouldn’t want their “thighs” to become bigger?

“I’ve had some revelations,” Xu Chen replied.

“I just broke through and haven’t yet fully restrained my aura. Please forgive us, senior brothers,” he added.

Mentioning the need to restrain his aura seemed to relieve the two men somewhat.

“In less than three months, the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield will open.”

“Just now, fresh intelligence arrived. Let me share it with you, junior brother Xu.”

The three entered the hall of the cave dwelling, and Zong Changshou projected a light screen.

The screen displayed information about the alien blood energy realm forces from the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court.

“This intelligence comes from frontline scouts.”

“These are the aliens the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court plans to send into the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield. Each one is formidable.”

“We must avoid them inside.”

“Their blood energy all surpasses the level of nine dragons — they’ve cultivated so many.”

Xu Chen was somewhat shocked as he looked over the dense images and lists of alien figures.

“Among these aliens with blood energy above nine dragons, eighty percent have been forcibly catalyzed, exhausting their innate potential; they can only ever reach the Treasure Body realm in their lifetime.”

“We humans have similar methods, but we don’t cultivate them that way,” Zong Changshou explained.

“Also, I’ve received another message: there is a race within the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court known for nurturing beast spirits. They plan to release tens of millions of blood energy beasts into the battlefield once it opens.”

“Is it true that any creature with blood energy above three dragons can enter the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield?” Xu Chen couldn’t help but ask.

“To open a passageway into the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield requires consuming vast amounts of Dao Crystals, comparable to postnatal spiritual treasures.”

“The Holy Spirit Heavenly Court occupied a weak entry and exit point beforehand, allowing them to use fewer resources to create a larger entrance.”

“Our human race has newly discovered this and can only forcibly break through.”

“So, when facing the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court’s blood energy forces, we humans are roughly outnumbered ten to one.”

“Though the risk is great, the rewards are even greater.”

Zong Changshou handed a jade slip to Xu Chen.

“There are several particularly noteworthy alien prodigies from the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court here.”

Xu Chen nodded and stored the jade slip in his spatial pouch, finally looking at the two.

“Senior brothers, no wonder you come from great families—you’ve both raised your strength beyond five dragons. Impressive!”

Just from their breathing, Xu Chen could estimate their approximate strength.

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“We can’t compare to junior brother Xu. Hopefully, you won’t mind us slowing you down,” they said.

They had hoped to catch up with Xu Chen, but six months later, the gap remained vast.

“Junior brother Xu, the five great sects of Leizhou have agreed to depart for the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield in two months.”

“Is there anything else you need to prepare?” Li Chengfu asked.

“Uh, the original Celestial Blue Bow I made is already rather weak.”

“The second one is just right, but please make me another war bow capable of withstanding the power of seven to nine dragons.”

Looking over the dense introductions of the Holy Spirit Heavenly Court’s blood energy aliens on the light screen, Xu Chen felt even a six or seven dragon-level Celestial Blue Bow was too weak and needed an extra layer of security.

“No problem!”

Li Chengfu was more than willing to make one, even a hundred times over.

A delivery crane flew above Xu Chen’s cave dwelling; Li Chengfu went outside to receive the spatial food box.

Good wine and delicious dishes— the three ate and chatted with exceptional delight.

Neither Li Chengfu nor Zong Changshou exerted their power to dissipate the wine’s effects, so after drinking, they grew talkative and began sharing their tragic stories.

One had a Grand Golden Immortal grandfather but low talent, unloved by his parents, left behind and pacified only with endless spiritual coins—a rich second generation.

The other was the eldest son of his family, gifted and sharp-witted, doted on by the entire clan, while the younger son was just an insignificant secondary heir.

Most resources were taken by the eldest brother, leaving him a pitiful existence with only tens of millions of spiritual coins annually.

Both had been sent to the minor sect at the bottom of Leizhou’s five great sects, the Daxi Sect.

Though resigned, they yearned to prove themselves.

Initially, they only intended some minor skirmishes to see if they might have a one-in-ten-thousand chance.

But as their comrade’s strength grew, their mindset gradually shifted.

From merely wanting to scavenge some scraps and earn some human contributions in the Ancient Wilds Sacred Battlefield, they now felt like they might be main forces.

This change made them somewhat lose their composure.

“Junior brother Xu, we must find time to go to the Human Emperor Continent and swear brotherhood before the Human Emperor’s Temple.”

“From now on, my money is your money, your father is my father, your mother is my mother,” Li Chengfu slurred, waving his hand with grandiosity.

“What about a wife? No wife, and you want to swear brotherhood?” Zong Changshou also drank too much.

Xu Chen looked at the two with a mixture of amusement and helplessness. He was a little tipsy, but the overwhelming blood energy within him soon expelled the alcohol naturally.

As Xu Chen tried to put the two to bed in guest rooms, the spiritual vessel’s spirit that Li Chengfu rode appeared and took them away.

Only then did Xu Chen realize it was already late at night.

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Within the Sacred White Space, Xu Chen carried the Molten Fire Forging Blade on his back, wearing three kinds of strength-enhancing medicines.

As for poisons, Xu Chen had given up on them; the massive blood energy of his clone rendered ordinary poisons ineffective.

“This battle will decide victory or defeat.”

Xu Chen took a deep breath, excitedly opening the door to the Star Body Formation technique.

Distant stars glittered, but up close was pitch-black darkness.

Drawing the Molten Fire Forging Blade from his back, he gently brushed its blade with a surge of force.

A bright crimson glow radiated from the blade.

Through the red light, Xu Chen faintly saw his clone lurking in the darkness.

“Why aren’t you attacking today?”

In the past, eight out of ten times, the clone would rush out like a madman as soon as he closed the door.

“You know, from my experience, you are undoubtedly the kind of person I hate most.”

“You should have suffered hardships, endured pain, but none of that happened.”

“I like tragedies, not someone who changes their fate so easily.”

“You have such low talent; your parents should have despised you, had more gifted children, and crushed you beneath their feet.”

“With such low strength entering the sect, you should have been bullied endlessly.”

“In the sect, you ought to have been a lickspittle chasing those alien women who looked down on you, treated like a dog.”

The clone’s low, grim voice echoed through the blood-red illuminated darkness, sounding terrifying.

“You should have died in this lowly, despicable state.”

“But no, you have escaped all that—everything you should have endured, you didn’t!”

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