The sudden scene caused Liu Bai, Jiu You and the others to be momentarily stunned. Soon after, each of them looked at Han Shan, who had suddenly attacked his own ally, with strange expressions.
Han Shan grinned. "Now five people is just right, is it not?"
The corner of Liu Bai's mouth twitched as he could not help giving the fellow a thumbs up.
An undisguised egoist.
It seemed his earlier judgment of this big fellow had still been somewhat conservative.
"It is said that the fourth level of the Body Refining Tower is extremely mysterious. As long as one can enter it, the benefits obtained will far exceed those of the first three levels…"
Jiu You smiled faintly and did not comment on Han Shan's actions, since it had nothing to do with them.
Moreover, this approach would probably make that group even more furious, which was equivalent to sharing part of their pressure. In that case, it was only reasonable for him to obtain a slot.
Jiu You's words caused everyone's eyes to light up. The five of them then simultaneously rushed onto the Thunder Platform.
Buzz!
The moment the five stood firm, the five thunder light prayer mats beneath their feet began to hum and tremble. Then the mats carried the five of them as they slowly flew forward into the space ahead that was filled with streaking streams of light.
The five pairs of eyes instantly turned fiery.
Within those streaks of light were drops of Thunder Marrow.
Han Shan was the first to act. He curved his palm into a claw and fiercely clenched it. A suction force surged from his palm, directly locking onto a streak of light and forcibly drawing it over.
The streak of light changed direction and shot toward Han Shan like a meteor.
Han Shan grinned. Spreading his arms, he did not use any Spiritual Energy as he welcomed the impact of the streak of light.
He knew clearly that a wondrous object like Thunder Marrow could not be contaminated by Spiritual Energy. In this heaven and earth, there was only one thing capable of carrying it, and that was true flesh and blood.
Therefore, to absorb Thunder Marrow, one had to use one's own body to receive it.
Bang!
The streak of light ultimately struck Han Shan's chest, and a deep sound resounded.
Liu Bai and the other four frowned as they looked over. They saw several bloody holes appear on Han Shan's chest. Within the holes, thunder light flickered as threads of lightning like liquid rapidly merged into his flesh and blood.
Han Shan's face twisted instantly, clearly enduring extremely terrifying pain. After the Thunder Marrow entered the body, it would gradually dissolve within the flesh, tempering it inch by inch.
Such pain was naturally not something ordinary people could endure.
Especially Jiu You and Mo Ling. When they saw this scene, their faces twitched slightly and their feelings were extremely complicated.
Liu Bai, however, did not feel it was anything difficult. The pain he had endured in the previous two levels was no less than this Thunder Marrow body tempering. Therefore, he also operated the Thunder God Lotus above his head without hesitation and directly drew several clusters of light toward himself.
This scene instantly stunned everyone.
Even Han Shan, whose face had been twisted in pain, revealed shock.
"With my thick skin and tough flesh, I can at most endure one cluster of Thunder Marrow. Liu Bai is actually drawing so many at once. Is he courting death?"
He simply did not dare imagine what would happen if so many clusters of Thunder Marrow merged into his body at the same time. The most likely outcome was that his soul would be unable to withstand such terrifying pain. At best he would faint. At worst his soul would be injured.
Regardless of what they thought, Liu Bai's movements did not hesitate in the slightest.
When five or six clusters of light struck his body, more than ten bloody holes instantly appeared across Liu Bai's body, making him look extremely miserable.
However, such a situation was merely a small matter to Liu Bai. His expression did not change at all. Then the Ice Jade Divine Lotus stepped in to clean up the aftermath, continuously repairing those ferocious bloody holes.
As for the Thunder Marrow, it had already begun flowing throughout his body along his flesh and blood, then was devoured and absorbed by the True Dragon Mark and True Phoenix Mark on his chest and back.
Liu Bai glanced at his arms. The originally roaming True Dragon and True Phoenix patterns had now coiled there. Faintly, he could sense that the True Dragon and True Phoenix patterns were now extremely active and emitted a sense of longing. If he guessed correctly, they were craving the power of the Thunder Marrow.
Without any hesitation, Liu Bai once again drew more Thunder Marrow from afar, and the quantity was double that of before.
Jiu You watched from the side and could not help shaking her head inwardly.
This fellow was becoming less and less human. However, since there was no danger, she did not need to worry and simply continued her own tempering.
In the field, Han Shan watched with reddened eyes.
He also wanted to refine the Thunder Marrow as recklessly as Liu Bai, but he knew clearly that if he were as crazy as the latter, it would not take long before someone would be collecting his corpse.
Feelings of envy and jealousy rose within Han Shan's heart. In the end, he simply closed his eyes. Out of sight, out of mind.
Time gradually passed. Liu Bai, who had been seated cross legged upon the thunder light prayer mat, slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he did so, brilliant golden light burst forth from his body.
As the golden light surged, Liu Bai's previously scarred body recovered almost instantly. Faint golden patterns appeared upon his skin. Those patterns resembled dragon scales and phoenix feathers, looking extremely peculiar.
Lowering his head to look at his arms, the True Dragon and True Phoenix patterns had also undergone significant changes. Their purple gold color had become even deeper.
The True Dragon raised its claw. The dragon claw appeared sharper, with purple light lingering around it. An indescribable sharp aura emanated from it, as if it could easily tear apart the void.
Likewise, the True Phoenix's wings became even more resplendent. When the wings spread, it seemed as though it could fly ten thousand miles in the next instant, covering heaven and earth.
Especially the pair of dragon and phoenix eyes upon the True Dragon Mark and True Phoenix Mark. They now contained majestic golden light that inspired awe in those who gazed upon them.
Seeing such changes, joy surged within Liu Bai's heart. He slowly clenched his palm. As his fingers closed, it felt as though a terrifying power capable of destroying mountains with a single palm was rapidly gathering.
Perhaps now he did not even need to mobilize the power of the True Dragon and True Phoenix True Spirits. Relying solely on his physical body, he could defeat a spiritual beast clan prodigy like Han Shan who specialized in the flesh.
Sensing that the Thunder Marrow could no longer further enhance his body, Liu Bai stood up. He looked at the light circle leading to the fourth level ahead, then glanced back at Jiu You and the others who had yet to awaken. After a brief thought, he chose to go ahead first.
When Liu Bai rushed through the light circle of the fourth level, the first sensation he felt was that his surroundings suddenly dimmed.
He looked up and discovered that he seemed to have appeared within an ancient plaza.
At this moment, Liu Bai occupied one corner of the plaza, while no other figures had yet appeared in the remaining areas.
After recalling the details, it seemed that the test of the fourth level was not difficult. It was merely a measurement to determine the strength of one's power and whether one had the qualifications to enter the fifth level.
Soon, Liu Bai discovered a massive stone stele at the center of the plaza. In front of the stele were nine bronze lamps embedded into it. However, the lamps were pitch black and contained no flames.
"This should be the Power Stele," Liu Bai thought to himself.
The rules of the fourth level were actually very simple. One only needed to deliver a full force punch onto the Power Stele, and then the bronze lamps upon it would be ignited.
According to the rules, as long as one could ignite six bronze lamps, it would count as passing the fourth level.
However, what truly interested Liu Bai was the Power Stele itself.
According to the original, this object seemed to have been forged from the flesh and blood of the Swallowing Sky Divine Beast.
The Swallowing Sky Divine Beast was a super Divine Beast born from heaven and earth itself. It was said that this being was not born from any bloodline. Its rarity far surpassed any other super Divine Beast, and it seemed to have appeared only in extremely ancient times. Nowadays, few had even heard of it.
As for the benefits obtained from the fourth level test, they were precisely related to the Swallowing Sky Divine Beast.
Because the Power Stele was forged from the flesh and blood of the Swallowing Sky Divine Beast, once it was struck with great force, a trace of the Swallowing Sky Divine Beast's essence would overflow from it. The amount of this essence depended on the strength of the strike.
Simply put, the more bronze lamps that were ignited, the stronger the blood essence that would seep out. This was the reward for passing the fourth level.
For Liu Bai, who cultivated the Dragon Phoenix Body, the benefits of the fourth level were even more precious than the first three levels combined. At this moment, he had already held back a breath, preparing to directly obtain the grand prize.
Walking to the black Power Stele, he looked at the densely packed fist marks upon it. They were clearly left behind by spiritual beast clan prodigies who had once come to challenge this place.
Moreover, this Power Stele tested only pure physical strength. Thus, when Liu Bai stood before it, he discovered that the Spiritual Energy within his body could no longer be mobilized, as though it had been completely sealed.
Liu Bai did not care about this. Even relying solely on physical strength, he was absolutely invincible among those of the same level.
Faint golden light began to emerge from his body as the Dragon Phoenix Body started to circulate. The previously quiet Dragon and Phoenix Marks awakened once more. Dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed from within Liu Bai's body. A heavy aura like a towering mountain made the entire plaza feel oppressively weighty.
Liu Bai's expression was calm as he slowly threw a punch.
This punch appeared slow, yet it was filled with immense power. Wherever the fist wind passed, even space showed signs of cracking.
Clear dragon roars and phoenix cries resounded again. The terrifying pressure unique to a super Divine Beast spread violently throughout the entire plaza. If Jiu You and the others had already entered the fourth level at this moment, they would likely have been pressed flat to the ground by this dreadful pressure.
At that instant, Liu Bai's fist, entwined with the True Dragon and True Phoenix and seemingly forged from gold, shattered the space. Carrying layers of golden ripples, it heavily slammed onto the black stone stele.
Boom!
At the moment of impact, Liu Bai could clearly feel the entire ancient plaza tremble. Even the black stone stele, which had always been as steady as a rock, seemed to quiver slightly.
Buzz buzz!
Under the terrifying force of the impact, Liu Bai saw flames immediately appear within the bronze lamps on the stele. Then successive ignition sounds rang out.
One bronze lamp after another was rapidly lit.
Within a single breath, seven bronze lamps were simultaneously ignited.
After the seventh lamp was lit, flames also began to surge rapidly within the eighth bronze lamp.
At this moment, Liu Bai sensed waves of fluctuations. Soon after, four figures appeared one after another from different directions of the plaza. The moment they revealed themselves, they all looked uniformly toward the towering stone stele at the center.
"Eight lamps lit at once?"
Shock filled everyone's eyes.
Naturally, they all understood the Power Stele and knew that it could only be tested with pure physical strength. Thus Liu Bai's Ninth-Grade Sovereign cultivation was useless here.
Especially Han Shan. He had originally hoped to regain some face at this level, but upon seeing the number of lamps Liu Bai had ignited, his heart sank directly to the bottom.
"He would not ignite all nine lamps, would he…"
Recalling Liu Bai's previous miraculous feats, Han Shan's heart trembled as he immediately looked toward the final lamp.
Fortunately, it was still pitch black at this moment and seemed unlikely to be lit.
However, just as this thought appeared in his mind, a spark flickered within the ninth lamp, followed by a second and a third.
Pu!
They were not kept waiting long before the ninth lamp suddenly blazed to life.
Han Shan's mind went blank, mixed with a trace of confusion.
Why had he even come here?
And since he had come, why had he brought such a monstrous genius along? Was this meant to completely trample him into the ground and twist him twice more?
"Big Brother Liu Bai actually lit all nine lamps. That is incredible!"
Among those present, only Mo Ling could still cheer aloud.
Jiu You and Mo Feng both stared with widened eyes in shock.
"How long has it been since someone lit all nine lamps? Liu Bai should be the first in a thousand years," Mo Feng muttered to himself. His former aloofness had long been shattered.
Jiu You nodded. "Indeed. It seems the spiritual beast clans will be stirred for quite some time."
Although only the five of them remained within the Body Refining Tower, and aside from Han Shan of the Rhino Demon Clan the other four were on the same side, there were still many watching outside the tower.
Especially those who had been kicked out. They were healing while observing the situation inside.
When they saw that Liu Bai had ignited all nine lamps, an uproar immediately erupted.
Of course, Liu Bai did not care about any of that. At this moment, he was staring unblinkingly at the stone stele, waiting for the reward after lighting all nine lamps.
Buzz buzz.
Just as Liu Bai was about to frown impatiently, the black stone stele before him finally reacted. Accompanied by a humming sound, fresh red patterns appeared upon the surface of the stele, resembling the meridians and blood vessels within a human body.
The stele trembled, and strands of nearly crimson chaotic qi seeped out from within it.
That chaotic qi contained extremely rich essence, and it seemed as though the blood essence of the Swallowing Sky Divine Beast was gathered within it. Liu Bai merely took a single breath, and he instantly felt as though the True Dragon and True Phoenix True Spirits within his body were about to awaken completely.
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