604: Extra bonus, ambition!

"This Xuan Lie, his killing intent is so strong!"

Listening to Xuan Lie's cold shout, Lin Yang frowned again, and at the same time, he curiously asked Xuan Xiao,

"What happened between your two factions? Why does it seem like you're mortal enemies?"

"I can't remember the specific origin of the feud anymore. Anyway, the enmity between our two factions has deepened over countless years, and no one pursues the original reason now. I don't know either," Xuan Xiao shook his head.

"What about now? Just stay here and wait for it to end?" Lin Yang asked, looking around.

"Pretty much. You heard Xuan Lie's words; as soon as we show up, he'll kick us out," Xuan Xiao said helplessly.

"How many years does a Grotto Heaven opening usually last?" Lin Yang asked again.

"About three thousand years," Xuan Xiao replied.

Lin Yang immediately frowned, "Three thousand years? Are we going to waste three thousand years here for nothing?!"

"How can it be a waste? There's a guaranteed reward for everyone, including you and me," Xuan Xiao chuckled awkwardly.

"..." Lin Yang was speechless.

After a long silence, seeing the Grotto Heaven Spirit speak again to start a new round of trial tasks, Lin Yang thought for a moment and said,

"Since it's confirmed that we can't compete and won't win, why don't we move away from here and find a place for me to condense a clone?"

Three thousand years is too long to do nothing; it would be a waste.

"This... that's fine too," Xuan Xiao hesitated then nodded, but warned,

"There's no absolutely safe place in the Grotto Heaven. Can you maintain your concealment methods while condensing your clone? If not, I don't really recommend it. Being interrupted slightly might mean starting all over again."

"No safe place? I thought this Grotto Heaven space wasn't very large?" Lin Yang retorted.

"It's very large, but different tasks will take place in different parts of the Grotto Heaven. The location might change in the next second," Xuan Xiao explained.

Lin Yang immediately understood, "In that case, condensing a clone is indeed not suitable, but improving cultivation should be fine, right?"

"The Dao in the Grotto Heaven is incomplete; it's impossible to comprehend," Xuan Xiao stated directly. "This place was only designated for trials; it doesn't have a complete Dao."

Lin Yang smiled, "I haven't finished digesting some of my previous insights."

"Ah? If that's the case, then it's no problem; you can continue!"

Xuan Xiao was a bit surprised. Lin Yang hadn't finished digesting what he had perceived in the Dao Rhythm Great Hall after a thousand years?

Then his eyes lit up, "Lin Yang, so, after you've digested your perception of Dao Rhythm, your strength can improve further?"

"Something like that," Lin Yang nodded slightly.

But how much exactly, he wasn't entirely sure right now.

"Any improvement is good. You can cultivate in peace," Xuan Xiao said.

Lin Yang nodded.

Being interrupted while condensing a clone would be a big problem, but being interrupted during such comprehension is fine.

"Let's continue to digest the gains from my previous Dao comprehension." Lin Yang sat cross-legged and began to continue his improvement.

"Space Dao, still vast and unfathomable."

"My weapon is a spear. If I can integrate Space Dao and master another method, my power will probably increase by more than a hundredfold."

Even though he was only a little time away from condensing a Space Clone, Lin Yang still felt that Space Dao was too vast and unfathomable.

It seemed to have no end at all.

The more he mastered, the more he revered Space Dao.

When he had only comprehended a little, like a frog in a well looking at the moon, he thought the world was only as big as the well's mouth, and Space Dao was nothing special.

But as his comprehension deepened, he felt a sense of powerlessness, like an ephemera seeing the vast sky.

However, Lin Yang was not affected by this feeling.

Because.

The stronger and more profound Space Dao became, the more he mastered, the stronger his own power would be!

He had a clear goal and direction for progress.

Comprehend, integrate!

These two processes repeated.

Lin Yang tried to integrate a brand new Dao method.

At the very least, he had to combine the spear and Space Dao.

His current Dao method was only one: World-in-a-Flower.

And everything about the spear came from the teachings of that Silver Armor Heroic Soul Warrior senior in the relic space.

Although he still gained insights from the profundity of that spear technique, his gains were gradually diminishing.

This, of course, wasn't because the Silver Armor Heroic Soul Warrior senior's strength was limited.

On the contrary, the Silver Armor Heroic Soul Warrior senior had deliberately limited the profundity of that spear technique to a certain extent so that he could understand it at the time.

Otherwise, with his strength back then, he wouldn't even have been able to remember it.

Precisely because his strength was too low at the time, even after receiving the spear inheritance from the Silver Armor Heroic Soul Warrior senior, it was now somewhat insufficient and barely enough.

And he was accustomed to the spear and didn't want to change weapons, so he had to try to combine his weapon with Space Dao to form a brand new, more powerful attack method!

Although the profundity of that spear technique itself contained a little application of space, that kind of application was too superficial for the current Lin Yang.

He needed a deeper method of application.

Time flew by.

More than a thousand years passed in a flash.

The trials within the Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven had already completed one round.

This day.

A glint of light flashed in Lin Yang's eyes.

"It's done!"

Whoosh!

The spirit weapon spear appeared in Lin Yang's hand, and he thrust it at the void!

Boom!

The space was directly pierced through, revealing a huge hole.

Like a black hole.

But it quickly disappeared, returning to normal.

"This is...?"

Xuan Xiao, who had been sitting quietly beside him, was startled, jumping up in shock.

He stared in astonishment at the gradually disappearing spatial hole, his gaze moving back and forth between Lin Yang and the spatial hole, filled with deep shock.

"Lin, Lin Yang, your power..." Xuan Xiao seemed unsure how to speak.

That spear thrust just now made his soul tremble.

"Hehe, Your Highness Xuan Xiao, I apologize for disturbing your meditation," Lin Yang retracted his spear, saying with a smile.

"It's alright. Have you made another breakthrough?" Xuan Xiao waved his hands repeatedly, more concerned about whether Lin Yang's cultivation had advanced again.

"A little, but it can't really be considered a breakthrough. It's just a small new gain in combat methods," Lin Yang said modestly.

"You call this a small gain? I think this power, even if it can't compare to an Invincible Emperor, is probably only slightly inferior to an Invincible Emperor," Xuan Xiao was very shocked.

The power of that spear thrust, in his opinion, had indeed reached the peak Emperor level.

But how long had Lin Yang been cultivating?

From Lin Yang's breakthrough to the Ten Thousand Laws Realm until now, it had only been about three thousand years at most!

Even less than three thousand years!

Reaching the peak Emperor level in over two thousand years??

Xuan Xiao was stunned.

Is this even human?

He himself had only broken through less than a thousand years after Lin Yang, and now he was only at the strength of a newly advanced Emperor!

"Lin Yang, do you, do you not have bottlenecks??"

Xuan Xiao also found it very puzzling.

Normally, there's a bottleneck from an ordinary Emperor to a peak Emperor, but Lin Yang reached it so naturally?

This was incredible.

And ridiculous.

"Bottlenecks? Of course there are. For example, I feel a little confused right now, and it should be difficult to improve in a short period of time," Lin Yang shook his head.

Although the Dao in the Universe Zone pointed him in the direction of progress.

But after more than two thousand years of comprehension, it had reached a limit for him at present.

Comprehending this spear technique, allowing spear techniques and Space Dao to blend, was already his current limit.

"Uh..." Xuan Xiao was stunned, momentarily unsure what to say.

The next moment, he was about to speak.

Suddenly.

The voice of the Grotto Heaven Spirit spread throughout the entire Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven.

"The second round of trials is now open. This round of trials will have an additional reward: a Space Source Pearl. The Space Source Pearl will appear randomly in the Cave Heaven River within the Grotto Heaven. The one who obtains the Source Pearl will gain ten trial points."

"All trial participants, please proceed to the stele to register for the second round. Those who do not register will lose their qualification for the second round of trials!"

In an instant, all the princes and honored guests in the entire Saint Xuan Grotto Heaven were startled, and then they all rushed to the stele to register.

"Space Source Pearl? Ten extra trial points?"

"Several trials in one round only give a total of ten points, and this single Space Source Pearl adds ten points?!"

"Space Source Pearl, what is that?"

Some princes didn't understand what a Space Source Pearl was, but they were extremely shocked by the direct addition of ten trial points.

Because the total score of the first round was only ten points!

Xuan Huang then said in a solemn voice, "The Space Source Pearl is a magical artifact! A supreme-grade magical artifact!"

"What? A supreme-grade magical artifact?"

Instantly, everyone was once again greatly astonished.

Magical artifacts are more precious treasures than spirit weapons!

Many ordinary Myriad Laws Emperors may not even possess a magical artifact.

Let alone a supreme-grade magical artifact!

The two Invincible Emperors present, Butcher Owl and Tantai Ming, also had their breathing slightly heavier.

They, as Invincible Emperors, didn't even have supreme-grade magical artifacts!

This showed how precious and rare supreme-grade magical artifacts were!

At the level of magical artifacts, even medium-grade ones are very difficult to obtain; only ordinary-grade ones are slightly easier to acquire.

High-grade ones become increasingly rare.

As for supreme-grade ones, they often have some special functional attributes.

They are even rarer.

In a sense, a supreme-grade magical artifact is not just a simple magic treasure.

A supreme-grade magical artifact is highly coveted even by Invincible Emperors!

If one could find a type of magical artifact that perfectly matched their cultivation Dao, it would be like adding wings to a tiger!

It could make one's strength skyrocket to a terrifying degree!

Xuan Huang continued, "The Space Source Pearl is not only a supreme-grade magical artifact, but it also contains the numerous profound Dao Rhythms of Space Dao. If mastered by an Emperor of Space Dao, their pure power could instantly soar to a level comparable to an Invincible Emperor!"

These words made the atmosphere in the arena even more solidified.

This was too powerful!

"Xuan Huang, are you sure this thing also contains the Dao Rhythm of Space Dao?" Xuan Ji asked.

Although he and Xuan Huang were both princes of the two strongest factions, in terms of the number of times they had been in power, Xuan Huang's faction's Saint Xuan Ruler had the most, which meant Xuan Huang's knowledge far surpassed theirs.

Xuan Huang nodded, "I'm sure. I remember this thing is very expensive; it costs 100 million merit points to exchange for, which is almost more expensive than an ordinary Dao weapon, so I remember it very clearly!"

"100 million merit points?!"

Everyone immediately gasped.

As princes, except for Xuan Huang who might have millions of merit points, everyone else's merit points were in the hundreds of thousands.

100 million merit points was simply an astronomical figure!

Even Invincible Emperors like Butcher Owl and Tantai Ming, especially Tantai Ming, who had been with the Saint Xuan Ancient Country the longest, only barely had ten million merit points now!

100 million merit points was still an unattainable dream for an existence like him!

Immediately, the breathing of these two Invincible Emperors also became heavy!

One hundred million!

Even if they couldn't use it themselves, they could exchange it for something suitable for them!

The atmosphere in the arena suddenly became much more subtle.

Although at first, Xuan Huang's faction had already decided to let Xuan Lie's side take the first place.

But the sudden addition of the Space Source Pearl made Xuan Huang silent.

100 million merit points, this amount was too large!

Too large to refuse!

Even if he could give way, Tantai Ming might not be willing!

Honored guests, to put it bluntly, are in a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate one.

Facing this supreme-grade magical artifact worth 100 million merit points, Tantai Ming would not easily give way.

He knew from Tantai Ming's fervent gaze that Tantai Ming was already tempted.

Xuan Lie looked at the expressions of Xuan Huang and Tantai Ming, and suddenly said, "Xuan Huang, judging by your expression, it seems you intend to make a move?"

Xuan Huang didn't expect Xuan Lie to be so direct, and immediately gave a wry smile, saying, "Xuan Lie, how about we compete for this Space Source Pearl based on our own abilities, and we'll directly concede the next round? How about that?"

"Hmph, then let's compete based on our own abilities!" Xuan Lie said no more.

He also knew that facing something worth 100 million merit points, Xuan Huang's side couldn't possibly not make a move!

After all, there were only two Invincible Emperors here, them two.

Only they two were qualified to contend for it.

The other princes all had varying expressions.

Xuan Feng, still in his red robe, clucked and said, "Interesting, why would the trial suddenly add such a valuable item? In the past, trials also temporarily added extra rewards, but never anything so valuable!"

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Tantai Ming and Butcher Owl's expressions, "Could it be that the Grotto Heaven Spirit deliberately did this, not wanting the two of you to coexist so peacefully?"

"Xuan Feng, stop trying to stir up trouble here!" Xuan Lie's eyes darkened.

"Hehe, I didn't. I'm just stating the truth," Xuan Feng smiled calmly.

"Hmph!" Xuan Lie snorted coldly, said no more, and headed straight for the Cave Heaven River.

"Let's go too!"

Xuan Huang and Tantai Ming followed closely behind.

Xuan Feng looked at the others, "Let's follow along and watch. Although we don't have the strength to compete, watching the excitement is fine. Besides, what if they both get severely injured?"

..."Xuan Feng, when it comes to stirring up trouble, you really have a knack," Xuan Ji chuckled lightly, and also left his spot... After everyone had left the stele.

Lin Yang and Xuan Xiao quietly came over to register.

"Lin Yang, let's go too. Xuan Feng is right, if Butcher Owl and Tantai Ming both get severely injured, we might have a chance!"

Xuan Xiao's eyes were burning.

Although he had initially planned to lay low until the end to get the guaranteed reward, this Space Source Pearl, worth 100 million merit points, still tempted him.

Especially since Lin Yang cultivated Space Dao!

"Lin Yang, if we can luckily get the Space Source Pearl for you, we'll have made a fortune on this trip!"

Xuan Xiao also had some ambitions in his heart.