116: Chapter 116: Slaying the Ghost Heart Vine, Advancing to the Sixth Level of Qi Condensation.

Ye Tian followed the instructions in the scroll and continued to advance toward Broken Blade Cliff.

The deeper he went, the more cautious he became.

When he arrived at a narrow valley, Ye Tian suddenly stopped, his pupils slightly constricted.

In front of him, a giant monster plant, dark green all over, blocked his path.

Its vines slowly squirmed, emitting a terrifying, decaying aura.

The main trunk of the monster plant was thick, and the vines were covered with silver patterns, with wind blades faintly flowing through them.

"Wind Ghost Vine!"

Ye Tian felt a chill in his heart as he recognized this rare monster plant.

The scroll mentioned that this object existed within Juetian Ridge, favoring Yin Sha, often lurking to ambush passing creatures; its vines contained wind poison and could even control Yin winds to form wind blades, making it extremely difficult to deal with.

Judging by its aura, it had already reached the Peak of the Fifth Rank, equivalent to a human Ningyuan Sixth Stage Cultivator, but due to its nature as a monster plant, it was even more troublesome!

This was the strongest Yao Beast Ye Tian had encountered so far!

He did not dare to be the slightest bit careless, and the Stellar True Essence throughout his body surged instantly.

Seemingly sensing the aura of a living person, the ghost-eye-like patterns on the main trunk of the Wind Ghost Vine suddenly lit up, and countless vines descended upon Ye Tian like a downpour!

Before the vines even arrived, a gust of Yin wind had already rushed into his face, mixed with wind blades invisible to the naked eye!

"Hmph, as if I'm afraid of you!"

Ye Tian gave a low shout, executing the Taixu Star-Shift Steps, leaving an afterimage in place while his real body flashed to the side of the Wind Ghost Vine.

He clenched his fists tightly, and the hidden force of the fifth layer of the Overlapping Wave Fist erupted!

Layer upon layer of hidden force stacked up, turning into a fist aura that slammed fiercely into the main trunk of the Wind Ghost Vine!

"Bang!"

The fist aura collided violently with the exterior of the main trunk, causing the Wind Ghost Vine to tremble violently, with faint cracks appearing on the main trunk, but the vines' offensive became even faster!

Countless vines lashed out, and wind blades were everywhere.

Ye Tian pushed his movement technique to the limit, weaving through the sky-filling vine shadows and wind blades.

The Starfall Finger waited for an Opportunity, and starlight from his fingertips pointed at the vines!

Wherever the finger wind passed, the vines snapped in response, flowing with dark green sap.

But the Wind Ghost Vine had extremely tenacious vitality, and the broken ends quickly squirmed, showing signs of regeneration!

The battle intensified!

Ye Tian pushed his movement technique, fist techniques, and finger techniques to the limit, consuming a massive amount of Stellar True Essence.

The Wind Ghost Vine's attacks were bizarre and unpredictable, especially those invisible wind blades which were impossible to guard against, leaving bloody marks on Ye Tian and causing a stinging sensation.

The wind poison actually seeped in through his skin, but fortunately, it was quickly expelled by his Stellar True Essence.

"I can't drag this out!"

Ye Tian's gaze turned cold. He seized an Opportunity and withstood two wind blades; the clothes on his left shoulder tore, and blood burst out!

But he also used this to get close to the core of the Wind Ghost Vine's main trunk!

"Starfall Finger!"

He gathered most of his True Essence and pointed out a finger!

This finger did not hold back; instead, it concentrated all his power into a single point, the starlight on his fingertip brilliant, stabbing straight at the ghost-eye pattern at the core of the main trunk!

"Puchi!"

The fingertip sank into the main trunk!

The Wind Ghost Vine let out a hiss, its body twisting wildly, and all its vines lashed out chaotically as if out of control!

With its core broken, its vitality was rapidly fading!

Ye Tian took the Opportunity to retreat, avoiding the final frantic counterattack.

After a few breaths, the Wind Ghost Vine's twisting gradually stopped, finally turning into a puddle of dark green pus that constantly corroded the ground.

Scattered nearby were several particularly tough vine main tendons that contained the Qi of Wind Spirit.

Ye Tian keenly discovered a crystal-clear, spherical object with blue wind flowing through it within the puddle of dark green pus.

"Ghost Vine Heart!"

Ye Tian's breathing became rapid.

This was a treasure that was priceless and in high demand; it was said that if a Ningyuan Realm Martial Artist consumed it, they could directly increase their cultivation by one level!

As for the vine tendons, they were also excellent Materials for refining soft armor and bowstrings.

Ye Tian let out a long sigh of relief, his face slightly pale, having consumed more than 70% of the True Essence in his body.

This battle could be called extremely dangerous; if not for the profoundness of the Taixu Star-Shift Steps, combined with his abundant Stellar True Essence, the outcome would have been uncertain.

He quickly put away the Ghost Vine Heart and those few pieces of Wind Spirit vine tendons, feeling exhilarated in his heart.

Ye Tian did not dare to stay long; the commotion of the battle just now was not small, and it might attract other Yao Beasts or even people from the Tianjue Sect!

He forcefully raised his True Essence and used his movement technique to quickly leave this place of trouble.

Traveling at high speed, his Divine Sense highly concentrated, he finally discovered a cave covered by dense vines under a cliff.

He flashed inside, used the vines to cover the entrance again, and only then sat cross-legged, fully circulating the Star Qi Induction Art to restore his consumed True Essence.

Although this place was dangerous, the Spiritual Qi was exceptionally abundant, and combined with the profoundness of his Cultivation Technique, he had recovered to his Peak state in less than half an hour.

Opening his eyes, his gaze was sharp.

Ye Tian couldn't wait to take out the Ghost Vine Heart from the qingxuan ring.

The heart felt warm and cool in his hand, with blue wind slowly circulating inside, emitting pure energy fluctuations.

"I hope this can help me break through the Sixth Stage Bottleneck!"

Ye Tian did not hesitate any longer, placed the Ghost Vine Heart in his palm, circulated his Cultivation Technique, and began to refine it!

Immediately, a massive amount of energy surged into his body.

However, although this energy was massive, it was also somewhat violent and impure.

Just at this moment, the chaos bead deep in his Dantian vibrated slightly, emitting an aura that flowed through his Meridians. When the violent energy of the Ghost Vine Heart encountered the Chaos aura, it instantly became extremely docile!

At the same time, the Star Qi Induction Art also took the Opportunity to quickly convert this energy into Stellar True Essence!

The refinement process was unexpectedly smooth!

"Boom!"

Before long, the aura around Ye Tian suddenly surged!

His Dantian Qi Sea expanded again; Ningyuan Realm, Sixth Stage!

However, the improvement did not stop!

The energy of the Ghost Vine Heart was still continuously being released!

After about another stick of incense time, the surging aura around Ye Tian gradually calmed down, finally stabilizing at a certain level.

Peak of the Ningyuan Sixth Stage!

"Hoo."

Ye Tian opened his eyes, his pupils shining with divine light.

Feeling the powerful strength in his body that far exceeded what it was before, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

The effect was even better than expected, reaching the Peak of the Sixth Stage directly; it was truly a treasure that was priceless and in high demand!

Of course, the chaos bead and the Star Qi Induction Art had also played an important role.

He knew clearly in his heart that without these two trump cards, although the Ghost Vine Heart could help him break through, it would definitely not have achieved such a perfect effect.

At this moment, his confidence had greatly increased!

If he were to face that Ningyuan Seventh Stage Elder Qian, he had absolute certainty that he could defeat him!

A mere Elder of the Mission Hall, who holed up in the Sect all day and used his status to throw his weight around, was probably only at the Ningyuan Seventh Stage because he relied on Medicinal Pills to pile it up; his actual combat ability might not be that strong!

But Ye Tian knew that now was not the time.

As a newly promoted Outer Sect Disciple, challenging an Elder rashly was contrary to reason and easily attracted unnecessary trouble.

This old man had been operating in the Sect for many years; he might not lack a backer.

If one does not endure small things, one will spoil great plans.

"If I had the strength of the True Martial Realm, why would I need to worry about these things? In the Liuli Xuan Sect, the True Martial Realm is already a mainstay, whether it be an Elder or a True Disciple, with a respected status; their every word and action carries weight!"

Thinking of the power the blue-clothed female Elder displayed with a wave of her hand, infinite yearning welled up in Ye Tian's heart.

True Martial Realm, True Qi taking form, the Dao of Martial Arts reaching divinity!

That was the true sign of stepping onto the path of the strong!

"Juetian Ridge... although it is a dangerous place, it is also my place of Opportunity!"

Ye Tian clenched his fists, and a scorching fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.