162: Strength after Core Formation

Xiao Qinghan felt the transformative changes in her own body, and seeing Lin Feng's weak appearance, she immediately understood what price he had paid.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and she pulled Lin Feng into a tight embrace, her voice choked with emotion: "Junior Brother... you... let's get out of here right now."

Lin Feng smiled weakly, patted her back, and said nothing.

Xiao Qinghan gently pulled Lin Feng behind her and took a step forward.

Her gaze was calm as she looked at the rock wall covered in dark red runes that were flowing incessantly, and the aura around her suddenly changed.

No longer holding anything back, a majestic pressure radiated from her as the center, and the Foul Abyss Marsh's miasma and Earth Fire Qi that were originally raging in the stone cave were forcibly pushed away by this pressure, forming a brief area of clarity.

From her Dantian, a point of brilliant golden light shone through her body; at first it was like a bean, but then the light flared intensely, and a round, flawless Golden Core phantom with Dao rhythm flowing on its surface slowly emerged in front of her.

The moment the Golden Core appeared, the Spiritual Qi in the entire stone cave seemed to be grabbed by an invisible hand, emitting a low hum.

The dark red runes on the rock wall seemed stimulated; their flow speed suddenly accelerated, emitting an even more piercing blood-red light, and the pressure of the Formation increased sharply, as if it wanted to make a desperate counterattack.

Xiao Qinghan's fingertips were coiled with the incomparably pure Origin power of the Golden Core.

Using her finger as a brush and the power of the Golden Core as ink, she traced in the void.

Where her fingertips passed, pale golden trajectories appeared out of thin air, precisely corresponding to the nodes and cores where the runes on the rock wall flowed.

As her fingers traced, the Golden Core phantom's light grew stronger, providing energy as vast as the sea.

When the last trajectory was completed, a complex and exquisite Formation-breaking seal constructed from pure Golden Core power had already taken shape, floating in mid-air and emitting a magnificent righteousness that suppressed everything.

"Break," Xiao Qinghan said, her red lips parting slightly to utter a cold word.

She tapped forward lightly.

That pale golden Formation-breaking seal trembled slightly, then transformed into a golden beam of light condensed to the extreme, shooting silently toward the point on the rock wall where the runes were densest and the energy fluctuations were most intense.

"Sss—la—"

Wherever the golden beam passed, the dark red runes emitted shrill energy screeches, their light rapidly dimming and disintegrating.

That seemingly incomparably solid Formation barrier, under the impact of the absolute power of the Golden Core Origin, was like a bubble being poked; starting from the point of impact, cracks spread rapidly in a web-like pattern, instantly covering a large area of the rock wall.

The entire stone cave shook violently, huge stalactites on the ceiling broke and fell one after another, and Earth Fire gushed out from the cracks.

With the core of the Formation destroyed, the power maintaining this place was rapidly dissipating.

Xiao Qinghan waved her hand, and a gentle yet tough golden light shield protected her and Lin Feng, preventing the falling rocks and Earth Fire from encroaching in the slightest.

She glanced at Lin Feng behind her, who was shocked by the Golden Core pressure and the scene of the Formation collapsing, and said softly: "Junior Brother, let's go."

After speaking, she swept her sleeves, carried Lin Feng, and transformed into a purple rainbow, charging directly toward the rock wall that was covered in cracks and about to collapse completely.

The moment it touched the rock wall, the remaining power of the Formation tried to stop them, but it was dispersed by the light of the Golden Core.

Boom!

The rock wall collapsed completely, and piercing daylight poured into the underground cave that had been dark for three years.

Above the Foul Abyss Marsh, two figures broke through the marsh and soared into the sky.

Seeing the light of day again after three years, Lin Feng squinted, adapting to the outside light, while the feeling of emptiness in his body grew even worse.

Just then, that familiar, hair-raising buzzing sound rang out again.

Several black lines shot out from the thick fog, heading straight for the two of them.

It was the Blood Nightmare Blood Mosquitoes that had forced them into a desperate situation back then.

They seemed to have a special obsession with this area, or rather, they could not forget the prey that had once escaped their mouths.

Lin Feng's heart tightened, and he subconsciously wanted to mobilize his spiritual power, but it caused a surge of Qi and blood.

Xiao Qinghan's expression turned cold; facing the incoming Blood Nightmare Blood Mosquitoes, she didn't even take out a Magic Treasure, but just raised her right hand and pressed it lightly against the void.

Those few fierce fifth-order Blood Nightmare Blood Mosquitoes crashed into an invisible copper wall and iron barrier, their forward momentum coming to an abrupt halt.

Their sharp hissing turned into terrified wails, their bodies were tightly imprisoned in mid-air, unable to even struggle.

Xiao Qinghan closed her five fingers slightly.

"Puff!"

Several slight explosions came almost simultaneously.

Those Blood Nightmare Blood Mosquitoes that made Foundation Establishment Cultivators tremble with fear were crushed like insects, exploding into clusters of blood mist in the air, their Divine Souls instantly destroyed.

Lin Feng watched quietly from the side, his heart filled with turbulent emotions.

The powerful enemies that required a desperate struggle to survive three years ago were now so vulnerable in front of his Senior Sister at the Core Formation Stage.

This was the absolute gap in Realm.

When Xiao Qinghan carried Lin Feng back to the Tianxuan Sect mountain gate, the mountain-guarding Disciples saw the majestic pressure contained in that Escaping Light from afar, and their hearts were all severely shaken.

When they saw clearly that it was Junior Martial Uncle Xiao Qinghan from the Beast Taming Peak, and that her spiritual power was round and flawless, with hints of Golden Core Dao rhythm flowing, they exclaimed in surprise.

The news was like a spark thrown into hot oil, instantly detonating the entire Sect.

Xiao Qinghan had reached the Core Formation Stage!

Countless Disciples poured out of their Immortal Caves, craning their necks in anticipation.

Three years ago, Xiao Qinghan was only at the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, and while she was considered outstanding in the Sect, she was not among the very top tier.

Who could have imagined that in just three short years, she would cross the Late Foundation Establishment Stage and reach the Great Dao of Core Formation.

This was no longer a simple advancement, but a Heaven-Defying transformation.

What was even more shocking was that her bone age was clearly verifiable in the Sect's records, making her the youngest Cultivator to reach the Core Formation Stage since the founding of the Tianxuan Sect.

Such talent, such Opportunity, was enough to be recorded in the history of the Sect.

True Person Jing Yu, the Revered Master of Xiao Qinghan, heard the news and immediately broke through her seclusion, turning into a stream of light to meet her at the mountain gate in person.

She looked at the stable and vast Core Formation aura on her beloved Disciple that could not be faked, and even though she had practiced for nearly two hundred years and her Heart-Nature had long been calm as an ancient well, she could not hide her excitement at this moment, her eyes full of relief and ecstasy.

The Beast Taming Peak finally produced a stunning Core Formation Cultivator, and one so young.

She was just about to take her beloved Disciple back to the Beast Taming Peak to ask in detail about this Heaven-Defying Opportunity.

Just then, a cold voice pierced through the noise and sounded calmly: "Senior Sister Jing Yu, congratulations to the Beast Taming Peak for adding another Core Formation Cultivator."

Everyone followed the sound, and saw that the Revered Master of Yunmiao Peak, Lu Yuchan, had flown over at some point; she was still wearing a snow-white Daoist robe, her temperament cold and ethereal.

The Disciples present saw another Junior Martial Uncle of the Core Formation Stage descend, and the noise suddenly quieted down; they bowed respectfully, but their minds were racing: Martial Uncle Lu actually came in person?

Lu Yuchan's expression was indifferent, her gaze lingering for a moment on Xiao Qinghan, the center of the light, nodding slightly to show her congratulations.

However, her gaze immediately bypassed the focus of everyone's attention and fell on Lin Feng, who was standing beside Xiao Qinghan, his aura clearly not as good as it was three years ago, and even appearing somewhat floaty.

Deep in that gaze, a trace of almost imperceptible fluctuation flashed by, so fast that people thought it was an illusion.

But this subtle change made many shrewd Disciples who had been paying attention to the two Junior Martial Uncles' hearts jump, vaguely feeling that something was wrong.

Martial Uncle Lu's attention seemed to be more on her own Disciple? But Senior Brother Lin looked like he was just over-exhausted, and there was nothing wrong with him, right?