Chapter 174 Saint Realm Sixth Layer, Returning to Old Habits

"Is there more, Elder Xuan?" Zhou Chen asked with a solemn expression.

"The Evil Spirit Clan is extremely mysterious, and there are few records in the Emperor Clan's archives. Moreover, for Evil Spirit Clan members of the same Realm, even if a Human Race Cultivator is several minor Realms ahead, it is very difficult to defeat them. If you encounter them, remember to stay far away."

Elder Xuan replied.

Zhou Chen fell into deep thought. There were still many Opportunities on the Starry Sky Emperor Road.

If he retreated just like this, he would be very unwilling; the next opening would be at least a hundred years later.

The further one goes in cultivation, the harder it is to improve, and this feeling was becoming increasingly obvious.

High risk yields high rewards. If he never took risks, his future achievements would likely be limited.

Even the strongest ancient Prodigies on the Dao Golden Stele all forged their paths through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Thinking of this, Zhou Chen decided to stay and explore the Starry Sky Emperor Road.

Fortune favors the bold; turn a bicycle into a motorcycle!

In a person's life, there might only be one chance. Go all out!

However, before that, Zhou Chen had one more thing to do.

Before separating from Miao Dandan and Lin Xueer, Zhou Chen had specially left them a special Spiritual Artifact—a Parent-Child Locator, which could sense the location of Cultivators within tens of thousands of miles.

Sacrificing the parent locator, which was shaped like a sphere, from his storage ring, Zhou Chen roughly sensed their location.

What surprised Zhou Chen was that the two of them were in the same direction.

Could they have met up? A strange expression appeared on Zhou Chen's face.

Before long, Zhou Chen discovered their figures at a ruin.

"Xueer, Dandan."

Zhou Chen called out loudly.

"Big Brother Zhou!"

"Master!"

Upon hearing this, the two women instantly dropped the Spirit Treasures in their hands and swarmed toward Zhou Chen.

They crashed straight into Zhou Chen's embrace.

"Let go, I can't breathe."

The two women then let go of Zhou Chen.

"What is this?" A look of confusion appeared on Zhou Chen's face.

"Master, from now on we are sisters. Lin Xueer is the older sister, and I will be the younger sister."

A blush appeared on Miao Dandan's face.

Lin Xueer added from the side: "Big Brother Zhou, Xueer doesn't mind. As long as Big Brother Zhou has me in his heart, that is enough."

In the Tianxuan Continent, the strong are respected. Lin Xueer had long understood that outstanding people would certainly have more than one woman by their side; having three wives and four concubines was perfectly normal.

Therefore, she quickly accepted Miao Dandan's existence. Plus, the two had experienced a life-and-death crisis together, and after coming out of the Emperor Secret Realm, they happened to meet, so they decided to team up.

Zhou Chen nodded upon hearing this and didn't say much.

Time was pressing. He immediately said to Lin Xueer and Miao Dandan beside him: "Xueer, Dandan, listen to me. Now, immediately, crush your emperor seals and leave this place at once! Be quick!"

Lin Xueer was stunned: "Big Brother Zhou, what's wrong? Aren't you coming with us?"

Miao Dandan also looked at him with confusion.

"Don't ask so much. Trust me, go quickly! It will be too late if you wait any longer!"

Zhou Chen's tone was very serious and brooked no argument.

Seeing Zhou Chen's extremely solemn expression, even more nervous than when the Emperor Corpse appeared, they knew something major was bound to happen. Although they were worried about Zhou Chen's safety, they still immediately crushed the emperor seals in their hands.

Hum—

Two beams of white light flashed, and both were completely teleported away.

Zhou Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Since he had decided to stay, he had to be fully prepared. As for the others, it could only be said that life and death were fated. Zhou Chen was not a saint and couldn't worry about so many people.

There was one more thing Zhou Chen needed to do.

Ji Wuming's opportunity panel had already refreshed.

[Recent Opportunity: In one day, encounter a pursuit by the Evil Spirit Clan. Accidentally crash into a cave and find a Top-Grade Saint Rank Medicinal Pill—Dragon Blood Nirvana Pill. After consuming it, advance to the Saint Realm Ninth Layer.]

"Top-Grade Saint Rank, huh…"

Zhou Chen's eyes lit up. "Sorry, Ji Wuming, your Opportunity now belongs to me."

With Zhou Chen's current strength, he had some confidence in facing the Evil Spirit Clan.

However, the location where the Opportunity appeared was still some distance away. Zhou Chen did not delay and flew directly toward his destination.

The next day, following the panel's prompts, Zhou Chen arrived at the cave early.

Not long after, he saw Ji Wuming cursing while fighting a few strange, black shadowy creatures, running toward this side in a panic.

Zhou Chen seized the Opportunity. While Ji Wuming was entangled, he swooped into the depths of the inconspicuous cave. Sure enough, in a crack in the stone, he found a cold little jade bottle, and inside was indeed a Medicinal Pill radiating blood-red light.

"Got it!"

Zhou Chen felt happy.

Just as he got the Medicinal Pill, the System prompt sounded.

[Ding! Congratulations to the Host for intercepting the Child of Destiny Ji Wuming's Opportunity—Top-Grade Saint Rank Medicinal Pill, Dragon Blood Nirvana Pill. Triggered a ten-fold return reward! Obtained Low Grade Imperial Rank Nine Revolutions Guiyuan Pill. Do you wish to claim it immediately?!]

Although it was only a ten-fold return, the multiplier wasn't high, but it directly returned a Low Grade Imperial Rank Medicinal Pill, which was quite good.

Zhou Chen's heart pounded. He activated the Divine Concealment Art and quickly found a more hidden spot.

Immediately, without saying a word, Zhou Chen swallowed the Dragon Blood Nirvana Pill first.

Boom!

The Medicinal Pill entered his stomach, feeling as if he had swallowed a sun.

The incomparably vast medicinal power instantly dissolved, washing over Zhou Chen's limbs and bones.

The Realm barrier was shattered instantly like paper.

Saint Realm Fifth Layer!

The Primal Creation Scripture and the Nine Revolutions Dragon Elephant Skill operated simultaneously, continuously refining the vast medicinal power.

Peak of Saint Realm Fifth Layer!

One Top-Grade Saint Rank Medicinal Pill, under the absorption of the two top-tier Cultivation Techniques, seemed stretched thin.

Thus, Zhou Chen consumed the other pill, the Low Grade Imperial Rank Nine Revolutions Guiyuan Pill.

Rumble!

A muffled sound echoed within his body.

Zhou Chen's cultivation directly broke through to the Saint Realm Sixth Layer!

However, the terrifying medicinal power had not ended. It continued to wash over Zhou Chen's cultivation Bottleneck, finally stopping steadily at the Peak of the Saint Realm Sixth Layer!

The Nine Revolutions Dragon Elephant Skill had also broken through to the sixth layer.

"Too fierce!"

Zhou Chen felt the surging power within his body and was overjoyed.

Above the Saint Realm, every layer is a new heaven.

Being able to break through two layers of the Realm in a row, Zhou Chen was already very satisfied.

Just at this moment, a series of shrill screams suddenly came from outside.

"Ah! What is this ghost thing!"

"It can't be killed, our attacks are ineffective against them!"

"Quick, the emperor seal, crushing the emperor seal is useless! We can't go back!"

"Help!"

Zhou Chen peeked outside and gasped.

He saw countless translucent monsters emitting black Qi appearing from nowhere on the ancient road.

They were twisted in shape, emitting ear-piercing shrieks as they pounced on the Cultivators.

The Cultivators' Spiritual Artifacts or Spells hit them as if they were striking air; they couldn't hurt them at all!

Zhou Chen discovered that only attacks containing Soul Power could make them pause slightly, but the effect was also very poor. He didn't know if it was because his Divine Thought Cultivation Technique was too poor.

It was a completely one-sided massacre!

This was the Evil Spirit Clan.

Suspected immunity to physical attacks, Divine Thought attacks barely worked.

The more critical the moment, the calmer Zhou Chen became.