The ninth layer of Body Refining Tier.
‘Very good, I need around another ten days’ time and I will reach the peak of the ninth layer of Body Refining Tier. At that time, I will consume the second Green Spiritual Fruit, and in one breath break through to the Element Gathering Tier!’
Liu Yu Tong was naturally already numbed. Should Ling Han be able to break through to the Element Gathering Tier on the morrow, she might very well not feel surprised. Otherwise, if she still became shocked every time this guy did something surprising, she really might die an early death.
Ten days pa.s.sed very quickly and Ling Han, as per his expectations, had already reached the peak of the ninth layer of Body Refining Tier.
He took out the second Green Spiritual Fruit, and smiled, saying, “Today is my last day in Body Refining Tier… ai, it really has been a very long time!”
Liu Yu Tong could not help rolling her eyes in response. She had been by Ling Han’s side since the time when he was only in the second layer of Body Refining Tier. How many days had it been? Just one month! This was “a very long time” he was talking of! But when she recalled how Ling Han had been stagnant for a number of years in the second layer of Body Refining Tier previously, his rueful feeling could be considered quite logical.
She started cultivation when she was thirteen, and achieved the Element Gathering Tier when she was fourteen. This point alone did make it seem that her cultivation progress had been much faster when compared with Ling Han’s.
After Ling Han swallowed the Green Spiritual Fruit, he started to break through to the Element Gathering Tier.
He did not rush it. Instead, he only started to gather the medicinal effects within his body.
Usually, when a martial artist began the process of breaking through, even if they had the support of medicinal effects, they had to batter against the barrier repeatedly until it had somewhat loosened to be able to breach it. However, Ling Han had absolute confidence that as long as he had stored up enough energy, he’d be able to successfully break through this barrier on his first attempt.
Half an hour later, his body was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with Origin Power, and he felt as if his whole body was inflated.
This was of course but a misconception. It was just that he had stored too much energy within his body, causing him to have this kind of an “inflated” feeling. But should he still not break through or unleash this energy somehow, his body really might explode because of this acc.u.mulation of energy.
It was like a water pouch that had already been filled to the brim. If the pouch was not punctured to make a hole to release some water, or if the water wasn’t transferred to a bigger pouch, then the only result would be that the pouch would explode.
‘It’s about enough,’ Ling Han thought. ‘Now all that’s left is to guide this boundless energy towards the Dantian and batter against the barrier.’
Body Refining Tier meant to store Origin Power in every bit of blood and flesh, and so it was actually very limited in quant.i.ty. As for Element Gathering Tier, it meant to open up one’s Dantian, and form a strange s.p.a.ce within one’s body.
Everyone possessed this kind of a small universe, or a small world, in their bodies. In terms of martial arts, this kind of small world was thought to exist within one’s Dantian.
“Hong!”
Under the fierce barrage of energy, a slit-like hole appeared in his Dantian. For anyone else to break through, they would have to depend on a continuous, repeated barrage to endlessly widen and enlarge this hole or slit. However, Ling Han was different. The energy he had acc.u.mulated was more than enough for him to immediately begin breaking through.
Opening up the Dantian was only the first step. The next step was the most important one.
That was, to solidify the Origin Power into a high-speed revolving nucleus.
This was something like installing a motor in one’s Dantian. With a mental command, the origin nucleus revolving at high speeds would generate energy that would erupt with a horrifying attack.
How was it that the Element Gathering Tier could easily crush the Body Refining Tier? That was because once the origin nucleus was formed, energy would gush out like a flood from it. Even if two fighters had acc.u.mulated equal amounts of Origin Power, the one who had actually formed the origin nucleus would have faster, stronger attacks, possessing an overwhelming advantage over his opponent.