67: Nine tribulations complete, body transformed; myriad tribulations arise, supernatural abilities vanish.
Two Blue-level Secret Realms appeared within the territory of Huaxia, and all the Divine Breath Realm Beasts and Qi Sea Realm Beasts inside were killed.
Only a few Foundation Establishment Realm Beasts were forcibly controlled, and then large-scale transportation began.
Rodi seemed to have vanished from the human world.
Countries searched for him, and Huaxia also deployed reconnaissance satellites, but unfortunately, they could not find him.
Zhang Sheng returned to the rented Alchemy room and began to Cultivate.
During the Secret Realm expedition in Australia, Zhang Sheng only obtained a blue Jade Slip.
As the Jade Slip turned into powder, a profound Cultivation Technique poured into Zhang Sheng's mind.
"Mysterious Spider Thought Binding Method!"
"It's actually a Cultivation Technique for Mental Energy!"
Zhang Sheng had not yet entered the Divine Breath Realm, so he naturally couldn't Cultivate Mental Energy. Everything had to wait until he entered the Divine Breath Realm.
However, this didn't stop his inner joy. Once he entered the Divine Breath Realm, he wouldn't have to worry about Cultivation Techniques.
The most urgent task was to complete the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivation in the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex.
The Foundation Establishment Realm physique must undergo nine cycles of life and death, increasing its life level by 9 times, to reach Perfection.
Once he Breakthrough to the Divine Breath Realm, the niwan palace in Zhang Sheng's mind would open. If his body were to be annihilated and his niwan palace destroyed, Zhang Sheng would surely die.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng had to Breakthrough his Body Refining to Foundation Establishment Realm Perfection before reaching the Divine Breath Realm.
Sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion.
Zhang Sheng held his breath and concentrated, swallowing several spirit food pills at once.
He used the Fireball Technique to destroy his cells bit by bit, while simultaneously circulating the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex to reconstruct them.
Each time he experienced such a cycle of life and death, Zhang Sheng's basic life level increased by one time.
The Cultivation process was extremely perilous.
However, Zhang Sheng possessed the "Once Certified, Forever Certified" Talent, and had already Cultivated the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, a top-tier Body Refining Cultivation Technique, to the Transcendent stage.
This allowed him to minimize the risks during the Cultivation process.
The fifth cycle of life and death was completed.
The improvement in life level brought Zhang Sheng comprehensive enhancements, including his five senses, combat power, defense, and the body's self-healing ability.
"Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Circulation Method (Transcendent: 65243/100000)"
The self-operating speed of Heavenly Circulation Method accelerated again, now able to complete one Refining Essence into Qi in just 48 seconds.
At this rate, he would soon be able to Cultivate this Cultivation Technique to Perfected State.
"Cultivation Technique: Primordial Chaos Qi Refining (Transcendent: 9015/100000)"
The speed of Primordial Chaos Qi Refining accelerated again, taking only 30 seconds to complete a small circulation.
However, Zhang Sheng had already reached Qi Sea Realm Perfection, so this Cultivation Technique had stopped operating.
According to Zhang Sheng's plan, after Cultivating Heavenly Circulation Method to Perfected State, he would re-Cultivate the Qi Sea Realm.
During the body's adaptation period, Zhang Sheng refined a large number of spirit food pills again; the consumption of this Medicinal Pill was now enormous.
After his body fully adapted, Zhang Sheng began to Cultivate the sixth cycle of life and death.
The sixth cycle of life and death completed!
The seventh cycle of life and death completed!
The eighth cycle of life and death completed!
The ninth cycle of life and death completed!
The Nine Tribulations Secret Codex Foundation Establishment Perfection!
Zhang Sheng felt the surging power within his body; his life level was ten times what it was originally!
But the overall improvement was more than a hundredfold!
This Body Refining technique was not simple Body Refining, but a leap in life level!
At this moment, Zhang Sheng was confident that he could kill a Divine Breath Realm Beast with just his physical body.
Zhang Sheng swallowed a spirit food pill and once again circulated Heavenly Circulation Method. In just a breath's time, he completed one Refining Essence into Qi!
Three seconds!
Next, as long as he had enough Medicinal Pills, Zhang Sheng would be able to Cultivate this Cultivation Technique to Perfection in just over a day!
Zhang Sheng was eager to experience the effects brought by the Perfected State of Heavenly Circulation Method.
He refined spirit food pills with the mysterious fire alchemy furnace while simultaneously consuming them.
One supreme-grade spirit food pill could sustain one hundred Refining Essence into Qi cycles, which meant 300 seconds, or 5 minutes, to consume one spirit food pill.
And it only took Zhang Sheng fifteen minutes to refine a furnace of spirit food pills, yielding nine pills per furnace, which was perfectly sufficient to match his body's absorption rate.
At this very moment, a strange phenomenon occurred globally!
Zhang Sheng had to stop his Cultivation and gather in the underground Cultivation hall.
"Talents disappearing?" everyone questioned.
Hou Wu's expression was solemn, "A large number of Talent Awakeners' Talents disappeared overnight. This isn't just a Huaxia issue, but a global one."
"And this phenomenon is still ongoing!"
Everyone was shocked, and Zhang Sheng was no exception. If his Talent were to disappear, it would be unimaginable.
The path of cultivation would undoubtedly become thousands, even tens of thousands of times harder!
"Could it be Rodi's doing?" Song Xian asked.
As a peerless expert with two SSS-level Talents, if his Talents disappeared, he would definitely be one of the most distressed people.
"It's impossible to tell yet, but this widespread phenomenon shouldn't be a great power that humans can wield."
"What's certain is that all the people whose Talents have disappeared are E-rank Talent Awakeners, and E-rank Talent Awakeners are continuously losing their Talents."
"According to speculation, after all E-rank Talent Awakeners lose their Talents, it's highly likely that D-rank Talent Awakeners will start losing their Talents."
"Dean, is there any way to stop the Talents from disappearing now?" Lu Zhuo asked.
"I also want to know the answer to your question," the Dean said helplessly.
Although they knew about the disappearance of low-level Talent Awakeners' Talents, everything about Talents remained a mystery.
They had no idea why it came or why it disappeared.
At this moment, Alexander Rodi, disguised among the crowd, was also greatly alarmed; the disappearance of Talents had nothing to do with him.
Ever since he learned that his Talent might disappear, he had fallen into endless panic.
"No matter what, I must preserve my Talent. If low-level Talents disappear, then I will frantically Devour Talents. Perhaps my SSS-level Talent will even improve."
He completely descended into madness, beginning to search for his prey at all costs... Back in the Alchemy room, Zhang Sheng continued to refine Medicinal Pills.
The next day,
"Cultivation Technique: Heavenly Circulation Method (Perfected State 100000/100000)"
Finally!
Perfection!
Zhang Sheng swallowed a spirit food pill, and in just three seconds, it was completely refined.
"First Refinement Ten Thousand Spirits!"
Zhang Sheng could barely control hisExcited excitement; even the hand holding the Jade bottle of Medicinal Pills trembled slightly!
From First Refinement One Hundred Spirits to First Refinement Ten Thousand Spirits!
"I did it! I did it!"
He had originally expected a tenfold increase, which was already quite exaggerated, but he never thought it would increase by a hundredfold!
"Qi Sea Re-Cultivation!"
"Step one: Clear all spiritual power from the Dantian!"
Zhang Sheng walked out of the Alchemy room, unfurled his spirit wings, and flew into the sky.
Ten thousand meters!
Twenty thousand meters!
Thirty thousand meters!
"Thunder!" Zhang Sheng roared, and countless bolts of lightning burst forth from his body. This Spell consumed spiritual power faster than the Fireball Technique.
His entire being seemed to be enveloped in a flash of electricity.
A bolt from the blue!
The people on the ground naturally noticed the changes in the sky.
Some students even flew into the sky to check the situation.
In the very center of the lightning, a figure vaguely existed.
"I am Zhang Sheng, currently Cultivating a lightning Spell! Everyone, please keep your distance!" Zhang Sheng reminded, his voice condensed into a line and transmitted several kilometers away.
Hearing Zhang Sheng's voice and seeing his appearance, the student who had come immediately said, "So it's Senior Brother Zhang Sheng, I apologize for the disturbance!"
The student bowed after speaking and flew back to the ground, informing everyone of the matter to avoid unnecessary panic.