62: The Golden Elixir is hard to break!

Inside the Formation, sharp Qi surged around Chu Yuan, carving deep lines into the ground—this was the manifestation of the Geng Metal Primal Dao Art being operated at full power!

Blood-colored veins appeared on his body, but this was not the result of the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation operating; rather, his body could not withstand the violent infusion of energy and had begun to crack!

Tian Tian watched him with worry, wanting to say something, but fearing that she would disturb Chu Yuan's Cultivation...

"What is the point of hugging Buddha's feet at the last minute? It will only damage your own Foundation..." Liu Yun sighed, not feeling optimistic in her heart.

She admitted that Chu Yuan was strong, and the Formation he had set up was equally strong; but that Tong Han... was not an opponent on the same level as them to begin with, and should not be dealt with by them!

Even if Chu Yuan improved his Realm slightly, what could he possibly do?

"That's still better than you all sighing here and sitting around waiting for death." Xiang Ning retorted casually, looking at the pack of Blood Beasts outside the Formation;

Now they were completely trapped here!

Although there were no Fifth Realm Blood Beasts in the pack, there were quite a few of the Fourth Realm!

Even if they wanted to break through and escape... apart from Chu Yuan, no one could do it... Were they just waiting for Tong Han to return and decide their fate...

After Chu Yuan finished refining a Blood Pill and a spirit nurturing pill, the cracks on his skin increased significantly once more!

Driven by the massive external force, he had now reached the Peak of Foundation Establishment, with no room to advance further!

However, the distance to condensing the spiritual liquid within his body into a Golden Core remained indefinitely far; the quantity was sufficient, but the quality was not... This fatal flaw was something that neither the Blood Pill nor the spirit nurturing pill could compensate for!

It wasn't something one could immediately Breakthrough by shouting 'bonds' or 'power', or by seeing someone die in front of them...

In reality, he had only been Cultivating for a month, yet he was already approaching the Golden Core Realm; his Foundation was never solid to begin with...

"Does anyone have a Medicinal Pill to assist with breaking through a Realm? I can buy or trade for it!" Chu Yuan spoke up abruptly, looking at Xiang Ning first;

Xiang Ning was stunned for a moment and gave a helpless look.

The other Inner Breath Realm trial-takers were similarly unable to help; most of them had only reached the Inner Breath Realm by forcing a Breakthrough through methods that amounted to pulling up seedlings to help them grow. They didn't even have time to repair their martial arts Foundation in the short term, so there was simply no possibility of them breaking through a Realm! Naturally, they wouldn't have prepared any Medicinal Pills for breaking through...

Seeing that no one responded for a long time, Chu Yuan felt secretly irritated; so there really wasn't any... In that case, he couldn't stay here!

Otherwise, when Tong Han returned, the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation would simply be unable to stop him... As for the others, Chu Yuan could no longer help them; he had already used the Blood Sea Soul Locking Formation to protect them several times, and now... it was time to find his own way to survive!

"Chu Yuan, although I don't have any Medicinal Pills to assist with breaking through a Realm... I do have a boiling source pill, I wonder if it's useful?" A plain-looking Inner Breath Realm trial-taker said hesitantly.

Before Chu Yuan could ask, Xiang Ning said with a hint of anger: "A boiling source pill? Why don't you take it yourself?" The boy fell silent, then retreated.

"What is a boiling source pill?"

"It's an explosive-type Medicinal Pill, generally used in desperate situations. It can allow a Martial Artist's body and energy intensity to temporarily increase by one major Realm; but the backlash is extremely terrifying! After the battle, the person is almost crippled!" Xiang Ning explained: "Chu Yuan, even if you increase your Realm by a major level now, you still won't be able to defeat Tong Han; so... it's not worth it!"

Chu Yuan weighed it in his mind, then heard Xiang Ning say in a low voice: "Your strength is very high! Perhaps you have surpassed the Inner Breath Realm! These Blood Beasts on the perimeter cannot stop you! If it really comes to it... you should just break through on your own!"

Chu Yuan was a bit surprised: "Then what about you all?"

"...There will always be a way."

Chu Yuan shook his head and looked at that boy: "How do you want to trade?"

The boy spoke with a touch of self-mockery: "No need to trade... Anyway, it's just us burdens benefiting." Subsequently, he threw a jade bottle directly at Chu Yuan.

[boiling source pill detected; can be converted — Epiphyllum Lure! Conversions remaining today: 1!]

"Convert!"

[...Conversion complete!]

Chu Yuan gripped the jade bottle calmly and glanced at the round, dark red Medicinal Pill inside; he still didn't know what effect it actually had.

But it was surely the same type of thing as the boiling source pill, which is: paying a price to temporarily boost one's strength! What was the efficiency of the boost? What was the cost? He didn't know, but it certainly wouldn't be pleasant!

Just the name alone made Chu Yuan feel somewhat heavy in his heart; Epiphyllum... blooming in an instant, withering after reaching the Peak of beauty! He wouldn't perish after eating it, would he?

In any case, if he could avoid using this thing, he naturally would, but Chu Yuan felt it would be hard not to...

"Chu Yuan, look!" Tian Tian's anxious call suddenly pulled him back from his thoughts; looking up, he saw clusters of Blood Clouds exploding in the far distance of the sky! It was gorgeous and beautiful, and the entire Secret Realm seemed to be covered in a layer of red!

The heavens and the earth shook, and a strange sound intruded into his mind; it sounded like a mournful wail, like a bitter cry, making one's heart unable to resist feeling a sense of despair.

The ground trembled, and Chu Yuan's figure was somewhat unsteady; he extended his Divine Sense and saw scenes of chaos and unease everywhere.

Mountains were collapsing, and giant trees were being swallowed by cracks in the earth! The Blood Beasts surrounding the Formation suddenly prostrated themselves, appearing to be in pain, with huge tears dripping down and wetting their fur; and then... a drizzling rain of blood began to fall from the sky!

Chu Yuan reached out and caught the raindrops in his hand, feeling the faint power of blood and Qi contained within, but it was not real blood...

It was only then that the tremendous sound of the explosion was carried over by the violent gale! Everyone covered their ears, but blood still flowed from between their fingers; they had clearly been injured by the shock!

Chu Yuan suddenly put down the Epiphyllum Lure in his hand with a sense of relief; now he didn't need to struggle with the decision; in such a massive spectacle, even if he ate ten Epiphyllum Lures... what could he possibly achieve?

...

"Hahaha! Great Qin! Great Qin! This is just the beginning!" Tong Han stood with Qiu, admiring his own masterpiece; he laughed heartily, making Qiu's eardrums feel somewhat numb.

Qiu looked at the apocalyptic scene everywhere and fell silent, sadness unconsciously welling up in his heart; there was his own sadness, and also the sadness of the world... This was his hometown, after all.

However... even if it were destroyed, it would still be better than leaving it to the Human Race! Who told you to be within the territory of the Human Race? Who told you to be captured by the Human Race?

After venting, Tong Han took a deep breath: "You can go and do what you want to do now."

"What about the remaining god sealing crystals?"

"I will wait until the Great Qin has experts of sufficient weight step inside, then I will detonate them!"

Qiu was silent again: "Do not forget what you promised me!"

"Rest assured! The organization has long since arranged a place for you..."