Traveling across the globe for the first time

Let's get to the root of the problem!

Zhang Haoran quickly discovered that the black smoke originated from the Origin Space.

The level of the primordial space is not as high as that of the immortal body, and it cannot completely eliminate that annihilating power.

He said with a hint of helplessness, "It seems that the Innate Sword Formation also needs to be upgraded. It's starting to fall behind my pace!"

Upgrading the Innate Sword Formation is actually quite simple.

Either increase the number of array swords to ten thousand, then it will truly be a unity of all paths, and its power will surely increase greatly.

Alternatively, we could improve the quality of these three thousand longswords.

However, he doesn't have much time to improve his innate sword formation right now, so he can only leave this matter to his three clones.

After recovering from his injuries, Zhang Haoran immediately switched places with the fake body and returned to the treehouse.

He got up and walked outside. The treehouse door opened automatically, and all the outer defenses were removed.

"Master, you've recovered? That's incredible speed!"

Daoshu's tone was filled with shock.

He knew how troublesome it was to have one's original essence erased. It was like repairing a dilapidated house that leaked air everywhere. Not only did you have to add bricks and tiles, but you also had to polish it carefully. Any flaw would become a hidden danger.

Zhang Haoran casually replied, "It's just a minor injury! My golden body is strong enough that it didn't cause any fundamental damage."

He deliberately synchronized the fake body with the real body just now to avoid arousing suspicion. This was not only for Dao Shu's benefit, but also for the mastermind behind the scenes.

After all, no matter how strong the other party is, it is impossible for them to find out the specific situation and know how serious his previous injuries were.

In Dao Shu's eyes, this meant that he had used his cultivation technique to dissipate the annihilating power within his body. Then, his golden body and spiritual power recovered at a visible speed, returning to their peak state in just a few minutes. No, to be precise, they were even stronger than before.

With the jade bones forged to 80%, the basic qi and blood have been further improved.

Then a pool of blood appeared in front of them, making the statement seem unconvincing.

Dao Shu asked with some concern, "Master, do you still want to continue?"

"Of course!"

Zhang Haoran chuckled and said, "Heh, you don't think you can scare me off with this little scene, do you?"

"Don't dare!"

Dao Shu respectfully said, "What I mean is, those blue lightning bolts seem to be very effective against you. Should we prepare something else?"

"no need!"

His tone turned cold as he said, "I didn't expect anyone to be able to manipulate the power of the rules before, and I was caught off guard. I won't be careless this time!"

As they spoke, they had already arrived at the entrance to the Crystal Passage.

Seeing that he couldn't dissuade him, Daoshu immediately said, "Then I'll wait outside. If there's any danger, you should come back out immediately!"

Just as Zhang Haoran was about to refuse, he caught a glimpse of blood in the corner of his eye. It was the same blood he had vomited earlier. He felt that an old fox was plotting against him and might use some tricks, so it was better to be on the safe side.

So he nodded and said, "Okay! You just need to stay outside and provide support. Remember, don't go inside."

Also, keep a close watch on the Heavenly Gate and don't let those emperor clones get in!

"promise!"

The Dao Tree immediately agreed, its whip-like roots gathering strength outside the passageway, ready to provide support.

Zhang Haoran strode into the crystal passage, his heart filled with rage: "This time, I'm not only going to forge the jade bone, but I'm also going to fleece that old silver coin until he's bald."

He had just entered the passage when a barrage of lightning struck down, all of it wind-based, and countless cyan weapons emerged from the void...

He sneered, "Heh! Another wind-based attack. Do you really think you've found my weakness?"

pity!

An attack of this magnitude can no longer harm me!

He strode confidently into the depths of the passage, completely ignoring any attacks.

The severe injury he suffered earlier increased his resistance to wind, and he refined the wind laws that had invaded his body, giving him a deeper understanding of this power. Now, his control over wind laws is no less than that of a Heavenly King who specializes in this path.

Boom boom boom.

Countless bolts of lightning struck him, but only caused negligible damage.

Bang bang bang!
The blue weapons shattered as they struck him, unable to even break through his defenses.

Looking at the scattered wind-elemental power around him, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Hehe! The chance to get some freebies has arrived!"

Zhang Haoran stretched out his hand, generating a powerful suction force. The scattered wind-elemental laws quickly gathered together and condensed into a cyan crystal.

In fact, he had noticed the crystals that had been spat out earlier, but since the Dao Tree was still nearby, it would be a bit embarrassing to pick them up.

Furthermore, the largest of those crystals was only the size of a soybean, and even if all of them were added together, they would only be enough to shape one true god. However, the power of the laws is now almost inexhaustible, so of course he would want to find a way to collect more. In fact, this is a way of weakening the power of the rules in the passage.

Because these scattered wind-elemental laws will not disappear, they will soon be incorporated into the next attack.

The reason he hadn't collected the power of rules within the passage before was mainly because those powers were too mixed, containing all sorts of laws, and he couldn't control so many laws; collecting them would have been too troublesome.

This place is full of wind-based laws now, so it's worth collecting some.

With a thought, he inputted the wind-elemental laws that had invaded his body into the crystal, thus eliminating the need for the refining process.

Only then did he realize that the wind-element crystal could not be used by others. The one he inputted was fine, as it was all pure law power, while the scattered law contained a lot of annihilation power.

But it doesn't matter, weakening the enemy is strengthening yourself.

He increased his absorption efforts, gathering the surrounding laws of power. Fortunately, his control over the wind laws had improved, otherwise it would have been difficult to do it so easily.

Now he wants to snatch food from the tiger's mouth and weaken the power of the rules in the passage as much as possible. As long as the power of the rules here is reduced, the opponent will not be able to use any dirty tricks!
Zhang Haoran took out a large ball of life essence and swallowed it in one gulp. Anyway, the enemy already knew that he was using the Great Dao Thunder to temper his jade bones, so there was no need to hide it anymore.

However, he still secretly consumed a few drops of true blood to give the enemy the illusion that as long as he was attacked, he could accelerate the forging of the jade bone without causing any real damage.

Unless the other party is willing to open the passage, there is no way to stop him from tempering his jade bones.

The other party clearly had no intention of letting go, and the great lightning continued to strike.

As more and more of the power of rules shattered, a blue crystal the size of an egg gradually appeared in his hand.

If the annihilating power within could be purified and given to a martial artist cultivating the Wind Element Great Dao, it would probably be no problem to create a saint.

If the other party is a saint, or even breaks through to the Heavenly King level, such a pure crystal of law is very rare and can be considered an unexpected gain.

What puzzled him was that the power of the rules here was clearly controlled by an old silver coin. Even knowing that the wind elemental laws were no longer effective, it still didn't change its attack method.

"This can't be right! What's going on?"

Zhang Haoran asked in confusion, "Am I misunderstanding something? Is it that no one is controlling it, and it's just a natural reaction of the passage?"
Or is it that the old silver coin is also restricted and cannot arbitrarily change the rules here? This time he was more cautious and did not dare to go too deep. He stopped after advancing 300 meters, fearing that if he went too deep, he would be ambushed by the enemy again.

He didn't want to go through what happened before.

The main reason was that most of the energy stored in his defensive equipment had been used up, leaving him without a trump card to save his life, which made him extra cautious.

"Boom!"

The moment he stopped, the color of the lightning on the Sky Avenue changed, becoming even more mixed than when he first entered the passage, a kaleidoscope of colors, containing all sorts of laws, illuminating the crystal passage with extraordinary brilliance.

"Tsk! So it was a trap to lure the enemy in! How cunning!"

The opponent knew from the beginning that it wouldn't work, but still used the wind element to attack, just to make him mistakenly believe that the rules couldn't be changed at will. Now that he has stopped, they immediately changed their strategy.

This is a test to see which law he has the least resistance to!
"You think I'll obediently let you test me just because you want to? Dream on!"

He raised the Blood Shadow Sword and swung it fiercely.
"Zheng!"

A golden sword beam flashed, clearing away a large portion of the lightning in the sky. However, this was of no use. The lightning in the sky was endless, and even the weapons held by the giant hands that emerged from the void turned into various colors, clearly imbued with the power of laws.

"Zhengzhengzheng!"

Golden sword beams flashed past.
Large swaths of lightning and weapons were shattered, but attacks still struck the body.

"Boom boom boom!"

Bolts of lightning struck his body, and various laws erupted continuously, blasting his golden body into craters. Some parts were frozen, some were scorched, and some were corroded...

This time, Zhang Haoran had learned from experience and did not refine the various forces raging within his body. Instead, he spread out his left hand and expelled all these laws of power from his body.

A chaotic crystal gradually formed in his palm, but the crystal was very unstable, as if it would explode at any moment.

After all, not all laws can be controlled. He is now forcibly bringing these laws together with his powerful mental strength.

Throwing the chaotic crystal out as a bomb seems like a good choice; it would definitely disrupt the power of rules within the passage for a while.

But Zhang Haoran did not do that. After the crystal exploded, it would decompose into various laws, which the other party could definitely collect and utilize.

The power of laws raging within the body, being an enemy's attack, cannot be stored in the system space, but it can be condensed into crystals.

Therefore, when the crystal condenses to the size of a pigeon egg, it is collected into the system space.

In this way, the total amount of power of the rules within the passage will decrease, and the enemy's attacks will become weaker and weaker.

To his surprise, these crystals were actually quite valuable; a single crystal the size of a pigeon egg could sell for ten million.

This is the standard for the sixth rank!
Zhang Haoran exclaimed in surprise, "Holy crap! It's worth that much? Does that mean I won't have to sell energy stones anymore?"

This made him collect them even more diligently. Every time he condensed a pigeon egg-sized one, he would put it into his system space, and soon he had accumulated more than a dozen.

However, before making the sale, he cautiously inquired with the Myriad Realms Tower and quickly understood what was going on. These laws of power were the origin of the small worlds, and unless it was not their own world, no one would sell them.

Just as Su Xiao wouldn't sell elemental power, he wouldn't sell these crystals either. He's only keeping them for now; once he defeats the enemy, he'll have to return them.

Otherwise, if too much power of the rules is lost, the small world might be downgraded.

We can't collect too much, but it's okay to keep a portion for now.

"Zhengzhengzheng!"

A golden sword light flashed, clearing away most of the surrounding attacks. Less than 30% of them landed on him. He had only advanced 300 meters so far, and the attack power was not too strong. He could easily deal with it, and he didn't even need to activate his defensive equipment.

Actually, this was intentional.

Zhang Haoran felt that, while ensuring safety, allowing the enemy to discover weaknesses might not be a bad thing.

If the opponent attacks his weakness again, he can use this to increase his corresponding resistance.

To be honest, he didn't know which law he was least resistant to, since there were countless laws in the world, and he only knew a small part of them.

During this stalemate, the forging progress of the jade bone began to steadily advance, gradually reaching 85%.

Rumble.

The lightning strikes from the Great Dao are becoming increasingly fierce!

The power of the rules throughout the entire passage is converging in this direction.

Zhang Haoran's expression turned serious.

"Just as Daoshu said, if you stay in one place for too long, the attacks you suffer will become stronger and stronger."

However, he was cautious but not too worried. He only advanced 300 meters this time, and if he couldn't hold on, he could quit immediately.

As more attacks landed on him, the forging speed of the jade bones increased.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Great Dao Thunder became increasingly violent, and the weapons that emerged from the void were also wrapped in arcs of electricity, significantly increasing their attack power from Breaking Six to Breaking Seven.

"Puff puff!"

The sound of weapons piercing flesh rang out continuously, some deep, some shallow, making him look like a hedgehog. However, these were only superficial wounds that could heal in an instant, since these weapons were primarily physical attacks.

The pressure is mounting!

Zhang Haoran gritted his teeth and said, "Hold on a little longer! Once the jade bone is 95% forged, I'll quit."

Come back prepared next time, and use the lightning here to get through your training period.

But he was oversimplifying things. The one controlling all of this was an old silver coin; how could he not have foreseen this?
Just when the jade bone was 92% complete.

An intense sense of crisis swept over us!
All the lightning bolts and weapons erupted with blinding light.

At the same time, he felt as if he had been hit on the head with a hammer, and a wave of dizziness washed over him; he had suffered a mental shock.

Countless attacks rained down, blasting him away.

"Damn it! That old silver coin can not only manipulate the power of rules, but also take direct action. I miscalculated."

These were his last thoughts as he fell into a state of dizziness. This mental shock was extremely intense, definitely reaching the level of an emperor.

However, Zhang Haoran's mental strength had undergone a second qualitative change and was even stronger than that of an ordinary emperor, so he was only dizzy for a moment and quickly regained his senses.

But when he regained consciousness, all he could see was a white blur.

The lightning of the Great Dao continued to strike wildly, and the attacks of various weapons did not stop. However, all the lightning turned into a blazing white, extremely dazzling, and the weapons also turned into light blades, containing the laws of light.

Zhang Haoran has never fought against light-type enemies. His only resistance came from fighting against the Void Gate, and this resistance is very low, almost negligible.

Therefore, both the Great Thunder and the Light Blade caused him considerable damage.

The most troublesome thing is that these light-based laws can interfere with perception; now he can't distinguish east from west, north from south, and has no idea where the exit is. (End of Chapter)