Since the sky was covered, the heavens began to show their holiness

Zhou Xian soaked in the homemade magic hot spring comfortably. In the mist, he muttered to himself: "I must bring a storage ring next time. I have collected so many things, it is really inconvenient to carry them with me."

Then, he turned his attention to sorting out the harvest of this month. He saw dozens of magic cores scattered around the hot spring, each of which was flashing a strange light, and it seemed that a beast was sealed inside, containing powerful power, reflecting the surroundings in a colorful way.

Zhou Xian picked one up casually, placed it in his palm and examined it carefully, with the corners of his mouth rising unconsciously. These were all the spoils of his bloody battles over the past month, and were also a testimony to his strength.

Each of these was a relic of a level nine magical beast that once dominated the area, and its value was inestimable. If it were sold outside, each one would be sold at a sky-high price, enough to drive countless people crazy. But for him, these magic cores were far more than just a symbol of wealth, but also a medal of his struggle in this dangerous place.

Zhou Xian raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a bit of satisfaction and complacency, and waved his hand, with graceful and neat movements, he put the magic cores back into the package one by one.

"I have accumulated enough magic power and fighting spirit in my body. It's time to make a breakthrough."

Zhou Xian closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surging fighting spirit and magic power in his body. They were like imprisoned beasts, rushing around in his meridians, eager to break free.

During this trip to the Warcraft Mountains, he experienced countless dangerous battles and not only obtained dozens of magic cores. With the rich elements of heaven and earth deep in the Warcraft Mountains, the fighting spirit and magic power in his body have also been saturated. He only needs to find a time to break through and he will be able to become a ninth-level strongman. If he further comprehends the power of heaven and earth, he will become a holy domain strongman.

The gap between level eight and level nine is relatively small. Whether it is magic power or fighting spirit, as long as you accumulate diligently in daily practice, you can reach the corresponding threshold. The most important thing is the breakthrough of mental power. If the mental power reaches the standard, it is not difficult to achieve a breakthrough, and usually you will not encounter a bottleneck that is difficult to overcome. The promotion process is relatively smooth.

Mental power happened to be Zhou Xian's strong point. For some unknown reason, his mental power was growing almost all the time, day by day. Over time, even though he was still young, his mental power was much higher than those of the ninth-level magicians.

Although he was very confident about the breakthrough, just in case, Zhou Xian still used earth magic to open up a stone chamber several hundred meters underground to make a breakthrough.

The entire breakthrough process went smoothly, and everything came naturally. The seven elements of wind, fire, water, earth, thunder, light, and darkness in the body seemed to be pulled by a mysterious force and spread evenly and orderly in the middle dantian. They intertwined and merged with each other, and there was a tendency to condense into a solid state, as if a gem containing endless energy was about to be born.

At the same time, the fighting spirit in the lower dantian became restless and began to surge violently, with faint signs of crystallization.

Zhou Xian's previous accumulation was too deep, and he reached the middle stage of the ninth level when he first broke through. At this time, the amount of fighting spirit and magic power in his body far exceeded that of practitioners of the same level, which was several times larger. Not only that, under the continuous compression and tempering, the quality of these forces was also quietly changing, showing signs of transformation and sublimation.

After completing the breakthrough, Zhou Xian was not in a hurry to leave the stone chamber. He knew that the key to improving strength lies in all-round development. He decided to strike while the iron is hot and use the surging magic power and fighting spirit after the breakthrough to begin deep tempering of his body.

His physical body had already reached the eighth level of strength. Even without magic and fighting spirit, he could fight hand-to-hand with an eighth-level monster, but Zhou Xian's pursuit did not stop there.

"Strong power does not only come from magic power and fighting spirit, the body is also the foundation of the power."

A trace of pain appeared on Zhou Xian's face. The road to tempering the body is full of thorns and cannot be completed overnight. Every impact of magic power and fighting spirit is like a contest with one's own limits. The pain is always with him, but Zhou Xian still grits his teeth and persists, with unwavering determination in his eyes. When every inch of muscle and every bone in his body is screaming in protest and can no longer accommodate even a trace of excess strength, Zhou Xian slowly stops.

At this moment, he seemed to have just been pulled out of the water, and sweat soaked his clothes without reservation, dripping onto the floor of the stone room. His skin was a shocking red, just like shrimp cooked at high temperature, which was the most intuitive reaction of the body after experiencing extreme tempering.

"After another ten days or half a month of hard training, my physical body should be able to break through."

Zhou Xian slowly clenched his fist, and in an instant, an invisible force gathered in his palm. Then, a deafening explosion suddenly exploded in the stone chamber, like a thunder exploding in the ear.

At the same time, a fierce hurricane appeared out of nowhere without any warning, and raged in this closed stone chamber. The amazing thing was that this hurricane with amazing destructive power was neither from his fighting spirit nor from magic. It was just the strength of his tempered body, which was as powerful as that of a demon beast, that erupted with such terrifying power.

Although Zhou Xian's first physical training after this breakthrough did not allow him to reach the ninth level of physical body in one fell swoop, the signs of transformation had already appeared. The lines of his muscles became stronger and stronger, and every inch of his skin showed a tough texture. His already strong physique now became even more fierce.

Following this trend, as long as he concentrates on training for another ten days or half a month, Zhou Xian is sure that his body will break through and steadily step into the ninth level. By then, his strength will surely leap forward again.

Zhou Xian stretched his muscles and thought to himself, "I can't rush to train my body. I don't know how long this retreat will take. I'm already starving. I'd better go out and find some food first."

After saying this, he stood up straight, his aura sank slightly, and his body seemed to become one with the rock and soil, disappearing into it in the blink of an eye.

In the soil, Zhou Xian moved very quickly, like a nimble fish swimming in the water. The rocks and soil surged quietly wherever he passed, but returned to their original state in the blink of an eye.

But after a moment, accompanied by a soft "puff" sound, the long-lost sunlight shone on Zhou Xian's face again, making him squint his eyes.

However, the smell coming from his nose made him open his eyes again, but the scene before him made him twitch his mouth.

"Um, this..."

"嘤嘤嘤!!!"

Zhou Xian broke out of the ground without any warning. The fur of a certain monster instantly stood up in shock, and it let out a sharp cry of fear, digging the ground with its four claws in panic, and turned around and ran wildly into the depths of the dense jungle, leaving only a fleeting white afterimage.

(End of this chapter)