My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Time flies, and a night passes.

In the second mercenary trial, all survivors spent the first full moon night.

only……

The number of mercenaries participating in the Demon Mist Position interview has decreased by 30%.

The good news is that the mercenaries who survived the first full moon night all saw a significant increase in strength, especially the top ten rookies from the first trial.

They received bloodline modification from the Immortal Wood Group and underwent a life-or-death trial in the second trial, completely transforming themselves.

of course.

Among the mercenaries employed by the Xianmu Group, not only the top ten rookies used bloodline modification technology.

There are also many mercenaries from powerful families who, with their families' support, carry out various modifications to immortal techniques.

Furthermore, many mercenaries from humble backgrounds mortgaged their bodies and souls to obtain support for immortal techniques, hoping to make a comeback in the second trial and compete for the top ten medals.

In the battle for immortality, how can one avoid going mad?

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In the blink of an eye, several days have quietly passed.

Flaming Mountain.

The fiery sea at the Earth's core.

The four Meng brothers guarded the four sides of the island to prevent any Sandstorm Beasts from intruding and disturbing Gu Qing's cultivation.

"I wonder how Brother Gu Qing is doing now?"

Meng Yan asked his three older brothers curiously through the Four Symbols Mixed Origin Formation.

These past few days, the four brothers have given all the pills they had on them that were used to improve their cultivation in the Qi Refining Realm to Gu Qing, so that Gu Qing could improve his spiritual power cultivation.

Not only that, the four of them also used the Four Symbols Primordial Chaos Formation to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and bring it to this island to help Gu Qing increase the concentration of spiritual power.

However, in the last two days, the concentration of spiritual energy on the island has begun to decline.

It wasn't that the spiritual energy near the underground fiery sea was starting to dry up, but rather that Gu Qing's absorption rate of spiritual energy far exceeded that of ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivators.

To increase his spiritual power cultivation by 1 point, Gu Qing consumed three times more spiritual energy than an ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

Gu Qing's absorption speed of spiritual energy exceeded the speed at which the four Meng brothers gathered spiritual energy.

The speed at which he could absorb spiritual energy was incredible to Meng Yan.

You should know that the four brothers are all at the tenth level of Qi Refining.

It's unimaginable how many spirit coins Gu Qing would need to consume to cultivate in the Immortal Kingdom.

If they were cultivating on their own, breathing in and out so much spiritual energy, they would likely have already broken through the tenth level of Qi Refining and transformed into a second-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Brother Gu's spiritual energy is of extremely high quality."

"He refined the Hellfire, which is a second-grade spiritual fire. During the burning and tempering process of the Hellfire, Brother Gu's spiritual power quality is almost on par with that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Meng Hu stared intently at Gu Qing, who was meditating with his eyes closed, and muttered to himself.

Meng Hu himself didn't realize that his tone carried a hint of complex emotions, and the way he looked at Gu Qing was as if he were looking at those peerless geniuses in the Dan Ding Academy.

The four Meng brothers could probably be considered geniuses even in the ordinary plane of the Immortal Kingdom.

But when Meng Hu actually went to Dan Ding Academy and competed with the geniuses gathered from all the planes of the Immortal Kingdom, he realized that there are always mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people, and even geniuses have their differences.

In Gu Qing, Meng Hu saw the shadow of an unparalleled genius.

Perhaps, Gu Qing can compete on the same stage with the unparalleled geniuses of the top ten universities in the Immortal Kingdom.

Just as Meng Hu was lost in thought,

boom……

The spiritual energy on the island suddenly changed, with a large amount of spiritual energy converging towards Gu Qing, forming a spiritual energy tide. Gu Qing was like an abyss, devouring the surrounding spiritual energy.

"This speed at which spiritual energy is being refined is terrifying!"

"Brother Gu, have you broken through to the Qi Refining Realm?"

Among the four Meng brothers, Meng Hong's expression suddenly changed, and he muttered to himself.

When they broke through to the tenth level of Qi Refining, they didn't have this kind of aura. Perhaps, only when they were trying to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm could they absorb so much spiritual energy.

"Second-grade Foundation Establishment Realm?"

"That shouldn't be the case... Brother Gu doesn't have any Foundation Establishment Pills, how can he break through to the next realm?"

Meng Jing hesitated slightly.

"Third brother, don't forget, Brother Gu's spiritual energy quality is very close to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. He may not need a Foundation Establishment Pill to break through to the second-grade Foundation Establishment realm."

The four Meng brothers exchanged glances, unsure of Gu Qing's current state.

A while later.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the surrounding world further decreased, and Gu Qing slowly opened her eyes, a hint of helplessness flashing in them.

"Brother Gu."

"Have you broken through to the second-grade Foundation Establishment realm yet?"

Meng Yan, who was the most impatient of all, couldn't wait to ask Gu Qing after he finished his cultivation.

These words were spoken.

Meng Hu, Meng Hong, and Meng Jing's eyes lit up with curiosity.

"Second rank?"

A hint of helplessness flashed across Gu Qing's face as he shook his head slightly and said, "No, I haven't broken through to the second-grade Foundation Establishment realm."

Gu Qing indeed did not break through to a higher realm.

Its foundation is too profound, and the spiritual energy required to advance its spiritual power cultivation far exceeds expectations.

He is currently at the eighth level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Feeling the vast spiritual power surging within him, Gu Qing realized that the quality of his spiritual power, as well as his physical attributes, far surpassed those of ordinary cultivators.

Whether it's the evolution of the Daoist Immortal Techniques, the analysis and fusion of the profound mysteries of the Nine Transformations of Heavenly Fire, or the integration of two demonic bloodlines into the Myriad Laws Bloodline to generate new bloodline abilities.

These transformations all require a large amount of spiritual energy.

"But for now..."

Gu Qing glanced at the vicinity of the Earth's Core Sea of ​​Fire and fell into deep thought.

As a second-grade, eighth-level world, the Demon Mist Dimension has limited spiritual resources.

"Okay, take your time."

"The spiritual energy in the Immortal Kingdom is almost limitless; one can advance one's spiritual cultivation by returning to the Immortal Kingdom."

"There are still five or six days until the second full moon."

"Right now, the most important thing is to improve our combat strength, kill more monsters, and obtain trial points."

Thinking of this,

Gu Qing glanced at the sand dunes made of crimson sand. The crimson sand left behind after the deaths of thousands of Sand Fusion Beasts was definitely a valuable resource.

Previously, with the power of the Five Elements Evolution Array, Gu Qing could control the sand dunes to transform into giants and kill Hellish demons at the Foundation Establishment stage.

If one can fully control this power, even alone, one might be able to fight against a Foundation Establishment Realm demon beast.

After giving instructions to the four Meng brothers, Gu Qing continued his seclusion to improve his combat strength.

Upon arriving at the edge of the fiery sea, the intense heat of the earth's fire emanated from the sea, causing the air to distort and rise, while a thin layer of crimson mist floated on the surface.

"Such abundant earth fire energy, combined with hellfire, is perfect for refining the red sand gourd."

With a thought, Gu Qing activated the Sand Fusion Beast's innate spell, the Fire Fusion Sand Control Technique.

A large swath of crimson sand flew in front of me.

Under the burning, dark red hellfire, wisps of black smoke emanated from these crimson sands.

"Burning in the flames of hell."

"What would happen if we refined second-grade hellfire into crimson sand?"

Thinking of this, Gu Qing immediately threw the Hellfire into the Earth's Core Flame Sea, turning the low-grade earth fire energy into fuel for the Hellfire, using it to refine the Crimson Heavy Sand and the Red Sand Gourd.

time flies.

Half a day later,

The red sand gourd absorbs a large amount of hellfire.

The originally reddish sand grains shrank by one-third in volume, but their weight increased to the weight of two lead balls.

The red sand gourd instantly dispersed, turning into countless tiny, dark red sand grains.

The spirituality of hellfire manifested on the surface of every grain of sand, eventually coalescing back into a gourd.

A flash of inspiration.

A spiritual barrier appeared on the gourd.

"A mid-grade magic weapon?"

"Continue to improve the red sand gourd..."

Gu Qing glanced at the sand dunes not far away.

One-tenth of the crimson sand left behind after the deaths of thousands of Sand Fusion Beasts was refined into the Red Sand Gourd.

If all the crimson sand were refined into the gourd, how powerful would this magical artifact be?

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