Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 120 Delving into the Ascension Platform

Gu Yue clasped his hands together, and a ball of azure light flew out. The azure light transformed into a small azure bird in the air, spreading its wings and soaring. It did not fly out of the tree canopy, but flew towards the distance.

Then came the second, third, and fourth clusters of blue light, which all transformed into wind birds and flew off in different directions.

Over the past three years, everyone's mental strength has increased significantly, with Gu Yue being the strongest.

Nan Fusheng's clone's spiritual power has increased to 612 due to his cultivation of the Purple Demon Eye. Furthermore, because he is one of the few who passed the advanced trials, he is able to learn three Tang Sect secret techniques.

He chose three ultimate techniques: Xuan Tian Gong, Zi Ji Mo Tong, and Gui Ying Mi Zong. These three techniques were indeed extraordinary. Although they were often criticized as low-level martial arts, Nan Fusheng felt quite good using them.

The Purple Demon Eye can be used to train mental strength and increase eyesight; it can also be used to develop mental attack techniques.

The Ghost Shadow Tracking technique is much less useful; it's more of a peculiar footwork technique, but it can still be used to bully Soul Masters who don't have much practical combat experience.

As for the Xuan Tian Gong, Nan Fusheng had been looking forward to this technique for a long time. After all, it was the secret technique of the Buddha Tang, which was initially said to be an orthodox Taoist technique with the ability to embrace all things and generate endless life.

As a result, it evolved into the Profound Devouring Heaven Demon Technique, which directly absorbs your bloodline power and uses it for its own purposes. This is even more powerful than the Star Absorbing Technique. At least others can only absorb internal energy, but you can actually absorb bloodline power.

It can also use the innate abilities of its corresponding race, which is just too overpowered.

Nan Fusheng didn't expect to have such heaven-defying abilities, but at least having an automatic energy-circulating function like Huo Yuhao in the second part would be acceptable! (Huo Yuhao's Xuan Tian Gong is indeed different, as mentioned in the original text.)

As a result, after experimenting for a long time, he discovered that this was just an ordinary cultivation technique, and its operating speed was not much faster than the invincible cultivation technique (the secret technique passed down through the ages).

Tang Wulin's mental strength was stuck at 499 points, just one step away from breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm. This was a threshold in the mental realm that was extremely difficult to overcome.

Xu Xiaoyan's mental strength has also broken through four hundred, and she is working towards that goal.

Xie Xie's mental strength is weaker, currently only around two hundred points. Of course, this is already a terrifying figure among his peers.

It's important to understand that a Spirit Sea Realm cultivation level is sufficient to support a Soul Master possessing three thousand-year-old Soul Spirits. As long as one doesn't pursue powerful Soul Rings, it can support nine Soul Rings. Although this is only theoretically possible, it illustrates just how crucial Spirit Sea Realm spiritual power is to a Soul Master.

Gu Yue's current spiritual power is as high as 700. After breaking through to the Spirit Sea Realm, she seems to be soaring to new heights. She is extremely powerful.

The group stopped and waited for Gu Yue's windbird reconnaissance results before deciding on their next direction. Although there were very few beings in the primary Spirit Ascension Platform that could truly threaten them anymore.

However, "rare" does not mean "none." Just like when they first entered the Ascension Platform during the riot period, they encountered a century-old dark gold dinosaur bear, which they still cannot defeat now.

That thing is just too powerful; one swipe of its claw is enough to kill any god in its path!

"It's a pride of lions." Less than half a minute later, Gu Yue whispered to Tang Wulin, "There are signs of a pride of lions on the left side, in that area."

The Flame Lion Pack is an extremely powerful force in the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform; they once chased them relentlessly until they had nowhere to run.

Tang Wulin turned to look at Gu Yue, "Can you determine the exact quantity?"

Gu Yue said in a deep voice, "Judging from the traces they left behind, there are approximately fifteen of them. Shall we go?"

Tang Wulin looked at everyone, "What do you all think?"

Nan Fusheng said, "I agree with the fight. After all, this is the Spirit Ascension Platform, not a real battlefield. We've finally encountered someone who can put pressure on us, so we should give it a shot."

I think that with our current capabilities, even if there were two or three thousand-year-old lions in the pride, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Gu Yue said, "I agree with Fu Sheng's statement."

Pressure is the driving force for improvement. We can give it a try. Even if we can't win, we're still fairly confident we can escape.

Xu Xiaoyan chuckled, "I agree."

Xie Xie: "+1"

Tang Wulin looked up at the sky and said, "Gu Yue, you're in charge of reconnaissance. We'll approach them, but keep a safe distance. We'll move out at night."

Nighttime is slightly less effective for fire-attribute soul beasts like the Flame Lion King, because the fire element is much more subdued without sunlight.

At the same time, their team's overall combat power will be enhanced by Xu Xiaoyan's Star Wheel Ice Staff. After Xu Xiaoyan reaches two rings, the increase is quite significant.

(No more filler numbers, battle details omitted.)

Next, while following the trail of the Flame Lion Clan, Nan Fusheng and the others unexpectedly discovered that the Flame Lion Clan had already clashed with a team of seven Soul Masters.

Just as the two sides were locked in a stalemate, Nan Fusheng and his group entered the fray at the opportune moment, helping the Soul Master team eliminate the lion pack. Then, they staged a counterattack, reaping a large wave of spiritual power.

The members of Class Zero then moved around the Spirit Ascension Platform, stopping and starting intermittently. They encountered attacks from spirit beasts from time to time, but they would fight back and absorb spiritual energy.

They rested for half an hour every two hours. They continued to venture deeper into the forest, and the spiritual energy around the five of them became increasingly concentrated, so much so that the rate at which they absorbed it could not keep up with the rate at which it increased.

As dawn broke, the first day of the Ascension Platform during the riot period was coming to an end. They had been here for more than ten hours, and the full day required for the final exam was drawing ever closer.

Of course. They never thought the final exams would be difficult for them.

"Let's all rest for a bit." Inside the Ascension Platform, there's no worry about hunger. In a sense, they're all just projections of this world, without real bodies. Of course, they'll need to replenish their food supplies once they're outside.

As dawn broke, Nan Fusheng, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin gazed at the pale light on the horizon and silently began cultivating their Purple Demon Eyes.

Cultivating the Purple Demon Eye within this Spirit Ascension Platform is not only effective, but it also feels like achieving twice the result with half the effort. The reason for this is unclear to everyone, but given its effectiveness, they certainly can't let it pass by.

After cultivating the Purple Demon Eye to the second level, further advancement becomes extremely difficult, requiring years of cultivation and accumulation.

Moreover, it also depends on one's own comprehension and luck. Even with Wu Changkong's current cultivation level of seven rings, his Purple Demon Eye is still only at the second level.

After resting, it was still bright outside. Nan Fusheng said, "By noon today, we should be able to pass the final exams. I think we should be cautious and finish the final exams first."

This place has excellent terrain, situated at the top of a hillside, perfect for observing the surroundings. Let's camp here for now. Once the exam is over, we'll proceed as quickly as possible to penetrate deeper.

The deeper you go into the great forest of the Spirit Ascension Platform, the stronger the soul beasts you will encounter.

As for how to determine the depth, that's not a problem either. The deeper they go into the forest, the more lush the vegetation becomes, and the thicker the trees grow. They have tried to advance several times, but after reaching a certain range, they encounter powerful soul beasts and are forced to stop.

Today is likely their last time entering the Elementary Spirit Ascension Platform in the near future. Besides completing the exam, they also want to explore the depths of this great forest and see what lies there.

The sun is at its zenith.

As time went by, the spiritual energy in everyone's bodies had been almost completely absorbed.

"Set off!"

As soon as he finished speaking, five beams of azure light descended and merged into the five of them. With the help of the wind element, their bodies immediately became much lighter.

This time, instead of proceeding slowly and cautiously, the group rushed into the depths of the great forest at top speed.

We can go as far as we can.

Gu Yue continuously rubbed her hands together, creating streaks of azure light, and scout wind birds flew out, soaring into the distance. Tang Wulin charged ahead, while Gu Yue followed behind, using the wind birds to guide their direction and avoid powerful soul beasts as much as possible.

And so, as they sped along, they became increasingly engrossed in the journey.

The further they went, the denser the vegetation became, causing them to gradually slow down.

Nevertheless, two hours later, they had already traveled a greater distance than the day before.

The climax is coming soon.

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(End of this chapter)