Twenty times the speed!
This information struck the two like world-ending thunderbolts, booming in their minds. Gods above, what had their master obtained after conquering the third stage of the Glazed Secret Realm?
The Exquisite Pagoda, could it be… a divine tower!!
“Cultivate with peace of mind. I hope you two break through to the next realm soon.”
As the voice faded, Ye Xuan’s spiritual projection vanished within the Exquisite Pagoda. He then looked at the dense tide of Hell Demonic Spiders surrounding him, a smile curling up on his lips. With his worries gone, Ye Xuan’s attacks became even more ferocious.
“Die!!!”
Surging lightning and rampant spear intent instantly covered an area of over two thousand three hundred zhang. With a deafening roar, it was like a world-ending lightning tribulation, instantly annihilating over two thousand Hell Demonic Spiders. He then collected over two thousand Hell Demonic Spider Pills.
It was a pity that he had used the ten-times reward of Hell Demonic Spider Pills earlier. Otherwise, this single wave would have yielded over twenty thousand pills. How sweet that would have been.
“Ding, congratulations to the host for triggering a selection task: Slay 300,000 Hell Demonic Spider soldiers and capture the Hell Demonic Spider King into the Exquisite Pagoda!”
“Task Option One: Accept the task, receive a tenfold rebate, with a rebate cap of 30 million Star River Coins, and a tenfold reward of Hell Demonic Spider Pills! (Note: Only for this kill!)”
“Task Option Two: Refuse the task, wealth reduced by 30%!”
Ye Xuan, “!!!!”
What the heck?
Had the system gone mad? Although he wanted the tenfold reward of Hell Demonic Spider Pills, capturing the Hell Demonic Spider King into the Exquisite Pagoda had a difficulty coefficient ten times greater than slaying 300,000 Hell Demonic Spider soldiers.
However, if he could truly achieve it, it would represent an astronomical fortune for him.
“But… before that, let’s first succeed in slaying the 300,000 Hell Demonic Spider soldiers.”
Ye Xuan mumbled. To subdue the Hell Demonic Spider King, his current strength was likely insufficient. At the very least, he needed to reach the Second Stage Venerable realm.
“Kill!!!”
With a plan in place, Ye Xuan’s most important task now was to slay the Hell Demonic Spider soldiers and strive to break through to the Second Stage Venerable realm before the Glazed Secret Realm closed.
Then…
He would attempt to capture the Hell Demonic Spider King into the first level of the Exquisite Pagoda, though only capture, not subdue.
With Ye Xuan’s current full power, he could kill over ten thousand Hell Demonic Spider soldiers in about four strikes. For 300,000 Hell Demonic Spider soldiers, this meant Ye Xuan would have to unleash his full power at least 120 times.
Moreover, he would have to relocate his battlefield each time to maximize his benefits.
Thus, Ye Xuan entered full-scale slaughter mode.
If Mo Xuanyou and Dongfang Qingkong were present, they would surely be stunned, as their master’s current strength was a large stretch beyond what they had just witnessed.
One quarter of an hour!
Three quarters of an hour! Five quarters of an hour!!
Time flew by, and two days later…
Boom!!!!
Terrifying lightning permeated the air, and under the shredding spear intent, another two thousand plus Hell Demonic Spider soldiers fell. Terrifying energy ripples spread outwards. With this strike, the number of Hell Demonic Spider soldiers slain by Ye Xuan had surpassed a whopping 300,000.
“Since that’s the case, it seems it’s time to break through, right?”
Ye Xuan murmured. The next moment, he arrived within the Exquisite Pagoda. However, Mo Xuanyou and Dongfang Qingkong were clearly not around. After all, this first level was a small world. Although not vast, it wasn't exactly small either.
Here, there was no need to worry about being discovered, as no one would ever know he was here.
With twenty times the cultivation speed, it meant that for every twenty days spent here, only one day passed in the outside world. Thinking of this, Ye Xuan no longer hesitated. He divided his attention, and the power of time and space were injected into the Exquisite Pagoda every moment, as this was the only way to increase the temporal flow rate. He dared not slacken in the slightest.
“Let’s begin over there.”
With a thought, Ye Xuan directly took out five million Mid-grade Emperor Realm spirit stones and one million High-grade Emperor Crystals, covering an area of several thousand zhang. They were densely packed with Emperor Crystals. He refused to believe that all of this wouldn’t allow him to break through to the Second Stage Venerable realm.
Clearly, Ye Xuan was going all out to have a greater chance of ‘defeating’ the Hell Demonic Spider King.
With twenty times the speed, coupled with so many Emperor Crystals, no one knew how Ye Xuan’s progress would be.
One day!
Three days! Five days!!
Seven days passed quickly, and within the Exquisite Pagoda, twenty-one days had gone by. The six million Emperor Crystals had been completely devoured by Ye Xuan.
As for why he didn’t break through to the Second Stage Venerable realm immediately, it was a deliberate act by Ye Xuan. He wanted to accumulate strength for a powerful breakthrough.
“The limit, it seems I’m still a little short!”
Thinking this, Ye Xuan’s eyes hardened. He directly took out over a thousand Ultimate-grade Emperor Crystals and began to devour them maniacally.
Rumble~~
Finally, after devouring over a thousand Ultimate-grade Emperor Crystals, even Ye Xuan, who wanted to suppress it, could no longer hold back his realm breakthrough. He successfully entered the Second Stage Venerable realm, and not only that, with Ye Xuan’s accumulated strength,
Ye Xuan’s realm surged like a geyser. After about a quarter of an hour.
His aura intensified again. The original aura of a Second Stage Venerable had once again advanced to the peak of the Second Stage Venerable, and then it stopped.
Following that, Ye Xuan opened his eyes.
Crack~
The sound of bones realigning echoed, and his body felt incredibly comfortable. Twenty-one days, what a joke?
Maintaining one posture for twenty-one days, who knew what Ye Xuan had gone through.
“Peak Second Stage Venerable?”
“About seven days have passed in the outside world. It’s time to take action.”
Clearly, the effect of this closed-door cultivation was much better than he had anticipated. It was worth mentioning that the temporal flow rate here had increased from the original 2 times to 2.5 times.
Then, Ye Xuan flickered and appeared in the Glazed Secret Realm, heading towards the depths of the Hell Demonic Spider tide. He could now instantly kill any Hell Demonic Spider General, as his breakthrough in realm had led to an exponential increase in his combat power.
Even elite Hell Demonic Spider Generals couldn’t last ten moves against him. As for those Hell Demonic Spider soldiers, they were mere trash in his eyes.
However, the second stage of the Glazed Secret Realm was too vast. He advanced for a full day before reaching the center of the Hell Demonic Spider tide. However… the surrounding Hell Demonic Spider Generals were all that remained; not a single Hell Demonic Spider soldier was in sight.
“Damn it, these Hell Demonic Spider Generals are all burdens.”
Ye Xuan willed it. Thinking of the Exquisite Pagoda’s function, he directly collected the surrounding Hell Demonic Spider Generals into it. This act of collection was significant, as he directly took in over a hundred of them.
However, Ye Xuan wouldn’t let them run wild. He spent a million Star River Coins to forge a defensive formation barrier. As long as one’s strength didn’t exceed the Fourth Stage Venerable realm, they wouldn’t be able to get out.
Screech~~
However, this action of Ye Xuan directly enraged the Hell Demonic Spider King. What a joke! Dozens of its subordinates vanished into thin air, how could it remain calm?
In an instant, a figure appeared in the arena. The figure that appeared was a seductive woman in a blood-red long robe. “You dare kill so many of my subordinates? You’re seeking death!!”
Ye Xuan looked at the woman in the three-colored blood-red long robe, his pupils contracting. What the… this Hell Demonic Spider King had already transformed!