Chapter 142: Su Li’s Advancement

With Su Li and Xu Haishui gone, Bai Wenwei felt his easy life was about to end.

Ignoring Bai Wenwei’s anxious shouts, the crowd focused on their own survival plans.

If the Purple Wind Building were truly destroyed and Su Li’s group died in the distant horde of beasts, where would they go to survive? Who would they turn to?

Seeing the island closing in, panic gripped the Purple Wind Building. Rafts began to flee. Meanwhile, at the island’s center, the battle raged fiercely. Everyone was fighting for their lives, and they could all see the rapidly approaching skyscraper, realizing the danger.

“Xuehui, how much more?” Ding Longyun shouted anxiously, looking at the increasingly clear Purple Wind Building.

Xu Xuehui didn’t speak. She just stared wide-eyed. Suddenly, she let out a cry.

Almost instantly, Su Li shouted, “Luo Jun, get out quickly!”

Luo Jun, without a word, quickly climbed out of the pit.

Just moments before, they had finally hit a mass of blood-red crystalline substance. They didn’t know how large the crystalline mass was, but the Dragon Rhino Sword no longer cut through it effortlessly. Su Li had just tried plunging the sword in, and could only manage about half a foot.

He recalled the information from the Blood Crystal Beast’s data: the Blood Crystal was its fatal weakness, but the crystal was incredibly hard—not something that could be easily destroyed by ordinary force.

The fact that even the Dragon Rhino Sword could only plunge in half a foot showed the crystal was harder than steel.

Watching Luo Jun climb out, Ding Longyun yelled anxiously, “How is it? It’s about to crash, Su Li—”

The Blood Crystal Beast had drifted to less than 40 meters from the Purple Wind Building. As Ding Longyun shouted, a long cry erupted from the pit below.

Su Li’s battle cry split the air. The power of “Demon Muscles” was pushed to its peak. The demonic face appeared on his chest and abdomen. His entire body swelled with muscle, like a devil crawling out of hell. He gripped the Dragon Rhino Sword with both hands and, fully channeling the immense Spiritual Source within it, unleashed the “Dragon Rhino Slash,” plunging it toward the Blood Crystal below.

All the Spiritual Source power unleashed by the “Dragon Rhino Slash,” combined with Su Li’s full physical force, focused entirely on the sword. The Dragon Rhino Sword radiated a blinding light. Even those outside saw the light shoot from the pit. The pressure of the light momentarily halted the raindrops falling into the pit.

A terrifying energy erupted. The fully materialized energy of the Dragon Rhino Sword plunged deep into the blood-red crystal, sinking to the hilt. The ground violently shook. Cracks spread out from the blood-red crystal. Dazzling light shot from the fissures, accompanied by a continuous “crack-crack” sound.

The entire floating island shook violently, as if hit by an earthquake. Everyone’s eardrums rang painfully, and they grew dizzy, barely able to stand. The Elite and Leader beasts surrounding them, stunned by the shockwave, suddenly seemed to wake up from a trance. Their eyes filled with confusion, and then, as if remembering something, they turned and fled outward, ceasing their attack.

The massive swarm of Spiritual Source Beasts scattered like a receding tide.

The floating island, reeling from the violent shock, slowed down. It drifted slowly toward the Purple Wind Building for another dozen meters, and then came to a complete halt.

The people who had fled onto the rafts, preparing to escape, saw the island slow and stop just twenty-odd meters from the Purple Wind Building. They were stunned for a moment, then, as if understanding what happened, a cheer erupted. Soon, everyone was shouting with excitement, embracing each other, their faces filled with the relief of having survived a disaster.

Qi Mengyu and Zhong Rongrong held hands, looking at each other through tears. They had been terrified of what awaited them if Su Li failed and they had to flee the Purple Wind Building.

Now that the island had stopped, the Purple Wind Building was safe. They were the most emotional of all, tears streaming down their faces.

Around the Purple Wind Building, the crowd that had paddled out slowly stopped, erupting in cheers as they realized the island was paralyzed. On the island itself, Ding Longyun, Gong Xiao, and Xu Haishui also showed immense relief and excitement.

Even the usually reserved Luo Jun quietly exhaled and managed a small smile.

Jiang Shuijue felt the profound emotions of the people around her, her face radiating a gentle smile.

Gu Mingfeng also laughed heartily. Only Ling Yi remained silent, his eyes occasionally flicking toward Gong Xiao before quickly looking away, as if afraid of being noticed by her or others.

Su Li, in the pit below, was breathing heavily. He squinted slightly, shielding his eyes from the rain.

The blood-red crystal at his feet had been completely shattered and destroyed. The power of the “Dragon Rhino Slash” was truly astonishing.

With the Blood Crystal destroyed, the Blood Crystal Beast died instantly. It began to truly mineralize, transforming into a real, motionless floating island.

Su Li watched a Spiritual Source fly out of the destroyed blood-red crystal and merge into his mind.

Although the Blood Crystal Beast looked like a floating island, its essence was a type of Spiritual Source Beast, born from the fusion and mutation of Spiritual Source energy with a blood-colored mineral. Therefore, killing it yielded a Spiritual Source.

Su Li only needed nine Spiritual Sources to level up. Killing the Blood Crystal Beast instantly provided him with a flood of information.

“Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 70/70”

“Beginning Advancement”

“Muscle enhancement begins, Strength increased, Defense increased”

“Base Strength increased to 1,200 jin”

“Defense capability increased to 700 jin”

“Stamina enhanced, Sustained power output time extended to 6 minutes”

“Lung capacity increased, Base breath-holding time extended to 7 minutes”

“Speed increased, Vision enhanced, Hearing enhanced”

“…”

“Advancement Complete”

“Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 0/90”

“Talent: Enhancement Favor”

“Basic Enhancement: Enhanced Lung Type I, Muscle Augmentation Type V, Super Heart Type I”

“Special Skills: Peering Rune (Flawed), Gluttony Fangs (Left), Spider Walk, Silver Armor Coating”

“Basic Enhancement Choice: Enhanced Lung Type I, Muscle Augmentation Type V, Super Heart Type I, Bone Structure, Stomach”

“Spiritual Source Technique capability will have a minor increase. If the Spiritual Source Wielder advances to Level 7, the Spiritual Source Technique will gain a qualitative leap and ‘Demon Muscles’ will enter its second form.”

Su Li processed the torrent of information. He chose to enhance his muscles first for the basic enhancement slot.

“Muscle enhancement begins. Muscle Augmentation Type V upgraded to Type VI. Will gain an extra 1,500 jin of strength.”

“Talent: Enhancement Favor is triggered. Acquires one additional enhancement opportunity.”

“Available enhancements: Enhanced Lung Type I, Muscle Augmentation Type VI, Super Heart Type I, Bone Structure, Kidney”

This time, Su Li chose to enhance his Bone Structure.

Since the number of enhancements to a single body part could not exceed his level, Su Li had already enhanced his muscles six times and could not perform a seventh enhancement. Among the remaining options, Su Li chose Bone Structure without hesitation.

As his strength grew, Su Li worried several times during combat that his bone structure was failing to keep pace with his power output. That’s why he rarely threw full-strength punches—he feared that if he struck too hard, the rebound force would break his own finger and arm bones.

The fight with Tao Bingjun and Zhang Ying confirmed his fears. When he blocked the attack with his left arm, his muscles, strengthened multiple times, were only lightly injured, but the bones within his left arm were completely pulverized. If he hadn’t absorbed enough Spiritual Sources, his healing ability wouldn’t have been sufficient, and his left arm would have been permanently crippled.

Therefore, he fully realized the need to enhance his bone structure to keep pace with his continuously increasing strength output.

Following his choice, a new message immediately appeared in his mind.

“Steel Bone Type I comprehended. Full body bone structure enhancement begins. Bone density increasing. Extra strength gained…”

With the choice to enhance his bone structure, he felt all his bones begin to itch. A powerful thermal current surged into his body, continuously permeating his bones. He felt as though he was being reborn. His bone density and hardness were increasing.

Although every time he leveled up, his overall physical and organ capacity received a slight improvement, the magnitude of the improvement was small and couldn’t compare to a dedicated single-part enhancement.

With one Steel Bone enhancement, his entire skeletal structure was at least twice as hard, and the force it could withstand was also doubled. The change was immense. Furthermore, the stronger bone structure granted him an extra 100 jin of strength.

Now, his Base Strength was 1,200 jin. Muscle Augmentation Type VI added 1,500 jin. Super Heart Type I added 100 jin, and Steel Bone Type I added 100 jin. His maximum strength in a normal state now reached 2,900 jin—nearly one and a half tons of force.

Of course, this did not include the astonishing power boost gained from the sustained force output of the “Demon Muscles” state.

Apart from the basic enhancements, what caught Su Li’s attention the most was the information regarding the Spiritual Source Technique boost. Advancing from Level 5 to Level 6 only yielded a minor increase in the Spiritual Source Technique’s power. This subtly explained the dynamics of the higher levels.

In his previous fight with Tao Bingjun, Wang Zhensheng, and Sun Wenbo, he noticed that the difference between Level 5 and Level 6 was noticeable but not as drastic as the difference between Level 5 and Level 4. While the jump between Level 5 and Level 4 involved a qualitative leap due to the acquisition of the Spiritual Source Technique, the gap between Level 5 and Level 6 was much smaller.

(End of Chapter)

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