The Nine Suns Gourd's recovery ability could indeed fill up the essence force in his sea of vital energy in an instant, but Chu Nan's realm was still too low. He was only a fourth tier Soul Warrior, so the capacity of his sea of vital energy was limited. In order to draw the Nine Heavens Demonic Shield, the essence force in his sea of vital energy was also very large. Thus, every time each datura snake collided with the shield, the essence force in his sea of vital energy would be emptied once. This cycle continued, and the hundreds of thousands of datura snakes continuously collided with each other, becoming faster and faster. In the end, the elemental energy in Chu Nan's sea of vital energy could no longer support such a large consumption. Moreover, there were more than two hundred descendants of the Mandala Snake King in the snake group. Their bloodline realm had reached the peak of rank two, which was equivalent to the realm of a human Spirit Master at the peak.
In this way, the elemental energy in Chu Nan's dantian was constantly depleted under the endless attacks of the snakes. Even though the speed of recovery was instantaneous, it could not compare to the speed of consumption. Every time, hundreds of snakes would attack their demonic barrier at the same time.
Gradually, Chu Nan was unable to support the Devil Aura Shield and was unable to supply enough elemental energy to the Qi Sea to operate the Devil Aura Shield. If the air shield was broken, they would all die in the snake's mouth.
At this moment, he could faintly hear the crackling sounds coming from the stone-like bodies of the Chen Residence's disciples who were affected by the petrification spell. It was obvious that the elemental energy in their bodies was clashing with the petrification force. Gradually, the serpentine-like cracks on the surface of their skin grew larger and larger. Blood flowed out of the cracks, as if they were trying to break free from the petrifying power.
Chu Nan was overjoyed. Could it be that these people were like Chen Wu and Chen Ping, able to advance again under the stimulation of the petrification technique?
Chu Nan's heart was filled with anticipation. If these people's cultivation levels could be raised once again, their combat strength would undoubtedly rise to a whole new level. In this situation where they were surrounded by enemies and had nowhere to run, every increase in their strength would mean that they would have more means of survival. The seventeen Chen Residence disciples were still standing there like stone statues, struggling to fight against the petrifying power that had invaded their bodies. Gradually, the cracks on their petrified skin widened again. Some of them even had their petrified skin cracked, revealing their arms or legs. This group of people was the same as Chen Wu and Chen Ping. With the help of the top-grade Essence Cultivating Pill given by Chu Nan, the energy in their bodies could be continuously supplied to them to resist the petrifying force.
Outside, the snakes were still fiercely attacking the Devil Aura Shield. Due to Chu Nan's dantian's Qi Sea being consumed faster than it could be replenished, the Qi Sea was constantly in a state of depletion. The insufficient amount of energy stored in his body could no longer support the Qi Shield, and the color of the Qi Shield was also constantly dimming. However, he still gritted his teeth and persevered, buying time for these Chen Manor disciples to break free from the Petrification Spell.
Finally, with a crack, Chen Tao was the first to be freed from the Petrification Art. He was in the same state as Chen Wu and Chen Ping when they were freed from the Petrification Art. His entire body was covered in blood, and his face was ferocious, but there was joy on his face. He then closed his eyes and took a breath, preparing to consolidate his cultivation realm. Then, the rest of the Chen Clan disciples also broke free from the petrification spell and broke out of their cocoons.
The sound of explosions could be heard from within the Demonic Air Shield. As Chen Lan was the last to break through the petrified skin, all 17 people in the Chen Residence had broken free from the petrification spell and closed their eyes to regulate their breathing, just like Chen Tao.
"If this group of Chen Clan's disciples can advance another minor realm, it will be able to create another miracle.”Chu Nan sighed and looked forward to it.
At this moment, on top of a 10,000-year-old tree 10 kilometers away from the snakes, a eagle-eyed youth was currently watching the scene before him. There were ten Spirit Masters standing under the tree. These ten Spirit Masters were all at Stage Eight Spirit Master Realm.
He was Zheng Ying, a disciple of the Zheng Clan. He was currently using the Eagle Eye Technique to look at the Chen family disciples who were being attacked by the snakes. He accepted Zheng Yu's order to lead ten Stage Eight Spirit Masters to the Chen Manor disciples 'side to fight for the hundred thousand year Jade Lingzhi.
At this moment, he had clearly seen the entire process of the Chen Clan disciples being surrounded and attacked by the snakes. Seeing all the Zheng Clan disciples being petrified, he was secretly delighted. He was waiting for the Chen Clan disciples to be buried in the snake's mouth. He would think of a way to make the snakes retreat and then fight for the Jade Lingzhi.
Zheng Yu was a vicious person. No one in the City Lord Manor dared to disobey his orders. Other than the City Lord, Zheng Tao, no one dared to disobey the Young Mansion Master. If they could not complete the mission, they would definitely be severely punished by Zheng Yu.
He followed Zheng Yu and was loyal to him. His spirit soul, the Heavenly Illusion Long-tailed Eagle, had the attribute of Eagle Eye, which allowed him to accurately detect the enemy's situation. He was also extremely experienced and vicious, and his talent was not bad. He had made great contributions to the Zheng Clan many times, so he was deeply trusted and valued by Zheng Yu. Even though he was only a fifth stage Soul Warrior, Zheng Yu often granted him great authority in the clan. Even some of those eighth stage Soul Masters who were only a step away from the peak of Soul Master didn't dare to show him any disrespect. These ten people were also members of the Zheng family and disciples of the Tianyun Soul Academy. They were already in their twenties and hadn't broken through to become Soul Grandmasters before the age of twenty, so they had no chance to enter the higher-ranked Bohai Academy in their lifetime. They could only stay in the Tianyun Soul Academy to continue cultivating or help the city lord's estate's Zheng family carry out some missions. In the daily battles with the Zheng family and the Chen family, this group of people was also one of the main forces. They were all branch descendants of the Zheng Family. Under the guidance of the city lord, Zheng Tao, they were given a spot to enter the Tianyun Soul Academy to cultivate. They were grateful in their hearts and treated Young Mansion Master Zheng Yu's words like an imperial edict. They did not dare to disobey in the slightest. Thus, they were willing to accept orders from Zheng Ying, who was only a fifth stage Soul Warrior.
Zheng Ying used his 'Eagle Eye' to see the Chen family's disciples being attacked by the snakes, but he did not see Chu Nan, who was surrounded by the Chen family's disciples.
"This Qi shield condensed from vital qi is protecting them. That Qi shield should be some kind of defensive martial technique used by the Chen Residence. However, it's useless. This is a simultaneous attack of hundreds of thousands of snakes. Chen Tao is only a Soul Master at the eighth rank now.”
Because Chen Tao had previously been at the academy, his realm before this expedition was only eighth rank Spirit Master, so he didn't know that Chen Tao and the other Chen Manor disciples had now advanced their realms.
"How's the situation?" One of the Spirit Master Stage Eight Zheng Family disciples asked Zheng Ying on the tree.
"At present, the Mandala Snake King has not appeared. At present, the descendants of the Snake King are leading these snake groups to attack those bastards in the Chen residence. After the snake group has eaten those people, you will scatter these thousand bags of Snake Attracting Powder on the periphery of the snake group. The snake group will naturally change direction and rush towards the Snake Attracting Powder. After the snake group has completely dispersed, we will go over and snatch the Ten Thousand Year Jade Lingzhi from Chen Tao's hands and give it to young master. Mandala snakes naturally liked to eat meat and would not eat the Jade Lingzhi.”
"Yes, sir!" The ten ninth stage Spirit Master experts said in unison.
In the midst of the snakes, Chu Nan was still trying his best to hold on and buy time for the Chen family's disciples. At this moment, the color of the demonic aura shield was already rather dull. It was originally pitch-black in color, but now it had turned white. The snakes could clearly see Chu Nan and the Chen family's disciples from the outside.
From the bodies of these seventeen Chen Residence disciples, one could clearly hear the sound of blood qi boiling. At this moment, their blood qi surged, just like the situation of Chen Wu and Chen Ping. It was obvious that they were also breaking through.
With a boom, a Chen Clan member's cultivation base rose from Stage Seven to Stage Eight. After that, sixteen people advanced to Stage Eight Soul Master. The only thing missing was Chen Tao's breakthrough. The higher the rank of a soul master, the more difficult it was to break through. Chen Tao's realm was the highest among all the disciples, so the bottleneck he faced when breaking through his realm was also greater.
Gradually, another hour passed.
"Brother, swallow it!" Chu Nan took out a Life Enlightening Pill refined by Luo Jinbao from his ring. Back then, Chu Nan only gave the Chen Residence disciples the Essence Cultivating Pill and the Poison Dissolving Pill, but he did not take out the Life Enlightening Pill. The higher the grade of the Life Enlightening Pill, the better the effect. Most people would use low-grade Fate Awakening Pills. Only a few people could afford middle-grade ones. High-grade Fate Awakening Pills could only be used by the nobles of the Imperial City. As for top-grade Fate Awakening Pills, there were only a few of them in the entire Qing Empire.
Currently, Chen Tao was relying on the supreme-grade Essence Cultivating Pill given to him by Chu Nan to increase his cultivation level. Since Chen Tao had already advanced to the ninth rank of a Soul Master, he had advanced to the Soul Grandmaster realm. This was a major breakthrough. Every major realm of a Soul Master was a new world, and there would be a qualitative increase in his strength. However, if one failed to break through at every major realm, they would fall into a certain period of weakness and temporarily lose their combat strength.
Back then, Chen Tao's talent was a three-life talent, which meant that he had opened three lifeblood at the beginning. The success rate of forming a Fate Wheel was determined by one's talent. Usually, the success rate of forming a Fate Wheel depended on the number of talents. Chen Tao's three-life talent meant that he had a 30% chance of improving his Fate Wheel by every major realm, and a 70% chance of failure. Therefore, the Fate Enlightening Elixir could greatly increase the success rate of forming a Fate Wheel. Therefore, when a soul master broke through to a new realm, they would use the Life Enlightening Pill as a supplement.
If Chen Tao failed to form his Fate Wheel, his body would be weakened and he would lose his ability to fight for three days. At such a critical moment, Chu Nan had sent a golden Life Awakening Pill into Chen Tao's mouth, which was undoubtedly a timely help.
Chen Tao swallowed the Fate Enlightening Pill and felt that the three vital vessels in his body and the meridians in his entire body could fuse together to the greatest extent. The power of destiny contained in his vital vessels and the elemental energy contained in his meridians were also rapidly fusing together.
Chen Tao suddenly felt that all the energy in his body was concentrated at one point. With a rumble, a yellow vortex appeared above his lower abdomen. It was the third Fate Wheel, the Array Fate Wheel. He had finally advanced to the Soul Grandmaster level.
When Chen Tao broke through, he adjusted his breathing for a moment before opening his eyes.
Soul Grandmaster!
(I won't rest all day on the weekend. I'll continue to code. There's another chapter around 10 o'clock tonight.)
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