Chapter 166: Liu Dan

Besides, as long as he still wanted to rapidly increase his strength, placing it within his dantian space and nurturing it with his magic power was the fastest method!

Even for him, who possessed a golden finger allowing him to add stat points, it was no exception!

"What a real pity!" Zhou Yi looked regretfully at the black water between his fingers. After studying it intently for a long time, he placed it into his dantian space.

When they would meet again next time was anyone's guess!

Click!

As the black water dropped into the dantian space, Zhou Yi shifted his mind. Following a faint, almost imperceptible sound, the black water seemed to be fixed in place, hovering at the center of the dantian space and slowly rotating. The surrounding magic power rotated along with it, gradually seeping into it!

Along with this process, Zhou Yi vaguely sensed an improvement in his cultivation technique.

"How could it be this fast? Just a psychological illusion!" Zhou Yi shook his head, casting the sensation aside. After mastering the Northern Black Water Technique, the difficulty of further cultivation was arduous even with his golden finger; how could it possibly progress the moment it was placed in the dantian space and nourished by magic power?

"A glory that goes unseen!" Zhou Yi sighed once more, stood up, looked around, and prepared to leave!

Because he had successfully cultivated the Northern Black Water Technique, the surrounding currents now regarded him as one of their own, no longer exerting impact upon him. It was as if he were not a person at all, but rather another stream of water, ceasing all attacks against him!

Without attacks, there would be no kinetic energy, and his energy would not increase; staying here any longer held no meaning for Zhou Yi!

With the cultivation technique mastered and no energy to be gained, there was nothing left to linger for!

...

Boom!

Connecting his mind with the space, Zhou Yi's figure vanished from the spot in an instant. Without needing to go through the opening of the tower gate, he arrived in the outside world. The moment his body materialized and his feet touched the ground, he suddenly felt a wave of scorching heat rushing toward him. Before he could even fully open his eyes, his right hand formed a fist and punched toward the source of the heat!

Bang!

As if colliding head-on with a mountain, Zhou Yi's body was sent flying instantly. Tumbling through the air, he rapidly circulated the magic power within his body, trying his utmost to stabilize himself.

Yet everything happened too quickly. Before he could regain his balance, he felt yet another... no, countless identical waves of scorching heat appearing all around him, about to strike his body. At that moment, he had neither stabilized himself nor did he have enough hands to block so many attacks!

"Stop!"

Right at that critical juncture, a voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Yi's ear. Following the voice, Zhou Yi discovered that the countless scorching forces surrounding him halted their movements. Though they had not dissipated, they moved no further!

Zhou Yi had no idea what was happening; everything had transpired too quickly for him to react. Seizing this opportunity, his body suddenly plummeted as a long saber materialized out of thin air within him. Directing his mind swiftly, he carved thirteen heaven-and-earth world diagrams onto it in a single breath. This time, however, it was not to attack an enemy, but rather to use the immense weight generated by carving so many world diagrams to forcibly stabilize his body.

Bang!

Like a falling mountain peak, aided by the sheer weight of the long saber inscribed with thirteen heaven-and-earth world diagrams, Zhou Yi finally regained control of his body and landed solidly on the ground, his legs sinking deep into the earth up to his knees.

"Hah~"

Exhaling lightly, Zhou Yi flicked his wrist, and the saber bearing the thirteen heaven-and-earth world diagrams appeared in his hand. Then, leaping out of the indentation, he finally had the leisure to look around.

Looking up, countless clouds drifted across the horizon, and the brilliant sky looked like a painting. It ought to have been exceptionally beautiful—and indeed it was—yet the electric arcs flashing amidst the clouds laced everything with golden borders, connecting it all together. Beautiful it remained, but it was a perilous beauty!

Looking down, countless people stood in various positions, seemingly unrelated at first glance. Yet as Zhou Yi observed them, it was as though he were looking at a vast net, with each of these individuals stationed at nodes upon this web, linking them all as one!

Zhou Yi's heart sank deeper and deeper. Finally, his gaze shifted to the person in purple standing between the two domains—the source of the voice he had heard earlier!

Without needing to think, the moment he laid eyes on this person, Zhou Yi understood that he was the one who had spoken. Upon that square, authoritative leadership face was an ineffable majesty. With so many people gathered here, if he did not speak, no one else would ever dare utter a word!

Yet...

Zhou Yi looked at the person in purple, his eyes narrowing slightly.