Volume 1: Early Signs of Greatness Chapter 101: Breakthrough!
“Puff...”
The Wang Jue who was sent flying felt the pain coming from his chest. His throat became sweet, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood mist.
Seeing that he was about to fly towards the Blood Wolf King, suddenly a whip lashed out, wrapping around Wang Jue's waist. In mid-air, with great risk, it pulled him out in a curving arc right from in front of the Blood Wolf King's grasp, and rolled to another place.
Wang Jue hadn't expected that the girl with the bun would save him.
Before he could say anything, after the girl with the bun escaped the range of the mechanism trap, the whole person suddenly became like a wild horse that had broken free, rapidly disappearing.
Perhaps knowing that if they were together they would be wiped out, or perhaps wanting to thank the girl with the bun for saving her life, Wang Jue didn't dare to hesitate and fled desperately in another direction.
“Hmph!”
The man let out a cold snort. “Escape? Can you escape?”
Originally, that one strike was enough for him to use the Blood Wolf King to kill Wang Jue. At that time the Blood Wolf King would be freed from the trap, and he could then use the trap to kill the Blood Wolf King.
He hadn't expected that the girl with the bun would actually take action to save someone.
The man's eyes flashed with coldness. He swept a glance at the fleeing girl with the bun, full of hatred, and immediately rushed towards Wang Jue's location.
He didn't want to engage in a fierce battle with the Blood Wolf King, so he needed a bait. The girl with the bun was out of his pursuit, but Wang Jue was still within his chase range.
At this moment, Wang Jue crazily circulated the star power in his body, completely boosting his speed.
Feeling the figure frantically approaching from behind, the hair on Wang Jue's back stood on end.
He knew very well in his heart that if he fell into this guy's hands this time, he would definitely die!
“Roar...”
The Blood Wolf King, who had been injured by the mechanism, let out an extremely miserable howl. A slit as large as a tree trunk appeared on his waist and abdomen, spraying blood profusely.
“Huh?”
The man's footsteps halted. He looked in the direction of the Blood Wolf King with doubt: “This beast actually got injured?”
Seeing the Blood Wolf King injured and trying to flee in panic.
If it escaped, it would be hard to find such a great opportunity again.
Without any hesitation, the man decisively stopped chasing Wang Jue and charged towards the Blood Wolf King with his long spear.
After all, his target had always been very clear. With such an excellent opportunity, he naturally wouldn't let it go.
At this point, Wang Jue's face was pale. He didn't look back, only knowing to escape desperately towards the core of the Blood Wolf Mountain Valley.
“Boom boom boom!”
From behind came bursts of sounds like the heavens and earth collapsing. The smoke and dust around seemed like waves washing sand, billowing out to all sides.
This strong explosion wave was like a giant palm pushing him far away.
If it weren't for this time going too deep, Wang Jue could have left the Blood Wolf Mountain Valley long ago.
Along the way he encountered quite a few blood wolves. Wang Jue had no intention of killing them and was still surrounded, which delayed a lot of time.
One hour later.
The star power in Wang Jue's body had finally run out. The injured area on his chest hadn't been treated and was beginning to deteriorate, causing him to decisively abandon the idea of continuing to flee.
Instead, he found a relatively hidden mountain cave.
Because he was afraid of being discovered, Wang Jue dragged his injured body to find some shrubs to block the entrance.
It wasn't that he didn't want to find a big rock to block it. The problem was he didn't dare waste time, nor did he dare to roam outside so brazenly.
Once that man blocked him, he would have no way out.
He had finally managed to escape, so naturally he didn't want to be caught by that man again.
After Wang Jue roughly disguised the cave entrance with the surrounding shrubs, without saying anything, he sat cross-legged and began healing himself.
About an hour later.
“Puff...”
Wang Jue opened his eyes and let out a turbid breath: “Damn it, my luck really sucks. It seems next time I need to prepare some healing potions.”
He had always only prepared food, except when injured during his rookie actual combat experience at the beginning. In the Blood Wolf Mountain Valley later, he had almost never been injured, so naturally no healing potions.
After this life-and-death crisis, Wang Jue also realized his cultivation was too low. He wasn't afraid of Spirit Enveloping Realm warriors, but against Scarlet Star Realm ones, he had absolutely no counter.
The gap in strength was obvious, and even if he used all his methods, he couldn't match it.
“Looks like it's time to upgrade my talent. After all, the star source points are enough.”
A decision formed in Wang Jue's heart: “Now that my cultivation has been consolidated to the extreme, it's indeed the time to break through. Originally I planned to break through after returning this time, but now I can't hold back. If I don't break through, once that guy finds me, he'll kill me on the spot...”
With that, Wang Jue didn't delay further, spending one thousand star source points to decisively choose to upgrade his talent!
The next second.
Wang Jue's talent upgraded from orange low-grade to mid-grade, and the upgrade experience became five thousand.
The talent upgrade naturally drove the cultivation breakthrough. Wang Jue, who had experienced this several times, was now very accustomed to it.
In fact, Wang Jue's body had long reached the limit for breaking through. If he hadn't always chosen to consolidate his cultivation and suppressed the breakthrough, his current cultivation wouldn't still be at the Body Forging Realm.
With Wang Jue's cultivation breakthrough, the star power within dozens of miles constantly converged towards the mountain cave.
Perhaps because the star power in the wild was more abundant than in safe areas, the mist star power gathered in the mountain cave where Wang Jue was had been completely filled.
At this moment, Wang Jue's body was like a black hole, constantly absorbing star power, and his body's quality was slowly improving in all aspects.
Whether it was because his cultivation was at its extreme.
Merely less than an hour.
Wang Jue's cultivation quickly broke through to the first layer of Spirit Enveloping, and the momentum continued to rise.
As for how many layers he would ultimately break through to, it was unknown.
“Damn, is the gap between orange talent and red talent really that huge?”
After the cultivation breakthrough, Wang Jue opened his eyes, felt the changes in his body, and couldn't help but sigh: “Previously, to break through my cultivation, I at least needed three hours at minimum. Now it's actually less than an hour, and I feel like I can continue breaking through...”
With that, Wang Jue continued cultivating. Under the current situation, the faster his cultivation improved, the greater the chance of surviving.
To survive, he couldn't bother with consolidating his cultivation and could only choose to break through first. After this was over, he would slowly consolidate later.
Although this would make his cultivation feel a bit floaty, at this moment he had no choice.
After all, he only had one life. If he died, it was over, while cultivation could be slowly consolidated back in the future.
As for consolidating cultivation, Wang Jue had quite some experience.
Soon.
One hour passed.
Wang Jue chose not to consolidate but to break through if he could.
At this time, Wang Jue's cultivation was no longer the first layer of Spirit Enveloping but in the state of the second layer of Spirit Enveloping about to break through to the third layer.
Another hour passed.
Wang Jue's body suddenly erupted with a powerful aura, and his cultivation also broke through to the third layer of Spirit Enveloping.
Before Wang Jue could properly savor the joy of the cultivation breakthrough.
Suddenly.
A cold and sinister voice came from far away into the cave.
“So you were hiding here!”
Wang Jue's pupils trembled as he looked out.
He saw that terrifying warrior stepping across several meters with each step, walking over unhurriedly.
The originally white dance outfit was now tattered and covered with quite a lot of bloodstains. His left hand was holding a package containing spoils.
He actually survived?!
Survived under the claws of that terrifying Blood Wolf King?!
Seizing the moment that the man hadn't arrived yet, fearing being blocked, Wang Jue turned and ran, fled out of the mountain cave, and in a random direction crazily fled for his life.
“Hmph? Still want to run?”
The man let out a cold snort. His speed surged, and in just a few breaths, the distance between him and Wang Jue shortened by nearly a hundred meters.
The distance between the two was rapidly closing!
Wang Jue ultimately still chose to stop. Without the Blood Wolf King's block, if he ran like this, being caught would just be a matter of time.
Moreover, his cultivation had also broken through now, giving him a bit of confidence.
The man looked at Wang Jue who suddenly stopped running after fleeing, with a cold smile on his face: “Kid, why not continue running?”
Wang Jue didn't speak, his expression solemn as he drew his long sword.
He knew that this time the opponent must have suffered serious injuries, and his strength definitely wasn't what it used to be.
He couldn't escape, and instead would be toyed with by the opponent.
Better to gamble!
If this old man doesn't die, I'll make sure you die without a whole body!
The man had just experienced a fierce battle and consumed a lot of strength chasing after Wang Jue. At this moment, he was also a bit breathless.
However, he didn't care.
This was the confidence of a warrior.
The man walked step by step, indifferently saying: “Say, how do you want to die!”
Die?
Wang Jue's gaze was fierce: “Who dies isn't certain yet!”
Take the initiative!
He stepped out, shattering the ground beneath his feet. His arm's power erupted, and his long sword suddenly exploded with intense killing intent in mid-air.
“Shoo!”
Turning into a violent sword light, accompanied by a whistling roar, carrying the momentum of thunder.
In an instant, it slashed towards the man's face!
“Things that don't know how to live or die!”
The man snorted coldly.
His long spear in hand fiercely stabbed towards Wang Jue's long sword!
“Clang!”
Two forces spilled out.
The man shook with his single arm, while Wang Jue instantly flew backwards, crashing heavily into a big tree, breaking it.
A pungent sweet surged in his throat: “Puff...”
The flying back Wang Jue showed no panic. Blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth. He pulled out a smile.
“Heh heh, you've weakened!”
Such power was not even half of before.
The man's face was arrogant and indifferent, stepping forward step by step: “You're right, but killing you is enough!”
Determining the facts, Wang Jue no longer hid.
His Spirit Enveloping layer 3 cultivation instantly erupted, and the star power on his body suddenly rose to the peak.
“Huh?”
The man detected the change on Wang Jue's body. His eyes flashed with some surprise: “Spirit Enveloping layer 3? Could it be that this kid hid his cultivation before?”
His heart sank.
If it were his peak period, he would naturally be fearless.
However, just now he had barely won a life-for-life fight with the Blood Wolf King using a desperate tactic. His strength was already less than a third of before.
Moreover, after these few exchanges, he had deeply recognized Wang Jue's difficulty to deal with.
The Body Forging Realm could keep him from dying in his hands, although it was related to him holding back, it also represented Wang Jue's strength.
Must end it quickly!
Otherwise, his consumption would become greater and greater. If he encountered other strong ones again, the consequences would be unimaginable.
His eyes narrowed, cold light bursting forth.
The man gripped his long spear tightly, gathering strength, and ruthlessly stabbed down.
“Shoo!”
The sharp spear tip slashed through the void, bringing a blast, as if the mountains and seas were being pushed over, wanting to pierce Wang Jue's throat.
“Bang!”
Wang Jue exerted force hard under his feet. The power of his two legs suddenly erupted, suddenly bursting out.
The cold sword light was more intense than before, slashing down horizontally!
“Clang clang clang...”
In the blink of an eye, the two were engaged in battle.
One move!
Three moves!
Five moves...
How was this possible?!
The man's indifferent face finally showed a trace of shock.
This guy's strength actually far exceeded his own realm?