Breakthrough, Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage!

When Lin Dong defeated three Sky Origin Stage experts working together with the same ease as chopping firewood and slicing melons, it deeply shocked the referee, whose strength was merely at the Earth Origin Stage.

"Right, right, announce the result."

He nodded hastily before loudly declaring, "The Myriad Gold Merchant Association wins this match!"

"Thanks."

Lin Dong gave a graceful slight bow and slowly walked out of the fighting ring under the reverent gazes of the referee and the others.

Xia Wanjin first thanked Lin Dong gently, then said with a beaming face, "Gang Leader Yue, according to our prior agreement, this Pill Immortal Pool now belongs to the Myriad Gold Merchant Association."

In contrast to the cheers erupting from the Myriad Gold Merchant Association's camp, the Blood Wolf Gang's side was shrouded in gloom, everyone wearing an ugly expression.

Yue Feng and Yue Ling, the siblings whose auras were in disarray, were still swallowing medicinal pills with great difficulty. Jiang Li was in even worse condition, still heavily injured and unconscious on a stretcher.

"Gang Leader, we absolutely cannot let Lin Dong live. Otherwise, he may become a grave threat to our Blood Wolf Gang in the future. Why don't we take advantage of the chaos and kill him now?"

Yue Shan's face was livid, radiating an aura that kept strangers away, when a gloomy Yuan Dan Stage old man quietly approached him.

"Kill him?"

Yue Shan's gaze flickered rapidly, clearly tempted.

He looked up at Lin Dong, who had already returned to Xia Wanjin's side, then shook his head regretfully. "Lin Dong has already returned to Xia Wanjin's side. We've missed the best opportunity to strike, and that old bastard Xia Wanjin isn't easy to deal with."

Just as the two were whispering, Xia Wanjin's smug voice happened to carry over.

"Hmph, let's go."

Yue Shan had no interest in responding at all. With a cold snort, he turned and left directly. Within a few minutes, the Blood Wolf Gang's forces had departed completely.

At the same time, a mysterious smile appeared at the corner of Lin Dong's lips.

Having keenly detected the direction from which the killing intent came, Lin Dong had been prepared all along. If that fool Yue Shan was tired of living, he would not mind revealing his true strength and killing him on the spot.

"Hahaha, it's been a long time since I last saw that fellow Yue Shan suffer such a setback. Little Brother Lin Dong, thank you for lending us a hand this time."

Watching the Blood Wolf Gang's group hurry away, Xia Wanjin laughed heartily and clasped his hands toward Lin Dong in thanks.

"We each got what we needed. President Xia, it's time for us to enter the Pill Immortal Pool."

Lin Dong waved his hand and looked toward the strange pool beneath the mountain wall.

"Right, right. Zhilan, Liu Yi, go down with him. We'll stand guard up here."

Remembering the important matter at hand, Xia Wanjin suddenly slapped his forehead.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

The three exchanged glances, then wrapped themselves in Origin Energy and leaped down together. Extremely pure yin and yang energy immediately surged toward them like a tidal wave.

"Let's wait."

Xia Wanjin, Suxuan, and the other Myriad Gold Merchant Association experts all sat down cross-legged and closed their eyes to rest.

Within the distinctly two-colored Pill Immortal Pool, three figures stood in a triangular formation.

As the three began circulating their cultivation techniques, three whirlpools immediately appeared on the surface of the pool, while the sound of churning water continued without end.

"Xia Zhilan has fifteen currents of suction around her, while Liu Yi has twelve. That means the Cultivation Technique Manuals they cultivate are both second-rate. Then how many opened hidden meridians should I reveal?"

"Hmm, thirty will do. Any more might scare them."

Having made up his mind, Lin Dong swiftly opened thirty meridians. A powerful suction force erupted from within his body, forming a huge whirlpool some thirty to forty feet wide around him as it frantically devoured the energy within the pool.

Although the Pill Immortal Pool was most effective for Sky Origin Stage experts and of little use to Yuan Dan Stage experts, Lin Dong had already entered the Minor Perfection Yuan Dan Stage Late Phase with the help of the sixth-grade Spiritual Medicine, the Demonic Blood Vermilion Fruit.

Using the power of this pool to attempt a breakthrough to the Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage was still possible.

The massive loss of yin and yang energy from the pool immediately alerted Xia Zhilan and Liu Yi, who were cultivating with their eyes closed.

Sensing the thirty currents of suction around Lin Dong, both of them cursed inwardly, A first-rate Cultivation Technique Manual capable of opening thirty meridians? Where did Lin Dong get such an advanced technique? Even we never had the chance to encounter or cultivate one.

Yet seeing Lin Dong absorb the yin and yang energy in the pool in such a plundering manner, they had no time to dwell on it. They could only grit their teeth and speed up their own extraction of energy for cultivation.

If they were any slower, there would be nothing left.

Lin Dong, whose Mental Energy was faintly extended outward, curled his lips in a well-concealed smile. He only intended to absorb half the yin and yang energy in the Pill Immortal Pool, leaving the other half for Xia Zhilan and Liu Yi. One could not be too greedy, after all.

But now, he was going all out to break through to the Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage!

Rumble!

At that thought, the pool water around Lin Dong surged even more violently.

For a time, the Pill Immortal Pool fell completely silent.

One hour later.

Buzz! Buzz!

The golden Yuan Dan within Lin Dong's Dantian, which had been madly swallowing and releasing Origin Energy, suddenly expanded. Origin Energy like a tidal wave was immediately fed back out, surging into the meridians stretching in all directions.

"Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage... achieved!"

Lin Dong quietly opened his eyes and silently felt the warmth flowing through his limbs and bones.

The color of the pool water had already dimmed by more than half. Fortunately, Lin Dong, the greatest consumer, had stopped drawing out the yin and yang energy. What remained was enough for Xia Zhilan and Liu Yi to absorb.

"Now that the breakthrough was complete, it was time to head down and take a look."

Glancing at Xia Zhilan and the other still meditating with their eyes closed, Lin Dong circulated his Origin Energy to form a gauzy layer of Origin Energy over his body, then silently slipped toward the bottom of the pool.

"Oh? You noticed something unusual below too?"

Little Marten, who had not spoken in a long while, finally spoke up.

"Tch, I'm a Four Seal Talisman Master. If I couldn't even detect something like this, what would be the point of cultivating Mental Energy?"

Lin Dong curled his lips and sped up as he swam downward.

"Hehe, swim faster. I can vaguely smell the aura of a Demonic Spirit below. If it really is one, Lord Marten might be able to recover some of his strength."

Little Marten urged Lin Dong on excitedly. In his weakened state as a Demonic Spirit, he urgently needed a large quantity of high-quality Demonic Spirits to replenish himself. Well, of course, he would not turn down low-quality ones either.

After all, he could not beat high-quality Demonic Spirits.

The bottom of the Pill Immortal Pool was not a straight descent, but a rather winding passage. The farther down they went, the more piercingly cold the pool water became.

Fortunately, Lin Dong had now reached the Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage. This level of cold simply could not penetrate the gauzy layer of Origin Energy condensed around his body.

After diving deep for roughly ten minutes, the icy pool water around them abruptly vanished, and a somewhat damp cave appeared before the man and marten.

"We're here."

Lin Dong's eyes lit up at the sight, and he immediately shot inside.

PS: Just to emphasize the update schedule: one chapter at 10 AM and one at 4 PM.