Chapter 959: Slaying Chou Jiyuan
After sensing that Chou Jiyuan's life force had been extinguished, Jiang Chen gasped heavily.
Jiang Chen had exhausted a tremendous amount of energy. If Chou Jiyuan had not died, Jiang Chen would not have been able to hold on much longer either. He had also suffered injuries of varying severity.
Jiang Chen returned to his Human Race form, with many more wounds on his body. These had all been inflicted by Chou Jiyuan when he was in his Dark Nether Tiger form. Fortunately, they were only superficial injuries. Though the wounds looked terrifying, they would actually heal very soon.
Jiang Chen came before Chou Jiyuan's corpse and circulated his devouring technique, absorbing the spiritual energy that had yet to dissipate from the corpse.
The immense spiritual power of a Ninth-Level Martial Sovereign Realm expert surged into Jiang Chen's body and circulated through his meridians. Jiang Chen used this spiritual power to mend his injuries.
Jiang Chen had already been at the peak of the Third Level Martial Sovereign Realm. After his injuries were healed, a tremendous amount of spiritual power still remained.
Jiang Chen then used this spiritual power to strengthen his physical body, bringing it to the strength of the Fourth Level Martial Sovereign Realm.
Next, Jiang Chen could directly attempt to break through to the Fourth Level Martial Sovereign Realm.
Although Jiang Chen's realm had not advanced, his physical body had improved, and his strength had risen by a small margin as well.
"Once Dragon Gate is on the right track, I'll be heading out too." Feeling his own strength, Jiang Chen thought to himself.
Constantly fighting outside would improve his combat experience. After killing enemies, he could also devour their blood-qi power, rapidly increasing the speed of his cultivation.
If he stayed