In the eyes of many, Chen Changan's performance was nowhere near as dazzling as Chen Yunxuan's.
After all, Chen Yunxuan had slaughtered his way through the battlefield with cultivation at the first and second layers of the Transcendence Realm. He could even hold his own against Divine Ability Realm experts for a while.
That strength had truly astonished everyone.
But what about Chen Changan?
The first layer of the Essence Condensation Realm?
Although he absorbed spiritual energy rather quickly, he was still only at the first layer of the Essence Condensation Realm. That was all.
At that moment, the King of Great Zhou and the others were delighted.
There was a chance!
There was definitely a chance!
"Don't give him any time."
"Seize this opportunity and attack together!" the King of Great Zhou said gravely.
The first to react were Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan, the two peak experts at the ninth layer of the Transcendence Realm.
After all, with Cheng Yushu gone, the two of them were now the strongest people here.
"You kill Chen Yunxuan. I'll take the other one," Wei Tianfeng said to Wu Yuan.
"Good. We'll attack together and finish those two off. Then the crisis will be over!" Wu Yuan said gravely.
"Attack!"
With that, the two of them charged toward Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan.
Da Huang couldn't even be bothered to look at them. He sprawled leisurely on the ground, wondering what he should eat later.
People?
Forget it. People had poop. He'd never eat them again!
Chen Changan's words had given him quite a bit of psychological trauma.
Wait, that wasn't right!
People had poop, animals had poop, and demonic beasts had poop too!
Then... did that mean he couldn't eat anything anymore?
Damn it, how cruel!
Boom! Boom!
At the two deafening crashes, Da Huang finally stopped thinking about poop.
"This... how is this possible?"
"Why did this happen?"
Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan were both utterly bewildered. This had clearly been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so why had they failed?
Why couldn't they even get close?
"What just happened?"
"I didn't get a good look. It seemed like they were sent flying."
"They were sent flying, sure, but what sent them flying?"
"This... how the hell would I know?"
"Strange. Truly strange."
Everyone looked utterly baffled, filling Da Huang with disdain.
What kind of lousy place was this? The Great Zhou Kingdom was so backward!
They didn't even know what a barrier was? Was there really not a single person who knew about such a thing?
To Da Huang, setting up a barrier was incredibly easy. After all, the people he was dealing with were nothing but ants in his eyes.
"Stop trying to scare us. I refuse to believe anything this bizarre could happen in the world."
"Archers, prepare!"
"Loose a volley!"
At the King of Great Zhou's command, the archers formed ranks and aimed at the area where Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan stood, unleashing a rain of arrows!
"Fire!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Arrow after arrow flew toward Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan, but without exception, every one of them was blocked by the barrier.
"Damn it!"
"Again!"
"Fire!"
As the arrows kept raining down, Chen Changan's cultivation began to rise steadily.
"Damn, he's at the second layer of the Essence Condensation Realm?"
"Wait, this... he's at the third layer now?"
"He didn't move for ages. How did he suddenly start advancing so fast?"
"Damn, the fourth layer!"
"My heavens, how is this happening? I've never seen anyone improve their cultivation like this."
"Fifth layer! He's already at the fifth layer?"
As they spoke, Chen Changan's cultivation kept climbing, reaching the fifth layer of the Essence Condensation Realm in a flash.
It had been only a dozen or so breaths since Chen Changan broke through to the second layer, yet he had already climbed all the way to the fifth.
And he showed no sign of stopping!
"How did that brat's rate of absorbing spiritual energy become even more heaven-defying?"
"Compared to when he was in Yan Gui City, he's not just a hundred times faster. He's probably a thousand, even ten thousand times faster."
The others might not have noticed, but Da Huang's senses were exceptionally sharp. In such a short time, Chen Changan had actually drained the spiritual energy from the entire Great Zhou Kingdom.
Setting aside how much spiritual energy the whole kingdom contained, a speed like this had never been seen before and would never be seen again.
"Quick!"
"Stop him!"
"What are you all standing around for? If you don't want to die, then hurry up and attack together!"
Seeing Chen Changan's cultivation climb higher and higher, the King of Great Zhou roared in fury.
He was shouting not only at the two hundred thousand soldiers, but also at Wei Tianfeng and Wu Yuan, as well as the Liu Family and everyone else standing on his side.
"That's right. We can't let him keep breaking through."
"Everyone, attack together!"
"Charge!"
They threw everything they had at their opponents. They had only one goal: to kill Chen Changan and Chen Yunxuan.
But no matter how hard they tried, it was all futile. The barrier Da Huang had set up was beyond anything these people could break through!
"Ah, it's no use. Why bother?"
Da Huang rolled over lazily, as if watching a bunch of clowns jump around in front of him.
"He's at the ninth layer of the Essence Condensation Realm!"
"His cultivation has reached the ninth layer of the Essence Condensation Realm!"
"Too fast! This is way too fast!"
"He's reached the True Qi Realm!"
"Damn, is this how you cultivate? Is breaking through really that easy?"
"I don't want to cultivate anymore."
"Me neither. The damn difference is just too great!"
Could this... be the right way to cultivate?
Many people who witnessed Chen Changan's breakthrough began to question everything they knew. They had seen people break through before, but who the hell had ever seen anyone break through like this?
"He's stuck again?"
When Chen Changan broke through to the first layer of the True Qi Realm, his cultivation, unsurprisingly, got stuck once more.
"Is it over?" Da Huang asked curiously.
"Mm, it's over."
"The Great Zhou Kingdom's spiritual energy... was a little lacking. If I'd prepared some spirit stones in advance, it would've been fine," Chen Changan said calmly.
Hm? A little lacking? What did that mean?
"Wasn't there enough for you to make this breakthrough?" Da Huang asked curiously.
"It's hard to explain. How do I put it? I reached the realm, and then I got stuck."
"But the body is just a container. I reached the bottleneck of the realm, yet the container should still have room for more."
"But before I could absorb all the spiritual energy, I broke through first. In the end, the spiritual energy didn't fill the container."
"For normal people, even after their realm breaks through, they can keep absorbing spiritual energy."
"But my realm seems to work like a switch. The moment I reach the realm, the door to absorbing spiritual energy closes completely."
"It's frustrating." Chen Changan let out a helpless sigh.
It was like eating until the food got stuck in your throat. You weren't full, but you couldn't swallow any more. It was jammed tight!
"I've never heard of anything like this."
"But when it comes to the things that happen to you, nothing is too ridiculous." Da Huang said indifferently.
"Maybe."
Chen Changan nodded, then looked toward the enemies still charging at them beyond the barrier.
"How persistent."
"Da Huang, take down the barrier."
"I might as well see how strong I am now!" Chen Changan said with a faint smile.
"I'm curious too."
Da Huang grinned, then flicked his mind. The barrier vanished instantly!
The moment the barrier came down, everyone felt a powerful aura burst from Chen Changan's body.
Caught off guard, they were all sent flying dozens of meters back.
"Isn't he only at the first layer of the True Qi Realm? How can his aura be so powerful?"
"His breakthrough is over!"
"This is our chance. Everyone, attack!"
Chen Changan looked at them and said calmly, "This farce ends now!"
Before you continue