Targeting

"Sure enough, the gap between the seventh and sixth ranks could no longer be described simply as a transformation in life essence. Just like when the third rank broke through to the fourth, they were two entirely different dimensions of life!"

Feeling the utterly unresponsive seventh-rank barrier within him, Song Chi opened his eyes with a bitter smile and stopped this meaningless effort.

At one point, his gaze fell upon the Demon Serpent Nine-Shedding Fruit and Heavenly Jade Spirit Marrow placed to one side, but he quickly forced himself to look away.

Although these two resources could assist the Guidance Art's breakthrough, they were best consumed while he was in peak condition. His current state was far from optimal.

And so, time passed bit by bit. Song Chi quietly waited for the most suitable opportunity to arrive, yet helplessly, even after several years had slipped by, he had still failed to find the right chance.

Compared to Song Chi, who remained day after day and year after year in that silent, sealed cultivation chamber as he strove to reach the seventh rank, Copper Serpent Floating Continent was far more lively.

As a veteran rank-eight floating continent with a diameter stretching over three hundred thousand light-years, and with dozens of Serpent Demon Overlords bolstered by the will of the Floating Continent Essence standing guard, conquering it completely was no easy task.

They had entered Copper Serpent Floating Continent six years ago. Over those six years, each faction had merely conducted a rough cleanup of its assigned zone. None had yet formally moved against the Serpent Demon Holy Cities within their territories.

Copper Serpent Floating Continent, western region.

Violent cannon fire erupted amid a stretch of continuous mountain ranges.

The fierce bombardment lasted for roughly half an hour. Once the earthshaking