An Opportunity to Break Through to Three-Star Dou Venerate

After driving everyone away, Hun Tianchen looked toward the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon guarding the Soul Infant Demon Tree.

The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon stared at Hun Tianchen with savage eyes, though a trace of wariness flashed deep within them.

That Six-Star Dou Venerate had posed a considerable threat to it, yet this man had sent him flying with a single slap. His physical strength might even surpass its own.

"I know you can understand human speech." Hun Tianchen slowly walked toward it, his cold gaze fixed directly on the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon. "I only want one Soul Infant Fruit. I'll leave after taking it."

This Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon was merely at the peak of the Seventh Rank. Relying on its bloodline and physical body, it could contend against a Dou Venerate.

If Hun Tianchen had not acted and sent that Six-Star Dou Venerate flying, the Soul Infant Fruit would have long since been snatched away by him.

A distinctly human hesitation appeared in the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon's eyes.

"You should know that I saved you." Hun Tianchen raised a brow slightly as the aura of the Soul Dragon slowly spread from his body. The illusory Giant Dragon gradually solidified, its dangerous gaze locked fiercely onto the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon.

If the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon dared refuse, he would control the Soul Dragon and bite it to death in a single mouthful.

Although the Soul Dragon did not possess the bloodline of a true dragon clan, its ability to strip away Luck Force, Dou Qi, souls, and more made the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon sense danger.

At last, the ferocity in the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon's eyes gradually faded, and it reluctantly retreated into the water.

"This is your compensation." Hun Tianchen gave the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon one ten-thousandth of the Luck Force on the Soul Dragon, along with a fairly good Transformation Grass.

The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon's eyes widened at the sight, and it looked at Hun Tianchen in disbelief.

It could not understand it. He clearly could have forcibly taken its Soul Infant Fruit, yet not only had he spared it, he had even given it compensation?

This human was rather strange...

The Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon did not quite understand such emotions. Gratitude appeared in its eyes as it looked at Hun Tianchen, excitedly shaking its massive head before diving back into the water.

With a wave of his hand, Hun Tianchen plucked one of the two fist-sized golden fruits from the Soul Infant Demon Tree, leaving the other behind.

The fruit resembled an infant, lifelike enough to seem real. A faint fragrance spread through the air, making even the soul between Hun Tianchen's brows tremble slightly.

After picking the Soul Infant Fruit, Hun Tianchen also casually cut off a thick branch from the Soul Infant Demon Tree and swiftly fashioned it into a somewhat crude wooden box.

The Soul Infant Fruit was exceptionally strange. It could not be stored in any other container, or it would gradually evaporate. The only thing capable of holding it was a branch from the demon tree.

Once the wooden box was finished, Hun Tianchen carefully placed the Soul Infant Fruit inside. Looking at the remaining fruit, he shook his head with slight regret.

It was not that he did not want to take them both. Taking everything would bring trouble.

His Luck Force was inherently in the negative, so everything he did was plagued with extreme misfortune.

With a heaven-and-earth spiritual treasure like this, he had to leave a margin. If he took both, all the Luck Force he had painstakingly gathered would scatter away. By then, he would not even have a place to cry.

All the Luck Force on him was being saved for his future breakthroughs. It was extraordinarily precious.

That was the side effect of carrying negative Luck Force. He could never encounter any great opportunities himself. If he wanted opportunities, he could only seize them by force.

If he had been alone, he would never have encountered this Soul Infant Demon Tree no matter where he went. But if he followed someone burdened with great opportunities, things were different. Hun Tianchen had methods to forcibly seize their opportunities, just as he had driven away those people from the Ling Clan this time.

As for the remaining Soul Infant Fruit, Hun Tianchen was powerless to take it.

"I wonder who will benefit from it in the end." Hun Tianchen felt utterly helpless. It was as though this world had abandoned him; he simply could not live here as freely as Xiao Yan did.

Whenever Xiao Yan wanted to grow stronger, every opportunity he encountered could raise his strength, and his cultivation naturally climbed.

And they were no ordinary opportunities. To Xiao Yan, opportunities were like cabbages. The moment he stepped outside, one would fall from the sky and hit him in the face.

As for Hun Tianchen, although he was the Young Clan Leader of the Hun Clan, he had to struggle desperately on his own... to seize opportunities.

He could indeed make use of the Hun Clan's reserves to greatly raise his cultivation in a short period. He could even break through to Dou Saint at the age of seventeen; he had that talent.

But his goal was to challenge the realm of Dou Di.

To advance to Dou Di, one's cultivation foundation had to be solid. It was like constructing a towering building—if the foundation was unstable, how could one build a skyscraper?

Taking pills and relying on external forces to advance would only make his cultivation more hollow and unstable.

Even if he had to rely on external help to advance, Luck Force was still the best choice.

By increasing the amount of Luck Force, he could raise his chances of successfully breaking through.

In theory, as long as he gathered enough Luck Force, Hun Tianchen could advance with a hundred percent certainty.

The immense Luck Force emanating from the wooden box made Hun Tianchen's heart tremble. He vaguely sensed the barrier to Three-Star Dou Venerate loosening.

"Phew... I've accumulated quite a bit of Luck Force during this time. I'll soon have enough to advance." Hun Tianchen absorbed some of the Luck Force from the Soul Infant Fruit.

Heaven-and-earth spiritual treasures like this inevitably possessed vast amounts of Luck Force. Only in this way could they develop their spiritual nature.

That was why Hun Tianchen had set his sights on the Soul Infant Demon Tree.

To avoid damaging the Soul Infant Fruit's effects, Hun Tianchen absorbed only a little, just enough to gather the Luck Force needed to break through to Three-Star Dou Venerate. Then he looked at Queen Medusa and tossed the wooden box in his hand to her.

"It's yours. You need this."

"For... me?" Queen Medusa was somewhat stunned. Looking at the wooden box in her hands, her gaze was slightly dazed.

"You went through so much trouble, only to take one look at it before giving it to me? Why?"

"I've already obtained what I needed, but you are different." Hun Tianchen looked at her meaningfully. "Since your evolution succeeded, you have remained asleep. You now have two souls in one body, and the soul of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python has constantly been influencing you. Naturally, you need to contend against it as well. This Soul Infant Fruit can temper the soul, so you need it."

Queen Medusa stared blankly at the wooden box in her hands, then took a deep breath and stored it in her Storage Ring.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Faced with Queen Medusa's complicated gaze, Hun Tianchen showed little reaction.

He merely drew a breath expressionlessly before slowly saying,

"Let's go. The beast roars in the Ancient Forest are growing denser. Many experts are approaching."

"Have your injuries healed?" Queen Medusa asked.

Hun Tianchen glanced around and answered indifferently, "They're only minor injuries."