"Su Mo, now that our cultivation has reached this realm, even with profound cultivation techniques and no shortage of resources, advancing our realms has become exceedingly slow!" Si Kongyan said.
"Yeah! I've reached the Seventh Layer Martial Emperor Realm. Trying to advance further is as difficult as climbing to heaven!" Zhan Luan nodded.
"Su Mo, this cannot be rushed. Fortunately, there are still several years before the trial-takers descend!" Jiang Fengran said.
The others spoke up one after another as well. In truth, their cultivation advancement was already extremely fast—more than ten times faster than that of ordinary martial artists.
Take Qing Ya, who had the lowest cultivation. In two years, she had risen from the Martial King Realm Third Layer to the Martial King Realm Eighth Level.
Five realms in two years—this was already astonishing in the outside world!
"Fine! I'll give you a helping hand!" After a long while, Su Mo said in a deep voice.
Time flowed on, and another three years quickly passed.
Within the South Sea.
Above the boundless sea, a radiant sword light shot straight into the heavens.
The sword light was incomparably sharp, blasting hundreds of thousands of zhang into the sky and piercing the nine heavens. Its majestic sword might spread across the entire sea.
"Slash!"
Standing upon the sea with the Billion Demonic Sword in hand, Su Mo gave a low cry and swung the demonic sword fiercely.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a terrifying tri-colored Sword Qi struck the sea, slicing across tens of thousands of miles as though it had split the vast ocean in two.
Rumble!
As the Sword Qi passed, seawater surged up on both sides, exposing the seabed thousands of miles below. The waters soared tens of thousands of zhang high, forming monstrous waves