Demonic Arts Breakthrough, Greatly Increased Combat Power

Hearing the system prompt, Lu Li brought up the panel again to inspect it.

Host: Lu Li.

Realm: Qi Refinement First Layer.

Indestructible Vajra Divine Art: Third Layer (Progress 10%).

Spirit Ghost Phantom Step: First Layer (Progress 12%).

"Not bad cultivation speed."

Looking at the system panel, Lu Li revealed a satisfied expression.

At this rate, in less than ten days, both demonic arts would break through to the second layer.

By the end of the month, they should break through to the third layer.

He would definitely pass Ghost Demon True Person's test!

However, the cultivation progress of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art could not fall behind either.

As Lu Li pondered this, he began silently reciting the Prajna Heart Sutra.

At the same time, he slightly released his blood qi, luring over vengeful souls and ferocious ghosts.

Before long, a vengeful soul and ferocious ghost charged toward him.

Lu Li rushed forward.

"...All dharmas are empty, neither born nor destroyed, neither stained nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing... Roar! My Buddha is merciful! Return to the cycle of reincarnation!"

Bang.

With a loud blast—

The ferocious ghost was blown apart on the spot, turning into pure ghost qi that burrowed into his body.

And so, Lu Li began his tedious days of delivering ferocious ghosts from suffering.

There was no sense of time in cultivation.

Twenty days passed in the blink of an eye.

Ten Thousand Ghost Cave.

Within a valley piled high with white bones, ghostly wails rang out without end.

Five ghostly figures let out piercing, ear-splitting shrieks. Casting all manner of vicious spells, they besieged a black-clad youth in the center.

The youth stood eight chi tall, his expression cold and sharp. His movement technique was ghostly as he evaded the ghostly figures' attacks.

With effortless ease.

Suddenly, he came to an abrupt stop. With a ghost step, he appeared before a Blood-Eating Ghost at the tenth layer of Qi Refinement. His broad palm was like an iron gate as he struck out.

Bang.

The Blood-Eating Ghost's heart was punched straight through. Its entire body convulsed as it shrieked, then exploded to death.

But it was not over yet.

Golden light flashed over the youth's body. He forcibly endured an attack from the Three-Headed Ghost at the tenth layer of Qi Refinement behind him, while his other hand shot skyward, sharp as a ghost claw, and seized the One-Eyed Ghost that had turned invisible to launch a sneak attack from above.

Bang.

Another ferocious ghost at the tenth layer of Qi Refinement was crushed outright, exploding into ghost qi that filled the sky.

"My Buddha is merciful. I shall send you into reincarnation!"

The next moment, the youth's voice boomed like thunder. He spun around, his broad hand shaped like an eagle's claw, and fiercely grabbed the fleeing Three-Headed Ghost.

Then he threw three punches in rapid succession, ruthless and savage.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Three-Headed Ghost's three heads exploded on the spot.

Its ghostly body was immediately incinerated by blazing, yang-filled blood qi, vanishing into nothingness.

The encirclement was broken at once!

Seeing how fierce and valiant the youth was, the remaining two ferocious ghosts showed fear and fled in panic.

"Amitabha. The world is full of suffering. You should still return to reincarnation!"

But the youth shouted sharply, his body flashing like a phantom as he shot forward. Crossing thirty zhang in a sweep, he caught up to one ferocious ghost in an instant.

Without another word, he thrust out a Bone Claw Heart-Grasp. It was sinister and vicious, as though it could claw straight through even a mountain.

"Ah..."

That ferocious ghost only had time to let out a miserable scream before the golden hand thrust into its ghostly body crushed its heart, turning it into ghost qi that filled the sky.

Seeing this, the other ferocious ghost abruptly accelerated and fled for its life.

Yet the youth did not pursue. He merely stood where he was.

The pure, dense ghost qi around him, thick as water, automatically flowed into his body.

This youth was naturally Lu Li.

"Your Spirit Ghost Phantom Step has absorbed a large amount of ghost qi and is extremely satisfied. Progress increased by 5%."

"Congratulations, Host. Your Spirit Ghost Phantom Step has broken through to the fourth layer."

"Because you have slaughtered without pause for days, your White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm is brimming with killing intent. Progress increased by 10%."

"Congratulations, Host. Your White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm has broken through to the fourth layer."

At that moment, the system prompts rang out in his mind.

Two consecutive breakthroughs!

Lu Li narrowed his eyes slightly.

As expected of heretical demonic arts—the cultivation speed was truly fast!

Still, over these twenty days, he had worked tirelessly to deliver ferocious ghosts from suffering and cultivate these two demonic arts without stopping for even a moment. This result was hardly surprising.

At first, he had only drawn in one ferocious ghost at a time.

Once his combat experience improved, he began luring two ghosts, even three ghosts.

And he steadily ventured deeper into Ten Thousand Ghost Cave.

On the tenth day, after the Spirit Ghost Phantom Step broke through to the third layer, he tried luring over four ferocious ghosts to send them all on at once.

His combat experience rose again!

He also settled down in this White Bone Valley.

A few times, he encountered several Ghost Sect disciples.

Seeing Lu Li kill ghosts as easily as slaughtering chickens, those people all retreated, not daring to contend with him for this Extreme Yin Land.

Another ten days passed, and Lu Li could fight five ferocious ghosts at the tenth layer of Qi Refinement simultaneously.

With effortless ease! Without a single scratch!

But perhaps because he had cultivated demonic arts, his personality had changed somewhat. He seemed to have become a little cold-blooded.

Neither joy nor anger showed on his face.

Sensing this psychological change, Lu Li did not try to correct it.

After all, in this incomparably dangerous Demon Sect, a cool and calculating personality like this made survival easier.

"System."

Lu Li silently called out and brought up the system panel.

Host: Lu Li.

Realm: Qi Refinement First Layer.

White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm: Fourth Layer (Progress 1%).

Spirit Ghost Phantom Step: Fourth Layer (Progress 1%).

Purple Haze Sun-Refining Scripture: First Layer (Progress 0%).

After staying in Ten Thousand Ghost Cave for twenty days, the cultivation progress of the Purple Haze Sun-Refining Scripture had finally regressed to zero.

Now, not even an immortal could tell that he had cultivated Flying Heaven Temple's true transmission cultivation art.

Only... his realm was still at the first layer of Qi Refinement.

Lu Li was not worried in the slightest.

Without considering magic treasures, his combat power was comparable to that of demonic cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage, even the middle stage.

Below Foundation Establishment, no one was his match!

The only bad news was that the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art was stuck at the third layer and could not break through!

Indestructible Vajra Divine Art: Third Layer (Progress 99%).

This felt like downloading study materials only for the progress bar to get stuck at 99%, leaving one unbearably frustrated.

But Lu Li had no solution.

"Your Indestructible Vajra Divine Art cannot break through because your realm is too low and your physical body lacks sufficient spiritual qi."

His realm had held back the breakthrough of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art.

Lu Li had not expected the mutated Vajra Art to gain such a restriction.

However, after thinking it over carefully, this was actually a good thing.

If the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art broke through, Ghost Demon True Person would definitely grow suspicious.

To cultivate three techniques to a respectable level within a single month?

No matter how gifted one was, that was impossible!

When the time came, once methods like soul-searching and soul-refining were used, Ghost Demon True Person would probably uncover all his secrets.

"It is time to return. I'll rest for three days and prepare for Ghost Demon True Person's inspection!"

Lu Li slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, turned around, and began his journey back.

Before long, he saw the Blue Light Barrier Restriction. His figure flashed, and he passed straight through it, disappearing from Ten Thousand Ghost Cave.

"That kid has finally left."

At the instant Lu Li vanished, a red-haired man appeared in midair. Folding his arms, he narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"Tsk, tsk. If that kid had stayed any longer, every Qi Refinement ferocious ghost within ten thousand li would have been killed by him."

At the same time, a bewitching beautiful woman draped in black gauze appeared out of thin air.

"Just a few ferocious ghosts. So what if he killed them? But that kid speaks of Amitabha while striking more ruthlessly than anyone else, every move aimed to take lives. Whose disciple is he?"

The red-haired man revealed an approving look.

"He belongs to Ghost Demon True Person!"

The bewitching beauty replied.

"Hm? Ghost Demon True Person? That old ghost actually has such a gifted disciple? Hmph. If that old ghost were not about to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, I would have directly snatched this kid away and taken him as my disciple!" Upon hearing this, the red-haired man's expression chilled, and he vanished into thin air.

"Yes, it truly is a pity. But..."

The bewitching beauty let out a charming laugh. "If he cannot be a disciple, he can be a husband."

At this moment, Lu Li had no idea that someone coveted not only his talent, but also his looks.

Upon returning to his cave abode, he began washing up.

Just after washing up, as he prepared to sleep, a system prompt rang out in his mind:

"Your White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm found the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art very displeasing to the eye and provoked it, only to be taught a lesson instead. Its mood is depressed, and its cultivation has regressed."

White Bone Heart-Destroying Palm: Fourth Layer (Progress 0%).