It was no wonder the Ghost King and the others were so astonished. In over a hundred years of cultivation, they had never seen anything like this. They shouted inwardly, This is what a cultivator should be capable of! They were thrilled, and their understanding of what cultivators could do had been transformed.
As a result, the Ghost King thought even more highly of Luo Yunji, and grew even more interested in the cultivation method he had created.
Earlier, they had heard Luo Yunji and Tian Buyi explain that these soldiers' cultivation method was already quite different from theirs; it followed another path. Now, seeing the scene before them, the Ghost King was itching to find out more.
Before the Ghost King and the others could recover, the forty ice pillars began to crack one after another. The sounds roused Tian Buyi and the others, and they saw figures emerging from the fractured pillars.
They were completely naked, their skin a transparent icy blue. Ice crystals and tiny chunks of ice floated around them, scattering starlight. From their bodies came unfamiliar energy fluctuations, distinct from spiritual power.
"Did it work?" Tian Buyi asked, looking at Luo Yunji, who Zhang Xiaofan had helped over. He first checked him over, and only after seeing that he was more or less unharmed did he ask, curious.
Luo Yunji looked at the soldiers and shook his head. "They haven't finished absorbing all that energy yet. But with the abilities they have now, they can easily face cultivators below the fourth level of the Taiji Mystic Purity Dao!"
"The fourth level!" Tian Buyi's face filled with astonishment. He abruptly turned to look at the soldiers, who were still absorbing and digesting the energy within them with their eyes closed, and could hardly believe it. In