Chapter 781

Rumble!

As Shen Xiu absorbed these spirit patterns, a deafening boom suddenly erupted within his body. When Shen Xiu opened his eyes, he felt every meridian in his body being stretched to the point of rupture, threads of blood seeping out from them.

"Hm? My physical strength has increased by quite a bit again!"

Looking at his muscles, which had swollen by an entire size, a flicker of surprise flashed across Shen Xiu's face.

He could tell that although he had absorbed those black spirit patterns earlier, they had not raised his cultivation at all. Yet now, as he absorbed more and more black spirit patterns, his physical body had actually improved once again. This left Shen Xiu utterly astonished.

"No matter what, my cultivation has reached the peak of the second level of the Heavenly King Realm. Now that I'm at the peak of the second level of the Heavenly King Realm, I wonder what kind of progress I'll make after breaking through to the Heavenly Lord Realm?"

Shen Xiu stared intensely at his bulging chest, then smiled and shook his head. After that, he turned his attention back to the stone stele.

Boom!

The instant Shen Xiu fixed his gaze on the stone stele, he saw runes emerge across its surface. Those runes were spirit patterns, and the spirit patterns on the stele wriggled over it like tadpoles.

"Just as I thought!"

Seeing this, Shen Xiu nodded. The spirit patterns on the surface of the stone stele contained an overwhelmingly powerful force. Moreover, they seemed to contain the power of certain laws. As that power of laws continuously flowed about, the surface of the stone stele gradually became incomparably smooth, as though it had been polished over and over.

Whoosh!

Just as the spirit patterns on the stone