A deep sense of unwillingness surged through Song Wen's heart.
He had spent years preparing to advance to the Integrated Body Realm, not to fail at the final hurdle.
His tightly shut eyes snapped open, filled with resolve.
Before the medicinal power of the Heavenly Dipper Body Integration Pill could dissipate completely, a fist-sized crystal appeared in each of Song Wen's hands. They were the two Supreme-grade Spirit Stones he had obtained when he killed Xuan Qu.
Song Wen's face twisted as he drove his cultivation technique to its utmost limit.
The immense spiritual energy within the Supreme-grade Spirit Stones poured into his body like a celestial river cascading down from the heavens.
Because this spiritual energy was exceedingly pure, he refined it with ease. It turned into magical power and surged toward his dantian like a raging river, charging at the iron-hard bottleneck.
Rumble!
With a thunderous roar, a stab of agonizing pain shot through his dantian, as though a sharp blade had pierced it.
The magical power within his dantian instantly ran wild, crashing about uncontrollably like floodwaters.
A metallic sweetness rose in Song Wen's throat, and blood gushed from his mouth like a flood bursting through a dam.
Crimson droplets scattered through the air, like a brilliant blood-red flower blooming in the pitch-black underground cavern, bewitching and tragically beautiful.
Then Song Wen's vision went black. His body toppled and slammed onto the cold stone platform.
"Gou Jun, are you all right?" Bai Wei's concerned voice rang out.
Only after taking a moment to recover did Song Wen endure the agony within him, like ten thousand ants gnawing at his flesh, and barely suppress his rampaging magical power. He slowly rose from the ground.
Looking up, he saw that Bai Wei and Wang Qiuyue had both appeared before