Shen Hongyuan took a deep breath.
This shattered her understanding.
One day ago, this person was just Foundation Establishment, Eighth Layer.
One day later, he was standing at Golden Core, Third-Layer Peak.
This is not cultivation, this is simply... She searched her guts and couldn't find a suitable word to describe it.
In the end, she didn't ask anything, she just swallowed the shock silently.
Xiao Huo didn't pay attention to her expression and changed the topic. "Your injuries are not serious. Find a place to recover first, and then go hunting Demon Beast in two days."
Shen Hongyuan nodded.
She subconsciously glanced back at Su Wenyuan and Han Qianshan in the distance.
One of the two was lying on the gravel ground, with two deep wounds on his back still oozing blood. The other was leaning against a stone, his empty sleeves swaying slightly in the wind, and his face was so pale that there was no trace of blood.
She withdrew her gaze, remained silent for a moment, and finally asked the words that were deep in her heart:
"Our strength is too weak, will it... hurt you?"
Xiao Huo still had the same smile, but for some reason Shen Hongyuan felt a sense of distance and purpose this time.
"Yes, but it's okay. I need you to help me get into the top thirty."
"In return, I can protect your lives."
Xiao Huo paused, his tone still calm, but with an unquestionable sense of boundary.
"But you must obey my command, and the points you capture will also belong to me."
Shen Hongyuan was stunned for a moment.
This was said so bluntly that it caught her off guard.
But she quickly suppressed the slight discomfort.
This is how it should be. People have no obligation to protect you in vain. If they are willing to speak up, it will be magnanimous.
Even though I understand the truth, the string in my heart still trembles slightly.
She couldn't tell for a moment whether this discomfort was because of the transaction itself or because it was him who said this.
She nodded. "I know, I will do as you say."
This is indeed Xiao Huo's plan.
His own purpose was to come to this fire tower to improve his strength, but he knew that even if he reached the Golden Core Third Layer realm, he was still not invincible.
He can fight across borders, but what if it's Golden Core, Fifth Layer? What about the sixth floor?
Even like Song Yuan of the Primordial Hall, Liu Qian of the Great Sun Dynasty, what about Golden Core Eighth Layer?
With their kind of strength, if they really don't fight among themselves, who can defeat them?
Twenty people from the two dynasties directly occupied twenty places.
Therefore, Xiao Huo needs help, and he needs his teammates to help him gain points.
This is also the reason why he will always help Great Yong Dynasty people.
Just take what you need.
As for Shen Hongyuan's feelings, Xiao Huo smiled indifferently and didn't take it to heart.
It's just a transaction, why bother?
This cannot be blamed on Xiao Huo's ruthlessness and strong purpose.
It's just that people's hearts are like this, the world is like this, and selection is like this.
There is no sun or moon in the tower.
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Qi has been staying at Gold Element Tower Tenth Layer for three full months.
In the past twenty days or so, Zhou Qi was constantly meditating on <Dao-Slaying·Metal Element>. Each of those phantoms formed by the power of Metal Element Origin was sharp enough to cut through Jinshi.
He could only dodge with all his strength, and if he couldn't dodge, he raised his sword to block. More than twenty days passed, and he swung the sword 200,000 times, and finally succeeded in mastering the martial arts of Upper Heavenly Grade.
At the moment of penetration, all the flying swords and swords in the hall stopped at the same time, trembling slightly in mid-air, and then quietly dissipated.
Zhou Qi felt the mystery of that moment, and then opened his eyes and looked at the system:
[Congratulations on understanding Upper Heavenly Grade martial arts <Dao-Slaying·Metal Element>]
[Current martial arts status is: Beginner]
[Current proficiency: 0/500000]
[Note: The next stage of martial arts status is: Xiao Cheng]
He simply performed <Dao-Slaying·Metal Element> and felt the intimidating power of this heaven-level high-grade martial skill.
He was secretly shocked in his heart. Just after entering the entry-level state, his understanding of swordsmanship has undergone a transformation that goes straight to the source.
Zhou Qi suppressed the throbbing in his heart and knew that these three months of practice were hard-won.
After taking the last pill, he rested for a stick of incense and adjusted his breath to the best.
Next, he has only one goal, to continue to be full of Golden Core Sixth Layer.
More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and we are still more than 20,000 proficiency points away from Golden Core, Sixth-Layer Perfection.
But just as he continued to move around the sky and continue to practice, a sense of illusion suddenly appeared without any warning.
It was like being pushed hard in my sleep.
He didn't have time to react. The hall in front of him, the golden mist on the dome, and the runes on the ground all twisted, shattered, and disappeared in an instant.
Zhou Qi Open your eyes.
After taking a look around, I saw that this was the entrance to Gold Element Tower.
He was just thrown out without even a reminder.
Zhou Qi took two steps forward. At this time, there was no one in the square in front of the tower.
He took out the Immortal Ascension Token from his waist. Sure enough, the 500 points had been deducted, and now there were only 38 points left.
The Dome Screen on the top of the head has also undergone some changes.
The first place at this time is still Meng Rou from the Dagan Dynasty, with 460 points.
The second is Liu Qian from the Great Sun Dynasty, with 443 points.
The third is Li Han from the Primordial Hall, with 426 points.
Zhou Qi has an impression of this Li Han, who is the third person in line with the Primordial Hall.
The strength is Golden Core, Seventh-Layer Mid-Stage.
Primordial Hall's Song Yuan is also on the list, and is currently ranked 13th on the list, with 236 points.
Looking further down, Xiao Huo from the Great Yong Dynasty is also on the list, ranked 23rd with 167 points.
Zhou Qi looked around and stopped looking.
He is not in a hurry to collect points. His current strength can reach Golden Core, Sixth Layer Peak. It is not enough. He has to continue.
The nearest Five Elements Pagoda is Five Elements Fire Tower.
Zhou Qi Looked at the direction and ran directly into the distance.
At the same time, in a hidden stone crevice near Wood Tower, Cang Lie suddenly opened his eyes.
He had been hiding for three days and did not dare to stay in any place for fear that Xiao Huo would catch up.
It wasn't until the name Xiao Huo appeared on Dome Screen in the sky that Cang Lie was completely relieved.
The price he paid for his escape was so heavy that he almost suffocated.
Life-Burning Escape Art's backlash was like tarsal maggots, gnawing in his body for three whole days.
The glimmer of life he gained at the cost of burning his longevity and foundation has now come to reckoning.
The backlash was barely suppressed, but his strength had dropped all the way from Golden Core First Layer to Foundation Establishment, Ninth Layer. The Golden Core Realm in his dantian was dull, and the surface was covered with fine cracks, like a pill that could break at any time.
His current state is more like the kind of the False Core Realm who relies on external forces to advance.
What chilled him even more was the warmth and coldness of human relationships in these three days.
Last night, his younger brother Gray Wolf took advantage of the darkness and quietly left, taking the remaining Cangwu players away with him.
Cang Lie heard the movement but did not stop it.
He knew what Gray Wolf was afraid of, and it was considered human nature.
Xiao Huo has joined Golden Core Realm. If all the people in Cangwu happen to be together when he comes after him, they will be killed in one fell swoop.
Gray Wolf It's not that we don't miss brotherly love, it's just that in the face of life and death, those feelings simply cannot stand the test.
Cang Lie leaned against the cold stone wall, with strong resentment in his eyes.
He hates Xiao Huo to the core.
He could have hoped to break into the top thirty, could have stepped into the Immortal Sect, could have returned to Cangwu in glory.
But now, he can't even save Golden Core Realm.
Life-Burning Escape Art, it consumes lifespan and destroys the foundation.
Once you use this technique, you will never make any progress throughout your life.
His path of spiritual practice has ended here.
After a long time, Cang Lie took out Immortal Ascension Token from his arms.
On the back of Token, there were twenty-three points left. He stared at the row of numbers for a long time, with a trace of determination flashing in his eyes.
Now that things have happened, his path to spiritual practice has been cut off, and he must make Xiao Huo pay the price.
He injected Spiritual Power into Token and entered a name silently in his mind.
As ten points were deducted, a line of coordinates appeared on the light curtain on the back of Token.
Cang Lie stood up, dragged his weak and heavy body, and walked in that direction.