What realm must you reach before you can take human form?

"Luo Li, I admit that you are powerful."

Yang Hong struggled to tear his gaze away from the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence.

He looked at the stunningly beautiful Silver-haired Girl, unable to suppress the desire in his heart as he said coldly,

"But only by relying on me can you leave the Spirit Road alive under Ji Xuan and the others' pursuit!"

In his view, she had provoked far too many people.

Only someone like him, with numerous followers gathered around him, could protect her.

"Rely on you?"

A trace of contempt flashed through Luo Li's eyes. She truly did not know where Yang Hong got his confidence from.

Among the kings, his strength was not among the very best.

If they truly fought one-on-one, she could easily kill him.

Yang Hong was sinister and cunning, never fighting a battle he was not certain of winning.

Now that he dared to come alone, he must have assumed Luo Li was injured and in poor condition.

Coupled with the temptation of the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence, he had stopped hesitating and decisively shown himself.

Once Luo Li refined the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence, things would become extremely troublesome.

When that time came, the hunter and prey would switch places.

"Of course!"

Yang Hong lifted his chin, brimming with pride.

He heard the mockery in Luo Li's voice, but he did not care in the slightest.

She had expended too much energy earlier and had now fought the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast. She was surely at the end of her strength.

Even if she refused to yield, she still could not escape his grasp!

"Hand over the essence in your possession, and I'll make Ji Xuan kneel and apologize to you!"

Although he and Ji Xuan were collaborators, he naturally would not miss any opportunity to stand above him.

"Ridiculous!"

Faced with Yang Hong's wishful thinking, Luo Li's response was a single sword strike!

The heaven-shaking sword radiance greatly startled Yang Hong.

He had not expected that after being pursued repeatedly and battling the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast, Luo Li would still be in excellent condition. Her strength had even advanced further, reaching the peak of the Spirit Wheel Stage!

One more half-step forward, and she would reach the Divine Soul Stage!

Even without the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence, she would reach that point soon enough!

Such cultivation speed was simply astonishing!

It was as if Yang Hong had been doused with a bucket of cold water, instantly waking him from his greed.

In a one-on-one fight, he seemingly would not be Luo Li's match!

"Run!"

At once, Yang Hong turned and fled.

The pitch-black longsword in her hand was definitely an incredibly powerful treasure!

It was by no means comparable to an ordinary spiritual artifact.

If Luo Li had not possessed that sword, they would have captured her long ago. Why would they have allowed such a dangerous enemy to grow?

"Too late!"

Empowered by the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, the Luo God Sword was unstoppable, as though it had revealed the splendor it once possessed in the hands of the Ancient Luo God!

Luo Li's icy voice rang out, and Yang Hong's fleeing steps abruptly halted.

His arrogant head was sent flying by a spray of scalding blood.

Yang Hong, the renowned King-Sealing Prodigy of the Spirit Road, was killed on the spot by Luo Li, without even the ability to resist!

"Leave now! The Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast has awakened!"

Before they could celebrate, Zhao Chen hurriedly warned her.

Compared to Yang Hong, that Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast was truly terrifying!

Luo Li gave a soft acknowledgment and immediately prepared to leave.

As she passed Yang Hong, the Nine-leaf Sword Grass rooted in the Luo God Sword trembled.

A pouch was pulled out.

It was a storage pouch, containing a space of its own.

Although cultivation and the use of spiritual energy were impossible within the Spirit Road, these geniuses had modified their storage pouches with the support of their clans and other forces, allowing them to be used.

A prodigy like Yang Hong surely had quite a few good things in his storage pouch.

Especially cultivation arts and spiritual techniques Zhao Chen needed, which could make him stronger!

Once he obtained the Grass-Character Sword Art, replacing it would be entirely feasible as well.

"Oh, there's something good here!"

What surprised Zhao Chen was that there was actually a cyan halberd inside the storage pouch.

It had some weight to it and was incredibly sharp.

A spiritual artifact, a top-grade spiritual artifact!

In the Great Thousand World, artifacts were classified as spiritual artifacts, Divine Artifacts, and Saint Objects.

Spiritual artifacts were further divided into low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade!

Because of the Spirit Road, the power contained within this cyan halberd had been sealed.

But relying on the top-grade spiritual artifact itself, it was enough to slaughter anything in its path within the Spirit Road!

It had merely encountered Luo Li, who wielded the Luo God Clan's supreme treasure. Otherwise, Yang Hong would never have been beheaded without even taking out his top-grade spiritual artifact.

Of course, Zhao Chen had played a teensy little part in it. It was not worth mentioning.

"The Heaven-Breaking Spirit Halberd, paired with the Heaven-Breaking Divine Canon Yang Hong cultivated, could unleash considerable power."

The Heaven-Breaking Divine Canon was a cultivation art and spiritual technique.

In the Great Thousand World, spiritual techniques were categorized into cultivation arts, offensive techniques, defensive techniques, body-refining techniques, and more. They were also divided into mortal grade, spiritual grade, and divine grade.

Each grade was further divided into low, mid, and high tiers.

The Heaven-Breaking Divine Canon was a divine-grade cultivation art and spiritual technique passed down through Yang Hong's clan.

Though it was incomplete and only a low-grade divine-grade cultivation art and spiritual technique, it was more than sufficient for Zhao Chen's current cultivation!

"Hehe, I'm a blade of grass, so the Spirit Road's restrictions don't affect me..."

Zhao Chen laughed with delight.

For people like Luo Li, only when the Spirit Road ended and they received the spiritual energy empowerment could they be considered to have reaped a full harvest.

If they left midway without clearing the Spirit Road, it would be equivalent to wasting their time.

But he could take advantage of the Spirit Road's superior cultivation environment and cultivate to his heart's content.

There was a high chance that his cultivation would surpass even Luo Li's by the time she left the Spirit Road!

"Roar!"

A terrifying tiger roar that shook heaven and earth came from deep within a mountain range a hundred miles away.

The savage might of that Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast made countless spirit beasts tremble.

Large numbers of trees were snapped in half.

Quite a few people searching this mountain range for Luo Li's whereabouts did not even have the chance to resist or flee before they were ruthlessly killed, turning into blood mist with no hope of survival.

Luo Li and Zhao Chen both fled at the first opportunity, putting distance between themselves and the mountain range.

Although that Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast was exceptionally terrifying, some restriction confined it to this mountain range, preventing it from leaving to continue its pursuit.

"An Earth Ranking Heavenly Beast truly is terrifying!"

Zhao Chen looked back at the sprawling mountain range behind them, thick with the stench of blood, and sighed in amazement.

This adult Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast, which had reached the Three Heavens Realm, was undoubtedly the Spirit Road's ultimate boss.

Whoever could kill it with Divine Soul Stage cultivation would surely be able to use its essence to directly enter the Three Heavens Realm!

However, those with such strength had practically never existed in any previous Spirit Road trial.

Even in this Spirit Road, filled with countless monstrous geniuses, there likely would be none.

"It's just a pity Ji Xuan and the others weren't here. Otherwise, we could have wiped them out in one go."

After dealing with Yang Hong and the others, Luo Li was in a much better mood.

Although Ji Xuan would be an extremely formidable opponent in her bid to obtain the Spirit Crown, with the Golden Armored Dragon-Tiger Beast's essence, she could enter the Divine Soul Stage at any time!

One excellent aspect of the Spirit Road trial was that one could use an exclusive blood-red token to directly refine essence, transforming it into energy that enhanced one's spiritual body and greatly increased one's strength.

It took very little time.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen smiled faintly and said,

"Once you enter the Divine Soul Stage, if you work together with me, no one in the Spirit Road will be able to stop us!"

"Our next goal is to seize the Spirit Road championship!"

If they held out for ten days at the Champion's Platform at the end of the Spirit Road, he could obtain the Grass-Character Sword Art.

With an inheritance like the Grass-Character Sword Art, the Nine-leaf Sword Grass, one of the Ten Fiends, would truly display its terrifying power!

Luo Li looked at the Nine-leaf Sword Grass rooted in the Luo God Sword and pursed her lips.

For some reason, she felt that he was not so simple.

Even if a spirit beast gained intelligence, it should not make her feel as though she were speaking with another human, right?

"You... what realm must you reach before you can take human form?"