Advancement!

Half an hour later, Zhang Ping suddenly stopped eating.

He felt the power stirring inside him and immediately took every Contract Gem out of the Golden Treasury Bracelet.

He had saved these Contract Gems for precisely this moment: to raise his potential before advancing and gain a more powerful advancement skill.

After gulping down every Contract Gem, he felt as though countless bombs had exploded inside him at once. A terrifying aura erupted from his body.

Everyone stared in disbelief.

Zhang Shouzhong's advancement had been astonishing enough, but the force Zhang Ping unleashed now was even more terrifying.

And Zhang Ping was only advancing from Intermediate Awakened to High-Level Awakened, while Zhang Shouzhong had advanced from High-Level Awakened to Top-Tier Awakened. Yet Zhang Ping's display dwarfed his. No one even needed to intervene. Every animal and Mutated Beast instinctively fled, not daring to approach him as he advanced.

"Zhang Ping... he's advancing!"

Cheng Xuejie held a piece of wild boar meat, blood dripping from her mouth as she spoke in surprise.

"Well, so much for anyone remembering my breakthrough in the middle of a battle."

Zhang Shouzhong looked down at Zhang Ping, whose aura had nearly become a tangible pressure, and grumbled helplessly.

He had broken through in the middle of a battle too, but compared with Zhang Ping, he was a little shaman standing before a great one.

Just then,

the air above the ground warped slightly.

Centered on Zhang Ping, countless tiny motes of dust vibrated wildly.

He felt every cell in his body ascending. A surge of energy, both violent and gentle, spread slowly from his chest. Even his hair was nourished by it, growing soft and glossy.

If his Mental Strength had been a lake a moment ago, it was now a vast ocean.

All his