He continued sitting cross-legged in seclusion, beginning a further stage of cultivation.
Lin Tianhao was unwilling to accept this. He too plucked a fruit, put it into his mouth, and entered seclusion.
After an unknown amount of time, golden light flowed across Gu Sheng's entire body. A vast surge of energy shot into the heavens, and its immense pressure sent the birds and beasts of the surrounding mountains fleeing. Even the cliffs began to hum.
The sky was like a lake struck by towering waves, rippling outward in rolling layers.
Then came Lin Tianhao's breakthrough, accompanied by countless extraordinary phenomena.
The people at the foot of the mountain could only sense thunder roaring from the summit, immortal mist winding and spreading through the air, as though fierce winds were howling overhead, yet they could see nothing.
Gu Sheng examined his body inwardly and discovered that his cultivation had not advanced further. He merely felt the power within him becoming even more vast.
Lin Tianhao was equally stunned. He had clearly eaten a divine fruit, so why had he not broken through?
The two exchanged a glance, then divided the remaining four divine fruits between themselves, taking two each.
By the time they left the divine pool, the night was as black as ink.
A violent wind howled.
On a desolate battlefield, Gu Sheng and Lin Tianhao faced a majestic and terrifying existence—the Headless Knight.
Gu Sheng's cultivation had reached the ninth level of the Gold Bone Realm. His Golden Sacred Body glittered beneath the moonlight, as hard as steel.
His Gale Nine Swords were incomparably fierce, while his Invisibility Technique, the Shadow Concealment Art, made him even more formidable in battle.
As for Lin Tianhao, although his cultivation had only reached the first level of the Marrow Refining Realm, his