With two "Jiang Yangs" attacking him from either side, Jiang Yang could no longer afford to take things casually.
He formed a Clear-Wave Mystic Shield to protect himself, then unleashed Sword Qi to end the fight swiftly, cutting down both Spirit Puppets in short order.
The mist dispersed, revealing two jade bottles on the ground this time.
Jiang Yang picked them up and briefly examined them. They contained Warm Sun Spirit Sprout Pills, an Elixir he regularly took.
His rapid progress over the past six months owed much to his uninterrupted supply of spiritual pills.
Hoarding the eight hundred Dao Merit he had earned was not in his nature, so he had contacted Dan Ruo on Pill Spring Island.
Familiar connections really did make things easier. Forging that friendly bond had been the right choice.
Dan Ruo had recommended this spiritual pill to him. By the time he broke through to late Qi Refining, he had only a few left. Finding more here was an unexpected delight.
After gathering everything up, Jiang Yang pressed onward again.
Inside the tower, he could not see anyone else's progress, so he dared not slacken. On almost every floor, he headed upward without taking much time to recover.
"Floor twenty-two. I've used about thirty percent of my magic power by now. I need to conserve more..."
Jiang Yang made a rough estimate as he murmured to himself and walked toward the doorway.
Thanks to Bai Tang's instruction, Jiang Yang had always been economical, even miserly, in allocating his magic power. Moreover, he had focused on ending every fight quickly along the way, rarely becoming bogged down.
But he could no longer disregard the current difficulty, and there were still more than ten floors before the summit. Without careful allocation, he would very likely find