"Put on your armor, now! Anyone who can break through, do it quickly! Stop dreaming of earning a good ranking in the Great Luo Realm. Staying alive is all that matters now!"
Ying Ming Hao roared until his voice grew hoarse. His cultivation had long since reached the peak of the Great Luo Realm, and he could no longer suppress the urge to break through. Like a starving tiger pouncing on its prey, he pulled out a handful of pills and gulped them down.
An overwhelming aura erupted from within him like a volcano, powerful enough to topple mountains and overturn seas. The sparse spiritual qi around him rushed toward him like a hundred rivers flowing into the ocean. In an instant, he broke through to the Quasi-Saint Realm, and his cultivation continued to soar.
Only after reaching the third level of the Quasi-Saint Realm did it finally slow, and that was also the highest cultivation this world permitted.
There were, of course, other ways to reach higher levels, but they required a great deal of time-and time was precisely what they lacked most.
Lin Zihan, Wang Teng, Yu Huohuo, and the others snapped awake as though roused from a dream. Casting everything else aside, they swallowed pills with lightning speed and rapidly raised their cultivation. After all, every increase in strength meant a greater chance of surviving.
In mere moments, all seventy-odd Heavenly Prodigies had broken through. Most reached the second level of the Quasi-Saint Realm, while only a small number reached the third.
Without even taking the time to stabilize their cultivation, Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, and the others hurriedly donned their armor. The eleven sets belonging to Ying Ming Hao, Lin Zihan, and the others had all been upgraded to the peak of grade four.