Tides of energy formed from supreme yin true qi surged into being inside Hun Changqing, crashing toward a certain barrier. At that moment, he was enduring excruciating pain.
Breaking through a major realm was already immensely difficult, and the pain during the attempt was unbearable. With the Dou Qi impact of Gu Ming's Emperor Seal Art added to it, his scalp prickled and his head spun. He wished he could pass out immediately so he would no longer have to endure this agony, as though his heart were burning and his bones were being eaten away.
Hun Changqing's once-clear eyes had long since turned scarlet and bloodshot. His entire body shook violently. He bit down hard on the tip of his tongue, forcing himself to stay alert rather than sink into darkness.
The surging energy tides inside Hun Changqing repeatedly battered the barrier keeping him from the Dou Zun realm. Heavy, muffled booms rang out from within his body, each drawing a stifled grunt from him.
Finally, as time passed, all the energy assailing Hun Changqing was converted into supreme yin true qi, becoming tides of energy that battered his bottleneck.
Yet even after all that energy was exhausted, the bottleneck inside Hun Changqing had not completely broken. It was merely left cracked and battered, just as it had been during his previous attempt to break through. It looked as though one more blow would shatter it completely, but in truth, it remained tenacious, leaving him helpless.
"Still not enough..."
Hun Changqing murmured hoarsely, then turned his palm over. A bottle of pills appeared in his hand-a bottle containing Supreme Yin Pills.
Hun Changqing tossed the entire bottle straight into his mouth. His stark white teeth began to chew, crushing bottle and pills together. Waves of intensely cold medicinal power