Hiss hiss hiss hiss...
The protective Sword Essence weakened drastically, leaving only a thin layer. The next moment, it collapsed, and scorching magma engulfed Ye Chen. Boom! Suddenly, a burst of light erupted, forcing the magma aside. A black barrier reappeared around Ye Chen, and the Black Tortoise Sacred Armor had unleashed its true power.
"Thank goodness!"
Ye Chen let out a sigh of relief. If the Black Tortoise Sacred Armor had not unleashed its true power, even if he did not die, he would have suffered grave injuries and damage to his origin.
Riding the pillar of fire, Ye Chen rose above the volcanic crater and shot all the way into the fire clouds.
Whoosh!
By now, the fire pillar had weakened. Ye Chen easily broke free from it and flew several million li away.
With a turn of his hand, the fist-sized Celestial Fiend Fire Spirit Fruit floated above his palm. Crimson flames burst forth. It looked less like a fruit than a tiny sun, brimming with spiritual energy.
"Celestial Fiend Fire Spirit Fruits with over a hundred thousand years of maturity exist only in legend. I wonder whether it can let my Spirit Body break through from the middle stage of the ninth order to the late stage."
Although Celestial Fiend Fire Spirit Fruits with over a hundred thousand years of maturity were exceedingly rare, a Ninth-Order Spirit Physique was not so easily improved. Most importantly, Ye Chen was not a body-refining Supreme.
At the ninth order of the Spirit Body, each step was a world apart. Under normal circumstances, unless one was a body-refining Supreme, it was simply impossible to make further progress; one would remain at the early ninth order for life. There were two reasons Ye Chen had been able to raise his Spirit