Swordsman the Wanderer
Ch. 376 - Breakthrough
Zhang En noticed that Wang Biao's temperament could hardly be considered more stable, with his aura more controlled now, different from the arrogant nature that exuded his sharp aura last month. It seemed like Wang Biao's strength had increased mostly during these few months.
It did not take long for the hundred and fifty new disciples to gather in the courtyard of the Martial Arts Hall. When everything had been present, Elder Zhang Huan finally appeared in front of them.
In this mission, he had again become the superintendent of these new disciples.
Standing in the vanguard, Zhang Huan's eyes swept over the faces of these new disciples, then stopped one second at Zhang En by giving a slight nod and a faint smile.
“I'll keep an eye on you on the mission this time. Later, we will head to the Demon Planet to hunt ghosts.” Zhang Huan continued, “After we arrive at the Devil World, all of you should pay attention to each other's safety, the ghost creatures there are not the same as those in the Wood World. The ghost creatures in the Demon World have incredible recovery power, making you guys much harder to kill them.”
Elder Zhang Huan reminded all disciples of the things they needed to pay attention to during the mission. Of course, there was a reward for every point they got. However, only for those who were ranked first, two and three.
A short while later, Zhang Huan led each group of disciples into the ranks of the teleportation portals in the Courtyard and started activating them.
SWOSH!!!
A flash of light appeared when the portal was activated, and as if the universe was overturned in its circle, they all arrived at a gloomy and barren wasteland.
Observing their surroundings, this barren desert seemed to have no end, dry sand strewn across the dunes. On top of the sand veil, and high above the sky was a puddle of black energy that emitted a foul smell and death aura.
"This is the Devil's World." Elder Zhang Huan's voice sounded in everyone's ears, “I hope you all remember what I have said. We will gather at the gate of this teleportation within a month. Now, go and do your duty according to the mission!”
Just when Zhang Huan's voice sounded, Du Leng, Wang Biao, Li Shao, Xu Shaoqing, and the others disappeared from their places in an instant. Zhang En also moved and disappeared from his place.
Zhang En was actually indifferent to being able to take the first position in this mission. To him, the most important thing now was to be able to level up to the peak of the Semi Emperor God.
Three days later, Zhang En floated in the air above the valley in the demon world region, a deep frown etched on his forehead.
In the past three days, most of the ghost beasts he had encountered were either early stage or peak stage Divine Emperor Semi.
"It looks like I can only break through to the realm of the God Emperor when I return to the Sect." Zhang En murmured to himself.
Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.
The hand that was currently bent like a claw, Zhang En destroyed every ghost that came attacking him. His mouth opened and then pulled and swallowed the ghostly soul into his body, and purified their soul.
Just when Zhang En finished purifying that ghost soul, his body suddenly shuddered. A low crisp sound rang out within his body, followed by waves of energy exploding in his body.
KRAKKK....!
Semi Emperor stage peak.
Finally, he broke through this time.
"Sixth place, not too bad.' Zhang En thought.
Currently, Du Leng occupied the first position, but this time Wang Biao was in second place, while Li Shao was in third.
Zhang En then leaped into the air, the true Qi within his dantian spinning rapidly, creating a layer of fire on the surface of his skin that continued to expand and then spread. The fire energy on the surface of his body transformed the surrounding environment into a sea of flames, burning every ghost creature trapped in the blazing flames.
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Half a month has passed.
Zhang En, who was originally in sixth place started chasing the ranking list at a high speed, just like during the selection of his previous new disciple in the Wood World, he took over the first position. Du Leng then dropped to second place.
Fifteen days before, Du Leng, Wang Biao, Li Shao, and the others were secretly elated by Zhang En's ranking in sixth position, no one would have expected that, in just half a month, this fellow would perform the same trick as he did during the appraisal in the Wood World, overtaking them one by one until he stood in the first rank position.
Since it had already been even a month, they were all asked to gather at the teleportation gate.
As expected, the first place on the mission this time around was once again in Zhang En's hands.
When Zhang Huan led the disciples back to the Sacred Tiger World through the portal, the faces of Wang Biao and Li Shao did not look too good.
Elder Zhang Huan then brought all the disciples back to the Martial Arts Hall where he would give gifts to those who entered rank 1 - 3.
Wang Biao watched with a gloomy expression as Zhang En climbed up to receive the first place reward. 'Boy, enjoy all this while you still can! Wait until the next freshman battle competition, let's see if you can still act this arrogant!'
Leaving the Martial Arts Hall, Zhang En headed straight to his Master's palace residence and headed towards the courtyard of his residence. After cleansing himself and changing clothes, he immediately entered his magical treasure Pagoda that was inside the Golden God Mountain.
Inside the Golden God Pagoda, Zhang En's face flushed with excitement as he stared at the legendary spiritual seed at the center of the Formation, making his heart race quickly.
Every day, he could only see this seed, but could not absorb it, his heart had long since it had long since waited for this day to arrive.
"Bod0h boy, don't forget, this legendary spiritual seed has formed its own intelligence, you must be very careful while purifying and absorbing it." Long Xioba's voice rang out in his mind reminding Zhang En, "If you fail to absorb this seed, his consciousness will seize your body."
Zhang En simply nodded in response, taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, he then approached the seed, then sat cross-legged nearby.
Zhang En instantly began to run his Demonic God Dragon Technique, unsealing the seed-plated energy seal bit by bit.
Half an hour passed and Zhang En opened his mouth and took a deep breath. In an instant, the terrifying amount of spiritual energy contained within the seed flowed out like a tsunami into his body.
Even his Divine Dragon Body trembled with the sudden flow of energy from the spiritual seed, causing a piercing pain in all parts of his body.