Chapter 214 - 214: 214: Breakthrough, Level 4 War God! (5 more updates)

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After killing the mutated centipede, Lin Zhen didn’t need to rest, as the Radiant Power in his body quickly restored his Dantian gas and Spiritual Power.

Picking up his spear, he stabbed the still twitching centipede a few times, thoroughly finishing it off.

“It’s a good thing I have psychic teleportation; otherwise, this centipede would be difficult to deal with. As long as I lure the poisonous insects into the air, I can easily find their weaknesses.”

Lin Zhen leaped over the centipede’s head with his spear and took out the crystal inside.

No matter how disgusting the poisonous insects were, the crystal was beautiful. Lin Zhen collected the red, fire-like crystal.

“Dark Energy Stones can be used by War Gods of any realm, so I’ll keep mine

for now. For the time being, I’ll use the poison insect crystals to advance.”

“For a Primary War God, B-level Mutant Beast crystals are enough. This centipede is A-level, so I’ll save it for when I become an Intermediate War God.”

Just as Lin Zhen was about to move forward, more poisonous insects appeared in the distance, including a smaller centipede, a water snake, and even a red, tank-sized toad.

“They’re here. These B -level poisonous insects want to devour the body of the centipede, but they’re just delivering me more crystals.”

As an advanced War God, Lin Zhen had no difficulty dealing with the B-level mutated beasts. He immediately took up his spear and charged forward.

“What? You’re saying Lin Zhen has joined Blue Sky and even signed up for the God General Competition?” Tong Yuehu looked at the information in front of him with an unpleasant tone.

“Yes, Master. We overlooked Blue Sky somehow. We gave a heads-up to all the other martial arts halls, including Changfeng and Dragon Slayer, that they would not accept Lin Zhen. We thought Blue Sky was barely surviving and had a grudge against Lin Zhen, so we didn’t stoop to approach them…”

“Enough! That is negligence. Our instructions were clear: to keep Lin Zhen completely powerless in Ice City. But he found a martial arts hall, and that’s our dereliction of duty.”

Standing across from Tong Yuehu were two War Gods, both around thirty years old. They were elders of Gale and consisted of a Seventh-level War God and a Level Eight War God.

The Level Eight War God was named Ma Yao, and the Seventh-level War God was named Wei Li. They were the two main forces in Ice City’s War God’s Knockout competition.

Tong Yuehu himself had even signed up, as he was now a Level Nine War God and wanted to have a good performance in the competition.

Ma Yao said, “Master, it shouldn’t be a problem, should it? Lin Zhen may have signed up, but he’s just a Third-level War God. He won’t make much of a

difference in the God General Competition, and he probably won’t even make it through the qualifiers before being eliminated.”

Wei Li nodded, “We better not meet him, or we’ll eliminate him ourselves to avenge the young master’s nephew.”

When Tong Yuehu heard about Shen Yuhua, he waved his hand: “Let’s not make a big deal out of this. But have our people keep an eye out. Once they encounter Lin Zhen, they must eliminate him immediately.”

“Please rest assured, Master. Although the virtual map is vast, the area shrinks as we move inward. With forty to fifty War Gods from our martial arts hall participating, someone is bound to have a chance to encounter Lin Zhen.”

“We can’t be careless. Lin Zhen may be a Primary War God, but his compressed Dantian gas is very high. An average Intermediate War God may not be his opponent. I have a feeling that letting Lin Zhen participate in the God General Competition is not a good thing. We must stop him.”

Tong Yuehu said a few words, then turned back to ask Ma Yao and Wei Li,

“Have you been watching Lin Zhen these days?”

“We have. We’ve received news that he’s at the Five Connected Pools right now.”

“He went to the Five Connected Pools? What is he doing there?” Tong Yuehu was puzzled for a moment, then suddenly thought of an opportunity.

Ma Yao and Wei Li looked at each other, seeing Tong Yuehu’s intention. Ma Yao said, “Master, should we go after him and kill him now?”

“No, you can’t. Lin Zhen’s conflict with us is too big, and countless eyes are watching. Many martial arts halls are openly and secretly opposing us, such as Changfeng, the An Group, and so on. We can’t make any more careless moves. If we want to get rid of Lin Zhen, we cannot use people from Ice City. That would leave traces. If we have to act, we should find someone unrelated.” “Who is an unrelated person?” Ma Yao asked.

“Of course, it’s a foreigner. Now that the internet is widespread and the cities are connected, if a foreigner were to come to the Five Connected Pools and just happen to kill Lin Zhen, that would have nothing to do with us.”

“Master, you’re brilliant. This is easy to do. There are many bounty hunters online. Even those who hire a quasi-Star Realm fighter can be hired. It’s just a matter of scheduling. But to deal with Lin Zhen, an Advanced War God will be enough. I’ll handle it immediately.”

“Yes, don’t be afraid to spend money, remember not to leak any information. If we can’t hire a Star Realm fighter, we’ll hire an Advanced War God. Lin Zhen must not leave the Five Connected Pools alive!”

“Plurp plurp plurp!”

After stabbing several times, Lin Zhen finally put down the last mutated toad.

After extracting three B-level crystals, Lin Zhen stopped at the Dragon Gate Stone Village and began to adjust the potion.

In his past life, Lin Zhen knew the adjustment formula, and he had prepared the potion in advance. He took out a small test tube, first putting in the crystal of the swimming snake.

Then, he injected the potion into the crystal, causing it to shake before it began to dissolve in the potion.

About twenty minutes later, the power within the crystal began to evaporate completely, and a little bit of energy overflowed from the mouth of the test tube.

“Success! It really works. Although it’s not as good as the Dark Energy Stone, it’s not much different. Let me absorb it and see.”

Lin Zhen covered the mouth of the test tube with one hand, and wisps of energy entered his body.

About two minutes later, there was nothing left in the test tube. Lin Zhen opened his eyes and nodded slightly.

“Not bad, it pushed me a small step forward in the late-stage of Level 3. Once I absorb these two remaining crystals, I will reach the peak of Level 3.”

Lin Zhen followed the same method, absorbing the remaining two crystals, finally allowing his Dantian energy to reach the peak of the Third Level War God.

“This place is truly a treasure trove. Every mutated beast is a gem. I can just keep moving forward. By the time I reach the first volcanic lake of the Five

Connected Pools, Lotus Lake, I should be able to advance to a Level Four War

God.”

“If I want to have a chance in the God General Competition, I need to reach at least the state of a Level Five War God. There are still three months left; let’s see how far I can go!”

Lin Zhen left the Dragon Gate Stone Village and headed straight for the Five Volcanic Lakes of Wudalianchi.

In his previous life, the special meteorites in the five volcanic lakes were all taken away by extraterrestrial civilizations. Lin Zhen could roughly remember that the special meteorite in the first volcanic lake was a Spiritual Power Meteorite.

This meteorite could stimulate the growth of spiritual power. Lin Zhen’s current spiritual power was at the Dark Gold Early Stage, considered high among the Primary War Gods, but not the highest among Intermediate War Gods.

Because Lin Zhen accumulated a lot during his War General Stage, he skipped the states of Level 1 and Level 2 War Gods and entered the late stage of Level 3. Compared to those War Gods, who are easily in their thirties or even forties, Lin Zhen was still too young.

Without a fortuitous encounter, the growth of Spiritual Power requires long-term accumulation. Therefore, Lin Zhen’s excellent Spiritual Power during the War General Stage didn’t give him much advantage among War Gods.

He could be patient to slowly cultivate his spiritual power, but with the upcoming War God’s Knockout, there would not be enough time for slow cultivation. He had to obtain the Spiritual Power Meteorite at Lotus Lake.

Along the wav. Lin Zhen sometimes encountered large groups of B-level

Mutated Poisonous Insects attacking him, or even several A-level Mutated Poisonous Insects working together. In such situations, even Lin Zhen had to temporarily retreat.

However, his realm also constantly improved through these battles.

After seven days in the Five Connected Pools, Lin Zhen didn’t make any progress and still stayed near the Dragon Gate Stone Village. However, on the seventh day, he finally made a breakthrough.

The Dantian energy in his body began to surge, and the energy boundary that had been restricting Lin Zhen for several days expanded outward again.

The Dark Star within his body began to rotate, injecting strands of energy into it, making it increasingly larger.

This size couldn’t be compared to the size in the real world, as a martial artist’s Dantian formed another world. After condensing a Star Core, the Star Core in a martial artist’s Dantian could really become the size of a star. Lin Zhen’s Dark Star now had the appearance of a Star Core, containing various energies within and serving as Lin Zhen’s battle engine.

The Dantian energy rotated rapidly, and with a muffled rumbling sound, Lin Zhen’s Dantian began to expand again, like an explosion’s shockwave!

A layer of armband that restricted Lin Zhen’s promotion was broken by this energy, making Lin Zhen feel like he was under a vast sky.

“I did it! I finally advanced successfully! It took seven days to advance to a Level Four War God. From now on, I am an Intermediate War God!”

“The crystals of those B-level mutated poisonous insects are no longer useful to me. At least A-level mutated poisonous insect crystals are needed to advance from intermediate to advanced. There’s no need for me to continue entangling with these insects on the edge of the territory. I’ll head to Lotus Lake now!”

Lin Zhen adjusted his breath and stood up. He had more than a dozen A-level Mutated Poisonous Insect crystals in his hand but didn’t absorb them immediately. Having just advanced, he needed a period of consolidation, and obtaining the Spiritual Power Meteorite was the key.

When Lin Zhen entered the Five Connected Pools for a month, an aircraft from a distant western horizon landed at the entrance of the Five Connected Pools..