In accordance with the agreement with Yue Qing, Liu Bai did not completely kill the Spiritual King using the great formation.
This left many who did not understand Liu Bai very puzzled.
"Yue Qing, the final strike is yours."
He did not withdraw the formation but simply allowed Yue Qing to deliver the finishing blow to the Spiritual King, who was already at the brink of death.
The reason for not withdrawing the formation was not only to prevent the Spiritual King from a last-moment counterattack but also to stop anyone from taking the Spiritual King's Spiritual Light by force.
After all, as the saying goes, one should not have the intent to harm others, but one must be wary of being harmed.
Yue Qing's expression was slightly stirred, but she stepped into the formation under the gaze of the others.
Although the formation was not activated at the moment, Yue Qing felt as if she had entered a steaming chamber, and her entire body turned red in an instant.
"This is terrifying. I might be steamed alive in this formation."
Yue Qing exhaled a long breath and noticed that her body was covered in goosebumps under the intense heat.
However, she knew her objective. When she saw the Spiritual King, which had already shrunk to half its original size, a long sword suddenly appeared in her hand, and she struck.
Even though the Spiritual King had lost the power to resist, its body, formed purely from condensed spiritual power, was not something anyone could destroy easily. Yue Qing put all her strength into this strike.
The soaring sword aura became a blinding light that instantly pierced through the Spiritual King's body.
The next moment, the Spiritual King's massive body split apart evenly into two halves, crashing down onto the surrounding mountains with a tremendous rumble.
Dust filled the air, and the ground trembled.
When everything settled, everyone saw the Spiritual King's enormous body rapidly crystallize and shrink. Within moments, it transformed into two dazzling orbs of light, shining like twin suns over the land.
"So this is the Spiritual King's Spiritual Light… No, this cannot be called Spiritual Light. It is a Spiritual Crystal, a crystal formed entirely from the Spiritual King's purest spiritual power!" Wei Fan and the others looked on with envy.
Under normal circumstances, they might have entertained other ideas or even acted on them.
But after witnessing the power of Liu Bai's formation, even Wei Fan, the strongest among them, and the reckless Xing Rui remained completely still to avoid misunderstanding.
After collecting the Spiritual King's Spirit Crystal, Yue Qing finally exhaled in relief. The surrounding heat and oppression dissipated rapidly.
Looking up, she saw that Liu Bai had already withdrawn the formation.
At this moment, Liu Bai also felt the significant depletion of his spiritual power. Though not enough to leave him exhausted, he sensed an emptiness within his body.
"Although my spiritual power has been fully fused with the Five Elements Divine Light Technique, the density of my spiritual power is no less than before. Even so, I can still feel overexertion. It seems improving my cultivation is now urgent."
This was normal. The enemies Liu Bai faced were increasingly powerful, and his methods had evolved into Fifth-Rank formations or Deity-level techniques, both of which consumed enormous spiritual power. Liu Bai had reached the point where cultivation improvement was essential.
It was no longer possible to exploit system bugs to gain experience rapidly.
But this was fine. Increasing his strength meant that future enemies would also be stronger. The vast world was too large to remain grinding in a newbie village until max level. That would be far too boring.
At this point, Liu Bai allocated the final ten thousand experience points. Instantly, his previously empty Qi Sea and five spiritual orifices were filled with spiritual power.
"Early Stage of Heaven Transformation…"
Liu Bai smiled slightly.
Breaking through a major realm might be extremely difficult for others, but for Liu Bai, bottlenecks did not exist.
Although his breakthrough was silent, its manifestation in the outside world was not.
A mysterious aura radiated from Liu Bai, drawing a certain force from the heavens and earth. In the next moment, a beam of light shot from his Qi Sea into the sky, breaking through the constraints of the firmament and extending into the heavens.
There was no explosion of spiritual power or change in the color of the world, yet Liu Bai felt as if he had become one with the surrounding heavens and earth.
"The divine soul leaves the body and merges with the heavens and earth…"
So this was Heaven Transformation…
Liu Bai's eyes were closed, but a faint smile appeared on his lips.
Few saw this change, but Yue Qing, who had turned to express her gratitude, witnessed it.
"That was… a breakthrough just now?"
"It seems he was right. He really could break through a bottleneck by absorbing spiritual power…"
It should be noted that in the Three-Heaven Realm, the gap between each level is enormous. Though not impossible to overcome, it could trap a genius for a long time.
This type of breakthrough was akin to enlightenment and not merely a measure of spiritual power.
Even in terms of pure spiritual power, geniuses in the Fusion Heaven Realm comparable to the Heaven Transformation Realm were rare but not nonexistent.
For example, Liu Bai could sense that the spiritual power of Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong was already comparable to Heaven Transformation Realm experts.
However, because they had not broken through the barrier, their spiritual power was simply more substantial than Fusion Heaven Realm but they could not experience the mysteries of Heaven Transformation.
"Congratulations!"
"And thank you!"
Yue Qing whispered softly as she approached Liu Bai.
Liu Bai smiled faintly, nodded, and said nothing further, walking with Yue Qing toward Wei Fan and the others.
Hua Zinan scratched his head, feeling that the two of them seemed to have undergone some change in the brief moment just now, as if their auras had become more harmonious.
As for himself, he felt even more superfluous.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Now, can we discuss how you want to cooperate?" Yue Qing said solemnly to Wei Fan and the others.
Seeing that the Spiritual King's Spiritual Light was no longer attainable, Wei Fan and the others stopped overthinking. If they could claim all the remaining Spiritual Soldiers and Spiritual Generals, it would still be a great gain.
"It is simple. We four attack together and evenly divide all the remaining Spiritual Soldiers and Spiritual Generals!" Wei Fan said directly.
Originally, the three factions could have done this alone, but Liu Bai brought by Yue Qing was far too strong, and the number of members from the Illusion Moon Pavilion was significant. They could not drive them off like other small teams, so Wei Fan suggested this approach.
Additionally, any impact caused by driving away ordinary teams could be shared among the four factions, reducing the consequences.
After all, hoarding all the rewards alone is always hated, so it was better to ally with powerful partners.
This was also the thinking of Le Qing, Liu Bai, and the others, so they agreed and began taking action.
At this moment, the teams that had been forced back by the Spiritual King's rampage rushed over, hoping to claim a share of the massive Spiritual Soldier group.
However, when they reached the valley's edge, several girls blocked their path.
"Stop!" Hong Xiao cracked her red whip, and the terrifying wind forced the group to halt.
"Miss Hong Xiao, what do you mean by this?"
Someone recognized Hong Xiao and frowned as they asked.
Although she was from the Illusion Moon Pavilion, they were not afraid due to their numbers.
"Isn't it obvious? This area belongs to the Illusion Moon Pavilion. Leave immediately, or do not blame me if my whip shows no mercy!"
Her words enraged them. One person stepped forward and said, "Hmph. You are so bold. If the Illusion Moon Pavilion wants to hoard all the rewards, it will choke on it!"
"Cheers are refused, penalties are enforced. Let's see if the Illusion Moon Pavilion chokes first, or if I send you out of the Spiritual Light Realm first!"
Although Hong Xiao appeared delicate and beautiful, she was hot-tempered and violent. If provoked, she would attack immediately. Otherwise, she would not have misunderstood her sister's intent and chased Hua Zinan relentlessly.
As she cracked her whip, violent spiritual power accompanied by red spiritual light rippled through the air.
As a top member following Yue Qing in the Illusion Moon Pavilion, Hong Xiao's strength was formidable, also Heaven Transformation Realm, ranked among the top twenty on the Heavenly Ranking. Her whip instantly startled the rebellious teams, forcing them to dodge.
However, there were many opponents, while the Illusion Moon Pavilion present numbered only a dozen. Most members had been sent to hunt the Spiritual Soldiers, so they could not hold back the crowd for long.
"Quick, let us break through their blockade!" someone shouted to encourage the others.
"This gathering point belongs to everyone. The Illusion Moon Pavilion cannot claim it alone without our consent. Charge!"
Seeing that Hong Xiao and the others could no longer stop them, a formation glimmering with Spiritual Light suddenly appeared. In the next moment, sword auras condensed in the air, their chilling sword lights pointing at everyone below.
Silence.
In an instant, the world fell into deathly quiet.
Those who were stirring trouble felt an icy chill along their backs, as if their hearts would be pierced by the sword light the next moment.
No words were spoken. The first person turned and left silently, followed by the second and the third.
Within just a dozen breaths, the original rebels who had threatened to break through the Illusion Moon Pavilion blockade had all vanished.
From a distance, Liu Bai raised his hand and struck a Spiritual General, yet did not glance in this direction.
"Ding, a Heaven Transformation Realm Spiritual General was killed, gaining 7000 experience points."
Experience points soared.
However, this was not a problem, as there were plenty of monsters here.
Even without considering the Spiritual King, just from this point onward, Liu Bai had already gained over a hundred thousand experience points. At present, his total experience was approaching the one million mark.
"I wonder if these experience points can let me directly advance to Supreme Realm!" Liu Bai thought with delight.
However, upon reflection, it seemed unlikely. After all, each subsequent level required a substantial amount of experience, and with additional expenditures such as formations and Deity-level techniques, it probably would not last long.
At this time, the spiritual power infusion effect was at stake, so everyone still hunting Spiritual Soldiers was working hard.
Liu Bai also witnessed the range of Hua Zinan's methods. Ice and fire, blade energy and sword aura, at times flowing like a river, at times rising like a towering mountain. Liu Bai even saw him use a technique he had gleaned from Liu Bai's Divine Cauldron Heaven Refining Formation, called the Fire Cauldron, which directly refined a mid-stage Heaven Transformation Realm Spiritual General.
"This really has a touch of the immortal painter. Such a remarkable ability."
Liu Bai could not help but marvel.
Although Hua Zinan had no name in the original work, Liu Bai reminded himself that this was a real Great Thousand World, not the novel he had read in his previous life.
The Great Thousand World was vast, while the novels only described a few decades of the protagonist's growth, showing not even a fraction of the actual world.
The entire Great Thousand World was not just made up of super powers and super strong beings. Far more numerous were the countless ordinary living beings.
Sighing deeply, Liu Bai dismissed these thoughts and resumed hunting. At the very least, he wanted to earn a million experience points from this battle.
As Liu Bai continued to slay Spiritual Soldiers, he was unaware that the entire Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy had been shaken to its core.
Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy, Northern Heaven Plaza.
Over the past few days, this vast plaza had been crowded almost constantly, with countless students gathering and gazing up at the sky above the square.
There was a massive luminous screen displaying everything happening in the Spiritual Light Realm.
Half a day ago, when the academy students saw the terrifying formation, which had fully refined a Spiritual King, they were all stunned.
"Spiritual King, that is a Spiritual King!" someone could not help but shout.
Although they had not entered the Spiritual Light Realm, they knew the significance of a Spiritual King.
It was a being capable of rivaling a true Heaven Completion Realm expert, yet it had been refined alive by a formation.
Of course, they also saw that the final strike was delivered by Yue Qing. But everyone understood that this was not because the formation could not do it, but because the formation's master had deliberately allowed it.
"To fight a Spiritual King alone, the master of this formation must also be Heaven Completion Realm. Aside from the top three on the Heavenly Ranking, such as Lin Zheng, does anyone else in Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy reach Heaven Completion Realm?" someone exclaimed in astonishment.
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