After Lin Zhen entered hell mode, every day was filled with failures and challenges.
In the first month, Lin Zhen's best result was only 15%.
However, after a month, Lin Zhen's main body had completely absorbed the first batch of Mysterious Iron Essence and could start the second round.
The second time, Lin Zhen spent 8 billion San Jiang dollars for the Mysterious Iron Essence. This wasn't a lot and Lin Zhen could afford it.
After absorbing the Mysterious Iron Essence, Lin Zhen's realm broke through again and reached the middle stage of Level 8 Meteor.
Right now, he didn't spend a lot of money, but Lin Zhen knew that after entering the Comet Stage, his spending would increase exponentially.
After leveling up, Lin Zhen once again challenged hell mode's Zombie Siege. After a month, he reached 32% progress.
After that, he spent 16 billion to buy the Mysterious Iron Essence and leveled up to Level 9 Meteor to challenge it again!
After reaching 50% progress and spending 32 billion, Lin Zhen finally made a huge breakthrough and successfully entered the Comet Stage!
After his main body entered the Comet Stage, Lin Zhen's clone also entered the Star Stage.
However, Lin Zhen never revealed his clone. This was an important thing for him to rely on after entering the World Stone.
During this period of time, Han Sha and the others would occasionally ask about Lin Zhen's situation, but Lin Zhen would use the excuse that he was busy cultivating to not meet with them.
He didn't want to be disturbed during this period of time, nor did he want others to see his rapid improvement.
After entering the Comet Stage, Lin Zhen's Star Power once again doubled. This breakthrough caused Lin Zhen's strength to increase by leaps and bounds.
With the increase in strength, Lin Zhen reached 99% completion in hell mode in one go. He only lost when he challenged the Zombie King at the end. This result also shocked Crazy.
From that day onwards, Lin Zhen found the best training partner for his shooting, which was the Zombie King in Hell Mode. Every time he reached this stage, Lin Zhen would have a great battle with this Zombie King.
This was a zombie with both agility and strength. Its strength had reached the pinnacle of the Stellar Stage, which was a half-step into the Black Hole Realm. Lin Zhen was no match for it at first, but as time went by, he was gradually able to fight it both offensively and defensively.
In the fourth month, Lin Zhen bought ten tons of Fire Copper Essence from a metal dealer.
The price of Fire Copper Essence was five thousand per gram. Lin Zhen had spent forty billion for the first absorption, which was ten times more than what he had spent during the Meteor Stage!
It was already useless to absorb the Mysterious Iron Essence during the Comet Stage. Lin Zhen roughly calculated that with the tens of billions of Qilin coins he currently had, he would eventually be able to cultivate to Comet Grade 9.
Back in the week's training, he would need Mithril Essence. At that time, he would have to spend more than half of his money.
"Forget it. Money is just a worldly possession. It's better to raise the realm as soon as possible."
In the blink of an eye, three months had passed …
*****
Lin Zhen sat cross-legged on top of a tall building in the ruins of the city. His body was floating with starlight, and his long hair was dancing in the wind.
Under his feet was the central square of the city. Zombies were wandering around, and the Zombie King that he had fought countless times was entrenched in the center.
The Yin Yang Spear was in front of him, and the Seven Star Blade was dancing around him. It was like a rotating blade array, protecting Lin Zhen within.
"My spear skills have been honed for seven months, and it's finally time for me to master them."
"Seven types of energy elements, the power of time, the power of space, and all my understanding can be reflected in one shot."
"With the power of space and the acceleration of time, my spear art can appear and disappear like a ghost. It's hard to distinguish the real from the fake. Moreover, I can freely switch between the energy elements. All the changes are within my thoughts. Even the gods can't accurately judge."
"If I have to give a name to my spear art, then I'll call it Illusion God."
Lin Zhen held the Yin Yang Spear and jumped down from the top of the tall building!
Although he couldn't fly here, with Lin Zhen's physique, this level of jump was still very easy.
Head down, feet up, he went straight to the ground. When he was close to the ground, his body flipped lightly and landed lightly.
The zombies that smelled the human's scent immediately howled and rushed over from all directions.
With a move of his mental power, the Seven Star Blade crisscrossed, creating a string of electric light in the air. After the energy elements wreaked havoc, the ground was covered with zombie corpses!
These Stellar Stage Level 3 and Level 4 zombies couldn't even block Lin Zhen's blade!
This attack killed all of the Zombie King's underlings. Lin Zhen held the spear and went straight to the Zombie King.
The Zombie King was covered in iron armor, and his speed reached a hundred times the speed of sound. In the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of Lin Zhen.
Feeling the fishy smell coming at him, Lin Zhen was calm and composed. He took two steps back, focused his mind, and stabbed out with the Yin Yang Spear.
A fast spear, a fierce spear, a spear that couldn't be dodged!
Illusion God Strike!
While the spear was moving forward, it suddenly accelerated!
All of the energy was concentrated at one point. The Zombie King's carapace that was comparable to a Divine Artifact couldn't withstand Lin Zhen's Illusion God Strike. It couldn't even react before the spear pierced through its throat!
The power of space spread on the tip of the spear and directly cut off the Zombie King's head!
This was the first time Lin Zhen killed a Hell Mode Zombie King, and he only used one move!
"Success!"
"I knew it. Once I truly mastered my own unique spear technique, I would have very few enemies in the Star-Grade Stage."
"Although I only comprehended one spear, this spear is enough to defeat too many people, even those in the Black Hole Stage!"
"This Hell Mode is no longer a challenge for me. Next, I'll try to challenge Purgatory!"
Lin Zhen used seven months to clear the Hell Mode Zombie Siege. This result made Crazy speechless.
Moreover, Lin Zhen had also advanced to Comet Level 4, and his strength had increased by leaps and bounds.
However, when challenging Purgatory, Lin Zhen once again encountered a strong challenge. The lowest level zombies here were at the Stellar Stage. Level 3 zombies were at the peak of the Stellar Stage, while Level 4 zombies were at the Black Hole Stage.
Level 5 zombie kings were at the peak of the Black Hole Stage!
Crazy told Lin Zhen frankly that to clear Purgatory was almost impossible for a Stellar Stage cultivator. At the very least, in the entire Sanjiang Federation, there was no Stellar Stage cultivator who could completely clear Purgatory's map.
Lin Zhen didn't know how many people in the Sanjiang Federation had challenged Purgatory, but there was no doubt that it was an astronomical number.
Among so many people, there wasn't a single complete Purgatory. This gave Lin Zhen a new understanding of Purgatory's difficulty.
However, he liked challenges. The more difficult it was, the more he could train himself. During this period of time, not only did his Star Power increase, but his Spirit Power had also become stronger after a long period of life and death battles. Currently, in his spiritual sea, his Azure Spirit Power had reached 70%, which was considered the late stage of Azure Spirit.
"There are still four months before I enter the World Stone. I hope that in these four months, I can still improve my state and strength. Otherwise, I won't be able to stand in the World Stone."
Purgatory's progress was as slow as a snail. Lin Zhen's first challenge only reached 5% before he was defeated by a large group of Stellar Stage zombies.
Such an environment piqued Lin Zhen's interest, and a new round of challenges began.
Time slowly passed, and three more months passed …
*****
The World Stone's challenge had attracted a lot of attention from the Sanjiang Federation.
This piece of World Stone also had a great background.
It was well known that the World Stone was evolved from an Astral Level master's inner world after his death.
An Astral Level master was a World King. They were the strongest power of a high level universe country. For example, in the Fire Qilin Empire, only the emperor, Tian Haoyu, was recognized as an Astral Level master.
It was unknown how many years an Astral Boundary expert had lived. Most of his treasures were left in the World Stone. This was a much safer place than a spatial ring. Unless he died, no one would be able to take it.
The owner of this World Stone was called Yan Jun. He lived for millions of years but died in a battle.
He cultivated the power of darkness. It was said that he set up the Netherworld Realm in the World Stone. His life's savings were left in the Netherworld Realm.
The wealth in this World Stone was something that even a World King level master would covet, let alone a normal martial artist.
But after the World King died, the World Stone had a repulsive force. If a Nebula Level master and above tried to force their way in, the Netherworld Realm would automatically collapse and the person who went in wouldn't be able to get anything.
And within the Netherworld Realm, there were large amounts of ghosts left behind by Yan Jun World King. Anyone below the Nebula Level who went in would be doomed.
After this World Stone fell into the hands of the Sanjiang Federation, many people were sent in to collect the treasures of Yan Jun World King. But they all died in the World Stone.
The only Black Hole Level master came out alive and told them about the situation inside the World Stone.
After many discussions, everyone came to an agreement. The test to go to the Fire Qilin Empire would be placed in the World Stone.
This was an arena where people from various factions would fight against each other for three months. The person who came out at the end and obtained the most cosmos crystals would be the victor.
The top twenty winners would have the qualifications to enter the Fire Qilin Empire's camp for those under 100 years old.
Universe crystals were the universe's largest energy source. They had a wide range of uses. But they would only appear when a new world was opened.
Besides the expansion of the universe itself, only the World Stone would produce these things.
A small universe crystal, the size of a soybean, was worth 100,000 qilin coins!
What all the great influences wanted the most was the universe crystals in the World Stone. As for the other treasures of Yan Jun World King, they would belong to whoever found them!
As time passed, the participants arrived at Hundred River Star, waiting for the World Stone challenge to begin.
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