The fierce battle lasted until midnight. The burning city dyed the sky red.
The Cultivators and the Union Army fought valiantly and finally reclaimed the downtown area that had been occupied by the demon clan. A lot of teleportation arrays were also destroyed.
However, the remaining demons were still resisting stubbornly in the business district where the skyscrapers were everywhere. The underground world had turned into an ocean of demon beasts.
Li Yao fought until the second half of the night, until a deafening explosion burst out of the sky in the north, as if the universe had been blown apart and melted lightning was flowing out of it.
Urged by the War Quest System, he finally retreated from the battlefield.
It was not until later that he learned that the two experts who were fighting in the sky were Luo Wunian, the grand leader of the Purple Flame Sect, one of the five major sects of the Federation, and Ming Xinyi, who was ranked eighth on the Deadly Demons List, on the human beings' side.
Both of them were super experts in their respective worlds.
Generally speaking, such top experts were reluctant to confront each other head-on.
Once they unleashed their strength to the peak and engaged in a fierce battle in the ultimate form, such as' accelerating hundreds of attacks to supersonic speed instantly ', it would consume too much of their soul and body. One moment of carelessness, and both parties would be heavily wounded.
In the meantime, it was more likely that the enemy would set up ambushes in secret and launch an assault when the enemy's soul was burnt up and at the weakest moment!
That was exactly what happened in today's battle.
The fierce battle between the Yuanying and the demon emperor was a trap aimed at Ming Xinyi in the first place.
The Union Army had deployed nineteen Heaven Splitters outside of Red Lotus City, as well as more than twenty pieces of ultimate magical equipment from various major sects.
When the battle between Luo Wunian and Ming Xinyi reached the climax, all the magical equipment was activated at the same time.
Although they failed to kill Ming Xinyi in one blow, they did create a perfect opportunity for Luo Wunian to chop off the golden horn on Ming Xinyi's head and force the demon expert to flee. He fled back to the Blood Demon Sector.
The earth-shattering explosion that Li Yao heard earlier was caused by the attack.
Although a Demon Royal was severely injured in this battle, Luo Wunian had been forced to use too much of his Spiritual Will because he had stayed in the Yuanying State for too long. His Spiritual Soul was almost exhausted. He would not be able to enter the Yuanying State for a very long time.
Both sides had lost a high-level combatant at the same time, but the intensity of the battle did not weaken at all. Instead, it became even more brutal.
In the next seven days, Li Yao, together with the Cultivators and the Union Army, engaged in street and alley battles in Red Lotus City. With the toughness of the Crystal Suit, he even marched into the underground with a batch of Building Foundation Stage Cultivators.
As the days passed, Li Yao's battle merits soared at an astonishing speed. He gradually made a name for himself on the battlefield.
Not only did the Union Army and the world of self-cultivators know of the existence of such a fearless peak Refinement Stage cultivator.
Even the demon race knew of the existence of such a unique Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, which could release bright gold spiritual gas in the shape of wings and was far more powerful than the common MP Crystal Suit.
Walking between life and death day after day and pursuing the mysterious epiphany in the bloody battles, Li Yao felt that his spiritual root was like a seed that had been buried deep below the ground and was gradually taking root and sprouting. It was about to break out of the soil.
One morning, ten days later, he woke up in a trench in the ruins of the city. Looking at the dimming morning star in the sky and the rising red sun among the broken walls, he suddenly had an uncontrollable urge.
It was a 'sudden impulse'.
He knew that the time for him to enter the Building Foundation Stage had come!
Li Yao sent an application to the command center through the war mission system.
Soon, he received a reply from the command center. The post was given to a Cultivator from Star Nebula University. Li Yao left Red Lotus City and took a carrier to a war base fifty kilometers away.
The most important facilities in the war base, other than the command center and the spiritual towers, were the training rooms for soldiers and Cultivators.
War was the best opportunity to improve one's capability.
In peacetime, breakthroughs that couldn't happen even after three to five years of training could only happen in bloody battles. Faced with the death of a comrade who had been with you day in and day out, and hideous demons were baring their teeth in front of you, breakthroughs could happen in just a few seconds.
In the battlefields that were filled with demonic fog, spiritual gas, venom, acid, explosions, and blasts, countless people died. But a few lucky ones had mutations in their bodies, and their Spiritual Actualization Quotient soared like a volcano eruption, allowing them to break the shackles of evolution and embark on the path of Cultivation!
Almost a hundred independent training rooms were prepared for the Cultivators who had a breakthrough or had a premonition that they were about to have a breakthrough.
According to the capability of the Cultivators and the level of their battle merits, the configuration of the training rooms was different, too.
Li Yao's battle merits in the past ten days were enough for him to exchange for an advanced training room with the most complete and luxurious facilities.
Then, he used the rest of his battle merits to exchange for the most complete Building Foundation Plan.
When the ancient Cultivators built their foundation, they relied on swallowing very crude Building Foundation Pills that contained a lot of impurities. Then, they would sit in a cave and meditate. The success rate of building their foundation was very low. At most, 5% of them could succeed in building their foundation on the first try.
To put it bluntly, it was pure luck.
What was worse was that if they failed on the first try, their bodies would develop resistance to it, and it would be very difficult for them to succeed in building their foundation again.
In the modern world of Cultivators, the principles and process of building their foundation had been thoroughly researched. An effective Building Foundation Plan had been developed. It was safe, fast, and had no side effects. If they built their foundation today, they would be able to participate in battle tomorrow. The success rate of building their foundation on the first try would be increased by more than five times.
Even if they failed in building their foundation, they could still try to break through after resting for a period of time and adjusting the plan slightly next time.
Li Yao had spent a lot of battle merits to choose the best Building Foundation Plan, which could help him build his foundation perfectly!
"Student Li Yao, I wish you success in building your foundation and become one of the youngest Building Foundation Stage Cultivators in the Xing Yao Federation!"
The officer of the Union Army, who was responsible for guarding the training room, said sincerely.
Li Yao smiled and nodded at the officer to express his gratitude. Then, he strode into the training room.
He also wanted to succeed on the first try.
If he failed this time, he would have to wait for at least another month before he could try to build his foundation for the second time. At that time, he would have this feeling of impulsiveness and eagerness. Then, he might not appear again.
Inside the training room, there was a circular space of five square meters. The milky white walls were full of holes, and a control light beam was floating in the air.
Li Yao tapped lightly and set the Building Foundation Plan. His mind gradually calmed down. He murmured to himself:
"Let the Building Foundation begin!"
"Chi!"
A large amount of light green gas gushed out from the holes in the room. As soon as it entered the air, it spread out.
Soon, the entire training room was immersed in an extremely light green mist. It smelled faintly sweet, like the grass that had just been moistened by a light rain.
This was the drug used to build one's foundation.
In the ancient world of Cultivators, drugs were made into "Building Foundation Pills", which could be absorbed by swallowing.
The absorption efficiency of the human stomach was not high. The useful ingredients in a Building Foundation Pill were only 20% or 30%. Only twenty to thirty percent was absorbed through the stomach wall, and most of the precious ingredients were wasted.
But it was different in the modern world of Cultivators. The Building Foundation Pill was atomized and penetrated into the skin under high pressure, directly stimulating the Cultivator's limbs and veins. The absorption efficiency was close to 100%!
In a moment, Li Yao felt that something was wrong with his body. It was as if there were tens of thousands of ice-cold thin threads that were continuously extending within his body. Interweaving and spreading.
"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! "
Soul-Stirring drumbeats echoed.
It was a famous song of the Xing Yao Federation named 'Breaking the Formation', which was composed by a culture-type Cultivator who had reached the Jin Dan Stage five hundred years ago. It had the ability to make one's blood boil and their fighting will soar.
Countless generations of Cultivators and the Union Army had been waving their sabers and flying swords under the encouragement of 'Breaking the Formation'. Charging at the beast tides and slaying the devils.
Today, 'Breaking the Formation' was the military song of the Union Army, too. Some people even suggested that 'Breaking the Formation' should be the national anthem of the Xing Yao Federation.
But in the world of Cultivators, 'Breaking the Formation' had an unexpected effect.
It was because generations of human beings of the Heaven's Origin Sector had been charging at the enemy with the encouragement of 'Breaking the Formation'. After hundreds of years of practice, 'Breaking the Formation' had been imbued with unbelievable power, which could significantly increase the odds of success in the Building Foundation Stage.
According to the calculations of specialists, the odds of success in the Building Foundation Stage could be increased by 5% to 8% with the encouragement of 'Breaking the Formation'.
The song that Li Yao was listening to, on the other hand, was played by an enormous orchestra composed of more than three hundred culture-type Cultivators who were adept at music in the Ultimate Sound Temple, one of the best culture-type sects in the world of Cultivators.
It was not a recording.
Instead, it had been set up around the orchestra with special barriers, which sealed the orchestra's performance and the feelings, efforts, and telepathic thoughts contained in the song.
Now that it was being played, Li Yao felt like he was listening to a live performance. Naturally, it was incomparable to a normal recording.
The drumbeats were like the marching of an iron army. The sounds of sabers and swords colliding and the explosions of spiritual energy were echoing nonstop. An invisible battlefield slowly appeared around Li Yao. He seemed to be at the center of the battlefield and could see the passionate battles clearly. He could even feel the sharpness of the sabers and swords brushing his skin.
'Breaking the Formation 'had no lyrics. It didn't need any. The roars of men, women, the elderly, and children were the most powerful lyrics.
Every drumbeat, every roar, and every collision of sabers, swords, and bones was bombarding Li Yao's heart like a Taiyi Lightning Railgun.
Boosted by the Building Foundation Drug and 'Breaking the Formation', Li Yao's spiritual root was seething.
Thousands of tentacles seemed to have surged out of his spiritual root and spread to the depths of his brain. Gradually, they covered his entire body and formed a third network other than his veins and nerves.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
A circular light beam popped up around the training room. Nine paintings appeared on the light beam.
Every painting was in a different style. The scenes and the people in the paintings were different, too.
The only thing they had in common was that intense spiritual waves were contained in all the paintings.
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