Within the verdant mountain forest, Xiao Yan's ten fingers were crossed as he supported the back of his head with his hands. With a lazy expression on his face, he was aimlessly walking forward.
As of now, it was already difficult for him to make any further progress with the Sky Extinction Steps. If he wanted to break through to the Wind-Elemental Realm, he could only rely on luck. As for his cultivation, Xiao Yan had already completely consolidated his cultivation at the initial stage of the Five Star Half Martial Emperor Realm. He was only a step away from the middle stage. It was impossible for him to make a breakthrough in a short period of time. With nowhere to go and nowhere to retreat, Xiao Yan could only find a place to settle down for the time being.
A long while later, Xiao Yan arrived in front of a waterfall. The rapid water flow was like a wild horse galloping as it whizzed down from the high cliff. After colliding with the protruding rocks on the cliff a couple of times, it violently smashed into a pool below, emitting a deafening loud roar.
Around the pool, there was a relatively spacious open space. Xiao Yan looked over and saw that there was actually a cave beside the waterfall. The entrance of the cave wasn't very big. It was only big enough for four people to enter at the same time. The deeper one looked into the cave, the deeper one's vision became.
There were quite a few withered yellow leaves that had been blown by the wind at the entrance of the cave. Outside of the cave, there were also a few pitch-black bonfires that had already been blown away by the wind. It was likely that someone had once lived here.
Xiao Yan smiled. From the looks of it, he might have to stay here for a period of time in the future.
With a slight smile, Xiao Yan entered the cave in a flash. Sure enough, other than a stone bed and a few dim night pearls on the cave walls, there was nothing else in the cave. However, to Xiao Yan, this was already enough.
When cultivating outside, having a place to settle down was already enough. It was too naive to hope that the predecessors would leave anything behind.
After having a place to settle down, Xiao Yan immediately felt a wave of boredom in his heart. After reviewing the recent battles, Xiao Yan had a new understanding of his own strength.
With the strength that Xiao Yan currently possessed, an Eight Star Half Martial Emperor was no longer a threat to Xiao Yan. It was so much that if they were to fight, Xiao Yan was confident that he could defeat them in one move!
As for a Nine Star Half Martial Emperor, if he were to encounter someone with strength like Heavenly Eagle, Xiao Yan believed that if they were to fight one on one, Xiao Yan would definitely not be a match for them. Although he could use the Sky Extinction Steps to temporarily delay, Xiao Yan's defeat was inevitable as time passed...
Of course, if he were to encounter someone like the Narwhal Serpent who had just broken through to the initial Nine Star Half Martial Emperor realm, Xiao Yan was confident that he would be able to fight evenly with them. Even if he was not a match for them, he would definitely not be in a sorry state.
All in all, with all the battle strength that Xiao Yan currently possessed, Xiao Yan would at most be able to fight evenly with an initial Nine Star Half Martial Emperor expert. As for experts stronger than that, it was a different story.
Of course, even if that was the case, Xiao Yan was still dissatisfied with his own strength. After all, there were three Nine Star Half Martial Emperors in the depths of the Xilin Mountain Range. Moreover, among the three of them, the Flame Lion and Xiong Gang were absolutely not weaker than Heavenly Eagle. As long as he was unable to defeat them, Xiao Yan would never be able to enter the depths of the Xilin Mountain Range, let alone pass through the entire Xilin Mountain Range.
Another thing was the strange cold wind near the depths of the Xilin Mountain Range. The cold wind was so frightening that even Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame was unable to suppress it. One could imagine that even if Heavenly Eagle and the other two did not obstruct Xiao Yan, it would still be absolutely impossible for Xiao Yan to pass through the Xilin Mountain Range with just the cold wind.
Thinking of this, an indescribable pressure suddenly surged into Xiao Yan's heart. What he had to face now seemed to not be as simple as it seemed!
"Ugh …"
Xiao Yan sighed for some unknown reason. His body, which had just been lying on the stone bed, suddenly sat up like a carp. He violently shook his head and tossed the deep sleepiness out of his body.
Both of Xiao Yan's hands formed the training seal as he sat down. A thought passed through his mind and the Flame Mantra Qi Method within his body began to circulate. Immediately, the natural energy swiftly gathered above Xiao Yan's head and agglomerated into a huge energy whirlpool. Waves of mottled natural energy swiftly gathered around Xiao Yan at this moment as though they were being attracted by something. They swiftly gathered toward Xiao Yan. After being refined by the Heavenly Flame within Xiao Yan's body, they flowed along his veins and circulated one round before merging into the vortex space within Xiao Yan's body.
After Xiao Yan entered a crazy training state, the empty space beside Xiao Yan suddenly became distorted. Gu You's figure slowly appeared.
Gu You faintly smiled as he watched Xiao Yan train with all his might. A gratified expression surfaced in his turbid old eyes.
From Xiao Yan's actions, Gu You could tell that Xiao Yan no longer wanted to purely rely on his strength. Currently, Xiao Yan only wanted to use the normal training method to raise his own strength. It was better to rely on oneself than on others. Perhaps, this was the true thought in Xiao Yan's heart at this moment.
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In the blink of an eye, two months had passed as Xiao Yan repeatedly trained. During these two months, other than wildly training his Dou Qi, Xiao Yan was only left with the Soul Suppressing Seal and the Sky Absolute Step.
The training of Dou Qi was long and arduous. The Sky Absolute Step also did not break through to the Windswept Stage. Hence, other than this, Xiao Yan could only place his thoughts on the Soul Suppressing Seal.
After two months of repeated training, on this day, Xiao Yan finally welcomed the long-awaited day in his heart.
"Bang!"
As a muffled 'bang' sound was emitted, the vortex within Xiao Yan's body, which was like a swelling balloon, suddenly relaxed. Xiao Yan only felt that his entire body had instantly become light at this moment. Even his spirit could not help but tremble.
Hard work pays off. After frantically training, Xiao Yan's strength had finally broken through to the middle stage of the five star Half Martial Emperor realm. Even though this was somewhat forceful, as long as his strength had broken through, Xiao Yan would naturally not be too concerned about the rest.
The path of training was crazy to begin with. Xiao Yan had merely done something even crazier. Unexpectedly, in merely two months, Xiao Yan had actually managed to break through to the middle stage of the five star Half Martial Emperor realm.
To Xiao Yan, this was undoubtedly an enormous pleasant surprise. That was because this meant that his cultivation and strength would increase once again. His battle power would also increase along with it. At this moment, Xiao Yan was already imagining his appearance when he broke through to the sixth star Half Martial Emperor realm.
After standing up, Xiao Yan's naked upper body slightly twisted. Immediately, a burst of bone cracking sounds were heard. This caused Xiao Yan to involuntarily sigh in relief.
Sensing the abundant Dou Qi within his body, Xiao Yan lightly smiled. He took a step forward and planned to walk out of the cave.
At the same time …
Outside the cave, in the dense forest, a large group of people were rapidly rushing over.
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