Chapter 1073
Only Today Do I Realize Who I Am
at the same time.
Internal changes also influence the outside world.
Whether it's the open space in the center, the sea of insects in the distance, or even the sky further away that is obscured by those flying insects.
Specks of white light gathered out of thin air and multiplied.
So much so that what was originally a dark night became almost like daytime.
After these spiritual energy points took shape, they flew towards Chen Zilong's direction with long tails.
To everyone present, this scene resembled birds returning to the forest and fish and dragons entering the sea.
At first it was just the most recent ones, but over time the scope has expanded.
These points of spiritual energy pierced through the bodies of the insectoids, arrived in front of Chen Zilong, and then merged into him to everyone's astonishment.
"Oh My God?"
"Is breaking through to the Golden Core stage really that exaggerated?"
"And isn't the concentration of spiritual energy in the air a bit too high?"
Saito Hajime wasn't the only one who exclaimed in surprise.
Even Zhan Lan was shocked and began to look around.
As far as the eye can see, countless points of light have become so dense that they resemble a river.
Some have just appeared, some have begun to coalesce, some are on their way, and some have already landed on Chen Zilong.
If we elevate our perspective and look at it from the viewpoint of omniscience...
You will find that the area within a kilometer radius of Chen Zilong's location is the same amazing scene.
Moreover, not only in the air, but also specks of light flew out from the distorted, unknown space of the wormhole.
The Zerg were initially confused by this strange situation, but after realizing that these points of light seemed to be from a different world, they resumed their steady attack.
Of course, all they faced were the newly produced shells and the Zerg aliens that completely countered them.
Let's turn our attention back to the main character.
The exquisitely beautiful scene amazed everyone.
However, Chen Zilong, who was in the middle of it all, had no way to express his suffering.
These points of light, formed from spiritual energy, continuously rushed into his body. The pain from this brute-force and unreasonable enhancement was, needless to say, immense.
However, thanks to his physical condition and the mental fortitude gained from repeated training, he was able to barely endure it.
However, when the number of light spots increased and even converged into a river that submerged him.
Chen Zilong had only one illusion: that his body was about to be torn apart from the inside by this force.
Moreover, as the quantity accumulates, this energy is undergoing a qualitative change.
After reaching a certain point.
The air around him began to vibrate violently.
A faint white halo emerged from his body, the white radiance initially as faint as a firefly.
But as time went by, it quickly solidified, as if a miniature sun was being conceived in his dantian.
That is, at this time.
The spiritual energy points no longer simply merged into his body, but also formed a vortex-like airflow around him, stirring up the dust that approached.
For Chen Zilong, these were just appetizers.
Under certain limits, the body's genetic locks automatically unlock.
Chen Zilong finally breathed a sigh of relief.
What he didn't see was that he, who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, had now transformed into a being of light.
As the name suggests, it is a human light bulb that is shining brightly.
If Cheng Xiao and the others hadn't been watching the whole time, they wouldn't have recognized Chen Zilong at all.
In the blinding light, one could vaguely see Chen Zilong sitting cross-legged on the ground, motionless.
At this moment, the true essence within his body, which had been solidified by the medicine, was struggling to move and circulate.
Ninety percent of those mind-numbing words have disappeared from my head.
In the end, only one sentence remained.
"The true and wondrous secret of the perfect integration of exoteric and esoteric teachings lies in the cultivation of one's nature and life, for there is no other way."
All things must be in good spirits and energy; guard them carefully and do not let them leak out…
After the initial exchange, although Chen Zilong renamed his internal energy as True Yuan Power, its essence was still the same as internal energy.
He even boasted that he would jump from the martial arts genre to the cultivation system.
But at this moment, when true spiritual energy continuously merges in and then compresses and condenses.
Chen Zilong suddenly realized that this might actually come true.
Because what flows in his body now is no longer internal energy or true essence.
It was the spiritual power that Xiao Honglu had used before.
But they are not quite the same.
At that moment, something the size of a grain of rice appeared out of nowhere amidst the surging spiritual energy.
It was at the very moment that Chen Zilong noticed it.
Everything around him vanished, even the overwhelming, tearing pain.
Chen Zilong, who had unlocked the third stage of his gene lock, suddenly opened his eyes.
He discovered that the Zerg in front of him had frozen in place.
The nauseating flying insects were no longer visible in the distant sky.
Everything around was so quiet.
Faced with this bizarre scene, Chen Zilong was only momentarily distracted before recovering.
Because a black cloud shaped like a wave had already appeared in his field of vision.
Feeling something, Chen Zilong stood up.
A flash of light.
The four magical treasures of the cultivation world—the Phoenix Wing Purple Gold Crown, the Chainmail Golden Armor, the Lotus Silk Cloud-Walking Shoes, and the Free-Willing Iron Staff—appeared one by one.
Then, the white clouds rolled over Chen Zilong's feet, dragging him slowly upwards.
"My God, this is like becoming a god!"
The one who said those words was Garuda, the demon team member with golden wings.
Actually, it wasn't just him; everyone had this thought.
With his makeup, his imposing presence, and the sight of countless insects swarming around him, anyone who came here would surely call him the Great Sage.
The strange stillness around them actually had little to do with Chen Zilong.
Because the real culprit is on the other side.
To be precise, it was Li Xiao on the other side.
Compared to the beginner level of the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, Li Xiao had already mastered the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill.
Especially not long ago.
After mastering the technique of deflecting and transforming force when facing the Yellow Turban Warriors in The Mummy, this internal energy cultivation method, which is worth A-level in the side quest, had reached a point where Li Xiao could no longer practice it.
Not to mention that after returning to the Main God Space, the true essence in Li Xiao's body was catalyzed and accumulated to a certain extreme under the effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill.
It's important to know that the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill doesn't involve the step of condensing a golden core.
This is essentially an external martial arts training method, only it has accompanying internal martial arts techniques.
Li Xiao's confidence in condensing the Golden Core was not due to any special talent.
It's not because of the Condensing Gold Pill or the Breaking Dust Pill.
After all, the former can only inject a large amount of spiritual power, while the latter can only increase the chance of forming a core.
The real trump card is the True Yuan Force Compression Technique that Zhao Yingkong mentioned before.
This was a general-purpose secret technique among the previous finds, and it was even found by Evelyn and the others in the form of a book before being given to Chu Xuan.
It can be said that anyone in the Zhongzhou team can cultivate, regardless of energy attributes or categories.
The defining characteristic of this secret technique is that it has only one effect: compression and solidification. Of course, endless compression and solidification is impractical.
However, the effect of this secret technique was enough to allow the true essence within Li Xiao's body to solidify, which is the so-called condensation and formation of the core.
After all, the transformations between gas, liquid, and solid are already learned in junior high school chemistry class.
Li Xiao only lacks a beginning. As long as he can take the first step, Li Xiao is confident that he can perfect the rest.
Therefore, compared to Chen Zilong, who was forced into the profession, Li Xiao is more suited to the phrase "things will fall into place naturally".
After all, the ultimate goal of a cultivation technique is an A-level side quest.
The starting point of a cultivation technique is an A-level side quest, but these two are fundamentally different.
Even after the long battle the previous day, Li Xiao, who had recovered and adjusted, felt that even without using the Condensing Gold Pill and the Breaking Dust Pill, he was still able to fight back.
Even relying solely on this secret technique of condensation and compression, along with the spiritual energy that surpasses even the blessed lands, there is a chance to condense a golden core and take this qualitative leap.
Yes, for Li Xiao, it was a qualitative change.
Because Chen Zilong cultivated step by step.
Li Xiao, on the other hand, is creating—creating a cultivation technique that belongs to him and can be cultivated to the Golden Core stage.
Of course, the foundation of this technique is still the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill.
However, Li Xiao raised the bar for this technique, making it essentially a self-created skill.
Perhaps it was a natural progression, almost the instant the pill was digested.
The true energy within Li Xiao's body began to contract and solidify towards his dantian.
The golden light surged out like a raging wave.
Compared to Chen Zilong's grand-scale approach from the outside in.
Li Xiao, on the contrary, works from the inside out.
A dazzling golden light burst forth from Li Xiao's heart and then flowed throughout his entire body.
The previously blurry runes became clear and distinct, distributed across Li Xiao's body surface.
From other people's perspective, two figures, one in gold and one in white, sat on either side.
Although the brilliant golden light shone first, it was not as dazzling and colorful as the white light.
However, if you take the first step, you'll always be ahead.
Just as Chen Zilong was still processing what had happened...
The viscous, liquid true essence within Li Xiao's body eventually condensed into a pure-colored golden pill the size of a thumb.
At the same time.
A cracking sound came from the sky, as if the sky had been split open.
As a result, the Demon Refining Pot and the black hole above it were both stripped from the real world and became blurred.
In its place is the very sky from the beginning.
As Saito and the others could understand it, these two things weren't high enough, so they had to make room for the Heavenly Tribulation.
And it was after this sound that the terrifying swarm of insects, which had been rustling and surging, suddenly fell silent.
Before the dark clouds appeared, what appeared first was a mysterious aura that made all living beings feel uneasy.
This wisp of energy descended from the sky and went straight into the ground.
Even someone as powerful as Li Xiao at his peak was terrified upon sensing this aura, let alone the weak cannon fodder insectoids.
Under this indiscriminately targeted aura, the flying insects in the sky began to fall stiffly like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
Even flying aliens are no exception.
Of course, to some extent this could be considered friendly fire.
However, none of this was within Li Xiao's control; in fact, he was the one being targeted by that inexplicable aura.
Above ground.
Both warrior bugs and tank bugs lay prostrate on the broken limbs and torsos on the ground.
They had no concept of being of the same kind or different kind, and could only try their best to huddle together.
Within the swarm, only the plasma worms seemed to have some ability to resist, but a single tree cannot make a forest.
Those who were still standing there were quickly turned into mincemeat by a barrage of gunfire.
As the swarm ceased fighting, the automated firearms also came to a stop one by one.
The red-hot gun barrel finally got a rest.
The pet aliens that were previously wreaking havoc all returned to their respective queens and curled up in a ball, as if only in this way could they feel a sense of security.
However, the first to encounter problems were not those in the center, but rather the rear of the swarm.
To be precise, it should be the boundary between those extradimensional black holes and Raccoon City.
Even the strongest pressure from the sky cannot cross space to transmit and infect another world.
In addition, there is no brain worm to direct it.
So the biggest problem arose: one side lay motionless on the ground, while a terrifying number of Zerg continued to pour out from the other side.
Therefore, chaos at the edges inevitably occurred.
The trampling and crushing caused massive casualties among the Zerg for this inexplicable reason.
This unexpected surprise caught the attention of some, but they weren't the real protagonists.
As time went by, the terrifying aura accumulated, and finally, a strong sense of danger made Li Xiao break free from his inner vision.
He slowly opened his eyes.
Two beams of golden light shot out from the pupils.
Looking up at the sky, Li Xiao murmured, "The shackles of the heavens bind my true self; only today do I realize who I am."
He looked down at his golden palms.
A gentle squeeze.
An airburst sounded from the palm of his hand.
"Upgrading to the Golden Core stage also brought about a physical transformation, with normalized explosions. It turns out it really is possible."
"Zheng Zha, in the end, I still took this step before you."
As he said those words, a strange expression flashed across Li Xiao's face, but no one noticed.
He himself was among them.
After all, Li Xiao was too preoccupied with his own thoughts to notice this fleeting anomaly.
After muttering to himself, Li Xiao looked behind him with a sense of unease.
Just then, a white figure rose up on the clouds, and at the same time, dark clouds finally appeared in the sky.
The sky, which had turned a pale white after the night had passed, was once again covered.
The dark clouds overhead were churning very fast.
At first there were only a few scattered flowers, but in a short time a large number of them rolled out.
Li Xiao turned around, stood up, and stepped lightly behind him.
Without a sound, a golden streak of light flashed by.
Li Xiao stopped only after walking to the maximum distance of one kilometer from the church.
The warrior worm, which was being trampled on, seemed to have lost consciousness and did not react to the golden figure above it.
The arrival of this figure made the oppressive feeling from all directions even more concrete and real.
The most obvious sign was that, centered on Li Xiao, all the Zerg crawling on the ground began to twitch and tremble instinctively.
On the other side, Chen Zilong also chose an extreme distance, directly facing Li Xiao.
After the two of them found their respective spots...
A deep rumble of thunder came from extremely high and far away.
At first, the thunder sounded like a muffled drum, but it quickly became clearer, interspersed with a piercing hiss of electricity.
next second.
The dense, dark clouds overhead were finally parted evenly. (End of Chapter)