Earth Core realm!
"Bei Tang Mo?"
In Long Chen's mind, the silhouette of the cold-looking young man appeared.
Before this, Long Chen was secretly in awe of Bei Tang Mo's terrifying strength. However, after hearing Liu Lan's words, Long Chen's heart was filled with murderous intent.
"As long as Ling Qing is unwilling, no one can force him, not even you, Bei Tang Mo."
Although this was what he thought, when he thought about it, Yang Lingqing was basically powerless. In front of Bei Tang Mo and the other experts, she had no right to make any decisions. If they tried to force her, she could only endure it silently.
In truth, when Liu Lan said those words, Long Chen was extremely anxious in his heart. In fact, he wanted nothing more than to rush into the inner clan right now and bring Yang Lingqing away from that place so that she could live a good life. However, he didn't have the strength to do that right now.
"I know you're panicking. If it were my sister, I would be anxious as well. However, Long Chen, you must understand that strength is everything to you. In your current state, you won't be able to provide any help to your sister. In fact, you might even be a burden to her …"
Liu Lan sighed and said helplessly.
"… I originally thought that with Violet Rain and the Thunder Flame Crystal, you would have a chance to enter the inner tribe. As long as you enter the inner tribe, you would have a chance to improve faster. At that time, you would have the right to decide where your sister will go. However, it's a pity that you wasted your chance this time. Therefore, I don't know what to do. I've tried my best this time. As for your future plans, it's up to you …"
At this moment, Liu Lan's heart was filled with helplessness.
"Let's go back and prepare. Five days later, on the first of November, the inner tribe selection will be held."
"At this time, you can only pray that Bei Tang Mo will treat your sister well and that your sister will fall in love with him."
Long Chen took a deep breath and raised his head.
Of course, when he raised his head, Liu Lan could see the sharp light in his eyes.
She was slightly stunned and thought to herself, Under such great pressure, does he still have confidence?
Puzzled, she took the lead.
Long Chen clenched his fists tightly as he watched Liu Lan leave. His mind was completely elsewhere.
"Ling Qing, I've said it before. As long as I'm here, no one can force you."
…
Back at the Green Willow Residence, Long Chen said to Liu Lan, "For the next five days, as long as I don't come out, no one is allowed to disturb me."
As far as Liu Lan was concerned, Long Chen had given up on Violet Rain's beast soul, so there was little hope for him. When Long Chen said this, she didn't have much of a reaction. She just assumed that Long Chen was making his final struggle.
"Yes, I will inform the others. I will not disturb you."
After saying that, Liu Lan went to busy herself with other things.
Originally, Long Chen was in a good mood after obtaining the demon blood essence. However, because of what happened to Yang Lingqing, the pressure on him had increased a lot.
"Long Chen, don't worry. Didn't you give it back to me?
I won't let Little Sister Ling Qing be bullied … "
When Ling Xi saw Long Chen's cold expression, she hurriedly consoled him when they returned to their residence.
"I'm fine. Lingxi, you can go and play by yourself. I'm going to refine this blood and break through to the Earth Core realm."
Seeing that he was in a bad mood, Lingxi was so anxious that she ran around in circles. Her little face was wrinkled and filled with worry.
"Don't worry about me. I just want to do something so that they won't look down on me."
Seeing this young man walk down the basement with an indifferent expression, Lingxi could feel the strong unwillingness in his voice, as well as his fighting spirit.
At this moment, Long Chen sat down on the cushion and took out the demon blood essence.
"Within this demon blood essence, there's still some blood energy. It's even purer than fresh blood. It's more suitable for refining blood into qi."
After continuously refining the blood of a few Profound level fourth level demon beasts, Long Chen was actually quite close to breaking through to the Earth Core realm.
"Now's the time …"
Opening his mouth, he swallowed the demon blood essence. The originally solid blood essence quickly turned into a clear stream and flowed into Long Chen's body.
"Refining blood into qi!"
Under the effect of the heaven-defying divine ability, refining blood into qi, this pure energy was quickly absorbed by Long Chen and filled up the true qi in his Dantian.
Surrounded by the blood red lightning and flames, the Mortal Core that was filled with true qi gradually grew bigger.
"There really is a huge gap between the Mortal Core realm and the Earth Core realm.
Although it seems like it's very close, there's actually quite a distance between them. As the saying goes, a horse dies when it's looking at the mountain in front of it! "
This gap was something that Long Chen wanted to cross. It wasn't easy, but with the demon blood essence, it became much easier.
Under the strong devouring of the blood into qi, the demon blood essence's energy was quickly transforming into the blood red Dragon Soul true qi. This process continued as time passed.
The demon blood essence didn't look big, but the energy it contained was not just a little bit. As Long Chen devoured it, he was getting closer to a critical point.
"I'm about to break through."
Right now, in Long Chen's Dantian, outside of the Mortal Core, was the Dragon Soul true qi that was compressed to the point of almost being liquid. This Dragon Soul true qi was like a river, continuously flowing and revolving around the Mortal Core in the center.
"According to the books, when a Mortal Core breaks through to the Earth Core realm, it will shatter once. All the true qi will circulate in the Dragon Veins, then it will flow back into the Dantian and condense into an even stronger Earth Core!"
Right at this moment, under the pressure of so much true qi, the Mortal Core that had already condensed suddenly shattered. Countless true qi gushed out and rushed towards the nine Dragon Veins, as well as the countless tiny meridians in his body!
At this moment, Long Chen's skin had completely turned blood red. This shocked Lingxi who was watching from the outside. Just when she was about to do something, she suddenly remembered that when she broke through to the Divine Core realm, she also looked like this. Only now did she know that Long Chen was fine.
During this process, Long Chen had transformed into a dragon body using the Dragon Soul Transformation!
No matter if it was the scales, muscles, bones, organs, or meridians, this body was much stronger than before. Right now, Long Chen's body was completely filled with true qi. Now that he had transformed into a dragon body, it would be much more convenient for him to break through to the Earth Core realm.
"This dragon body is really strong, it's completely filled with true qi of an Earth Core warrior, and its nature is ten times stronger. But for me, I can actually control it completely!"
Long Chen was very surprised. Breaking through to the Earth Core realm was the most important part of his mission. Therefore, he paid 120% attention!
"It's almost time, all the true qi is about to rush into my Dantian!"
Right at this moment, the true qi that had split into countless streams circulated within Long Chen's body, nourishing his muscles and bones. After that, all the true qi converged and rushed towards his Dantian!
This was the scene of hundreds of rivers converging into the ocean.
Wherever Long Chen stood, the dust on the ground was blown away. The blood red true qi overflowed from the surface of his body like a huge blood cocoon, wrapping around Long Chen!
"Critical moment!"
With a loud bang, all the true qi had completely converged into his Dantian and started violently colliding with each other!
In the process of this collision, the true qi began to rapidly fuse. Basically, every time a hundred gaseous true qi collided with each other, it would form a solid true qi!
In Long Chen's dantian, the first thing that appeared was the blood nucleus of an Earth Core. Then, countless amounts of True Qi circled around this nucleus, circling around until finally, all of the True Qi had completely collided and turned into solid True Qi!
In Long Chen's Dantian, within the blood-red mist, an Earth Core the size of a thumb could be vaguely seen!
"This Earth Core realm is finally complete!"
The blood cocoon was broken, and Long Chen stood up. After breaking through, his temperament had undergone a tremendous change. Every action and every gaze was filled with the aura of a strong warrior.
"The Earth Core realm is indeed more than ten times stronger than before. With this amount of true qi, coupled with the Thunderflame Battle Body and the Heaven-Burning Devil Yang Fist, do I still need to be afraid of Chu Yunxi …"
After making a rough estimation of their strength, Long Chen smiled.
"I'm sure I'll give all of you a pleasant surprise in this inner clan selection …"
It was extremely difficult for Long Chen to break through to the Earth Core realm. Recently, his cultivation had been advancing by leaps and bounds, and now he finally felt that cultivation was not easy.
"On the path of cultivation, one must avoid being impatient. Recently, I've been feeling impatient. Looks like I'll have to stabilize myself in order to obtain the final victory."
"Long Chen!"
Ling Xi circled around Long Chen a few times as she sized him up, then happily said, "You've already broken through to the Earth Core realm! I was right, wasn't I? That demon blood essence is really useful!"
After successfully breaking through to the Earth Core realm, Long Chen's mood had become much more relaxed. Looking at Lingxi's excited expression, he knew that she must have been anxiously guarding him. This time, he really made her worry. He felt a little heartache as he looked at Lingxi and said, "Little Xi, you're really amazing. Looks like I'll have to reward you properly!"
"How are you going to reward me?
Scoundrel, hehe. "
"How about I repay you with my body?
Look at my soft and tender skin, do you like it? "Long Chen teased.
"I don't want to, you're an ugly monster, I don't like you!" Lingxi said with her eyes wide open.
Long Chen smiled. Thinking about the inner clan selection in five days, his heart was filled with anticipation.
"This time, I must succeed, no matter what price I have to pay!
I can afford to wait, but Ling Qing can't … "
"But before that, I have one more thing to do."
Thinking about this, Long Chen once again sat down in the underground room.
"What are you going to do?" Lingxi asked.
Long Chen took out all the Thunder Flame Crystals he had. Lingxi had snatched 47 from Zhao Tianfang, and in addition to the one that Long Chen had fused with, he now had a total of 48 Thunder Flame Crystals. Now that he had fused with 30, there were 18 left, and in addition to the 10 he had obtained from the auction, there were a total of 28 Thunder Flame Crystals left.
"Little Xi, with so many Thunder Flame Crystals, do you think it'll be enough for me to break through to the second level Thunder Flame Battle Body?"
Would the second level Thunder Flame Battle Body lose to the Golden Battle Body?