Most importantly, Long Chen had used a sneak attack.
The little cat's words shocked Long Chen greatly. It made him realize that the most pressing thing right now was to do his best to increase his strength. He wasn't fighting with the Seven Fiendish Demon Ape right now. Instead, he was using the simplest method to kill the Seven Fiendish Demon Ape. This was proof of his growth.
Pfft.
Under Long Chen's terrifying attack, the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape couldn't resist at all. It could only dodge the cold light at the last moment and use its arms to block. The price it paid was that its arms were chopped into pieces by Long Chen. Then, the Sky Punishment Sword Formation pierced its body and crushed its organs into powder. At this moment, the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape let out a cry and died instantly.
Long Chen stored the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape's corpse and all the beast blood into the Great Void Realm in the shortest time possible. The Great Void Realm was a perfect space. It was much more useful than the Cosmos Sack. As Long Chen's strength increased, so did the size of the space.
The cry of the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape might have attracted the attention of other people or demonic beasts. Therefore, after Long Chen stored the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape's body, he immediately left. He went to a remote corner and used the Soul-Devouring Demonic Eye to see that there was nothing around before letting Xiao Lang out.
"Xiao Lang, Protector, I'll break through to the third tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm."
For Long Chen, he didn't need to accumulate strength for a long time with the Ancestral Dragon's powerful abilities. He only needed the blood of demonic beasts and enough Heaven Ascension Pills to become stronger quickly. Not long ago, he had reached the second tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm. Now, he was about to advance to the third tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm.
The Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape's blood was completely absorbed by Long Chen. Its huge, fat body quickly turned into a dried corpse in front of Long Chen. This was the terror of the Ancestral Dragon. The Ancient Blood Spirit Dragon was a bloodthirsty dragon of slaughter. It was an evil dragon, so it was normal for it to have such terrifying methods.
At this moment, the rich power contained in the Seven Fiendish Demonic Ape's blood was slowly absorbed by Long Chen. Most of the blood, which weighed more than ten tons, was turned into waste by his Blood Refinement Qi. Only a small portion of the blood was turned into Vital Qi under Long Chen's control and added to Long Chen's Vital Qi.
The Vital Qi devoured by Blood Refinement Qi was much purer than Demonic Qi, and it was more suitable for Long Chen. Apart from the Vital Qi that Long Chen had been cultivating on his own, Blood Refinement Qi was the most suitable method for him to improve.
Time passed gradually. The huge amount of blood had all been turned into Vital Qi for Long Chen. Long Chen gradually gained the qualifications to break through to the third tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm. He had only joined the sect for less than three days, but his cultivation level had increased by several levels. If those who looked down on him during the selection battle, especially the Red Ghost King, were to find out, the expression on their faces would be quite interesting.
Long Chen continued to improve quietly.
After he had enough Vital Qi, it was time to open the third aperture. The first aperture was in the Dantian, the second was in the chest, and the third and fourth aperture were in the legs. To be exact, they were in the soles of the feet. Therefore, the opening of the third and fourth aperture was much more difficult than the opening of the first and second aperture.
Of course, there were many benefits after the opening. The Vital Qi in the legs was directly related to one's speed. Generally, after reaching the third tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm, one's speed would increase greatly, and the strength of one's feet would be put into full play.
There were a total of six spiritual apertures in the human body. Two of them were in the body, and the other four were in the soles of the feet and the palms. They greatly increased the strength of the four limbs. After opening the six spiritual apertures, one could start to open the two earth apertures and one heaven aperture.
But now, Long Chen focused all his attention on his left foot. After having the experience of opening the middle spiritual aperture, he only needed to be more careful to open the third spiritual aperture.
Of course, the most important thing was the Connecting Heaven Pills. Without any hesitation, Long Chen stuffed a lot of Connecting Heaven Pills into his mouth. When he was full, Long Chen counted and found that he had used around three thousand Connecting Heaven Pills. He only had a hundred thousand Connecting Heaven Pills in total, and he had already used one twentieth of them to reach the third tier of the Heaven Ascension Realm. He believed that as his cultivation level increased, he would need more and more Connecting Heaven Pills in the future. The hundred thousand he had now was probably far from enough.
A total of three thousand Connecting Heaven Pills allowed his Vital Qi to reach a sufficiently mild state.
There were only two Star Meridians in his legs, so all of Long Chen's Vital Qi carefully entered the Star Meridians in his legs and flowed toward the soles of his feet. The Meridians in the feet were originally weak, so he had to put in a lot of effort. Fortunately, Long Chen could endure the pain. So after a quarter of an hour, all of his Vital Qi had gathered at the soles of his feet, and he was ready to make the final push.
Whoosh …
Under Long Chen's control, threads of Vital Qi started to expand the third aperture from nothing. The soles of his feet weren't big to begin with, so when the third aperture expanded to the size of his Dantian, Long Chen realized that the soles of his feet didn't expand much.
He took a closer look and realized that the aperture actually had a certain connection with the Sea of Knowledge. The Sea of Knowledge didn't exist anywhere in the body, but it truly existed. It was the same for this aperture. The third aperture at the soles of his feet was about the same size as the Dantian Aperture, but in the soles of Long Chen's feet, it was only the size of a soybean.
This should be related to the space, just like the vast Sevenfold Devil World that existed in the Realm Demon Mountain. From the outside, the Sevenfold Devil World didn't look that big, but when he actually entered the Sevenfold Devil World, Long Chen realized how big it was.
After stabilizing the third aperture, Long Chen started his sprint. Under his control, all of his Vital Qi converged into the aperture. Because he had enough Connecting Heaven Pills, he didn't encounter any obstacles. Long Chen successfully formed a white whirlpool, and a white pill quickly appeared above the whirlpool.
Just like that, the third core was formed in Long Chen's body. The original circulation of the Eighteen Heavenly Rivers was now more convenient, faster, and more abundant.
When the power of the Connecting Heaven Elixir had completely dissipated, Long Chen had successfully reached the third level of the Connecting Heaven State. His strength had once again increased tremendously. At least in terms of Genuine Qi, it had increased by almost ten times.
Standing up, Long Chen once again felt the strength of his body.
"Although I'm very powerful, much more powerful than before, I'm still very weak compared to those real experts. The third layer of the Reaching Heaven State can only be considered the lowest level in the small Ancient Demon Realm." Thinking of this, Long Chen wasn't satisfied with his current strength.
He looked deeper into the second layer of the Devil World.
"My next target is a demonic beast of the fifth layer of the Heaven State. At the same time, I have to look for some demonic beasts of the fire attribute for Xiao Lang."
Along the way, he had spent a lot of time practicing, hunting demonic beasts, and breaking through the third layer of the Reaching Heaven State. Including the time spent on the road, a day might have passed in the outside world. Long Chen continued to advance, hunting demonic beasts and improving himself at the same time. On the basis of the third layer of the Reaching Heaven State, his Vital Qi grew again. In the process, Long Chen also met a Blue-eyed Fire Fox of the fourth layer of the Heaven State. After killing the Fire Fox, its Inner Core made Xiao Lang's level rise again, and he reached the second layer of the Heaven State.
The improvement of Xiao Lang's strength was a great help to Long Chen.
It could be said that both of them were very nature-defying, and their speed of improvement was unprecedented.
The second layer of the Devil World should be much bigger than the first layer. It took Long Chen a lot of time to reach the place where there would be demonic beasts of the fifth layer of the Heaven State. There were few demonic beasts here, but they were all very strong. Long Chen used the Devouring Demon Eyes to search for a long time, and finally found a figure of a demonic beast. He gradually sneaked up and sized up the demonic beast from afar.
"It should be a Ghostly Fox of the fifth layer of the Heaven State. This demonic beast's attack power is only average, but its speed is faster than a normal sixth layer of the Heaven State. It moves like a ghost. However, its bloodline can really help me reach the fourth layer of the Reaching Heaven State."
For Long Chen, the aperture in one of his legs was already opened. When he reached the fourth layer of the Reaching Heaven State, the aperture in both his legs would be opened, and his speed would increase by several folds. Of course, his current speed was already pretty good.
Long Chen secretly transformed into the Dragon Soul and sneaked up to the Ghostly Fox. This time, he would definitely kill the Ghostly Fox and reach the fourth layer of the Reaching Heaven State.
Long Chen had come to the Sevenfold Devil World to level up, so he was extremely determined.
At a certain moment, Long Chen dashed forward crazily, like a red line of blood, and dashed towards the Ghostly Fox.
The Ghostly Fox's hearing was very good. In that instant, it suddenly raised its head and saw Long Chen. The Ghostly Fox was a fifth layer of the Heaven State, while Long Chen was only at the third layer of the Reaching Heaven State. Normally, the Ghostly Fox shouldn't be afraid of him. However, Long Chen had underestimated the Ghostly Fox's cowardice. After discovering Long Chen, it actually ran away with a swish.
"Trying to escape?"
Long Chen sneered. He increased his speed and chased after the Ghostly Fox. Although the Ghostly Fox was fast, Long Chen wasn't slow either. Moreover, Long Chen had a strong body now, which added to his speed. Therefore, it could be seen that the distance between him and the Ghostly Fox was gradually closing.
Of course, the difference wasn't huge. It was just that Long Chen relied on his physical strength, while the Ghostly Fox relied on its demonic power. Physical strength was more durable than demonic power.
The Ghostly Fox was heading deeper into the second layer of the Demon World.