Looking at Qin Shi's determined face, the evil demon shook its head helplessly. It also understood why Qin Shi was so insistent. It rolled its eyes and said, "Every time I see your desperate look, I'm convinced. Did I say you should give up on the Snowshatter Rhododendron?"
"Hm?" Qin Shi was slightly startled. "What do you mean?"
"I'm just saying that with your talent, it's understandable even if you can't become the champion of this competition. I've looked through the records of the past Eight Zones Talisman Demon Competitions. Those who participated in the past were all old monsters. Their thoughts, ruthlessness, viciousness, and experience are all things you can't look down on. However, the Eight Zones Talisman Demon Competition and the Snowshatter Rhododendron are two different things. They want to mix them up. Why don't you use your brain?"
"You're saying, kill people and rob them?" Qin Shi's eyes darkened.
The evil demon laughed coldly. "What do you think?"
Suddenly, Qin Shi fell silent. His mind kept turning. The evil demon's words were not unreasonable. Perhaps this was immoral, but for the sake of Zi Lingsha's safety, if he was forced into a corner, it was unavoidable.
Moreover, he had never boasted of himself as a hero.
"If possible, I still hope to obtain the Snowshatter Rhododendron openly," Qin Shi said after thinking for a while.
The evil demon shrugged indifferently. "Of course. I'm just giving you an idea. But you better be prepared for the worst."
"Hm, don't worry. I understand. I will obtain the Snowshatter Rhododendron no matter what."
He stopped talking to the evil demon. It was already late. After a whole day of refining the Demonic Talisman, his sea of consciousness was somewhat lacking. However, it was precisely this lack that made it more suitable for cultivation.
Taking advantage of the deep night, he sat cross-legged alone. Golden relics rose into the air and began to circle under his feet, finally forming a huge golden tower.
In the golden tower of relics, Qin Shi seemed to have fallen into the deep sea. He emptied his mind and concentrated all his energy in his sea of consciousness.
"Buzz!"
Very quickly, under the protection of the Ancient Profound Heaven Formation, the soul power in his sea of knowledge began to recover, causing the already absurd sea of knowledge to flourish once more. He clenched his fists and sent his mind power into his sea of knowledge.
Buzz buzz buzz!
It had to be said that with the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation, Qin Shi's soul recovery ability was extremely strong. However, just as his sea of consciousness was about to be filled once more, an extremely powerful buzzing sound rang out, causing him to be stunned for a moment before becoming ecstatic.
He suddenly raised his head, only to see two cracks appearing in the emerald sky above his sea of consciousness. The two cracks continued to spread in all directions. In the end, they enveloped Qin Shi's sea of consciousness like a spider web.
"This is, the Shackles of the Second Curse?"
Qin Shi's heart skipped a beat.
The heavens truly did not disappoint those who worked hard. He had just been whispering to the demon, but he did not expect it to be found out so quickly. The corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"Hehe, demon, it seems that I will have to seal your method." Qin Shi was not in a hurry to break through. Instead, he mischievously smiled at the demon.
The demon shrugged. "Of course, that's good, but …"
"But what?" Qin Shi asked curiously.
However, the demon suddenly fell silent for a long time. In the end, it shook its head. "Nothing, I just said it. Don't think too much about it. Go and break through the Second Curse first."
Qin Shi was slightly stunned. He rarely saw the demon hesitate like this. He curled his lips and said, "Strange."
After that, he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he focused more of his attention on the two strange black seals in his sea of consciousness.
"Incantation Peak Level 2, phew …!"
After letting out a long breath, Qin Shi's black eyes became unusually determined. Only then did he change his hand seals a few times. Immediately, he exerted force in his palm and borrowed the force to send his mind power into the sky, entangling with the two seals.
The Incantation Realm was similar to the Heaven's Fate Realm. It was a transition realm. In this realm, there was no need to trigger the Heavenly Tribulation. As long as one had enough spiritual or soul power, one could use brute force to break through the shackles.
For this, Qin Shi mobilized the power in his sea of consciousness. In the end, he even drew out the power inside the Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation. The Ancient Mysterious Heaven Formation revolved rapidly, forming a golden sword. Raising the sword high, Qin Shi fiercely slashed down.
"Ha!"
Of course, he had still underestimated this shackle. Every time he broke through to the Curse realm, the amount of soul force he needed was several times more than before. This second layer of soul force was only able to cut through one of the runes. The other rune was still unbreakable, covering his sea of consciousness.
Seeing this, Qin Shi could not help but frown.
"Can't I?"
Qin Shi bared his teeth. After receiving his attack, the remnant curse imprints above him were extremely furious. They treated Qin Shi as an enemy of many years. The violent curse imprints shot out explosively.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Qin Shi was shocked. He subconsciously raised his sword, and a series of intense collisions occurred. The seals seemed weak, but when they hit the sword in Qin Shi's hand, they caused a weight like a thousand-meter-tall mountain to collapse. Qin Shi's Telekinesis was pushed back a hundred meters, and the webbing between his thumb and forefinger was shattered. If it was not for his strong willpower, he would have been seriously injured in just these three attacks.
"What a troublesome fellow!"
Qin Shi clenched his fists tightly, and his heart was getting more and more nervous. Although breaking through to the Incantation Realm wouldn't cause a fatal Heavenly Tribulation like the Thunder Tribulation and the Soul Tribulation, it didn't mean that the breakthrough would be successful. In the path of cultivation, everything depended on luck. Now that he had destroyed the first seal, if he could not destroy the second seal in half an incense stick's time, it would lose the support of the first seal and self-destruct. However, at that time, it would also mean that Qin Shi's breakthrough had failed.
If he failed this time, then he would have to start all over again, and the next breakthrough would be even more difficult. Qin Shi's hard work for half a month would also be wasted. If that was the case, then after three months, not to mention the Incantation Realm Third Layer, he might not even be able to reach the Incantation Realm Second Layer.
Seeing that the second seal was getting weaker, Qin Shi's heart was burning with anxiety. "Damn it!
I can't miss this chance, otherwise, I don't know when the next time will be. "
"Phew … Looks like I can only use that move?"
Qin Shi's gaze turned cold. He slowly opened one of his palms. Suddenly, an extremely fine purple light flashed across his palm. If one didn't look carefully, it would be hard to notice. That purple light turned into a long and narrow ray of light, like a spiritual snake. However, the moment that spiritual snake appeared, it was instantly rejected by the entire sea of consciousness. The sea of consciousness was overturned as the surging Soul Force crazily nibbled at it.
This kind of rejection was something that even Qin Shi couldn't control.
However, Qin Shi did not stop his actions even though the spirit snake had been devoured. Instead, the speed at which he formed his hand seals became faster. Following that, a more intense purple light gushed out from his palm like a natural spring.
Sensing Qin Shi's strange behavior, the Nefarious Devil was startled. "Little thing, are you using the God Character Art to refine your own spiritual power?"
Qin Shi didn't deny it, which made the Nefarious Devil even more impatient. It shouted, "Brat, do you want to die?
Although the Divine Character Formula can transform the Spiritual Power into Mental Power, it is only a temporary transformation. Now that you are in the midst of a breakthrough, if you transform the Spiritual Power at this time and complete the breakthrough, the Spiritual Power will never be able to leave your Sea of Consciousness. It will become a part of your Sea of Consciousness, which will cause flaws in your Sea of Consciousness!
Once these flaws burst, it will directly shatter your Knowledge Sea! "
"I can't care so much!"
Qin Shi clenched his fists. No matter how the Nefarious Devil shouted, Qin Shi ignored it. More and more spiritual power poured into his Knowledge Sea.
"God Character Art!"
Finally, with a fierce shout, the God Character Art's seal connected his Dantian and Knowledge Sea at the same time. The 30% transformation made his Knowledge Sea temporarily brighten.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"
Unexpectedly, after the 30% transformation, when Qin Shi thought he had reached the limit, the God Character Art's seal suddenly sped up.
35%, 40%!
In the end, 40% of his spiritual power was transformed, which surprised even Qin Shi himself. "The God Character Art has broken through?"
This kind of accident should be considered a blessing in misfortune, right?
Over the years, the wonderful use of the God Character Art had brought him great help. Previously, it was only a small amount of transformation, but now it was 40%, which was absolutely terrifying.
He couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if he could achieve 100% conversion of the God Character Skill one day. With his current cultivation base, the combination of the fourth stage of the Heaven Pinnacle and the second stage of the Incantation Peak was definitely not as simple as four plus two. If it was really possible, he was even confident that he would be able to fight against those who had perfected the Domain Realm.
The 40% transformation of spiritual power made the rapier in his palm soar. His black eyes darkened, and he stabbed it into the sky with all his might.
Boom!
The pattern, which had been stable all along, was finally pierced by the sword. Qin Shi smiled faintly. "Did you succeed?"
Now that he had severed the runes, it was time for him to devour the two runes without any fear. When the two runes completely fused with him, he would be able to step into the second level of the Heaven Realm.
"What a lunatic!"
At this moment, the Golden Relic Pagoda was already in ruins due to Qin Shi's breakthrough. The evil demon looked at Qin Shi and suddenly smiled. "But I like it. You look like me in the past."
Qin Shi fell into the final breakthrough and fell silent.
This silence lasted for a full three days, and the evil demon was still protecting him. Suddenly, his eyes darkened as he thought of what he had said to Qin Shi, but … he said in a low voice, "I hope I'm just overthinking."
Three days later, when Qin Shi opened his eyes slightly, a golden light surrounded him, and he couldn't help but smile.
"Is it done?" The evil demon touched the corner of its mouth.
"Yes, it was more daunting than dangerous."
Qin Shi nodded his head in a refreshed manner. Soon after, he stretched his waist and said, "My breakthrough has been delayed for a while. I wonder how many ferocious beasts Sword Intent and the rest have prepared. I'll be busy again."
Qin Shi softly said. With a wave of his hand, the giant pagoda turned into golden powder and slowly disappeared around Qin Shi. However, when Qin Shi reappeared in this natural stronghold, he couldn't help frowning in surprise.