Chapter 728 - 717: First-Grade Golden Core

"Heh heh."

Limu first chuckled softly, then burst into loud laughter, causing the stone ceiling of the cave to tremble.

Suddenly, he stopped laughing and said solemnly:

"You don’t understand anything, you know nothing! Youngster, you look no older than twenty. Why come to the Demon Realm just to get yourself killed?"

He sighed and waved his hand.

Whiz whiz!

The five demon god-like figures behind him turned into black light and flew to Limu’s side, each glaring at Ding Ling with murderous intent.

Ding Ling frowned, thinking:

"Limu and the others are clear-minded, yet they willingly fell into becoming demons! Perhaps... their spirits have been twisted by demon nature, driving them insane and making them forget their true identities!"

With this in mind, Ding Ling casually asked two questions:

"Have you forgotten the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan? Forgotten that you were once gods?"

"Whether we’ve forgotten or not is none of your business."

Limu shook his long spear and thrust it towards Ding Ling:

"But you, as a member of the Human Race, dare to enter the Demon Realm alone! If you escape, it would make us Demon Realm guards look too incompetent! All of you, attack and kill him!"

As he finished speaking.

He was already calling for help.

Evidently, he found Ding Ling too difficult to handle alone.

Therefore, as soon as he finished speaking.

Clang!

The other five also attacked swiftly.

Even though their weapons were different, they were all extremely powerful, reaching the Martial Arts Golden Core Level!

Any one of them could easily overturn the entire Jiuzhou World!

The gap between a Martial Arts Golden Core strongman and a Shattering Level is incalculable!

And Ding Ling could defeat the Martial Arts Golden Core strongman.

Not only because his dantian had condensed 195 drops of True Water, surpassing the required amount for a First-Grade Golden Core!

But also due to his Full-Level Techniques, skills, and ability to amplify himself tenfold!

In other words.

Ding Ling’s current combat power could defeat a Golden Core Expert!

But against six Golden Core Experts, Ding Ling was overmatched.

Thinking of the somewhat inflated feeling in his dantian.

Ding Ling knew that he seemed to have reached his limit!

Perhaps he could still increase by one or two points.

But at this stage, he could already condense a core.

Therefore, when he saw the six attack simultaneously, Ding Ling immediately began condensing a core, perhaps because the Xuanyuan Heart Scripture far surpassed the Shattering Level techniques, and was at Full Level!

Or perhaps Ding Ling’s foundation was too solid and his background too vast and grand!

Or because Ding Ling had long reached the point of condensing a core, delaying further, leading to an overwhelming sense of fullness in the dantian.

Therefore.

As Ding Ling had the thought of condensing a core.

The next moment!

Boom!

drops of True Water immediately gathered into a mass, with the Xuanyuan Heart Scripture as the main core, assisted by the Demon Scripture, Ten Thousand Dao Forest, No Desire Technique, Eternal Youth Technique, Nine Yang Divine Skill, Heaven-Transferring Divine Technique, World-Ending Demon Skill, etc.

A Tai Chi Eight Trigrams pattern rapidly condensed into a Fake Pill!

The Fake Pill turned from illusion into a Water Pill.

Then quickly transformed into a Golden Core.

And all of this happened within the span of two breaths.

The speed was so fast it even exceeded Ding Ling’s expectations.

Boom!

As the Golden Core was successfully condensed, a world-shattering aura erupted from Ding Ling’s body.

This aura’s strength had already surpassed Limu and the six!

"What?!"

The six, including Limu, were shocked and incredulous:

"How is this possible?! How long has it been?! How did such a terrifying transformation occur in him?! This is the Demon Realm!"

"Ordinary people entering the Demon Realm are quickly eroded and polluted by Demon Qi, becoming demons or demon beasts. Yet he remains unscathed, proving he must have some exceptional, miraculous trait!"

"This child is too frightening. He cannot be allowed to remain! He must be killed here; otherwise, the Demon Realm might be overturned by him alone!"

A member of the Human Race unafraid of Demon Qi.

This truly shook Limu and the others.

Not to mention this person had broken through to a level identical to theirs in mere breaths.

Before breaking through, he could already defeat any one of them.

Now that he’s broken through.

Can they still fight him?

Clang!

Clang clang clang!

Their weapons continuously pursued Ding Ling, slashing and chopping.

Ding Ling was stepping on the Free-Will Ascension Step while breaking through.

After the breakthrough was complete, he let out a long howl and suddenly wielded his saber!

No-Two Blade Technique!

Sky Dome Fury!

A single slash cleaved like lightning!

Once wielded, it seemed like celestial thunder rolling, saber light exploding, as if the heavens were angered, descending an apocalyptic saber tribulation!

Crackling! Dense saber light mixed with earth-shattering aura instantly covered Limu and the six.

Puff puff!

The six were slashed by countless blades in an instant, each wearing an expression of fear and disbelief, flipping to the ground.

Yet they were severely wounded by Ding Ling in an instant.

"Ha ha..."

Ding Ling laughed aloud, grabbing each of the six in mid-air, activating the Technique, absorbing their Magic Power, then activating the Great Sun Buddha Purifying World Spell, purifying the Magic Power, and refining it.

[Inner Power Value +1200 points]

[Inner Power Value +1300 points]

...

A total of six.

Each provided an average of 1200 points.

Providing a total of 7200 points.

In an instant.

more drops of True Water appeared in the dantian.

The True Water merged into the Golden Core.

Boom!

Ding Ling’s aura surged even higher!

[True Power Value: 219 points]

Even in the Golden Core Stage, the data performed remarkably.

But this time, the quality and level of the True Water far exceeded the past.

It’s essential to know that Ding Ling absorbed the Demon Qi of Golden Core Experts.

Their Demon Qi was of extremely high quality, extremely pure.

But even so, only a fraction was refined by Ding Ling, with over ninety percent of Demon Qi expelled and not absorbed.

The reasons being twofold.

First, the demons of the Martial Arts Golden Core, their golden cores’ bloodthirstiness, ferocity, and other negative Demon Qi were so deeply rooted that it was inseparable from their being, occupying most of it, resulting in a significant loss during the refinement process.

Second, their Martial Arts Golden Core were approximately Third, Fourth, or Fifth Grade, far inferior to Ding Ling’s First Grade! Thus, the conversion efficiency wasn’t as high as expected.

The purity of a First-Grade Golden Core’s True Qi is unparalleled. A casually wielded True Qi could effortlessly overthrow a Shattering Level expert!

This is the fearsome power of a First-Grade Golden Core strongman!

In the eyes of such a powerful individual.

A Shattering Level is merely an entity that can be destroyed with a breath of True Qi!

Unless one is extraordinarily gifted, like Wu Wudi, or Ding Ling, among the Shattering Level, an ordinary Shattering Level in the eyes of a First-Grade Golden Core strongman is no different from an ant.

"Very good."

Ding Ling was highly satisfied.

He had become even stronger.

Yet he also felt he was nearing the ultimate limit of this realm.

[Achieved C-Level Achievement Medal: Intimidate Limu.]