Chapter 677 - 323: Profound Gang Rock Wall

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi on Lake Heart Island was faintly denser than usual.

The numerous Demon Beasts lying dormant on the island all peeked out cautiously from their hiding spots, greedily absorbing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

The closer one got to the Cold Pool at the center of the island, the denser the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi became.

An icy mist permeated the air for dozens of yards around the Cold Pool, and its surface had frozen into a thick layer of ice crystals.

Two massive Tier Four Demon Rats, each the size of a calf, stood upright at the edge of the Cold Pool. They craned their necks, peering toward the pool's center, their bright eyes gleaming with joy and reverence.

This change was happening, of course, because Chen Cheng was once again using the Source Crystal Jade for his Cultivation.

At this moment, Chen Cheng stood majestically in the very center of the Cold Pool, holding his Military Dao Combat Killing Hammer, focused on his Xuanshuang Realm Cultivation.

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi was incredibly dense in a several-yard radius around him. Most of it was contained within the icy mist manifested by his Xuanshuang Realm, but a small amount inevitably escaped.

[Xuanshuang Realm Cultivation Progress increased.]

...

As he cultivated, notifications from the panel appeared one after another!

After an unknown amount of time, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi began to thin. Chen Cheng stopped his Cultivation, a faint smile gracing his lips.

'As the saying goes, "Why eat tofu when there's meat?"

'Cultivating with the Source Crystal Jade makes my progress skyrocket. The feeling is so exhilarating, I don't think I can stop!

'But if I keep up this extravagant Cultivation, it won't be long before my Source Crystal Jade is completely depleted.

'Sigh... I'm still not rich enough!'

He let out a long sigh and summoned the panel.

[Skills: Xuanshuang Realm (248,850/500,000)]

'Whoa! Over two hundred and forty thousand progress already? That's absurdly fast!

'If I wasn't willing to part with the Source Crystal Jade, I wouldn't get this kind of progress. You have to give some to get some. I can live with that!'

Activating a bit of his Qi Blood Power, Chen Cheng's body became encased in a layer of transparent ice crystals. He then shot toward the bottom of the pool, quickly reaching a depth of nearly four hundred feet.

Sensing Chen Cheng's arrival, the Three-headed Demon Python emerged from the mouth of its cave. All three heads opened their maws wide and let out a furious roar!

"You beast, you still dare to act tough with me?"

Chen Cheng snorted. His body moved like a swimming dragon as he shot toward the Three-headed Demon Python.

Surprisingly, the Three-headed Demon Python didn't flee. It swung its massive body, smashing toward Chen Cheng with wild, explosive force.

The strike carried the force of tens of thousands of pounds. The heavy water of the pool churned violently, further amplifying the blow's power.

Chen Cheng neither dodged nor evaded. He condensed streams of icy aura between his fingers, instantly freezing the pool water into transparent crystals.

The Three-headed Demon Python's movements immediately grew sluggish. It became even more enraged, roaring and thrashing its body wildly!

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The ice crystals shattered to pieces!

Though he moved second, Chen Cheng arrived first. He rapidly closed in on the Three-headed Demon Python. Thunder Arcs flickered across his Military Dao Combat Killing Hammer, which then erupted with a deafening sonic boom as it slammed into the python's massive torso.

BOOM!

With a tremendous crash, the Three-headed Demon Python's torso, hard as steel, was smashed inward, leaving a deep indentation.

Its massive body was sent flying, crashing heavily into the depths of the cave.

Chen Cheng followed like a shadow, in hot pursuit. He once again condensed the aura of the Xuanshuang Realm between his fingers, and the cold water rapidly froze into transparent ice, encasing the Three-headed Demon Python.

"ROAR!"

The Three-headed Demon Python let out a roar of both terror and fury.

Before Chen Cheng could strike with his Military Dao Combat Killing Hammer, the python thrashed wildly, shattering the ice, and quickly burrowed into a tunnel below.

'I had to divert some of my Qi Blood Power to use the Xuanshuang Realm, so the power of my Nine Heavens Thunder Shocking Hammer Technique was a bit lacking!'

He thought to himself. Instead of chasing it into the tunnel, Chen Cheng began to carefully scan the cave with his senses.

"Huh?" Suddenly, Chen Cheng let out a soft exclamation of surprise. He brushed his hand across a protruding section of the rock wall. The stone crumbled away, revealing a palm-sized patch of translucent, crystalline moss.

'Whoa! So this is Cold Water Moss Clothing!'

Chen Cheng was overjoyed.

Cold Water Moss Clothing grew on deep-water rock walls and contained a yin-cold life force. It could greatly strengthen one's internal organs and even repair organ damage caused by Body Tempering. It was an exceedingly rare, top-tier Organ Refining Internal Medicine Herb.

Furthermore, the rock to which the Cold Water Moss Clothing attached would often accumulate a large amount of the purest Gui Water Aura, eventually forming a Cold Crystal Stone.

A palm-sized patch of Cold Water Moss Clothing had to have grown for at least several hundred, if not a thousand, years. The Cold Crystal Stone it clung to was as clear as jade, and the Gui Water Aura it had condensed was equivalent to at least ten Water Element Pearls.

The Cold Water Moss Clothing was still slowly absorbing the Gui Water Aura and yin-cold energy through the Cold Crystal Stone. It only emitted a faint, almost imperceptible medicinal fragrance, making it extremely difficult to detect.

Just then, the Three-headed Demon Python poked its heads out from the tunnel below and roared furiously at Chen Cheng!

The cave near the Array Hub below had far denser Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi than this Cold Water Cave, yet the Three-headed Demon Python chose to stay here. It was clearly guarding this Spiritual Object.

When the medicinal power of the Cold Water Moss Clothing reached its Perfection State, it would detach from the Cold Crystal Stone on its own. The Three-headed Demon Python was obviously waiting for that moment to consume it.

Chen Cheng, however, couldn't wait that long. Ignoring the Three-headed Demon Python's furious roars, he plucked the Cold Water Moss Clothing from the Cold Crystal Stone and placed it into a Jade Box.

POP!

Without the Cold Water Moss Clothing's absorptive pull, the Cold Crystal Stone also broke free from the rock wall, releasing an incredibly dense Gui Water Aura!

Chen Cheng snatched the Cold Crystal Stone, quickly encasing it in transparent ice crystals to prevent the Gui Water Aura within from dissipating.

'Over the past few days of cultivating my Xuanshuang Realm, I've already completely used up the Gui Water Aura from those Water Element Pearls. It would have taken a long time for them to recharge.

'With this Cold Crystal Stone, I can keep increasing my Xuanshuang Realm Cultivation speed and save some Source Crystal Jade in the process. Not bad at all!'