Long Yu has always been a decisive person.
Even though Murong Xiuzhen had blocked a purple brahma curse for him, a favor that was hard to repay, he still did not stay with Murong Xiuzhen.
If Long Yu had strong enough strength, this would definitely not happen. However, the Zifan tribe is a force that comes from outer space, and it is definitely an existence that Long Yu cannot resist now. If he insists on competing with them, he will definitely die.
You know, even if the Nine Nether Dragon Emperor was still alive, he might not be as good as the leaders of those big forces, let alone Long Yu who is only a half-baked one now!
Long Yu took the space ring handed to him by Murong Xiuzhen, then left with Xi Yangwu and walked towards the nearest main hall.
He checked the space ring and found nine Nine Netherworld Condensation Crystals, which surprised him. With these nine Nine Netherworld Condensation Crystals, he would most likely be able to collect all forty-five Nine Netherworld Condensation Crystals in the end.
Presumably, some of Murong Xiuzhen's nine Nine Nether Condensed Crystals were not obtained this time, but were obtained fifty years ago when the Nine Nether Mysterious Palace was last opened. Therefore, they can make up for some of Long Yu's operational mistakes.
Even if a few Nine Nether Condensation Crystals are missed, it will not lead to the failure of the final mission.
"If we want to help Elder Murong get revenge, we must complete this mission. Only by entering the final Xuan Palace can our strength be greatly increased."
Xi Yang Wu was in a bad mood. After all, she had some friendship with Murong Xiuzhen in the past year and admired this cabinet elder of the Five Emperors Alliance quite a lot.
Now, knowing that the other party would be hunted down by the people of Zifan tribe, but unable to fight the enemy together with him, Xiyang Wu was obviously very unhappy. However, she knew how to make choices just like Long Yu, and knew that she must not act blindly now.
What she was thinking about now was to go to the final palace of the Nine Netherworlds Palace and get the treasures there according to what her master, the Death Envoy, had said. That way she would be able to improve her strength a lot and might be able to confront the Zifan tribe head-on in the future.
Although the Death Messenger's description of the Nine Nether Palace had some deviations, the deviations were not big. It was just that the Nine Nether Palace had an additional passage leading directly to the Fourth Nether Palace, which was something the Death Messenger had not expected. Therefore, Long Yu and Xi Yang Wu might have missed a lot of Nine Nether Condensed Crystals.
But now, the nine Nine Nether Condensation Crystals in the space ring given by Murong Xiuzhen have made up for the shortcomings in the Death Messenger's plan, giving Long Yu and Xi Yang Wu hope of finally completing the mission.
Soon, Long Yu and Xi Yang Wu found the nearest main hall of the Fourth Nether Palace. As expected, there was no Nine Nether Condensation Crystal in this main hall. However, the two were not disappointed because they had expected such a situation.
"The Fourth Nether Palace must have had many cultivators at the Emperor level teleported in directly. Most of the four main halls no longer have Nine Nether Condensation Crystals."
Xi Yang Wu said to Long Yu: "Should we go directly to the Fifth Nether Palace?"
"Wait a moment."
However, Long Yu shook his head and did not make a decision immediately. Up to now, he had walked to two main halls of the Fourth Nether Palace, but had not been to the other two main halls, so he could not be sure whether all the Nine Nether Condensation Crystals of the Fourth Nether Palace had disappeared.
He would not risk going directly to the Fifth Nether Palace, because what if there was only one missing by then
Therefore, he planned to first determine whether the Nine Nether Condensation Crystals still existed in the Fourth Nether Palace, and then decide whether to go to the Fifth Nether Palace!
As for the detection method, it is very difficult for others, but for Long Yu, it is only one step away.
"The secret method that Senior Death taught us can sense the breath of the Nine Nether Condensation Crystal. However, since the Nine Nether Condensation Crystal has existed in these main halls for fifty years, even if it has been taken away now, we can still feel the breath floating in it."
Long Yu said to Xi Yang Wu: "Of course, if the Nine Nether Condensation Crystal has been taken away, the concentration of the breath it emits will definitely be different. Now we can't judge the slight difference in the concentration of the breath from too far away, but as long as I can cultivate the balance control to the sixth level, I should be able to judge from a distance whether the Nine Nether Condensation Crystal has been taken away!"
This method was also something Long Yu had just thought of.
Before coming to Jiuyou Xuan Palace, Long Yu had never thought that he would encounter the difficulties he is facing now, so he did not make much preparation. But now it seems that it would be difficult to complete the task just by relying on what the Death Messenger said.
So, he thought about it temporarily and came up with this method. The main reason was that Long Yu had taken a lot of elixirs before, and a large part of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed was still stored in the Void Phantom Dragon Blade, and the balance control was not far from the sixth level.
The stored spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was originally prepared for use at critical moments, finally came in handy.
He took out the Void Dragon Blade and directly absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in it. Then he used all of this spiritual energy to practice the secrets of martial arts and control it in a balanced way!
Xi Yang Wu hid her figure at the side and kept watch on Long Yu. If she found other people coming, she would immediately notify Long Yu.
The speed of cultivating balanced control is not slow. As long as there is enough spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it will start to grow automatically, without even Long Yu taking the initiative to do anything.
While practicing, Long Yu began to ponder questions related to the secrets of martial arts.
Originally, he knew that Jiuyou Dragon Emperor only knew three martial arts secrets, and now he had only practiced one, Balance Control, but he didn't know what the other two were - the reason was that even the Death Messenger only knew this martial arts secret, Balance Control!
The Nine Nether Dragon Emperor certainly would not teach everything to his subordinates, so even the Death Envoy would not use all of the Nine Nether Dragon Emperor's methods.
And now, Long Yu encountered the secret martial arts practiced by others.
Immortal purple blood!
This is the secret martial arts technique practiced by the practitioners of the Zifan tribe. The secret of the immortal purple blood can turn all the blood in their bodies into purple blood. This purple blood can be effective in many situations.
For example, when the man and woman from the Zifan tribe were suppressed by Long Yu's Bagua Zhentian, the power of the purple blood exploded, allowing them to break through the suppression of Bagua Zhentian.
Later, the immortal purple blood made their bodies become extremely terrifying - their bodies were easily destroyed, but the regenerative ability of the immortal purple blood was extremely strong. Even if their heads were smashed, the purple blood could regenerate a new head. This martial arts secret method was undoubtedly extremely terrifying and was definitely the secret of the Zifan tribe.
"It seems that when everyone has mastered the divine power of the emperor in the future, the real victory or defeat in the battle will definitely be determined by the secret method of martial arts. Balanced control is very powerful, but compared with the immortal purple blood, it is nothing more than that."
There was a gleam of anticipation in Long Yu's eyes. If he could obtain more methods of practicing the secret techniques of martial arts, his combat effectiveness would truly be improved by leaps and bounds!
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After an incense stick of time, all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth stored in the Void Dragon Blade was absorbed by Long Yu. Then Long Yu took some other pills, and all the pills containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth were absorbed by him.
In this way, his martial arts secret method of balanced control finally got a breakthrough. Counting the whole thing, the breakthrough from the fifth level to the sixth level of balanced control consumed at least the equivalent of three endless-grade super-grade war pills from Long Yu!
It is conceivable how difficult it is to practice the secret techniques of martial arts, but if the practice is successful, the effect will be extremely terrifying.
Just like the control of balance, this martial arts secret method is now indispensable for Long Yu in battle. Another example is the immortal purple blood, which is also the ultimate life-saving skill for the practitioners of the Zifan tribe.
"I have finally reached the sixth level of balanced control! Now my ability to perceive and control the power around me has been raised to a higher level, and I can now discern power changes that are ten times weaker..."
Long Yu opened his eyes and immediately began to detect the aura of the Nine Nether Condensed Crystals around him!
At this moment, when the balance control was cultivated to the sixth level, his perception ability finally had a breakthrough, and Long Yu could feel the energy changes that were ten times subtler than before.
"The third main hall—no!"
"The fourth main hall—no!"
Long Yu quickly sensed the situation in the other two main halls. Even now, he could feel the distribution of many practitioners around him. As long as others did not deliberately conceal their aura, Long Yu would be able to detect their positions very easily!
"Let's go to the Fifth Nether Palace!"
Long Yu directly called out to Xi Yang Wu, then took her straight through the space vortex and stepped onto the Fifth Nether Palace in one step!
When the Balance Control was cultivated to the sixth level, Long Yu's ability to conceal his own aura became ten times stronger. In other words, if a Three-Star Emperor could sense Long Yu's presence before, now only someone at least ten times stronger than a Three-Star Emperor could sense Long Yu's aura.
Due to the shielding of balanced control, Long Yu's breath changes were extremely weak, like a gust of wind, and ordinary martial artists could not detect him at all.
"According to what the Death Envoy said, I am now in the late imperial realm, and have cultivated the sixth level of balance control. It takes at least a five-star emperor to slightly sense my presence!"
Long Yu became more confident in his next actions, but he was still a little worried in his heart. After all, he didn't know whether there were any cultivators above the level of Five-Star Emperor from outer space who could enter the Jiuyou Xuan Palace this time.
At the level of the Shenwu world, Long Yu was not worried at all, because the Death Envoy had sensed the aura of the Five Emperors from afar and deduced that the strongest of the Five Emperors was only at the level of a Three-Star Emperor.
That is to say, if Long Yu, who has now mastered the sixth level of balanced control, wants to hide himself, even the Holy Emperor will not be able to find him!
The next moment, Long Yu, with Sunset Dance, stepped onto the Fifth Nether Palace. Then he began to detect the aura of the Nine Nether Condensed Crystals around him at the fastest speed, and soon came up with a pretty good result!