In one battle, Yang Qi and his companions killed two nine-star Martial Emperor-level strange creatures. This was only the second time they encountered these strange creatures, so their luck was indeed good this time.
Wow~
Yang Qi moved his hand and directly picked up the two pieces of dead jade on the ground. Then everyone began to recover in turns, and Yang Qi began to practice with the help of the dead jade.
With the activation of the Source Divine Scripture, the energy in the Death Jade was constantly refined, constantly strengthening Yang Qi's body and soul. With Yang Qi's refining speed, one Death Jade could be refined in about six or seven hours. However, in the Death Realm, there was no distinction between half a day and night, and even the time could only be estimated by the cultivator himself.
Woo~woo~
Just when Yang Qi had refined less than one tenth of the energy in the Death Jade, bursts of howling sounds came from the gray-black fog in the distance, which was a sign of the attack of strange creatures.
“Prepare for battle!”
Upon noticing the strange creatures coming, the practitioner in charge of protecting the Dharma immediately shouted loudly and woke up the practitioners who were recovering.
The battle came and went quickly. Yang Qi was able to restrain those strange creatures. As his strength increased, the restraining effect also increased a lot. The strange creatures lost more than a dozen companions before disappearing into the depths of the gray-black fog.
After the battle, the practitioners who had consumed more energy began to recover, while Yang Qi continued to absorb the energy from the dead jade and began to practice.
Woo~woo~
However, Yang Qi had just started practicing and had refined less than one tenth of the energy in the dead jade when bursts of howling sounds came again from the distance, and those strange creatures came to kill him again.
They encountered three waves of attacks from strange creatures in such a short period of time, and the intervals between them were not long. Yang Qi didn't know that these strange creatures were deliberately harassing them. "These strange creatures deliberately didn't give us time to recover and kept harassing us."
"Those strange creatures come and go freely in the Dead Zone. The Dead Zone is their world. We can only fight them passively." Li Xuan said helplessly.
Once those strange creatures hide, there is no trace to be found. It is unrealistic for them to actively hunt down the strange creatures. Moreover, the environment in the dead zone is not completely safe. They must avoid areas where the death energy is obviously increasing rapidly, but those strange creatures do not need that.
In this situation, the strange creatures continued to harass the practitioners, and the practitioners could only passively fight back and resist those strange creatures, otherwise they would die.
"hateful!"
Yang Qi secretly hated it, but he could do nothing about it. The practitioners were suppressed in every aspect in the Dead Zone. Here they could be said to be blind. It was difficult for them to ensure their own safety, so how could they have the ability to hunt down those strange creatures
As the strange creatures came to kill them, Yang Qi and his companions could only fight back passively. Fortunately, Yang Qi was able to force out the hidden strange creatures, greatly reducing the threat of those strange creatures. Even with the constant harassment from the strange creatures, the group was able to hold on.
“It takes too much energy!”
Another battle ended, and Yang Qi had to stop refining the Death Jade and start using energy-recovering pills to restore his consumed energy. Otherwise, those strange creatures would continue to kill him, and when his energy was consumed too much and he could not maintain soul attacks, they would be in trouble.
After five more battles, those strange creatures finally left completely and did not attack again. This finally made the exhausted people breathe a sigh of relief.
"Two more dead jades!"
The continuous attacks by the strange creatures were not without benefits. Yang Qi once again obtained two Death Jades. The Death Jades in his hand were enough for him to practice for two days.
Yang Qi gained a lot, but the others were not as lucky as Yang Qi. Most of the practitioners in the team had lost a lot of energy and vitality, and nearly ten people even lost 70% to 80% of their vitality. If such attacks continued for a while, the practitioners would probably suffer casualties.
Next, the practitioners took turns to recover, while Yang Qi practiced by refining the dead jade. After everyone recovered, Yang Qi followed the team and continued to practice. It took him nearly three days to completely refine the dead jade in his hand.
“Although these strange creatures in the dead zone have only simple consciousness, they already know how to cooperate and how to fight. Even though their means of attack are relatively simple, the threat is not small.” Yang Qi sighed in his heart.
After fighting with those strange creatures again and again, everyone has a clearer understanding of these strange creatures, which is more detailed than the records left by their ancestors. Although these strange creatures have only simple consciousness, they should never be underestimated. Their combat consciousness is extremely powerful and will adjust according to the situation of the practitioners. If they did not know that the consciousness of these strange creatures is extremely simple, Yang Qi and others would probably doubt whether there is a leader with higher intelligence behind these strange creatures.
Yuntian came to Yang Qi and said with a smile, "Brother Yang, judging from your appearance, it won't take long for you to break through to the middle stage of the Eight-Star Martial Emperor."
When Yuntian first met Yang Qi, Yang Qi was only a seven-star Martial Emperor, but now he is about to break through to the middle stage of an eight-star Martial Emperor. This kind of incredible speed of cultivation has never appeared in the history of the Juekong Realm.
After seeing the many methods Yang Qi displayed in the Dead Zone, Yun Tian and others already knew that Yang Qi was not a practitioner from the Absolute Void Realm, but everyone tacitly did not point it out. The reason was very simple, because Yang Qi came here, which meant that he had no other way to leave the Absolute Void Realm, and everyone relied heavily on Yang Qi, so there was naturally no need to worry about Yang Qi's origins.
Upon hearing this, Yang Qi smiled bitterly and said, "It is quite troublesome to break through the middle stage of the Eight-star Martial Emperor in the Dead Zone."
The improvement in his cultivation was not the result of Yang Qi's practice, but an additional effect of practicing the Source God Canon, which could not be suppressed at all. As long as he continued to use the dead jade to practice, his cultivation would continue to improve and directly break through the middle stage of the eight-star Martial Emperor.
However, there is no heaven and earth energy in the dead zone, so if Yang Qi wants to break through to the middle stage of the eight-star martial emperor, he can only use the Yuan crystal to provide the required heaven and earth energy. The Yuan crystal on Yang Qi is not a problem. But the problem is that this is the dead zone. Once he breaks through in seclusion, he needs to retreat deeply and cannot be interrupted easily. At that time, he will not be able to provide protection for everyone, but needs everyone to protect his safety.
At this moment, Li Xuan looked at Yang Qi and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, brother Yang. When you need a breakthrough, just let us know in advance. We will definitely protect your safety."
Yang Qi nodded. He had no doubt about this. He was just worried that if he were to break through in seclusion, Li Xuan and the others would suffer heavy losses if they were attacked by strange creatures. (To be continued)