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Chapter 122: Cultivation Jumps

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Zhou Feng had already done his homework, so he easily used the teleportation formation to leave the blessed land.

It was always difficult to get in the blessed land but easy to get out.

Once he used the teleportation formation to leave, an authorized person would have to lead him if he wanted to enter the blessed land again.

Otherwise, it would be challenging to enter the blessed land again.

Thus, under normal circumstances, no one would leave the blessed land on their own accord.

The blessed land had so much Spiritual Qi and all sorts of resources only a fool would choose to leave.

Because of this, Zhou Feng left the blessed land with great ease.

'So smooth?'

Zhou Feng was somewhat surprised. No one interrogated him, nor were there any pursuers behind him.

He left just like that.

After a spell of dizziness, he returned to Mount Gu's main peak.

From the blessed land to the main peak, Zhou Feng could feel that the surrounding Spiritual Qi had become much thinner.

It even made him feel uncomfortable.

This feeling was like being in a region with fresh air for a long time, returning to a region with heavy air pollution.

Although Zhou Feng was a little uncomfortable, he still tried to adapt.

Furthermore, he did not stay any longer and directly left the main peak. He planned to find a place to rest first.

After that, he would use the Demon-Devouring Technique to swallow Chen Feng and then start harvesting souls from the outer sect.

…

At the same time that Zhou Feng left the blessed land, the evidence of his betrayal to the sect was being produced.

Gong Jiu only needed to wait for a short period to report this evidence to the higher-ups. Then Zhou Feng would definitely be unable to escape, and the threat would be removed.

However, what Gong Jiu might not have expected was that Zhou Feng was preparing to betray the sect at this moment.

He didn't even need to frame him. Once Zhou Feng's actions were exposed, he would definitely die.

This could be said to have hit the nail on the head.

…

Zhou Feng directly entered the forest, relying on his Nature Affinity.

He didn't alarm anyone, not even the small animals, and randomly found a cave to use as a temporary residence.

"Let's set up a formation first!"

Zhou Feng took a formation flag out of his storage ring and set up a crude warning formation around him. It would warn anyone who approached it, and it did not have any defensive or offensive abilities.

This was something from the Han Clan's treasury. It could be set up automatically just by activating the formation flag with Spiritual Qi.

Zhou Feng had also discovered it when he was cleaning the storage ring. Now, he could use it.

After setting up the warning formation, he took the demonic cocoon out of his storage bag.

The one inside the demonic cocoon was Chen Feng. The current Chen Feng had already been completely corroded by the Demonic Qi.

The simplest principle of the Demon-Devouring Technique was actually to corrode the enemy with the Demonic Qi.

After corroding, the enemy would transform into a special form of Demonic Qi.

At present, this special Demonic Qi was being assimilated. This was the so-called Demon-Devouring Technique.

No one knew how Old Demon Gu had mastered this strange technique.

"Devour!"

Zhou Feng circulated the Demonic Qi and transformed Chen Feng's entire body into a stream of Demonic Qi. Then, he swallowed it in one gulp.

It felt as if a bomb had been thrown into his body!

The Demonic Qi in his entire body and even his Soul Altar started to riot.

This was completely different from the first time he had used Demon-Devouring. This time, it was even more dangerous.

"This!"

The originally clear and bright Soul Altar suddenly became darker.

Some memories began to appear.

'These are Chen Feng's memories?'

At that moment, Zhou Feng received a huge spiritual shock.

This kind of spiritual shock was testing a person's willpower. If one's willpower did not pass the test, it was very likely that these memories would assimilate them.

They might even split into a personality just like Old Demon Gu before. He had devoured too many people, developed countless personalities, and didn't even know who he was. Only a few powerful personalities took turns to control the body.

Perhaps, because Zhou Feng came from a different world, the spiritual impact didn't affect his memories as much as he had imagined.

Zhou Feng maintained a trace of clarity.

"It's finally over!"

After the somewhat dangerous process was over, it was time to reap the rewards.

"Grade-4 Soul Altar!"

Zhou Feng suddenly realized that he now had a Grade-4 Soul Altar!?

After using the Demon-Devouring Technique to swallow Chen Feng, he jumped two levels from Grade-6 to Grade-4!

Such a cultivation speed was comparable to riding a rocket.

While the others were still working hard to push forward bit by bit, he jumped two levels straight away.

As expected! An evil technique was an evil technique!

Both risks and benefits coexisted.

Zhou Feng felt that his Demonic Qi and soul power were more powerful compared to before.

The most obvious change should be the Demon-Devouring Gu!

Ever since Zhou Feng had refined the Demon-Devouring Gu into his Vital Gu, he had been able to feel its condition at all times.

Now, the Demon-Devouring Gu was extremely active and could already move about within his body. It was not limited to a single location.

The Demon-Devouring Gu even informed Zhou Feng that it had awakened an ability.

That was the possession ability!

Now, the Demon-Devouring Gu could leave Zhou Feng's body and possess someone else's body or a demonic beast's body.

After using the possession ability, it could control the enemy or bite off the enemy's heart.

The Demon-Devouring Gu now could fight independently!

'Is this the person and Gu battle prowess that I had been hearing about all this time?'

Zhou Feng had never thought that the Demon-Devouring Gu now could fight independently.

It was worth it! This Demon-Devouring Technique was worth it!

But just as he thought of this, a strange illusion appeared in front of his eyes.

His ears started to hear murmurs, constantly disturbing his mind.

Zhou Feng also felt that he was strangely angry.

Was he unable to control his emotions?

After enduring for a while, the illusion in front of him and the murmurs in his ears slowly faded away.

Zhou Feng let out a long sigh of relief. Cold sweat had already covered his forehead.

This side effect was too serious!

If this side effect was not resolved, he should use this Demon-Devouring Technique as little as possible.

The joy in his heart was also because this side effect had weakened quite a bit.

After Zhou Feng calmed down, he took another look at his Soul Altar.

'Eh? Why is the Purple Jade Bell…'

He suddenly noticed there was something different with the bell.

The originally dazzling Purple Jade Bell was dim, and there wasn't even a trace of light.

And the medicinal gourd, which was also on the Soul Altar, was squeezed to the edge of the Soul Altar.

The Purple Jade Bell occupied the most central position of the Soul Altar, constantly receiving the nurturing of the divi divine soul and Demonic Qi.

Recalling that the Purple Jade Bell had already begun to transform from a soul artifact into a spiritual artifact, Zhou Feng swallowed his saliva and could not help but make guesses.

'Could it be that… the Purple Jade Bell has successfully transformed into a spiritual artifact!?

Chapter 123: 20 Passive Skills!

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Ever since Zhou Feng had learned that the Purple Jade Bell might transform into a spiritual artifact, he had been paying attention to its transformation progress.

Although the Purple Jade Bell's transformation was very slow, its progress speed would accelerate every time his cultivation base increased.

And this time, Zhou Feng's cultivation base directly jumped to Grade-4 of the Soul Altar realm.

The Purple Jade Bell's transformation seemed to have accelerated because of this.

'Not yet… but it seems to be fast!'

Zhou Feng carefully sensed the Purple Jade Bell's transformation and discovered that a wisp of spirituality was already in the process of being nurtured. He believed that it wouldn't be long before the Purple Jade Bell could truly transform into a spiritual artifact.

His cultivation base had jumped to Grade-4 of the Soul Altar realm in an instant, while the Purple Jade Bell's transformation was accelerated.

Zhou Feng was moving in a good direction again!

'This is a good opportunity to sort out my current situation!'

Zhou Feng took advantage of this time to sort out his current situation.

The first thing he wanted to do was to use passive skills as the basis of his foundation.

It could be said that many of Zhou Feng's passive skills were his main support, allowing him to escape danger effortlessly.

According to the order of acquisition, Gluttony (Level 2), Old Skin, Self-Healing Constitution, Battle Instinct, Bone Coating…

Counting in detail, Zhou Feng had already acquired a total of 20 passive skills.

Although he knew he had obtained a lot, this number gave him a shock.

'I already have 20 passive skills!?'

This seemed to be less than a year!

If this trend continued, it wouldn't be a dream to have thousands of passive skills.

As long as Zhou Feng lived long enough, he would be able to accumulate all kinds of passive skills over time.

One had to know that each time one broke through a major realm, their lifespan would increase from the Soul Altar realm onward.

Living for a few hundred years wasn't a problem for some almighty cultivators.

Not to mention that he had the passive Longevity, which directly gave him an extra 20 years of lifespan out of thin air.

'So many passive skills… Will I still be able to remember them clearly in the future?'

Zhou Feng felt a little anxious over his many passive skills.

The further he went, the more passive skills he would have, and even he might not be able to remember them clearly.

'But I should be able to remember most of the useful and important passive skills!' Zhou Feng slowly comforted himself in his heart.

Among his many passive skills, not all of them were useful.

In the future, he only needed to remember the important passive skills.

Take the current passive skills that he had as an example.

Skills like Nature Affinity, Fisherman, Amorous Prodigal Heart, and so on, were kind of useless under normal circumstances.

On the other hand, passive growth-type skills like Master Hunter, Soul Harvesting, and Whetstone were of paramount importance. These passive skills could be stacked continuously, increasing Zhou Feng's strength.

There were also passive skills such as Battle Instinct, Bone Coating, Aura Blade, and Armor-Piercing Spear, which could play a very strong role in battle.

Zhou Feng could completely rely on these passive skills to make his own future plans and battle style to become stronger.

Old Skin, Tough Skin, along with Unyielding Heart and Self-Healing Constitution, allowed him to recover passively, so his battle style leaned toward head-on battles, exchanging injuries for injuries.

'Other than these passive skills, I only have the Purple Jade Bell as a soul weapon! I haven't raised any Gu yet, but the Demon-Devouring Gu seems to be able to fight on its own now!'

Other than the passive skills, Zhou Feng appeared to be much weaker in all other aspects.

He only had one soul artifact. It was considered a small number compared to others who had three or four.

Still, the Purple Jade Bell would transform into a spiritual artifact, so it was not at a disadvantage in this aspect.

As for new Gu, he did not have the time to refine any. He only had his Vital Gu to assist him in battle.

Dao arts? The same as before, the four Demon-Devouring Arts— Armor, Battle Art, Physique, Technique.

Zhou Feng could barely reach minor success, and he did not have the chance to master them or learn new dao arts and techniques.

After sorting it out, Zhou Feng felt that he should try his best to make use of his strengths.

In other aspects, Zhou Feng would not be able to compete with others. Only with more passive skills could he continue to suppress those geniuses and monsters.

Therefore, he felt that he only needed to obtain more passive skills.

'Oh right! I just broke through. According to the rules, the skill panel's progress bar should be full!'

Zhou Feng recalled the previous rule.

That was that every time he broke through, the skill panel's progress bar would increase.

Therefore, he opened the skill panel immediately.

As expected, the progress bar was full. He could draw passive skills again.

"Draw!"

"Drawing!"

The next thing he knew was how many times he had gone through the process of drawing.

"Drawing successful!"

Injury Conversion: Your injuries can be converted into attack power! The more serious your injuries are, the higher your attack power will be!

The maximum attack power will be doubled!

'Injury Conversion? The more health I have, the more powerful my attack power will be!?'

Zhou Feng was bewildered upon seeing this new passive skill.

Wasn't this directly forcing him to become a Berserker!?

If it was a little more extreme, wouldn't his attack power be doubled if he kept himself in a near-death state?

Then, this could be combined with his Unyielding Heart!

The Unyielding Heart's effect was that the more severe the injury, the faster the healing speed would be.

This way, he didn't have to be afraid of making a careless mistake and try to dodge. The more severe the injury, the higher his attack power would be.

At the same time, the recovery speed of the injury would also become very fast.

After that, he would exchange injuries with the enemy to keep the injuries in the same range.

Zhou Feng now had an embryonic form of his future fighting style in his mind.

'What a pity! I only have one passive regeneration constitution! It would be great if I could have one passive that could speed up the recovery of my injuries!'

It was a pity that Zhou Feng only had one passive skill that could heal his injuries.

That was the Self-Healing Constitution. If he could have a few more passive healing constitutions, he could directly carry out the strategy of exchanging injuries for injuries.

In the future, no matter who they were, Zhou Feng could go up and fight head-on to see who could withstand it better.

This new passive was not bad.

It made up for his lack of attacking methods to a certain extent.

Next, it is time to stack the passive skills! Let's start from the outer sect! Or rather, let's start from the Gu Refinement Cave!'

Since Zhou Feng had sorted out his strengths and weaknesses and drawn a new passive skill, he could put his previous plan in motion.

He would harvest the souls from the outer and inner sect!

The passive Soul Harvesting could increase his soul power, indirectly aiding his cultivation speed.

Zhou Feng's first target was the Gu Refinement Cave, the place he had climbed out of with great difficulty.

'Gu Refinement Cave… It seems that the strongest person stationed there does not even have a Soul Altar! Back then, I still believed that there were Elders in the Gu Refinement Cave!'

Zhou Feng's gaze suddenly sharpened upon thinking back to the time he had experienced in the Gu Refinement Cave..