Chapter 757 - 746: Growing Stronger
Suddenly, the storm expanded rapidly, then instantly dissipated, leaving nothing behind.
Ding Ling paused, hesitated for a moment, then once again stepped into the Demon Emperor Mountain Range:
"Let me deal with the numerous magic creatures in this Demon Emperor Mountain Range before addressing other issues."
Ding Ling was well aware that many magic creatures in the Demon Realm had not yet been slain by him.
But on the surface, he had eliminated them all.
The Demon Realm was vast, nearly equivalent to half the earth.
Ding Ling was in a hurry, so he roughly struck out in all directions, sweeping through the regions with brutal force.
Thus, he did not meticulously check or search the ten directions.
The same was true in this Demon Emperor Mountain Range.
Ding Ling dashed into a cave.
Then delivered a punch!
Divine Emperor Fist!
Ice and Fire Dual Heaven!
As the punch landed.
A huge fist seal, enveloped with the power of ice and fire, lightning-fast charged into the cave, then began to erupt thunderously, with just one punch!
It shattered countless magic creatures in the cave, numbering no less than two hundred thousand!
This punch was akin to an ’enhanced bulldozer’, plowing through everything relentlessly;
More like an autumn breeze sweeping away fallen leaves, carrying with it an Unrivaled Skill!
[Inner Power Value +1]
[Inner Power Value +1]
...
Ding Ling absorbed the swirling Demon Qi from the air.
The Demon Qi from a full two hundred thousand Shattering Level magic creatures was absorbed by the Martial Dao True Understanding into his body, then rapidly refined into a strand of Martial Arts True Qi!
Ding Ling was very satisfied.
Because the quality of the magic creatures here was much higher.
"Most of the magic creatures outside are at the Grandmaster Level, with a few at the Shattering Level."
"But here, most are at the Shattering Level, with a few at the High Tier of Shattering, Perfection Level!"
"Killing such magic creatures undoubtedly improves efficiency!"
Ding Ling delved into one cave after another.
Punch after punch!
Ice and Fire Dual Heaven!
Wind and Thunder Wings!
Overwhelming Clouds!
Solitary Peak Cold Plum!
Mountains and Seas Inverted!
The Vastness of Heaven!
...
Each supreme technique of the Divine Emperor Fist was unleashed by Ding Ling, with each punch embodying the true meaning of fist dao, capable of easily smashing tens of thousands of magic creatures.
In open ground with a palm, the attack range was vast! The efficiency of killing enemies was high!
In the narrow, dim caves, using a punch, one strike, similar to a lightning bolt, thundered in, amid the crackling sounds, tens of thousands of magic creatures shattered!
In these caves, undoubtedly, using fists was more appropriate.
Ding Ling moved from one cave to another.
Punch after punch, killing hundreds of thousands to millions of magic creatures, as easily and naturally as eating and drinking.
As he kept on.
The magic creatures were completely terrified and frantically fleeing.
But how could they be faster than Ding Ling?
Ding Ling unleashed the Wind and Thunder Wings.
The fist radiance seemed to have grown wings, carrying the power of wind and thunder, swiftly catching up with the large army of magic creatures, then thunderously penetrating through and smashing them!»
"No wonder it’s a War Immortal Level fist skill."
Ding Ling was very satisfied.
This fist skill was only initially unlocked; if fully unlocked, the power it would unleash could only be imagined.
The reason it was only initially unlocked.
Was naturally due to Ding Ling’s insufficient cultivation strength, not enough to wield the ’full form’ of this Divine Emperor Fist!
[Inner Power Value +1]
[Inner Power Value +1]
...
Drop by drop of True Water condensed in the Dantian.
Then slowly merged into the Saint-Grade Golden Core.
The Saint-Grade Golden Core became increasingly hard, pure, and powerful!
By the time Ding Ling slew from the mountain foot to the peak that pierced the clouds, he had already killed billions of magic creatures.
The quality and level of these magic creatures were far higher than those on the plain.
So even though it was just billions.
The True Water still accumulated up to 47 points.
[True Power Value: 349 points]
Only two points away from the High Tier of the Golden Core.
"Still lacking a bit. Unfortunately, the magic creatures here have all been slaughtered by me."
By the end of his killing spree, Ding Ling even encountered two Initial Tier of Fourth-Grade Golden Core Demon Gods!
Killing just one of these Demon Gods could grant about 300 points of Inner Power Value.
Previously, it would certainly have been over 1000 points.
But as Ding Ling continued to grow stronger.
Now the Initial Tier of Fourth-Grade Golden Core Demon Gods could only contribute about 300 points.
The Initial Tier of Ninth-Grade Golden Core Demon Gods might only give about 150 points!
The Initial Tier of the Golden Core is also divided into varying strengths.
The strong ones like First-Grade could overwhelm Third and Fourth Grades.
The Third and Fourth Grades could overwhelm the Ninth Grade.
Thus, the Initial Tier of Ninth-Grade Golden Core cultivators didn’t provide much assistance to Ding Ling anymore.
"If two more such Demon Gods appear, I reckon I could step into the High Tier form."
Ding Ling felt he had become much stronger.
When he was at the Initial Tier of the Saint-Grade Golden Core, he could cross major realms to battle strong opponents in the Martial Arts Primordial Spirit Realm.
But at most, he could only challenge strong opponents at the Initial Tier of Ninth-Grade Golden Core Primordial Spirit.
But now, as he was about to step into the High Tier.
He could already challenge strong opponents at the Initial Tier of the Second-Grade Golden Core Primordial Spirit!
"Second-Grade?"
Ding Ling looked towards the direction of the Demon Emperor Palace:
"According to Senior Female Drought Demon, the Ancient Gods’ Golden Cores were mostly Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grades. Only the strongest like the Great Sun Buddha and Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan were Second and First Grades. So what grade would this Demon Emperor Poxun be?"
Ding Ling pondered the words of the Great Sun Buddha.
He speculated that Poxun might be a First-Grade.
"If Poxun is a First-Grade, it would be best if I step into the High Tier form to truly defeat him!"
After Ding Ling’s Martial Dao True Understanding reached Full Level, he had become very knowledgeable about these phases of the Golden Core, Primordial Spirit, Dharma Aspect, and War Immortal.
Therefore.
He could approximately sense the level of his current combat power stage.
"Continue!"
Ding Ling charged towards the direction of the Demon Emperor Palace.
Sure enough.
This time he saw several Guardians again.
Ding Ling was not surprised but pleased.
He employed a capture technique, void-handling these magic creatures, effortlessly killing them with a slap.
[Inner Power Value +300]
[Inner Power Value +280]
[Inner Power Value +160]
Three heads of magic creatures.
The stronger one was at the Initial Tier of Third-Grade Golden Core.
The weaker one was at the Initial Tier of Eighth-Grade Golden Core.
Ding Ling resolved them in an instant.
From beginning to end, these magic creatures never reacted.
[Obtained C-Level Achievement Medal: Intimidating the Wind Empress]
[Obtained C-Level Achievement Medal: Intimidating Fang Leishi]
[Obtained C-Level Achievement Medal: Intimidating Dragon Girl]
[Note: As you went on a slaughtering spree, they successively awakened from their sealed slumber, subsequently guarding near the Demon Emperor Palace; they intended to jointly ambush you, but unexpectedly were easily slapped to death by you. To the end, they could not fathom that such a master would exist in the Mortal Realm.]
The Wind Empress, Fang Leishi, Dragon Girl...
These were all well-known figures among the Ancient Divine Race.
Ding Ling sighed.
He never expected those newly unsealed Divine Race members to all become demonic.
[True Power Value: 351 points]
Boom!
An even stronger Martial Dao True Intent explosively surged from Ding Ling’s body.
This was the result of cultivation advancement, with the Qi and Intent of the Golden Core transforming and elevating once again.
"My strength has doubled once more."
Ding Ling was very satisfied.
Reaching this level now,
He had a premonition.
That he could suppress strong opponents at the Initial Tier of First-Grade Primordial Spirit!
And the Demon Emperor?
According to the Great Sun Buddha, it was merely at the Initial Tier of the Primordial Spirit Realm.