Before Ling Xiao fused with the Landscape World, his aptitude had been comparable to Ming Tian and Leng Hao’s.
But after the transformations brought by the Landscape Martial Soul, he could feel that it was not limited to the sharp increase in his martial aptitude.
Even his memory, comprehension power, and so on had increased greatly.
It was like the Landscape Martial Soul was not just an assisting tool but rather was gradually merging with his soul.
With a higher degree of fusion, all aspects of his body continued to improve.
The awakening of the Landscape Martial Soul had actually been very sudden: it had been immediately triggered by the scroll fragment given to him by his grandfather Hong Qi.
Now, he was a little suspicious. Was Grandpa Hong Qi truly just a beggar?
Who were his parents?
Ling Xiao’s suspicions were not without reason. As his worldview widened, the more he understood the terrifying aspects of the Landscape Martial Soul.
If Hong Qi were an ordinary person, how could he possess such a valuable thing?
Forget it. There’s no need to be impatient. Let’s become stronger first. There will come a day when the answers to these questions will be revealed.
Ling Xiao believed that Hong Qi wouldn’t trouble him. Perhaps, he couldn’t tell him because of some reasons.
Thus, he could only improve his strength to convince Hong Qi that he had the power to protect himself.
Besides, he didn’t have any other means.
Two hours passed.
Ling Xiao unexpectedly discharged a layer of black and smelly fluid all over his body.
This was not the first time he had seen impurities expelled from himself. He knew this meant that his physical body approached one step closer to being a transcendent body.
His entire self, from body to soul, had reached a higher level like he had been reborn.
Then, coordinating with some things comprehended after the battle with Yang Cheng and Li Anle, his accumulated energy exploded once more.
His cultivation base broke through to the Mid Rank Nine Martial Vein realm.
Naturally, his external realm template still displayed Peak Rank Eight Martial Vein.
His combat power could be terrifying, but his cultivation base must never improve too fast. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if he attracted the attention of Demonic Flame Celestial Worthy.
Now, he was not afraid of Hei Suo. Without the full support of Demonic Flame Celestial Worthy giving courage to Hei Suo, he would not dare to openly make a move against him. After all, he could be regarded as a person with a backer.
As for secret moves, they were most welcomed. He might not be good at other things, but he was most skilled in making other people eat their own bitter fruits!
Such a great improvement was the result of consuming less than one-third of the Transcendent Body Mold Pill.
For this kind of improvement, if someone else were in Ling Xiao’s place, he must consume the entire Transcendent Body Mold Pill, but Ling Xiao just used one-third.
In the end, this was thanks to the Landscape Martial Soul.
With the existence of the Landscape Martial Soul, he didn’t waste any medicinal efficacy.
Not only that but the special energy released by the Landscape Martial Soul could also increase the medicinal efficacy, which was something that no one else could do.
As the most powerful martial soul, the Landscape Martial Soul was absolutely marvelous in its support aspects.
As for its combat aspects, he hadn’t tried them yet.
He had to suppress his desire to avoid turning into a public target.
Unless it was a last resort, he would never use the Landscape Martial Soul in a fight. In any case, his other martial souls were enough.
In addition, with the assistance of this Transcendent Body Mold Pill, the Heavens Bone Changing Pills were completely absorbed.
This made his practically stagnant <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body> break through its shackles again, reaching the fourth layer in one fell swoop.
With the fourth layer of <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>, he could cultivate Heavenly Dragon Martial Veins.
In order words, all his martial veins could be transformed into Heavenly Dragon Martial Veins. Like that, not only could he store a lot more true essence, but his true essence would also completely convert into Heavenly Dragon True Essence.
Now that he had already reached the fourth layer, what he needed was to completely convert the Snow Lotus True Essence within his body except his Thunderbolt and Fierce Beast True Essence into Heavenly Dragon True Essence.
Heavenly Dragon True Essence was much stronger than Snow Lotus True Essence.
Moreover, it strangely wouldn’t erase the traits of Snow Lotus True Essence.
After his true essence’s quality improved, the attack power of his martial techniques would also increase, making it more powerful than when he had fought Yang Cheng before.
Obviously, if he had only eaten the Heavens Bone Changing Pills, it would have been impossible to break through to the fourth layer of <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>.
At least, it would not have been so fast.
The one with the most effect was the Transcendent Body Mold Pill given to him by Hall Master Old Yang.
This was Moonlight Sect, one of the twelve great sects, so there were many opportunities here compared to the secular world.
Just achieving a victory in a challenge had earned him a pill as a gift from the Hall Master, which made him breakthrough like this. It was truly a pleasant surprise.
The cultivation speed of defensive martial arts was inherently slower than other martial arts. Therefore, many people didn’t want to waste time on them.
In the entire outer sect, those who used defensive martial arts as their main means were less than one percent.
In the top-thirty of the outer sect, there was only one person who focused on defensive martial arts, Jin Ming.
Even Ling Xiao was not entirely focused on defensive martial arts. Merely, he could afford to make all-round advancements.
Now that <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body> had reached the fourth layer, the doughtiness of his body had already surpassed Jin Ming’s.
He never lacked confidence, but he had truly been uncertain in being able to defeat Jin Ming before.
But now, the situation had undergone tremendous changes. With his current strength, it might not be easy to defeat Jin Ming, but it was no longer impossible.
However, he didn’t care about it. He was focused on the final two layers of <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body>.
<Heavenly Dragon Golden Body> had six layers in total.
The fifth layer was very amazing and would thoroughly remold him. His entire body would change qualitatively, and he would have Heavenly Dragon Blood, which could allow him to be reborn from a single drop of blood. Moreover, he would breakthrough to the Transcendent Realm!
As for the last layer, i.e. sixth layer——
Impervious to fire and water, indestructible, with soul rebirth, and an imperishable body!
Such a terrifying defensive martial art was actually just a superior gold-grade martial art. Then, what about <Dragon Emperor Defense Art>, which was supposedly even more terrifying?
He was truly looking forward to seeing it.
Now, his <Heavenly Dragon Golden Body> had just reached the fourth layer, but his physical strength was already stronger than Half Great masters.
One had to say that he could kill ordinary Half Great Masters using only his physical strength without any true essence, but the other party still wouldn’t be able to injure him.
His body was this doughty!
However, he could not say that he was unmatched under the Transcendent Realm. After all, the top-three of the outer sect were not pushovers.
However, even if he were not unmatched, he could still remain invincible.
He continued to cultivate for a while until the sky grew dark.
He felt that his cultivation had been consolidated and wouldn’t advance further for the time being. Therefore, he took a deep breath and stopped cultivating.
