Xu Changsheng was blasted away by Gu Xunchao, his body uncontrollably fell to the ground, and he dragged himself across the broken ground for several meters.
If not for the protection of his True Yuan, just that friction would have left his back without a single piece of intact skin!
"Cough cough..."
Xu Changsheng lay prone on the ground, coughing violently a few times, coughing up strands of blood, and feeling intense burning pain in his chest and throat.
However, he didn't care about these pains; as soon as the burning sensation in his throat eased slightly, he immediately said hoarsely, "How... possible? You've already reached the 'Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm'?"
"Surprised?"
Gu Xunchao, looking at Xu Changsheng's incredulous expression, remained calm but his eyes revealed a hint of smugness.
"Did you think I was doing nothing during this time? To boost my strength and break into the top twenty of the Divine Rankings, I specifically went to Changbai Mountain and captured a 'Purple Leaf Seven-Star Ginseng,' which allowed me to break through to the 'Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm'!"
Hearing Gu Xunchao's words, Xu Changsheng and Lin Xiao and Chen Tianlong, who were getting up, all froze, "Purple Leaf Seven-Star Ginseng, a Level Four Spiritual Medicine?!"
"Of course," Gu Xunchao said with a light smile.
But inside, he felt a bit regretful.
Originally, he did not intend to consume the Level Four Spiritual Medicine directly; he wanted the people in the Dan Pavilion, after learning Alchemy, to refine it for him.
This would have been more effective, and he could have boosted his strength even more!
Unfortunately, the people in the Dan Pavilion were really too useless, utterly incompetent. Despite having been guaranteed the Alchemy skills and Shennong Cauldron, they even let it be snatched away by the Dragon King Hall!
That was truly disappointing!
So, to be more certain of snatching back the Alchemy skills and Shennong Cauldron from the hands of the Dragon King Hall, he had no choice but to consume the 'Purple Leaf Seven-Star Ginseng,' propelling him from the "Third Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm" to the "Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm."
He truly achieved the transformation from the Early Stage of the Divine Realm to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm!
That was why Xu Changsheng was completely no match for him!
"No wonder, no wonder..."
Xu Changsheng, along with Lin Xiao and Chen Tianlong, upon hearing Gu Xunchao's words, all showed faces full of dejection, repeatedly sighing.
Their hearts were filled with envy and frustration at Gu Xunchao!
They hadn't expected that Gu Xunchao, who hadn't been much different from them, could break through to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm so quickly, widening the gap between them, to the point where breaking into the top twenty of the Divine Rankings wasn't out of his reach.
The Divine Rankings of Huaxia had a total of thirty-six spots!
The top fifteen were all at the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm!
That is, at minimum the Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!
The ones ranked among the top ten were generally at the Fifth or even Sixth Layer...
And the last twenty-one were at the Early Stage of Divinity Transformation, some at the Second Layer, some at the Third.
The Divine Ranking experts who ranked from sixteen to twenty were generally at the Third Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm.
And those ranked from twenty to thirty-six were essentially at the Second Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!
Originally, the four of them were at the lower levels of the Divine Rankings, all at the Second Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, but as spiritual energy was revived, they all broke through from the Second Layer to the Third Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm!
Their strengths were still not much different!
But after Gu Xunchao obtained the Level Four Spiritual Medicine and managed to break through to the Fourth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, the gap became huge!
Though it was no longer possible like before, with the strength of Mid Stage of the Divine Realm, to enter the top fifteen of the Divine Rankings since everyone's strength was also progressing madly,"Divinity Transformation Fourth Layer? Could it be that the full name of Divine Realm is Divinity Transformation Realm? And does it have multiple levels?"
Mu Jinyu whispered to himself as he observed the total amount of True Essence Power in Gu Xunchao's body. He calculated that he must also be at the Fourth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm, but he was about to reach the fifth!
"It seems my improvement during this period has been quite significant," Mu Jinyu concluded, not feeling disheartened but rather satisfied.
After all, he had awakened during turbulent dark times and unknowingly broken through to the Divine Realm, which must have been the First Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm back then.
But he never had the time to cultivate until the dark turmoil ended, only then did he begin to consume Spiritual Medicine and cultivated together with Wen Rou and others.
His progress was swift, rapidly reaching the second layer!
Later, obtaining a large amount of Spiritual Medicine from the True Martial Hall's Medicine Field, he relentlessly consumed the medicine and cultivated to resist Ye Wushuang, thereby reaching the Third Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm!
At that time, he felt he was about to break through to the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm, but the threshold was high and not easily crossed.
Even returning to Yinlong Mountain and consuming Spiritual Medicine daily was insufficient.
Not until he mastered Alchemy and produced several Level Four Elixirs did he smoothly enter the Mid Stage of the Divine Realm.
And this week's continuous consumption of pills was also bringing him close to the Fifth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm!
Thinking this, Mu Jinyu whispered in his heart again, "According to what they say, only the Mid Stage of Divine Realm is barely qualified to enter the top twenty of the Divine Rankings. So Ye Wushuang, who is eighth on the Divine Rankings, must be much stronger than I imagined!"
"At least at the Fifth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm, or possibly the sixth..."
"It seems I cannot afford to slack off!"
Mu Jinyu reminded himself not to let his guard down just because the Mountain Protection Array was nearing completion.
After all, the Mountain Protection Array could only protect him within Yinlong Mountain without fear of Ye Wushuang, but once outside, he would not be able to contend with Ye Wushuang.
But could he really stay in Yinlong Mountain forever?
Impossible!
"Ancient Elder, the Dragon King is right here and he has no underlings with him. Hurry over and capture him!"
While Mu Jinyu was deep in thought, Wang Mao saw Gu Xunchao stop talking with Xu Changsheng and start walking towards Tai Sui, and he quickly called out anxiously.
"Oh?"
Hearing Wang Mao's shout, Gu Xunchao instantly stopped in his tracks and turned his head to look towards Mu Jinyu's group!
With this glance, he immediately realized that Mu Jinyu and Gu Xiyan were indeed not from the Dan Pavilion.
He had noticed earlier that the others had all left Jade Emperor Peak, except for Wang Mao's group, but he had thought these people were from the Dan Pavilion and had not paid more attention. Unexpectedly, someone from Dragon King Hall had also mixed in!
Were they here to muddy the waters?
Looking closely at Mu Jinyu, Gu Xunchao's expression subtly changed.
"Also at the Fourth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm?!"
He found it hard to believe, astonished that the new Dragon King of Dragon King Hall had, within a short period of time, advanced from just entering the Divine Realm to the Fourth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm!
He had originally thought that after consuming Level Four Spiritual Medicine and entering the Fourth Layer of Divinity Transformation Realm himself, he would easily surpass Mu Jinyu!
And smoothly help the Dan Pavilion regain the techniques of Alchemy and the Shennong Cauldron!
This was now proving to be a bit tricky!
Gu Xunchao's expression grew serious as he directly addressed Mu Jinyu, "Dragon King, are you also here to vie for Tai Sui?"
"What do you think?" Mu Jinyu replied with a slight smile, deciding to test his skills against Wang Mao as he had yet to face an opponent of his own level.