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Another month has passed in the blink of an eye. Outside the Phoenix Nest, things seem calm on the surface, but in reality, turbulent currents are brewing.

Inside the Phoenix Nest, preparations are underway in full swing, while outside, the enemy's exploration is progressing little by little.

According to intelligence from Taichu Wutong, the enemy mobilized a large number of ordinary cultivators to explore the void rift zone, intending to find a relatively safe route to the Phoenix Nest, and the results were surprisingly good.

Although they lost a lot of manpower, they did manage to find a way out. Now, many of the half-saints have gone deep into the void rift area. Judging from the progress, it will probably not take more than a few months before they can actually reach the Phoenix Nest.

Ultimately, this natural defensive zone outside the Phoenix Nest is an insurmountable barrier for ordinary Dao Integration cultivators, but for Half-Saints, it is a problem that can be solved with just a little time.

In fact, even if Xue Wei and the others didn't use ordinary cultivators to traverse the area, they could still cross it on their own. If that were the case, it might take even less time, though it would involve some risks.

In the tree hollow where Lu Ye was, his body, which had been sitting for a long time, swayed slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

As Lu Ye reached out, a ball of black light suddenly appeared, and as he clenched his fist, the black light exploded and transformed into a straight longsword.

獠！
Looking around, Liao looks exactly the same as before, except that the black light on the blade seems to have become much deeper.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad. The key point is that the enhancement that the Fang Blade can bring to Lu Ye now is even stronger than before.

After the demon devoured Shang and advanced to a supreme treasure, Lu Ye spent a considerable amount of time nurturing it to its peak. At that time, the power it could provide Lu Ye was a full two thousand and forty-eight strands of strength.

The Liao is the Dao weapon that Lu Ye relied on to achieve Dao, and Lu Ye is a cultivator of military arts. These two thousand-plus Dao powers are naturally not external forces, but rather his own inherent strength.

During this cultivation session, the blessings increased from 2,048 to over 3,500, a full 1,500 increase.

The specific number is 1,536.

Such an improvement is not insignificant, even relative to Lu Ye's overall strength and foundation.

You have to understand that once you reach a level of strength and cultivation like him, it becomes very difficult to increase your strength further. Someone like Fei might cultivate diligently for decades or even centuries and still not be able to increase his strength by even one point.

Lu Ye, on the other hand, only spent three months in seclusion, yet he has already made such a huge improvement.

This is undoubtedly due to the Talent Tree, and it also confirms the feasibility of Lu Ye's plan to devour the Fang with the Talent Tree and thereby enhance his own strength.

One thousand five hundred and thirty-six is ​​a very interesting number because it is three times five hundred and twelve!
Five hundred and twelve is the most basic power of a supreme treasure.

In other words, even the weakest treasure in the world can unleash 512 powers.

The reason why Liao was able to bring Lu Ye more than two thousand blessings after it became a supreme treasure was because it devoured Shang, inherited everything from Shang, and jumped above many supreme treasures.

According to Ba Qiu's classification of the quality of supreme treasures, after devouring Shang, Liao's quality should be fourth grade!

Now, he is a seventh-rank official!

Each upgrade in the quality of a treasure will result in an increase in its basic power.

This is the result of Lu Ye's absorption of those twenty-odd treasures by using the Talent Tree.

In comparison, Lu Ye's advantage is too great. You have to know that Ba Qiu has been dominating the inner world for countless years before he could nurture Shang to the fourth rank. But Lu Ye only took three months to advance Liao from the fourth rank to the seventh rank!
Because he doesn't need to find someone to fight, to fight bloody battles, or to go to great lengths to destroy someone else's treasure, letting his own sword gradually devour the mystery within during the battle.

Another huge advantage is that it no longer needs to be nurtured!

Lu Ye had spent a great deal of effort, time, and Dao power to nurture the Fang to its limit, allowing it to unleash the power of over two thousand Dao.

But now that the Fang has become a fruit of the Talent Tree, the nurturing process is completely eliminated. The Fang Fruit on the Talent Tree can directly unleash the power of the seventh rank after being promoted.

This saves not only spiritual power, but more importantly, time.

Looking down at the long sword in his hand, Lu Ye frowned slightly.

His strength has improved considerably in a short period of time, which is gratifying and proves that his adventure with Liao was worthwhile. However, the increase of more than 1,500 units of power is not enough to change the situation.

While his current strength surpasses Fei's, it is at most on par with Xue Wei and Si Shengya, or even slightly inferior. As for Xing Zhou, he is even more so, being the first half-saint whom Si Shengya himself acknowledges as inferior.

So... we still need to keep improving.

"Just a tiny bit more!" Liao's voice came. Compared to his previous state, after being devoured and transformed into a fruit, Liao's perception of himself was undoubtedly clearer. "Lu Ye, I feel that as long as I devour one more treasure, I should be able to upgrade another grade."

Previously, more than twenty treasures allowed Liao to advance to the third rank, and now he only needs one more to advance to the next rank.

In other words, it would take about six or seven treasures to upgrade it by one rank, thereby increasing Lu Ye's strength by 512.

In the past, finding six or seven treasures would not have been easy. Xue Jiu spent tens of thousands of years planning to seize the Starry Sky Chessboard.

But the situation is different now.

Not only are there many half-saints in the entire Star Abyss, but treasures are no longer so rare.

Even our own demigod faction has many treasures.

However, the treasures in the hands of many dragons are either the arms that have accompanied the dragon lords for countless years, or they have only recently come to join Lu Ye and Tai Chu Wu Tong. Not to mention that the former are the dragon lords' reliance in fighting against enemies, the latter batch are all intelligent. Because of the current situation, they are eagerly coming to join them and actively letting the dragon demigods control and drive them. Naturally, they are not easy to devour.

The only thing Lu Ye could scheme against was the treasure in the enemy's possession.

Fortunately, the enemy has a considerable number of treasures. If we can capture them all, the enhancement from just one Panshan Blade would probably be no less than the secret techniques of the inner world.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but think of the Star Abyss Treasure Vault.

If Yuan could mobilize so many treasures for the puppet demigods to use at once, then there must be even more in the Star Abyss Treasury. Who knows how many treasures' intelligence Yuan has eroded over the countless millennia?

If he were to find the exact location of the Star Abyss Treasure Vault, he could truly become a giant overnight.

Unfortunately, just as the exact location of the Hehe Realm is unknown to the world, the Star Abyss Treasure Vault exists only in legends. Perhaps only the Abyss itself knows the exact location of this treasure vault.

Composing himself, Lu Ye softly called out, "Elder Tree!"

The void before them distorted, and the Primordial Wutong Tree revealed its form.

When Lu Ye opened his eyes, the Tree Elder had already sensed it, but he hadn't shown himself to disturb him until Lu Ye took the initiative to call out to him.

"Little Ye, your treasured longsword... seems a little different from before?" The old tree stared at the fang blade thoughtfully.

"Hahaha, Elder Tree, you have a good eye!" With a loud laugh, Liao transformed into Lu Ye and stood in front of the Primordial Wutong Tree.

Tai Chu Wutong stared in disbelief, looking at Lu Ye, who had transformed from Liao, and then at Lu Ye himself, completely bewildered by the situation.

It is normal for a supreme treasure to manifest its spiritual power, just as it is manifesting at this moment. However, its true form still exists, which is clearly different from the current situation of the demon.

The way the fang looks is more like the transformation of a demon beast.

As he spoke, Liao clenched his fists, raised his arms, and struck a very strong pose: "Elder Tree, I have become stronger, much stronger than before!"

The increase of more than 1,500 power levels was good for Lu Ye, but it was not a qualitative change.

But for Liao, it's almost doubled, and he's just a tiny bit away from taking another step forward.

"...I can tell." Tai Chu Wu Tong was momentarily speechless.

Liao then adopted an even stronger stance: "I can become even stronger!"

Old Tree's eyes lit up: "Really? How do we do it?"

He certainly knew what a powerful Dao soldier meant to a cultivator.

The thief immediately said in a sly tone, "Invite more of your friends over so I can devour them. The more I devour, the stronger I become. Sooner or later, I can slay any half-saint or true saint with a single strike!"

Taichu Wutong was unsure whether to believe it or not.

Lu Ye simply raised his hand and put the fang into the talent tree.

The old tree quickly turned to look at Lu Ye, his face showing a questioning expression: "Is what he said true?"

Lu Ye said, "He can indeed become stronger, and he does need to devour other treasures, but there's no need for Elder Tree to invite any friends. Aren't there many puppet half-saints and source realm half-saints?"

Tai Chu Wu Tong's eyes lit up: "That's right, what are you going to do?"

"Tell me about the current situation first," Lu Ye said. He had been in seclusion for three months and knew nothing about the outside world since arriving at Phoenix Nest.

That being said, he probably has some guesses about the current situation.

As expected, the enemy had already gathered outside Phoenix Nest, and their reconnaissance had made considerable progress. If he hadn't left the pass quickly enough, the enemy might have already reached his doorstep.

"Little Ye, if you wish to deal with those puppet half-saints, this old man may be able to lend you a hand!" Tai Chu Wu Tong said after finishing speaking.

Lu Ye said, "What Elder Shu means is..."

"Do you know why there is a zone outside the Phoenix Nest that is riddled with void rifts?"

"Please enlighten me, Elder Tree!" Lu Ye humbly asked for guidance.

Tai Chu Wutong smiled slightly: "This is naturally related to my abilities. I am the Phoenix Nest, and I am of the same lineage as the Phoenix Clan. I am naturally proficient in the Dao of Space, especially in teleportation. Originally, there was no natural barrier outside the Phoenix Nest. It was only because the Phoenix Clan and I have repeatedly activated the power of space here over the countless years that the surrounding void has become distorted and disordered, thus forming the crack zone. Although that zone can be said to be naturally formed, how could I not have made arrangements and explored it after so many years here..."

As the Primordial Wutong recounted its story, Lu Ye's eyes gradually brightened. (End of Chapter)