I get stronger every day I live.

Chapter 170 Facing Tribulation and Breaking Through to Immortality, Fourth Level of Mortal Immortal Realm
"What the hell is this?"

"Let me go, you bastard, let me go!"

"How come so many strange tentacles are popping up in the immortal sects that are supposed to be ascending to immortality? I'm not playing along anymore, I'm outta here."

At this moment, the immortal sect, which was shrouded in immortal energy and radiating golden light of ascension, no longer had any trace of its sacred appearance.

Strange tentacles twisted and extended from within, attacking powerful cultivators in the vicinity.

The eerie tentacles pulled everyone directly into the immortal gate, like a hideous and terrifying abyss maw swallowing all living things.

For a moment, no one envied Jian Wuji's ascension anymore; their hearts were filled with terror, and they all wished their parents had given them two more legs when they were born.

Those tentacles contained terrifying power; they appeared soft and boneless, but were actually incredibly tough.

Even a powerful expert at the seventh realm could not harm the tentacles with all their might, and once captured, they would have no power to resist and could only be dragged into the immortal gate.

Those with keen eyes and meticulous attention can easily notice that those tentacles seem to contain extremely terrifying neurotoxins, capable of instantly subduing even a peak seventh-realm expert and rendering them incapable of any resistance.

They seem to have a special fondness for the strong, especially cultivators whose cultivation level has reached the seventh realm or above.

Lai Yang was no exception and received special attention, fighting against those strange tentacles.

The toxins from the tentacles have no effect on Lai Yang, so he doesn't need to worry at all even if they get close.

Lai Yang felt heavy-hearted. He had seen these strange insectoid tentacles on the Path to Immortality before; they were not similar, but exactly the same.

However, the insectoid tentacles extending from the Immortal Gate are far more terrifying and powerful than those on the Path to Immortality.

Lai Yang knew that this couldn't go on; these insectoid tentacles were capturing powerful individuals from the Immortal Quest Continent.

Now that the Immortal Inquiry Sect is closest to the Ascension Immortal Gate, it is the first to bear the brunt and may face the crisis of annihilation.

"Close the door." Lai Yang looked at the strange immortal gate in the sky, and his heart stirred. He grabbed his top-grade spirit sword and rushed towards the strange immortal gate.

The next moment, an astonishing sword aura that could cleave the heavens and split the earth slashed fiercely towards the Immortal Gate, severing all the insectoid tentacles that had extended from within the gate.

The cultivators who had been grabbed by the insectoid tentacles were freed, but due to the neurotoxin, they were unable to exert their strength and fell to the ground in free fall.

Lai Yang disregarded them, his sword energy forming a defensive net like a tide, sealing the insectoid tentacles within the Immortal Gate. He then used his own power to forcibly close the Immortal Gate again, and used the power of heaven and earth to set up an array to apply multiple powerful seals.

Seeing this, everyone's faces lit up with excitement and joy, and they shouted, "We succeeded! The door has been closed again, and we're saved!"

However, before they could rejoice for long, a mysterious and domineering force suddenly tore open the azure sky, revealing a huge spatial rift.

hum!
Countless terrifying eyes peered down at the Immortal Continent through the spatial rifts, their indifferent gazes as if they were looking at livestock they had raised.

This scene, witnessed by countless people on the Immortal Quest Continent, terrified them, their faces turning deathly pale, their legs trembling, and they couldn't muster even the slightest thought of resistance.

Countless people even knelt on the ground in fear, kowtowing heavily as if worshipping a god.

Compared to the enormous spatial rift in the sky, the gate through which everyone ascended to immortality was like a small window.

They had finally managed to block the window, thinking they had blocked the external danger, but the other party chose to forcefully break down the door and enter.

The two sides are not evenly matched.

Under the watchful eyes of those people, countless negative emotions spread and grew wildly.

Many powerful sects with deep foundations did not hesitate to flee into the small world to hide and protect themselves, hoping to safely escape this calamity.

Finally, all those terrifying eyes in the sky turned to Lai Yang, who was standing in the void. Countless emotions seemed to surge in his eyes, but more than anything, there was excitement and agitation. It was as if a person who had been starving for a long time had suddenly been presented with a delicious and sumptuous feast. His eyes revealed boundless greed.

The moment his eyes met those of the spatial rift, Lai Yang felt a vast and domineering spiritual power far exceeding the seventh realm frantically assaulting his sea of ​​consciousness.

In other words, Lai Yang's spiritual power has already broken through the seventh realm and entered the realm of the eighth-realm mortal immortal.

Otherwise, this underhanded move might have directly caused his mind to collapse.

Lai Yang stood alone with his sword, proud and aloof, his dark, deep eyes coldly gazing at the mysterious being in the sky.

Judging from the aura emanating from it, it must be an existence above the eighth realm, or at least a mortal immortal being in the late eighth realm.

Otherwise, there would be no way the opponent could unleash such a powerful pressure, tearing the sky of the Immortal Continent apart with his bare hands. Perhaps the real Immortal Realm lies behind the spatial rift.

But for those who ascend to immortality, entering the celestial realm does not mean becoming an immortal and achieving immortality, but rather a certain death!

The person who truly controls the Immortal Continent has the ability to break through boundaries at any time, but they simply haven't done so yet.

As for the reason, it's quite simple: there's simply no need for it!
In that instant, Lai Yang recalled the words Lan Qingxian had once said: After her master ascended to heaven, she left them with a single-word message: Escape!
So that's really how it is.

Ascension is a complete scam targeting the powerful figures of the Immortal Continent.

Judging from this situation, the fate of those who ascended to immortality in the past is probably not going to be any better.

Lai Yang's heart sank, and he subconsciously used the system's detection function on the crack in the sky—

【Insect Candle】

[Realm: Eighth Realm, Ninth Level]

[Spiritual Root: Metal]

[Qualification: Second-tier Immortal Grade]

[Qi and Blood: Eight Realms and Nine Levels]

[Power: Eighth Realm, Seventh Level]

[Defense: Eighth Realm, Seventh Level]

[Agility: Eight Realms, Third Level]

[Spirit: Eight Realms, Second Level]

[Mana: 30 times increase]

【Lifespan: 10+】

Without a doubt, it was the most powerful being Lai Yang had ever encountered, with all its attribute values ​​exceeding the level of the Eighth Realm.

In contrast, let's look at Lai Yang's own attribute panel introduction—

【Lai Yang】

[Realm Level: Peak of the Seventh Realm]

[Spiritual Roots: Mixed Spiritual Roots]

[Qualification: Innate]

[Qi and Blood: Level 2 of the Eight Realms]

[Power: Eighth Realm, Second Level]

[Defense: Eighth Realm, Second Level]

[Agility: Eighth Realm, Second Level]

[Spirit: Eight Realms, Second Level]

[Mana: 235 times increase]

【Lifespan: 2+】

Lai Yang had been suppressing his own cultivation level.

There's no need for that now. If they were to clash on the Immortal Inquiry Continent, the entire continent would likely be destroyed in an instant. Lai Yang sighed and glanced back in the direction of the Immortal Inquiry Sect.

Chu Xiao and the others were extremely tense, clenching their fists and looking up at his figure.

"What a pity. I was planning to stay on the Immortal Continent a little longer, but now I'm completely exposed. I can't hide any longer."

"Very well, I will go to the Immortal Realm to scout the way for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lai Yang's aura exploded out, and he no longer suppressed his power.

An extremely terrifying aura spread out, and even the space around Lai Yang showed signs of collapse.

Immediately afterwards, Lai Yang shot out like a bolt of lightning, rushing straight into the spatial rift.

Upon seeing this, Chu Xiao and the others' expressions changed drastically.

"Master (Master)!"

The next moment, a vast new immortal power erupted from behind the spatial rift.

Everyone sensed a familiar aura from that vast immortal power; it was Lai Yang, who had entered the realm of mortal immortals!
Subsequently, the spatial rift in the sky above the Immortal Continent was restored by Lai Yang's power, and everything returned to calm as if nothing had happened.

"Master has gone to the Immortal Realm!"

"He went off to deal with that kind of opponent all by himself, while we couldn't help him at all. Faced with such an existence, we are not even as good as ants."

"Master will definitely win, I believe he will win. What we need to do now is to settle everything within the sect and wait for Master to return."

“You’re right, now is not the time to be sad. We also have things to do.”

……

On the other side, the battlefield is located outside the Immortal Quest Continent.

Lai Yang crossed the spatial rift, and his entire cultivation level broke through the last thin barrier, as thin as a cicada's wing. Instantly, he was like a parched field that had been blessed with rain, devouring the energy of the immortal realm. The sheer scale of his actions drained the spiritual energy of the surrounding hundreds of thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, and he officially entered the mortal immortal realm.

Insect Candle witnessed this scene firsthand, and all the insect eyes on its head showed expressions of utter shock.

It had never seen a human who ascended from the Immortal Continent, nor had it ever seen anyone with such terrifying and monstrous talent as him.

The strongest ascendant who once broke through from the mortal realm to the immortal realm could only absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a hundred miles at the time of the breakthrough and transform it into his own immortal energy.

The commotion caused by this guy's breakthrough was so terrifying, it was comparable to that of a powerful being in the True Immortal Realm.

Lai Yang's breakthrough gave Insect Candle a sense of danger, and its instinct for danger prevented it from taking action itself.

After all, this is his territory. Let alone dealing with a human who has just broken through to the eighth realm, he would dare to fight even a powerhouse in the early stage of the True Immortal realm.

"Dinner's ready, children."

With a call from the insect candle.

In an instant, tens of thousands of insectoid monsters emerged.

Buzz! ! !
The sight of the diverse and densely packed insectoid monsters almost triggered Lai Yang's trypophobia.

Lai Yang frowned, glanced at the Ascension Gate behind him, and immediately destroyed the Ascension Gate that connected to the Immortal Continent with a single sword strike.

Seeing Lai Yang destroy the Gate of Ascension, Insect Candle felt no pity. It had a premonition that as long as it could devour the humans in front of it, it would be of great benefit to it.

It's just a useless Nether plane; it's fine to lose it. They can make as many planes like that as they want.

"kill him."

The will of the Insect Candle appeared in the minds of all the insectoid monsters in an instant.

Upon receiving the order, countless insectoid monsters charged towards Lai Yang like fearless warriors.

Lai Yang remained unmoved, his sharp sword light weaving a large net in space, instantly annihilating dozens of insectoid monsters.

The system attribute bonus notification sounds suddenly rang out one after another—

[Basic Attributes +1]

Mana +1

[Basic Attributes +1]

However, these few dozen insectoid monsters were nothing compared to the endless insect army. The enemy was clearly trying to use the numerical advantage of the insects to exhaust his strength.

It's clear it's not stupid; it even knows how to use swarm tactics.

The insectoid monsters have an extremely high reproductive capacity, and their massive numbers are what make them so terrifying.

Faced with this endless sea of ​​insects, even a True Immortal Realm expert would perish in the end, becoming food for the insect race.

However, for Lai Yang, who has a cheat code, the thing he fears the least is the number of the enemy; the more enemies there are, the happier he is.

Although killing weak Zerg monsters doesn't guarantee a 100% chance of triggering system stat increases, as the saying goes, quantity leads to quality.

Looking around, the number of these insect troops seemed endless, which was like an endless supply of experience points for Lai Yang. It was incredibly satisfying!
Lai Yang held a sword in his right hand, while purple lightning flashed and shot out from his left. His deep black eyes, as dark as the Milky Way, revealed an unprecedentedly fervent fighting spirit.

Awakening, time to hunt.

Totally crazy!

Lai Yang unleashed his power without restraint; the space of the Immortal Realm was far superior to that of the Immortal Continent.

No matter how much power he unleashes, he doesn't need to worry about accidentally shattering the plane and triggering a series of destructive chain reactions.

The insect candle hid behind the sea of ​​insects, watching Lai Yang with predatory eyes. It did not expect that Lai Yang would not only not run away from its army, but would also spare no effort to kill it.

He squanders his strength so recklessly that he can't hold on for long. When he's weakened, that's when it will devour him.

If he chooses to flee, given his talent and resources, there might still be a sliver of a chance for him to escape its clutches.

Little did they know, while the insect thought Lai Yang was a fool, Lai Yang also thought it was a complete idiot, giving it a huge amount of experience points for nothing.

Hearing the system notifications echoing deep within his consciousness, Lai Yang was overjoyed, as his physical body continued to improve.

For powerful individuals of their caliber, if the strength of both sides is evenly matched, it is common for them to fight for several years or even decades without a clear victor.

Lai Yang was surrounded by the massive insect army of Insect Candle, seemingly trapped, but he was having a great time killing inside.

However, Lai Yang was cautious. He was worried that Chongzhu would see through his disguise and attack him in advance, so he deliberately weakened his aura slowly.

Lai Yang disguised himself very well, and Chongzhu did not notice anything amiss at first.

It wasn't until the number of insectoid monsters under its control had decreased by nearly 30% under Lai Yang's command that Insect Candle realized something was wrong.

Such an intense battle would wear down even a powerful expert in the early stage of the True Immortal Realm.

Lai Yang, a human who recently broke through to the Immortal Realm, how has he managed to persist until now? There must be a shocking secret hidden within him!
The Insect Candle's gaze toward Lai Yang grew increasingly fervent; whatever secrets the other held, they would soon become its possession.

In order to safely devour this damned human, it lost hundreds of thousands of insectoids. It will need to eat more than a dozen mortal immortal beings to replenish itself. Hopefully, the other party will not disappoint it.

After capturing the human in front of him, Insect Candle decided that he must savor the taste of the other party.

Only in this way can we make up for its losses and hard work.

Little did they know, Lai Yang's physical cultivation had already broken through to the fourth level of the Mortal Immortal Realm, making him invincible.

(End of this chapter)