Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

Chapter 374: Soul Refining Hammer

Pushing open the door, he found another empty hall. In the center stood a striking crystal ball, with the four ancient characters "Soul Refining Hammer" written beside it. Liu Xing recognized them as spiritual writing. In front of the crystal ball sat a single cushion, leaving the hall empty.

"The first level of stone steps strengthens the body and concentrates magic power, the second level of puppets helps to comprehend the artistic conception, and the third level must be to temper the spiritual consciousness." Liu Xing pondered silently. He repeatedly used his spiritual consciousness to examine the crystal ball, trying to see something, but he could not see anything for a long time. The influence of the restriction prevented him from penetrating into the interior of the crystal ball.

"My spiritual consciousness has been refined by the罡风, so I don't know what's so special about this spiritual hammer. I hope you won't let me down." Liu Xing didn't hold out much hope, because the pressure of the first level was not as good as the jade flute conversion in concentrating spiritual power.

Liu Xing slowly sat cross-legged on the cushion, closing his eyes and regulating his breathing. The crystal ball slowly lit up, emitting a soft glow that enveloped Liu Xing. His spirit slowly emerged, curiously surveying the surroundings.

Before the Nascent Soul condensed, it was extremely dangerous for the soul to leave the body. The soul was also very fragile and could not last long outside the body. However, in the crystal ball, enveloped by the unknown soft light, Liu Xing's soul felt very safe.

Above the soul's head, a light hammer condensed from light slowly formed and hammered down fiercely at Liu Xing's soul.

"Buzz~" Liu Xing suddenly felt a buzzing in his head and some pain, but to him, this pain was like scratching an itch through a shoe and was not worth mentioning.

At this time, the other fellows who had entered the third level were being hit by the hammer of the soul, and were crying out for help in excruciating pain.

Liu Xing's clone, who was who knows how many thousands of miles away, was in seclusion in the Wangu Pit. His magic power had surprisingly reached the peak of the middle stage of the Jindan realm, and he was preparing to break through to the late stage of the Jindan realm.

As the hammer of soul struck down, the soul of the clone was also shaken, and a feeling of pain came, interrupting his practice.

"Oh no, the main body's soul was attacked and it implicated me." The clone was horrified.

The clone immediately activated his secret technique, preparing to sever the connection between his souls. Just as he was about to strike, he was surprised to find that his soul had not been damaged by the blow, but had instead been refined a little.

"What's going on? Let's observe it again." The clone stopped and carefully felt the magical effect of the Hammer of the Soul.

"Haha, it turns out that the main body has encountered a great opportunity. He is tempering his primordial spirit and feeding it back to the clone. God is really helping me. Now I am more confident of breaking through the bottleneck." The clone was ecstatic, it was a false alarm.

"This soul hammer is just so-so. It has no effect on me." Liu Xing complained. His soul had been hammered by the罡风 and had been condensed to the extreme, so it was two or three times more powerful than those of the same level.

"Hmm~ Could this Soul Refining Hammer be transmitted to the clone?" Liu Xing was overjoyed when he noticed that the clone seemed to be sensing something. He then tried his best to transmit the power of the hammer to the clone. The clone's soul was already weak. Since its soul was awakened, the clone could no longer benefit from the strong wind to refine its soul. Its spiritual power was only comparable to that of its peers, not as strong as its master. The hammer of the Soul Refining Hammer was perfect for the task at this time.

"This restriction from the upper realm is truly miraculous, amazing!" Liu Xing, who had just been complaining, immediately changed his expression and started praising it.

Liu Xing also discovered that because his own spirit was too powerful, the Soul Refining Hammer seemed to be delivering a fatal blow, each blow weighing heavily. Because it was too far away from his clone, the force transmitted to the clone was greatly weakened. However, for the clone, the force was just right.

"Haha!" Both the main body and the clone laughed heartily. The main spirit was happily kneaded and hammered into various shapes, like a tickle. The clone also gritted its teeth and persevered, cold sweat on its forehead and a painful groan from its mouth.

"The clone's resources should be almost exhausted. I hope I can successfully break through the bottleneck in the later stage." Liu Xing prayed.

Time passed by little by little, and the main soul was not disturbed at all. Liu Xing concentrated on studying the restriction principle of the Soul Hammer, and he really figured it out.

"If I could slightly modify this method of training my spiritual consciousness into a spiritual attack, I could annihilate both the enemy's main spirit and its secondary spirits." He pondered silently as his Spirit Sword automatically evolved, proactively meeting the Spirit Hammer. It was shattered by the blow. Liu Xing, unfazed, continued to evolve his Spirit Sword, receiving repeated blows. Finally, he discovered that it was even more solid and sharper than before, now more than twice as lethal as before. This was another unexpected surprise.

Now, if a cultivator is attacked by his soul sword and has a clone, the clone's soul will also be harmed. Although it will only be a minor injury, it is indeed a great improvement in Liu Xing's skills. If he practices according to this idea, the power of this soul attack secret technique will only become stronger and stronger in the later stage.

After repeated training, the clone's spirit was finally able to completely withstand this force. Its spirit grew much stronger and more solid, reaching its peak. Further progress would be of little use. At this point, having already reached the peak of the mid-stage realm, it finally reached the bottleneck of a breakthrough after its spirit solidified.

The clone actively cut off the Yuan Shen sensing and focused on breaking through the bottleneck. He replaced the spirit gathering array with more precious high-grade spirit stones, swallowed a precious elixir for breaking through the bottleneck, and then closed his eyes to start breaking through.

The malevolent energy within the Eternal Pit began to surge, and a flood of spiritual energy converged into the secret cave. The monks who had come here to gather malevolent energy or to practice esoteric arts in seclusion were horrified. This place had been peaceful for nearly a hundred years, so why was there such sudden unrest today? Had some monster appeared?

"Run! It will be too late if you don't run now!" The monks fled one by one, not daring to stay.

A vortex of spiritual energy formed above the clone's cave, like a pitch-black funnel. Dark clouds pressed down on the city, threatening to destroy it, and the oppressive aura spread across the surrounding area for dozens of miles.

"I don't know which great master of the magic path is practicing the secret art here. It seems that this is the celestial phenomenon that indicates the secret art has reached perfection." Some Jindan masters who happened to pass by here were attracted by the phenomenon of breaking through the bottleneck and stopped to watch.

With the help of these favorable conditions, the clone naturally broke through the bottleneck and successfully advanced to the late stage of Jindan. The power of the soul and mana increased by nearly double. Even if faced with a Yuanying master, although he could not defeat him, he could escape safely, and had a certain degree of self-protection.

The clone was delighted, but did not stand up. He continued to close his eyes and consolidate his cultivation. The external celestial phenomena disappeared, and the Ten Thousand Bone Pit returned to its original state.

"This demon has perfected his skills. I'd better leave quickly to avoid unnecessary trouble." Seeing that there was no opportunity to find him, the Jindan master who had stopped also left quickly.