Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

However, fate seemed to be playing a cruel joke on Chu Yunfan.

Just when Chu Yunfan thought he was doomed, the pressure on his back suddenly vanished.

Immediately, Chu Yunfan seized the opportunity, flipped over, and turned around to look around.

There wasn't a soul in sight, and the air was completely still, as if no one else had ever been there except for Chu Yunfan.

"Could it be that some senior expert is just joking with me out of boredom?"

Chu Yunfan looked left, right, east, and west, but couldn't see anyone. So he could only come up with this absurd guess.

Then, Chu Yunfan immediately got up, wanting to check if Lin Qianqian was alright.

As soon as he stood up, Chu Yunfan suddenly realized something was very wrong.

His cultivation aura suddenly dropped to the level of the ninth stage of the Martial Beginning Realm.

But then he discovered something even more outrageous.

Logically speaking, he had been pressed down for so long and had used up all his strength, so he should be completely exhausted at this moment.

But at this moment, he felt full of strength, and his strength seemed to be even greater than before.

"Is it my imagination?"

Unconvinced, Chu Yunfan took out a black iron sword directly from his storage ring.

Then he gripped the sword with both hands and gently snapped it.

With a crisp sound, the Xuan Tie sword broke!

It should be noted that even against a second-tier demonic beast, the Xuan Tie Sword can withstand a few blows.

But now, it was broken in one go by Chu Yunfan, which is enough to show how strong Chu Yunfan is.

"My strength is probably at least 50,000 kilograms!"

Chu Yunfan stared at his hands in disbelief.

What does 50,000 kilograms mean?

A typical early-stage second-tier demon beast has a strength of around 30,000 kilograms, and even at the peak of the early-stage second-tier, it only reaches 50,000 kilograms.

In other words, Chu Yunfan can now sweep away a large number of early-stage second-tier demonic beasts even without using swordsmanship.

With swordsmanship, it can even put up a fight against mid-stage second-tier demonic beasts.

If we add the Wind Spirit Sword and the Wind Sword Intent.

Even a late-stage second-tier demon beast might be capable of putting up a fight.

In other words, if Chu Yunfan were to encounter Lin Xiangxi again at this moment, he would be fully capable of confronting him head-on.

Of course, this is only the first wave; they probably still can't win in a full-scale battle.

However, one thing needs to be clear.

That is, Chu Yunfan's current cultivation level is only at the ninth level of the initial stage of martial arts.

With his cultivation at the ninth level of the Martial Arts Initial Realm, he directly confronted a powerful expert at the late stage of the Martial Master Realm.

This is no longer a simple battle between opponents of higher levels; it's a battle across vastly different realms.

Generally speaking, only the most outstanding geniuses and prodigies are qualified to do this.

But now, Chu Yunfan can do it too.

The significance of this is self-evident.

This also filled Chu Yunfan's fragile heart, which had just been ravaged, with confidence again, and made him even stronger than before.

After the initial excitement, Chu Yunfan began to think.

"What on earth is going on? How could my cultivation level suddenly drop while my strength has increased so much?"

Chu Yunfan looked himself up and down, completely baffled.

Just as he inadvertently swung his fist, his eyes suddenly narrowed, as if he had discovered something.

"I feel like my muscles are tighter than before!"

Afterwards, Chu Yunfan moved his body and found that not only his arms, but his entire body seemed to have become tighter, as if it had been compressed.

"Right, compression!"

Chu Yunfan suddenly blurted it out, followed by a look of sudden realization.

"I understand now. The power that the mysterious man exerted on me before, which seemed to be torturing me, was actually compressing the power within my body through immense pressure, making the power within my body more solid."

That's why I'm experiencing the unusual phenomenon of my cultivation level decreasing while my strength is increasing!

The principle is actually very simple. It's like a piece of loose, soft soil. If you compress it, its volume will decrease, but its density will increase. It will become as hard as a stone, and its power will increase greatly.

At the same time, some other doubts in Chu Yunfan's mind were also resolved.

"No wonder I felt that pressure was so strange."

It could have crushed me to death, but it chose to gradually increase its power.

As I gradually lost strength, its power also diminished.

In short, it maintains a level that doesn't crush me, but also leaves me powerless to resist.

No wonder, when I shouted that sentence, the pressure suddenly increased, catching me off guard and causing me to fall flat on my face.

It was obvious that the mysterious figure lurking in the shadows was angered by those words.

However, after figuring out these questions, Chu Yunfan still had one last doubt in his mind.

That is, why would the mysterious person in the shadows help him like this?

Then, he began to list them one by one in his mind.

He only knew a handful of experts above the Martial Grandmaster realm.

"That woman? No, her aura is rather cold."

"Fifth Elder? No, that doesn't seem like his personality."

Finally, Chu Yunfan scratched his head, thinking of someone.

"Could it be the Seventh Elder? He seems to enjoy joking around."

But given the Seventh Elder's talkative nature, he shouldn't be doing something so inconspicuous, right?

After thinking it over and over, Chu Yunfan still couldn't figure out who it was, so he simply stopped worrying about it.

"Never mind, let's talk about this later. Let's go find Qianqian first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Yunfan leaped into the air and flew towards the place where Lin Qianqian had been hiding.

However, while he was in mid-air, he discovered that Lin Qianqian had already left behind the waterfall.

Moreover, there was now an old man beside Lin Qianqian.

This old man was none other than Yun Tianming.

Chu Yunfan had met Yun Tianming a few times before, so he naturally recognized him and knew that he was a peak Martial Master who was protecting Lin Qianqian. So he felt relieved and immediately changed direction and flew towards where the two were.

A moment later, Chu Yunfan landed, and Lin Qianqian immediately ran over, hugged Chu Yunfan's arm, and said sweetly:

"Brother Yunfan, this is Grandpa Ming, who has been with me since I was a child."

Besides my father, he is the person closest to me!

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfan immediately bowed and greeted the other party.

"Hello, Grandpa Ming!"

According to Chu Yunfan's observation, the relationship between Yun Tianming and Lin Qianqian was not like that of a guard and his master, but more like that of a grandfather and his granddaughter. That's why Chu Yunfan respected him so much.

Respecting the elderly and caring for the young has always been a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.

However, this time, it seems that Chu Yunfan's enthusiasm was met with a cold shoulder.

Yun Tianming had a serious expression on his face and spoke in a very cold tone.

"You brat, I'm warning you, if you ever dare to bully Qianqian again, I'll turn your thing into roast chicken to go with my drinks!"