That was to break through his cultivation.
After this battle, Lin Xiao only felt that his primordial power cultivation had already touched the edge of breakthrough.
Thus, Lin Xiao took out blue spirit stones and began refining them.
With the purple corpse puppet guarding beside him, he was not too worried about any sudden attacks.
Several days later, under the impact of a large amount of blue spirit stones, Lin Xiao’s dantian finally condensed another layer of chaos. A powerful cultivation aura surged out from his body.
Lin Xiao’s cultivation had suddenly broken through from seventh-stage Martial Monarch to eighth-stage Martial Monarch.
This speed could not be called slow.
“Breakthrough successful!” Opening his eyes, Lin Xiao was overjoyed in his heart.
An eighth-stage Martial Monarch could fight a fifth-stage Martial Emperor without any pressure. Under the activation of the blood dragon phenomenon, he could even resist a sixth-stage Martial Emperor without issue.
Lin Xiao was confident that if it was just Wu Dong alone, he would absolutely not be forced to the point of fleeing.
“First refine the purple fire explosive pills. If the pills can all be refined successfully, even if Wu Dong has slaves beside him, I can still catch them off guard.” Lin Xiao then thought to himself.
He counted the storage rings again and consolidated the items in the storage rings into several storage rings. The unnecessary storage rings were directly discarded.
In those storage rings, besides the four array stones and a volume of array formation, there was nothing too attractive to Lin Xiao.
Of course, with the many storage rings obtained from Dingjiang City and those obtained after entering the Qiulu Mountains, the auxiliary materials for the purple fire explosive pills he needed to refine were all there, and there was even plenty to spare.
After sorting out the storage rings, Lin Xiao began taking out the auxiliary materials, spirit cores, and purple fire crystal stones to start refining.
With spiritual energy, he did not need spirit wood. Refining pills was much more convenient than for other spirit controllers.
According to the pill recipe in the Swallowing Heaven Spirit Emperor’s memories, Lin Xiao carefully refined the purple fire explosive pills. As a result, the first two pills exploded, nearly injuring Lin Xiao.
The third one began to refine successfully.
In several days’ time, he refined all the purple fire crystal stones completely. During that time, he also ruined one.
In total, he refined twenty seventh-grade initial-level purple fire explosive pills. This success rate was already extremely high.
“These explosive pills should be enough to deal with Wu Dong. However, to guard against any mishaps, I should first go find more purple fire crystal stones.” Lin Xiao pondered.
Wu Dong should also be injured. To fully recover, it would take some time.
With Wu Dong’s strength, after full recovery, he would surely search for his whereabouts.
Therefore, he did not need to worry that Wu Dong would leave the Qiulu Mountains.
Spirit Phoenix Valley had four seventh-grade intermediate spirit controllers. Eliminating one would mean one less.
He naturally planned to go eliminate Wu Dong.
However, a seventh-grade intermediate spirit controller, with slaves dead, could still control more. No matter what, there was still considerable threat. Or Wu Dong might have other trump cards.
Thus, he was not in a hurry to find Wu Dong.
If he first obtained more purple fire crystal stones and refined more explosive pills, then dealing with Wu Dong would be almost certain.
Of course, when going to find purple fire crystal stones, if he encountered any danger, these twenty explosive pills could also be of use.
Thus, Lin Xiao flew towards the general location of the purple fire crystal stones provided by the old man earlier.
A distance of four or five thousand li was not too far. It did not take long before Lin Xiao flew close to one or two thousand li.
At this time, Lin Xiao’s speed also slowed down. He let the purple corpse puppet travel alongside him and proceeded even more cautiously.
That old man had only provided a rough direction and position. Who knew exactly where it would be or what dangers there might be.
However, before Lin Xiao could enter that location, a familiar back figure appeared in his forward sight.
That back figure was none other than Wu Dong.
In front of Wu Dong, there were three people, including a fifth-stage Martial Emperor old man.
Lin Xiao had seen that old man before. He was the one previously injured by his Sacred Hand Covering Sky, unable to catch up, and not killed by the Swallowing Heaven Primordial Gathering Finger or Heavenly Demon Palm.
The other two, with their back outlines somewhat unfamiliar, should be newly controlled spirits or slaves by Wu Dong.
Those three were flying several hundred li to dozens of li in front of Wu Dong, positions varied.
They were also moving cautiously.
It seemed they were also eyeing that area that might have purple fire crystal stones.
Lin Xiao was somewhat surprised. He did not expect Wu Dong to have the same idea as him and arrive here even earlier.
Or perhaps Wu Dong learned from those people that he had obtained purple fire crystal stones and deduced he would come here to intercept him?
Whatever the reason, upon seeing Wu Dong’s back figure, Lin Xiao unhesitatingly threw out the twenty explosive pills he had just refined not long ago. They shot towards Wu Dong’s back ahead.
At this time, sensing the movement behind, the cautious Wu Dong abruptly turned his head. Seeing Lin Xiao’s figure, he immediately said angrily: “Lin Xiao!!!”
A chill immediately spread from Wu Dong’s body. Seeing something seeming to fly towards him, Wu Dong first ordered the three to turn back and attack. He himself directly activated a spirit beast spirit form and attacked forward.
However, because Lin Xiao struck first, those twenty pills had already approached Wu Dong.
Only then did Wu Dong see clearly that it was a batch of pills.
“Could it be explosive pills???”
Wu Dong’s brows immediately twitched. At this moment, his two to three tenths substantialised spirit beast spirit form had already impacted the explosive pills.
“Boom!”
Earth-shattering sounds transmitted. The twenty explosive pills detonated simultaneously. The void seemed to tremble, as if it would shatter. Terrifying power erupted. Brilliant light filled the entire heaven and earth. Surging energy flow storm instantly rushed towards the ten directions of heaven and earth, vast and mighty.
The entire sky was submerged by the ocean of energy.
“Ah!!!”
While retreating violently, Lin Xiao heard Wu Dong’s furious roar.
This explosive power was too terrifying. Fortunately, he had prepared quickly enough and was at some distance. While retreating violently, he also activated the Vast Righteous Indestructible Defence. The surging energy fluctuations over one or two hundred li had their outer impact power reduced considerably. Although it still affected him, it merely shook him back.
The purple corpse puppet was similarly shaken away somewhat, but Lin Xiao was not worried at all about the purple corpse puppet’s defence.
Retreating violently to the periphery affected by that rolling energy ocean, Lin Xiao did not leave. Instead, he continued brewing the Swallowing Heaven Primordial Gathering Finger.
He was still thinking that these twenty explosive pills should be able to bomb Wu Dong to death. However, from that sound, it seemed Wu Dong could still survive.
However, that power should seriously injure him.
Taking advantage of Wu Dong being seriously injured to attack should still allow him to take him down.
Lin Xiao ordered the purple corpse puppet, along with himself, to arc around a huge curve, avoiding that rolling energy, and fly towards the direction where Wu Dong was.
Wu Dong should have been shaken towards one direction.
Of course, as for that Martial Emperor expert at the very front, he should not suffer too much impact.
However, as long as Wu Dong was dealt with, that person would not be an issue.
