Invincible Beyond Heavens: Cultivating With A Broken EXP System

Crack!

Li Yun exerted a little force with his palm. As his chaos qi poured into the flame core, the crystal shattered instantly, and a stream of extremely pure flame power flowed into his body.

After absorbing the power of the flame core, his Vermilion Sun Incineration Art improved slightly.

After tasting this benefit, Li Yun became much more serious about hunting demonic beasts inside the Crimson Flame Secret Realm. Instead of waiting for them to appear, he began actively searching for them.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

During those three days, Li Yun killed at least thirty peak Rank Five demonic beasts and more than a dozen low Rank Six demonic beasts. His harvest could be considered quite abundant and because of that his cultivation increased very fast to 3rd level of Essence Qi Realm.

After combining the flame cores from all those demonic beasts, the effect was roughly equal to one and a half low grade Earth Rank fire-attribute spiritual materials.

“Someone is coming?”

Suddenly, Li Yun’s mind stirred.

He sensed a powerful aura rapidly approaching his location.

In the next instant, the figure of a gray-clothed youth appeared before him. The youth’s long hair was messy and loose, making him look somewhat wild, and he held a large saber upside down in one hand. Judging from his aura, he was clearly in the 2nd level of Mortal Core Realm.

“Hm?”

At the same time, the gray-clothed youth also noticed Li Yun. When he raised his head and saw him clearly, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

“Li Yun, it is actually you?”

“You seem quite excited to see me,” Li Yun said, raising an eyebrow slightly.

“Of course I am.”

The gray-clothed youth laughed loudly. “Li Yun, your aptitude and comprehension ability may both be at the level of a prodigy, but in the end, you are only a 1st level-huh? 3rd level of Essence Qi Realm? Your cultivation has increased but so what? No matter how strong you are, there must be a limit since you are only at the Essence Qi Realm. Meeting you means I can easily obtain a token and trample a so-called super genius beneath my feet. How could I not be excited?”

The moment he said the word “excited,” the gray-clothed youth’s gaze suddenly became sharp.

He instantly raised the large saber in his hand and slashed at Li Yun without hesitation.

Chii!

The saber light tore through the air like a blade splitting a mountain and overturning the sea. Carrying a frightening aura, it chopped fiercely toward Li Yun’s head.

“One token is mine.”

A smile appeared on the gray-clothed youth’s face.

“You are celebrating too early.”

At that moment, Li Yun shook his head and suddenly struck out with his sword with 70% Sword Intent.

Thunderflame Gale Sword Art – Tempest Collapse!

An incomparably sharp strand of Sword Qi flashed out.

Just as the saber light was about to reach Li Yun’s head, the Sword Qi tore it apart directly. Then, without losing momentum, the sharp Sword Qi continued forward and slashed toward the gray-clothed youth’s chest.

“Oh no!”

The gray-clothed youth’s expression changed drastically, and he retreated in panic. However, he was still a step too late.

A streak of Sword Qi sliced open his chest, leaving a long and narrow wound that missed his heart by only a hair’s breadth.

“Hiss!”

The gray-clothed youth drew in a sharp breath. A chill rose from his forehead and quickly spread down his spine, making his entire body turn cold.

Without any hesitation, he threw out a token and shouted, “The token is yours. I surrender.”

After saying this, he did not dare delay for even a moment. He turned around and fled in a certain direction, disappearing as quickly as possible.

Li Yun watched the gray-clothed youth retreat, but he did not chase after him.

At that moment, an extremely dangerous sensation suddenly rose in his heart.

It felt as if some ancient vicious beast had locked onto him from the darkness, causing his skin to tighten all over.

Bang!

In the next instant, a massive palm print suddenly descended from the sky.

The palm print thundered downward with terrifying force, making the air buzz violently. Rolling waves of air spread outward as the attack crashed toward Li Yun from above.

“Hundred Layers Shield!”

In a flash, Li Yun used his 7th tier secret art and immediately 20 hexagonal shields appeared one after another just above his head.

BOOM!

The palm print collided with those hexagonal shields but couldn’t managed to get past the defense of 20 hexagonal shields before scattering away.

“Impressive, Li Yun. To think that a mere 3rd level Essence Qi Realm cultivator could block my palm strike. It is truly incredible that a small place like the Southern Martial Domain could produce a genius like you.”

A tall and handsome youth slowly strode toward Li Yun.

His essence qi surged wildly around him like a coiling dragon. With every step he took, his aura grew stronger, and the pressure around him became heavier. This aura clearly belonged to a 4th level Mortal Core Realm expert.

This person was none other than Han Mingxuan, one of the strongest Preparatory Disciples.

“Han Mingxuan?”

Li Yun’s eyebrows moved slightly.

He still had some impression of Han Mingxuan. During the previous two rounds of the assessment, Han Mingxuan’s performance had been rather good, and if one judged the overall rankings, he could at least be placed among the top twenty.

Of course, what left the deepest impression on Li Yun was not Han Mingxuan’s assessment results, but his public confession to Princess Yuehan. Unfortunately for him, that confession had ended in complete failure.

“That is right. It is me.”

Essence qi radiated from Han Mingxuan’s body, and his face carried a proud expression as he looked at Li Yun. “Since you know who I am, this will be simple. Hand over your token immediately, then bind your own hands and feet and kneel before me.”

“Hm?”

Li Yun’s gaze instantly turned cold.