I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy - Chapter 1760

Chapter 1760: Chapter 765: Immortal Venerate Shocked, The Beginning of Awakening_2 Chapter 1760: Chapter 765: Immortal Venerate Shocked, The Beginning of Awakening_2 “At the very least, that long spear is undoubtedly a powerful Tao Artifact.”

The words of the Immortal Venerate stirred the thoughts of all the cultivators. Their entrance into the Yin Ancient Swamp for reconnaissance had two objectives: to clarify what had happened, and on the other hand, there was the hope of encountering serendipity and reaping some gains.

This situation was one such fortuitous encounter and moreover, it was likely beyond their imagination.

The Great Elder nodded slightly. Before verifying the identity of the cultivator below, he naturally wouldn’t retreat.

He didn’t use an Immortal Artifact to probe from a distance, as that could very likely alert the other party.

After some thought, he said to the others, “I’ll go down first for a reconnaissance. If there are no anomalies, you all can follow. If something is off, then run.”

The other six cultivators nodded in agreement. The Great Elder in the Tao Sect was known for his strong sense of responsibility and wasn’t one to put his personal interests first, so they weren’t worried about him hogging any benefits.

Seeing that the cultivators agreed, the Great Elder took a few steps forward, then descended hundreds of meters along the ridge before reaching the edge of the deep pit. He continued to slide down its side.

Throughout this process, he inevitably made quite a bit of noise, but the figure lying in the pit below didn’t react at all, quietly easing something inside the Great Elder.

However, halfway down, his expression changed once again. After crossing a certain distance, the pressure on him suddenly increased drastically, even affecting his movement.

It felt as though a Realm Heaven was pressing down on him, making sliding downward exceedingly difficult.

He hesitated, realizing that such heavy pressure, not even the mightiest forces of the Ancient Suppression Dao Sect, not even the Sect Master at full strength, could achieve.

Moreover, Sect Master’s cultivation had reached the first step of the Peak Dao Realm.

This meant that the vaguely discernible figure ahead, even in their unclear state, was at least a formidable Tao Ancestor that surpassed the first step of the Dao Realm. Moreover, this pressure seemed to be an unintended release rather than deliberate.

He steadied his mind, pushing aside the distractions from the heavy pressure and continued to slide down despite the weight.

Moments later, he reached the bottom of the deep pit, just a few hundred meters away from the lying figure.

At this distance, he could see the details of the figure much more clearly.

This was a blood-soaked youth who, though not having experienced it firsthand, clearly had undergone a brutal battle by the looks of his severe condition.

The torn Tao Robe, the missing right arm, the cracked flesh–all served as evidence.

But just as the Great Elder prepared to get closer and conduct further investigation, that seemingly lifeless figure suddenly opened their eyes. At that instant, the Great Elder’s head buzzed as if it might explode.

Without thinking, he waved his hand, and two Ninth-stage Immortal Devices appeared. One was the Ninth-stage Immortal Sword, which shot straight out; the other, a Ninth-stage Immortal Tower, blasted forward with equal speed.

It was an instinctive action taken under extreme vigilance in the face of a crisis.

Immediately followed,
A scene that shocked the Great Elder occurred. His Ninth-stage Immortal Sword, which he had cultivated for tens of thousands of years and was effective in all situations, could not penetrate the forehead of the other party. Not even a scratch was made.

The descending Ninth-stage Immortal Tower was lightly knocked by an arm that had been raised and was sent flying, slicing across the ridge and vanishing without a trace.

At this moment, the Great Elder’s hair stood on end, and his mind swarmed with thoughts.

Such strength was certainly not merely of the Dao Realm; even in their abnormal state, their combined strength of seven was like ants shaking a tree.

In a flash of thought, he no longer entertained any delusions of luck. As he burst backward in retreat, he bellowed,
“Run for your lives!!”

This shout was to alert the other cultivators of the Ancient Suppression Dao Sect who were on the ridge behind him.

Atop the ridge, having seen that mysterious being open their eyes and effortlessly deflect the Great Elder’s Ninth-stage Immortal Tower, the six cultivators ran for their lives, rushing down the ridge as their speed soared to the extreme.

And in the pit, the Great Elder was also frantically racing upward, continuing until he crossed the ridge and ran down, catching up with the cultivators from the Tao Sect and running for half a day before finally slowing to a stop.

He was filled with doubt, and so were the other cultivators.

“Great Elder, could it be that the cultivator was just bluffing? Did he force his hand to scare us off?”

“That’s right, it must have been a bluff. With such injuries, he might be at death’s door.”

“Should we go back again?”

Several Immortal Venerates and Immortal Monarchs discussed the matter, but none had a clue; they had no choice but to turn their gazes to the Great Elder, who could deliver a decisive verdict.

The Great Elder’s eyes flickered, uncertain, but in the end, he still shook his head.

“No, we cannot go back.”

“It’s too risky. Only after getting closer did I sense that the enemy’s Realm is definitely above that of the Sect Master, and by a significant margin.”

“Furthermore, let’s not forget, this is the Yin Ancient Swamp. Even with such severe injuries, the fact that they could still strike and send my Immortal Tower flying, and that not even my ninth-stage Immortal Sword could pierce their skin…”

“The enemy definitely still has strength to spare.”

“If we went, death would be the certain outcome.”

These words from the Great Elder caused the complexions of the other six cultivators to change, but then, another cultivator voiced their doubt:
“But if the enemy still has strength to spare, why did they not keep us there? Why let us escape?”

The Great Elder shook his head, “That, I do not know.”

“Perhaps, in their eyes, we are just dispensable cultivators. Their choice to act or not has no significance to them.”

“Alright, let’s return to the sect first, and report to the Sect Master. As for the next course of action, it will be for the Sect Master to decide.”

Although the other six cultivators still harbored doubts, since the Great Elder had made a judgment, they no longer objected and followed behind him, swiftly distancing themselves from the Ancient Mirror Mountain Range and speeding away from the Yin Ancient Swamp.

Elsewhere.

In the Ancient Mirror Mountain Range, Han Yi, who opened his eyes, had not truly woken up. His flick of the fingers that repelled the Immortal Tower was a reflex borne of physical instinct.

That ninth-stage Immortal Sword that was thrust at his forehead did not breach his skin in the slightest; it dropped and stuck into the ground. The Sword Spirit sensed an extremely terrifying Divine Might resting upon the sword, which deterred the Sword Spirit from emerging and made it shrink back into the sword.

Inside the pit, silence ensued once more.

Yet, the assault from the Ancient Suppression Dao Sect’s Sect Grand Elder had also triggered the instinctual reaction of Han Yi’s Divine Clan Physical Body, which, unconsciously, set the dormant Divine Force within his Divine Aperture World into motion.

This activation, like a chain reaction, began to slowly consolidate his consciousness.

After an indiscernible amount of time, Han Yi, who was lying flat in the pit, slowly opened his eyes.

This time, his eyes were not lifeless; instead, they contained a glimmer of emotion.

This emotion began as confusion, then turned into realization.

He slowly marshalled the strength in his body and was shocked to discover that the Divine Aperture World within him was not severely damaged, but rather, nearly half-repaired.

He subconsciously believed this was due to the self-repairing capabilities brought by his Infinite Realm cultivation.

Next.

He probed his Inner Tao Realm with his Tao Thought and found that outside the Tao Realm, a web-like aura of destruction had coalesced, preventing him from probing further.

He understood that this was due to the grave damage to his Immortal Cultivation.

He sighed inwardly; this battle had unexpectedly led to Immortal Power being greatly impaired, while Divine Clan cultivation had managed to recover first.

He did not know that it was the activation of the Chongxuan Stele that had consumed the Boundary Power within him, which allowed the Divine Aperture World to be reshaped and recover.

Otherwise, his Divine Clan cultivation would have been even more damaged than his Immortal cultivation, and his awakening would not have happened so quickly.

He slowly sat up and glanced at the Immortal Sword before him, his gaze slightly focused. With a gentle beckoning motion, he called the Immortal Sword to him. Then, with a sweep of his hands, he extracted the Sword Spirit from the sword. As his Divine Thoughts moved, the Sword Spirit, about to struggle, found its Spiritual Nature shaken, plunged into Chaos.

By the time the Sword Spirit regained its will, it had been stuffed back into the sword by Han Yi.

Han Yi murmured:
“The Xuzhan Great World, the Ancient Suppression Dao Sect, the Yin Ancient Swamp.”

“It turns out I’ve fallen into a Great World, and fortunately, it’s into this strange land. Otherwise, if I had encountered other beings from the Tao Realm, my situation would have been dire indeed.”