Breakthrough to Golden Core
The moment Mo Zuili stepped into the small world, she activated all her protective gear with her spiritual power, gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, and prepared to face the traps left by Huang Tianyao in the small world.
But to her surprise, as she touched the ground with her toes and looked around, Mo Zuili discovered that the scene before her was exactly the same as outside the small world.
The archway leading into the small world is like a mirror; the world inside is devoid of the demon race from the outside.
The rest of the scenery was exactly the same as outside, and the trap I had imagined did not appear.
Mo Zuili frowned as she thought of the competition Huang Tianlu had mentioned and the recognition from the small world.
Looking at the archway behind her, Mo Zuili took two steps back and tried to go out again.
An invisible force blocked Mo Zuili.
It seems like it's a situation where you can only get in but not out.
The smaller world is even more dangerous, which explains why many demons, despite being qualified to enter, still remain outside.
After waiting for a moment, Huang Yu also entered through the archway.
Seeing the scenery in the miniature world, I was also deeply shocked.
"How come it looks exactly the same as the scenery outside? Could this be an illusion? Has the trial in this small world already begun?"
In response to Huang Yu's doubts, Mo Zuili tossed a palm-sized fragment of a bronze mirror and said decisively, "This is not an illusion."
Huang Yu looked at the fragment with a puzzled expression.
Mo Zuili casually explained, "The Mirage Mirror is used to detect illusions."
In the novel, this thing was something Chu Qing snatched from an ancient ruin.
Even the male protagonist, who later gained a cheat ability, couldn't see through the illusion, but this little gadget detected it instantly.
Mo Zuili specifically asked Chu Qing for it before coming to the demon race for the trial.
It's designed to prevent the illusions that most frequently appear in trials in novels.
Gripping the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly, Mo Zuili spread her divine sense and, with Huang Yu in tow, checked the surrounding area.
After circling around, Huang Yu sighed and said in a low voice, "It seems they haven't come in yet. We haven't found any marks left by Huang Geng and the others. We only found one unfamiliar mark, which might be from Huang Tianyao's side. I've already placed a concealing magic array on the mark."
Mo Zuili nodded, threw out the flying artifact, and suddenly remembered something. He froze for a moment and asked, "Can the water mirror outside see what's happening in the small world?"
Huang Yu quickly shook her head: "Of course not. The small world is related to the succession of the Demon King and is the foundation of the entire demon race. If the Water Mirror can see it, then human cultivators will know our demon race's secrets."
Mo Zuili felt relieved and led Huang Yu to explore in the opposite direction of the small world.
In less than half an hour, they sensed an aura.
Mo Zuili withdrew her divine sense and pulled Huang Yu to a stop.
However, the other party still keenly noticed Mo Zuili's presence and sensed that someone was chasing after them.
Mo Zuili knew that her aura had been locked onto and there was no way to escape.
He immediately put away his flying artifact and landed. Before the other party could arrive, he quickly set up two small magic arrays with talismans.
I'm going to give them a hard time first.
But when she actually saw who it was, Mo Zuili felt a little regretful.
We shouldn't try to intimidate them.
I should directly set up an inescapable, world-destroying magic array.
The magic array was activated the instant Huang Tianyao arrived, letting him experience the taste of a sneak attack.
"Princess, wait! She's set up a magic array!"
With a slightly hunched back, pale face, and her arm bandaged from an injury sustained during her fight with Mo Zuili outside, Shangguan Fu'er followed behind Huang Tianyao.
It looked like Huang Tianyao was about to step into the magic array.
Mo Zuili, hidden in the shadows, clicked her tongue in annoyance.
The instant Huang Tianyao stopped, before even Huang Yu beside Mo Zuili could react, Mo Zuili had already activated the teleportation talisman.
He moved in front of the three people and quickly threw out a seventh-tier cyan bracelet, causing them to self-destruct.
Shangguan Fu'er instinctively stepped forward to protect Huang Tianyao, and shouted sharply, "The magic weapon is self-destructing! Defend quickly!"
Mo Zuili looked at the three of them and gave a mocking smile.
Huang Tianyao, Shangguan Fu'er, and a young man dressed entirely in black with a round face.
Upon hearing Shangguan Fu'er's warning, the round-faced man in black quickly summoned a tortoise-shell-shaped magical artifact and stepped forward, together with Shangguan Fu'er, to protect Huang Tianyao behind him.
The moment the magical artifact exploded, a violent and unparalleled shockwave swept in all directions with overwhelming force!
The nearby vegetation was uprooted and torn to shreds like paper, and trees a little further away were also violently pushed down.
The trees closest to the explosion's epicenter were instantly reduced to ashes.
Mo Zuili, who was thrown back by the violent shockwave, knelt on one knee as she leaped backward. The tip of the Phoenix Flame Spear cut through the ground, leaving a long trail.
Mo Zuili reached out with her other hand and wiped away the blood that had spilled from the corner of her lips.
Mo Zuili no longer considers herself a novice who has just transmigrated into the book.
It's just a mouthful of blood.
Without any pause or hesitation, the instant the blood was wiped away, Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear tightly and once again activated the invaluable teleportation talisman.
When they flashed to Huang Tianyao's side, none of the three had yet recovered from the aftershocks of the explosion.
Despite the excruciating pain all over her body, Mo Zuili took out all the fire talismans, thunder talismans, and wind talismans she was carrying and activated them with all her might.
Even if they don't die, they'll be severely injured!
Before Mo Zuili's cold smile could fully bloom as she looked at the three people in front of her, Huang Tianyao suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing her like lightning.
Alarm bells rang loudly in Mo Zuili's heart.
The moment the talisman exploded, the man in black was the first to react. Ignoring his numerous wounds, he coughed up blood and struggled to summon the tortoise-shell-shaped magic weapon once more.
Before Mo Zuili could retreat, Huang Tianyao's sword light was already upon her, moving with lightning speed.
Mo Zuili's pupils contracted sharply. His body reacted faster than his brain, instinctively swinging the Phoenix Flame Spear to block the fatal blow in front of his chest.
Under Huang Tianyao's fierce attack, Mo Zuili found that she didn't even have a chance to retrieve talismans and magical artifacts from her Sumeru Ring.
Huang Yu originally wanted to help Mo Zuili, but was stopped by a black-clad man who was coughing up blood after blocking the bombardment of talismans.
The two started fighting. Shangguan Fu'er was weak and wanted to help, but Huang Tianyao shouted at her to stay away.
Glancing at Shangguan Fu'er as she retreated, Mo Zuili gritted her teeth, thinking, "They didn't even manage to kill these guys?!"
As if sensing Mo Zuili's confusion, Huang Tianyao even managed to find time to mock her amidst the fierce attacks: "Is it a pity you didn't blow me up? I was also very disappointed that I didn't kill you, you half-human hybrid, during the last sneak attack!"
In the instant that Mo Zuili was unable to defend herself, Huang Tianyao's sword flashed like a dragon, stabbing straight towards her heart.
The attack was blocked and bounced back by the defensive magic artifact on Mo Zuili's body, but Huang Tianyao was not impatient.
Instead, he smiled and said, "Then let me see how many defensive magical artifacts you have?"
Mo Zuili got a brief respite and was about to grab the talisman when Huang Tianyao thrust his sword forward again, saying, "This is the difference between a Golden Core cultivator and a Foundation Establishment waste! Mo Zuili, you're dead today!"
Mo Zuili's hand went numb from the impact of the blow.
A metallic, sweet taste rose in his throat, but a question suddenly popped into his mind: "Am I not standing high enough?"
Since transmigrating into the book, she has heard countless sarcastic remarks. Words like "vase" and "useless" have clung to her like a bone-deep sore, becoming thorns in Mo Zuili's heart.
"Isn't it just a Golden Core?" Mo Zuili suddenly laughed, a ruthless laugh that seemed to indicate a do-or-die mentality.
Instead of passively parrying, she pressed forward to meet Huang Tianyao's sword tip head-on.
He let the sharp blade slice through the flesh of his left shoulder.
Before Huang Tianyao could react to why Mo Zuili had willingly stepped forward to "die," Mo Zuili pressed three fire talismans against Huang Tianyao's waist the instant she got close.
"Bang!"
Amidst the exploding flames of the talisman, Huang Tianyao was thrown away by the shockwave, while Mo Zuili also rolled several times before her back slammed heavily against a charred tree trunk.
Despite the excruciating pain and dizziness, Mo Zuili's trembling hand quickly reached into her storage ring and pulled out a white porcelain jade bottle.
The pills in the bottle were specially made for her by Chu Qing, for use when she broke through to the Golden Core stage.
"Mo Zuili! Has she gone mad?" Shangguan Fu'er exclaimed in shock as she watched Mo Zuili swallow the pill directly.
At this critical moment of life and death, Mo Zuili actually wanted to break through to the Golden Core stage!
Huang Tianyao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked up, feeling the suction force emanating from Mo Zuili, his spiritual energy rapidly flowing towards her.
Breaking through to the Golden Core stage at this point is truly insane.
Huang Tianyao stood up, gripped his sword, and thrust it at Mo Zuili once more.
Even though Mo Zuili blocked his attack with her powerful spiritual energy, Huang Tianyao was not in a hurry.
When the crucial moment of breakthrough arrives, when Mo Zuili is at his weakest, it won't be too late for me to make my move.
Huang Yu wanted to turn around to help Mo Zuili, but she was held tightly by the man in black and couldn't break free.
Mo Zuili, seeing Huang Tianyao's predatory gaze, understood her thoughts.
However, Huang Tianyao was destined to be disappointed.
As the elixir took effect, a faint red glow emanated from Mo Zuili's body.
"impossible……"
Huang Tianyao frowned deeply, his voice cracking, "Nirvana Fire! You're using Nirvana Fire to devour the poison and absorb spiritual energy! You're using your small world to withstand the tribulation lightning!"
When a cultivator breaks through a barrier, their strength will temporarily increase due to absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy.
The subsequent influx of spiritual energy into the body attracted a lightning tribulation.
After the tribulation lightning descends, it is the time when cultivators are at their weakest.
However, given Mo Zuili's current situation, being within the small world of the Phoenix Ruins, the lightning tribulation cannot penetrate her at all.
In addition, this person had a large number of pills in his hands, and the Nirvana Fire within him was devouring the poison from the pills.
There's no need to worry about erysipelas accumulating; taking medicine is like drinking water, constantly replenishing your spiritual energy.
There is no period of weakness during a breakthrough!
The ground trembled for a moment, as if a lightning tribulation had descended, but it was firmly blocked by the small world.
After Mo Zuili took out another handful of Rejuvenation Pills, Huang Tianyao finally understood Mo Zuili's plan.
He turned and attacked Huang Yu.
Together with the man in black, they quickly subdued Huang Yu.
The two of them swung their swords together and stabbed at Mo Zuili.
While trying her best to channel the raging spiritual energy within her body, which was surging like a river, Mo Zuili gripped the Phoenix Flame Spear and struggled to defend against the two attacks.
To make matters worse, out of the corner of her eye, Mo Zuili caught a glimpse of Shangguan Fu'er, who was already extremely weak, now mustering her last bit of spiritual power and lunging at him with a ferocious expression!
Caught between two attacks, Mo Zuili suddenly unleashed a burst of spiritual power, forcefully pushing Huang Tianyao and the man in black back several steps.
Mo Zuili dared not face the three of them directly.
Without hesitation, he crushed another teleportation talisman, his figure flashing to create distance, while continuously throwing out talismans and magical artifacts to harass from a distance.
Seeing Mo Zuili's aura rising steadily, Huang Tianyao was so anxious he almost went mad.
However, due to the increasingly powerful spiritual pressure emanating from Mo Zuili, who was in the breakthrough stage, and the seemingly inexhaustible teleportation talisman, the situation remained unchanged.
For a time, they really had no way to deal with her!
The moment Mo Zuili's aura broke through the threshold of the Golden Core stage, the entire mountain forest trembled.
Shangguan Fu'er and the man in black turned pale, while Huang Tianyao stared intently at the Nirvana Fire aura emanating from Mo Zuili.
His eyes were filled with almost manic jealousy.
She cultivated diligently for a hundred years to obtain the Golden Core, but this person in front of her obtained the Nirvana Fire through his bloodline and reached the Golden Core cultivation level by consuming pills.
Why should such an opportunity belong to a half-human, half-demon hybrid?
Mo Zuili didn't see the jealousy on Huang Tianyao's face; the power from the breakthrough made her dizzy.
But at this moment, he keenly sensed a faint trace of demonic energy.
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