"This Soul-Capturing Pearl... its aura is incredibly strong."
Da Gan, with nearly a thousand divine platforms, looked at the Soul-Capturing Pearl in Lu Tao's hand with a somewhat complicated expression.
The Soul-Stealing Bead is an extremely vicious weapon. If encountered under normal circumstances, self-proclaimed righteous people would usually take action to kill the owner of the Soul-Stealing Bead.
However, at this time...
When Lu Tao used the Soul-Seizing Pearl to devour the souls of hundreds of demons, the crowd showed little disgust, but rather awe and gratitude.
"Master Kong, do you know this young man?"
In the crowd, someone asked Kong Hao.
Kong Hao nodded and said, "That's Lu Tao!"
Without saying much, Kong Hao went straight to greet Lu Tao and said with a smile, "Brother Lu, you have really given your older brother a great surprise."
In just a few days, he broke through two major realms from the Innate Realm and advanced to the Divine Platform Realm.
There are also those powerful ice beads and fireballs, plus airplanes, soul-capturing beads, etc., each of which is quite extraordinary.
Lu Tao relied on these items to wipe out so many Divine Platform Perfection cultivators from both the demon and monster races, causing their twenty-year-long plan to fail. It has to be said that this was an enormous achievement for Da Gan.
Similarly, it was a huge surprise for Kong Hao as well.
Because without Lu Tao, the plans of the demon and monster races would have succeeded, and even the thousand divine beings who entered the secret realm would have surely died.
wrong.
To be precise, over 99% of those with divine altars will not enter the secret realm.
Because the three secret realms were to be completely merged three days ago, Da Gan simply didn't have time to send so many people into the secret realms.
However, once these beings from the demon and monster races enter the Great Struggle and become Martial Kings, death will still be their fate.
Therefore, in short, their lives were actually saved by Lu Tao.
Therefore, all of the nearly one thousand altars who had worked so hard stepped forward to clasp their hands in gratitude to Lu Tao.
"Young Master Lu, thank you for saving my life."
"Fortunately, Fellow Daoist Lu is here, otherwise, we would be in grave danger."
"Yes, it's fortunate that Young Hero Lu entered the secret realm this time. Otherwise, not only would the Divine Platform Secret Realm be taken away, but my entire region would probably be reduced to a living hell."
"Young Master Lu, thank you!"
For everyone, the debt of saving a life could not be repaid with just a few words. However, Lu Tao obviously did not care about such things, so they were naturally not stingy with a few nice words.
"You're too kind, everyone. It was just something I did, don't worry about it."
Lu Tao clasped his hands in a fist salute to everyone, then asked Kong Hao, "Brother, what's the situation outside?"
After Shan Yu destroyed the Divine Platform Secret Realm, Lu Tao learned from his clone that Shan Yu had other plans to prevent Da Gan from avenging the Ancient Barbarian Kingdom. Hence, Lu Tao asked this question.
"Da Gan is now surrounded by enemies on all sides. The neighboring countries have all received secret help from Shan Yu and have obtained secret techniques that consume life force to quickly improve cultivation. In the past few days, other countries have been attacking Da Gan's borders."
Kong Hao's smile faded, and he said in a deep voice, "As for the Outer Heavens, the Martial Kings and Martial Gods are also constantly fighting each other. Our army has suffered considerable losses, and the situation... is not optimistic."
Facing two races, both of which have dominated the surrounding planes for tens of thousands of years, with only one nation, is naturally no easy task.
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao's expression also became somewhat solemn.
He had already guessed the situation in Tianwaitian. The two races were targeting Dagan, and Dagan, because of the destruction of the secret realm, would inevitably fight to the death with the demon race.
However, he did not expect the situation to be so dire.
Lu Tao asked with some concern, "Are Dafeng Town and Mufeng City alright?"
"Don't worry, everything's fine."
Kong Hao patted Lu Tao on the shoulder and said, "Because the ancient barbarian kingdom suffered heavy losses in the previous battle, they have been relatively quiet in this operation, far less active than other countries."
Lu Tao nodded, relieved.
He guessed that the reason why the ancient barbarian kingdom was afraid of suffering heavy losses was probably not because of the heavy damage, but because it dared not provoke Daqian any further and did not want to be targeted by Daqian.
Otherwise, the ancient barbarian kingdom might have been destroyed.
"Young Master Lu, I've heard that the Demon Race's Divine Platform can enhance comprehension? And the Monster Race's Divine Platform enhances special talents?"
At this point, someone couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
They had previously learned some information from Kong Xin, but it wasn't detailed, given the limited time.
Lu Tao smiled and said, "Yes, the Demon Race's Divine Platform can permanently enhance comprehension, while the Demon Race's Divine Platform can temper the strength of the soul and enhance your talents in your areas of expertise. You can all give it a try."
"It's definitely worth taking on the challenge. It can improve our strength and give us more room to protect ourselves in the upcoming battles."
"I'm really looking forward to it being able to improve my comprehension. This altar seems to be even better than what I've been working on."
"Let's go and try going on stage together."
Everyone was looking forward to it.
Many of these people had challenged the divine altars of the Great Gan before, and were quite excited at this moment, full of anticipation for the effects of the divine altars of the demon race and the monster race.
Without lingering, the group chatted and laughed as they flew towards the altar.
Along the way, Kong Xin and Wu Ming also caught up in their plane, and soon the group arrived at the center of the secret realm.
"Xin'er, I wonder if the three divine platforms can still be combined?"
Upon arriving at the altar, the middle-aged man who had previously taken out a second-tier defensive golden bell, dressed in magnificent attire and exuding an aura of someone who had long held a high position, suddenly looked at Kong Xin with some curiosity.
This person is a member of the royal family, the ninth prince, Ji Zhiyuan.
Kong Xin was slightly taken aback. She glanced at Lu Tao, and only after Lu Tao nodded did she reply, "Your Highness, fusion is possible, but I cannot be certain about the specific effects after fusion."
"In that case, let's all take on the challenge first, and then we can merge after the challenge is over."
The Ninth Prince frowned, glanced at Lu Tao with a strange look in his eyes, nodded and said, his words carrying a tone of command.
"challenge!"
"I will definitely pass the second level of the Divine Platform."
"I might be willing to try the third level."
All the powerful figures on the Divine Platform, even those whose physical bodies had shattered and whose only divine souls remained, were extremely excited and took to the platform to challenge, hoping to improve their comprehension and temper their divine souls.
"Your Highness, don't you plan to refine the three great secret realms?"
Beside the Ninth Prince, an elderly man in his sixties, who was also at the peak of the Divine Platform realm, asked him a question via telepathy, sounding somewhat puzzled.
"The three secret realms must belong to Da Gan. How could Lu Tao, who is only at the early stage of the Divine Platform realm, possess three secret realms?"
The Ninth Prince shook his head silently and said, "However, let's not rush. Let's give Lu Tao a chance to choose. If he takes the initiative to hand over the secret realm to me, that would be best. If he doesn't, then don't blame me for not giving him face."
The secret realm is extremely important.
Even if seizing the secret realms of the demon and monster races has nothing to do with the royal family of Da Gan, the Ninth Prince will not tolerate them being left to roam outside; they must be controlled by Da Gan.
The Ninth Prince was prepared to give Lu Tao a chance to hand over the three secret realms.
Lu Tao completely ignored this.
He already knew the Ninth Prince, Ji Zhiyuan.
Lu Tao could also see that the Ninth Prince wanted to refine the three secret realms himself, but he seemed to be wary of him and hesitated, so he did not directly ask Kong Xin to hand over the refining core to him.
The conversation I just had with Kong Xin was nothing more than a test.
Lu Tao remained calm and did not seem to care.
He also released many of the innate and grandmaster masters from the cave, allowing them to take on the challenge.
"Let's go, let's take on the challenge too."
This was a rare opportunity, and Lu Tao didn't intend to miss it, since there was still some time before the secret realm ended.
previously.
Lu Tao had only challenged the fourth level of the Demon God Platform.
Now that he has revealed his strength, there is no need for him to hide anything anymore. He plans to continue challenging others and take this opportunity to intimidate them, thus avoiding a lot of trouble.
However, Lu Tao did not allow He Yuanshuang and Wu Ming to continue the challenge, not wanting their cultivation levels to be exposed. Moreover, he had his own plans to improve their comprehension and temper their souls.
As for Kong Xin.
Kong Xin is the master of the three secret realms, but if she wants to improve her comprehension and talent, she also needs to take on challenges, and she can't even control the difficulty of the challenges in the secret realms.
Lu Tao could understand this.
after all.
The core of the secret realm can be summoned. As long as Lu Tao is willing, he can pass on the refining method to others, and then others can take turns refining the secret realm.
If the master of a secret realm can freely improve their comprehension and talent without needing to be challenged, then the challenge in the secret realm becomes meaningless.
Faced with the challenge of the three altars, everyone had a strategy.
First, challenge the Demon Clan's altar to temper the strength of your soul, then challenge the Monster Clan's altar.
As for the Divine Platform, which is currently capable of great feats, at most one can comprehend low-grade Earth-rank cultivation techniques, which are of no use to Divine Platform experts, so there is naturally no need to challenge it.
Otherwise, they would prioritize challenging the Great Divine Platform over the Demon Clan.
that's all.
Many people actively took on the challenge, but only a few succeeded.
Especially for those with higher cultivation levels, the boost from cultivation techniques and martial arts is relatively smaller. It's already difficult to defeat someone of the same level, let alone someone of a higher level.
Unlike Kong Xin, whose cultivation level was only at the peak of the Innate Realm, her Heavenly Rank martial arts skills greatly enhanced her combat power, making it easy for her to surpass other ranks.
Especially after her divine consciousness was tempered by the demon race's divine altar, her combat power increased further, making her even stronger.
Therefore, to everyone's surprise, Kong Xin successfully challenged the seventh level of the Divine Platform.
With innate perfection, one can defeat the master's perfection.
"The daughter of the Kong family is so talented?"
"When she challenged my Great Divine Platform, which level did she pass?"
Everyone was surprised, and some couldn't help but ask other cultivators at the Innate Realm.
"Sixth Rank".
Upon hearing this answer, many powerful figures from the Divine Platform were taken aback, and then their expressions turned bitter.
Like everyone else, they guessed that Kong Xin stopped challenging herself because she had already mastered all the techniques and there was no need to continue.
This made everyone very envious, and they congratulated Kong Hao.
"Congratulations, Master Kong! Your daughter has a bright future ahead of her."
"Congratulations, Lord Kong! Kong Xin will surely become a Martial God in the future, and Yongkang Prefecture will also be a Martial God-level power."
At this moment, Kong Hao stared in astonishment at Kong Xin on the seventh step of the altar, his mind completely blank.
How could he not know his daughter's talents?
Let alone challenging the sixth level of the Divine Platform, he would be lucky to even pass the second level. But... the current Kong Xin felt somewhat unfamiliar to him.
Is this really my daughter?
"It must have been Brother Lu who helped, but I don't know what exactly happened to Xin'er."
Kong Hao knew that all of this must be related to Lu Tao. Otherwise, Kong Xin would never have been able to reach the seventh level of the Divine Platform. Putting aside everything else, the Heavenly Rank martial arts technique alone belonged to Lu Tao.
It was the royal family that instructed him to personally deliver it to Lu Tao.
Thinking of this, Kong Hao secretly rejoiced, "Fortunately, this girl put aside her pride and agreed to join the Immortal Sect back then, otherwise, she would have missed such an opportunity."
Thinking this, Kong Hao suddenly thought of the other disciples who had joined the Immortal Sect. He had a strange feeling, but he figured those disciples must be just as good.
Then, thinking back to the time outside Mufeng City, many soldiers had originally planned to send their children to the Immortal Sect, but ultimately gave up because of his words…
Kong Hao wished he could slap himself hard.
Shaking his head, Kong Hao stopped thinking about it and bowed to everyone in thanks.
Suddenly, a commotion arose in the crowd, and someone exclaimed, "Young Master Lu is about to ascend the eighth step!"
"The eighth level, that's five minor realms above the current level. A beginner in the Divine Platform stage challenging a mid-stage Martial King... is that even possible?"
"It's hard to say. Young Master Lu was able to kill so many demons at the peak of the Divine Platform realm, so he should be able to succeed."
Everyone was filled with anticipation, their eyes glued to Lu Tao's figure.
As soon as Lu Tao ascended to the eighth step, he instantly entered the illusion and began to fight.
Falling Moon Slash, Heavenly Flame Sword Technique, Netherworld Palm, Seven Star Dragon Slayer Sword...
In a dazzling display, Lu Tao displayed one Heaven-rank martial arts technique after another to the fullest extent, including knife techniques, sword techniques, movement techniques, fist techniques, palm techniques, and so on.
With the combined application of various martial arts techniques, Lu Tao killed the masked man with a single sword strike in just a short time, successfully passing the eighth level.
Begin tempering your soul and enhancing your swordsmanship talent...
"That's too strong. Early stage of Divine Platform Realm, killing mid-stage Martial King Realm, that's really unbelievable."
"Such talent is truly terrifying."
"I wonder if Young Master Lu can pass the ninth level. If he can, that would be terrifying."
Everyone gazed at Lu Tao on the eighth-level divine platform, unable to help but gasp in amazement.
Previously, when Lu Tao was able to pass the seventh level, they didn't think it was too exaggerated. After all, being able to kill so many demons at the peak of the Divine Platform and defeat a seventh-level Martial King in the early stage was not surprising.
Even if we speculate that he used treasures and weapons to kill those demons, his own strength must have been considerable, otherwise how could he have survived?
But now, seeing with their own eyes that Lu Tao, without any external assistance, defeated a mid-stage Martial King with only the strength of an early-stage Divine Platform cultivator, was truly astonishing to them.
Immediately, they were filled with anticipation for Lu Tao's challenge of the ninth level.
The Ninth Prince frowned even more as he watched this scene unfold.
Time passed quickly, and more than half an hour went by before Lu Tao began his challenge of the ninth level.
In this challenge, Lu Tao faced a late-stage Martial King.
To challenge a late-stage Martial King from the early stage of the Divine Platform realm, crossing six minor realms, would surely shock the world if successful.
Can he succeed?
At this moment, everyone's hearts inexplicably began to tense up.
However, this tension did not last long before turning into deep shock.
"Holy crap, it actually worked?!"
"To kill a late-stage Martial King with only the initial stage of the Divine Platform realm... that's terrifying. Below the Martial God realm, he's practically invincible."
"What is a prodigy? This is a true prodigy."
"No wonder Young Master Lu was able to advance from the Innate Realm to the Divine Platform Realm in such a short time. Young Master Lu is truly a chosen one of heaven."
Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked and pale, even those who had reached the peak of the Divine Platform and were about to become Martial Kings.
Please be aware.
King Wu is already among the very elite; in the entire Great Gan Dynasty, among hundreds of millions of people, there are very few King Wu.
However, Lu Tao was able to kill a late-stage Martial King, which means that even a Martial King at the peak of his power might not be able to kill Lu Tao unless a Martial God intervenes.
But what if Lu Tao's cultivation level improves further?
Upon realizing this, everyone understood that although Lu Tao's cultivation level was still low, his strength was profound and his potential was limitless. Such a being should not be easily provoked.
At this moment, even the Ninth Prince, who originally wanted to use his royal status to force Lu Tao to hand over the three secret realms, was now in a difficult position.
But to just stand by and watch as the three great secret realms fall into the hands of a mere youth, how can the Great Gan maintain its dignity?
For a moment, the Ninth Prince was caught in a dilemma.
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