Endless Ascension

Chapter 54: Chapter 54, The Troublesome System

At night, the cave was pitch-black.

Under the night sky, the roars of demonic beasts could be heard from time to time, making the night turbulent and uneasy.

Hei Yan was guarding at the cave entrance, his eyes vigilant around. Since stepping into the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains, his tense nerves had never relaxed. He paid attention to the movements around at all times.

The extremely terrifying Kunlun Mountains could be dangerous at any time. Cliff lizards, flying demonic beasts. When you were not careful, perhaps your life would no longer be in your own hands in the next moment.

Qin Ze was sitting inside the cave, slightly closing his eyes, wanting to sleep and rest for a while. But he couldn't fall asleep. He opened his eyes, exhaled a breath, and simply walked towards the cave entrance, "Big Brother Hei, you rest for a while. I'll be on guard."

Hei Yan smiled gently, leaning against the damp cave wall without moving. Looking at Qin Ze, he said, "Can't sleep?"

Qin Ze also sat down, leaning against the cave wall on the other side, looking at the pitch-black night sky. After hesitating for a while, he finally asked, "Brother, are you leaving?"

Hei Yan was stunned. His eyes changed slightly. He looked at Qin Ze and then turned to look outside the cave, saying faintly, "The cultivation of martial arts has no end. I haven't broken through for a long time. Next year, I want to join the Liuyun Sect to pursue a higher martial arts realm."

"Liuyun Sect?"

Qin Ze was slightly shocked. He had a little understanding of the major sects on the mainland in his memory. The Liuyun Sect was a well-known major sect in the Tianyuan Continent, with hundreds of thousands of disciples and countless super experts. Every year, they would widely open their gates to recruit some disciples with extraordinary talents. It wasn't too difficult for Hei Yan, who was already at the Tempering Gang Realm, to join the Liuyun Sect. But it might be a bit difficult to be valued.

Compared to the Liuyun Sect, Qianji Sect of Cang Tianji was the same. Even small families were so fiercely competitive. One could imagine the competition in the major sects filled with experts. To be valued by the sect, one must show a strong enough talent.

Qin Ze also thought of joining the Qianji Sect, but with his current cultivation level, he didn't even have the qualification to join, let alone be reused.

Of course, his purpose of joining the Qianji Sect was to complete the SSS super mission, kill Long Xiaotian, seize the position of the sect leader, and get the treasures in Cang Tianji's space ring. Every time he took something out of the space ring, his heart trembled. So many magic treasures and pills. Any one of them could make Qinghe City tremble, but he just couldn't take them out. The feeling was just unbearable to think about.

Joining the major sects of cultivation, Qin Ze hadn't thought about it for the time being.

But he silently noted what Hei Yan said in his heart. The cultivation of martial arts has no end. Even if you reach the Great Perfection Realm, break through the void, become a god or a saint, the long road will never end.

The two were silent for a while. Soon, the night became quiet.

The next morning.

A new round of hunting began. Hei Yan specially chose some demonic beasts that Qin Ze hadn't encountered before, explaining, analyzing, weaknesses, and killing with one move.

He demonstrated move by move, analyzed slowly. Qin Ze remembered them all.

In a month, the types of demonic beasts they killed were no less than five hundred. Basically, every demonic beast was toyed to death by Hei Yan. His strength was powerful, like a massacre.

Fortunately, they didn't encounter a fifth-level demonic beast that had condensed a crystal core in this month.

In the next month, Hei Yan no longer killed the demonic beasts himself but let Qin Ze start practicing. He guided on the side.

The demonic beasts in the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains were extremely combative. The surviving fourth-level demonic beasts were all battle-tested, with countless scars on their bodies. Facing Qin Ze, who was still lacking in battle experience, after several rounds, he was in a dangerous situation, relying on the deep Qi in his body to hold on.

He only killed one fourth-level demonic beast in the entire morning. He had countless minor injuries on his body. Fortunately, none were fatal. He also had many pills with him. After taking them and adjusting, he was as good as new.

During this period, even if Qin Ze was firmly pressed to the ground by the demonic beast, Hei Yan didn't move and remained serious. This was a test that must be experienced. In the future when he wasn't around, Qin Ze was alone. This kind of situation would often occur and he must learn to face it alone.

Hei Yan's painstaking efforts, Qin Ze naturally understood.

So even when his life was in danger, he didn't call for help.

In the second month, the time Qin Ze spent hunting demonic beasts was shortened by half, and the number of injuries was getting fewer and fewer. Hei Yan saw this and was happy in his heart.

The progress in the past few months had greatly surprised him. Thinking of Qin Ze's talent, he secretly guessed that he would definitely become a hegemon in the future, or even reach the Great Perfection Realm, break through the void, and become a respected realm master.

Besides hunting demonic beasts, Qin Ze was also collecting spirit herbs.

Alchemy must be cultivated. Although there were now crystal cores that could continuously release Qi points, the crystal cores were extremely precious. Qin Ze wouldn't use them unless it was absolutely necessary.

He had deeply experienced the terror of fifth-level demonic beasts. To kill another demonic beast with a crystal core was undoubtedly as difficult as reaching the sky.

The low-level spirit herbs in the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains were very dense. He didn't have to worry about not having enough spirit herbs. For alchemy, there were no shortcuts. Only by constantly increasing proficiency and upgrading the level could he refine high-grade pills. Occasionally, when collecting some high-level spirit herbs, Qin Ze would also keep them and wait for the success rate to increase to refine some high-level pills.

Day by day passed, and Qin Ze changed day by day.

Hei Yan changed from being serious at first to now always wearing a satisfied smile.

Half a year passed. Qin Ze could hunt fourth-level demonic beasts very easily. He could kill hundreds of them in a day and rarely got injured. Therefore, his upgrade speed was accelerated. In half a year, he had reached the ninth stage of the Dynamic Realm and was only one step away from breaking through to the Gathering Spirit Realm.

But these days, Qin Ze found that the experience points had decreased a lot. And he had been at the ninth stage of the Dynamic Realm for more than a month. According to the accumulated experience, he should have upgraded soon.

But the experience points suddenly decreased, which made him confused.

"Could it be that fourth-level demonic beasts can no longer satisfy me?"

"Damn it, bah, bah, bah..."

Qin Ze felt that what he said was very awkward. He spat a few times, opened the system, and looked at the fully filled experience bar, puzzled. What was the problem? Could it be that the system deliberately increased the difficulty?

There was no reason. It couldn't be that the experience was normal at the beginning and became abnormal when it was time to upgrade. Wasn't the system playing tricks on me?

It couldn't be.

He thought for a long time but still couldn't figure out what was going on.

But Qin Ze recalled the killing in the Evil Wolf Valley for half a month, his heart tightened, and then his body trembled. He cursed inwardly, "Damn it, you won't make me kill a fifth-level demonic beast, will you?"

When he broke through to the Dynamic Realm in the Evil Wolf Valley, he also encountered this situation. But at that time, there were so many Green Fang Wolves that he couldn't kill them all. He didn't have the heart to think about so much. Now thinking back, it was precisely by killing a Green Fang Wolf King that he broke through to the Dynamic Realm.

Now it seemed that if he wanted to break through to the Gathering Spirit Realm, he must kill a fifth-level demonic beast, otherwise, he couldn't break through to the Gathering Spirit Realm.

Qin Ze's eyes were dull, and he had already cursed the women of the system's ancestors for eighteen generations. What was going on? Upgrading relied on the accumulation of experience. Now at the critical moment, you suddenly ask me to override the ranks kill monsters. You are pushing me to my death.

Complaining for the entire morning, the system didn't respond at all.

Finally, Qin Ze understood that the system was just a program. Wanting it to speak was undoubtedly daydreaming.

"Fifth-level demonic beast, fifth-level demonic beast..."

Thinking of the terror of the Violent Golden Ape, his heart slightly trembled, "Damn it, I'll go all out."