《God Must Be Lazy He Allowed a Cultivation Anomaly》61. The Price of Obtaining Power
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Kle In is standing on a hill looking at a man floating on a magical tool. He had hoped that he would get a chance to get closer to him but this man was very cautious and still maintained his distance. Calculating the time it took this opponent to show up from the time he activated the formations on the raft, he estimated that this man’s reinforcement will arrive any minute now.
Since this man was not making his attack, he decided to sit down as well to conserve his strength. He looked into the items in his spatial rings for anything he could utilize as shield but only the boat has that shape. While he was busy, he felt a powerful aura passed through him and he could feel a strong opponent flying towards his direction.
After a minute, another man arrived and was standing afloat besides the person who has been following him. He was wearing a black robe with a few red diagonal lines and he was not using a magical tool to keep himself afloat.
Kle In could feel a suffocating aura far stronger than what he has experienced. This was probably how it felt when being squeezed to death like he did towards the people who he killed. He slowly adjusted his power. Though he could move by using his power on the 2nd degree, he still activated an aura to the 3rd degree to surround himself.
The newly arrived man did not speak for a minute then activated three fireball towards his location. Kle In moved to the side to dodge and created a Qi Projection hand to protect him. Kle In could feel that the fire bolts were not truly intended to hit him. It was as if they were testing him. Kle In saw the man smiled as it released formation flags which then turned into six pillars surrounding him, then flew to the distance.
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The other man was left behind and descended still keeping the same distance. Kle In looked at the pillars with his divine sight. The formations were unfamiliar and it was emitting a baleful aura. This is probably meant to contain him. After another few minutes, he saw three more people arriving but did not emanate the same powerful aura than the guy who just left.
If this was before, he would have had panicked and gotten agitated until he turns hysterical of being afraid to die. Now, his mind was like a serene lake as he checked his spatial rings again. Kle In saw the bags of Rabi'y Violet Orchid power. He then remembered that this would supposedly improve his constitution.
Having realized that his body has grown taller, he thought if it is high time he broke through. Rather than waiting for death, he deactivated his other sets of meridians and tried to circulate his Qi to form a pattern for Mid-Qi Condensation.
Kle In was elated he did not feel the same pain and tearing or Qi Deviation he experienced in the past. He has approximately less than seventy Body Reinforcement Pills. Since he has six sets of meridians, he took out two bottles each containing three pills and swallowed them.
He was positive the enemies outside the formation will not make a move. He has long been used in doing things simultaneously so guiding all six sets of meridians to break through all at the same time should not be a problem for him.
He could feel waves of energy spreading across his body from his stomach and he could feel it being distributed to the Beast Cores and his dantian. When the patterns were created, he continued guiding his Qi as it circulated until it stabilized on its own.
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Three hours had already passed and Kle In was still stabilizing his cultivation. He felt the capacity of his dantian slowly expanded. Even his beast cores felt like it has gotten bigger. He did not have time to observe the changes on his body as he concentrated on circulating his Qi.
Kle In smiled with the results. He would like to test his strength now but it was already late in the afternoon. He estimated that if these people were to move, it should be before dark. He closed his eyes again to circulate his Qi. He patiently waited for the evening.
It was slowly getting dark and Kle In could still not notice any movements from the four people guarding him.
After another hour, Kle In was convinced that they will probably execute their plan tomorrow morning or anytime during the day. It should give him enough time to further advance. Before he circulated his Qi, Kle In just now noticed how the natural Qi in the air seems very little. He was sure it is not absorbed by the pillars because those are powered separately and should be the other way around because they are emitting a powerful aura. He wondered if it had always been this way.
He just broke through to Early Mid Qi Condensation and would like to attempt Middle Mid-Qi circulation. He swallowed another batch of pills to circulate. Unlike Early Qi Condensation where the circulation stabilizes immediately after a few circulation attempts, Mid Qi Condensation needed guidance for a period of time before it stabilizes.
Kle In just ate six Body Reinforcement Pills, but it felt like it was not enough so he took two more bottles. After a few minutes, he felt it was still not sufficient. He was beginning to worry until he swallowed two more bottles of pills. He just consumed a total of twenty four pills.
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