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The word "shocking" was far from enough to express Zhou Qing's current feelings.

Looking at the horde of demons and demons that were almost level with the horizon, Zhou Qing suddenly felt as if he were as insignificant as an ant.

"We're finished …"

Zhou Qing's face was pale as he mumbled to himself.

There was a terrifying wave of demons and devils ahead, and dozens of mages were eyeing him covetously. At this moment, he was in a dilemma.

"Idiot, if you don't want to die, don't just stand there!"

The sound of the Curse Spirit gnashing its teeth suddenly rang out, causing Zhou Qing to be startled.

"Absorbing the death aura and demonic aura here means that most of these demons have yet to awaken their consciousness. They will only think of you as one of their kind!"

Seeing that the demonic horde was getting closer, the Curse Spirit roared.

Only now did Zhou Qing realize that he could absorb the turbid energy in the Ten Thousand Devil Cave, and the effect was even better than the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

He madly circulated the Allspirit Curse, and the Fated Stone Spirit Bone in front of his forehead instantly erupted with a strong suction force, madly sucking in the surrounding turbid energy from the heaven and earth.

Crash.

The sound of a great river flowed out from within Zhou Qing's body. The aura of death violently surged into his body and began to surge about within his body.

Not long after, his body began to emit a deathly black aura. It was as if he had transformed into a demonic cultivator. Aside from his appearance, his aura was completely different from before.

"Sneak into the demon horde, and go to a safe area to hide. From now on, it's all up to you. This sovereign can't appear here."

After the Curse Spirit said this sentence, it completely disappeared without a trace.

During his last trip to the Ghost Cave, he had bitten the seal point in this place, causing a terrifying existence in the depths to rage. If he were to appear again and alarm it, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Let's go all out!"

Seeing that the demonic horde had already closed in and was less than ten miles away, Zhou Qing took a deep breath. While circulating the aura of death in his body, he braced himself and ran towards the demonic horde.

Boom!

The demon tide finally arrived. Zhou Qing grit his teeth, stomped his feet, and leapt several feet into the air!

The moment the Blood-Eyed Violent Ape at the front saw Zhou Qing, a hint of suspicion appeared in its scarlet eyes. However, when it sensed the deathly aura that pervaded Zhou Qing's body, it no longer paid any attention to him.

It worked!

Zhou Qing was overjoyed, but he did not dare to be careless. With an expressionless face, he jumped onto the back of a rhinoceros demon.

He repeated the process for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, and after that, Zhou Qing's eyes lit up.

The source of the demon horde seemed to be deep within the Thousand Devils Cavern. These guys seemed to have gone crazy as they rushed forward, and the number of people behind them actually decreased a lot.

After a moment, the demonic horde's width narrowed, and at last, he could see the two sides. Both sides were covered by a blood-red sea of sand, and there were no demons rushing out.

Zhou Qing's expression was joyful as he leapt out of the demonic horde. After landing, he used the Gale Steps and quickly distanced himself from the terrifying demonic horde.

The blood-red sea of sand stretched as far as the eye could see. As Zhou Qing dodged the Burning Heart Demon Flame in the desert, he continued to madly run. After a quarter-of-an-hour, he finally saw a ten-foot high boulder.

The huge rock was strangely shaped and caved in on one side, making it suitable for hiding.

He used his Spiritual Sense to check if it was safe. Only after that did he sit down on the stone and breathe heavily.

The taut heartstrings finally relaxed. Zhou Qing felt as if his bones were about to fall apart. Pain spread through his thousand limbs and bones. His head was also in extreme pain, almost losing consciousness.

His clothes were tattered and tattered from the time he fled, and he was also drenched in blood. At this moment, he was in an extremely sorry state.

Previously, he was too busy running away and didn't have time to check his own condition. Now that he had a closer look, he sucked in a breath of cold air.

Although the meridians in his body had been repaired by the Pulse Tempering Pill, they were also extremely fragile. At this time, there were many cracks spreading throughout his body, as if they were about to shatter in the next moment.

In addition, his internal organs and flesh had also been wounded to different degrees. Fortunately, Lan Ning had used the Body Protection Pill that the two fools had given him, and he had recovered quite a bit.

After wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth, Zhou Qing once again checked his storage space on the Life Stone, his expression growing increasingly ugly.

Meridian Forging Pill, Purgatory Pill, two drops of blood essence, three hundred Soul Concentrating Pill … In order to escape this chase, he had paid an extremely expensive price!

Moreover, he had no choice but to enter the Thousand Devils Cavern. This place was filled with dangers, and it was unknown whether he would be able to leave alive, not to mention the many mages waiting outside.

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Zhou Qing shook his head and temporarily put away his thoughts.

His top priority right now was to recover his strength as soon as possible. Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to protect himself.

Fortunately, the Ten Thousand Devil Cave was filled with turbid energy, which was fatal for other cultivators, but it was of great benefit to him.

"Maybe I can use the special energy in this place to try stepping into the middle stage of the Soul Formation stage?"

Zhou Qing muttered to himself. He had offended a large number of powerful Mages, and his cultivation of the early Awakened Soul Realm was already far from enough.

After making up his mind, he no longer hesitated. He sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, focused his mind, and quickly entered the state of cultivation.

The Life Stone spirit bone on his forehead glowed with a dark light and unleashed a terrifying suction force that sucked all of the surrounding murky energy over and quickly entered his body.

Under the effects of the Fated Stone Spirit Bone, the turbid energy turned into pure spirit energy and flowed into Zhou Qing's meridians, healing all parts of his body.

After a long time, Zhou Qing finally opened his eyes. The paleness on his face had also faded quite a bit, returning to its usual blood-red hue.

He had trained in the Allspirit Curse, and his physical body was already strong. He had also tempered forty-eight odd acupoints in his body, so his recovery ability was also astonishing. Right now, both his internal organs and physical injuries were completely fine.

The only barrier was his meridians, which were in a precarious situation.

"I wonder how strong my meridians are right now. If I were to forcefully break through to the middle stage of the Soul Condensation stage, would it completely break?"

Zhou Qing muttered to himself. Compared to the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, the turbid energy here was much more suitable for him to absorb. After the Fate Stone Spirit Bone transformed him, the Spiritual Energy it turned into became much purer as well.

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Qing gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

Now that he was in great danger, he could save himself as soon as his cultivation level increased.

With that thought, he no longer hesitated and started to absorb the turbid energy once again.

The [Incantation of Myriad Spirits] 's condensing stage cultivation method allowed one to advance a level with every 12 acupoints opened. Previously in White Ridge City, Zhou Qing had opened a total of 13, 14, and 15 acupoints.

When he felt that the spiritual energy in his body was completely replenished, he started to attack the sixteenth acupoint.

Every time the spiritual power flowed through his meridians, a heart-wrenching pain arose. Zhou Qing groaned incessantly. A layer of cold sweat quickly broke out on his forehead, but the impact did not stop.

One month later.

Zhou Qing sat cross-legged under the large rock. He hadn't moved for a month. Only the surrounding turbid energy continued to rush into the Life Stone.

Ka-cha.

Suddenly, a low shattering sound rang out.

Zhou Qing groaned as blood dripped from the corner of his mouth. The sound of the surging river was incessant inside his body. The Spiritual Energy fluctuations radiating from his body also gradually increased and became more and more tyrannical.

After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the increase in aura gradually stopped. He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a mouthful of impure air.

"I broke through."

Clenching his fist and feeling the spiritual energy in his body that was several times stronger than before, Zhou Qing couldn't help but smile.

With the help of the turbid energy in the Ten Thousand Devil Cave, he had endured a lot of pain within a month. Finally, he had broken through all twelve of the extraordinary meridians on the second step and completely stepped into the middle stage of the Soul Condensation Realm!

After breaking through to the middle stage of the Soul Condensation Realm, his strength had also soared by several times.

At the same time, the Soul Pellet had also become the size of an egg, and the range of his Spiritual Sense had reached an astonishing five hundred meters.

Zhou Qing was confident that if he fought with a late stage Soul Formation cultivator, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

He was only in the middle stage of the Soul Condensation Realm, which was the best he could reach. If he continued his cultivation, his meridians would not be able to withstand the impact and would be thoroughly damaged.

Thinking of this, the smile on Zhou Qing's face gradually disappeared.

If one wanted to continue cultivating, the only way was to find new medicinal herbs that could repair meridians, but these things could only be found by chance and not sought after. Being able to obtain a Pulse Tempering Pill was already not an easy matter.

The best way to rapidly increase combat strength was to use Corpse Spirits!

Corpse Ghosts were Zhou Qing's strongest trump card in the Spirit Opening Realm.

However, as his cultivation increased by leaps and bounds, and his opponents were all at the Spirit Condensation realm, the peak Spirit Opening Stage Corpse Ghosts could no longer be of use.

After breaking through to the early stage of Soul Formation, he was able to control 15 Corpses Ghosts at the same level, but Zhou Qing didn't have time to capture them, so he temporarily put this matter aside.

Now that he was in the Ten Thousand Devil Cave, this was the best chance!

Mid Soul Formation cultivators were able to control 20 Corpses Ghosts of the same realm. Even a peak Soul Formation cultivator would not be able to escape from the encirclement of 20 mid Soul Formation cultivators. It could be said to be extremely powerful.

More importantly, Zhou Qing now had the qualifications to refine the Five Ghost Godly Generals.

The Five Ghost Generals were recorded in the Book of Myriad Demons as an extremely powerful method of controlling corpses.

When Song Fugui was collecting Zhou Qing's corpse in the witch's water, his goal was to refine a Mage King Corpse King and gather the Five Ghost Generals.

To refine the Five Ghost Generals, he needed four of them to be at the same level as the refiner and an even stronger King Corpse. He needed to use the special method of the Ten Thousand Spirit Curse to be able to successfully enter the formation.

The Five Ghost Godly Generals had five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Five Corpse Ghosts were produced at the same time, and five of the five elements came together, allowing them to unleash extremely powerful battle prowess. If the five Ghost Godly Generals had the foundation of a Spirit Realm Corpse, they could even use five different types of magic.

It was just a Spirit Realm corpse ghost. Zhou Qing was far from having the ability to capture it, and could only refine the weaker version.

There were Corpses Ghosts within the demon horde, and they were extremely powerful, but if they were to provoke them, it was very likely that they would end up being surrounded and attacked by countless demons. Naturally, Zhou Qing would not put himself in danger.

However, in addition to the demonic horde, there must be dead spirits lurking in the foggy area of the Ten Thousand Devil Cave!

After pondering for a moment, Zhou Qing took out a black robe from the Fated Stone Space and changed into it. After determining the general direction, he quickly left.

An hour later, he stopped in his tracks with a slightly joyful expression on his face.

The road in front of them was sealed off by a large area of misty ghost mist. It could block out Spiritual Awareness, making it impossible to see through the situation. There were even waves of terrifying howls that came out.