Longevity through Upgrading Buildings Chapter 979 - 371: Breakthrough, Late-stage Muscle Forging Realm!

When Ji Yuan was on the first level, facing so many Black Iron Armored Warriors, he only found it amusing.

But now, he felt a heavy pressure.

He even had a feeling that these Black Iron Armored Warriors might be harder to deal with than the final Golden Armored Warriors.

After all, no matter how powerful those Golden Armored Warriors are, there are only three of them, but these Black Iron Armored Warriors in front of him?

Three hundred would be a conservative estimate.

...But, not necessarily so. Like on the first level, those three peak-level Golden Armored Warriors could exchange a few moves with his mid-stage Muscle Forging Realm self.

Wouldn’t that mean the Golden Armored Warriors on this second level could exchange a few moves with a Body Cultivator in the Golden Body Profound Bone Realm?

Even if I reach the peak of Muscle Forging Realm, would they still cut me down as easily as cutting vegetables?

Thoughts flashed through Ji Yuan’s mind. Seeing the Black Iron Armored Warriors charging at him, he lifted the Black Saber in his hand, swung it in a large arc, and slashed out horizontally.

The saber light flickered, blood qi surged.

The first two Black Iron Armored Warriors immediately met their end, turning into pure blood qi and returning to the blood sphere above.

However, this slash of Ji Yuan’s... after killing those two Black Iron Armored Warriors, was blocked by the shields of the remaining Black Iron Armored Warriors.

In the distance, an Armored Warrior somersaulted in mid-air, swinging the Black Saber in his hand to slash at Ji Yuan.

Ji Yuan reluctantly withdrew, countering the incoming Black Saber with a backhanded swing, and simultaneously chopped off the warrior’s head.

But just then, even though Ji Yuan was holding his Black Saber high, he became a sitting duck for the other Black Iron Armored Warriors with his exposed center.

The four or five nearby warriors came slashing down again with their swords.

With no room to dodge, Ji Yuan had to urge the blood qi within him, forming a barrier in front of himself to block the four or five Black Sabers.

After a missed strike, he tapped his foot and instantly flew backward, landing by the gate.

In just a few exchanges, Ji Yuan could see clearly.

This time, there was absolutely no chance to kill all the Black Iron Armored Warriors. Not to mention each of them is fearless, but his own blood and energy wouldn’t last that long.

Like just now, the blood qi not only had to be used to kill enemies but also needed to be mobilized at critical moments to protect his body.

In a flash of thought, Ji Yuan’s figure flickered, approaching the Black Iron Armored Warriors, and his Black Saber greeted them with wild swings.

A few breaths’ time.

Ji Yuan went in and out three times.

When he came out again, his blue robe was already tattered.

In many places, blood was even seeping through.

The only good thing was that he had gained a shield in his hand.

"Again!"

Ji Yuan held the shield in his left hand and slapped his Black Saber heavily on it with his right hand.

He shouted loudly, and the Black Iron Armored Warriors charged at him again.

He then leaped, darting over the Black Iron Armored Warriors, and landed on the opposite side of the hall.

The Black Iron Armored Warriors on the outermost part of the battlefield had no time to react, and Ji Yuan seized this gap to slash left and right, killing two more Black Iron Armored Warriors.

By this point, his blood qi was boiling.

In fact, strands of blood qi were forming on his body, visible to the naked eye, like steaming heat.

Ji Yuan also felt that the blood qi, which he had previously ingested from the Profound Sun Blood Amber, and the Blazing Sun Bones that had accumulated within his body, was now being slowly refined.

It works!

As long as it works!

Previously, Ji Yuan was worried about how to refine this blood qi, but now, in this life-and-death struggle, there were finally signs of it being refined.

Being able to refine it also meant there was a possibility of a breakthrough.

This made him ecstatic.

Once he found the opportunity, Ji Yuan became more spirited in his killing, even showing signs of a fearless demeanor.

Because he discovered that the more perilous the situation, the more blood qi was refined inside him, and the faster the speed.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he had become a bloody figure, with countless knife wounds all over his body.

Yet, his momentum hadn’t weakened in the slightest.

Instead, there was a sense of becoming more courageous with each battle.

Kill!

Endless killing!

Once he fell into this fearless state, Ji Yuan didn’t care anymore. After all, what had entered was just a strand of consciousness; if he died, he would simply come again.

However, opportunities to refine blood qi were rare.

An opportunity that could not be missed!

Ji Yuan didn’t know how much time had passed. He only knew that no matter how he killed, there were always enemies in front and behind him.

It was as if he was a soldier trapped in an enemy formation, surrounded on all sides with no way out.

When the Black Saber in his hand became chipped, he would kill and grab the Black Saber from someone else.

When the shield in his hand got chopped up, he just threw it away, focusing solely on offense.

Only attack, no defense.

This also proved the saying that the best defense is a good offense.

"Kill, kill again!"

Ji Yuan, with eyes bloodshot from the killing, used the Black Saber, now reduced to half its length, to slay the Black Iron Armored Warrior in front of him, habitually slashing to the left and right.

In the past, no matter how he swung, he could always hit an enemy.

But this time, he struck nothing but air.

His eyes clouded with blood, he couldn’t see clearly, so he assumed the enemy was ahead, slashing forward again.

Still nothing but air.

After waiting a moment, with no new pain coming from his body, he bent over, leaning on his broken saber, and wiped away the blood from his eyes.

As his vision cleared, Ji Yuan finally saw.

In the vast stone chamber, the only one left standing was himself.

...So, I really killed them all?

Did I succeed?

When the thought appeared in Ji Yuan’s mind, there wasn’t much joy, only a deep fatigue.