Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The moment he broke through, Wang Xu felt his entire aura begin to rise. Every cell in his body seemed to be able to breathe as they continuously absorbed the invisible energy and began to transform.

Wang Xu could clearly feel that his skin was becoming steel. The density of his blood was greatly increased and his muscles were gradually becoming stronger. When the transformation was complete, his skin would be comparable to steel. Other than A Grade technological weapons, even a B Grade cannon wouldn’t be able to harm him!

There was a huge difference between level three and level four. To go over this gap, apart from using large amounts of cultivation resources, one needed to accumulate energy bit by bit, and then undergo a qualitative leap and transformation.

Wang Xu had never thought that he would advance to level four just because that mysterious flame devoured the Iron Wire Beetle’s corpse!

This mysterious flame was too terrifying. It could enter his body without him knowing and even devour the corpses of insect beasts. What if this flame went astray one day and devoured him?

Wang Xu immediately broke out in a cold sweat. However, on second thought, this flame was in his body. He was considered “a part of it.” It wouldn’t do anything to him.

On the other hand, the flame could devour the corpses of insect beasts and provide him with powerful energy. This made Wang Xu’s eyes brighten.

“If I have enough insect beast corpses, wouldn’t my strength be able to soar like a rocket?” Thinking of this, Wang Xu didn’t hesitate and took out a few insect beast corpses from his Space Ring.

Unlike what Wang Xu had expected, the flame didn’t appear again.

Wang Xu put away the insect beast’s corpse and thought carefully for a while before coming up with a possibility.

He took out the corpses of the two level-three insect beasts he had hunted from his Space Ring and placed them on the ground.

As expected, in just a moment, the flame came out of Wang Xu’s body again and wrapped around the corpses of the two level-two insect beasts, then gradually devoured them and returned to Wang Xu’s body.

A wave of heat spread out in Wang Xu’s body. It was the same feeling as before. This time, Wang Xu could clearly feel that the warm current was energy. It was just that the energy this time was much less.

“Level four and level three are different. The energy provided by the corpse of a level-three insect beast isn’t enough to increase strength for me, who’s at level four.” After figuring out this problem, Wang Xu was delighted.

Speaking of cultivation, Wang Xu didn’t lack talent. The only thing he lacked was cultivation resources!

And now, there was a mysterious flame that could turn the corpses of insect beasts into cultivation resources. Wang Xu could imagine that his strength could totally rise steadily.

The flame could only devour the corpses of insect beasts of level three or above. Wang Xu had to find level-three insect beasts to hunt.

But how could he encounter level-three insect beasts so easily? Wang Xu had been here for almost a day, but he had only encountered seven level-three insect beasts, and the eighth one was this Iron Wire Beetle.

Of course, there was another way to obtain corpses of insect beasts, buying from the black market.

The corpses of insect beasts had great value. They could be used to make armor and technological weapons. They were indispensable materials. In the outside world, the corpses of insect beasts were very expensive. Therefore, powerful Gene Warriors would head to the safe area to hunt insect beasts and bring back the corpses.

The government wouldn’t forbid this, but whether or not they could hunt down insect beasts was another matter. The insect beast zone outside the safe zone was much more dangerous than the trial zone. There would be insect beasts of level four, level five or even level six. The difficulty of hunting them could be imagined.

“The price of buying them in the black market is too expensive. Even if I sell myself, I might not be able to afford one. The only thing I can do now is to participate in the trial.” Wang Xu pondered and said, “I’ll apply to head to the B Grade Region for the next trial. There are many level-three insect beasts, and a lot of level-four Elite Insects. I’ll be able to increase my strength faster.”

For Wang Xu, the strength of a level-three insect beast was on a completely different level right now. Just like the Iron Wire Beetle just then, Wang Xu only needed one slash to behead it if he did that again.

The gap between level four and level three was absolutely not ordinary.

Of course, Wang Xu wanted to hunt level-four Elite Insects more. This way, he would advance even faster. With his current strength, dealing with a level-four Elite Insect shouldn’t be a problem.

While thinking about his future, Wang Xu picked up his long sword and started to practice the “Nine Lightning Sword Techniques.” It was already late, and Wang Xu had just advanced to level four. His strength hadn’t stabilized yet, so he didn’t want to run into the Soft Millipede. It happened that this cave was quiet and spacious enough, so it could be used as a temporary cultivation room.

After becoming a level-four Gene Warrior, Wang Xu felt that the “Nine Lightning Sword Techniques” that he didn’t understand before suddenly became clear. Many areas that weren’t smooth were no longer problematic.

The third technique, Thunderclap Strike.

The fourth technique, Racing Lightning Strike.

The fifth technique, Hundred Sword Lightning.

It was not until he reached the fifth technique that Wang Xu found it difficult. He immediately understood that the “Nine Lightning Sword Techniques” wasn’t a low-level Ancient Martial Art at all. It was a high-level Ancient Martial Art that surpassed the medium level. The moves that he couldn’t even understand at level four were enough to show that the power of this Ancient Martial Art hadn’t been fully unleashed.

Thinking of this, Wang Xu didn’t hesitate and started cultivating in the cave.

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The next day, Wang Xu stood up from the ground energetically. There were all kinds of sword marks, ravines, and cuts all around the cave, and there were large pieces of rock on the ground. The entire cave was a mess. It was Wang Xu’s masterpiece from last night’s cultivation.