But he realized he had still underestimated the difficulty of unblocking the Dike Shenxue!
Even when fifty percent of his Yuan Qi had been depleted, Hou Yuxiao's Dike Shenxue remained utterly impervious. Gazing at the remaining half of his Yuan Qi, Hou Yuxiao shook his head slightly. If a full reserve of Yuan Qi hadn't been able to break through, relying on what was left was even less hopeful.
Nevertheless, he didn't give up but showed an expression that suggested he had anticipated this, reached deep into his chest, and slowly took out three orbs that were emitting a dark glow. Feeling the immense energy emanating from the three orbs, he finally allowed a slight smile to appear on his face.
"Fortunately, I had a contingency plan. Ding Buhai, a Great Grandmaster of the heavenly tier, along with two Great Grandmasters of the Fourth Realm from Leiyin Temple, the combined life's cultivation of these three individuals should be more than enough to help me unblock this mere Dike Shenxue!"
During the year or so that he faced off with the hundred thousand monastic soldiers from Leiyin Temple in Prefectural City, Hou Yuxiao had not rested even for a day. After killing Ding Buhai, the disciples of Master Yuan Kong detested him to the bone. In every battle, they sought him out desperately, but he wasn't one to be trifled with. Unless someone of Yuan Kong's Yuan Dan Realm mastery intervened, Hou Yuxiao feared no number of his Grandmaster Realm disciples.
However, that was the extent of his gains. Yuan Kong wasn't a fool; if he personally took action, the Demon Sect wouldn't just stand by and do nothing. His disciples couldn't win in a fight, so instead of one-on-one battles, it turned into group fights. Initially, Hou Yuxiao had deceived and killed two bald Great Grandmasters of the Fourth Realm. Once the ruse was uncovered and they no longer fought him one on one, his chances grew slim.
The light orbs containing the life's cultivation of two Great Grandmasters, one of heavenly tier, were directly absorbed by Hou Yuxiao into his Sea of Consciousness. Through the transformation of the third black petal of the Good and Evil Divine Lotus, in just an instant, they turned into a surging torrent that rushed into his dantian. Not only did it instantly refill the fifty percent of Yuan Qi that had been depleted, but his dantian also expanded by more than twice its size, and his body inflated like a balloon.
Now, without any further concerns, Hou Yuxiao gathered the explosive Yuan Qi within him and once again assaulted the Dike Shenxue in his lower abdomen. This time, without any suspense, the Yuan Qi instantly pierced a hole, tearing apart the barrier walls of the Divine Acupoint, as massive amounts of Yuan Qi burst through the entire Dike Shenxue.
A crisp sound came from within, and Hou Yuxiao's body, which had just been inflated, deflated as if the dantian had sucked in a breath of air, returning to normal almost instantly.
And the Yuan Qi that had circulated once around the Dike Shenxue, upon returning to the dantian, had all transformed into an entirely new type of gas. This gas, dark as ink, was far purer and more powerful than the previous Yuan Qi. Hou Yuxiao only needed to mobilize a small fraction, gathered it in his palm, and then lightly slapped the wall of the meditation chamber in front of him.
The opposing wall disintegrated into dust in an instant, and the powerful gust of wind blew over the plants and trees outside the chamber. Hou Yuxiao, observing the incredible force of his casual strike, suddenly became somewhat excited.
But, when he looked up and saw that over thirty people were watching him from outside the meditation chamber, his face froze in surprise, realizing that it was his own breakthrough commotion that had attracted them, and he was just about to speak.
But before he could say anything, those people preemptively bowed and spoke to him.
"Congratulations, big brother, on the great achievement of your divine power!"
"Congratulations, Family Head, on the great achievement of your divine power!"