Lin Feng couldn't stand being in the wilderness for long.
This Immortal Realm was far too vast, nothing like the Human Realm.
While there were many monsters in the wild, they were of little use to Lin Feng.
What he sought were high-level Bosses.
"Ding, you have defeated the Level 80 Superior Boss [Bull Demon Leader];
You have ultimately obtained 15.5 billion Cultivation Points."
"Ding, you have defeated the Level 90 Superior Boss [Blade Maniac Jin Yun];
You have ultimately obtained 23.1 billion Cultivation Points."
...
Even for Superior Bosses, with only a 100-fold cultivation bonus over normal monsters, and even after the 15-fold amplification from cultivation boosting items, plus the over-level bonus of more than ten times, they only yielded around ten billion.
This was far from satisfactory for Lin Feng.
Finally, he changed his strategy.
He sped up, trying to find Epic Bosses.
Since he still had many usable markers on his Boots of Firmament, he simply added the coordinates of all the Bosses he encountered in the Immortal Realm.
After about ten minutes, he finally found one that pleased him.
"Ding, you have defeated the Level 85 Epic Boss [Fearless Swordsman];
You have ultimately obtained 181.5 trillion Cultivation Points."
To Lin Feng's surprise, there was also a Level 85 dungeon entrance near this Boss.
With special dungeon access, he directly chose Nightmare difficulty and entered.
It had to be said that obtaining immortal power ahead of time gave him an enormous advantage at this stage.
Monsters without immortal power, no matter how high their base attributes, were dodged 100% by Lin Feng.
Conversely, Lin Feng's attacks on monsters were always 100% critical hits.
This meant he didn't even need to use powerful divine abilities like Hades' Vile Slaughter.
Normal attacks could defeat them one by one.
However, facing densely packed monsters, he fell into a dilemma.
His Sword Qi Vertical and Horizontal had evolved into the Will of the Sword, increasing its priority and potential.
But it now consumed immortal power, unlike before when it was free.
If used continuously, the immortal power consumption was too great.
He also hesitated to unleash it fully, fearing any unforeseen circumstances.
Fortunately, his attack speed was fast enough to kill several monsters per second.
While not as efficient as before, it was passable.
It took Lin Feng a full five minutes to clear a Level 85 Nightmare dungeon.
"Ding, you have defeated the Level 85 Legendary Boss [Cloud Peak Mountain Great Chieftain];
You have ultimately obtained 181.5 billion Cultivation Points."
Although the cultivation was less than that of the wild Epic Boss, Lin Feng didn't care.
Clearing the Nightmare dungeon was merely to unlock the No Survivors dungeon.
Ten minutes later, the Level 85 No Survivors dungeon was also cleared by him.
"Ding, you have defeated the Level 90 Epic Boss [Cloud Peak Mountain Immortal's Remnant Soul];
You have ultimately obtained 2310 trillion Cultivation Points."
Lin Feng's eyes lit up.
The combined cultivation from these two bosses, each exceeding a trillion, should be enough to amplify his cultivation technique to the sixteenth level.
He quickly began the process.
"Consuming 32762 billion Cultivation Points, [Yin Yang Five Elements Cultivation Technique] has been amplified to the sixteenth level."
"[Yin Yang Five Elements Cultivation Technique] has been reinforced to the current tier's limit. Would you like to consume 100 Immortal Power to break through?"
After the sixteenth level, the cultivation technique didn't directly upgrade.
Instead, a prompt appeared.
However, seeing the requirement, Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief.
For ordinary players, 100 Immortal Power was an almost impossible feat.
Even with such reinforcement talent, they would have to put it aside and wait a long time to break through.
Lin Feng could afford it!
"Breakthrough!"
"Breakthrough failed!"
"[Yin Yang Five Elements Cultivation Technique] has been reinforced to the current tier's limit. Would you like to consume 200 Immortal Power to break through?"
Lin Feng was stunned.
Which scoundrel designer came up with this?
The core rules of this game were supposed to be evolved by the heavenly laws of two realms and the outer world's representatives.
But this trick toε players was just like the designers bleeding players dry!
He gritted his teeth and said, "Breakthrough again!"
"[Yin Yang Five Elements Cultivation Technique] has broken through to the Patriarch level."
This time, Lin Feng was somewhat surprised.
He had expected multiple failures, perhaps requiring 200, then 300, then 400 Immortal Power.
Of course.
If it doubled, like 200, 400, 800,
He might have had to reconsider.
To his surprise, the second attempt succeeded.
It was an unexpected joy.
[Yin Yang Five Elements True Explanation]
Tier: Patriarch Level
Total Levels: 60
Learning Requirements: 50000 Strength, 50000 Agility, 50000 Constitution, 50000 Stamina, 50000 Spirit.
Attributes: For every level gained, increases Strength by 1000, Agility by 1000, Constitution by 1000, Stamina by 1000, Spirit by 1000, Immortal Power by 50. A unique trait can be learned every 20 levels.
After the breakthrough, the name of the cultivation technique had also changed.
The enhanced attributes even included Immortal Power.
Upon reaching the max level, it would directly increase each attribute by 60,000 points, and also add 3000 Immortal Power.
It was a complete transformation.
However.
The learning requirements had become even more exaggerated, and Lin Feng suddenly had a bad premonition.
The current learning requirements were already daunting.
What if further increases made it impossible for him to learn?
He attempted to continue reinforcing it.
"Consuming 100 Cultivation Points, [Yin Yang Five Elements True Explanation] has been amplified to the first level."
Lin Feng felt like crying.
"Brother, why does it require Immortal Power now?"
If the cultivation point requirements were higher, he could just farm more Bosses.
But needing Immortal Power would be the death of him!
However, it had already reached the Patriarch tier.
The next level, Dao Ancestor tier, was within sight.
He naturally couldn't give up.
Gritting his teeth, tears in his eyes.
"Continue the breakthrough!"
He still held a sliver of hope.
What if it succeeded at the fourth level?
"Consuming 200 Cultivation Points, [Yin Yang Five Elements True Explanation] has been amplified to the second level."
"Consuming 300 Cultivation Points, [Yin Yang Five Elements True Explanation] has been amplified to the third level."
Fortunately, the increase for each level was additive, not multiplicative.
Otherwise, with Lin Feng's current Immortal Power, just over 10,000, he wouldn't dare to attempt it.
As he waited with anticipation and nervousness.
"Consuming 400 Cultivation Points, [Yin Yang Five Elements True Explanation] has been amplified to the fourth level."
No prompt?
Lin Feng was a little disappointed.
It seemed he would have to reinforce it to at least the eighth level before there was hope.
He calculated.
The next four levels would require a total of 2600 Immortal Power.
If another breakthrough was needed, it might not even be 4000.
Despite his regret, he could only stop.
He had already consumed 1300 Immortal Power.
This had also pushed his total Immortal Power cap below the 10,000 mark.
His usable Immortal Power was less than 5000.
This was a dangerously low number.
It meant that even a Legendary Heavenly Immortal could suppress him in terms of Immortal Power.
Lin Feng dared not take any more risks.
He decided to return to Wuzhuang Guan to develop for a while longer.
Staying in the wilderness any longer would be too dangerous.
...
On a towering mountain peak that pierced the clouds.
At the summit stood a majestic and solemn grand hall.
Inside the hall.
An elder sat on a high platform, while several people below were discussing important matters.
After a period of discussion.
The elder on the high platform made a decision.
"The strength of this outsider far exceeded our expectations, resulting in the loss of several disciples."
"Ordinary Heavenly Immortals can no longer be sent to their deaths."
"I will communicate with the Heavenly Court and ask the Old Ancestor to find a way to descend a Golden Immortal."
As soon as he spoke, he frowned and paused.
Then he changed his words.
"No, one Golden Immortal is still not enough."
"I will try to get the Old Ancestor to descend two Golden Immortals!"
The others below looked pleased.
But someone was somewhat unwilling.
"If that's the case, won't we get no credit, and still have lost several disciples?"
The elder shook his head.
"Naturally not."
"We must also find a way to gather more Heavenly Immortal realm experts."
He continued.
"They must be experienced in combat and capable of creating distractions for the outsider."
"With this two-pronged approach, the outsider will surely be vanquished!"
The middle-aged man who had just voiced his doubt nodded.
"The sect leader's plan is indeed thorough. This should be foolproof."
"Anyway, he's staying in the Immortal Realm, and his strength won't improve significantly in a short time."
The people below nodded in agreement, their expressions becoming more relaxed.
A glint of ferocity flashed in the elder's eyes.
"Then I'll trouble everyone to gather the manpower, and I will report to the Old Ancestor."
"Once the forces are assembled, we will march on Wuzhuang Guan again!"