Chapter 882 Late Fusion
Lin Mu's face was pale, and he stood on the fighting stage, his body was shaky and almost collapsed.
He was really exhausted!
When he first came on stage, he did have the idea of hiding his strength, and all his attacks were not full of strength.
But as time went on, Ye Peng gradually took the initiative.
Once he had the initial advantage, it would take more effort to reverse it, which was very difficult.
He was suppressed by Ye Peng for a long time, and his spiritual power was extremely intense.
At the end, he felt that Ye Peng was getting more and more powerful, and was gradually about to exceed his control.
At this time, there was not much spiritual power left in his body.
If he continued to act, he might play too big and might lose.
He immediately stopped suppressing himself, pushed the sword domain to the extreme, and began to explode.
His explosion was very sudden, and Ye Peng was completely caught off guard.
Under his full-strength explosion, Ye Peng was defeated step by step.
However, due to insufficient spiritual power, his attack power was greatly reduced. He did not gain an overwhelming advantage with just one or two swords, but spent a lot of effort to regain control.
When he forced Ye Peng to the edge of the platform, he finally burst out with all his strength and blasted Ye Peng onto the ancient forbidden area with one sword. He had already used up all his spiritual power.
Fortunately, he burst out in time. If he played for a while longer, the result would be hard to say.
When masters fight, there is no room for carelessness. He almost stopped in the second round.
His body was swaying and he almost fell to the ground.
Lin Mu patted his storage bag, quickly took out a precious pill that quickly restored spiritual power and swallowed it, silently running the "Five Elements Heart Method" and began to absorb and refine the medicinal effects of the pill.
With a flash of sword light, Gu Zhenhao flew onto the stage and took Lin Mu off the stage.
"Why did you have such a hard time in this game?" Gu Zhenhao asked when he saw Lin Mu's forehead sweating and his face as pale as paper.
Just now, he was watching from the audience through the ancient ban, and thought that Lin Mu was deliberately hiding his strength. Now it seems that he won at the last moment only when he was exhausted. He must have used all his strength, and there was also a component of luck in it. If he had exploded later, he might have lost.
"I wanted to hide my strength, but I didn't expect Ye Peng to be so strong, and the result was a big deal." Lin Mu weakly transmitted his voice, "If I had burst out with all my strength at the beginning, it wouldn't be so difficult to win."
"Then you still hide your strength?" Gu Zhenhao asked puzzledly, "Did you deliberately create the current situation to confuse other opponents?"
"Now it's all my wish come true." Lin Mu smiled bitterly, "I did want to confuse them, but now it has come true. I'm so weak that I can't even stand."
Gu Zhenhao took Lin Mufei off the stage, and the onlookers began to talk again.
"Lin Mu was helped off the stage!"
"This fight was so intense!"
"It was full of twists and turns, so exciting!"
"Fortunately, he won!"
"A cultivator in the Return to Void Stage has entered the third round. Lin Mu is definitely the best in the entire Jinxiu World!"
"The miracle continues!"
Many people are full of admiration and respect for Lin Mu.
No one thought that a cultivator in the Return to Void Stage could be so powerful.
In the battle arena of the Mineral Vein Competition where cultivators in the Fusion Stage are rampant, the cultivators in the Return to Void Stage shine brilliantly, and the limelight is simply overshadowing everyone.
Every victory is surprising and exciting.
Everyone wants to see how far Lin Mu can go.
What a miracle he can create!
Such a peerless genius, even in a large world like Jinxiu World, is hard to come by once in ten thousand years.
Many people feel very honored to witness the rise of a peerless genius with their own eyes.
Especially the vast number of Return to Void Stage cultivators, because of Lin Mu's rise, they all have more confidence and pride in their hearts.
As for the Fusion Stage cultivators, they are no longer as fearful as before.
Lin Mu's every move is telling them that cultivation is not everything.
Once you have the unstoppable pride and confidence, your horizons will undoubtedly be much broader, and it will be of great benefit to improve your cultivation and break through bottlenecks.
"I don't think he is hiding his strength at all." Liao Shu looked at the extremely weak Lin Mu and shook his head.
"Did I guess wrong?" The blue-clothed cultivator was also half-believing and half-doubting.
If Lin Mu was acting deliberately, he would definitely be able to see it.
But now Lin Mu is really exhausted, fighting to the point where he can't even stand steadily.
No matter how strong you are, you will never let yourself fight to the point of exhaustion.
Because you don't know whether the opponent has hidden cards, once you expose everything, it is easy for the opponent to turn the tables.
Lin Mu fought to this extent. If he did it on purpose, the possibility was too low. Even a cultivator in the late stage of fusion would not dare to be so arrogant.
However, he still felt a little unconvinced.
Could it be that Lin Mu's true strength was really limited to this?
Slightly stronger than Ye Peng?
If so, then there is nothing to worry about.
Lin Mu's strongest point is the sword domain, and the sword domain is more difficult to improve than the cultivation.
There are so many fusion stage cultivators in Jinxiu Realm, but not many have truly comprehended the sword domain.
Many fusion middle stage cultivators have just touched the threshold of the sword domain, and many fusion late stage cultivators have just comprehended the sword domain.
For a peerless genius like Lin Mu, the thunder tribulation must be extremely powerful, and he still has a long life span. He will never easily pass the tribulation.
After a hundred years, if Lin Mu's cultivation is still in the Return to Void stage, and there is no progress in the sword domain, his strength will be about the same as now. Even if there is a slight improvement, it will only be about the same as a real fusion middle stage cultivator.
In this case, there is no threat to himself.
As for two hundred years later, there is no need to think so far for the time being.
After two hundred years, perhaps there will be a new peerless genius emerging, so why think too far ahead.
At least within these two hundred years, Lin Mu has no influence on me, but if he encounters me, it would be bad luck for him.
If Liao Shu can't help but take action and kill Lin Mu, then there is no need to worry about it, once and for all.
"I have to say that he is really lucky. He won twice in a row by luck." Liao Shu said, "If he is very lucky later, the opponents he encounters are all similar to Ye Peng and Yu Lin, and he has a good chance of entering the fifth round."
"Fifth round, become the top 32?" The blue-clothed cultivator said, "If he also wins in the fifth round, wouldn't he enter the top 16 and participate in the round-robin battle?"
"How is this possible." Liao Shu said with a smile, "I just said it casually, how could his luck be so good."
"That's right." The blue-clothed cultivator smiled, "Maybe he will meet you in the next round."
"Then his luck is exhausted, and this mineral vein conference will end here." Liao Shu smiled and said, "Seeing him so popular, I actually want to meet him. I have never fought against a peerless genius!"
"You must show mercy when the time comes." The blue-clothed cultivator said with a smile, "If you use all your strength and beat him to a pulp, those Return to Void cultivators will definitely hate you and scold you for bullying the weak, being disrespectful to the elderly, being narrow-minded, and not wanting to see the glory of Return to Void cultivators."
"This is really a problem. I have to think about it carefully. If I really meet Lin Mu, should I pretend to use all my strength to slightly beat him, or crush him easily?" Liao Shu showed a thoughtful expression, "I can't ruin my reputation for life because of him."
Amid the discussions of thousands of cultivators, Gu Zhenhao took Lin Mu away.
"You are actually stealing my knowledge." On the way back to Yuelai Inn, Gu Zhenhao couldn't help but tease Lin Mu, "But I didn't learn the essence of it, and I almost got myself into it. All my previous efforts were wasted. I was careless and regretted it for a hundred years."
"I am still too innocent and kind." Lin Mu said with a smile, "Especially compared with an old sly guy like you who has experienced hundreds of battles, I am even more pure and flawless to the extreme."
"Don't praise yourself while mocking me." Gu Zhenhao laughed, "Although the process was thrilling, I am very satisfied with the result of the second round of the competition today. Both of us entered the third round smoothly!"
Even if they lost in the third round, they could at least obtain two mineral veins.
Compared with a hundred years ago, there was no regression.
And Lin Mu, it was like a free-for-all. From having nothing to owning two mineral veins, he gained hundreds of billions of spirit stones in three or four days!
Looking at Lin Mu's appearance, as long as his luck is not too bad in the future, there is a great hope for him to enter the fourth round.
The hope is much greater than his.
"Try to improve your strength and strive for the third round. We can still advance together!" Lin Mu said with a smile.
After returning to Yuelai Inn, Lin Mu said hello to Gu Zhenhao, went into his quiet room, sat cross-legged, took a few rare pills, and began to recover his cultivation.
The third round of competition will start in five days.
In these five days, he must work hard to recover his cultivation and vitality. The most important thing is to work hard to improve his spiritual consciousness.
There is only one bottleneck between his spiritual consciousness and the late stage of fusion. In these five days, if he does not hesitate to use his spiritual consciousness resources and rushes at all costs, he has the hope of breaking through this bottleneck with brute force and successfully entering the late stage of fusion!
The improvement of spiritual consciousness is slow. If he slowly comprehends and breaks through, I don't know how long it will take. Since he has a huge amount of spiritual consciousness, it is better to break through with brute force, which is simple and fast.
As long as his spiritual consciousness can be promoted to the late stage of fusion, the power of his sword domain can also be greatly improved. When he activates the Sui Xin Sword and various magic weapons, the power will naturally increase.
Thirty million spirit stones are really worth spending. The spiritual energy in the quiet room is extremely rich. In less than a day, Lin Mu's cultivation is completely restored.
With a thought, he entered the Misty Fairyland, condensed two earth-grade spirit beads, and began to activate the "Star Refining Spirit Art" to absorb and refine.
In this Misty Fairyland, there is no need to worry about the dissipation of the essence of spiritual consciousness. Lin Mu is very unscrupulous and attacks desperately.
He was almost attacking at the speed of one earth-grade Condensing Spirit Bead per day.
The last bottleneck became weaker little by little under his desperate attack, and he successfully broke through it on the fourth day!
On the fifth day, his spiritual consciousness was the same as his physical strength.
He successfully entered the late stage of fusion!