Super Invincible Upgrade

Chapter 54:

At night, it was pitch - dark inside the cave. Under the night sky, the roar of monsters came out from time to time, making the night restless. Black Rock was squatting at the entrance of the cave, keeping his eyes on the surroundings. Since they stepped into the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains, his tense nerves had not relaxed. He was always paying attention to the movements around him. In the extremely terrifying Kunlun Mountains, danger could appear at any time. There were cliff lizards and flying monsters. If you were not careful, maybe your life would not be in your own hands in the next moment. Zhou Peng was sitting against the inner part of the cave. He closed his eyes slightly and wanted to sleep and rest for a while, but he couldn't fall asleep. He opened his eyes, took a breath, and simply walked towards the entrance of the cave. "Brother Black, you have a rest. I'll keep watch." Black Rock smiled gently. He leaned against the damp rock wall without moving. Looking at Zhou Peng, he said, "Can't sleep?" Zhou Peng also sat down, leaning against the rock wall on the other side. Looking at the dark night sky, after hesitating for a while, he finally asked, "Brother, are you going to leave?" Black Rock was stunned. His eyes changed a little. He looked at Zhou Peng, then turned his head to look outside the cave and said faintly, "The cultivation of martial arts has no end. I haven't made a breakthrough for a long time. Next year, I want to join the Liuyun Sect to pursue a higher martial arts realm." "Liuyun Sect?" Zhou Peng was slightly shocked. He had a little understanding of the major sects on the continent in his memory. The Liuyun Sect was a famous big sect on the Tianyuan Continent. There were hundreds of thousands of disciples and countless super experts. Every year, they opened the mountain gate widely to recruit some disciples with extraordinary talents. Black Rock was already at the Tempered Gang Realm. It was not too difficult for him to join the Liuyun Sect, but it might be a little difficult for him to be valued. Compared with the Liuyun Sect, the Qianji Sect where Zang Tianji was in was the same. There was such fierce competition in a small family. One could imagine the competition in a big sect with many experts. To get the attention of the sect, one must show enough strong talents. Zhou Peng had also thought about joining the Qianji Sect, but with his current cultivation level, he didn't even have the qualification to join the Qianji Sect, let alone being reused. Of course, his purpose of wanting to join the Qianji Sect was to complete the SSS super task, kill Long Xiaotian, win the position of the sect leader, and get the treasures in Zang Tianji's ring. Every time he took something out of the space ring, his heart ached. There were so many magic weapons and pills. Any one of them could make Qinghe City tremble, but he couldn't take them out. It was painful just to think about it. He hadn't thought about joining the huge cultivation sect for the time being. However, he silently remembered what Black Rock said. The cultivation of martial arts had no end. Even if you reached the Great Perfection Realm and broke into the void, became a god or a saint, the long road would never end. They were silent for a while. Soon, the night became quiet. The next morning. They started a new round of hunting. Black Rock specifically chose some monsters that Zhou Peng had not encountered before, explained, analyzed their weaknesses, and showed how to kill them with one move. He demonstrated move by move and analyzed them slowly. Zhou Peng remembered them one by one. In a month, they had killed no less than 500 kinds of monsters. Each monster was basically killed by Black Rock. His strength was powerful, like a massacre. Fortunately, they didn't encounter a fifth - level monster that had condensed a crystal nucleus in a month. In the next month, Black Rock didn't kill the monsters anymore. Instead, he let Zhou Peng start to practice. He guided him from the side. The monsters in the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains were extremely belligerent. The fourth - level monsters that survived had experienced many battles and had countless scars on their bodies. Facing Zhou Peng, who was still lacking in combat experience, after a few rounds, he was in a dangerous situation and was barely holding on with the deep (qigong) in his body. He only killed a fourth - level monster in the whole morning. He had countless minor injuries on his body. Fortunately, they were not fatal. He had many pills with him. After taking them, he adjusted himself and was as good as new. During this period, even if Zhou Peng was firmly pressed on the ground by the monster, Black Rock didn't move. His face was serious. This was a test that he had to go through. Later, when he was not here, Zhou Peng would be alone. This situation would often happen, and he had to learn to face it alone. Of course, Zhou Peng understood Black Rock's good intentions. So even when he was in danger of his life, he didn't call for help. In the second month, the time for Zhou Peng to hunt monsters was shortened by half, and the number of times he was injured was getting less and less. Black Rock saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart. His progress in several months had surprised him. Thinking about Zhou Peng's talent, he secretly guessed that he would surely become a hegemon in the future, and even reach the Great Perfection Realm and break into the void and become a respected world master. Besides hunting monsters, Zhou Peng was also collecting spirit grass. The alchemy technique must be cultivated. Although he now had a crystal nucleus and could continuously release (qigong) value, the crystal nucleus was extremely precious. Zhou Peng would not use it unless it was absolutely necessary. He had a deep understanding of the horror of the fifth - level monsters. It was undoubtedly as difficult as climbing the sky to kill another monster with a crystal nucleus. The low - level spirit grass in the hinterland of the Kunlun Mountains was very dense. He didn't have to worry about the lack of spirit grass. There was no other shortcut for the alchemy technique. Only by continuously increasing the proficiency and improving the level could he refine high - grade pills. Occasionally, when he collected some high - level spirit grass, Zhou Peng would also keep them and wait for the success rate to increase to refine some high - level pills. The days passed by, and Zhou Peng was changing day by day. Black Rock had changed from being serious to always having a satisfied smile. Half a year had passed. Zhou Peng could easily kill the fourth - level monsters. He could kill hundreds of monsters in a day, and he was rarely injured. Therefore, his upgrading speed was accelerated. In half a year, he had reached the ninth rank of the Agile Realm. There was only one step left to break through to the Gathering Spirit Realm. But these days, Zhou Peng found that the experience had decreased a lot. He had been at the ninth rank of the Agile Realm for more than a month. According to the accumulated experience, he should be about to upgrade. But the sudden decrease in experience made him confused. "Could it be that the fourth - level monsters can't satisfy me anymore?" "Damn it, spit, spit, spit..." Zhou Peng felt that what he said was very awkward. After spitting a few times, he opened the system and looked at the full experience bar. He couldn't figure out what was wrong. Could it be that the system deliberately increased the difficulty? There was no reason. It was impossible that the experience was normal at the beginning, but it became abnormal when it was time to upgrade. Wasn't the system playing with me? It couldn't be. After thinking for a long time, he still didn't understand what was going on. However, Zhou Peng recalled the killing in the Evil Wolf Valley for half a month. His heart tightened, and then his body trembled. He cursed in his heart, "Damn it, don't you want me to kill a fifth - level monster?" When he broke through the Agile Realm in the Evil Wolf Valley, he also encountered this situation. But at that time, there were too many blue - tooth wolves. He couldn't kill them all. He didn't have the heart to think about it so much. Now, thinking back, he just broke through the Agile Realm by killing a blue - tooth wolf king. Now it seemed that if he wanted to break through the Gathering Spirit Realm, he had to kill a fifth - level monster, otherwise he couldn't break through the Gathering Spirit Realm. Zhou Peng's eyes were dull. He had already cursed the women of the system's ancestors for eighteen generations. What was going on? Upgrading depended on the accumulation of experience. Now, at the critical moment, you suddenly want me to kill monsters beyond my level. You are pushing me to death. After complaining for the whole morning, the system had no reaction at all. Finally, Zhou Peng understood that the system was just a program. Wanting it to speak was just a daydream. "The fifth - level monster, the fifth - level monster..." Thinking about the horror of the violent (King Kong ape), his heart was a little cold. "Damn it, I'll risk it all."