"Trickle!" The sound echoed within Xing Peng's body, as a scorching warm current incessantly poured into his body from the palm of his hands.

  Holding the inner core in both hands, Xing Peng was seated cross-legged atop a towering ancient tree lush with branches and leaves. As the cultivation technique inside him operated, the inner core in his hands ceaselessly transformed energy that burrowed into his body. Every strand of power that entered made the Profound Qi within Xing Peng boil, causing every pore on his body to open up in comfort due to the influx of power.

  With the surge of these forces, the ferocious beast's inner core in Xing Peng's hands visibly shrank at a rapid pace, diminishing by a third in the blink of an eye.

  After the inner core had reduced by a third, the Profound Qi inside Xing Peng suddenly faced an imminent breakthrough. Immediately, he focused his mind on his dantian, opening his Qi Sea and Life Gate, accelerating the absorption of power. This allowed the forces to continuously converge towards his dantian, transforming into the purest Profound Qi, in a push to break through the bottleneck of the late Human Level.

  A muffled grunt, "Pfft!", was heard as Xing Peng's body suddenly trembled violently. A tremendous suction force then emanated from his body, drawing the Vital Energy of heaven and earth within dozens of meters crazily towards him. Instantaneously, with crackling sounds, Xing Peng's bottleneck was abruptly broken through.

  As soon as the bottleneck was breached, a surging power flowed out from his meridians, greatly reducing the cold Qi accumulated within, giving Xing Peng a feeling as if his soul was about to take flight.

  After these powers overflowed from the meridians and merged with Xing Peng's Profound Qi, his Profound Qi further strengthened. As it grew stronger, the inner core in Xing Peng's hands diminished again, this time more drastically. In just a moment, only a tenth of the inner core remained, before completely vanishing.

  When the inner core completely disappeared, stormy waves brewed inside Xing Peng. Wave after wave of Profound Qi surged towards the meridians throughout his body, breaking through some previously blocked pathways and generating even more Profound Qi. As these waves of Profound Qi appeared, the surrounding Vital Energy rushed towards him even more frenziedly, creating a "buzzing" sound and forming a small tornado around Xing Peng's body.

  As soon as the tornado appeared, numerous leaves were swept into it, forming a deep green sphere. The instant this sphere formed, Xing Peng's eyes suddenly emitted a sharp gleam, and with a slight movement, he stood up and executed the 'Wind Shadow Steps', floating towards a nearby tree like a deity. As soon as he drifted away, the blue sphere exploded, sending branches and fragments flying in all directions. The air itself seemed to tear open, emitting sounds of breaking through the air.

  Floating on a nearby tree, Xing Peng silently observed the mess created around the towering ancient tree, feeling a hidden shock. The damage left on this ancient tree was astonishing, with nearly half of it blown away.

  "This world is indeed crazy. In the 21st century, although my breakthrough to the late Human Level was impressive, it was impossible to instantly destroy a towering tree that could be embraced by one person. But in this world, due to the rich Vital Energy of heaven and earth, it was easily accomplished!"

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  The stronger his strength became, the deeper Xing Peng's understanding of the 'Shadow God Vein' became. The more he understood, the more he was shocked.

  Having reached the late Human Level and feeling the surging power within, Xing Peng couldn't help but rise a burning desire to fight. Thus, he glanced at the half-destroyed ancient tree and once again executed 'Wind Shadow Steps', flying towards the location of the Golden-back Tiger and other ferocious beasts.

  Although Xing Peng had only advanced a small level, the benefits brought by this small advancement were very obvious. Before the breakthrough, Xing Peng could only see about two meters around him in the foggy Heavenly Extremity Peak. Now, with his power in operation, he could clearly see the environment within a radius of about ten meters, which was many times clearer than before the breakthrough.

  Due to the dense fog of Heavenly Extremity Peak, Xing Peng had suffered quite a bit during this time. Although he had not yet reached the ability to see clearly in the fog, this progress had already given Xing Peng more assurance of survival.

  And the benefits did not stop there. As the Profound Qi inside him increased and his realm strengthened, his light body technique became much more powerful than at the beginning. Now, the speed at which he fully executed the light body technique was even faster than that of the Silver Wing Golden Tusk Elephant. Presently, if he were to face the attack of the four major Earth Level ferocious beasts again, he could leave with ease using 'Wind Shadow Steps'.

  "Hope those three beasts are now all severely injured. If I get their inner cores, I can surely advance to the early Earth Level. Once my realm reaches the early Earth Level, I can practice the technique of 'Heavenly Sight, Earthly Listen'. At that time, despite the dense fog of Heavenly Extremity Peak, it will not be able to trap me!" As Xing Peng flew towards the location of the Golden-back Tiger and other ferocious beasts, he silently calculated in his heart. Based on the current situation, Xing Peng firmly believed that it would not take a month for him to leave Heavenly Extremity Peak.

  Xing Peng clearly remembered that the recruitment trial of the White Tiger Academy was about to begin, and he could not miss the enrollment of the White Tiger Academy. The White Tiger Academy is one of the four major academies of the Proud Cloud Empire, known as the cradle of King Level masters. It possesses many martial arts classics. Anyone who can enter the Tianwu Academy will surely become a talent sought after by various powers of Tianwu and obtain an extremely distinguished status in the Lingwu Continent.

  Xing Peng's adoptive father, Carefree King, was once a genius student of the White Tiger Academy. At the age of twenty-two, he advanced to the level of King Level master and was awarded the title of Carefree King by the White Tiger Academy.

  Xing Peng had thought more than once how great it would be if he could join the White Tiger Academy, so he would not bring shame to his father. He wanted to make his father proud, but he had never been able to practice martial arts no matter how much he cultivated. So, all these were just wishful thinking. But now, as his strength had continuously improved, Xing Peng couldn't help but think again about joining the White Tiger Academy.

  Moreover, Xing Peng remembered that Fan Yan'er, who had been betrothed to him since childhood, joined the Zhuque Academy, one of the four major academies, three years ago. It was precisely because Fan Yan'er had joined the Zhuque Academy three years ago and had recently advanced to the Mountain-Opening Level realm in one fell swoop, becoming the most hopeful person among the younger generation of the Fan family to become a King Level master, that the Fan family came to annul the engagement.

  In their view, Fan Yan'er's future was limitless. If she were to rashly marry Xing Peng, it would be a loss for the family, as Xing Peng was not worthy of Fan Yan'er.

  Thinking of all these matters, Xing Peng's desire to leave Heavenly Extremity Peak sooner became even stronger. His speed flying towards the Golden-back Tiger and other ferocious beasts also suddenly increased a lot.

  In just a short while, Xing Peng reappeared at the location of the Golden-back Tiger and other ferocious beasts. The moment he appeared, a scene that made his eyes sparkle suddenly unfolded before him.