Chapter 1755: Imprinting the Mark

Hum!

Seeing the platform being uprooted, the many apricot trees all became enraged. In an instant, their branches and leaves fluttered and crashed down toward Yuan Tao.

"Damn it..."

Zhang Xuan's face changed color.

He had witnessed the attack power of these apricot trees' branches and leaves. If struck, even he would find it hard to survive, let alone Yuan Tao, whose cultivation was far inferior to his own.

Just as he was about to rush over to save him, he felt his wrist tighten, and then saw Luo Ruoxi holding his hand, shaking her head.

Knowing that the girl must have her own reasons for doing so, Zhang Xuan suppressed his worry and looked over again.

Hum!

The apricot trees and leaves had already reached Yuan Tao. With a soft hum, the latter seemed to activate some kind of protection, and a warm, moist light formed a thin armor around him.

The armor was not thick, but the attacking force could not pierce it no matter what.

"Is that the [Golden Character Armor] left by the ancient sages?" Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

He had heard of this item. Somewhat similar to the Master-Character Golden Soldiers, it was a special means left by ancient sages on the latter's body surface, capable of forming a defense that could not be broken by those below the ancient sage level, with extremely powerful effects.

It seemed that the experts of the Hundred Schools of Thought, knowing that sending him to retrieve the platform was somewhat dangerous, had deliberately left it behind to protect his life.

Crackle!

The many apricot trees continued to strike wildly, and with each hit, the armor grew a bit weaker.

After all, the Golden Character Armor was formed from energy. If attacked for a long time, it would also be consumed and eventually disappear.

"Up!"

Having closed off his six senses, he could not feel the surrounding environment or understand where he was, but he was still very clear that something was constantly attacking him. With a loud roar, he exerted all his strength.

Rumble!

The Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline within him ignited, and immediately a phantom of a Dragon Rhinoceros appeared above his head, its head touching the sky and its feet treading the earth.

With the phantom's appearance, his strength increased again, and the shackles of his cultivation seemed to be instantly broken, reaching the Great Sage level.

Although Yuan Tao's bloodline had been activated, his cultivation had never broken through to the Indestructible Body realm. Now, under immense pressure, he succeeded directly.

Creak! Creak!

With his cultivation advancing, bloodline burning, and strength increasing, the tall stone platform rose again considerably, and its connection to the ground seemed ready to break at any moment.

"So strong..."

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but admire.

The Yuan Tao before him, by drawing on the earth's heaviness, seemed to have inexhaustible strength as long as his feet did not leave the ground.

Could this be the Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline?

Not only was his defense invincible, but once rooted to the ground, his strength was something ordinary people could not contend with.

"The Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline, with the five elements belonging to earth, can draw on the earth's heaviness to unleash extraordinary combat power... When the bloodline is truly activated, it is no weaker than Wei Ruyan's Innate Poison Body or Zhao Ya's Pure Yin Body, and may even be stronger!"

Seeing that he understood, Luo Ruoxi nodded and said, "Don't you have a Houtu Qilin? Take some of its essence blood!"

"Mm!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, not asking why she knew he had tamed it—one of the five kings of the jungle world. Instead, he communicated with the sacred beast in the folded space and soon flicked his finger, causing a pile of essence blood to float above.

The five kings of the jungle world suppressed the five elements, and the Houtu Qilin was the earth-attribute powerhouse.

"Inject the blood into Yuan Tao's brow..."

Luo Ruoxi instructed.

Zhang Xuan flicked his finger.

Woo!

The essence blood of the Houtu Qilin immediately flew toward the chubby man not far away and drilled into his brow.

Whoosh!

As soon as the blood entered his body, it seemed to ignite. The Dragon Rhinoceros hovering above Yuan Tao's head, as if receiving a great tonic, grew even larger, treading the ground as if to lift the very heavens and earth.

Crack!

The foundation connecting the platform to the ground completely broke, and the platform was violently pulled up from the ground by Yuan Tao.

With a violent shake, the imprint on the platform that was lecturing became somewhat incoherent. The people sitting on the cushions listening to the lecture woke from their trance, each startled.

"What are you doing!"

"You're asking for death!"

The many alien clansmen were all about to explode.

Master Kong taught without discrimination; the lecture just now was also useful for their cultivation. Now this guy had uprooted the platform, cutting off their opportunity to cultivate.

Alien clansmen are also human!

They also have the right to receive Master Kong's guidance and cultivate!

"Block them!"

Yan Xue called out softly, and the people of the Hundred Schools of Thought lined up in front.

Yuan Tao uprooting the platform was exactly what they had designed. At this final moment, they would never allow anyone to interfere.

Crack!

The two sides confronted each other, ready to strike at any moment. Zhang Xuan was too lazy to intervene and continued to look at Yuan Tao. Just then, the Golden Character Armor on the latter's surface could no longer withstand the attacks and shattered.

"Damn it..."

Zhang Xuan was extremely anxious.

With the armor earlier, he could still withstand it. Now that the apricot trees' branches and leaves had completely shattered the armor, wouldn't he be killed soon?

"Don't worry, someone is more anxious than you..."

Luo Ruoxi smiled again.

Before she finished speaking, Yan Xue flicked his wrist, and a cloak flew straight toward Yuan Tao, landing on him.

Hum!

The branches and leaves fell on it and were again blocked outside.

"Is this... a treasure left by an ancient sage?"

Zhang Xuan's pupils contracted.

Without thinking, he knew this was a top-tier defensive treasure refined by an ancient sage, which even the Demonic Mystic Blade might not be able to break in one strike.

As expected of the Hundred Schools of Thought; they really had a lot of treasures.

Crack! Crack!

With the treasure blocking the attacks, there was a buffer in time. Yuan Tao hugged the platform and moved away from the spot.

As the platform shook, the phantom floating above it also shook, seeming somewhat unstable.

"Now is the time, Zhang Xuan. Go get that imprint and inject it into Yuan Tao's body..."

Luo Ruoxi said.

"Okay!"

Having long wanted to stop watching the excitement, Zhang Xuan flickered and appeared above the platform, his palm striking down in the air.

Others held the relics of Master Kong in awe, but he did not feel that way. As the force of his palm descended, the human-shaped imprint, indeed unable to stand steady, shook and immediately fell from the platform.

Heavenly Dao True Qi densely covered it, and he lightly tapped.

Whoosh!

As Luo Ruoxi had said, the imprint was injected into Yuan Tao's brow.

"What are you doing..."

Everyone was stunned. Yan Xue, in particular, felt his scalp explode and let out a loud shout.

Their purpose in snatching the platform was to obtain this imprint. Now that the imprint had been injected into Yuan Tao's body... it was simply unbelievable and inconceivable.

Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan did not answer and returned to his original position.

Before he could stand still, he saw Yuan Tao, who had swallowed the imprint, suddenly expand. His already plump figure inflated like a balloon, instantly swelling.

Creak! Creak!

In the blink of an eye, he became round, his height exceeding two meters and his width also exceeding two meters, like a huge bucket.

"What's going on?"

Frowning, Zhang Xuan was also stunned.

Even he had not anticipated such a situation.