Peerless Martial Expert in the City-Chapter 241 - 244 Entering Condensation (Part 2)

This darkness, I had no idea where it came from, nor did I know what was going on. It seemed to suddenly engulf me from all directions, and, furthermore, it was tightening around me, as if it wanted to trap me to death in this dark hole!

No!

A nameless fear arose from the depths of Xiao Yi’s heart, an intense craving for light sprouted within him, and Xiao Yi began to struggle frantically. He started to rush forward desperately, but, unfortunately, that thin-looking darkness, which seemed to be shrinking, appeared to be endless. He ran and ran, yet he could never break through!

He didn’t know how long he had been running, he only felt that his legs had begun to tremble, he felt his lungs were about to burst, and his breathing through his nostrils had become difficult. He could no longer run as forcefully as he had at the start; even taking the smallest step forward required a tremendous amount of effort!

Was I to be devoured by this darkness?

After exhaling his last breath, a doubt involuntarily surfaced in Xiao Yi’s mind.

No!

I must get out! The light is right ahead!

But then, Xiao Yi gritted his teeth fiercely, flung that thought from his mind, his gaze turned steely as he took another step forward, a step filled with unwavering determination.

His footsteps were so arduous, his legs trembled so severely, but they were incredibly resolute!

His lips were broken, bitten till there was a trace of blood. He stuck out his tongue, licked it, swallowed, and then he continued to stride forward with unwavering determination!

Advancing step by step, his mind was a blank, oh no, it should be called a void, because his brain was truly lacking oxygen. There was only one thought supporting his advance, and that was to go forward!

Boom!

Finally, after an unknown period of arduous progression, Xiao Yi felt a sudden jolt in his form, and all the darkness before his eyes vanished in an instant. An unrivaled brightness shined upon everything in the world, illuminating his figure, shining into his eyes.

Along with that instantaneous burst of brilliant light, Xiao Yi’s consciousness also snapped out of Entering Meditation and he opened his eyes, his expression somewhat blank as he looked around.

What happened?

Is this still my room? Am I still sitting cross-legged on the bed? The curtains in front of me are still drawn tightly?

Was the beach, the sea view, the blue sky, and the white clouds just now all an illusion?

After glancing around, the confused look on Xiao Yi’s face grew even denser. If everything just now was an illusion, it was too real; he had truly felt that agony, hadn’t he?

That feeling of oxygen deprivation, the difficulty of breathing, as if he had used up his last bit of strength... the dry mouth, the parched tongue... everything was so real, so vivid!

Huh?

Suddenly, in the midst of his confusion, Xiao Yi noticed something particularly abnormal that made him freeze instantly.

His body was as if he had taken a bath, completely drenched, as if he had just been caught in a downpour, and a large patch of the bed was soaked. Fortunately, he had used a bedsheet!

What’s going on?

It had been a long time since he had experienced this situation, only when he first started cultivating did it occur. Back then, what was expelled was the filth within his body, and it was always very dirty; but this time, there were hardly any impurities, as if it were beads of transparent sweat emerging.

Could it be...

A feeling faintly arose in Xiao Yi’s mind, a wave of excitement building within him, yet he dared not confirm it, afraid of disappointment. With a mix of trepidation and unease, he carefully circulated the True Qi within his body and tried again...

Ah!

As he circulated his True Qi, Xiao Yi almost leaped off the bed, almost letting out a roar from his lips!

He had actually broken through!

He had truly entered the Condensation period!

During that moment of circulating True Qi, he distinctly felt that sensation the old man spoke of during the Condensation period, as if every movement was filled with infinite vitality, or rather, a sensation of boundless strength. In an instant, he even felt as though he held the world in his hands, that domineering feeling was truly fantastic!

This is the sensation of the Condensation period!

It’s a completely different realm, one that even changes one’s mindset—as absolutely incomparable to the Bone Tempering Period!

These past few days, he had come close to touching upon this sensation several times but had never been able to truly grasp it!

Is this real?

It took a while for Xiao Yi to recover from his boundless joy and incredulously circulated his True Qi once more. Instantly, that sensation surged up again!

He finally confirmed that he had indeed broken through, truly and genuinely, he had become a master of the Condensation period!

Yes, after entering the Condensation period, one definitely has the qualifications to be called a master!

Although the old man said, those who could enter the Bone Tempering Period were one in a thousand, chosen for their deep fortunes and remarkable talents, in reality, masters of the Bone Tempering period were not uncommon. Just in G City, in the short period he was there, he had encountered quite a number; and during his years of training and experience, he had met many, even some of high tier Bone Tempering, just a single step away from Condensation, like Lord Hong who was with Sun Hao.

But those who had entered the Condensation period were truly few and far between. Even in Xiao Yi’s many years of traversing, aside from the old man, he had met only a very few!

It must have been the breakthrough just now!

So, it turns out that breaking into the Condensation period is actually a test of one’s will!

As he gradually calmed down from his tremendous excitement, Xiao Yi suddenly realized the key to his breakthrough. What he had been trying to break through must have been an illusion, but it surely stemmed from the difficulties encountered during his cultivation, a hallucination based on that. In breaking through that illusion, he was, in fact, striving to break through in reality as well!

That’s why he was now covered in sweat!

It was only with the instant illumination did he officially break through that thin barrier that had always stood before him!

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