Immortal and Martial Dual Cultivation Chapter 1220: Forcible Breakthrough

Ao Jiao looked anxious. She knew that Xiao Chen was forcing his way through. If he succeeded, he would reach the Life and Death Art’s fifth layer. If he failed, everything would be over.

Without a doubt, the further one went, the greater the chance of failure. The difficulty would increase by severalfold. Worrying was inevitable.

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, the light coming from Xiao Chen stopped flickering, and a new ring of light appeared behind him. He had succeeded in forcibly breaking into the fifth layer.

Life and death swapped positions. Xiao Chen, who was seated cross-legged, felt the vast Mental Energy in his sea of consciousness condensing formlessly at one spot.

His Mental Energy became like a metallic fluid constantly changing its shape. After five life-and-death crises, his vast Mental Energy took on a vaguely humanoid shape.

Xiao Chen felt that as long as he survived two more life-and-death crises to advance the Life and Death Art to the seventh layer, there would be a qualitative leap—an unpredictable change.

However, should he fail, his mind would shatter. As for the consequences, if the damage was light, he would turn into an idiot; if it was severe, he would be braindead.

The risk was great. Nevertheless, because of his deep-felt beliefs, he needed to persevere.

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth as he withstood the intense pressure and the agony from shuttling between life and death. Even so, he chose to continue cultivating the Life and Death Art to break through to the sixth layer.

One day passed, leaving only two more days until the closure of the Human-Demon Paradise. Xiao Chen was still working on breaking through to the Life and Death Art’s sixth layer.

Another day passed, and he successfully broke through to the sixth layer and prepared for the seventh layer. However, he had only one more day.

If Xiao Chen could not break through and the Human-Demon Paradise ejected him, he would suffer the combined attacks of eight half-step Martial Emperors.

Not only would he suffer grievous injuries, but when the Life

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