Chapter 744: Great Improvement in Strength

Without the support of the supreme comprehension privilege and the supreme bestowal power, Ye Feng knew that if he continued to force the fusion of divine techniques, he might not be able to fuse even a few by the time the secret realm opened. So, he simply gave up.
He retrieved two more divine techniques he had previously practiced in the virtual realm and gave them to Luo Yan and Jin Wen. Under Ye Feng’s influence, their comprehension speed of these techniques was no less than that of those who achieved sudden enlightenment.
As for Xue Hai, he was trying to reach the level of a tenth-tier powerhouse.
After arranging everything for the three of them, Ye Feng turned his attention to the Heavenly Dao Secret Patterns before him.
His interest in these Heavenly Dao runes had not diminished at all. Since they evolved from the remnants of the Heavenly Dao Stele, Ye Feng had only explored them once.
Taking this opportunity, he planned to delve deeper into them to see if he could uncover something significant.
Once again, he sent his soul energy into the Heavenly Dao runes, and his soul was instantly drawn into a peculiar world.
It was a world of nothingness, pitch black. Occasionally, a few lights would appear. Upon closer inspection, they turned out to be the Heavenly Dao Secret Patterns.
His soul energy revealed that there were a total of 108,000 such patterns, of which only 80,000 were glowing, while the rest remained dim.
Ye Feng suddenly realized that the glowing patterns were those he had already mastered, while the dim, colorless ones were those he had not yet mastered.
He immediately selected one of the dim patterns and began simulating it with his soul energy. It took him hundreds of attempts to draw that pattern accurately.
Once he completed it, the pattern suddenly began to pulse, emitting a strange light that rushed into Ye Feng’s soul.
The scene before his eyes instantly changed. The pattern started to automatically combine with other patterns, repeatedly arranging and then disassembling itself.
It was unclear how much time passed, but after tens of thousands of combinations, once Ye Feng had memorized them all, they disappeared.
When he looked again, the dim light point had turned bright. Now, the number of illuminated patterns had reached 80,001.
Ye Feng was overjoyed. “So, one can learn these patterns directly here. Then I don’t need to wait for the Heavenly Dao Master to teach me the next set of patterns—I can practice right here.”

After making such a decision, Ye Feng devoted his entire focus to deducing the subsequent secret runes within this space.
……
“Sigh…” Another soft sigh was heard. This was already the unknown number of failures, and the one sighing was none other than Ye Feng, seated in front of the Heavenly Dao runes. “The 100,001st secret rune—no matter what, I can’t succeed in condensing it. I’ve tried tens of thousands of times, yet still the same result…”
“Still not working?” Xue Hai asked, approaching. He indeed felt bored; although his strength had improved over these days, the improvement was limited.
“I don’t know why I keep failing…” Ye Feng shook his head helplessly.
“Maybe it’s just because your cultivation level isn’t high enough…” Xue Hai said casually with a smile.
Ye Feng was taken aback but wasn’t dismissive of this possibility. “Never mind. It’s probably almost time for this secret realm to open.”
Luo Yan and Jin Wen also slowly woke up and looked up at Ye Feng.
“What’s your divine power level now?” Ye Feng asked with a smile. With his essence blood, it would be countless times easier for the two to merge their divine powers.
“It’s the same as yours, Boss—177 levels!” Jin Wen’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
“Mine too,” Luo Yan said, his eyes gleaming as well.
Xue Hai remained silent. Here, he had the highest cultivation level, but his current strength was the weakest.
Ye Feng noticed this as well. He forced out a drop of essence blood from his palm and looked at Xue Hai. “Xue Hai, let’s form another blood contract.”
Upon hearing this, gratitude flashed in Xue Hai’s eyes. Ye Feng said they were forming another contract, but in reality, it meant giving him Ye Feng’s essence blood. Of course, he knew how precious the Immortal Clan’s essence blood was. This way, his understanding of divine powers would quickly reach Ye Feng’s level. Moreover, after forming the contract, he wouldn’t need to spend time refining Ye Feng’s essence blood—he could directly comprehend the divine powers within it. Without hesitation, he nodded firmly.
After getting Xue Hai’s consent, Ye Feng pressed his palm against his forehead, and the drop of essence blood slowly flowed into Xue Hai’s body.
“Crack…”
A sound of breaking reached everyone’s ears. While Ye Feng and the others were still puzzled, Xue Hai burst into laughter. “Hahaha… I’ve finally reached the level of a strong warrior at the tenth tier!”

Ye Feng was also slightly surprised; he hadn’t expected his life essence to have such an effect on Blood Sea. Immediately afterward, he purchased all over a hundred divine techniques he had previously merged from the Void Realm and placed them in a storage ring, handing it to Blood Sea.

Blood Sea took the ring. Before long, a strange red beam shot down from somewhere in the sky and enveloped Blood Sea. The energy carried by that beam sent shockwaves that pushed Ye Feng and the others a hundred meters away.

Ye Feng looked up. That beam must have penetrated through some ultimate treasure to reach here; it likely had an effect similar to a blessing from heaven and earth.

Blood Sea slowly closed his eyes, sat in seiza, and began to cultivate under the beam’s illumination. Ye Feng and the others could clearly feel that his cultivation level, which had just been raised, was now stabilizing.

“Huh, this guy really has good fortune,” a figure suddenly appeared behind Ye Feng and his companions.

“Dad!” Ye Feng stepped forward confidently.

“Not bad—177 levels of merged divine techniques. Such a level of integration is enough to ensure self-protection,” said Immortal, then glanced at Luo Yan and Jin Wen, nodding in satisfaction. “Mm, not bad, not bad!”

He said “not bad” twice in a row, clearly very pleased with Ye Feng and his two companions.

He then turned his gaze to Blood Sea. “You gave him your life essence. With his cultivation level as a level-10 expert, combined with the same level of divine technique integration as you, plus those strange techniques from the Outer Realm, there will likely be very few who can deal with him.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure suddenly appeared beside Immortal and said respectfully, “Master!”

“You managed to merge all the techniques so quickly?” Immortal looked at the man beside him. That man’s aura was extremely powerful, even surpassing that of Blood Sea, who was sitting nearby.

Ye Feng had also met this man before; he was the second elder of the Blood Demon clan.

“Mm!” The man didn’t say much. He merely gave Blood Sea, who was sitting not far away, a surprised glance, then stole a look at Ye Feng before turning into a red glow and hiding inside Immortal’s long sleeve.

“Hehe, you really gave me a great boost!” Immortal laughed happily. The powerful warrior he had subdued, named Bloodstain, was originally the second eldest of the vampires, but in fact, his strength was second only to that of the clan leader. Due to insufficient seniority, he couldn’t take on the position of the eldest. Now that he shared the same divine powers as Immortal, his combat strength was likely no weaker than Immortal’s, which was why Immortal was so pleased.
“It’s your own good fortune, Dad,” Ye Feng said with a smile, then asked, “Dad, about what you promised me before…”
“Don’t worry. Your strength is now enough to protect yourself, and you have three others to back you up. Especially that guy, Blood Sea—so long as he doesn’t encounter those clan leader-level figures, he can basically do as he pleases,” Immortal said with a smile, but his expression soon turned serious. “However, the three of you might still not be strong enough to deal with some level-9 warriors.”
“Level-9 warriors? Why?” Ye Feng asked, puzzled.