"Ssss!" The rampant energy body now converged with the vortex in Li Lin's hand in an instant, and the two forces touched each other, yet there was a kind of silent feeling.

"Whoosh!" In an instant, Li Lin felt a tremendous devouring force burst out from the energy body, as if it wanted to devour his own Qi. The Qi in his hands was actually flowing towards that energy body, which was somewhat similar to the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art he practiced.

"Devour." At this moment, Li Lin's expression sank, and he shouted in his heart, as he started to operate the Devouring Force in the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art.

"Whoosh whoosh." The two devouring forces collided instantly, and in the hall, a dazzling whirlwind force suddenly burst out. Both forces wanted to devour each other, but at this moment, it seemed that neither could do anything to the other. Strictly speaking, Li Lin was at a slight disadvantage.

"Such a powerful force." Li Lin's expression darkened, feeling the devouring force on the energy body, which was probably strong enough to reach the level of a Martial General.

This was just some residual attacking force left by powerful beings over thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, that had gathered together into energy, which was terrifying. Li Lin was also astonished.

With the hand signs changing again, Li Lin sat cross-legged, with the vortex in his hands firmly attached to the energy body, counteracting its devouring. At this moment, he was still at a disadvantage.

"Whoosh whoosh..." The two forces intertwined in the hall, with the violent aura spreading out, and the intersecting energy lights also shining with dazzling brilliance.

Cui Yu watched Li Lin nervously, with her beautiful eyes, she saw that Li Lin seemed to be at a disadvantage, which made her even more anxious.

"Damn it." Li Lin cursed silently at this moment. The energy body was too violent, its devouring force far above his own, and the Qi in his hands was slowly being pulled over by the energy body.

Li Lin's expression became more and more solemn. Once his Qi was devoured by the energy body, the energy body would become more violent, and then he would be in trouble.

Li Lin quickly made another hand sign, and within his dantian, the five-colored Martial Pill rapidly spun, releasing a vast amount of Qi energy. Along with it, the Qi vortex in front of Li Lin also became violent.

A man and an energy body unfolded a tug-of-war within the hall, with Li Lin always barely counteracting it.

As time slowly passed, the solemn expression on Li Lin's face gradually eased. Through his soul probing, Li Lin felt that the energy body seemed to be somewhat powerless now, and its energy seemed to be fading.

These energy bodies were just the residual attacking force left by the powerful beings, which, when consumed a bit, would diminish a bit, becoming naturally weaker and fading away.

Li Lin secretly waited, waiting for the energy body to consume itself to a point where it could no longer threaten him, which would be his time to counterattack.

Time slowly passed, and Cui Yu also felt the change in the energy body, with her tightly furrowed brows slightly relaxing.

Time passed again, and in the silent hall, there were only the sounds of the two forces' energy fluctuations. The aura on the energy body was slowly fading. This energy body had no intelligence to speak of, naturally did not know how to effectively counter this tug-of-war, which just gave Li Lin the opportunity to counteract.

After about a dozen hours, Li Lin's originally closed eyes suddenly opened, a sharp light shooting out, and he muttered, "Thirty years on the east side of the river, thirty years on the west side, now it's my turn."

With the hand signs changing, the vortex in front of Li Lin suddenly expanded, and at the same time, the devouring force greatly increased. On the energy body, a trace of energy was immediately devoured by the vortex condensed by Li Lin.

And with the operation of the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art in his body, Li Lin felt a shock in his palm, suddenly feeling a small, pure energy, like a tidal wave, being devoured from within the energy body, then pouring into his body.

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"It can be refined, just like devouring the heavenly and earthly energies drawn from the three-element and five-combination array, even stronger." Li Lin was immediately surprised in his heart. The energy body could really be refined, and what surprised Li Lin the most was that this energy did not require too much refining by himself. As long as it circulated through the meridians for a round, it could turn into pure Qi entering his dantian Qi sea. At the same time, this energy also generated spiritual power, with about half of the energy turning into pure spiritual power entering his brain space.

The bit of energy just devoured, like threading a needle, at this moment, the massive energy within the energy body was being devoured bit by bit by Li Lin, instantly turning into Qi and spiritual power pouring in through the circulation in the meridians.

In this state, Li Lin could even clearly feel the gradually strengthening power within his body, especially the spiritual power. His original spiritual power level was at the peak of the fourth layer of spiritual soul, and after a moment, he had already reached the brink of breakthrough.

"What a magical energy, absorbing it is much stronger than Qi." Li Lin was shocked at this moment. The energy body was not small, although it had faded a lot, but at this time, it was still equivalent to a practitioner with a cultivation of the seventh or eighth layer of Martial Soul.

Devouring martial practitioners or spiritual practitioners, removing the dross and keeping the essence, after one's own refining, one could only get about one-tenth of the Qi energy and spiritual power energy, but at this moment, this energy body, easily refined, could completely turn into Qi and spiritual power. This was not comparable to devouring martial practitioners or spiritual practitioners.

"Spiritual power is about to breakthrough." An hour later, Li Lin already felt that his spiritual power had reached the point of breakthrough.

Inside the brain, the soul pill rapidly spun, devouring strands of endless spiritual power.

Around Li Lin, at this moment, was suddenly enveloped in an invisible white transparent light circle, a vast spiritual power began to spread out, and the aura fluctuated in the hall.

"Spiritual power, this is spiritual power." At the edge of the hall, Cui Yu's face changed dramatically, watching the spiritual power fluctuations that Li Lin was now suppressing with his Qi. With her insight, she also immediately thought of a terrifying thing: "Dual cultivation of spirit and martial arts, the legendary dual cultivators of spirit and martial arts."

"How is it possible, dual cultivation of spirit and martial arts, there really are dual cultivators of spirit and martial arts." Cui Yu seemed unable to believe what she was seeing, but this scene was real in front of her.

The aura rapidly climbed, shaking the entire space within the hall, and with a bang in Li Lin's brain, at this moment, the aura surged up like breaking bamboo.

At the same time, the energy body in front of Li Lin, being devoured by Li Lin, increased its speed a lot. Huge amounts of energy entered Li Lin's body, which could then be converted into Li Lin's own Qi and spiritual power. With Li Lin's spiritual power breaking through to the fifth layer of spiritual soul at this moment, the speed of refining the energy body accelerated even more, and the vast energy was rapidly shrinking.

After several more hours, when the Qi in the dantian Qi sea reached a full state, the five-colored Martial Pill was also enjoying the nourishment of Qi, and the Qi was gradually expanding to the point of bursting.

Li Lin's body was once again enveloped in a yellow light circle, and a vast aura was climbing upwards.

"Bang!" Inside the dantian Qi sea, with a muffled sound, the aura soared, and Li Lin's aura had reached the level of the fifth layer of Martial Soul, and at the same time, the aura was still rapidly climbing.

At this time, the energy body within the hall was only a small half left, but at this time, this energy body had no resistance in front of Li Lin, and could only be devoured by him.

"Could he be using a secret method to devour energy for breakthroughs?" Watching Li Lin, Cui Yu at the edge of the hall was once again shocked.

The energy body was devoured by Li Lin very quickly, and after another dozen hours or so, the originally huge energy body in front of Li Lin was now only the size of a thumb.

"Take!" At this moment, Li Lin's eyes suddenly opened, and his body was wrapped in a thick pale yellow misty light, the vortex in his hand was withdrawn, turning into a gas entering his palm, followed by the thumb-sized energy body also falling into Li Lin's hand.

With a fist, as the last bit of energy was absorbed by Li Lin, Li Lin's palm opened, and the thumb-sized energy body had disappeared, turning into a stream of air like a dragon, pouring into his body.

Li Lin's face was full of astonishment at this moment, this energy was too terrifying and magical. If there could be a continuous supply of this kind of energy, he could keep breaking through rapidly. This energy, like the purest heavenly and earthly energy, entering his body, could easily and perfectly merge with his own Qi and spiritual power, leaving no side effects.

Feeling his strength at this moment, Li Lin's mouth curled into a smile. In a short period of time, probably not even three days, he had now reached the peak of the fifth layer of spiritual soul, and at the same time, his martial level had also reached the middle stage of the fifth layer of Martial Soul.

A complete breakthrough in one realm, and on the martial level, a breakthrough of one and a half realms. Li Lin himself could only marvel at this speed of breakthrough.

"Five layers of Martial Soul..." Feeling the full Qi inside his body, Li Lin's mouth curled up slightly with a smile, now being able to clearly perceive the soaring strength and the sense of comfort brought by the breakthrough, and even the injuries on his body had healed during this breakthrough.