Liang Chen looked at Yan Ling, giving her a close inspection to see if anything other than her appearance had changed. After giving her a closer inspection, he couldn't help but end up rather surprised. He noticed that despite looking directly at her, he was unable to actually sense her presence, it was like she wasn't there in front of him. The electrical signals in her body were merging together with the electricity that was constantly present in the air around her, and the wind in the area seemed to be just moving directly through her, as if she was nothing more than a conduit for it.

He could still spot her if he spread out some of his poison and used it to scout the surroundings, but if he tried to use his lightning or wind-based tracking techniques he was completely unable to detect her. Liang Chen could only come up with one explanation for this, Yan Ling's affinity with the law of lightning and wind had reached a rather terrifying level after her bloodline finished its fusion and awoke. Noticing his raised eyebrow and surprised look, Yan Ling's lips curved into a cheeky grin and she let out a light giggle.

"Nihihi, surprised, are you? The amount of Azure Dragon and White Tiger bloodlines in my vein is still a bit low, but they gave me some really sweet things, check it out!"

Yan Ling raised her right hand after talking, stretching out three fingers and channeling some Qi into her hand. Faint arcs of golden lightning started to coil around her index finger, a small stream of earth started to gather around her middle finger, and thin blades of metal started to gather around her ring finger. Liang Chen's eyebrows couldn't help but raise even higher in surprise, fusing the two bloodlines into her own had given her access to three new elements? Yan Ling let out another giggle, waving her hand to dissipate the elements.

"The Azure Dragon seems to control wind and lightning, while the White Tiger seems to control earth and metal, as for the other three, I have no idea what laws they might control. I have zero insight into these laws so they're practically useless for anything but small tricks like these. But if I were to deepen my insight or get more of their bloodlines I will be able to greatly strengthen my control over them. You better watch yourself, otherwise, I might just steal all your lightning."

If the Azure Dragon and the four other beasts were truly Origin Beasts, it wouldn't be strange for each of them to control two laws. After all, the progenitor of Liang Chen's bloodline, the Heaven Devouring Dragon, controlled the law of devouring, allowing it to use practically all laws in existence, the title of Origin Beast was not just for show. Liang Chen gave a slight nod of his head in understanding, asking the other question that was on his mind.

"So, how much stronger did your bloodline get after fusing with the two new ones?"

The process of fusing bloodlines was incredibly dangerous, the slightest wrong step would result in death, you might die even if you didn't make a single mistake! Liang Chen's first fusion with the Star God bloodline had only worked thanks to the fact that Yan Ling had done everything in her power to make her Star God bloodline calm down and willingly initiate the fusion process, which eventually worked because Liang Chen's own bloodline was still mostly dormant and thus only acted on instinct to protect and heal its owner.

Once the Star God bloodline calmed down and showed the willingness to cooperate, Liang Chen's own Heaven Devouring Dragon bloodline stopped fighting back and worked together with the Star God bloodline to fuse so that they could heal Liang Chen's broken body. The fusion process just now was much simpler, mainly because the Rot Dragon blood he used only had a trace amount of the Azure Dragon bloodline. Yan Ling didn't hide anything about her increase in strength, answering the question honestly.

"I'm not a 100% certain, but looking at the strength that the progenitor of my family, Yan Yi, had with his bloodline, I'd say that my bloodline has grown at least 50% stronger after the fusion process. When I activate it, I should have no problem properly facing someone at the middle stage of the Soaring Immortal realm, maybe even someone at the late stage."

It might not sound like much, but the higher one's cultivation became, the greater the gap between the various sub-realms became. Someone at the late stage of the Heaven's Gate realm should not be able to beat someone at the early stage of the Soaring Immortal realm, and someone at the early stage of the Soaring Immortal realm should be easily beaten by someone at the middle stage. Only by having extremely strong techniques or other advantages would people be able to defeat others above their cultivation realm. Yan Ling looked at Liang Chen, forming one of her hands into a fist.

"With that being said, let's spar. I want to see just how much stronger I have gotten."

Liang Chen nodded his head and took a few steps backward, he too was a bit curious to see how much stronger he had gotten after increasing his cultivation and slightly strengthening his bloodline. He clenched his fists and took up his position, Yan Ling suddenly looking at him with an apologetic expression and bringing out her sword.

"I'm sorry, Chen'er, but please bring out your spear. I want you to give it your all, only like that will I be able to see how strong I have actually gotten. So please, bring out your spear and hold nothing back, and in turn, I will do the same."

Liang Chen's expression sank slightly after Yan Ling made her request. They had sparred against each other before, but Liang Chen had never used his spear or his bow. It wasn't that he was looking down on Yan Ling, he simply didn't want to use his spear to harm her, just using it to stab and slice her so that she could gain insights was bad enough for him. If he were to use it while they both sparred at full strength, it would be far harder for him to control the amount of damage he inflicted. He grit his teeth slightly, his golden spear appearing in his grasp as he muttered quietly.

"Really, talking to me like that is emotional extortion."

Yan Ling couldn't deny his words, she could only smile apologetically at him, activating her bloodline. When she activated her bloodline, her emerald hair turned a light gray in color, jagged white stripes running through it. Her pupils both became sky-blue in color and turned into sharp slits, her teeth growing razor-sharp. She no longer had to use the secret technique that her father had taught her so this time there was no blood seeping out her skin nor did any of her hair turn crimson.

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The moment she activated her bloodline, it seemed like the area around her turned completely silent, all the wind around her suddenly stopping before being absorbed by her body. She took a step forward, her entire body blurring as she shot forward at full speed. Liang Chen inhaled a light breath before activating his own bloodline, gray scales growing up his arms and covering part of his chest and neck.

Yan Ling arrived in front of him almost immediately, raising her sword high and aiming a downward slash at his left shoulder. Liang Chen swiftly raised his left arm and used the back of his fist to push the sword to the side, taking half a step forward, twisting his body slightly to the left and aiming a shoulder bash at Yan Ling's chest.

The moment his fist touched her sword, he felt a sharp energy pierce into his hand, shredding his scales and causing blood to spurt outwards. Yan Ling didn't want Liang Chen's shoulder to hit her so she stretched out her left arm and placed her hand on his shoulder, putting some force into it while jumping up, doing a handstand on his shoulder and vaulting over his body, aiming another slash at his left arm while doing so.

As she placed her hand on his shoulder, she felt a large amount of lightning flood into her arm and spread through her body, her entire arm practically turning numb from pain. But thanks to the fact that she had some Azure Dragon blood in her now, she was able to prevent herself from losing control over her arm and complete her vault.

Liang Chen glanced at the incoming blade for a split second before ducking down, lowering his entire body into a crouching position. He then spun his body around, aiming a sideways sweep at Yan Ling, who was currently in the process of landing after performing the vault. Yan Ling tried to push the spear away using her wind while also pushing herself back, but Liang Chen had simply packed too much force into the spear, it cut cleanly through the wind and left a gash on Yan Ling's right thigh.

She stretched down her left arm and grabbed onto the spear before it was able to reach her left thigh, giving it a strong pull. Liang Chen felt a crushing pressure squeeze down on his right hand the moment Yan Ling grabbed onto his spear, several of his scales shattering as his hand was forced to keep grasping the spear, leaving him with no choice but to take a step closer to her when Yan Ling pulled on the spear.

Yan Ling stabbed out with her sword while Liang Chen was stepping forward, aiming at his chest. Liang Chen glanced at the sword but didn't take any action to dodge it, his gaze locked on Yan Ling. Her expression faltered slightly when she saw his actions, her arm lowering so that her sword aimed at his abdomen rather than his chest.

Her sword was infused with her law of piercing, slicing, and crushing, resulting in it easily piercing through his body, the law of slicing and crushing unleashing and wreaking havoc on his organs and bones. But at the same time as the sword pierced his abdomen, his left arm shot forward as fast as lightning, his palm landing on Yan Ling's chest. His palm landed on her chest, but he didn't unleash an attack, he simply let out a sigh, blood leaking out from the corner of his lips.

"Can we stop this now? A battle like this is just pointless, you are unable to truly harm me and I am unable to truly harm you, we learn nothing from this."

Thanks to his poison he was unable to feel the pain of the sword piercing through his abdomen, and even though his bones and organs were a bit wounded, it wouldn't take long for him to heal from it if he just used a bit of medicine. He was a body cultivator, resilience and rapid healing were some of his greatest traits, especially considering his powerful bloodline.

And his words weren't wrong, they were unable to harm the other, they simply couldn't bear it. Yan Ling had lowered her sword so that it didn't pierce his chest, she had also prevented her law of crushing and slicing from harming any of his important organs. As for Liang Chen, not once had he used his poison or his two strongest types of lightning, too afraid that they would leave irreparable harm on her. Yan Ling looked at Liang Chen's hand, which currently lodged in between her breasts, and then let out a sigh, both of them undoing their bloodline activation.

"So even with all this, I'm unable to beat you. I'm sorry for stabbing you like this."

Yan Ling knew that even with her increased strength, she would lose the moment Liang Chen hit her with a single attack. Liang Chen had his supreme technique, Dragon Lord's Three Steps, any single attack could instantly become a finishing blow that not even her body could handle. Had he activated it when he sliced her thigh, she would lose both her legs, had he activated it when his palm landed on her chest, while she might not instantly die, she would take a great deal of damage.

Yan Ling pulled her sword out of Liang Chen's abdomen and then quickly closed up the wound with her left hand, channeling her law of water into his body to heal him. She put away her sword and took out a few pills from her interspatial ring, shoving them into Liang Chen's mouth with her right hand.

"Eat these, and don't even think about spitting them out."

Liang Chen crunched the pills slightly before swallowing them and allowing them to dissolve into streams of energy that flowed towards his wounds. After swallowing the pills, he rolled his eyes slightly at Yan Ling's comment.

"Do I look like such a child to you?"

He had never spit out any pills or food before, so her comment was clearly meant just to tease him and prevent any silence from descending over the two. Yan Ling giggled lightly, her lips curling into a smirk as she cast a quick glance at Liang Chen.

"Nihihi, you certainly act like it at times, so I have to make sure."

Liang Chen continued to play along with Yan Ling, sending her a slight glare while cracking his knuckles, giving the top of her head a light knock.

"Right, I'll make sure to beat you properly next time."

Yan Ling ducked slightly after Liang Chen knocked the top of her head, sticking out her tongue for a quick second before putting on an overly dramatic act of being scared.

"Ohh, I'm shaking in fear, what will I ever do with such a brute chasing me?"

With Yan Ling using her law of water to heal his wounds, coupled with the pills and his already strong body, it didn't take long for his wounds to heal. Three hours after the two finished their sparring, Yan Ling pat Liang Chen on the stomach and stood up, stretching her body with an excited expression.

"Alright, your boo boo's all better now. We've been gone for quite a while, so it's about time we return to the tower. We should probably be able to reach the fourth floor now, maybe even the fifth if we cultivate just a bit more."

The standard strength of the people on the fourth floor was the early and the middle stage of the Soaring Immortal realm, with the fifth-floor standard being the middle and late stage of the Soaring Immortal realm. They were indeed strong enough now to reach the fourth floor, but they likely needed a bit more strength if they wished to stay safely on the fifth floor. Luckily, they would have access to quite a few resources on the third and fourth floor, allowing them to speed up their cultivation. The two left the cavern, Yumao shrinking in size and coiling up on Yan Ling's head. Yan Ling brought out the golden chariot and fed it a bit of this planet's currency so that it could soar into the air and bring them back to the city. They had been gone for so long that they would have to start climbing again from the first floor, but this just meant that they would be able to stock up on a few bodies and more resources they could use.