“Lord Dragon, do your best and don’t force it!” Bowman looked at Billy’s back and said.
“Hmm!” Billy nodded in response and dived back into the pool.
As he descended, Billy saw everyone practicing with closed eyes at different depths, and he didn’t disturb them, diving down at full speed.
After a while, he reached the depth where he had practiced a few days ago, and the color of the water here had already become much lighter.
Without pausing, he continued to dive deeper.
After descending another thirty to forty meters, Billy began to feel the force that Wang Mao had mentioned, which grew stronger the deeper he went.
At this point, he had strong water pressure above and a formidable force pushing from below. He felt like a sandwich, squeezed between the two forces, experiencing a strong discomfort. Billy furrowed his brows, activating his full strength to create a powerful defensive aura to continue his descent. With his current strength, the level of his defensive aura was already not inferior to a true Saint powerhouse.
After another difficult descent of thirty to forty meters, he could clearly feel that the concentration of spiritual energy in the water had increased several times. Correspondingly, the force pushing against him had also increased several levels, making it difficult for him to go any deeper. Helpless, he could only release his spiritual power to probe. However, to his surprise, his spiritual power could only probe a range of twenty to thirty meters here, yielding no results. After a while, as the discomfort in his body reached its limit, Billy had no choice but to give up and float back to the surface.
“Lord Dragon, how’s the situation?” Ernest Shepherd asked as Billy returned to the shore.
“It’s just as Elder Bowman said. I could only dive to a depth of around one hundred and seventy to eighty meters.” Billy responded. As he spoke, he thought to himself, perhaps when he broke through to the Saint realm, he could try again. There must be a special reason for such a rich concentration of spiritual energy below this pool.
“It seems that this pool is not simple!” Ernest Shepherd said with a slight surprise.
Billy nodded slightly.
During their conversation, more and more people surfaced from the pool and returned to the shore. After seven days and nights of cultivation, everyone had reached their limits. Moreover, with the absorption of the spiritual essence from a hundred meters below the surface, there was not much meaning in staying any longer. The first person to come ashore beside Billy was Harleen.
“Harleen, how do you feel?” Billy smiled and greeted her. While speaking, he released his spiritual power to assess her cultivation level, and his eyes lit up. Just as he had guessed, during these seven days, Harleen had broken through two levels in a row and stepped into the late stage of the seventh rank.
“This spiritual spring is truly amazing!” Harleen said with joy. “In just a few days, it helped me break through two levels!”
“Congratulations, Harleen!” Billy responded with a smile. “If it weren’t for the special inheritance you received, you could even directly break through to the eighth rank!”
Harleen nodded with a smile. Clearly, she was aware of this herself.
“When did you come up, Billy? Did you break through to the Saint Realm?” asked Harleen.
“I came up on the first day.” Billy smiled and replied, “Now I’m at the ninth rank.”
“You came up on the first day?” Harleen was slightly surprised. “Are you worried about us?”
“I haven’t reached the best time for the breakthrough to the Saint Realm yet!” Billy smiled.
“You’re so good to me!” Harleen gazed at Billy affectionately. She understood what was in his heart.
“How have you been these past few days?” Billy changed the topic.
“I’m fine! As long as I’m with you, I’m fine no matter where we go!” Harleen smiled sweetly. After a brief pause, she added, “I just miss my parents and Tasha a little.”
“I miss them too!” Billy smiled and said, “Once things here have some progress, we’ll go back for a visit.”
“Don’t worry about me. I was just casually mentioning it.” Harleen smiled once again.
Billy also smiled, “Take a rest for a while and consolidate your cultivation. Casey and the others should be coming up soon.”
“Okay!” Harleen finished speaking and sat down cross-legged to meditate.
After about half an hour, everyone gradually came ashore. As Billy had guessed, most of the people around him had broken through two levels. Casey, Ivy, and Ian had already reached the threshold of the next higher rank, so this time they broke through three levels in a row. Casey, Ivy and Ian had stepped into the eighth rank, seventh rank and sixth rank respectively. In this way, Billy’s power had increased several levels at once. Except for Casey and the others, including Ocean Martin and his sister, everyone had reaped significant rewards.
Everyone at the Sovereign Realm had at least one level of improvement, while those who were War God-Emperors had basically improved by two levels. Joyful expressions appeared on everyone’s faces. And when Casey and the others learned that Billy had only improved by one level, they understood his intentions. This was their boss, and whenever such an opportunity arose, his first thought was for these fellows around him. Emotions between people are mutual, and there is a reason why they only respect Billy.
An hour later, everyone returned to the castle on the cliff. That night, they didn’t rush back to the town. They stayed in the castle to meditate and consolidate their cultivation. The next morning, Billy and the others bid farewell to Keith Bowman and his group.
“Thank you, Elder Bowman!” said Billy.
“Thank you, Elder Bowman!” Casey and the others expressed their gratitude at the same time.
“Lord Dragon, it’s my duty!” After a brief pause, Keith Bowman spoke with a meaningful tone. “Lord Dragon, you have a lot of courage. The road ahead is long, so be cautious in everything! In the future, if you need my help, just ask. Within my capabilities, I won’t refuse!”
“Thank you, Elder Bowman!” Billy nodded in response. After chatting for a while, Billy and his group took their leave.
“Congratulations, Lord Dragon!” Ernest Shepherd said to Billy with a smile. He, Milo Guzman, and Otis Hum didn’t expect Billy and his group to gain such great rewards, far exceeding their expectations.
“Thank you, Elder Shepherd!” Billy responded with a smile.
“Three gentlemen, do you know something?” At this moment, Harleen asked with a hesitant tone. “Do you know where Billy’s parents and grandfather are?” Harleen asked after taking a deep breath. She had wanted to ask this question since they entered this town, but she hadn’t found the right moment.
Upon hearing her words, Casey and the others also turned their gaze to Otis Hum and the other two.