Eight days later.

Ye Chen sat quietly in the room, his body rippling with an astonishing aura as if he were practicing some earth-shattering martial arts technique.

"Still lacking a bit, can't fully merge!" Ye Chen opened his eyes, and two sharp glimmers burst forth.

After the battle that day, Ye Chen had broken through in the Amplification Skill, gaining insight into many things.

Thus, Ye Chen concealed himself and engaged in intense training, hoping to make a breakthrough and soar to the power of Ten Dragons!

The eight days of secluded training had brought significant gains, deepening his study of martial techniques, yet he had not amassed enough to reach that boiling point he so desired.

However, Ye Chen had a vague enlightenment; his physique was not weaker than Nine Dragons, just lacking some essence.

As long as he could reach that boiling point, Ye Chen would instantly leap to the power of Ten Dragons!

Ye Chen had now reached a bottleneck and needed an opportunity to break these chains!

What this opportunity was and when it would come, Ye Chen did not know—all he could do was try his best to seize it!

"The flower of the Other Shore allows the Land Gods to advance to the Other Shore, but if I eat it now, can I soar to the power of Ten Dragons, or even directly ascend to a Land God?"

In Ye Chen's hand appeared a dimly glowing flower, the very flower that drove Land Gods mad with desire—the flower of the Other Shore.

Ye Chen had acquired the flower of the Other Shore in his cave, having snatched a total of ten flowers;​ now only five remained in his possession.

Ye Chen had even considered consuming the flower of the Other Shore like a regular vegetable, daydreaming about ascending in one step to become an all-powerful deity.

However, before leaving the cave, Di Lintian had detained Ye Chen and informed him of many things.

Di Lintian gravely warned Ye Chen that he could only use one flower of the Other Shore!

The flower of the Other Shore is a rare heavenly object; the petals contain the ultimate truths of the universe, and by meditating upon them, Land Gods can advance to the Other Shore.

This peculiar flower can only be used once by a person!

Of course, if you have too many flowers of the Other Shore lying around, you can eat them like vegetables, but the effect will be greatly diminished upon subsequent consumptions.

Furthermore, Di Lintian specifically instructed him to distribute the flowers of the Other Shore freely, creating several Great Venerables of the Other Shore to combat the great calamity from heaven and earth.

Thus, Ye Chen generously gave the flowers of the Other Shore away as favors.

"Better not eat it. Right now, I just need one chance to make a great leap. Using the flower of the Other Shore at this level would be too wasteful!" Ye Chen held the flower of the Other Shore and stared at it for a while, several times thinking of swallowing it to slowly refine it, but each time he forcefully restrained himself.

The flower of the Other Shore is most helpful to Land Gods; currently, he was just a tiny Grandmaster— even if he refined a flower, he would at most ascend to a Land God but couldn't comprehend the essence of the Other Shore.

"I am now stronger than ever before; even if I can't match a Land God, I could still combat a Ten Dragons Taboo!"

"At this moment, if I went to find Yalina and fiercely battle with that holy knight of the Ten Dragons Taboo, I wonder if I could gain something?"

Ye Chen had broken through his limits in battle, with the Amplification Skill boosting his combat strength by nineteen times, but he still had not reached that boiling point.

Ye Chen still wanted to seek out the strongest battles to pressure himself, ignite his fighting spirit, and explode that critical threshold.

"Forget it, my situation now is not the same as before; even if I fight another tenacious battle, it might not yield any results." Ye Chen then gave up on the idea of finding the beauty to fight.

He had just made a breakthrough from the battle and wanted to break through again; it seemed as difficult as reaching the sky, considering everyone gets tired.

In fact, Ye Chen had a realization; what he needed was not another battle, but the opportunity was fast approaching.

"Ye Chen, what are you thinking about!"

Just as Ye Chen's mind was wandering, a beautiful shadow came up beside him and gave his head a smack.

"Damn, you dare hit my head!" Ye Chen almost jumped up, for he was now an unparalleled expert; being casually smacked on the head by a woman seemed utterly humiliating.

"The meals you have every day, they're all prepared by me, your general," Xu Qingling said. "I'm basically your provider, so even if I use a gun on you, you can't complain!"

Xu Qingling and Ye Chen got along famously; she spoke without any reservations, never considering herself an outsider.

"How many dishes today?" Ye Chen asked as he saw Xu Qingling pushing a cart of delicious meals toward him.

As a beautiful female general, Xu Qingling was not only competent in the field but also in the kitchen, her culinary skills seriously impressed Ye Chen, making him salivate excessively.

"Twenty-eight!" Xu Qingling arranged the dishes on the table from the cart. "You glutton, you eat as much as an entire cow every day; it's a miracle you don't burst, and even more astonishing that you don't put on weight—what am I to say about you!"

Ye Chen, a strikingly handsome lad, was not only good-looking but also skilled in combat. What astonished Xu Qingling most was his enormous appetite; describing it merely as big would be an understatement, she had never seen anyone eat like him in her life.

"I eat so much mainly because your cooking is amazing; it makes me want to eat more," Ye Chen said. "Besides, someone as beautiful and successful as you, who can also cook excellently, whoever marries you is bound to be happy for life!"

Ye Chen didn't skimp on his praise; being served twenty-eight dishes every meal by this beautiful general, he almost felt embarrassed not to offer himself in return.

"You're just sweet-talking; speed up and eat, don't leave even a scrap behind!" Xu Qingling, like a big sister, hands on hips, yelled at Ye Chen.

"Got it!" Ye Chen gave an OK gesture.

"Is the zombie army still besieging the city? Any movement from the nine Zombie Kings?" Ye Chen asked as he ate.

In the past few days, immersed in self-training, Ye Chen barely showed his face, and all updates about Luoshi City were mentioned briefly by Xu Qingling when she brought him food.

"Same old!" Xu Qingling said. "The nine Zombie Kings leading tens of thousands of zombies in attacking the city were repelled by us. After that, the nine Zombie Kings have gone into hiding, and every day, it's just a bunch of fodder zombies attacking the city."

"Too quiet!" Ye Chen suddenly commented.

"Yes, way too quiet!" Xu Qingling nodded, her expression growing serious.

The zombie army was relentless in their desire to conquer Luoshi City, especially that day when the nine Zombie Kings attacked all at once, showing a kind of urgency.

But since being repelled that time, the nine Zombie Kings had hidden away, making it eerily quiet!

After this calm, however, could very well come a storm.

"..."

"You don't spit out bones when you eat chicken?" Xu Qingling stared straight at Ye Chen as he ate.

"If you spit out the bones while eating chicken, how can you get that crispy crunch?" Ye Chen chomped on the chicken bones, crunching loudly.

"You really are a wonderfully good boy!" Xu Qingling gave him a thumbs up.

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