The most intelligent general in the world

Supernatural powers, especially those acquired after birth, have obvious limits to their improvement. Just like Zhang Liang's Golden Fire Eyes, after being trained, as long as it reaches a certain level, it can intimidate Grandmaster-level masters, but that's all. Even if few people in the Grandmaster realm can resist it, they will be helpless against those who surpass the Grandmaster level.

But if the Lihuo Golden Pupil can evolve further, even if it only breaks through the limitations of the first level, it will pose a threat to masters at the level of immortals on land, and it will be enough to become a powerful weapon in Zhang Liang's hands.

Now, after swallowing a large amount of fire spirit energy, the flames deep in Zhang Liang's eyes have become extremely red, extremely concentrated, and carry extremely terrifying heat and destructive power.

"Every time a magical power is upgraded, it is a transformation. And for the cultivation of acquired magical power, each transformation is extremely dangerous!"

At this time, Zhang Liang's Fire Golden Pupil had been cultivated to the peak of the first level. There was no way to move forward, and he only had two choices - either devour a higher level of spiritual fire to transform himself, or practice magical skills and achieve transformation through compression.

"The path of cultivation is full of difficulties and dangers, and every step is dangerous. I have already decided to embark on this path, so why should I hesitate?"

Zhang Liang's mind was as calm as water. He was completely focused on practicing the Lihuo Jintong technique. His eyes absorbed endless fire spirit energy and the red flame in his pupils was compressed as much as possible.

At this time, Bei Mingzi had been standing outside the mine without him noticing. He felt the changes in the fluctuations of the spiritual energy between heaven and earth. A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and his expression became alert.

Such a huge fluctuation of spiritual energy would easily attract poisonous insects and ferocious beasts in the surrounding mountains and forests, so we had to be on high alert.

Not far from the mine entrance, Ji Bu's face was filled with shock. He had previously suspected that the cultivation Zhang Liang mentioned was just an excuse, but now, he no longer had any doubts and was left with only shock.

As his cultivation had not yet reached the Grandmaster level, Ji Bu could not directly sense the fluctuations in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but he could clearly feel the hot breath in the air, as well as the rapid withering of grass and trees within a few miles around due to the high temperature.

"What an extraordinary person!" Ji Bu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Judging from Ji Bu's age and cultivation, he was not inferior to most of the geniuses among the various schools of thought, so he was naturally a little proud in his heart. But when facing Zhang Liang at this moment, his arrogance was completely crushed.

Just at this moment, a tiger's roar was heard, and a huge tiger nearly ten feet long rushed out from the forest and headed straight for the entrance of the mine, as if intending to break in.

"Hmph!" Bei Mingzi waved his hand casually, and a flash of sword energy passed by, instantly cutting the giant tiger into two pieces. Then, a huge spotted python emerged from the bushes, swallowed the giant tiger's body in one gulp, and then disappeared without a trace.

In the surrounding forests, poisonous insects were becoming more and more dense, and waves of beast roars accompanied by fierce and brutal auras echoed around. Ji Bu, standing in front of the mine, felt a chill.

Ji Bu, who had lived in the land of Baiyue for a long time, had a deep understanding of the horrors of the various poisonous insects and ferocious beasts in this land. If these beasts came together, he would probably die in the blink of an eye.

Therefore, Ji Bu unconsciously took a few steps closer to Bei Mingzi. He could feel that Bei Mingzi and Zhang Liang had no ill will towards him.

At this moment, Ji Bu began to worry about his soldiers. The 500 soldiers were not far from here and might have been attacked by the poisonous insects and ferocious beasts that had gathered around.

However, looking around at the mountains and forests, Ji Bu did not dare to act rashly. Although he was only a few miles away from where the soldiers were stationed, he was not sure whether he could cross this distance safely.

Inside the mine, Zhang Liang was not affected by the outside world. At this moment, he was in a critical moment of seclusion and cultivation.

The little monkey outside the cave was restless, not because of the roars of animals and the chirping of insects from the outside, those things did not pose a threat to the little monkey. What really made the little monkey uneasy was the terrifying aura emanating from Zhang Liang in the formation, as if something extremely terrible was brewing.

At this moment, the ray of red flame in Zhang Liang's eyes has been compressed into a tiny point. It is impossible to detect it without careful observation, but this tiny point contains a terrifying aura.

"Concentrate! Concentrate! Concentrate!"

Zhang Liang felt no joy or sadness in his heart; he just wanted to try his best to condense that tiny bit of flame.

The true essence rushed through the meridians, the vital energy in the body was boiling and churning, and the power of the soul was condensed to the extreme. The endless fire spirit energy around it gathered, but it could no longer absorb a single bit...

Time flies, I don't know how many years have passed...

Suddenly, Zhang Liang's pupils shook violently, and the tiny red dots condensed in an instant, as if they had disappeared. After a moment, they reappeared and turned into a wisp of flame again.

But at this moment, in the depths of the flame, the red color was no longer pure, but there was an additional orange light.

"I have finally mastered the second level of the Golden Fire Pupil!"

Zhang Liang was secretly happy, but quickly suppressed it. He did not come out immediately, but continued to practice.

The countless fire spirits that were attracted were devoured again, at a speed at least ten times faster than before, like a whale swallowing the sea. The fire rain agate in the mine cave gradually turned into ordinary ore, and then turned into weathered rocks...

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Liang had almost completely drained all the fire energy in the entire vein, leaving not a single piece of the Fire Rain Agate...