He did not hold a position in the city, but he became the backbone that connected local powerhouses and Supreme Great Ancestors from the capital.
Many things that could not be coordinated by both parties were solved as soon as he showed up and made the call.
Even if it was not during a crucial moment, nobody was willing to offend the young man, who was destined to have a promising future.
Despite that, Ou Yangming’s ambition was elsewhere. He handled some affairs in a hurry and ordered some men to provide support to the 74 other Supreme Great Ancestors, who would arrive at the prefecture soon. Subsequently, he and the Ni family’s Three Great Ancestors left the city with over ten carriages.
While everyone found his weird actions strange, nobody dared to say a word about it.
Some secrets would only become burdens and crises if they were known. Back when Ou Yangming faced Supreme Great Ancestors, he was always afraid and did not have the guts to overstep boundaries. Now, the tables had turned.
Ou Yangming, Ni Jingshen, and the others hurried on with their journey and finally arrived at the mysterious ravine.
Though the four of them needed to take care of more than ten carriages, the horses were well-trained, and the four of them were incredibly powerful, hence they had a smooth journey.
Moreover, they carried specially-made powder with them, so the smell was easily masked.
Needless to say, based on Ou Yangming’s mental power level at the moment, nobody could stalk them at all. The young fellow was pleased that there were no abnormalities along their way, and they made it to the ravine safely.
“Thank you, seniors,” Ou Yangming expressed his gratitude once they arrived at their destination. He was rather abashed when he added after a pause, “Seniors, please return to the prefecture.”
Ni Xuetian did not know to cry or to laugh. “Lil’ Friend Ou, this is the Ni family’s secret realm, yet you’re asking us to leave?” Ou Yangming scratched his head and replied to the elder apologetically, “Seniors, please forgive me; I have a difficult reason.”
If he made excuses or lied to Ni Jingshen and the two other great ancestors, the elders would have been unhappy. Given that he bluntly told them that he had an unexplainable reason for this, the three elders were relieved.
Ou Yangming was born to be unordinary, hence it was understandable if he did things that were out of the ordinary.
The elders suspected it was related to their secret realm, but they figured that Ou Yangming could not overturn the place since Big Yellow and Ni Yinghong were inside.
However, putting aside Ni Yinghong, they did not know that the big yellow dog and Ou Yangming were so close that they could even share the same pants.
With that, the three Supreme Great Ancestors left after handing over the things to Ou
Yangming.
While it seemed like the beast tide was over, the way the ferocious beasts appeared and disappeared was too horrifying. Worried about the prefecture’s safety, the three elders dared not stay in the ravine for too long.
Once they left, Ou Yangming summoned the big yellow dog through his mighty mental power.
When Big Yellow arrived at the ravine, it immediately got a whiff of the items in the piled-up bags even though special powder was used to cover up their smell. The big yellow dog’s eyes lit up right away. It pounced on Ou Yangming and stuck out its big tongue to lick the young fellow’s face.
Ou Yangming pushed it away as he was disgusted by its saliva, but the fellow had become bigger and heavier. As such, it was not easy for him to get rid of it.
Big Yellow finally calmed down after some time. Afterward, the human and the dog put on their respective piece of equipment with the Devouring attribute and began to absorb the enormous energies from the flesh and blood.
As the Earthly Dragon Beast flesh and blood disappeared from the bags, Ou Yangming and the big yellow dog gained more formidable auras.
Ou Yangming’s target was clear. He simply converted the energies into his mental power, which constantly increased like stacking blocks to a point where even he was taken aback. 61, 62, 63…
70, 71…
80…
90…
99!
Chapter 381 - Power At The Limit
Chapter 381 Power At The Limit
A faint light flashed in the far end of the sky. Following that, the Earth, which was shrouded by darkness, lit up at once.
It was the radiance of the rising sun, a power that drove away darkness and welcomed hope.
When Ou Yangming opened his eyes, a fearsome yet indescribable light was seen in his eyes. The light was as bright as a large lightbulb, but it was also like a small sun with endless energy.
By rubbing his hands, Ou Yangming released the Appraisal Light on himself. [Race: Human]
(Equivalent Rank: Ordinary Human, Yang Grade, Class Five]
[Power: 15]
[Agility: 15] [Physique: 19 (15+4)]
[Mental Power: 99 (99+4)
(Skills: Martial art skills, Military Fire Smithing Art, appraisal art, Precious Stone Embedding Art, Blood Flight, Substitution (Passive), Runes Formation, Space Slicing, small fireball]
(State: Integration of Heaven and man, thoroughly meticulous] Although his martial art boundary was still Yang Grade Class Five, his mental power had increased to an impressive 99 points. He was 1 point away from hitting the 100-point mark.
Nonetheless, Ou Yangming realized that the Earthly Dragon Beast flesh and blood seemed to have become useless at this point. Moreover, he noticed something more bizarre. His basic mental power was already at 99 points, but with the 5% increment from his waist sash, his specific mental power should be 103 points.
Despite that, the additional 4 points of mental power seemed to be illusory and were useless.
Ou Yangming pondered for a long time and gained a vague idea.
Perhaps having 99 points of mental power was the limit in this world.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming was not one who would quit so easily. Since he was given plenty of Earthly Dragon Beast flesh and blood, he would not cherish them anymore. Even though he knew they would not be effective, he kept devouring them.
As he devoured more energies from the flesh and blood, the feeling became clearer to him.
Ou Yangming’s mental power was still growing slowly, but as compared to before, the increment was oppressive.
In other words, if one’s mental power value could be measured in a more detailed manner, his mental power was 99.9999…
Each time she devoured the flesh and blood, the decimal points would increase but he was constantly a step away and could not cross the boundary.
Even so, Ou Yangming had a feeling that he could one day break through the limit if he kept absorbing the energies, and his mental power value could arrive at 100 points. Perhaps this was the legendary act of overcoming the world by force.
When he reached out for another bag as he wanted to absorb more flesh and blood, he failed to grab anything.
Ou Yangming looked up in shock and realized that the carriages were empty. He and the big yellow dog had completely devoured all the Earthly Dragon Beast flesh and blood.
The young fellow was then shocked and shaken up when he looked at the big yellow dog.
‘Is this fella, is this fella… Is this fella Big Yellow?’
The big yellow dog, who was right next to him, grew twice as big. It was as though it was an inflated balloon.
Ou Yangming knew from the first time he met Big Yellow it was a big-sized dog, and it grew bigger as it became stronger. The big yellow dog surprised the young fellow when they met this time because it had become as big as the big multicolored tiger.
However, this time, Big Yellow grew much larger. If its body was fully extended, it would probably be about 10 meters tall.
In a way, it could definitely scare many powerhouses away if it stood up like a person.
On top of that, the big yellow dog’s aura was as
rich as a volcano that was about to erupt, causing one to shudder with fear.
Though the energies from the Earthly Dragon Beast flesh and blood did not cause them any side effects, the aura, which was upgraded to the ultimate power and could not be fully grasped, was extremely frightening.
The human and the dog looked at each other. They were both surprised and overjoyed.
Ou Yangming sighed after a brief moment. He was rather regretful that he could not break through in one go. Once they cleaned up the area, they entered the Chaos Cave again.
This time, Ou Yangming could sense the peculiar yet wonderful energy wave as soon as he released his mental conception. Everything seemed to be clearer than before.
Yes. His mental power had not doubled, but the effect increased by more than twice.
The young fellow even sensed the crawlers after some time, but much to his surprise, the creatures with tough physiques seemed to have sensed him too.
If a Supreme Great Ancestor was present, the crawlers would have swarmed toward that person to rip him or her apart.
On the other hand, at this moment, the crawlers reacted as though they met their natural enemy and quickly dispersed. Not to mention gathering around Ou Yangming to challenge him, they did not intend to stay around him at all.
Ou Yangming was quite shocked. ‘Now that my mental power is at 99 points, did I gain the power to scare off the crawlers?’
After making several turns, Ou Yangming and Big Yellow entered the secret realm. Ni Yinghong walked out of the cottage when she heard them, but she widened her eyes the moment she saw them.
Ou Yangming’s body underwent some changes, but they could not be mentioned on equal terms with Big Yellow’s changes.
Especially since Ni Yinghong watched the big yellow dog leave, when it returned after half a day with a body twice as big as before…
Even a normal person could not calmly accept the change! In particular, she could not make sense of the situation because she knew nothing about Ou Yangming and Big Yellow’s Devouring abilities.
Ou Yangming’s face changed, and he immediately said, “Elder Sister Ying, please don’t be shocked. Big Yellow mutated!”
The big yellow dog’s strength improved greatly, making it a half-spirit beast at the peak of Extreme Grade. With that, it was a step away from becoming a real spirit beast.
In human language, Big Yellow was in high and vigorous spirits. It staggered and almost fell when it heard Ou Yangming’s explanation, then it turned to stare hatefully at him to express its dissatisfaction. ‘You’re the one who mutated!’
Ou Yangming gave the big yellow dog a gentle kick and delivered it a message through their spiritual connection.
“Big Yellow, if I hadn’t said that, how should I explain your sudden increase in size? Do you want people to know about the Devouring power?”
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Spiritual communication was the imperial family’s secret technique, which could only be grasped by Her Royal Highness. Ou Yangming had been wanting to learn it but did not have the guts to ask the princess. He owed Wu Hanning so much that he did not want to increase the debt anymore.
That said, he naturally possessed the unique ability once his mental power went over 80 points.
As long as the young fellow had something in mind, he could send a message to other living beings’ minds through his mental conception. Needless to say, it would only be possible if his mental power was greater than the receiving party’s, and if that person never cultivated defensive techniques. If that was not the case, he might not be able to successfully deliver messages.
The big yellow was stunned. It tilted its giant head and pondered carefully, then it cast a bitter and envious look at Ou Yangming. It finally acquiesced.
Big Yellow envied Ou Yangming very much at this moment.
Sure enough, a human had plenty of advantages! No matter how a human improved, there would not be many changes to one’s appearances. Of course, there were still some changes, but they were not worth mentioning as compared to the big yellow dog’s.
“Mutated?” Ni Yinghong was surprised. “It has become a great-ancestor-level half-spirit beast, so how can it mutate?” Ou Yangming spread out his hands and responded, “I don’t know about that… Oh, maybe it ate too much and mutated because its body can’t take it anymore.”
The big yellow dog gritted its teeth and wanted to bite the young fellow very badly. ‘I’ve seen people framing other people, but I’ve never seen anyone doing it this way. We shared the Earthly Dragon Beast’s flesh and blood half-and-half, okay?’
Ni Yinghong was startled. She later approached the big yellow dog and opened her arms but could only hug its head.
“Lil’ Ming, what exactly did you prepare for Big Yellow? You didn’t harm it, did you?”
The big yellow dog was teary, and it thought, ‘Elder Sister Ying’s the best, after all. At last, someone’s willing to care about me.’
“I slaughtered three Earthly Dragon Beasts and transported one of them here. I didn’t think Big Yellow was so greedy; it finished all the pieces of meat!” Ou Yangming laughed and added, “But it had a great appetite and digested them very fast. Besides, they were very beneficial for its strength upgrade.”
Ni Yinghong looked at the big yellow dog dubiously. She finally nodded after she sensed the change in its aura.
Big Yellow’s aura was certainly unparalleled at the moment, and it was so intense that it was threatening. If it was not because Ni Yinghong had been close to the big yellow dog since she was young and had spent time with it in the secret realm for several months, which made them more intimate with each other, she would not have stood so close to it.
“Lil’ Ming, let’s go back,” Ni Yinghong uttered with bright eyes. “What?”
“Big Yellow underwent new changes and is approaching a spirit beast without a limit. If it continues to consume an Earthly Dragon Beast’s flesh and blood…” Ni Yinghong was in high spirits. “Perhaps it’ll become a spirit beast!”
The beast herd received instructions from a spirit beast in the war.
If the Humans had a spirit beast as well and were assisted by 100 Supreme Great Ancestors, the outcome would have been set.
Ou Yangming’s eyes glowed, but he soon shook his head and smiled bitterly. “How can one become a spirit beast so easily…”
The big yellow dog hesitated for a while and became somewhat dejected too.
It was in a similar situation as Ou Yangming as it was also approaching the peak without a limit, but it would not be easy to get past the hurdle.
Chapter 382 - The End And The Start
Chapter 382 The End And The Start
“Lil’ Ming, you’ve mutated too, haven’t you?” Ni Yinghong turned to look at Ou Yangming and asked as she was surprised.
Ou Yangming sighed. Although he knew he could not hide his change from Ni Yinghong, who paid extra attention to him, he did not expect to be exposed so soon. He scratched his head and responded, “Elder Sister Ying, I must’ve been influenced by Big Yellow!”
“Influenced?” Ni Yinghong was in disbelief. “Can this… Be influenced too?”
The big yellow dog glared at him. It later looked around and dropped to the ground, then it closed its eyes and snored loudly.
It was completely disappointed with Ou Yangming’s excuses, so it thought, ‘Do as you wish, I’m not going to get involved anymore!’ Ou Yangming stared at the dog furiously but realized that it was not affected at all. Feeling helpless, he smiled bitterly and told Ni Yinghong honestly, “Elder Sister Ying, we’re hiding things from you indeed, but I can’t tell you about them.”
He could not tell anyone about the Military Fire’s uniqueness and the pieces of equipment with the Devouring attributes. It was not because he did not trust Ni Yinghong, but because he had a feeling that there would be a disaster if he revealed them.
Instead of making Ni Yinghong bear the disaster too, the young fellow would rather face it alone
. Needless to say, since Big Yellow benefited from it too, it could only go through it with him.
Ni Yinghong looked deeply at Ou Yangming and nodded. She no longer questioned him closely.
Everyone had secrets, after all. In fact, some secrets could not even be shared between a father and a son, or a husband and a wife.
Ni Yinghong reached out her arms to embrace Ou Yangming like an elder sister, then she said, “Lil’ Ming, you should rest here for two days. We’ll leave after your aura stabilizes.”
Ou Yangming nodded and was glad.
He asked after a moment of hesitation, “Elder Sister Ying, can you show me the inherited jade box again?”
“Since my great ancestors were willing to send you here, of course, you’re qualified to see it.” Ni Yinghong pursed her lips and smiled. Deep down she wanted to say something else too, but it was related to her, so she was too embarrassed to say it even if she was thick-faced.
Following that, Ni Yinghong pulled Ou Yangming into the cottage.
Big Yellow wandered in front of the door for some time but could not enter. It could not enter the cottage through the normal way because its body had increased by a few times. If it were to force its way in, the cottage’s door would be the first to be ruined.
In the cottage, Ou Yangming chuckled and put his arm around the beautiful lady’s slim waist. He later leaned in and said brazenly, “Elder Sister Ying, Big Yellow isn’t around anymore.”
Ni Yinghong was dumbfounded, and she flushed up to her ears. Nonetheless, she soon reached out to twist Ou Yangming’s ear hard. “B*stard, what are you thinking about?”
“Woof!” The big yellow dog outside barked as though it was cooperating with her.
Ou Yangming immediately shouted in pain and let go of the young lady. He glared hatefully at the big yellow dog outside and had probably secretly cursed at it numerous times.
Ni Yinghong handed him the jade box and noted seriously, “Cultivate well without being distracted at all. If we’re both alive after the disaster ends, I, I…” She blushed and could not finish her sentence anymore.
The young fellow’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, “What will you do?”
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