Extremely terrifying cold qi that numbed one’s entire body erupted from the Ice Pith Vein, before a great amount of ice-blue mist swept over towards the formation Yan Zhaoge was in, seemingly wanting to extinguish this tiny ember.
Ah Hu gaped, lost for words, “Young Master…”
At the same time that he paid close attention to the Earth Devouring Burner, Yan Zhaoge had already taken out the Underground Splitting Shuttle once more, ready to immediately retreat along with Ah Hu as soon as something went wrong with the situation.
However, the Earth Devouring Burner didn’t let him down.
As that innocuous-looking small black incense burner met with the encroachment of the ice-blue mist, it erupted with a shocking force, sucking a great amount of the icy mist within.
It resembled a black hole, greedily sucking in the roiling icy mist, as though acceptant of all who offered themselves up to it.
As this begun, a wispy line of that blue stream of light was shockingly drawn over from the Ice Pith Vein, merging with the icy mist as it was devoured alongside it by the Earth Devouring Burner.
Ah Hu was taken aback, “What exactly is the origin of this thing, actually even able to absorb Ice Pith Veins? Won’t it freeze and crack?”
Squinting, similarly focused on the Earth Devouring Burner, Yan Zhaoge muttered, “Right, it’s indeed not simple. Although I had suspected that it should be able to bear it, after truly bearing witness to this, I too feel this to be a little inconceivable.”
“Still, no matter what, the most important segment having seen success, it is now confirmed that my original plan is indeed feasible.”
After observing a bit more, confirming that the Earth Devouring Burner had not reached its limit, Yan Zhaoge could finally be at ease as he kept the Underground Splitting Shuttle.
Ah Hu clicked his tongue in praise, “Still, Young Master, only able to passively absorb things rather than do so actively, the scale of this is still a little small. Can it really serve the effect of affecting the Ice Pith Vein and through it influencing the Fire Pith Vein elsewhere?”
He looked carefully at that blue stream of light, seeing that amidst its flow, it seemed to be interacting unceasingly with somewhere else.
This little bit of energy being sucked away by the Earth Devouring Burner seemed not to have done much as stability was very quickly resumed.
Yan Zhaoge said, “There is naturally still a followup, things not having been completed yet.”
Saying thus, he punched out once more.
With the Earth Devouring Burner bearing the pressure of the icy mist, the formation was able to continue circulating normally.
Numerous streaks of red light surfaced, coming into contact with the Ice Pith Vein, as the four fiery red sabres embedded on the corners of the ice layer above also now lit up with a red light, interacting with its glow.
Affected by this, the self-adjustment of the Ice Pith Vein was slowed somewhat.
This way, the unceasing absorption of the power of the Ice Pith Vein by the Earth Devouring Burner gradually began to see an effect.
It was just that the results were extremely slow and slight, almost to the point of being hard to detect.
Yan Zhaoge said, “Moving a thousand kilograms with four bits of force is not that easy a thing. We can just settle down quietly and wait for this to be settled, enough sand piling up that a tower has been formed, little accumulating into many, till a fundamental change can finally be seen.”
Ah Hu asked, “Young Master, can it be that the Fire Domain’s Southern Underground Palace will be the same as the Heavenly Ice Spring of the Snowy Immortal Palace that year?”
Yan Zhaoge looked at the Earth Devouring Burner, “It’s not, really. The scale of the Southern Underground Palace is much greater than that of the Heavenly Ice Spring. Unless the main Ice Pith Vein is shaken, the Southern Underground Palace will not be destroyed by such a method.”
“Therefore, I did not think of weakening it, instead wanting to strengthen it.”
Yan Zhaoge said mildly, “Going in was originally already not easy. At that time, I estimate that other than Huang Guanglie, none of the others of the Sacred Sun Clan will be able to enter.”
He smiled, “Alright, let’s just wait patiently here.”
Yan Zhaoge watched over the formation. Not having anything to do, Ah Hu began earnestly cultivating once more, attempting a breakthrough into higher levels.
Many days passed, the streams of purple qi within the black aura-qi of his entire body growing denser and denser over time.
As time passed, finally, the purple qi had become extremely vast, now agglomerating together, condensing into a tiny purple dot of light.
The black storms meanwhile became an existence like black soil.
That purple dot of light sunk downwards slowly, entering within the black spirit soil.
Ah Hu’s entire body shook. As he opened his eyes, his gaze actually seemed to flash with a streak of purple light which was gone in an instant.
Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Congratulations, Ah Hu. The second level of the Martial Grandmaster realm, the mid Spirit Vessel stage, success.”
Ah Hu grinned widely and laughed out loud in happiness, appearing exceptionally happy.
After being happy, Ah Hu scratched his head, asking, “Young Master, how is the situation of the Ice Pith Vein here?”
The corners of Yan Zhaoge’s lips curled slightly upwards, “It will very soon be clear.”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 340: Luck!
HSSB340: Luck
During this lengthy process, the Earth Devouring Burner had already absorbed a great amount of the Ice Pith Vein’s cold qi.
On the circulating formation, the flickering red glow had already dimmed greatly.
The flowing blue stream of light before Yan Zhaoge and Ah Hu was already a little different from how it had been earlier.
The change was extremely slight, but could truly be felt.
Seeing this, Yan Zhaoge muttered to himself, “The next wave will cause a greater disturbance; hopefully, there is no one else in the vicinity. Still, this risk has to be taken.”
He took out the Underground Splitting Shuttle once more, entering it alongside Ah Hu, controlling it to pass through the layers of ice and frozen soil and return aboveground.
Not long after having arrived on the surface, the two suddenly felt the great earth beneath their feet begin quaking unceasingly.
Yan Zhaoge looked downwards. On the snowy plains of the Extreme North, it seemed as though an earthquake was currently occurring.
The next moment, the earth suddenly split apart!
Not only did the earth split apart, a great amount of soil, rocks and chunks of ice also collapsed downwards simultaneously, a massive amount of empty space seemingly having suddenly appeared underground, leading to the mass collapse of what lay above.
A great crater whose depths could not be seen appeared on the snowy plains, occupying a vast region, intense tremoring also emanating intermittently from below.
Yan Zhaoge and Ah Hu stood at the edge of the crater. Looking within, all they could see was pitch darkness.
Without the Underground Splitting Shuttle this time, the two directly descended within, going all the way down. At the end of the lengthy darkness, an ice-blue radiance vaguely seemed to flicker.
“Young Master, have you succeeded?” Ah Hu asked as they progressed.
Yan Zhaoge surveyed their surroundings, “That just now was the result of the Ice Pith Vein finally having been set off. However, for the changes in it here to affect the faraway Fire Pith Vein in the Southern Wilderness, it still has to be maintained for a period of time.”
Arriving at the ice cave at the bottom of the crater, they saw the formation still circulating silently within, the Ice Pith Vein that flowed like a river with its blue light still flowing peacefully.
The Earth Devouring Burner was still devouring massive amounts of cold qi in the
form of mist, as well as the essence of the Ice Pith Vein.
Yan Zhaoge gazed upwards into the sky, looking at the descending radiance, seemingly looking at the head of a well from its bottom.
“The crater is too big, and would be hard to bury and conceal. Otherwise, the soil and rocks descending, it might influence the formation here,” Yan Zhaoge sighed regretfully, “Such a great crater is much too conspicuous on the snowy plains. Luckily, few people are active within the Extreme Northern Lands. Hopefully, no one will approach this place.”
“It is a little risky, but the risks have to be taken,” Yan Zhaoge came beside the Earth Devouring Burner, sitting down cross-legged, Ah Hu also sitting by the side.
The two patiently watched the Ice Pith Vein and the Earth Devouring Burner before them.
However, Yan Zhaoge was to discover that his luck was sometimes not really good.
Within his right eye, the purplish-green light of thunder flickered slightly. Raising his head and gazing upwards, Yan Zhaoge was unable to see anything, but with the help of the Eye of the Thunder Emperor, he could vaguely feel someone approaching.
Ah Hu’s expression turned solemn, “Young Master, there’s someone?”
Yan Zhaoge nodded, “Right, and that person’s cultivation base is also not low, probably being at least an Essence Talisman Martial Grandmaster.”
Gradually, the other party’s figure appeared within Yan Zhaoge’s field of vision.
At the same time, the other party also became able to see Yan Zhaoge.
The person was only curious at first, but after seeing Yan Zhaoge’s appearance, his expression instantly turned rather savage.
A terrifying black storm enshrouded him, gradually gaining the momentum of sweeping through the entire ice cave.
“Following the destruction of Black Nightmare Mountain and the great battle of Broad Creed Mountain earlier, they should have more or less completely died out. Currently, they still have an expert of the Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster realm in existence?” Yan Zhaoge’s gaze flickered slightly as he recognised the other party’s origins, “It seems he was of the batch of remnants reliant on the Sacred Sun Clan. Not having participated in the battle of Broad Creed Mountain, to think we would encounter him here in the Extreme Northern Lands.”
Yan Zhaoge’s expression was heavy as he stayed by the side of the Earth Devouring Burner, looking quietly at the newcomer.
The other party similarly stared at Yan Zhaoge coldly. But after a while, the black storm around him gradually calmed, before he retreated from the area.
Ah Hu’s expression was not at all relaxed, “Young Master, will he have gone to look for help?”
Yan Zhaoge was currently famed far and wide. First not mentioning his great strength, critical was that the entire world knew that he possessed a Sacred Artifact fragment, its power being extremely ferocious.
While the newcomer was at the fourth stage of the Martial Grandmaster realm, being an early Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster expert, he couldn’t say that he could bear the attack of the Eye of the Thunder Emperor fragment for certain.
It was best that the other party knew what was best for him and left, but with the enmity between Broad Creed Mountain and Black Nightmare Mountain, it was hard to believe that he would let it end just like this.
In these Extreme Northern Lands, there was actually quite the number of Heavenly Thunder Hall martial practitioners currently abound.
If that Black Nightmare Mountain martial practitioner knew of this, these Heavenly Thunder Hall martial practitioners all had the possibility of becoming reinforcements and helpers.
Yan Zhaoge glanced at the Earth Devouring Burner, “A little more time is still needed…”
“Black Nightmare Mountain and the Heavenly Thunder Hall are two different entities. Wanting to communicate, it would be much harder. If he moves for reinforcements, going there and back, it should logically take a very long period of time. After all, having circled around those of the Heavenly Thunder Hall and come here initially, we moved a long way over.”
Yan Zhaoge remained unmoving as he continued to sit, pondering before saying, “Ah Hu, I will continue watching over this place. You keep vigilant watch over the outside.”
Ah Hu acknowledged and went, a piece of jade which had already become rather dim now appearing within Yan Zhaoge’s hand.
…….
An Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster of the Heavenly Thunder Hall, leading many other Heavenly Thunder Hall martial practitioners, sped off rapidly into the distance.
Lin Zhou followed by his side.
This Essence Spirit Martial Grandmaster, a middle-aged man, glanced at Lin Zhou somewhat dissatisfiedly, “You should be remaining at the legacy site. I know that Elder Lin’s death has made you hate Broad Creed Mountain down to the core, but to our clan, it should still be the legacy that is the more important.”
Lin Zhou said mildly, “We have already left behind sufficient forces where the legacy site is. Wanting to open the legacy site, it still falls on those of Broad Creed Mountain at the end of the day. Do not consider too much, Elder Zhen. My head is currently very calm.”
Elder Zhen snorted, no longer speaking, his gaze falling on the old man leading the way at the front, “Someone of Black Nightmare Mountain should be trustworthy. Still, that Yan Zhaoge-what is he doing not going to the legacy site of the Glacial Dragon Martial Saint, instead running off someplace else?”
Lin Zhou did not speak, only increasing his pace as they hurried along.
He was unable to speak clearly about some things to other people. For example, he just always felt that there was something up with Yan Zhaoge.
Although he had not undergone the same thing that he had, his situation being different, he was still different from the common person. It was just that trying to grasp this was like trying to view flowers within the fog, with him unable to see through it clearly.
Under such a circumstance, without personally making a trip here, Lin Zhou would not feel at ease.
Leading the way at their front, Black Nightmare Mountain’s old Elder, Zheng Shuo, had on a similarly sunken expression.
He did not have much of a relationship with the Heavenly Thunder Hall, but the enemy of the enemy was a friend.
The enmity between them being as deep as an ocean was already insufficient to describe that which lay between Black Nightmare Mountain and Broad Creed Mountain.
Because he had been in secluded cultivation earlier, Zheng Shuo had not been able to make it to the battle of Broad Creed Mountain. However, he didn’t rejoice at this at all. Seeing Broad Creed Mountain decimate the Decimating Abyss, repelling the Sacred Sun Clan and the Heavenly Thunder Hall, he had only felt despondence and anger that could not be easily quelled.
He only wished to be able to see the day Broad Creed Mountain fell in his remaining years in this world.
If he could not see it, having the chance to destroy the most outstanding person of Broad Creed Mountain’s younger generation, he would be able to enter his coffin in peace.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 341: I think that I can
HSSB341: I think that I can
Yan Zhaoge sat within the ice cave, the Earth Devouring Burner before him still unceasingly devouring the cold qi of the Ice Pith Vein non-stop.
Within his hands lay a piece of jade.
At this moment, the piece of jade actually emitted a renewed glow, as it shined with an ice-blue radiance.
Yan Zhaoge held it, infusing his aura-qi within little by little.
Along with the passage of time, the Ice Pith Vein had already continually undergone some extremely slight changes.
These changes were as slight as a river changing its course, yet was truly happening, full of the heavy feeling of the changing phenomena of the heavens and the earth.
Yan Zhaoge watched this scene quietly. Changing the direction of spiritual qi flow of an earth vein was an extremely difficult thing.
/> Moreover, what he was currently attempting was influencing the Fire Pith Vein of the Southern Underground Palace through an Ice Pith Vein of the Extreme Northern Grounds.
As long as a slight stimulation could be achieved, an extremely huge change could be induced.
Carefully observing the changes of the Ice Pith Vein, Yan Zhaoge pondered, “its effects are about to begin showing.”
Thinking of this, Yan Zhaoge’s vision fell on the Earth Devouring Burner once more. This treasure that he had obtained upon slaying Zhao Hao previously had brought him great surprises.
The small black incense burner seemed truly to have the ability to swallow the heavens and devour the earth. Even having devoured so much of the Ice Pith Vein’s essence, it was actually still able to bear it.
Also, having devoured and absorbed such a great amount of cold qi, this Earth Devouring Burner seemed not to have been affected at all, remaining just like how it had been in the past.
Thinking about it, it seemed a little ridiculous, but if the Earth Devouring Burner truly possessed life, Yan Zhaoge would be able to feel from it a casual, leisurely intent.
Now, it was only absorbing passively, rather than actively.
If the Earth Devouring Burner were to actively circulate, unleashing this strange devouring power to the maximum, what kind of scene would it be then?
Yan Zhaoge stroked his lower chin, “Rather interesting…”
At this time, a tiger’s roar suddenly resounded from above.
Yan Zhaoge recognised it to be Ah Hu’s voice. In him sounding out a warning without even having the time to come down here, it was apparent that their enemies were powerful and possessed a fierce momentum.
“They’re here,” Yan Zhaoge sucked in a deep breath, taking out the Underground Splitting Shuttle before standing in the centre of the formation and stomping his foot.
The formation within the ice cave that shone with a fiery red glow instantly shook.
The process of the Earth Devouring Burner absorbing the Ice Pith Vein also came to a halt. Yan Zhaoge waved his hand, grabbing out with his aura-qi, directly sweeping it back into his palm.
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