Hong , black Qi surfaced on Ling Han’s body again, each strands like a spirit snake, rushing to be the first to bore into his body.
“Sh!t!” Ling Han cursed and entered the Black Tower right away.
Small Tower intervened and completely wiped out the Demonic Qi in his body, refining it.
Ling Han made a comparison within—the traces of Demonic Qi before and now were somewhat different.
Before, the Demonic Qi carried Asura Demon Emperor’s will that wanted to control and manipulate him. However, the latter only confused his mind, and no longer contained Asura Demon Emperor’s will within it.
It was very simple—the other party was afraid of his will being erased.
One’s soul was limited. Once a part was erased, it’d forever disappear, and it would be impossible to recover it. Thus, Asura Demon Emperor wanted to stop Ling Han from stopping Rong Huan Xuan, but he absolutely wouldn’t send large amounts of his will for Ling Han to erase—that would be equivalent to suicide.
Therefore, Asura Demon Emperor gave up the thought of controlling him and only wanted him to lose his mind, turning him into an idiot without consciousness under the Demonic Qi’s influence.
Of course, expending Demonic Qi in this way would definitely hurt Asura Demon Emperor’s vitality greatly, so that’s why he said, “No matter how large the cost, this lord will reach the objective!” However, it could also be inferred how great Asura Demon Emperor’s scheme was, making him unhesitantly undertake such means to stop Ling Han.
Ling Han appeared again—this time, entering and exiting only took less than half a breath’s time.
He glanced over to see the bronze casket was getting closer and closer to the Demon Birth Sword, but this Tenth Tier Spirit Tool showed no signs of displaying its power; otherwise, with a Tenth Tier Spirit Tool against a Tenth Tier Spirit Tool, the Three Lives Corpse Caskets definitely wouldn’t obtain the upper hand.
Thinking back to how Asura Demon Emperor and the Demon Birth Sword echoed one another, obviously the Demon Birth Sword had been subdued by Asura Demon Emperor. Now, Rong Huan Xuan was running an errand for Asura Demon Emperor, so Demon Birth Sword naturally wouldn’t butt in.
Contrarily, if he entered the altar now, then he would definitely suffer a hit on the head from Demon Birth Sword, so he had no other means except for hiding in the Black Tower.
Asura Demon Emperor only saw that he refined Demonic Qi quickly, and assumed that he had a treasure that far surpassed the Three Lives Corpse Caskets. In reality, the Black Tower couldn’t be taken out, so even if he let Ling Han advance, Ling Han wouldn’t be able to stop Rong Huan Xuan…as long as the Demon Birth Sword intervened.
However, how could Asura Demon Emperor possibly know that?
Seeing Ling Han come out, he immediately allocated large amounts of Demonic Qi to corrode him, but to no avail.
Entering and exiting, the two seemed to be playing hide-and-seek, and the amount of Demonic Qi Ling Han obtained was bigger and bigger, making him beam with joy.
After the Demonic Qi was refined and stripped of its evil and chaos properties, it became a high-level energy, which was a great tonic that could increase his physical qualities and cultivation.
A good guy!
Ling Han truly wanted to award Asura Demon Emperor a medal; there truly weren’t many good people these years, making him inwardly sigh. However, he entered and exited more often to fish for more gains.
Asura Demon Emperor was almost driven mad, but he had no way to know that Ling Han couldn’t stop Rong Huan Xuan, sparing no effort to use Demonic Qi to corrupt Ling Han—this expenditure was so large that he felt it intolerable.
Fortunately, the bronze casket finally arrived before the Demon Birth Sword.
He instinctively stopped activating Demonic Qi. Although it was only a mere sliver of divine semse, it gave off extreme anticipation. If it could materialize at this moment, then it would inevitably be filled with eager expectation and excitement.
Rong Huan Xuan pushed aside the casket lid, reaching out to grab the Demon Birth Sword.
Ling Han just came out and found it odd that there was suddenly no Demonic Qi assaulting him, making him feel unused to it. He turned his head just in time to see the scene. At this moment, it was already too late for him to intervene, so he sat by and watched to see what would happen next.
Rong Huan Xuan grabbed onto the Demon Birth Sword and an extremely bright flash of brilliance instantly burst forth. The bronze casket also sent out a blinding light, forming dark characters, and closed in on that light.
Ling Han felt as if his eyes were blinded as he became unable to see anything. However, the two lumps of light burst out for a moment, then disappeared one after another. Rong Huan Xuan let out a tragic scream; his left arm was cut off from the shoulder, spilling out fresh blood.
Xiu , his severed arm still held onto the Demon Birth Sword, and it coincidentally flew in Ling Han’s direction.
With a rumble, the altar trembled fiercely and cracks appeared on the heaven-reaching pillar of light as infinite black dots came crashing onto the ground. With a bang, the top of the pillar of light started to crumble and spread downwards. In a breath’s time, it completely collapsed.
Pa, pa, pa, pa , corpses fell onto the ground, but this time, they didn’t make holes in it, nor did they climb up. Instead, each one was smashed into smithereens, turning into piles of blood.
With another rumble, the altar also cracked from the middle, exposing an unfathomably deep fracture. Soon, black smoke fiercely erupted from the bottom, turning into something resembling a human figure above the altar.
Ling Han was quick to act, already grabbing Rong Huan Xuan’s severed arm and naturally picking up the Demon Birth Sword in passing.
Seeing this, Rong Huan Xuan actually stopped crying out in pain,and yelled angrily at Ling Han, “Give me back my hand! And my sword!”
Xiu , the human-like black smoke in the sky rammed fiercely towards Ling Han.
‘This was a scheme after all!’
The thought crossed Ling Han’s mind. However, why was that idiot Rong Huan Xuan so insistent on pulling that sword out? Now the devil suppressed in the mystery realm was let loose and he was at wits’ end; with a flash, he immediately entered the Black Tower
The lump of black smoke missed and immediately turned around, targeting Rong Huan Xuan.
“Fu*k!” Rong Huan Xuan was greatly terrified.
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Rong Huan Xuan cussed out, hurriedly hiding in the bronze casket. He naturally now knew that things weren’t right, but the Demon Birth Sword was not fake, and he still wanted it. However, the black smoke’s presence and the patterns that appeared on his body were completely the same, so he wouldn’t dare to let it come close, naturally hiding in the bronze casket at once.
As for his arm and the Demon Birth Sword, he’d claim it back with time.
His ideas were very optimistic, but reality was too cruel!
The black smoke’s speed was far faster than the speed at which he hid.
Ling Han could dodge in time because he only needed to think to enter the Black Tower, but Rong Huan Xuan couldn’t; he needed to crawl inside the bronze casket, and the two’s speeds could not be compared at all.
Xiu , he still hadn’t diven into the bronze casket, but the black smoke had already bore into his body.
He started, but the black smoke didn’t seem to be as scary as he’d thought. He still managed to get inside the bronze casket, and with a clang, the casket lid closed; he was going to use the old method to expel the Demonic Qi.
With a thump, the casket continued to jolt and black characters flashed on the casket’s body, becoming increasingly fierce as if it was about to explode.
But all of a sudden, the casket settled down, motionless.
Pa , the casket opened, and Rong Huan Xuan appeared again without any change. His severed arm was still bleedin
g, but his expression was extremely calm. In his eyes was surging black light, and with a close look, it was actually a silhouette of the moon and stars.
A Gushing Spring Tier martial artist could actually have the reflection of the moon and stars in his eyes—just how incredible was that.
“This body might not be really satisfactory, but it can barely still be used,” Rong Huan Xuan muttered and peeked at the severed elbow; black smoke immediately surging from the severed area.
An eerie scene appeared; his right hand grew out at a visible pace!
Ling Han was inside the Black Tower, but he saw and heard what happened outside clearly.
Rong Huan Xuan was no longer the original Rong Huan Xuan, but was possessed by the consciousness within the black smoke.
Such terrifying skill!
At least, to Ling Han’s knowledge, not even Heaven Tier or Shattering Void Tier cultivators could possess someone; otherwise, the Shattering Void Tier warriors in this world would breed like flies, becoming more and more with each generation, because they would never die.
A god!
Ling Han thought of what Asura Demon Emperor had said about the god suppressed here. It seemed like it wasn’t wrong, but the god wasn’t some Chaos Origin God, but Asura Demon Emperor himself!
It was no wonder he urged Ling Han and Rong Huan Xuan to take away the Demon Birth Sword to open the restriction, and in the end, he wasn’t even hesitant on expending Demonic Qi to stop Ling Han from stopping Rong Huan Xuan.
“So you’re Ling Han!” Rong Huan Xuan muttered—apparently he gained Rong Huan Xuan’s memories after possessing his body. He chuckled and said, “Come out, I know you’re still here!”
Pausing and seeing that there was no movement in the surroundings, he couldn’t help but snort and say, “I know you acquired a God Tool. Only a God Tool can contain living things… hehe, based on your experiences, you couldn’t possibly know. Let this lord give you a proper lesson today!
This lord could run amuck in the divine plane back in those days; my knowledge about God Tools surpasses yours infinitely! As long as this lord finds it, I can refine it, and you can just die inside there!
Before, this lord couldn’t deal with you, because this lord was suppressed by the formation. Now, with a physical body, the only path you have is death!
Hmph, since you want to waste time, then this lord will find you!
He shouted lightly, and puffs of Demonic Qi burst out from his body and floated in the surroundings, obviously searching for the whereabouts of the Black Tower.
Ling Han naturally heard everything, and couldn’t help but be a bit nervous. Asura Demon Emperor was once a god after all, even though now he was only one ninth of his body… Ling Han was curious about that—didn’t he say that this place suppressed one of his arms? How did it just become black smoke? No matter what, an emaciated camel was larger than a horse; he must have had some powerful ability.
For example, Ling Han still had a sliver of the legacy as a former warrior from the Heaven Tier—discernibility and judgment not in the least inferior to those in his previous life.
“Don’t worry, this person is just a sheep in wolf’s clothing.” Small Tower suddenly appeared, and evaluated, “He’s been suppressed for too long, and his soul is not complete. If he wants to recover the strength he had, he must recover his soul first; his battle power now is mostly moving the physical body. The Demonic Qi entering the body largely increased his battle power, but it won’t reach a ridiculous level.”
“What you mean is, I can contend with him?” Ling Han was automatically drawn to battle.
Small Tower looked at him closely, trembled lightly, and said, “Unless you borrow my power, you won’t be his rival.”
So he would have to use the Black Tower’s single-time power-up now?
Ling Han shook his head. This wasn’t worth it—use the best steel to make the knife’s edge. Since Asura Demon Emperor needed to assemble nine parts of his soul to reemerge as a god, then he couldn’t create too much of a disturbance; it wasn’t like there weren’t any powerful cultivators across the vast lands.
“However, you can refine the Demonic Qi,” Small Tower suddenly said. “That can at least increase your cultivation by three layers and strengthen your physique. The Indestructible Heaven Scroll will likely be able to reach Rock Cliff Tier.”
Ling Han nodded, sitting down cross-legged at once. He waved his right hand, and the lump of Demonic Qi appeared before him.
Inside the Black Tower, he was a god.
“Refine!” he murmured, and with a bang, the Demonic Qi dissipated, enveloping him like mist.
This was energy cultivated by a god. Even with such a lump of it, Ling Han would never be able to refine it normally; perhaps someone in the Shattering Void Tier would have some chance to succeed, but a person in the Gushing Spring Tier definitely couldn’t do it.
However, in the Black Tower, he was omnipotent; so what if it was the energy cultivated by a god? It could only keep quiet and be refined by him.
“Ugh!” The Demonic Qi entered his body; Ling Han immediately groaned, and his body inflated one fold, turning him into a fatty. The energy within the Demonic Qi was too abundant… it was of the God Tier after all—even if it was only a tiny bit, it was still surprisingly powerful.
The Strange Fire immediately became restless, sending out a thought to Ling Han about wanting to “feed.”
Ling Han was originally a bit “stuffed,” so he naturally didn’t mind sharing it a little. As a result, a fierce flame was released from his left hand, and then immediately disappeared; the Strange Fire had already stopped all movements.
So full it burst?
Ling Han swiped with his divine sense and stopped worrying. The Strange Fire probably absorbed powerful energy and was now in hibernation to absorb it easily. When it awakened, it definitely could transform into a higher level.
Without worries, Ling Han went full throttle, absorbing the energy.
His spring’s eye expanded, his physique improved, even his soul slightly grew!
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God Tier power was absolutely a splendid tonic, only slightly inferior to God Tier medicine.
Before, Ling Han ate the root of that God Tier medicine and improved his physique by whole lot, even almost forming Rock Cliff Body; however, his cultivation barely improved. This was because a true treasure would only increase the foundation just like the best steel should be used on a knife’s edge—it wouldn’t be wasted on increasing cultivation.
After establishing a firm foundation, would he need to worry about not increasing cultivation fast enough?
However, this surge of power also increased his cultivation quickly as well. This meant that a part of the power was actually “wasted.” Of course, Ling Han needed to reach the higher tiers, so he naturally wouldn’t mind.
Moreover, he got the Demonic Qi for free, how could he be picky?
Shua , a figure came dashing from ahead, with all four limbs on the ground yet surprisingly smooth movements. In just an instant, the figure ran up to him; who else could it be other than Hu Niu?
“Ling Han baddy, Niu wants to eat too!” The little girl pounced and opened her mouth, inhaling a few whiffs of Demonic Qi.
Ling Han had thought to stop her, but then recalled that Hu Niu absorbed even a godly medicine’s root, and decided that this tiny bit of Demonic Qi shouldn’t be a problem for her; it was unlikely to make her burst, so he shared some with the little girl.
Fortunately, Hu Niu wasn’t reckless, and only absorbed a bit before sitting down on the ground to refine the energy.
Strange Fire hibernated, Hu Niu meditated, and Ling Han meditated too; only Small Tower was leisurely vibrating lightly.
Weng, weng, weng, within Ling Han’s Dantian, a violent transformation was occurring. If his divine sense turned into a human figure for comparison, then the spring’s eye was equivalent to a f
ive hundred meter long lake, but now it expanded five fold, reaching an extreme.
Ling Han was an experienced person, immediately realizing that he had reached the peak of the first layer of the Gushing Spring Tier.
According to the usual way of doing things, he should turn the second origin nucleus into a spring, and then repeat the earlier process. However, where was the second nucleus for him to liquidize now? Could he only cultivate to the first layer of the Gushing Spring Tier?
Of course not!
He immediately discovered this limit wasn’t extremely stable. He only needed to attack it a little to break through it.
Comprehension of the Tier wasn’t a problem, so he only needed energy; however, the Demonic Qi entered his body, so energy flooded him so much that his body expanded by a fold—there were no issues.
‘Break!’
The terrifying energy lightly surged, and the spring’s eye immediately broke through the original limit, instantly expanding by one fold, then gradually slowing down. However, it still didn’t slow down much, because the energy from the Demonic Qi was far from exhausted.
Second layer of the Gushing Spring Tier.
Ling Han knew he broke through, but his Dantian still only had one spring’s eye. Put anywhere, this would be considered the first layer of the Gushing Spring Tier.
He sighed, it was not that he wanted to be a poser, but he was forced to be one.
Ling Han revealed a smile at that thought. When he reached the peak of the first layer, he made a comparison; his spring’s eye was a hundred times larger than that in his previous life!
This was because his spring’s eye was formed by a Five Element Origin nuclei, and it also fused nine of them; if would be weird it weren’t that exaggerated.
However, in comparison, a hundred times more energy had to be spent to expand the spring’s eye to the limit, which equaled a hundred times more time spent on cultivation. If not for him obtaining the Demonic Qi, he would’ve needed two months to complete it.
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