đź“– Chapter 1140 - ???
Little Donkey did not fear death, only starvation! As long as it could eat delicious food, it would be satisfied even if it died.
When it took a bite of the black fish last time, its belly had exploded. But now, it didn’t hesitate in the slightest to chomp down with all its strength. Its newly recovered belly instantly exploded again, but that wasn’t all. Its legs and tail also collapsed in an instant.
The same was true for its neck and half of its head. However, Little Donkey didn’t seem to feel any pain. Instead, the singular eye on the remaining half of its head creased in satisfaction.
And the donkey’s fearlessness naturally brought about a reward. The remaining half of its head actually began emitting an aura that was somewhat similar to the black fish!
As for Little Fifth… he was also unafraid of death. Perhaps he had feared death once upon a time, but after starving in Wang Baole’s storage pouch for an unknown amount of time, the only thought in his mind was to eat. Whether or not he could digest his food didn’t matter.
Honestly, the thought of eating Little Donkey had crossed his mind more than once. But… he was scared that he would end up being the one eaten instead.
Thus, Little Fifth took a big bite with all his might. Due to the peculiarities of his body, he didn’t explode; however, a bloody mist instantly sprayed out. But his eyes were shining brightly, and he seemed to have received an excellent supplement!
Meanwhile, Wang Baole, too… was not afraid of death.
When he saw Little Fifth and Little Donkey madly biting at the fish, he thought about it and concluded that he himself could probably have a bite as well.
After all, his original body was the undying and inextinguishable black wooden board. How could some fish do anything to it? Thus, now that he knew where this invisible fish was, Wang Baole didn’t hesitate at all. He instantly chomped down with all his might.
Due to his avatars, he swallowed much more than Little Donkey and Little Fifth…
As soon as he bit down, Wang Baole’s eyes widened. A slightly oily texture lingered on his tongue as an incredibly rich deathly aura exploded in his body. This aura was full of endless power of law, as well as the myriad Daos of heaven and earth.
Just one mouthful made Wang Baole’s mind rumble, and cracking sounds echoed from his body. He bled from every pore, and his meridians felt like they were about to collapse. His whole body seemed on the verge of exploding!
And this effect wasn’t limited to his original body; his ten thousand star avatars were the same. There were even some avatars who directly exploded; however, it took only an instant for them to reform and continue devouring.
The same went for the shadows of his past lives. Wang Baole’s crisis was quickly distributed among them in order to calm his body.
“I… what did I just swallow?!” Wang Baole was completely horrified, but he didn’t have time to think. The star avatars that came from his ten thousand Special Stars were unable to bear the force and collapsed again and again. However, the avatars of his nine quasi-Dao Stars didn’t collapse, but rapidly expanded instead. Unexpectedly, under the nourishment of this infinite deathly aura, one of his quasi-Dao Stars suddenly exploded and turned into… an Eternal quasi-Dao Star!
Then was the second, then the third, then the fourth!
In a short period of time, four quasi-Dao Stars evolved into Eternal Stars, and things still weren’t over. With loud rumbling sounds, the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth quasi-Dao Stars all advanced to the ranks of Eternal Stars!
Meanwhile, the Underworld Fire in Wang Baole’s body burst forth with unprecedented strength. For it, the nourishment it received from this deathly aura was heaven-shaking good fortune. It instantly coursed through his entire body, causing his divine soul to break through from the early stage of the Eternal Star Realm to the middle stage.
And that wasn’t the end. The power of Wang Baole’s divine soul continued climbing until it reached the late stage of the Eternal Star Realm!
Right now, although Wang Baole’s cultivation base was only in the early stage of the Eternal Star Realm, his fleshly body and divine soul were both at the late stage. This caused his cultivation base to start circulating on its own, and with the evolution of his nine quasi-Dao Stars, it also made a breakthrough. In a matter of moments, his cultivation base reached the middle stage of the Eternal Star Realm!
Wang Baole was completely taken aback. Originally, his cultivation base should have improved extremely slowly compared to other people due to his deep foundation. If he wanted to break through, he needed to transform the stars in his body into Eternal Stars and form a grand galaxy inside himself. In the end, he needed his inner galaxy to become a majestic star domain centered on his Eternal Dao Star!
At that point, he would advance to the Star Domain Realm. Moreover, once he broke through, the depth of his foundation and his accumulated experience would make him a powerhouse even among Star Domain Realm Almighties!
And it was precisely because he knew all this that Wang Baole was even more shocked at the moment.
At the same time, he seemed to vaguely hear a wailing sound… and he could barely make out an illusory figure speeding away through the void.
It was a bit blurry, and only a vague outline could be seen. It looked like… a fish that was missing half its body…
Although Wang Baole wanted to chase after it, the fish ran away too fast. Moreover, maybe because the substance he swallowed was a little oily, Wang Baole suddenly thought of Ice Spirit Water. He was about to take out a bottle, but at that moment, he remembered the green wisps all around him.
“Hmmmm?” Wang Baole blinked. His instincts were telling him that these things… should taste pretty good.
A moment later, Wang Baole directly grabbed a green wisp and put it into his mouth. As soon as he did, his eyes lit up.
“Delicious! Crispy, and slightly sweet!” Wang Baole licked his lips and gave up on the idea of chasing the fleeing fish. In any case, he wouldn’t be able to catch up at this point, so he instead focused on stuffing green wisps into his mouth.
As he munched on the green wisps, Wang Baole closed his eyes in pleasure, making Little Fifth and Little Donkey extremely anxious. Little Fifth was one thing – his body was still intact, so he just rushed out and started eating. But Little Donkey only had half a head left, with no mouth to eat or even speak. In the end, it actually charged into the swarm of green wisps, trying to get them to burrow into its remaining half a head…
In short, there were three people going crazy eating the green wisps. Meanwhile, the intrinsic scabbard inside Wang Baole’s body was buzzing slightly, seemingly dissatisfied.
“Shut up! You’ve already eaten so much, so now it’s my turn!” Wang Baole rebuked the scabbard harshly, then stopped paying attention to it. Eyes shining, he continued swallowing green wisps.
“This stuff is even better than Ice Spirit Water!”
Meanwhile… in the depths of the gray region, the black fish suddenly appeared in the world inside the central furnace. It quickly rushed over to the black mist where Chen Qingzi was refining Split Moon, crying like a bullied child.
As soon as it neared the black mist, it immediately fell to the ground and started rolling around. Its cries became louder and louder until they filled the whole central furnace, causing Chen Qingzi to open his eyes inside the black mist. Sweeping his divine sense outward, he stilled for a moment, then disappeared on the spot. When he reappeared, he was already outside the black mist.
“Did a Divine Emperor come in? Or was it the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao? How bold! How dare they hurt my Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao!!” Chen Qingzi’s face was gloomy, and his eyes flickered with killing intent. The little black fish rolling around on the ground and crying like a baby was really in a miserable state.
Half of its body was gone, and the marks were clearly those of biting. Seeing this, Chen Qingzi became even angrier.
“Tell me who hurt you, and I’ll go and catch them. You can hurt them the same way they hurt you!!”
When the black fish heard Chen Qingzi’s words, it immediately felt moved. Its eyes were full of tears as it roared, seemingly describing the horrifying series of events that had happened to it. At the same time, its body shifted and transformed, first into a donkey, then into a sinister-looking boy. After a pause, its body suddenly exploded and turned into countless figures, all of whom looked just like Wang Baole…
Finally, it turned back into a fish and started crying again.
However… caught up in its crying, it didn’t notice Chen Qingzi’s expression. In the beginning, Chen Qingzi seemed extremely gloomy, but when he saw the fish take on Wang Baole’s appearance, his expression suddenly turned strange. In the end, he blinked and coughed dryly.
“Alright, alright, didn’t you just get bitten a few times? So what? At least you didn’t die.
“Sigh, what was so big about this that you had to call me out here? Don’t say any more. I have to go back and keep refining Split Moon!” With that, Chen Qingzi turned around and disappeared back into the black mist.
Outside the mist, the black fish was stunned. Its face was full of confusion and bewilderment, as if it still hadn’t processed what just happened.
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