đź“– Chapter 1143 - Nine Huge Furnaces!
As soon as Divine Emperor Mystic Blossom passed down his order, the Never-Ending Clan battleships immediately vibrated. The Never-Ending Clan cultivators within all exerted themselves even more, causing the aura of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao to gather into green smoke that continued falling into the gray region.
Meanwhile, Wang Baole was going crazy with happiness. Huge amounts of green wisps poured into his intrinsic scabbard, which in turn bolstered the power of his fleshly body. This sort of virtuous cycle made him feel like he was about to lost his mind.
Little Fifth and Little Donkey were just as excited. Although they didn’t dare to directly rush into the sea of green wisps, they lurked on the outside, devouring with all their might. The same was true for the little black fish.
But after glancing at Little Donkey and Little Fifth, it suddenly had a scornful look on its face. With a flip of its fins, it flew up and opened its mouth wide, instantly swallowing nearly a thousand green wisps!
Little Donkey and Little Fifth felt unresigned when they saw this scene. Both of them redoubled their efforts and used different methods to increase their rate of devouring. For example, Little Fifth somehow turned himself into a small vortex that rapidly sucked in green wisps.
Little Donkey was even more incredible. It couldn’t turn into a vortex like Little Fifth, and it couldn’t open its mouth as wide as the little black fish. However, after swallowing the power of both the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao and the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao, its body had become very special. By now, Little Donkey’s body was mostly restored, and with a shiver, it suddenly turned into a pancake. All the green wisps that hit the surface of the pancake rapidly disappeared.
Two people and two animals were absorbing green wisps at an astonishing rate. But overall, Wang Baole by himself accounted for 50% of the absorbed green wisps, and the little black fish accounted for 30%. As for Little Fifth and Little Donkey, they only accounted for 10% each.
Although that didn’t seem like much compared to the little black fish and Wang Baole, there were just too many green wisps in the surroundings. The black hole created by the disappearance of the vortex gave off a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering suction force, causing more and more green wisps to gather. However, as the quartet absorbed at full power, the number of green wisps was actually… decreasing!
This caused Wang Baole to become a little anxious. Right now, his fleshly body was at the pinnacle of the late stage of the Eternal Star Realm and seemed just half a step away from the great circle. However, because each and every one of his ten thousand stars could become an avatar, it became exponentially more difficult for his fleshly body to advance the further he went.
His intrinsic scabbard had absorbed a hundred thousand green wisps by now and constantly released waves of power that bolstered his fleshly body. However, Wang Baole knew that there was still a long way to go before he really broke through.
Fortunately, the black hole created by the disappearance of the giant vortex suddenly pulsed, attracting another huge portion of green wisps. At the same time, thanks to Divine Emperor Mystic Blossom’s machinations outside the gray region, more and more green wisps shot over from far away. Wang Baole and the other three were instantly enlivened again.
At the same time, the hundreds of thousands of Never-Ending Clan battleships outside the gray region suddenly shuddered again. Divine Emperor Mystic Blossom stood up and looked slightly doubtful, but after hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth.
“I don’t believe it. More!” With a rumble, the Never-Ending Clan battleships released even more green smoke into the gray region. As soon as the green smoke entered the gray region, it turned into a huge number of green wisps and instantly headed straight toward Wang Baole's location.
Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of green wisps appeared in Wang Baole’s surroundings. Little Fifth and Little Donkey both grew excited, and the little black fish was even trembling in joy.
As Wang Baole and the other three crazily absorbed green wisps, the suction power in this place gradually began weakening. At this point, Little Fifth finally couldn’t bear it anymore and had to stop absorbing in order to digest. Seeing the green wisps that he could only look at but not eat, he felt extremely reluctant. And when he saw Little Donkey and the little black fish still eating with gusto, he became even more upset.
“I can’t believe these two gluttons actually have such great appetites!” Little Fifth felt a little helpless. The black fish was one thing. It was a Heavenly Dao, so it wasn’t strange that it could keep eating. But for Little Donkey to be able to persist… was really surprising.
He saw that the pancake that Little Donkey had turned into was already full of cracks and looked like it was about to collapse. But Little Donkey didn’t slow down its absorption at all…
“Is this guy suicidal!?” Little Fifth’s expression was full of shock. Indeed, even after Little Donkey clearly reached its limit, it just brayed and continued eating. Most of the pancake had collapsed, but… it still kept eating.
Even the little black fish was shocked by this scene. When it looked at Little Donkey, there was wariness and even fear in its eyes.
Fortunately, after another incense stick’s worth of time, the pancake that Little Donkey had turned into collapsed, forcing it to scream as it snapped back into its original form. Little Fifth and the little black fish both sighed with relief when they saw it stop eating.
After persevering a while longer, the little black fish finally hit its limit as well and stopped absorbing. In the end, only Wang Baole was left still swallowing the green wisps.
As the intrinsic scabbard continued absorbing the green wisps, it also continued augmenting Wang Baole’s fleshly body. Incredible waves of power spread from Wang Baole’s body, indicating that his physical might was on the verge of breaking through to the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm.
“A little more, just a little more!!” Wang Baole’s eyes reddened as his cultivation base circulated at full speed. His ten thousand stars appeared behind his body, and he used the power of his divine soul to bless his intrinsic scabbard, causing its suction force to increase. More and more green wisps poured into his intrinsic scabbard, and his fleshly body became more and more powerful, but… in the end, the black hole he was sitting in ran out of steam. After another hour passed, it slowly disappeared.
With the disappearance of the black hole’s suction force, the green wisps in the surrounding suddenly scattered, disappearing into the void. But at that moment, Wang Baole abruptly rushed out and grabbed the disappearing green wisps!
However, even if he gave it everything he had, he wasn’t able to grab too many. It was far from the amount he needed to break through.
“Just a little more!!” Wang Baole’s eyes were completely bloodshot, and his vicious expression would strike fear into anyone watching. Right now, he felt extremely vexed, because he could sense that his fleshly body was only just short of a breakthrough.
“I just need a few more green wisps!” Wang Baole didn’t know how much he had absorbed, but he could sense that he could break through as long as he was able to get several tens of thousands of green wisps.
If he ignored his senior brother’s words and swallowed some deathly aura, Wang Baole felt that it wouldn’t be difficult to attract the required number of green wisps. However, he knew now that the deathly aura here was the power of the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao, and that the little black fish was already in a weak state. If he absorbed deathly aura without any restraint, then it would definitely harm the little black fish.
Thus, Wang Baole forcibly held himself back, but that just made him more and more irritated. He couldn’t help but take a glance at Little Fifth and Little Donkey. The terrifying fluctuations rolling off his body, as well as the viciousness in his gaze, made Little Fifth and Little Donkey both tremble in fear. Even the little black fish became slightly scared.
After a while, Wang Baole reluctantly calmed himself down and suddenly glanced toward the depths of the gray region. Although there were still some small and medium-sized vortexes scattered around in the outer and inner areas of the gray region, relying on those to collect the necessary number of green wisps would be too slow. Only in the depths of the gray region would he be able to absorb as much as he needed.
Thus, his eyes flashed and he shouted in a low voice.
“Let’s go!” As he spoke, Wang Baole took a step forward. The void instantly distorted from the strength of his fleshly body, and he suddenly appeared outside the special space. Back in the gray region proper, he shot toward the depths at full speed!
Little Fifth, Little Donkey, and the little black fish hesitated for a moment before quickly following. Just like that, the quartet sped through the starry sky, and in a short period of time… they entered the depths of the gray region!
The moment he entered the depths of the gray region, what Wang Baole saw was… an incredibly huge, indescribably majestic, heaven-shaking and earth-shattering bronze furnace!
Flames raged inside the furnace, causing the surrounding space to be filled with waves of shocking heat. Moreover, there wasn’t just one gigantic furnace here, but rather… nine!
Eight furnaces locked down all directions, and the remaining one was at their center!
The eight furnaces on the outside were all filled with incredibly hot flames. But the one at the center… was filled with black mist!
There were several hundred cultivators present, either seeking enlightenment or battling for opportunities. But no matter what they were doing, as soon as Wang Baole arrived, all of them instantly looked over.
No one who could enter this place was a weakling. Thus, any newcomers naturally drew their attention.
As everyone looked at Wang Baole, Wang Baole looked back at them. There were indeed no weaklings here, and he could tell that the people here were at the absolute peak of the second-rank Chosen, infinitely close to becoming true top-tier talents of their respective organizations!