bookbashuk Chapter 72: The Refreshing Elixir and Signs of a Second Awakening in the Gold of Life
Chapter 72: The Refreshing Elixir and Signs of a Second Awakening in the Gold of Life
After the guards left, Dai Youheng casually tossed the exquisitely crafted invitation, which exuded royal elegance, into a corner of the bed, as if it were just an insignificant piece of waste paper.
He might go and see what the princess is up to when he has time, but when will he have time? That depends on his mood and schedule.
Right now, nothing is more important than completely refining the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade and absorbing the life-gold energy contained within it.
He sat cross-legged back on the bed, his mind calm, and once again fully activated the "Golden罡 Exorcising Body" technique. Under the influence of the technique, his body seemed to transform into a blazing furnace, continuously refining and devouring the stubborn and ferocious residual evil energy within the Soul-Devouring Carving Blade.
This process is slow and arduous, like meticulous carving, allowing no room for haste.
Once in deep meditation, a whole day and night would pass.
On the morning of the third day, the ancient blue carving knife finally emitted a very faint, liberating hum. The last trace of dark, malevolent energy on the knife completely dissipated, replaced by a restrained and warm blue-green luster, as if a piece of jade that had been sleeping for ten thousand years had finally been cleansed of its luster.
The Soul-Devouring Carving Blade has been completely refined.
Its essence as a "fierce blade" has been completely devoured by the domineering "Golden Gang Evil-Repelling Body". What remains now is the purest and most powerful "life-gold" energy!
Without pausing, Dai Youheng immediately guided the vast, boundless energy, brimming with vitality, into his own spiritual sea.
He didn't choose to open a second sea of consciousness like Electrolux. He wanted to concentrate all his resources to strengthen his single source to the extreme! He wanted absolute strength, not quantity.
The instant the purest life and spiritual energy of the Living Gold surged into him, Dai Youheng felt as if his entire consciousness had exploded and been reshaped by an incomparably gentle yet powerful force!
His spiritual sea expanded wildly at an unprecedented speed, its barriers were constantly reinforced and widened, and his spiritual power seemed to have undergone some kind of essential transformation, becoming more condensed, more resilient, and more vast.
In terms of the strength of his mental power alone, he is now no less than a Soul Saint level expert!
This was far from over. The vast life energy was not completely absorbed by the sea of spirit. A considerable portion of it, as if possessing sentience, spontaneously merged into his two martial souls.
The Heavenly Demon Pill of Reversing Fate has become more profound and restrained. The patterns on the surface of the pill seem to come alive, slowly flowing and exuding an even more mysterious aura.
The Shadow Tiger Martial Soul, nourished by life energy, let out a comfortable low roar. Its illusory form seemed to solidify a bit, and the "King" character pattern on its forehead became clearer and more majestic.
"What boundless vitality! What miraculous life-giving gold!" The remnant soul of the Snow Emperor exclaimed sincerely within Dai Youheng's sea of consciousness. "No wonder you went to such lengths to obtain it; this harvest far exceeds expectations!"
As Dai Youheng carefully sensed the changes within himself, an even more surprising discovery came to mind: the condensation progress of the Yin-Yang Reversal Lotus Seed Pill, one of the second soul skills of the Reversal Heavenly Demon Pill, had been greatly accelerated!
Logically, having just condensed a gift for Lingya, the next one would require at least five years of accumulation. However, nourished by the boundless vitality of the Life Gold, this process was greatly shortened.
He predicted that it would only take two years at most, or even less, for the next heaven-defying pill to be condensed again!
Most importantly, the energy of the Gold of Life is not a one-time consumable. It is like an inexhaustible spring of life, eternally existing in the depths of his spiritual sea.
As long as his spiritual sea is not completely destroyed in an instant, no matter how severe the spiritual trauma he suffers, he can gradually recover with the help of this life force.
This continuous nourishing power will also permanently shorten the condensation cycle of the "Yin-Yang Reversal Lotus Seed Pill" from about five years to four years!
Upon hearing this, Xue Di's joy intensified. "Shortened to four years? It seems that life-force treasures can indeed significantly shorten the cooldown time. As long as we find more... You Heng, if that's true, you might actually be able to build a Title Douluo legion that completely obeys your orders in the future!"
This era is different from ten thousand years ago. Title Douluos are not as valuable as they used to be. One or two low-level Title Douluos may not be able to determine the continent's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or landscape), but what about an entire legion? That would be a force capable of overturning the continent.
Although Dai Youheng was also excited, his natural calmness quickly suppressed the turmoil.
He continued to perceive carefully and suddenly noticed that when the Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul absorbed the Gold of Life, it seemed to have undergone an extremely subtle change. It was a kind of throbbing that touched the source and was eager to try, as if some shackle was about to be broken. But that feeling was fleeting and quickly subsided, returning to its original state.
"Sister Xue Di, just now my Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul seemed to..." Dai Youheng said, expressing his feelings.
After a moment of contemplation, Xue Di analyzed, "This should be the reappearance of the signs of the second awakening. You had a similar feeling when you absorbed the Abyss Ice Prison Tiger Soul Ring before, but the strength and purity of that 20,000-year-old soul beast's bloodline power were far from sufficient, only able to cause a ripple, unable to truly break through the barrier."
Her conviction solidified. "Now, with the immense life-giving power of the Gold of Life as support, and your miraculous cultivation technique, seemingly related to top-tier beast kings, constantly refining your martial soul's essence, what's lacking is a sufficiently powerful and pure high-level tiger bloodline power as the final catalyst and fuel!"
"If you can successfully hunt down that 100,000-year-old Abyss Ice Prison Tiger, absorb its soul ring and soul bone, use its 100,000-year-old pure tiger king bloodline as fire, the life force of the living metal as a furnace, and your cultivation technique as a hammer, the three combined will surely help your Evil Shadow Demon Tiger Martial Soul complete a complete and transformative second awakening!"
A sharp glint flashed in Dai Youheng's eyes; Xue Di's analysis coincided with his own premonition.
"It seems I'll have to make time to go back to the far north glacier again," he muttered to himself, already planning to hunt down the 100,000-year-old Ice Prison Tiger King.
Once the Shadow Tiger completes its second awakening, its strength will undoubtedly experience another qualitative leap.
After absorbing the immense energy of the Life Gold, Dai Youheng felt refreshed and invigorated, his mental energy was more abundant and sharper than ever before, and his perception range expanded several times over.
"I wonder how far the Shrek Academy team has progressed," Dai Youheng thought to himself. Although he didn't care about winning or losing, the tournament brought together the elites of the younger generation from various factions. Observing their fighting styles, martial soul characteristics, and even the application of soul tools could always yield some useful information.