Chapter 397: Demonic Energy
After subduing the Half-dragon legion, Xia Feng instructed these restless individuals to remain in the underground base and await orders.
The three of them then activated the Myriad Manifestations once more, transforming into three high-ranking officers and proceeding deeper into the underground base.
Deeper within were various advanced facilities, including the Efected Experiment Pod, Half-dragon Experiment Pod, and Spirit Material Experiment Pod.
As Xia Feng walked, he plundered various spirit materials he encountered. In a Rare Spirit Material Cabinet, he even smashed out a Level 6 Spirit Material, the “Spirit Annihilator Flame”!
Unfortunately, its spiritual attribute was not wood, so Miss Mu could not use it.
However, as it was a Level 6 spirit material, Xia Feng unhesitatingly stored it in his Nascent Ten Space.
While he was plundering, Miss Mu and Teacher Freya were also doing the same.
The three of them completely emptied the underground base.
Following the senses of the Calamity Demon Heart, Xia Feng quickly found a large amount of Calamity Spirit Pearls in the reactor of the Efected Experiment Pod!
There were no high-level Calamity Spirit Pearls, only low-level ones, but there were a full 200 of them!
One low-level Calamity Spirit Pearl could repair the Calamity Demon Heart by 0.01%, and 200 of them amounted to 2%.
Without hesitation, Xia Feng smashed all the pearls. Countless ink-black liquid streams flowed into his palm and into the Calamity Demon Heart, which greedily absorbed them all.
[Repair Progress: 4.4799%]
The pure Calamity Spirit Fluid within made his whole body tingle, and his heart throbbed.
[4.7919%]
[5.1012%]
[6.4710%]
Xia Feng could feel that as he absorbed the low-level Calamity Spirit Pearls, the repair effect they produced was weakening.
As the progress went on, repairing the heart became more difficult. The amount of Calamity Spirit Fluid from low-level Calamity Spirit Pearls was insufficient to sustain the process, resulting in a weakened repair efficiency.
However, it was not a major issue.
He was now only 3.6% away from 10%, and judging by the still excited senses of the Calamity Demon Heart, the Calamity Spirit Pearls in this base were not all there was.
He suppressed the rapid throbbing of his heart and looked north.
The Calamity Force reaction over there was much more potent and alluring than these 200 low-level Calamity Spirit Pearls!
Xia Feng swallowed, and with the two women, they set off again, leaving the underground base and heading towards the core area.
The military area was vast, but the three of them moved unimpeded with their high-ranking officer disguises, passing through the Command Hall, the fortress’s core arms depot, and the Spirit Artifact training grounds.
As they passed the Spirit Artifact training grounds, Xia Feng instantly perceived a large number of spirit artifact reactions.
40 D-class Spirit Artifacts, 10 C-class Spirit Artifacts, and 1 B-class Spirit Artifact!
Coupled with the two B-class Spirit Artifacts obtained earlier, they now possessed three B-class items.
It was a shame that among so many spirit artifacts, not a single A-class one was found.
However, this was normal; B-class was already a very rare Spirit Artifact Level for Spirit Masters.
This fortress, with its three B-class Spirit Artifact owners, was already quite formidable.
Moreover, they hadn’t even entered the core area yet, and there might be even better spirit artifacts there.
They moved swiftly, and along the roadside, they occasionally saw news images of Ye Li Helyan.
The screens displayed the 200th-anniversary city celebration of Helyan City. Ye Li Helyan stood on a high platform, waving kindly to the citizens, appearing as a middle-aged man with a gentle and approachable demeanor.
In fact, Ye Li Helyan had an excellent reputation in Helyan City, arguably even an outstanding one.
He had established a transparent and public city lord’s charity fund, founded numerous orphanages, hospitals, and schools—organizations beneficial to the public. Every year, he would visit remote townships, and for families affected by unstable calamity disasters or cults, he had even implemented relevant relief policies, supporting the elderly and orphaned, and nurturing children, pouring vast amounts of funds into public welfare construction as if money were no object.
Since the city’s founding, Ye Li Helyan had consecutively received the Empire’s Top Ten Outstanding City Lords award for two hundred years. He even had his own blogger account online with a large following and a positive reputation.
It could be said that if Xia Feng were to curse Ye Li Helyan on the street, passersby would stop and stare at him menacingly. At best, they would spit at him; at worst, they would record him and criticize him online.
Perhaps this world was like this. The black and white were always just appearances. Even in today’s era of highly developed information dissemination, people still struggled to see the truth beneath the surface. Xia Feng withdrew his gaze and continued forward.
Soon, he saw a giant cage appearing in the space ahead, resembling a massive birdcage constructed from some rare spirit material. Countless withered branches lay scattered haphazardly.
However, through his Eye of Deconstruction, Xia Feng could see the immense amount of Spirit Particles contained within these branches.
This birdcage likely housed the core area.
Between the military area and the core area, there was a military defense line.
Gray-black mist permeated the sky and earth, like a mythical beast devouring the heavens, majestically coiled between heaven and earth, looking down upon Xia Feng and his companions.
This was precisely the Calamity Force barrier constructed from Calamity Spirit Pearls.
Xia Feng’s black eyes widened, his breathing becoming more rapid.
Upon reaching this point, he could finally clearly sense the specific number of Calamity Spirit Pearls.
3 high-level Calamity Spirit Pearls! 210 low-level Calamity Spirit Pearls!
Although he couldn’t understand why this military fortress had so many Calamity Spirit Pearls, such a terrifying quantity was more than enough for him to reach 10% and activate his third Demonic Energy!
The previous two Demonic Energies were very powerful, and he wondered what ability the third one would possess.
“Miss Mu, Teacher Freya, please wait here for a moment. I’ll be right back.”
The two women knew he was not afraid of Calamity Force and even enjoyed devouring it. They nodded calmly without questioning and waited where they were.
At the same time.
Behind the Calamity Force barrier, in the military command room on the high platform, the officers naturally noticed the man who had suddenly appeared on the monitoring screen.
“It is strictly forbidden for anyone to approach the core area for any reason, yet someone has come.”
An officer wearing a dark military uniform with deep blue eyes narrowed his eyes and murmured, “It seems this guy is the hidden rat. He’s not a very clever one, though, daring to expose himself like this.”
While contemplating, he waved his hand and ordered, “Report this matter to Lord Helyan.”
“Yes, Lord Hai,” replied his subordinate in a deep voice. “Sir, do we need to activate B-class defenses?”
“No need,” Lord Hai shook his head. “Even a Venerable would be stopped by this concentration of Calamity Force. It’s sufficient.”
“I doubt this fellow would foolishly charge in…”
As he said this coldly, his deep blue eyes, however, fixed suspiciously on the screen.
On the surveillance feed.
The man, seemingly aware that he had been exposed, directly removed his disguise, transforming into a black-robed figure wearing a K-mask, and then recklessly charged straight into the dense Calamity Force mist.
The black robe fluttered. The moment he stepped into the sea of Calamity Force—
Hundreds of Calamity Spirit Pearls suspended and interconnected throughout the Calamity Force sea simultaneously hummed and vibrated, as if receiving their mother’s call to come home for dinner.
No, it should be to come home to be eaten! Xia Feng excitedly spread his arms, accepting the Calamity Spirit Pearls’ affectionate embrace.
Swish, swish, swish—
Dense, gray-black beads shot out from all directions like falling beans. Upon hitting his chest, they instantly turned to ash and disappeared into his heart.
“Thump, thump, thump!” His heart pounded wildly, and he sensed the vitality of the Calamity Demon Heart being rapidly repaired.
