Chapter 745 – Hmm? Still running?
Chapter 746
Nightmare River.
Most of the world was shrouded in darkness, with only a few wisps of gray mist and white specks flickering within the blackness.
Time was frozen, devoid of light or sound, with only eternal silence and darkness reigning supreme.
This was a dead, silent world of only black, gray, and white.
However, at this moment, at the very end of the Nightmare River, within the heart of the darkness, a light began to glow. It flickered and expanded rapidly, forming a pure white ball of light, like a star or a blazing sun, constantly emitting scorching radiance that illuminated the Nightmare River.
But in the next instant, all the light that had escaped to the infinite distance seemed to reverse its flow, rapidly retracting back into the ball of light, forming a fetal shape.
The fetal light clump writhed and finally transformed into the shape of an adult human, composed entirely of scorching white.
His eyelids lifted slightly, and his pure white pupils stared blankly.
He lowered his head, looked at his own hands made of brilliant white anomalous light, and his bewildered gaze quickly cleared, recalling everything that had happened.
Although he hadn’t seen what happened afterward, his appearance in the Nightmare River undoubtedly meant that Miss Mu had succeeded, completing the Time Cover.
【Synchronization Re-Linked Successfully—】
【Your Strength, Agility, Spirit, and Mental Power have received extreme enhancements!】
【Your Spirit Pressure has advanced from Novice to late-stage Venerable One!】
【Strength and Agility have advanced to mid-stage Venerable Two. Mental Power has advanced to peak Control Darkness.】
【You have comprehended Spirit Robes of all levels—】
【You have successfully mastered 198 N-level Spirit Robes, 43 D-class Spirit Robes, 24 C-class Spirit Robes, 18 B-class Spirit Robes, 6 A-class Spirit Robes, and 1 S-class Spirit Robe.】
【N-level】
【B-grade Spirit Robes: Exoneration Mandate, Six Tails, Concentric Lightning, Fingertip Lightning, Bronze Eye of Deconstruction, Bronze Calamity Armor, Object Assimilation Sealing Technique, Bronze Mask, Bronze Pheromone, Stellar Constellations, Lighting the Heavenly Lamp, Syphon Method, Azure Bone Tracking Technique.】
【A-class Spirit Robes: Musashi Tengu, God King Statue, Blood Spirit Throne, Blood Spirit Construct, Photon Annihilation, Spirit Base Infant Transformation.】
【Dao Fruit: Single A (Dual Origin · Throne Construct)】
【S-class Spirit Robe: Moon Time Divine Domain (30% Comprehended)】
【Non-synchronized—】
【Dragon Race Spirit Robes: Myriad Phenomena, Extreme Finger Fist, Lock of Boundary.】
【Calamity Demon Heart Repair Progress: 30.9089%】
【Demonic Energy (3/6): Shadow of the Blood Fiend, Calamity Spirit Touch, Undying Spirit.】
【Spirit Artifacts…】
Xia Feng felt his own physical condition. He had to admit that the methods he possessed now were indeed numerous, with abilities from the Star God, Nightmare God, and Dragon God systems.
Coupled with various A-class Spirit Artifacts.
His means of dealing with enemies were becoming more diverse.
Lost in thought, Xia Feng closed his eyes and activated the Azure Bone Tracking Technique.
However, to his surprise, all he saw was darkness. Miss Mu hadn’t taken out his bones and kept them with her.
Not knowing what went wrong, Xia Feng felt puzzled and had to deactivate the Azure Bone Tracking. He retracted his gaze and simultaneously opened his palm.
An ancient, ink-black, and profound token appeared.
【Sumeru King Order · Black King】
【Player Serial Number: 9-27】
【Your Life Points are the highest in the Ninth Wheel, making you the victor of the Ninth Wheel.】
【Seat: 9】
【Current Life Points: 2100 (Can be exchanged or gifted during the Throne contention for advantage)】
【Note 1: Sage and above cannot participate in the Throne contention.】
【Note 2: Players can be promoted to Sage during the Throne contention.】
【Note 3】
【Remaining until the Sumeru War begins: 40 days.】
【As the last selected candidate to obtain a seat, you possess a compensatory advantage of identity investigation—you may choose one of the top eight seats to know the true identity of its holder.】
【Please choose: 123】
In his mind, eight brilliant golden serial numbers appeared.
This was a completely blind selection. Xia Feng couldn’t discern any difference between these serial numbers. After some contemplation, a thought crossed his mind.
【You choose to know the identity of the owner of the First Seat—】
After all, being the first to secure a Sumeru seat, perhaps they possessed something extraordinary compared to the other seven. In a blind selection, choosing the first one seemed like a safe bet.
【Seat: 1】
【Name: Huang Zhaoyue】
【Realm: Second Reincarnation · Peak Sacred Realm】
【Spirit Artifact: Shattered and Awaiting Repair · S-class】
【Dao Fruit: 4A · 1N】
“Huh?”
The first seat was this Imperial Concubine.
Every piece of information displayed on the panel surprised Xia Feng.
The meaning of the second reincarnation and re-cultivation should be that after entering Sage, in order to form an S-class fruit position, she had dismantled her Dao Fruit and re-traced the path of a Venerable.
Entering the second reincarnation for re-cultivation.
Indeed!
Some Spirit Masters would even choose a third or fourth reincarnation.
What surprised and even delighted Xia Feng even more was that Huang Zhaoyue possessed an S-class Spirit Artifact.
It was a pity, however… it was shattered and awaiting repair. He wondered if shattered Spirit Artifacts could be copied.
As for the final fruit position, 4A · 1N, did it mean four A-class fruit positions and one N-class fruit position?
This left Xia Feng somewhat confused. What was the situation with the N-class fruit position?
Unable to figure it out, Xia Feng shook his head and didn’t dwell on it. He also checked his own seat information.
【Seat: 9】
【Name: Xia Feng】
【Realm: Venerable One】
【Spirit Artifact: A-class】
【Dao Fruit: 1A】
The seat’s signal marker was on the A-class Spirit Artifact, Absolute Twin Pupils, so the information displayed was only A-class. It hadn’t detected his possession of any other Spirit Artifacts.
This was for the best.
Xia Feng nodded with satisfaction and looked around the darkness. The problem now was that he seemed to need to leave the Nightmare River ahead of schedule.
The Sumeru Throne would open in 40 days.
If he wanted to resurrect without consuming the Calamity Demon Heart, he would need to wait 90 days to return to the Real World.
The current situation clearly didn’t allow for waiting.
Fortunately, his heart’s repair progress balance was still sufficient.
Every 1% of repair progress consumed could accelerate his resurrection time by 45 days. 60 days would consume 1.33%, and 90 days would consume 2%.
He had about 30%, which was more than enough.
After some thought, accelerating by 60 days and consuming 1.33% was an acceptable amount.
Having made his decision, Xia Feng didn’t hesitate. A thought crossed his mind.
【Remaining Resurrection Time: 90 days】
【Consume 1.33333…】
【Remaining Resurrection Time: 30 days】
This way, he reserved 10 days for his infant self after rebirth to grow.
【Calamity Demon Heart Repair Progress: 29.5756%】
He had to admit, although the consumption wasn’t much, Xia Feng still felt a pang of regret.
After all, this 30% progress alone had taken him a year and a half, and it had been exhausting. Now it had decreased by more than 1%, making him even further from his goal of 40%.
【Fourth Demonic Energy · Lord of the Calamity Realm — Required Progress — 40%】
Although he didn’t know the specific details of its abilities, it sounded powerful.
It made him incredibly envious.
“Buzz—”
Just then, as if sensing something, Xia Feng suddenly looked up.
He saw a streak of flowing light, trailing silver radiance, begin to glow in the silent, dark depths. It was moving incredibly fast, like a meteor, streaking past Xia Feng’s head and instantly flying towards the distant void behind him—
“Is this… a Calamity Spirit Pearl?”
Xia Feng’s heart leaped. To his surprise, there was a Calamity Spirit Pearl within the Nightmare River?
But now was not the time to ponder such things. He took a step forward and quickly gave chase to the streak of silver light.
