Chapter 782: 782 Backstab
Chapter 783: 783. Grabbed and Refined in an Instant!
The Calamity Mist was thick. Xia Feng floated weightlessly, tilting his head back as he hung in the gray, hazy mid-air. The surrounding Calamity Mist, as if smelling blood, surged towards him the moment he appeared. Yet, upon touching his body, they scattered as if encountering a terrifying, ancient beast.
Xia Feng’s lips curled into a grin. He took a deep breath and inhaled—none of the escaping Calamity Mist managed to get away, spiraling into Xia Feng’s mouth and nose. The gray mist that filled the space instantly dissipated.
**[+1.08%]**
**[Calamity Demon Heart Repair Progress: 32.11% → 33.19%]**
“Thump—thump—thump—”
His heartbeat was like a drum. The color of Xia Feng’s slightly dilated pupils grew even darker, as if a terrifying beast lay hidden in the depths of the darkness, ready to awaken at any moment. He had to admit, he quite liked the welcome gift from Jin Yangtian and Jin Shiyin.
Xia Feng twisted his neck and stood up, scanning his surroundings while suspended in mid-air. The Ash Land space was empty. He had heard Jin Yangtian’s explanation to Huang Zhaoyue from outside. This was not a Level 2 Ash Land, but merely a Level 0 Ash Land that had been transformed into a Calamity Land by the Calamity Mist Card. The Ash Stones had also disappeared. He wondered how many Level 2 Calamity Mist Cards were actually in the Sumeru Realm. This thing was no different from a high-level Calamity Spirit Pearl!
As he pondered, Xia Feng heard the conversation of the two outside. They were preparing to deliver a fatal blow to him after he was severely injured so they could claim the game’s first kill! Now, things were indeed a bit troublesome. Even facing an ordinary Sacred Realm expert, Xia Feng wasn’t sure he could win, let alone facing Jin Yangtian and Jin Shiyin, both at the Peak Sacred Realm. The former was a God-tier genius, and the latter had once been a Sage. Once the three-minute effective duration of the Calamity Land ended, he would be forcibly ejected and immediately killed.
So… since he was going to die anyway, why not die in a different way? Xia Feng narrowed his dark eyes, looking down at the sand in his left palm. This insignificant grain of sand had always been kept in his palm; it was time to put it to use. Acting on his thought, he plunged his other hand into his soul’s abdomen—grabbing his Spirit Base and refining it in an instant!
**[Spirit Base Infant Transformation – Spirit Seizing Hand]**
After refining his Spirit Base into a Venerable First Realm spirit infant and storing it, Xia Feng’s face instantly turned pale, sweat beading on his forehead.
**[Current Stored Spirit Infants: 129 Venerable First Realm Spirit Infants (Storage Limit: 350)]**
These spirit infants were all self-inflicted deaths and stored before he entered the Sumeru Realm, all while cultivating with Cha Nai Xue. Although their power couldn’t inflict much damage on a Sacred Realm expert, they had the advantage of accumulation; quantity could eventually lead to a qualitative change. However, he still didn’t stop. Instead, he used his Light Holder Sage-tier mental power to control his soul out of his body, storing his disintegrating soul into the **A-class Undead Chart – Beyond Limit**.
The Undead Chart was a fusion of the Abyss of Undead and the Spirit Artifact Book. As for the Abyss of Undead, it was the spirit artifact of the Black Moon Saint Pastor, Moro, capable of storing remnant souls and refining them into Undead Knights. It didn’t say he couldn’t refine himself! After storing it, the last wisp of consciousness and thought remaining in his physical body flickered. All the blood in his body instantly boiled, passing through his five orifices and out of his body, converging into a drop of golden blood, which was then stored in the Nascent Ten Space. This pure dragon blood was not only his anchor for resurrection in the Nightmare River but also a spirit material that could enhance the fox’s strength, and potentially had other uses he hadn’t yet understood. He hadn’t known before and had wasted a lot of dragon blood. Now that he knew, he had to preserve every drop.
Thus—Xia Feng had completely killed himself, and squeezed himself dry. His withered, emaciated body plummeted from mid-air into the Bloodworm River below, annihilated. The effective time for the Calamity Land also ended simultaneously. The space shattered, and all living beings within were forcibly ejected. Xia Feng, however, had already entered a state of Nirvana.
Jin Yangtian and Jin Shiyin couldn’t help but show confusion, looking at the scene before them with puzzlement. The vortex of flames dissipated, but the Spade Person’s figure was nowhere to be seen. They didn’t know that Xia Feng had transformed into all things in nature, observing them like a god from every angle. Unfortunately, the Nirvana state only lasted for ten seconds. After ten seconds, Xia Feng would be forced to revive.
Jin Yangtian wasn’t in a hurry. He half-closed his eyes and stood still, waiting patiently. Seeing that the two intended to stay, Xia Feng didn’t hesitate and, with a thought—
Dragon Tribe Spirit Robe – All things in nature!
Thousands of tornadoes roared across the world, dust filling the sky. A single grain of sand quietly appeared amidst the sandstorm, unnoticed.
Ten seconds passed. The thousands of tornadoes and hurricanes quickly disappeared. The terrifying sandstorm poured down like a waterfall from the sky. Among it, a single grain of sand was buried a hundred meters deep beneath the boundless desert. When using All things in nature, one needs to touch the target object for three minutes first, and then use it within ten minutes to transform into the target. After entering the Sumeru Realm, Xia Feng had been holding this grain of sand, ensuring he could become a part of the desert at any time.
“This person is indeed weaker than this Seat had imagined,” Jin Yangtian said with a shake of his head, seeing that the Spade Person had not appeared even after such a long time. Normally, this level of Calamity Mist would be enough to completely devour a Venerable First Realm Spirit Master in tens of seconds, annihilating them completely. However, being able to obtain a Sumeru seat and possessing such a formidable disguise skill, he was likely not an ordinary Venerable First Realm. He should have been able to barely survive the Calamity Mist invasion. But Jin Yangtian didn’t expect he had overestimated the Spade Person.
“A pity. I had originally wanted to reveal his mask and see who he really was,” Jin Shiyin chuckled. “But then again, he is only at the Venerable First Realm. His seat was inherited, and no matter how powerful his disguise is, his strength is ultimately too weak. He is much weaker than Ye Li Dongjun.”
“Ye Li Dongjun…” Jin Yangtian narrowed his eagle-like eyes. “That fool who hasn’t even reached the Sacred Realm. Even if he entered this realm, he would have the same fate as the Spade Person.”
Speaking of which, Jin Shiyin couldn’t help but ask, “Then I’m curious, if that’s the case, why does your esteemed Pillar State Elder seem to value Ye Li so much?”
Jin Yangtian shook his head, about to say something.
“Buzzz—buzzz—”
At this moment, a booming hum like war drums echoed from afar. The two turned to look. Under the blazing sun in the western sky, at the edge of the boundless desert, gray mist surged up. In just a few moments, it covered the sky and the sun, engulfing it. The world plunged into darkness.
“The safe zone is starting to shrink.” Jin Shiyin looked into the distance with interest. “This level of Calamity Force Mist Sea, while far inferior to the Calamity Land, will only allow us to stay inside for half a day at most. Any longer, and real trouble might arise.”
Jin Yangtian shook his head. “The Calamity Mist Sea is only one of the troubles; the more troublesome ones are the Nightmare Beasts within.”
“Roar!” As if on cue, a world-shattering roar swept through the firmament. The entire desert surface began to tremble incessantly, and sand waves surged again.
“Is this… the aura of a Seven-Eyed Great Calamity?” Jin Shiyin’s expression turned surprised, his eyelids twitching slightly. “Brother, if not now, then when?” He turned and transformed into a streak of bloodlight, soaring towards the eastern horizon, disappearing without a trace. Jin Yangtian leisurely followed behind.
Xia Feng, hidden deep within the sand, was also surprised. How could there be a Great Calamity in the Sumeru Realm? While Mid-level Nightmare Beasts with three or four eyes were one thing, a Seven-Eyed Great Calamity was a major power in the Nightmare Realm. Could it have been trapped here?
