Chapter 447 - 420: Yehai, Rushing to the Battlefield
Su Ye instantly felt that his affinity with this Spiritual Treasure had grown even stronger.
At the same time,
like a sprouting seed, a consciousness began to bud within the Spiritual Treasure!
"It’s a success!"
Lin Yinxiu pumped her fist and let out a long, clear breath.
She raised a hand to wipe away beads of sweat that weren’t there.
A sense of accomplishment appeared on her lovely face. Even for a Fourth-Tier Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, crafting a Spiritual Treasure was a rare and valuable experience.
WHOOSH!
The Moonfall Halberd flew out and landed in Su Ye’s hand.
It rapidly shrank and entered his Dantian Qi Sea.
"Interesting."
A thought crossed Su Ye’s mind.
The qi from his Golden Core flowed out, transforming into a golden thread that wrapped around the Moonfall Halberd to nourish it.
Immediately, a nascent and still-muddled consciousness responded to him, conveying a feeling of joy and satisfaction.
An Artifact Spirit!
With an Artifact Spirit, the Moonfall Halberd had truly become a Fourth-Tier Spiritual Treasure!
The birth of the Artifact Spirit could be said to have doubled the Spiritual Treasure’s power, drastically raising the level of Su Ye’s normal combat strength!
"Congratulations, Yehai, on obtaining a Spiritual Treasure."
"Thank you, Shenxiao."
Su Ye clasped his hands in a respectful salute and said solemnly.
He handed over a Storage Ring to pay the final balance. Inside were 800,000 Spirit Stones.
However,
Lin Yinxiu shook her head and didn’t accept it.
"Refining a Spiritual Treasure was a rare experience for me as well."
"Besides..."
Lin Yinxiu paused, changing the subject. She sighed.
"This time, the Candle Python Cave is coming on strong. It’s going to be another bloodbath in the sea region, a catastrophe of slaughter. Even Golden Core Zhenren are in grave danger!"
In a war of this level, even Golden Core Zhenren could fall!
So far in this invasion from the Candle Python Cave, a total of four Golden Core Zhenren from both sides have already fallen!
—Of course, two of those Golden Core Zhenren had died at Su Ye’s hands and had nothing to do with the Candle Python Cave.
Hearing this, Su Ye nodded. He understood what Lin Yinxiu meant.
The dangers of the war worried her, so she hoped Su Ye could look out for her a bit during the upcoming great battle in the sea region.
After all,
her cultivation was only at the Early-stage Golden Core.
In the very first engagement, even a Mid-stage Golden Core cultivator had fallen!
"Well..."
"If it’s within my power, I see no reason not to."
Su Ye pondered for a moment before agreeing.
With his current Divine Techniques and methods, even if he had the worst luck imaginable and ran into the Golden Core Perfection-stage Chiyou the moment he stepped out, he couldn’t guarantee a win, but escaping with his life shouldn’t be difficult!
"Thank you!"
Lin Yinxiu said gratefully, her expression joyful.
With Su Ye looking out for her, her safety was, without a doubt, greatly increased!
’Phew...’
’It wasn’t a waste for me to take a piece of Moon Meteorite Treasure Essence from my secret collection and merge it into the Spiritual Treasure.’
Lin Yinxiu thought, sighing in relief.
To ensure the quality of the Moonfall Halberd would reach the fine grade after being reforged,
she had spared no expense this time, even throwing in some of her own precious collection!
’But...’
"Getting Yehai’s promise of protection makes it all worth it."
...
An agreement was reached.
"Yehai."
"Shall we head to the front lines together?"
Lin Yinxiu asked, a hint of expectation in her voice.
"No."
"I have one more thing to do."
"You can go on ahead, or wait a few months for me."
Su Ye shook his head and said indifferently.
"Alright."
Lin Yinxiu said helplessly. Su Ye’s attitude was firm, so she could only set off by herself.
As for waiting a few months?
She was also at the Early-stage Golden Core, but she was no Su Ye!
She didn’t have the confidence to delay the Flame Alliance’s summons.
Mr. Yun and Mr. Zuo, those two Late-stage Golden Core grand cultivators, were no pushovers. If they couldn’t handle Su Ye, did that mean they couldn’t deal with her?
Then,
Su Ye transformed into an Escape Light and left Thunder Prison Island.
In mid-air, the massive, pitch-black Ghostly Flood Dragon appeared.
"One last thing!"
Su Ye stepped onto the deck, his eyes flashing as he muttered to himself in anticipation.
His Cultivation Technique transition was complete, his Spiritual Treasure had been upgraded, and with this final task, all his short-term methods for increasing his combat power would be accomplished!
HISS!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon’s engines fired up, spewing plasma flames.
In an instant, the ship’s hull turned into a black-and-red meteor, speeding off to the southeast!
「Several days later.」
He left the Day Flame Sea Region and returned to the Cyan Profound Sea Region.
Then, he continued south, sailing into the Mist Sea and arriving at the Gray Wall.
BUZZ.
Su Ye unleashed his Golden Core Realm. A silvery-ice color flashed, and the temperature between heaven and earth plummeted.
The Golden Core Realm spread out, parting the sky-high Gray Wall like Moses parting the sea, opening a gap several hundred meters wide!
"The Gray Wall."
"So weak."
Su Ye remarked with a sigh, steering the Ghostly Flood Dragon into the Far South Continent.
...
「Two months later.」
PFFT.
The Gray Wall rippled.
The Ghostly Flood Dragon’s white, bone-like ram emerged, tearing through the Gray Wall as it returned to the Yaoguang Islands.
"Hah..."
"I’m home."
He let out a long, clear breath.
There was a hint of exhaustion on Su Ye’s face, but it was overshadowed by a sense of accomplishment!
He focused his senses inward.
He saw that,
within his Dantian Qi Sea, a silvery-ice color was shining, and his Magical Power surged!
In just two short months, the total amount of Su Ye’s Magical Power had roughly doubled!
Let’s be clear, that wasn’t ten percent.
It was double!
Two months!
His Magical Power accumulation had directly surpassed that of other Golden Core cultivators who had spent over a hundred years breathing in and storing qi. He had gone from just entering the Golden Core Realm to the very limit of the Early-stage Golden Core!
He was only a paper-thin barrier away from the Mid-stage Golden Core!
This explosive increase naturally didn’t come from his own cultivation, but from plunder!
He had destroyed a city-state in the Far South Continent, plundered the native Spiritual Spring, and refined the Spiritual Spring Origin to rapidly accumulate Magical Power!
During these two months, Su Ye had brought Ziyuan and Phantom Zhenren with him to storm Tewa Kan City, destroying this native city-state that worshipped the Eternal Hunting God!
The King of Tewa Kan died in battle, the royal family was almost completely wiped out, and all the native elites were executed!
Then,
a Fourth-Tier, Mid-Grade Spiritual Spring!
Its thousand-year foundation was completely refined by Su Ye, fueling his Magical Power accumulation!
The process was quite mentally taxing for Su Ye. While Refining the Spiritual Spring, he also had to worry about the Nether Mirror’s arrival and be ready to flee at a moment’s notice.
It was as thrilling as trying to steal jungle camps from the enemy’s territory while on the losing side of a match!
Fortunately, though,
during his "jungle steal," the enemy "jungler" (the Nether Mirror) never showed up. Suspected of being AFK?
Su Ye had a great time stealing and snowballed right off the bat!
"The only unfortunate thing is..."
"the Eternal Hunting God didn’t manage to descend as an avatar and let me earn a fat stack of experience points."
Su Ye mused to himself, muttering.
After a few incidents, the Southern Deities of the Northern Territory had finally learned their lesson. They were all cowards now, not even daring to glance at Su Ye, letting him do as he pleased.
...
Then,
BUZZ.
Su Ye opened his panel.
[Class: Pastor of the Sea lv.11 (20,189/110,000)]
[Class Stat Bonus: Lethality +66, Protection +46, Evasion +33, Mystic +33]
[Laws: Netherworld (100%), Annihilation Flow (18%), Life and Death (11%)]
The conquest in the Far South Continent and the occupation of Tewa Kan City had provided him with over ten thousand experience points.
Added to the experience points that had naturally accumulated over the past year through the Pioneer Certificate, the total now exceeded twenty thousand!
In addition,
during this period,
his comprehension of ’Laws’ had also improved.
The ’Law’ of Annihilation Flow increased from 15% to 18%, a 3% growth.
The ’Law’ of Life and Death increased from 10% to 11%, a 1% growth.
"Hmm..."
Glancing at Life and Death, Su Ye raised an eyebrow.
"Comprehending Laws is really difficult..." He possessed a Nine-Method Golden Core, and his three Laws served as cornerstones for one another, allowing for mutual verification.
His efficiency in comprehending Laws was extremely high!
But even so, under normal circumstances, he had only managed a 1% increase in over a year.
One could imagine how painful it must be for Golden Core cultivators without a Divine Intent to comprehend Laws.
Among them, some Golden Core cultivators only had a single divine seed, and it would take them decades, or even centuries, just to touch upon the level of ’Laws’!
"To advance to the Mid-stage Golden Core, besides accumulating Magical Power, all three Laws need to reach 20%..."
Su Ye muttered to himself.
By plundering the Spiritual Spring Origin,
he could quickly accumulate Magical Power, but comprehending Laws was not something that could be achieved overnight... especially the ’Law’ of Life and Death, for which he lacked a Divine Intent.
"However..."
"There is a way."
A glint flashed in Su Ye’s eyes as he looked to the northwest.
The great war in the sea region was starting again, with millions of living beings fighting to the death... What place could be more suitable for comprehending the ’Law’ of Life and Death than such a battlefield?
What’s more,
a war of this scale was also perfect for him to harvest experience points!
As long as his class level and Mystic stat were high enough, who cares about the Laws?
Brute force conquers all!