Chapter 530 - 233: A Big Fish
Whether for attack, defense, or even other miraculous feats, everything would leap several tiers in power!
It would be an even greater absolute improvement than advancing from True Essence to Divine Techniques!
Especially since Qin Fang’s Profound Nether Nature was so powerful...
Once he succeeded in Condensing Gang...
...With a single blast of True Gang, Qin Fang found it hard to imagine anyone in the True Essence Realm who could possibly withstand his attack!
He was even confident he could take on someone who had just entered the Fifth Realm!
At that point, in terms of combat power alone, he would likely be considered a mid-to-high-level figure within the Heavenly Gang Wuji Sect...
With something to look forward to, the days seemed to pass even more quickly.
In the blink of an eye, another hundred-odd marks had been carved onto the bamboo tube...
Everything seemed to have become perfectly still, as if all that was left was for him to leave the Secret Realm...
But on this day.
Qin Fang was meditating with his eyes closed.
But suddenly, he felt a faint tremor.
This abrupt change made Qin Fang’s expression shift, and his eyes snapped open.
He looked down.
He saw that the Abyss, once as smooth as a mirror, was beginning to stir with faint ripples!
Qin Fang’s pupils contracted. ’What’s happening?’
But even as the thought crossed his mind, he acted without a shred of hesitation, his body shooting into the air.
At the same time, his nearby bundle, the bamboo tube, and even the Divine Summoning Hourglass were all snatched up by what seemed like an invisible hand, rising to hover high in the air!
’Once there are ripples, a person can sink into this Abyss.’
Qin Fang had no desire to fall into this terrifying Abyss.
Once airborne, he noticed the wind was gradually strengthening. His expression grew grave, but it didn’t seem to have reached the same violent intensity as the last time, so he carefully observed his surroundings...
...No more meteors were falling from the sky.
But the Abyss below was trembling...
’This seems to be...’
"Coming from... beneath the Abyss?"
"Is there something down there causing this commotion?"
His brows furrowed as he peered down intently. Soon, his pupils constricted slightly...
...He followed the concentric vibrations, trying to locate their epicenter.
Ultimately... his gaze fell upon the spot where the suspected ’meteor’ was radiating its Golden Light!
’So there really is something wrong with this thing!’
Qin Fang’s heart seized.
But before he could think any further, the Golden Light shining from that spot illuminated the Abyss below, turning it bright and clear, no longer a pitch-black expanse.
It was then that Qin Fang saw it...
A colossal dark shadow, appearing in the depths of the Abyss!
The behemoth was enormous. With just a single glance from high above, Qin Fang could see that the shadow was likely two or three kilometers wide, and it was still growing!
As the shadow grew larger, the Abyss finally began to tremble. Ripples spread everywhere, accompanied by a great GUSHING sound...
Without a second thought, Qin Fang shot frantically toward the sky!
’...It’s a living creature!’
’An enormous, terrifying creature!’
’Damn it, how can there be such a terrifying creature beneath the Abyss?!’
’Had none of the predecessors who came here before ever discovered this?!’
Qin Fang cursed up a storm in his mind as he flew upward with all his might.
But the higher he flew, the stronger the wind became. Soon, a ferocious gale was howling—WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
It was nearly as strong as the gale he had first encountered two years ago!
This time, however... all that could be heard was a series of CRACKLING and POPPING sounds.
...These fierce winds were being firmly blocked by Qin Fang’s Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor!
’Did they really think my two-plus years of cultivation were for nothing?’
For the past two years, Qin Fang had not slacked off for a single day. If he wasn’t cultivating... he was cultivating!
He had voraciously absorbed the violent Source Energy of this land, grinding it down bit by bit to strengthen himself.
This made his True Essence increasingly dense!
...Although he still hadn’t reached the stage of Condensing Gang...
...it was still more than ten times denser than it had been two years prior!
Now, his True Essence was almost like liquid mercury!
As the density of his True Essence increased, the strength of the Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor covering his body naturally increased as well.
...After all, the Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor was formed from Qin Fang’s True Essence!
...In fact, it had reached the limits of what the current Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor could withstand.
This was because the Abyss Water Armor was made not only of Qin Fang’s True Essence but also of the Profound Turtle Shell Powder.
And right now, he didn’t have any more Profound Turtle Shell Powder... and the quality of what he had was insufficient, so it couldn’t handle overly powerful True Essence.
...To put it in simpler terms, one could think of the Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor as a building, and the Profound Turtle Shell Powder as its construction materials.
The denser the True Essence, the "taller" the building, and naturally, the "greater" its weight.
And if you want to make the "building taller," the construction materials must be strong enough to support it.
Otherwise, it would collapse.
Qin Fang could continue to build his "skyscraper" higher, but his current "construction materials" were no longer up to the task.
Therefore, he needed better construction materials.
For example, if Qin Fang had already succeeded in Condensing Gang, he wouldn’t even be able to form the Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor. At most, he could manage a single layer...
This is because the "height and weight" of True Gang would far exceed the load-bearing limit of the "construction materials."
This was the relationship between a Root Skill and a Leaf Skill... The Leaf Skill also needed to be upgraded to perfectly utilize the power of the Root Skill...
Of course, that was a matter for another time.
But even with just his current level of True Essence enhancement, it was already enough for his Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor to block the wind that it once couldn’t touch...
...This was because the quality of his previous True Essence was too poor, like a sieve. It wasn’t that it blocked nothing at all, but blocking only a tiny fraction was completely meaningless.
But now things were different. The wind was being blocked by the Nine-Layered Abyss Water Armor... and the armor’s strength far surpassed that of Qin Fang’s physical body. Not even a single one of its nine layers had been breached!