Chapter 2858: Temporal Acceleration (1/2)
“The formations in the medicinal garden are not only for protective purposes. They also have a surveillance function. From the moment I attacked the formation, the upper echelon of the Darkstar race has known my position. They’re rushing over as quickly as they can.”
“There’s not a lot of time left for me. As a matter of fact, it’s extremely tight. I can’t waste even a moment. I hope the Fruit of Nurturing Ways can evolve a little faster,” Jian Chen thought. He waved his hand, and three white pieces of jade flew out of his Space Ring, hovering around the Fruit of Nurturing Ways.
These pieces of jade were the ones containing the Laws of Time Jian Chen had obtained from the Heavenly Lightning clan. As the Laws of Time in the pieces of jade came into effect, the small region of space immediately blurred. The flow of time increased abruptly.
The Fruit of Nurturing Ways that originally evolved slowly now evolved much faster due to the influence from the acceleration of time.
With that, the energy in the medicinal garden immediately decreased rapidly, forming a great vortex of energy that the Fruit of Nurturing Ways absorbed.
The fraction of pure energy that had scattered into the surroundings due to losing the restraint of the formations immediately swept back, turning into a storm of energy as it plunged into the Fruit of Nurturing Ways.
Currently, the rate at which the Fruit of Nurturing Ways absorbed energy could be described as incomparably terrifying.
That was because the flow of time in the region of space the Fruit of Nurturing Ways occupied had already sped up. Naturally, the rate at which the fruit absorbed energy also multiplied by a similar amount.
The divine crystals stored in the medicinal garden depleted at an unprecedented rate. The several hundred million supreme grade divine crystals that Jian Chen recently replenished were already close to running out after such a short time.
Jian Chen had anticipated all of this. Even though he had already used up a portion of the several hundred billion supreme grade divine crystals the Hundred Saint City had offered up to him, he still had plenty remaining.
Jian Chen moved through each region of the medicinal garden. Whenever he waved his hand, he would toss out several hundred million divine crystals as replenishment, but this time, he did not only replenish the divine crystals for the regions that belonged to the fifth, sixth, and seventh divine halls he was responsible for. He also filled the regions belonging to the seven other divine halls to the brim.
As a result, in order to ensure the Fruit of Nurturing Ways had sufficient energy to evolve, all Jian Chen could do was handle the supply of energy for the entire medicinal garden alone.
“Three temporal crystals are far too slow. With the Darkstar Emperor’s strength, it won’t take him too long even if he flies over here from the capital city. According to the current rate at which the fruit evolves, it’ll probably be very difficult for it to complete its evolution before the Darkstar Emperor arrives. Will using a few more temporal crystals increase the flow of time?” Jian Chen sank into his thoughts as he stared at the temporal crystals around the Fruit of Nurturing Ways. Afterwards, he did exactly what he was thinking, immediately tossing out another three temporal crystals.
The six temporal crystals unleashed their Laws of Time together while Jian Chen observed from the outskirts. Even though he was unable to accurately determine how many times faster time had become, there was a visible increase.
“The time has sped up by around fifty percent, and when six temporal crystals are used, the rate at which their Laws of Time are depleted has lessened too.” Jian Chen’s eyes lit up slightly, immediately tossing in another three temporal crystals. As such, a total of nine temporal crystals now surrounded the Fruit of Nurturing Ways.
The nine temporal crystals gave off the power of the Laws of Time together and distorted space. As a result, the flow of time in the region of space where the Fruit of Nurturing Ways resided proceeded at a shocking rate as if a millennium passed with each moment.