Chapter 1078: A Demonic Stone (1/2)

Nie Tian had failed to reestablish contact with Dong Li ever since.

However, without anything else to do, he reentered the forest soon after Wu Yun left.

He had set his mind on the countless demonic insects and low-tier Demons that lived in the forest. With Life Drain, he absorbed their flesh power in swarms.

However, the amount of flesh power the low-tier Demons and demonic insects could provide was very limited.

The only thing that kept him doing this was they were in great numbers. Wherever he went, he would be able to detect tens of thousands of flesh auras in his surroundings.

One blood string after another shot out of him into the low-tier Demons and demonic insects, bringing back pure flesh power.

By the time he had drained close to ten thousand of them of their flesh power, he found a place in the forest to establish the Wood Thriving Formation.

To his surprise, the trees and plants in the Sixth Demon Realm could also provide rich wood power.

While he sat motionlessly in the middle of the Wood Thriving Formation, wisps of wood power were channeled from his surroundings and converged on him. Then, with the flesh power he had recently accumulated, he resumed Flesh Tempering, the fourth stage of Heavenly Wood Heal.

He hadn’t done this for years, since he had had a tremendous need for flesh power after his bloodline had advanced to the seventh grade.

In order to temper his flesh, he would need rich flesh power to rip his flesh first, before wood power could come in to heal the ripped flesh. Even though the process would be accompanied by lots of pain, every muscle would become unprecedentedly tough afterwards.

Furthermore, he had a feeling that his tempered muscles could hold more flesh power.

Time passed bit by bit.

He moved from place to place in the forest as he continued to absorb flesh power from the low-tier Demons and demonic insects, and absorb wood power with the help of the Wood Thriving Formation, in order to sustain Flesh Tempering.

He lost track of time until Zhao Shanling came to find him.

Nie Tian sensed Zhao Shanling’s arrival. He put his cultivation on hold and flew out of the forest on his Star Boat.

“It’s about time we left,” Zhao Shanling said with a frown. “All of the disciples of the Golden Vast Sect, the Divine Flame Sect, and the other sects are waiting for your order to back out of the Sixth Demon Realm.”

Nie Tian was taken aback. “It’s been a month already? Is everyone happy with their gains?”

A hint of a smile appeared in Zhao Shanling’s eyes as he said, “They are. Everyone looted a good number of materials that help with human cultivation from the Demon clans, and collected quite a lot of useful grass. Everyone has gained a fortune.”

Nie Tian smiled and asked, “What about you?”

Zhao Shanling grinned. “I’m pretty happy with my gains too. Dementing Demonic Grass was my main target, since I plan to have someone make Barrier Breaking Pills with it for me. It won’t be long before I enter the late Void domain, and I’ll need Barrier Breaking Pills when I attempt to break through into the Saint domain. I thought I’d better make preparations ahead of time.”

“Have you found the person to make Barrier Breaking Pills for you?” Nie Tian asked.

Zhao Shanling shook his head. “Not yet.”

Nie Tian remembered the alchemist Bo Shiming. “I know someone. I can make arrangements for you.”

Zhao Shanling’s eyes lit up as he nodded. “That’d be great.”

“Would you tell the others to return to the Realm of Flame Heaven first?” Nie Tian asked. “Dong Li is still in this forest. I might have to stay here a bit longer.”

Zhao Shanling’s face dropped. “Stay here a bit longer...? Do you know what that means? A month is a reasonable amount of time. I don’t think it’ll be wise to stay in the Sixth Demon Realm longer than that.”

Nie Tian smiled bitterly. “I understand.”

Word of what had happened in the Sixth Demon Realm would spread to the First, Second, and Third Demon Realms sooner or later. Those realms were much stronger than the Sixth Demon Realm.

They had more eighth and ninth grade Demon experts than they could count, and they had Demon grand monarchs in the First Demon Realm.

By the time those powerful Demons came to the Sixth Demon Realm on ancient starships, or by relying on their grand patriarchs and grand monarchs’ power, those who failed to leave in time would face bloody revenge.

“You’d better tell Dong Li to get out of there as soon as possible.” With these words, Zhao Shanling left to arrange for the waiting Qi warriors to return to the Realm of Flame Heaven.

He returned the next day.

Upon arriving, he said, “Everyone has returned to the Realm of Flame Heaven. Now you, Dong Li in there, and I are the only ones that haven’t left the Sixth Demon Realm.”

“You should have gone with them,” Nie Tian said.

“With me here, if powerful Demons from the other realms come here before you leave, I might still be able to get you out of here by relying on my mastery of spatial power,” Zhao Shanling said with a proud face. “But if a ninth grade grand patriarch was to come here after I left, you and Dong Li would become a pair of dead love birds.”

With a wry smile, Nie Tian said, “I want to tell her to get out of there too, but the thing is that I can’t get in touch with her.”