Chapter 698 - Power and Influence (2/2)

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In the following days, Xue Ying went to all three Holy Grounds and the nine Great World Clans. He finished reading every absolute art as an act of broadening his wisdom. It seemed that could only fully cultivate one other absolute art belonging to the Dao of Slaughter–”Mass Extinction Scripture”. It was quite impossible to reach large successes in the others! Just like “Luminous Sun” and “Extreme Annihilation Mysterious Body”, he could only achieve small success at most.

With his current combat power, if he did not reach large success, then these absolute arts would not improve his combat power. It would only broaden his horizons.

“Hu.”

A figure appeared in a desolate desert. It was the black-robed Xue Ying.

Xue Ying grinned, ‘I’ve learned the “Six Sever Sword Styles” and “Mass Extinction Scripture” while bringing five original absolute arts copy out. Adding them, I have a total of seven full absolute arts! With the “Blood Demon Scripture” upper half, I would have a total of 7.5 absolute arts.”

It was truly startling.

Most Rulers would only have a few original copies of absolute arts in the Deity world and Abyss!

But these absolute arts had a glaring problem… they ended at the Paragon realm! One had to know that some absolute arts could be cultivated by Rulers. As for the complete copy of “Myriad Devil True Body”, it could be trained to a realm beyond the Ruler level. It was apparent that the Voidwalker might have left behind many absolute arts, but he recognized that the chances of a Ruler emerging in this world were meager. That was why he had only left some basic absolute arts.

‘Regardless, I have 7.5 absolute arts.’ Xue Ying’s mood was superb. In the past, he wanted to give an absolute art to his wife, yet he could not find an appropriate one. Now, he had one!

‘Let’s begin.’

Xue Ying extended his hand, causing the Black Gourd to appear. The red-undergarment child appeared on top of the Black Gourd: “Are you planning to leave this world now?”

“Mn.” Xue Ying nodded.

“Be careful. It’ll take you 10,000 years to recover from the injuries incurred after using it once.” The red-undergarment child laughed.

“Let’s try.”

Xue Ying was looking forward to it. He pulled the cork from the Black Gourd.

“Ba!”

The moment it was pulled, a frightening blaze emitted, causing the desert in front to warp. Countless grits were melting into a stream of particles. The direction where the opening of the gourd faced was entirely distorted. Its power was so immense that weaker Paragons would turn into ashes. The apex Paragons might be able to withstand this force!

‘I haven’t even utilized the cultivation technique. Just pulling the cork produced such a power?’ Xue Ying sighed inwardly. He then began displaying the cultivation technique.

The luminous sun force turned into a white character. The radiance from this character was revolving as it became gold.

This golden character entered the Black Gourd and began activating the colossal array within. Xue Ying was too familiar with this array. During the past 13,000 years, he had been pondering over how to refine it. He had an unknown number of times, yet it was too complicated that he could not make head or tail over it.

“Hong~” He could only activate this array using the crudest manner, gathering the energy coming from that fireball. This produced a significant pressure on Xue Ying’s soul.

“Come out!”

He gritted his teeth.

“Hong!”

A faint ripple rushed out from the opening of the gourd. This black ripple was similar to the Sun Ripple within the Sun Star, but it was different since the Sun Ripple had come from deep within the Sun Star. In most cases, only Rulers could withstand the Sun Ripple at the ‘Void Black Soil Layer’. Of course, Paragons who specialized in the Fire Dao like Paragon Huo Cheng or terrifying Paragons like Monarch Green could do so. The core of the sun, the ‘Sun Star Nucleus’, would produce a ripple more terrifying that even Rulers could not survive from.

And now, the ripple produced by the black Gourd was a ripple emanated from the fireball. Despite being released externally, it was bound by the more frightening array and let out from the mouth of the gourd! One had to know that the Sun Ripple which dispersed in all directions had a scary strength. Now, the array focused the ripple in one single direction, causing its might to be greater.

“Hong~”

The black ripple stormed out from the mouth of the gourd, spreading in a fan shape. Its power was huge–one that could even cause the expressions of Rulers to change.

“Si la~”

The frightening power tore apart a hole in this stable world.

“Collect.” Xue Ying forced himself to endure the pain in his mind. He did not dare to withstand against it for long periods and had deactivated the array immediately. At that moment, the black ripple disappeared. Xue Ying plugged back the cork. That massive crack in front of him was gradually recovering over time, and Xue Ying could see liquid moving right outside of it.

“Time to leave!”

Grabbing the Black Gourd, Xue Ying charged directly through the hole in the world membrane. By the time this crack was healed, Xue Ying had disappeared entirely from this world.