Chapter 422: Incubation (2/2)

”Of course!”

”Do you think I will help Island Owner hatch this egg here at ease?” Zhou Bao smiled wryly. ”I would rather you kill everyone on the Void Traveller than do such a thankless job. If my Real Essence depletes because I have to hatch this spawn and Island Owner murders me in order to keep it a secret, then I'll die a brutal death, won't I?”

Now that he had said things like this, Zhou Bao had nothing more to conceal. He spoke his concerns straightforwardly, ”To be honest, I don't trust you, Island Owner!”

”I am a Four-Tribulation Genuine Immortal. Once I swear, it will be bounded by the Law of Heaven and Earth. Swearing would do the job!”

”Ok then Island Owner, please make a vow now!” This was not a time to be polite. Lan Shui'er swore in front of Zhou Bao. Zhou Bao scrutinized her vow. As he found no loopholes, he was finally at ease.

Anyway, she already said that she had established telepathy with the Fierce Beast. There should not be much of a problem.

Hence, after Lan Shui'er swore, Zhou Bao no longer beat around the bush. He launched the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Technique. As his Gang Qi was flowing, the Primordial Yang Qi caused turbulence in the air. The air in the stone chamber began to swirl and converge. With a wave of Zhou Bao's hand, a golden light began circulating and converged into the Nine Heavens Primordial Instrument. It was fired towards the egg and suspended over the egg. In a moment, the surrounding pneuma all converged to the Nine Heavens Primordial Instrument. In a blink of an eye, the pneuma was transformed into warm Yang Qi by the Nine Heavens Primordial Instrument, shrouding the entire egg.

Ping ping ping!

Under the huge Primordial Yang Qi that enveloped the egg, the giant egg shook gently for a moment. There was a faint cooing sound, as if it was expressing its happiness. Soon after, Zhou Bao heard thumpings of heartbeats.

The sound was so loud, so audible. It was filled with vigor.

A smile finally flashed across Lan Shui'er's face. This was the first time Zhou Bao saw her smile. It was a hearty smile, an extremely pleasing smile.

But now, he had no energy to care about the Island Owner's smile. He focused his whole mind on operating the Nine Heaven Yuan Yang Instrument, because the giant egg was starting to voraciously absorb the Yang Qi released by the Nine Heavens Primordial Instrument.

No, 'absorb' was not the right word. It should be 'devouring'.

Yes, the giant egg was devouring the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Qi.

Gradually, Zhou Bao started to feel a bit odd.

Because the Mysterious Fire in his Dantian started to flicker vigorously again.

This time, it was flickering much more vigorously than when he first entered the stone chamber, as if it was warning him of something. Yes, it seemed like a warning. It was an instinct of imminent danger.

For someone with Zhou Bao's level of cultivation, he could sense danger whenever it was impending. It was just that this sense was not ripe and was extremely weak. It worked at times but failed at other times. In other words, it did not mean that one was not in danger if one could not feel danger. But once one could sense danger, then there definitely was danger present.

Even now, Zhou Bao could be sure that the danger originated from the giant egg of the Primordial Fierce Beast.

Zhou Bao became vigilant. He wanted to control the Nine heavens Primordial Instrument and slow down the hatching of the egg. But at this moment, an anomalous mutation suddenly occurred. A gust of strong absorption struck through the Nine Heavens Primordial Instrument and started engulfing his Real Essence.

”Not good!” He was shocked. His nine acupoints simultaneously went into operation. The strong Inside Breath Real Essence was activated by Zhou Bao in an attempt to resist and even cut off the egg's absorption power.

But all efforts were in vain. Once the absorption power from the egg was formed, he could no longer resist it. It was like an invisible line connecting Zhou Bao's Internal Qi and the giant egg. Unless Zhou Bao exhausted his Internal Qi, he would not be able to escape.

Fierce flames that surged to the sky burst from the giant egg. This was not the same weak feeling that Zhou Bao initially sensed. It was a fierce and monstrous one that even enveloped the entire stone chamber.

”This...!” At this moment, even Lan Shui'er's expression changed. All the while, she had never realized that the 150-year-old spawn of a Primordial Beast that she was cultivating could be so fierce that even the formation in the stone chamber was not able to resist and lock it in anymore. In fact, it was beginning to tremble slightly.

”Damn it, what are you waiting for? Hurry! Think a solution to destroy this egg! If not, he would absorb me till I'm dry and the next target would be you!”