Chapter 650 (1/2)
Chapter 650: The Continent of Trade
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
A figure quietly sat cross-legged atop the parched mountain peak. His flushed crimson skin gradually reverted to normal as the terribly high temperature dropped.
Nine Nether landed, heaving a quiet sigh of relief as she took in the scene before her. A touch of surprise flitted across her eyes. Seeing what had happened, Mu Chen seemed to have succeeded.
Just as Nine Nether landed, Mu Chen’s tightly shut eyes twitched before slowly opening. Purple flames flickered in his black eyes and emitted an unsettling aura.
Mu Chen lifted his head and glanced at Nine Nether. She stood beside him, her svelte legs looking even more shapely and slender from that angle.
He grinned and said in relief, “I succeeded.”
As he spoke, he rose to his feet. The moment he moved, his clothes disintegrated into dust.
Nine Nether’s face blushed crimson and her delicate ears flushed with heat as she glared at Mu Chen in shy embarrassment before hurriedly looking away.
Mu Chen’s expression was full of embarrassment as he hastily pulled out clothes and put them on.
Nine Nether waited for a few moments before turning back, her expression calming down. However, she could not hide her shy embarrassment and annoyance in her eyes as she glared at Mu Chen.
“It was unintentional, just an accident,” Mu Chen said with a grimace. If Nine Nether thought he had been flirting and toying with her and gave him a beating, it would be an undeserved calamity.
Nine Nether snorted coldly. It was too much effort to pick on him. She stated nonchalantly, “Have you succeeded in your cultivation?”
Pleasant surprise was written on Mu Chen’s face. He nodded as he clenched his fist. There was purple spiritual energy coalescing in his palm. Purple flames could be seen flickering within the depths of the purple spiritual energy.
With a casual wave of his hand, the purple spiritual energy surged out and struck a nearby mountain.
Boom!
The entire mountain shattered into pieces as the spiritual energy raged. A horrifying heat swept across the mountain, burning the grass and trees, reducing them to ashes in an instant.
Mu Chen looked at the crumbling peak as even the rocks melted. The scene shocked him. Despite his spiritual energy remaining at the same level as before, his combat power had far surpassed that of his past.
Furthermore, he could also control and manipulate his spiritual energy more skilfully and at will as naturally as moving his limbs. In addition, even if the spiritual energy became separated from his body and the link between them broke, his spiritual energy would not dissipate immediately but would instead continue to attack with a lingering will.
This aspect was particularly frightening.
Previously, if spiritual energy left the body and was cut off by an opponent, it would gradually dissipate because it could not be manipulated. However, now circumstances had changed. Even if the spiritual energy was out of Mu Chen’s control, it would continue to attack in accordance with Mu Chen’s intention and will until it had exhausted its power.
Once it resided within someone, this miraculous power would require a great consumption of energy if others wanted to drive it out. The Unperishable Flame hidden within Mu Chen’s spiritual energy was especially mysterious and powerful. If one wanted to erase it, one would have to expend exponentially greater spiritual energy to do so, and by the time it was successfully erased, the perpetrator’s body would have been destroyed.
As Mu Chen felt the change in his spiritual energy, he couldn’t help but gasp in wonder. Only after truly ascending to the Sovereign-level could he fully appreciate and grasp the extent of the Sovereign Master’s power.
The Mu Chen of the past could never imagine and fathom that there were so many changes and mysteries hidden within the art of harnessing spiritual energy.
Nine Nether nodded as she said, “The spiritual energy within your Sovereign Sea came from your hard work and effort, and you did not rely on external assistance. Now that your spiritual energy has integrated with the Unperishable Flame, when it comes to your degree of power within the First Grade Sovereigns, if it is merely a battle of spiritual energy, not many people would be your match.
“Of course, that is if the opponent does not employ the Sovereign Celestial Body.”
“The Sovereign Celestial Body…” Mu Chen couldn’t help but gasp. The Sovereign Celestial Body was the signature combat symbol of the Sovereign Master, and it had such terrifying power, it could wipe out mountains in the blink of an eye.
If I manage to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body successfully in the future, who knows how powerful I could become, Mu Chen thought in great anticipation. He had a hunch that the power of the Great Solar Undying Body would far surpass his expectations.
However, anticipation could only go so far. Mu Chen was all too aware that the last two ingredients needed to cultivate the Great Solar Undying Body were hard to obtain. In the past month, they had traversed dozens of continents and visited countless trading and auction houses, but had never chanced upon the Void Great Solar Fruit and the Undying Divine Leaf.
Nine Nether glanced as Mu Chen’s gaze changed. She laughed as if she knew what he was thinking and said, “Rest assured, even if we didn’t get news of the two kinds of natural treasures along the way, we should be able to find them when we reach the Tianluo Continent. After all, it is a supercontinent, and the continents we had passed before could not compare to it.”
Mu Chen nodded as he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
“Also…” Nine Nether paused as she continued, “There is a Daluo Golden Pool in the Daluo Territory. This golden pool is extremely wondrous, and even on the Tianluo Continent, it is considered a treasure.