Chapter 695 - 695: Forming a Vortex

With the dual aid of Elixirs and Blood Pills, Chu Qingyun's injuries recovered with incredible speed. In just four short hours, he was already about seventy or eighty percent healed.

Once he finished healing, Chu Qingyun didn't rush to leave. Instead, he took out the Array Platform he had just obtained from his Storage Ring.

His battle with Tu Guang had made Chu Qingyun keenly aware of his own lack of strength.

His Sword Technique, Secret Techniques, and Martial Soul were second to none.

His only weakness was that his Martial Arts Realm was simply too low.

The power of a Tier One Martial King was simply not enough to get by in the ruins of the Blood Sect.

He could barely defeat a Tier Four Martial King like Tu Guang, and he certainly couldn't kill him. If he encountered an even stronger Tier Four Martial King from one of the sects, he probably wouldn't stand a chance.

'I hope this Array Platform can help me break through to Tier Two Martial King...'

Instead of immediately trying to devour the Array Platform, Chu Qingyun first struck it with his palm. Under the force of his Martial King Realm power, the entire platform shuddered and started to come apart.

The Array Platform was a full ten meters in diameter and three meters high. Its outermost layer consisted of the lowest-grade materials: Top-Grade Primordial Stones and Tier Three Demon Cores.

Inside, however, were even greater quantities of more powerful items: Tier Four Demon Cores and various exotic Crystal Stones.

At the Array Platform's core, Chu Qingyun even found a Demon Core the size of a washbasin, which continuously emitted waves of a suffocating, icy aura.

'This must be a Tier Five Demon Core!'

A Tier Five Demon Beast was equivalent to the Martial Emperor Realm in strength!

'A pity. After more than two thousand years, much of the Demon Core's power has dissipated...'

Retrieving the Demon Core, Chu Qingyun couldn't help but shake his head.

Although the Demon Core's aura was still intimidating, its color had grown dim. Clearly, having been part of the Array for so long, much of its power had been consumed.

Besides the Demon Core, Chu Qingyun also found a millstone-sized, emerald-green Crystal Stone at the Array Platform's core.

Within that Crystal Stone, Chu Qingyun could feel an immense power!

'The power contained in this one Array Platform is equivalent to tens of millions of units of Primordial Spirit Liquid!'

Chu Qingyun felt a surge of excitement.

After sorting the components, Chu Qingyun placed all the high-level Demon Cores and Crystal Stones into his Storage Ring.

Both the Tier Five Demon Core and the emerald Crystal Stone were constantly emitting intense power fluctuations that could easily attract the attention of any nearby people or Blood Corpses.

Chu Qingyun left out the Top-Grade Primordial Stones and Tier Three Demon Cores.

"Devouring Power!"

Two streams of Devouring Power surged from Chu Qingyun's hands, blanketing the large pile of Top-Grade Primordial Stones and Tier Three Demon Cores on the ground.

Top-Grade Primordial Stones contained only a small amount of Primordial Power, and it wasn't very pure.

For Martial Artists at or above the Martial Spirit Realm, refining the Primordial Power from Top-Grade Primordial Stones took many times longer than using Primordial Spirit Liquid.

However, Chu Qingyun had no such concerns.

Thanks to his Devouring Martial Soul, he could easily refine any kind of Primordial Power.

Wrapped in the Devouring Power, the large pile of Top-Grade Primordial Stones visibly dwindled, quickly disappearing and turning into a pile of useless dregs.

However, the amount of Primordial Power he obtained from the Primordial Stones made Chu Qingyun shake his head.

It was far too little.

The quantity of Tier Three Demon Cores was about the same as the Top-Grade Primordial Stones.

However, the Primordial Power contained within the Tier Three Demon Cores was more than a hundred times greater than that of the Top-Grade Primordial Stones.

After the Top-Grade Primordial Stones were completely consumed, Chu Qingyun directed his Devouring Power to devour the large pile of Tier Three Demon Cores with full force.

Besides Primordial Power, the Tier Three Demon Cores also contained various energies unique to their specific Demon Beasts, such as fire, ice, Thunder, and even potent venoms.

These energies, along with the Primordial Power, were drawn into his Devouring Martial Soul and refined as well.

However, Chu Qingyun had no use for these energies, so he simply expelled them from his body.

As the large pile of Tier Three Demon Cores gradually shrank, a continuous flow of pure Primordial Power surged from his Devouring Martial Soul, absorbed by the Primordial Pill floating above.

The Primordial Pill absorbed more and more Primordial Power. Its size didn't increase, but as it slowly rotated, its unique, oppressive pressure steadily intensified.

After all the Tier Three Demon Cores had been completely devoured, there was still no sign of Primordial Power gathering on his Primordial Pill.

'Again! I refuse to believe it...'

Gritting his teeth, Chu Qingyun took out the Crystal Stones from the Array Platform's interior and began using his Devouring Power to consume the energy within them.

These Crystal Stones possessed far more Primordial Power than the Tier Three Demon Cores, and the energy was much purer.

One after another, the Crystal Stones shattered under the Devouring Power.

Meanwhile, his Devouring Martial Soul continuously released pure Primordial Power.

When a little less than half of the Crystal Stones had been consumed, Chu Qingyun's Primordial Pill finally showed a reaction.

On the surface of his Martial King Essence Pill, streams of Primordial Power began to slowly converge on a single point. The Primordial Power was finally starting to accumulate.

This phenomenon immediately invigorated Chu Qingyun, and the speed of his Devouring Power seemed to increase significantly.

With the endless supply of Primordial Power from his Devouring Martial Soul, the convergence of energy on his Martial King Essence Pill grew faster and faster.

'The mark of a complete Primordial Pill Vortex is when the vortex connects with the pill's interior, allowing an even purer Primordial Power to surge out from within!'

'But right now, the Vortex is just beginning to form. It's still a long way from connecting to the Primordial Pill's interior...'

Chu Qingyun focused his Heart and Mind and continued to devour the Crystal Stones.

After all the Crystal Stones were devoured, the rate at which Primordial Power gathered on the Primordial Pill increased significantly, but it still hadn't formed a Vortex.

'Still not enough Primordial Power...'

After a moment's hesitation, Chu Qingyun took out all the Tier Four Demon Cores from his Storage Ring—both those from the Array Platform and all the ones he had accumulated on his journey—and began devouring them.

All of his Tier Three and Tier Four Demon Cores were completely consumed.

Finally, a rapidly rotating Vortex formed on his Primordial Pill. However, at this point, the Vortex had only just appeared; it had not yet connected to the pill's interior.

'Sigh... still not enough Primordial Power...'

Chu Qingyun sighed softly, took out the millstone-sized, emerald-green Crystal Stone, and enveloped it with his Devouring Power.

A massive amount of Primordial Power once again flowed into the Vortex on his Primordial Pill.

The Vortex spun faster and faster. Immersing his Heart and Mind in his Qi Sea, Chu Qingyun could even see the core of the Vortex seemingly extending into the interior of the Primordial Pill.

However, even after the entire Crystal Stone was consumed, no purer Primordial Power surged out from the Vortex.

The Primordial Power was still not enough!

By this point, Chu Qingyun had not only consumed nearly an entire Array Platform, but he had also thrown in every single Tier Three and Tier Four Demon Core he had personally killed for or looted from others' Storage Rings on his journey.

But even with all that, he still hadn't broken through!

'In that case, this is the only thing left...'

Gazing at the Tier Five Demon Core in his hand, Chu Qingyun was filled with hesitation.