Chapter 579 - 575: Shattered Spirit Bone

Chapter 579: Chapter 575: Shattered Spirit Bone

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A frenzied Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was raging.

A massive tornado formed a terrifying storm, thundering and blasting through the void.

It was utterly terrifying.

Vast Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi swept up with the storm, rushing toward the high heavens. Even the water of the Essence River was drawn up by the storm, forming a terrifying Water Dragon that surged forth, teeming with frightening energy.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi shot into the sky, only to plummet back down.

It was as if an infinite black hole existed at the very bottom of the storm, madly devouring all this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

At the center of this black hole was Hong Yu!

His eyes were shut tight, and his entire body emitted a faint golden light, brilliant and dazzling.

He was like a peerless deity undergoing a tribulation, ascending to a higher state.

The powerful energy was vast and mighty.

This pure Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, which had been gestating for countless ages, continuously assaulted his body. A massive amount of it rampaged within him, like ten thousand horses stampeding, or better yet, like ten million rampaging alpacas running wild.

If it were an ordinary expert, even a mighty Overlord Body Walker, they would be unable to withstand such a terrifying influx of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and their body would simply explode.

Hong Yu clenched his jaw tightly.

Though he was in immense discomfort and the process was agonizing, he felt as if his entire body was on the verge of being torn apart at every moment.

Still, he gritted his teeth and endured, bearing this inhuman torment.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

The grating sound of bones being crushed and fractured was ear-piercing.

The bones within Hong Yu’s body, which glowed with a faint golden color, could barely withstand the pressure. They began to crack, and dense spiderwebs of fissures spread across them.

The cracks spread continuously, threatening to shatter his bones completely.

"Star River Spirit Bone, suppress it for me!"

Hong Yu let out a low roar.

The Star River Spirit Bone slowly materialized in his mind, radiating a terrifying light as a clear stream flowed throughout his body.

It attached itself to his bones, enveloping them. A faint cyan light began to cover the spreading fractures.

’I’m so close. Just a little more and my Nine Transformation Dragon God Technique will break through to the Eighth Transformation Realm, the state of Golden Bone and Silver Body,’ Hong Yu thought, gritting his teeth. He focused his entire being, concentrating with all his might.

In reality, Hong Yu was already on the verge of collapse.

It wasn’t just his body suffering the terrible trauma and torment of transformation; even his consciousness and Soul were being tormented.

The feeling was like being an egg. Though the shell was hard, it had to withstand the heavy blows of a great hammer. He was on the brink of shattering, but with his tenacious willpower and the Shelter of the Star River Spirit Bone, he forced his body to endure this difficult ordeal.

’So close, just a little more...’

Hong Yu’s consciousness was nearly fading into a haze.

His mind became a field of Darkness.

The tiny speck of light that remained was constantly dimming. This was a very bad sign; if he became lost in the Darkness, he would never wake up again.

As the saying goes, when things reach an extreme, they reverse!

Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was indeed a great supplement for a Martial Artist, but if the body couldn’t handle an excessive amount, it would suffer a backlash all the same.

A light backlash would lead to cultivation deviation and the loss of one’s cultivation; a severe one would lead to one’s death, turning them to the dust of history.

Hong Yu was now at this critical juncture.

He had already lost control of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. It poured in madly, like a Demon intent on devouring him.

「Inside the tower’s space.」

The small, fluffy, black-and-white Little Beast Huhu widened its gem-like eyes, which were filled with anxiety and worry. "Huhu, huhuhu..."

It reached out a small paw and tugged on Little One’s clothes.

Little One took a deep drag from a Smoking Pipe taller than himself, exhaled a cloud of white smoke, and said with a wry smile, "There’s nothing I can do either. Right now, he can only rely on himself to get through this."

"Hu..."

Huhu sat on the ground, dejected.

Its eyes twinkled, and the tuft of golden fur on its head shone with a golden luster. With some reluctance, it took out a stalk of Spirit Medicine.

This Spirit Medicine exuded a rich medicinal fragrance and potent medicinal power, as overwhelming as a top-tier expert with vigorous vital energy. It was a Sub-Sixth Grade Treasure Medicine, the kind that could bring an ordinary person back from the dead and regenerate their flesh and bones.

This was Huhu’s personal treasure, something it was normally unwilling to eat itself.

It waved the Treasure Medicine in its paw.

Little One shook his head and sighed. A wry smile touched his porcelain doll-like face as he rubbed Huhu’s head. "You little thing, you’re even willing to give him something you’re not willing to eat yourself? Hong Yu will definitely know of your kindness, but this Treasure Medicine of yours is useless right now. He can only rely on himself."

Hearing that its Treasure Medicine was useless, Huhu grew anxious and took out a few more items.

There was Top-Grade Ore and Heaven and Earth Spirit Essence; all of them were Huhu’s prized possessions.

It even took out a Sixth-Grade Old Medicine that it had just picked at the entrance to the Fire Cloud Divine Sect.

Little One still shook his head. "I know you’re worried about him, but all we can do now is pray!"

"Hu!"

Dejected, Huhu’s head drooped. It then knelt on the ground, clasped its paws together, and began to bow repeatedly, praying for Hong Yu.

’Hong Yu, you better not let me down! At worst, I’ll just scam you a little less in the future!’

Little One’s brows were furrowed with worry. He continued smoking his pipe, muttering to himself.

「At the same time.」

In Hong Yu’s Spiritual Space, the last speck of light was about to vanish.

He was like a lone boat adrift on a vast ocean, battered and swept by the waves, in constant danger of being capsized and sent to the seabed.

Hong Yu felt completely drained of strength. His eyelids were incredibly heavy, as if they weren’t eyelids at all, but two mountain peaks.

’No, I absolutely cannot die! I can’t die...’

Suddenly, Hong Yu roared.

He was unwilling, he couldn’t, he refused to die like this.

In his mind...

...the imposing figure of his father, the blurry image of his mother, Yaoyao’s weak and pale expression, Beichen Celestial Frost lying in a cold Ice Coffin.

Hai Cangtian was laughing wantonly.

The mastermind who had destroyed his family had a blurry face and let out a sinister cackle.

All of this flashed through his mind in an instant.

"No, I cannot die..."

"I still have so much left to do! I promised Yaoyao I would return to the Desert North Wilderness for our family reunion."

"Tianshuang is still waiting for me..."

"No, I cannot die!"

"AAAAAHHHH!"

"To the highest heavens of Biluo or the lowest depths of the Yellow Springs, as long as I, Hong Yu, do not wish to die, not even the Deities of the heavens or the ancient Demons of hell can take my life! Don’t even think about it! No one can!"

Hong Yu suddenly threw his head back and roared at the sky.

The roar shook the heavens and the earth, as if a primeval Divine Demon had finally awoken after a ten-thousand-year slumber.

BOOM!

A wave of unbelievably terrifying energy burst from his body.

The Darkness before him was forcefully torn apart by a pair of great hands, revealing the light.

「At the same time.」

Hong Yu, who was sitting cross-legged on the Essence Fetal Disc, suddenly snapped his eyes open. Within his pupils, the Star River seemed to reverse its flow. His Thunder Emperor’s Divine Eyes flickered with threads of electricity, which began to circulate, like a Sea of Thunder surging within them.

CRACK!

A crisp crack suddenly echoed in his mind.

The Star River Celestial Spirit Bone, which glowed with a faint blue light, suddenly burst apart. Of course, it didn’t explode; rather, it continuously fractured and shattered, finally transforming into specks of blue light that enveloped Hong Yu’s entire body.

VMMMM!

The blue light gathered into a torrent that coursed through his body.

Nourished by the blue light, the dark impurities in his blood were purged, making it more vibrant and pure. His vital energy condensed like a great rainbow, forming a Blood Dragon that roamed within him.

As the blue light flowed through them, his muscles grew stronger and were filled with power.

His fractured bones transformed from golden-yellow to a somewhat translucent state.

They looked like blue crystals.

His skin was crystal-clear, radiating an endless treasured light in all directions. A hazy halo of Spiritual Qi enveloped him.

RUMBLE!

The entire Essence River instantly went berserk, surging and churning violently.

All the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi surged toward him. This time, the commotion was far too great, directly disturbing the other experts on their respective Essence Fetal Discs.

One after another, they awoke from their seclusion, their astonished and fearful gazes simultaneously locking onto Hong Yu.

"Th-this... how is this possible?"

"How could this be? My Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi... why is it all gone?"

"What in the world is going on? Why is all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathering over there? Who is plundering my Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi?! This is the Spiritual Qi I paid a huge price for! It’s gone, it’s gone, it’s all gone..."

"N-no... Don’t do this..."

The experts who came to their senses began to wail in anguish. The experts from the War Race and the City of Sorrow, in particular, had just paid a heavy price for the chance to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, and now it was all being monopolized by one person?

"Wait, that’s Hong Yu!"

"That bastard! He... he just extorted so many treasures from us, and now he’s devouring all our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi too?"

Emperor Xiahuang Wudi and the others glared with furious eyes.

But what could they do?

They had only traded for the Essence Fetal Discs. Hong Yu had already given them their spots on the discs. Who could they blame if they couldn’t compete with his absorption speed?

’We’ve suffered a huge loss!’

The hearts of the experts from the War Race and the City of Sorrow were bleeding, as if ten million alpacas were stampeding through them.

They wanted to cry but had no tears left!

They knew they had been scammed by Hong Yu, but they were helpless and utterly speechless!

Beyond their anger, they felt even more terror and shock. If all of them combined couldn’t match Hong Yu’s speed of devouring Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, then just how terrifying was his strength?

At this thought, beads of cold sweat trickled down all their foreheads.

This frenzied devouring lasted for a full three hours. Finally, with a VMMMM of vibrating energy, the entire Essence River was completely devoured by Hong Yu.

Within a hazy mist of Spiritual Qi, suddenly...

"ROAR!"

An impassioned roar exploded from within the mist, like rolling thunder. A rainbow-like momentum swept out, blowing away the hazy spiritual fog and revealing Hong Yu’s figure.

Hong Yu stood quietly on the Essence Fetal Disc.

The powerful vital energy surrounding him was like a long dragon coiling around his body. The dragon of vital energy roared at the sky before charging directly into Hong Yu’s body.

BANG!

A ripple of energy swept out, forcefully shattering the Essence Fetal Disc beneath his feet.

Hong Yu’s cold gaze swept across the void. A blue light, tinged with specks of purple-gold lightning, flashed past, and the void instantly shattered with a series of CRACKLING sounds.

His mere gaze possessed such terrifying Divine Power.

This was simply unbelievable.

Everyone couldn’t help but gulp, feeling that the current Hong Yu was like an insurmountable peak.

"A Prohibition?"

Hong Yu suddenly frowned, noticing that the mist had still not dissipated and was blocking the path forward. He sneered, "Break for me!"

He threw a punch.

The muscles on his arm rippled and his veins bulged. Streams of energy converged on his arm like long dragons, then shot out, charging like a Divine Dragon.

BOOM!

The punch struck the void, yet it was as if it had slammed into a massive wall, erupting with a terrifying sound.

Immediately, the sound of cracking and shattering followed.

This was clearly the Prohibition shattering.

The hazy mist before them dissipated. Everyone stiffly turned their necks to look, and when they saw what lay ahead, they were all stunned...

"Holy moly, to think such a divine object was hidden here?"