Almost as soon as the sound could be heard, the donkey's head materialized outside of Wang Baole's bag of holding. Its eyes were still closed, as if it were still sleeping. However, its nose twitched with shocking speed as it lunged toward the empty space behind Wang Baole and bit down!
It was hard to say what it had bitten off, but the donkey's teeth shattered, and half of its body exploded. It let out a miserable shriek, then flew back into the bag of holding.
Its screams made Wang Baole open his eyes immediately. His body disappeared instantly, and when he reappeared, he was in the distance. He looked around abruptly, and suspicion appeared in his eyes. Wang Baole's Divine Sense had spread out, but he didn't find anything strange in his surroundings.
"What's going on …?" Wang Baole thought, frowning. Continuing to absorb the black strands, he sent his divine sense into the bag of holding, where he saw the donkey, which only had half of its body left.
The donkey was still sleeping …. Its belly had exploded, and yet it hadn't woken up ….
However, Wang Baole could see an aura that seemed to be a mixture of black and green. It flowed through the donkey's body, constantly repairing itself and transforming it.
As for Little Five … he was also sleeping, and didn't seem to notice anything out of the ordinary.
"What did the donkey eat?" Thought Wang Baole. "It looks like an aura of death, but it also looks like black strands …." Because he had to absorb the aura of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao, he couldn't afford to spend too much time in the bag of holding. Therefore, he had no choice but to retract his divine sense and focus on absorbing the black strands to strengthen his fleshly body.
After retracting his divine sense, the sleeping Little Five suddenly opened its eyes, as did the donkey. The man and the donkey stared at each other.
"Wasn't the method I taught you very useful?" Asked Little Five softly, rubbing its belly. "Oh, right. Did that fish outside taste good …?"
"Son!" The donkey made a lazy sound, not caring about its bursting stomach. It stuck out its tongue and licked its lips.
Little Five looked silently at the donkey's belly, and then at the way it licked its lips. "This guy really has some guts. He actually dares to eat …. Just what exactly is that thing …? It can even eat the Dao of the Heavens …." Murmuring to himself, he rubbed his belly again ….
He was hungry too.
"Don't tell me it's not the Dao of the Heavens? Can it really be eaten …?" After a long moment, Little Five looked around suspiciously. His gaze pierced through the bag of holding, and he caught sight of the blurry figure fleeing off in the distance. He licked his lips.
At that moment, in the area that Little Five was looking at using a special technique, the black fish was screaming in pain as it sped away. If one looked closely, one could see that its tail was missing a bit …
"I've seen a ghost. What is that thing? It can actually see me and bite me. Ahhhh, it's not afraid of being stuffed to death." The black fish was in so much pain that it was on the verge of tears. It flew back into the core furnace, where it let out a few more howls of grief. Seeing no response, it felt so wronged that it circled back and forth a few more times. Finally, it left and returned to Wang Baole.
This time, however, it didn't dare to get any closer. For one thing, it had just been bitten, and for another, it could sense that there was someone looking at it with longing.
Therefore, it only dared to stay outside and consume the black strands, as if it wanted to vent all of its grievances and anger on them. Before long, Wang Baole and the black fish had consumed almost all of the strands.
"Next place!" Wang Baole said, feeling very pleased with himself. His body flickered as he shot off into the distance. However, his heart was filled with vigilance. Based on what had just happened, he had the feeling that some entity or entity was watching him closely.
"It seems I can't underestimate these chosen from the ten thousand sects and clans …." Wang Baole muttered to himself as he picked up speed. "I guess I should slow down on absorbing the death energy a bit. It wouldn't be good if someone saw me."
It was in this fashion that, over the next few hours, Wang Baole appeared in one enormous vortex after another. Anyone who entered would be killed and driven away in a violent fashion. The cultivators had no choice but to flee. It didn't take long for his name to spread through the mouths of the chosen from the sects and clans of the Heretic Domain.
"Wang Baole?!"
"What a freak! What a lunatic! His Dao Star is gone, and he even destroyed Chongyi Zi! Why is he bullying us?!"
"He keeps saying that the vortexes belong to him. Why doesn't he just say that the Godemperor and Chen Qing are his seniors?!"
"Dammit! He's here again! Everyone, run!"
Wang Baole's rampage threw the gray starry sky into complete chaos. Numerous vortexes were occupied and absorbed by him, and even more black strands were absorbed into his body. Although Wang Baole seemed reckless, he was actually very careful when it came to absorbing the black strands.
Given the level of his cultivation base, he could easily conceal himself from the second-tier chosen. However, there would still be cultivators like the old turtle and the beauty and ugliness who would be able to pick up on the clues.
Wang Baole didn't care too much about that. It would be difficult to keep the matter a secret. Besides, such a rare opportunity was hard to come by. Wang Baole thought about how his senior brother, Chen Qing, was backing him and didn't think too much about it.
Instead of worrying and being tied down, it would be better to absorb the death energy to his heart's content. He would strive to break through the Star realm and enter the planetary domain!
That was especially true of Wang Baole's notoriety. As soon as he got close to the vortexes, the people inside would scatter, which only served to accelerate his absorption.
As a result, his fleshly body continued to absorb the death energy, rapidly improving from the late Star realm to the great circle of the Star realm.
If it were anyone else, they would have broken through long ago. However, Wang Baole's Star Touching Art allowed him to transform the stars into his own body. Each star was like a clone of him. Therefore, although the improvement of his fleshly body was slow, every bit of improvement was world-shaking.
As for the death energy absorption, Wang Baole couldn't help but take a few more mouthfuls. While nourishing his soul, it also drove the black fish even crazier.
However, the greatest gain wasn't Wang Baole's fleshly body and soul, but … his natal scabbard. The scabbard was no longer red. Instead, it was so red that it had a purple-black luster.
Wang Baole only sensed the aura emanating from it for a moment, but it was enough to make him shudder with fear. It was obvious that it was extremely powerful.
There was also … the awakening of the donkey and Little Five. Wang Baole had also noticed. In fact, the two of them were constantly complaining to each other in his storage bag while he was absorbing the death energy in one vortex after another. Their voices were so loud that it was impossible for Wang Baole not to hear them.
"Stupid donkey, can't you swallow less? If you swallow so much, that thing won't dare to come!"
"Son!"
"Son my ass. Restrain yourself. Restrain yourself. Otherwise, it won't dare to come!"
Wang Baole listened to their conversation, and could sense that they were quietly absorbing the black strands. However, he didn't pay them any mind. After all, he had been starving them for so long that he had even forgotten about their existence.
To make up for it, he decided to absorb the black strands. After all, he had so many of them that he couldn't possibly finish absorbing them all. However, he was curious about the 'it' that the two of them were talking about …. Therefore, he couldn't help but ask.
"What are you doing? Who are you talking about?"
As soon as Wang Baole spoke, the donkey and Little Five froze in place. After a long moment, the donkey carefully transmitted a message.
"Son."
"A very tasty fish?" Wang Baole blinked, then sent his divine sense toward Little Five. Little Five shivered, and a fawning expression appeared on his face.
"Daddy, we're fishing …."
Wang Baole's eyes narrowed thoughtfully. He thought back to the donkey's sudden appearance, and his exploding belly. Could it be that a fish had been following him all this time, and had been trying to harm him …?
"Do you need my help?" Wang Baole suddenly transmitted.
Little Five was pleasantly surprised and quickly said, "Daddy, you should absorb more of the death energy here. I think that trash fish won't be able to take it."
"Son!" The donkey's eyes shone as he hurriedly agreed.
"After you catch it, each of you will get ten percent. The remaining eighty percent will be your filial piety!" Wang Baole immediately said, his voice resolute and decisive.
"…." Little Five and the donkey were silent. After a while, they nodded, feeling wronged.
Wang Baole's eyes narrowed. He wanted to see what kind of fish would be so bold as to follow him all the way and even try to harm him. At the same time, he realized why he hadn't absorbed that much of the black strands that he had absorbed earlier. He had thought that they had dissipated, but now … it seemed that the fish had secretly eaten them all.
"It wants to eat my good fortune?!" Wang Baole's eyes widened in displeasure. However, considering that he was fishing, he didn't want to make it too obvious. Therefore, he pretended not to notice anything and continued to swim through the gray void, absorbing and growing stronger. Gradually, the enormous vortexes began to vanish. Wang Baole searched for a long time, but didn't see any. Finally, he assumed the posture of someone who had eaten his fill and was about to drink some water. He opened his mouth and took a deep breath. Instantly, all of the death energy in the area began to rush toward him!
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