Emmie's hesitation roused Yun Yang's spirits.
The fact that Emmie was hesitant meant that such a method existed, but the price to execute it should be extremely high.
"I'm not asking for much. I just want to make a breakthrough on my current foundation. I believe you can feel it too. There's an underground river's aura about three thousand feet below us. As long as I can dive down, I can escape this disaster. Otherwise, everything will be over and I'll definitely die."
Yun Yang had long known that the current situation was his only chance of survival.
It was one thing to know where the chance of survival was, but it was also an unavoidable reality that he could not reach his destination due to his lack of cultivation base.
The space that Mr. Nian had sealed did not only encompass the sky and the ground. There was also a considerable area under the ground, up to a depth of a thousand feet. All of these were within the forbidden zone of life that Mr. Nian had set up.
Further down, however, was an area that Mr. Nian could not control. It was also a new and unfamiliar area that his sword energy had never penetrated!
With the Holy Water Charm's ability to sense the source of water, Yun Yang could sense the underground river three thousand feet below him. However, the pressure at the bottom was getting worse by the day. With every additional foot, the pressure increased. Yun Yang's current position was already the limit of his cultivation method. He could no longer dive any further. Despite knowing where the chance of survival lay, he could only sigh at the river.
Actually, underground rivers like the one on the other end existed under all the regions of the continent. The only difference was in depth.
The underground river that Yun Yang had sensed was exceptionally deep. It was three thousand feet deep!
Yun Yang felt that this was the most unfortunate part of his situation. Where in the entire continent could there be such a deep underground river? Three thousand feet below ground level?
Yet, he had encountered it.
Yun Yang had a strange thought about it – there was no source of water within three thousand feet of the ground. What an extraordinary oddity! This had led to the current predicament. Yun Yang had been salivating at the underground river for twenty days. He could not think of a way out.
Of course, it was also because the underground river was deep enough, so deep that it exceeded the detection range of Mr. Nian's deific consciousness. Otherwise, there would not even be a chance of survival!
This was the only way out, but Yun Yang was not capable enough. It was the reality that it was difficult for him to reach it, so it became an impossible strategy. Now that there was another enemy, although it gave Yun Yang a little more breathing space and time to catch his breath, it also brought the bad news of the spiritual restraining formation. If he did not adapt, only death awaited him!
Now, looking at Emmie's hesitation, Yun Yang saw a glimmer of hope to get out of this predicament. He could not help urging it. There was no room for hesitation at this juncture. It was more important to proceed with whatever ideas they had. If they continued to hesitate, it would be too late!
Yun Yang could clearly feel that the surrounding spiritual Qi of heaven and earth was being forcefully squeezed out in a slow but strangely tangible manner, as if it was being squeezed by someone.
It was obvious that the Spiritual Restraining Array was slowly taking shape.
This place was about to become a spiritless place like Zilong City, where all manifestation abilities were rendered ineffective. There was not much time left for him.
After all, once the spiritual restraining formation was fully operational, his physical body would be annihilated by the earth immediately due to the failure of his manifestation abilities!
"Ayaya …"
Emmie's voice sounded very sorrowful.
There was indeed a way …
However, the price was so high that it was unknown if it should be carried out. Once it was carried out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
From Emmie's point of view, it was better to just die.
Even if his physical body was extracted and killed by the spiritual restraining formation, his soul would still exist and he could be reincarnated as a human.
By then, there would still be a trace of vitality left.
As for Emmie, it would follow Yun Yang and there would be no loss.
However, if it were to adopt this method, it would be equivalent to suicide!
A suicide where the soul and spirit would be destroyed!
Then, there would be no next life … he would be reduced to nothingness!
Emmie could indeed forcefully fill all the current energy into Yun Yang's meridians in an extremely short amount of time, filling him with all the life force and karmic Qi of good and evil.
It would then elevate one of Yun Yang's abilities to a whole new level.
This ability was called Primordial Borrowing! There was another well-known name for it – it was called Star Borrowing! In an instant, the power of the stars could be extracted and infused into one's body!
However, Emmie did not want to do so at all.
Otherwise, Yun Yang would not have mentioned it when Emmie had asked him many times when he was on the brink of death.
Emmie had three concerns. The first was that the battle had come so suddenly. Yun Yang had been at an absolute disadvantage since the beginning, his body, mind, and spirit being injured continuously. More importantly, there was a gap. Even this method needed a certain buffer before it could be carried out; there was no room for it to be carried out previously.
Secondly, Yun Yang's cultivation base was still too low. Once he did this, there was a ninety-nine percent chance that it would not be an enhancement of some ability but an explosion on the spot! The destruction of his soul and spirit!
The power of the stars! Even if each star only provided a ray of starlight, how could Yun Yang withstand it when it was gathered in his body?
It was only a body of flesh and blood, yet he had to withstand such a massive force …
This outcome was more serious than Yun Yang dying directly because there were a few different ways to die. For example, if Yun Yang's qi and blood were exhausted and his cultivation method was damaged, his soul would still be intact. As long as Mr. Nian was gone within a certain time limit, with Emmie's current deep understanding of the soul, there was a high chance that it could reassemble Yun Yang's soul and resurrect him!
Or perhaps reincarnate.
However, if the Primordial Borrowing Art failed, Yun Yang would perish immediately. It would be an irrecoverable death!
This was also the main reason why Emmie had refused to tell Yun Yang the truth when he had asked it many times before.
Now, however, the situation was different. Once the spiritual restraining formation was formed, Yun Yang's manifestation powers would fail again. The method that Emmie had planned would be utterly hopeless because Holy Water Charm, Art of Blood, and other cultivation methods could no longer be used. That was why it had no choice but to reveal the Primordial Borrowing Art!
However, after Emmie's repeated assessments, with Emmie's ability to operate, in addition to the tenacity of Yun Yang's meridians from consuming the heaven and earth resources, and the endless medicinal potential in his body …
The success rate of executing the Primordial Borrowing Art was still less than ten percent!
After all, even if it was to spoil a seedling to hasten its growth, the seedling had to have a certain foundation and grow to a certain height.
With Yun Yang's current physique, there were only three outcomes if he were to use this method recklessly.
The first possibility was that he would explode and die on the spot, with his soul and spirit destroyed. The possibility of this was more than ninety percent, almost a hundred percent!
The second possibility was that he would become an idiot. This would be if the method was executed properly and succeeded, but his brain would be destroyed by the forceful impact of the energy in the process.
Even Emmie could not help him recover from such an outcome. He could only accompany an idiot for the rest of his life … Thinking about it sent chills down Emmie's spine.
As for the third possibility, it was the best outcome. He would successfully borrow the art and even escape, but he would still be severely injured afterward and lose his ability to cultivate, becoming an ordinary person. He might even be reduced to an ordinary person, one who was sick all year round and could not enjoy the lifespan of an ordinary person.
Emmie would then become a lotus seed once again, floating between heaven and earth …
There was a premise for all these possibilities – the manifestation powers of the Nine Supremes, as well as the power of manifestation, would be lost forever!
Executing the Primordial Borrowing Art meant that all the attributes in Yun Yang's body would be sucked dry!
The five elements converged, heaven and man became one, yin and yang merged, the Primordial Borrowing Art!
Of course, there was another possibility – not only did Yun Yang not die, his cultivation base had improved tremendously and he would be invincible from then on!
However, this possibility was no longer minuscule … Emmie had never even considered this possibility, not even daring to think about it.
Emmie guessed that the possibility was about one in a hundred billion.
In spite of this, Emmie knew that Yun Yang really did not have time now. The spiritual restraining formation had begun to be set up outside. If he did not act now, there would really be no more chance.
Although Emmie was unwilling to let Yun Yang take such a risk, it could only support him now.
Because this method with no chance of survival was really the only hope they had now!
If he did not do this, he could only wait to become a corpse here. His soul and body would still be destroyed and he would be doomed eternally!
The only exception was …
"However, even if I were to execute this method, I still need a chance … because there will be some aura leaking the moment I activate it. After all, there are still two unparalleled experts setting it up above. With their divine senses, they only need to release sword energy at the place where the aura is being emitted and everything will be over, a step earlier …"
Yun Yang racked his brain for ideas.
He had a countermeasure now, but how could he restrain the two unparalleled experts above?
It would be good to distract them for a moment!
…
Up above, two figures were busying themselves, constantly throwing down a piece of jade that emitted a rainbow glow. The moment it landed on the ground, it would sink deep into the soil and disappear.
A small-scale spiritual restraining formation could be set up very quickly as long as there were sufficient materials and mystical Qi cultivation base.
With what the two of them were doing, it did not require much effort at all. There was only one corner left to complete the spiritual restraining formation.
Once the setup was completed, whether Supreme Cloud had turned into wind, water, or any other form, his manifestation would be removed and he would return to his human form!
Perhaps, his physical body would be completely crushed by the underlying force!
The two men were about to toss the materials in their hands out to complete the last bit of the setup.
It was at this moment that a strange wave came from beneath the ground.
Had Supreme Cloud made his move?
Was he making his final struggle against the most dreaded spiritual restraining formation before his eyes?
Mr. Nian frowned. He could not help concentrating, the long sword in his hand beginning to hum.
Another person floated down from midair and stood beside Mr. Nian. His expression was solemn as he observed the area where the commotion had occurred.
In the next moment, however, both of their expressions changed at the same time.
"We've been tricked!"
Behind both of them, a powerful and direct wave of energy had appeared abruptly. A ray of rainbow light had shot out from the ground!
Swoosh!
The radiance was already thousands of feet above the sky in an instant!
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