"What is Lightning Calamity?!" Su Ming mumbled. The term Lightning Calamity was mentioned in the quenching method to create Spirit Plunder in his head.
In his memories, the Lightning Calamity appeared because the world did not allow Spirit Plunder to appear. Using a living person as a cauldron to create the medicinal pill and gathering the aura of death was why the Heavenly Lightning Calamity would descend. When the lightning descended, it wanted to crush the medicinal pill, but the medicinal pill was enveloped by the corpse and the power of the lightning weakened. In the end, once the corpse was crushed, the medicinal pill would be formed!
Su Ming had never thought about this in detail. To him, this was something he could never fathom. Yet at that moment, when his heart raced and the thought that made his heart pound in excitement rose in his mind, it appeared in his head.
'What is Lightning Calamity? If you remove the word Calamity, then there's only Lightning left! ' Thoughts spun in Su Ming's head. He was not unfamiliar with lightning. When he first came to the Land of South Morning, he had seen trees struck by lightning.
At that time, he had analyzed the situation. He believed that the trees were too damp, which was why they attracted lightning, causing the trees to burn in an instant. What was left was the medicine he needed to create the medicinal pill.
Yet now, he felt that his thoughts were a little off.
'There are many rainforests, but why would only the taller trees attract lightning..? Perhaps it's because the damp there is thicker, but perhaps there are other reasons as well.
'Lightning can strike trees, then why did He Feng attract lightning when the Lightning Calamity descended this time? As for the words in my memories, they're too mysterious. They don't seem to be the correct explanation.' Su Ming could not understand it. He could not understand this phenomenon.
In fact, he had a feeling that this was how lightning was supposed to descend. As for why and the reason behind it, he could not imagine it.
Yet at that moment, if he wanted to complete that crazy idea of his, then he had to understand it thoroughly!
Why was there lightning? What was lightning?!
'If I can't understand the reason behind this, then I won't be able to keep lightning in my body and make it … my Origin Vessel!' This was Su Ming's idea. It was a crazy idea that he himself found unbelievable, but it made his heart pound.
However, after thinking about it for a short period of time, Su Ming had to give up on this idea. He could not understand what lightning was, and where it truly came from. He did not have the confidence to keep lightning in his body.
All these thoughts eventually turned into a sigh. Su Ming knew that he was running out of time. The deity statue of Transcendence was slowly standing up, and lightning was rapidly gathering in the sky, ready to descend. No matter how much he melted the Berserker Bones in his body, he could not increase his blood veins. This was not something that he could accomplish by gritting his teeth, persevering, and bearing with it.
It was like a stone vase that was already full. No matter how much water was poured into the vase, there was no way to make the water in the vase overflow.
If he wanted more blood veins, the only way was to make the stone bottle bigger!
In truth, when Su Ming's blood veins reached 990, he was already full, just like the stone bottle. He could add four more blood veins because the presence of Transcendence had fused into his body. It had changed Su Ming's body in an unseen manner, causing his body to become bigger like a stone bottle while his blood veins could no longer be increased, making it easier for him to become a powerful Berserker in the Transcendence Realm.
However, the unexpected appearance of lightning interrupted this irreversible change, giving Su Ming a rare chance that allowed him to turn the impossible into a possibility and increase the number of blood veins by four.
Yet now, he had reached his limit once again.
There was no other way to change this. He could make the stone bottle hold more water and increase the number of blood veins in his body. This was something Su Ming knew very well. He knew that even the burning of blood could not do it.
'I don't know how the Ancients managed to gather 1,000 blood veins. Perhaps there were people with shocking potential who could contain 1,000 blood veins, but I'm not one of them …
'I don't know how they did it, but if I want to increase the number of blood veins … there's only … one way!' A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He stood up abruptly and stomped on the ground. His body flew into the air, and while he was in midair, he spread his arms wide.
'My body is already full. It's difficult for me to add more blood veins. The only way I can think of is to break my body, just like how the stone bottle shatters. The moment it shatters, it will be able to contain more water!
'It might shatter, but if I can grasp the moment of Transcendence, it's not impossible!' A calm and crazed light appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
He was crazed about this idea, but he was calm about his actions!
Su Ming could not stay in midair for too long before he fell down. He spread his arms wide open and loud booming sounds came from his body. As the sounds echoed, the 994 blood veins on his body seemed to have collapsed and spread out as if they were burning.
'Shatter this body so that I don't have the bottle. I don't believe that I won't be able to obtain more blood veins!' Su Ming shouted in his heart. As his body roared, blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth. Blood flowed out from the corners of his eyes, his ears, and his nose.
At the same time, the roars in his body reached their peak. The blood veins exploded within his body, and as they did so, his body was the first to be affected. It was just as he said, the stone bottle shattered!
Fine cracks appeared on Su Ming's body as if he was being split apart. Once the cracks spread out, he would be torn to pieces!
As the cracks spread out, red light shone and spread out from the fine cracks.
An indescribable pain filled every single part of his body. The pain of self-destruction was something a normal person could not endure. Su Ming could not endure it either. His face twisted, but as his body continued to shatter, the number of blood veins increased once again!
995 blood veins!
On Su Ming's right leg, at a spot that no one else could see, there was an additional 995th blood vein!
The additional blood vein sped up the process of Su Ming's body crumbling. More cracks appeared on his body, and the feeling of death that threatened to destroy him filled his entire body.
Yet Su Ming's lips, which were hidden under his robes, were smiling. That smile was very cruel. That cruelty was not directed towards others, but towards himself. He still remembered what the elder had told him.
'If you want something, then you must learn to give.'
The more you want, the more you have to give. Outsiders were still outsiders. Only you could think about whether it was worth it or not.
'I've already reached this step and reached 995 blood veins. If I don't give it my all, then … I won't be able to accept it!' Su Ming's body started falling from midair, but during the process of falling, his body was rapidly splitting apart.
Booming sounds reverberated in the air. As Su Ming's body fell, another blood vein appeared on his left leg!
996!
The increase in blood veins was finally too much for Su Ming's body. Blood mist gushed out from his body. His consciousness started to fade, and the feeling of death enveloped his entire body.
This scene fell into the eyes of the people around him, and it turned into shock and deep respect in their hearts.
At that moment, almost all the clear-minded people could tell what Su Ming was doing. From his actions, they could feel Su Ming's madness and his desire to increase his blood veins.
As Su Ming fell, he looked at the true form of the deity statue of Transcendence in black armor that had completely stood up in the sky. When the deity statue stood up, it looked like a giant that could support the sky and earth. Its entire body was covered in black armor, and there was an endless amount of murderous aura coming from it.
He looked at Su Ming coldly, then lifted his right hand and pointed at Su Ming.
"Thou … last … Transcendence!"
The moment his words traveled forth in the air and even the blue clouds in the sky froze for a moment, Su Ming lifted his head and let out a low roar.
"Blood veins!"
His body exploded. The stone bottle shattered completely, and his robes also exploded. However, the blood mist that surrounded his entire body covered his face and his torn body, causing others to be unable to see him.
The moment his body shattered, Su Ming's blood veins increased madly in a shocking manner, as if there was no longer any limit to them!
997 blood veins!
998 blood veins!
999 blood veins!
999 blood veins filled every single corner of Su Ming's crumbling body. It was as if there was no longer any space left that could accommodate the 1,000th blood vein!
There was only … a scar that was left behind when Dark Mountain's statue of the deity was sliced open by a shard under his crumbling face that was covered by the fog.
This was a normal scar, but to Su Ming, this was the only mark of Dark Mountain left on his body.
The moment the 1,000th blood vein was about to appear and the scar on Su Ming's face was about to disappear, the only mark of Dark Mountain on his body was about to be wiped away, a hint of struggle appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
Should he choose to Transcend with 1,000 blood veins, which was rare even during the Ancients of the Berserkers and pay the price of wiping away the mark of Dark Mountain left on his body, or should he choose this mark and give up on the 1,000th blood vein? This was a choice.
"If you want something, then you must learn how to give … Only you can think about whether it's worth it or not …" The elder's words echoed in Su Ming's head. He seemed to see the elder, Dark Mountain, and the shattering of Dark Mountain's statue of the God of Berserkers.
Eventually, before Su Ming's eyes, he saw the version of himself who was bound by chains when he borrowed Han Kong's power in the void. That version of himself did not have any scars on his face, but once he said one sentence, those scars appeared on his face.
"I … refuse …" Su Ming mumbled.
The moment he said those words, the 1,000th blood vein disappeared. At the same time, the vast presence that belonged to Transcendence enveloped Su Ming's entire body. His crumbling body gathered together once again at that instant. The blood mist that had scattered tumbled back into his body. Even his torn clothes reappeared on his body as if time had flowed backwards.
The world rumbled. The presence that belonged to Transcendence completely erupted from Su Ming's body! The strength of that pressure instantly made all the Berserkers in the Blood Solidification Realm around him tremble. Even Nan Tian and the other powerful Berserkers in the Transcendence Realm felt their hearts tremble. They could clearly feel a powerful pressure coming from Su Ming's body.
Transcendence!
During the time of the annual meeting, I can only update one chapter a day. But those who are familiar with the situation know that it was the same for the previous annual meetings. Once I come back, I will make up for the missing chapters. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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