Su Ming's soul spread out from his physical body, and during that instant, he resonated with the gourd before him.
This resonance caused the eyes on the gourd to become even brighter when they looked at Su Ming. In the end, respect appeared in those eyes, as if they were the gourd's soul, and during that instant, it had acknowledged Su Ming.
Soon after, eight eyes appeared one after another on the gourd. Along with the previous one, there were now nine flashing eyes, and all nine of them were looking at Su Ming at the same time.
During that instant, when Su Ming's soul rippled, Long Li, who was spreading his divine sense to search for the others in the tunnel of the beehive, came to an abrupt halt. His expression changed drastically, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. His face instantly turned pale, and he staggered a few steps backwards. Only when he supported himself against the stone wall by his side did he manage to stop moving.
During that instant, he looked as if he had aged several dozens of years from his youthful appearance. Wrinkles appeared on his face, and his eyes became lifeless for an instant.
"Haha, I spent countless years to figure out how to use the gourd, and I even prepared ten souls of World Paragons to control it … But now, the person who stole my gourd only used less than an hour to completely sever the connection between me and the gourd!" Long Li laughed loudly, and as he laughed, he started coughing violently. Blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth once again. Clearly, he had suffered a backlash once his connection with the gourd was severed.
The more one cared about the gourd, the stronger this backlash would be. Judging by Long Li's expression, it was clear that the gourd was the item he cared about the most.
"You shameless scum! You stole my treasure! Even if I have to pay a greater price, I will definitely not let you take my treasure away!" Madness appeared in Long Li's eyes. He lifted his head and let out a shrill roar. His roar reverberated in all directions and continued traveling through the tunnel of the beehive.
As his roar continued traveling through the tunnel, Sun Kun, who was the closest to the depths of the seal, heard it vaguely. He stopped moving forward for a moment, and a glint appeared in his eyes.
"It's that old monster Long's voice. Could it be that he lost his gourd? "Heh heh, if the gourd was really lost, it would be a good thing. I wonder who stole it …" Sun Kun mumbled under his breath, and regret and pity appeared on his face. He had been drooling over Long Li's gourd for a long time.
In the distance, Tian Lin had already covered most of the densely packed beehive seals after searching for more than half a year. He believed that it wouldn't be long before he would be able to cover more than ninety percent of the seals. At that time, he would be able to find the most direct path that would lead directly to the core of the maze-like sealed grounds.
When Long Li's voice reached him, it was already indistinct, and he could not hear it clearly. However, the branches of the tree that was Tian Lin had spread out and filled most of the sealed region. Each branch was his clone, and because of that, Long Li's voice sounded as if it was right beside his ears.
'Sun Kun is most likely the one who stole Long Li's treasures. Right now, these two aren't on the same side as me, so it's a good thing for them to fight against each other first. With Sun Kun's cunning, he won't die, but he'll be able to hide until Jing Nan Zi is lured here. At that time, they'll have no choice but to be on the same side as me. 'Tian Lin laughed coldly and closed his eyes. He spread out the branches of the tree once again and covered the entire sealed region.
Su Ming also heard Long Li's voice, but at that moment, he did not have the time to bother with it. He was being stared at by the nine eyes. As he spread out the power of his soul, the second of the nine eyes gradually became brighter. As time passed, when the eighth eye also became brighter, the bald crane suddenly sucked in a sharp breath and widened its eyes.
It had a vague feeling that it seemed to have remembered something, but when it thought about it carefully, it found that it was very vague. After all, this was the first time it had taken the initiative to recall some of its memories, and it was completely different from the memories it usually had when it came into contact with realms passively.
As it tried its best to think about it, the nine eyes on Su Ming's gourd shone brightly, but once they shone, they disappeared one by one. In the end, only one eye was left on the gourd, and it looked around the area. When it saw the bald crane, the eye on the gourd suddenly pierced through the bald crane's eyes like a sharp sword, as if it had locked onto it.
The bald crane suddenly screamed at that instant, and a monstrous amount of terror and shock appeared in its eyes.
A vague picture appeared in its head. In that picture, it was not bald, but had beautiful feathers that would make the bald crane envious.
It saw itself sneaking furtive glances at something, but suddenly, an old man dressed in a wide Daoist robe appeared in front of it. The old man swung his arm, and the bald crane immediately retreated several worlds into the distance.
Immediately after, it saw the old man bringing out a gourd from his bosom with an enraged look on his face. Once that gourd was brought out, nine eyes appeared on it. Five of the nine pairs of eyes instantly locked onto the bald crane, and a sense of life-threatening danger rose in its heart. The bald crane saw itself swiftly retreating with a sharp cry.
However, he soon heard a gloomy voice filled with endless anger.
"Treasured gourd, please kill him!"
"Old Daoist Lu Ya, didn't I just eat a few of your Dao Cores? Didn't I just see how you personally created them? Y-y-you … How dare you ask our little brother gourd to come out?" The bald crane saw all its feathers swell up as it screamed, and once the old Daoist spoke, the five eyes on the gourd that had locked onto it blinked at the same time. Immediately, a wisp of green smoke flew out of the gourd. Within it was a child the size of a palm. He held an even smaller sword in his hand, but with an indescribable speed, he charged towards the bald crane.
Pain. It was a pain that could not be described with words. That was what the bald crane felt when its memories ended.
"I remember now. This … This is old Daoist Lu Ya's Immortal Slaying Gourd! But why do I remember that this gourd was destroyed? When Lu Ya fought against Tai Xing Su, one of the four Great True Progenitors, it was crushed! "As the bald crane screamed, it immediately retreated.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. At that moment, he had only formed a connection with the gourd, but he had not obtained the method to control it. When he saw the bald crane's violent actions, Su Ming, who had noticed many things about the bald crane ever since he came to the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, suddenly spoke.
"How do I use this thing?"
"I don't know how to use it either. I only remember that I once saw Lu Ya tell this damn gourd to kill him." The bald crane had no feathers on its body, or else its feathers would definitely be standing on end. Once it heard Su Ming's words, it instinctively spoke, but once it finished speaking, it immediately regretted it.
Because once Su Ming heard it, he spoke as well.
"Treasured gourd, please kill …" When Su Ming said those words, a presence that made even Su Ming's heart jump in fear suddenly spread out from the gourd. Under that presence, the eyes on the gourd suddenly showed signs of blinking. By the looks of it, if Su Ming finished his last word, the gourd would kill him!
At the same time, an apathetic and aloof voice appeared in Su Ming's mind.
"Insufficient energy storage. More than eight-tenths of your body has been damaged. Search for replenishment as soon as possible. Locate the enemy …"
Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. When the bald crane was so terrified that its soul almost left its body, he did not say the last word. Instead, once his soul returned to his physical body, he got up, lifted his right hand, and grabbed the gourd to put it away into his storage bag.
Su Ming's eyes sparkled, and great confidence suddenly appeared on his body. This confidence was something he had gained when he became the God of Berserkers in the land of Berserkers in Yin Death Expanse Cosmos. Right then, in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, this confidence appeared once again on Su Ming.
'With this gourd and the poisonous wasp, the large amount of blue stones that contain the power of flesh and blood, and the God Ascension Nectar that I can extract from the wasp's body at any time … it's not as if I can't rule over an area in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence! 'But it's a pity that the gourd's Spirit Body is heavily injured. But this thing is rather mysterious. It can actually replenish itself. Right now, it's only eight-tenths damaged, but it can still bring out an astonishing amount of power. If I can replenish it completely, then this thing will definitely become a force that defies the heavens! ' Su Ming sucked in a deep breath. He did not have a suitable container to store the God Ascension Nectar, and he did not know how long he would need to absorb it, which was why he had not absorbed it.
He wanted to search for a suitable place to quietly refine the God Ascension Nectar once he left this place. He had also placed a divine thought on the poisonous wasp, forbidding it from absorbing the nectar in its body and only using it to store it.
Once Su Ming put away the gourd, the bald crane slowly calmed down from its fear and stared at him anxiously. Su Ming cast the bald crane a glance, then brought out another handful of crystals from his storage bag and gave them to the bald crane.
Once the bald crane obtained the consolation from the crystals, it became satisfied.
Su Ming closed his eyes and quelled the emotions in his heart, then continued immersing himself in the process of absorbing the physical power in this place. Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, another two months went by.
During these two months, Su Ming's absorption speed became faster, and he continued moving forward slowly, getting closer to the spot where the World Stone was. On the day two months later, there was only a stone wall of less than ten feet between him and the World Stone.
It was also at this time that Long Li, who had been searching for the person who had snatched his gourd for two months, wandered about the beehive's seal with his hair in a disheveled mess. Perhaps fate truly existed, because when he had been searching for the World Stone in a hurry, he could not find the entrance. However, when he lost the gourd and went into a frenzy to search for the thief, he walked out of a tunnel without his knowledge, and with just one glance … he saw the Stone of One World floating in midair above the Rune on the ground!
At the same time, Sun Kun walked out of a tunnel with an excited look on his face. Before him was a gigantic empty space, and at the center of it was a pool of purplish black magma. He also saw the Duke of Crimson Flame's ghastly white bones submerged in the magma!
The presence of World Planes in this place was so thick that it instantly made Sun Kun ecstatic. His breathing quickened, but he did not immediately move forward. Instead, he quickly sat down cross-legged in a corner and started exercising his breathing to absorb the aura.
He did not think about going over to save the alien. His main goal was the thick power of World Planes in this place. If it was possible, he wanted to use a Secret Art to devour the alien's bones and soul so that he could make himself stronger.
I pray that it won't turn into pneumonia. Alright, I'm going to lie down for a while. My chest hurts. (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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