Traveling at 6500 m/s
Freezing cold!
It was as if he had fallen into a ten-thousand-year-old ice cave, a chill that pierced right into his heart!
The white bead that Xia Fei had swallowed while he was in a semi-conscious state began to dissolve the moment it entered his body. Strands of energy that could not be seen with the naked eye rapidly swam around his body, aimlessly colliding everywhere. His internal organs were in intense pain, and the cold air caused Xia Fei's face to turn deathly pale.
This pain was far more unbearable than consuming Phantoms medicinal solution; it was practically inhumane torture.
Xia Fei abruptly opened his eyes in the lake, and his brain quickly regained clarity. The energy strands were stimulating Xia Fei to rapidly recover his damaged brain power, but there was simply too much energy, and Xia Fei's body was not able to digest and absorb it all. His chest swelled with pain as if something was about to gush out of his abdomen!
It was like the steam pressure in a boiler had exceeded its limit, and it could explode at any time!
Xia Fei, who was still recovering, could faintly smell a fatal aura. He ignored the pain and cold in his body and did his best to swim to the surface of the lake, at the same time doing his best to suppress the boundless energy in his body.
Unfortunately, this energy did not belong to Xia Fei, so he could not control it at all. Even though he was already using all his strength, the energy strands that were constantly swaying around him became even more frenzied! Even his limbs were gradually becoming numb, and the situation was extremely dire!
At that moment!
Xia Fei's seventh brain region was activated once more!
As if the floodgates of a dam had been opened, the constantly expanding energy in Xia Fei's body suddenly found an outlet and surged wildly into his seventh brain region!
The seventh brain region was only a very small piece of brain tissue, and it was very difficult to see even with a high-powered microscope, but it was this small space that was absorbing the energy that Xia Fei's entire body could not withstand!
It was like a black hole, and even a massive star could not escape its attraction.
No one knew where this energy went, but the tiny seventh brain region only took a few seconds to absorb all of it!
Xia Fei pursed his lips as if he had not had enough, and his seventh brain region went back to sleep as if nothing had happened.
* Pfft! *
Xia Fei leaped out of the water. Be it his consciousness or his stamina, both were recovering at an alarming rate. His two hands quickly paddled the water, and Xia Fei swam to the shore in one breath before lying down on a wet boulder, gasping for breath.
The feeling of surviving a disaster was wonderful. Being in the dark cave felt as comfortable as being in the Garden of Eden.
The pleasure was indescribable. In the few seconds that his seventh brain region absorbed the energy, Xia Fei felt as if he had just had a massage, and every cell in his body was bathed comfortably by the sun.
Xia Fei was not very clear about what had just happened. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to have swallowed something, but he could not recall any details.
Phantom stood beside Xia Fei, his eyes filled with surprise. Because he resided in the Moore Stone, Phantom could not be more than ten meters away from Xia Fei, so he was able to see everything very clearly.
Xia Fei sat up and scanned his surroundings. Whats going on just now?
Gui Ying closed his mouth and said in a deep voice, "You don't remember anything?"
Xia Fei nodded. All I remember is that I became extremely weak due to the exhaustion of my mental energy, and then I sank into the deep waters of the lake. Afterward, I think I ate a meal, so my bodily functions recovered in a matter of seconds.
With that said, Xia Fei tried waving his arm. * Poof! * His arm flew through the air, full of strength. Xia Fei felt that he was even stronger than before, and his mind was clearer.
Even when Xia Fei was at his peak, he had never experienced such a state. To be able to recover his vital functions in such a short time, and to be in an even better state than before, was simply unimaginable!
Gui Ying chuckled, "You didn't just eat a meal, but an incomparably sumptuous feast!"
Xia Fei furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. Phantom chuckled. Do you know what you just killed?
"I don't know." Xia Fei shook his head. Even the Beast Spirit Codex has no record of it. This giant snake is most likely a mutation of some creature.
Organisms would sometimes undergo genetic mutations due to environmental or radioactive elements. This snake looked different from any known snake species, so Xia Fei guessed that it was a product of genetic mutation.
Phantom nodded. Xia Fei's guess was basically the same as his.
"This snake was split in the middle by you with Thunderstorm, revealing a white bead in its head. You swallowed a snake bead while you were unconscious." Gui Ying said.
Xia Fei was enlightened. "So it's because of the snake pearl that my body recovered in such a short time. Looks like this snake pearl is truly amazing."
"Not only that, but the one that benefited the most wasn't your body but your seventh brain region," Phantom said seriously.
Xia Fei hurriedly used his perception to check his seventh brain region, and sure enough, this small space seemed to have changed a little from before. It seemed to be a little more spacious, but because the seventh brain region was small to begin with, the change was not too obvious.
Phantom lowered his voice and mysteriously said to Xia Fei, "Your seventh brain region has absorbed more than ninety-nine percent of the snake pearl's energy and is rapidly recovering. If the same situation happens again or twice, I reckon that the damage to your seventh brain region will be completely healed. When that time comes, you won't even need to rely on medicine to advance your cultivation."
Xia Fei was slightly surprised. The gradual recovery of his seventh brain region was good news for him. As his cultivation increased, medicine was becoming a bottleneck that restricted Xia Fei's development. After all, there was a limited amount of precious medicine in the universe, and it was not something that he could get his hands on just because he wanted to. Moreover, he needed to spend a lot of time waiting for the medicinal residue to be absorbed every time he consumed a medicine. As his cultivation increased, the absorption time would also increase.
Right now, Xia Fei needed more than a year to absorb the medicinal residue every time he consumed a medicine. If he were to consume higher-grade medicinal ingredients, he might need ten or even a hundred years. This was a wait that could easily take up to ten years, which was too long for Xia Fei, who was eager to get stronger.
"Heh, do I always have to walk the line between life and death for my seventh brain region to automatically repair itself?" Xia Fei laughed bitterly.
Every time Xia Fei was in danger, his seventh brain region would secretly help him. After going through countless life and death battles on Heritage Planet, Xia Fei had obtained his second special ability, psychokinesis.
Now that he had escaped death, his seventh brain region was gradually trying to repair itself.
It seemed that only extreme danger could stimulate the seventh brain region to slowly awaken, and it was gradually changing Xia Fei in its own way.
Phantom pursed his lips. "Seems to be the case."
The seventh brain region was just too mysterious. Be it Phantoms, Harris, or even Xia Fei himself, none of them could accurately describe it, much less control it. Aside from giving humans powerful abilities, no one knew what else the seventh brain region would bring. Xia Fei could only fumble around in the dark, with no one able to help him.
After all, Xia Fei's seventh brain region was completely open, and there was no precedent of it.
Xia Fei stood up and scanned his surroundings once more. "Lets get out of here quickly. Though that sect senior of yours, Shadow, did help me, it doesn't look like he's going to let me go so easily."
Phantom hurriedly shook his head. "No, I don't know how the second sect senior is right now. We need to find him first and make sure he's not in danger before we leave."
Phantom was not a stubborn person, but that was only when it had nothing to do with his sect. Once things became related to the Assassins, he would become extremely serious.
Xia Fei could only follow his instructions and move along the lakeside, searching for traces of Shadow.
Suddenly, Xia Fei felt a sense of eagerness, and he sprinted forward a few steps at full speed.
"Phantom, is my speed faster than before?" Xia Fei asked curiously.
"Yes, that's indeed the case. That snake pearl not only partially repaired your seventh brain region, it also increased your speed by around fifty percent. You're now close to the initial Star River rank, with a speed of nearly 6500m/s," Phantom said.
Xia Fei nodded, his heart filled with joy. The snake pearl had only unleashed one percent of its effect, yet it had increased Xia Fei's speed to near the Star River rank. This ability was simply indescribable.
Not only did it repair the damaged seventh brain region, but it also increased Xia Fei's speed by 2000m/s. This was basically killing two birds with one stone.
Phantom was worried about Darkshadow's safety, so he was not in the mood to discuss the leap in rank with Xia Fei. After a brief explanation of the situation, Phantom urged Xia Fei to look for his sect senior.
Xia Fei found Darkshadow panting in pain on a shoal by the lakeside that was densely covered in gravel. It looked like he had suffered some damage from the impact of the thunderstorm.
The injured Darkshadow was not much of a threat to Xia Fei. He walked to a spot a few meters away from Darkshadow and crouched down, asking, "Are you alright?"
Darkshadow furrowed his brows. He had clearly seen that Xia Fei's injuries were even more serious than his, yet in the blink of an eye, Xia Fei was back to full of vigor, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
"I'm fine. Four of my ribs are broken, so it's a little difficult for me to move," Darkshadow said in a deep voice. "Why are you alright?"
Xia Fei smiled. "Perhaps I'm just luckier."
"D * mn luck," Darkshadow grumbled in his heart. If he knew that not only was Xia Fei not injured, but he had even benefited from his misfortune, recovering part of his seventh brain region and even increasing his cultivation, he would have felt even more uncomfortable.
Both of them had entered a cave and encountered a giant snake, and both of them had fought with the snake and gotten heavily injured, yet the outcome was completely different.
Xia Fei had benefited for no reason at all, while Darkshadow was having a hard time even walking. How could he even describe this?
Xia Fei thought about it for a moment before he moved Darkshadow's arms to the back of his body and used an extremely thin metal wire to bind them together.
"I'll bring you out, but to prevent you from attacking me on the way, I'll have to trouble you for a bit."
Darkshadow was speechless. His ribs were broken, so he could only let Xia Fei do whatever he wanted. There was no way he could defeat Xia Fei in his current state.
Phantom sighed. Xia Fei was too vigilant, tying up an injured old man. No matter what, this old man was still his sect senior, so he could not bear to do so.
Xia Fei did not care about that. In his eyes, Darkshadow was still a threat. Though he had promised Phantom that he would save his life, it did not mean that he would expose his back to this stranger.
After tying Darkshadow up like a dumpling, Xia Fei carefully lifted him up and searched for the exit to the outside world.
After a few turns, the red rainforest appeared before Xia Fei once more.
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