In this purgatory of the human world, death would occur at any moment. These enslaved people fell in humiliation, melted by the earth's core. Li Gan naturally didn't have the time to pity these pitiful people. He needed a large amount of life souls to restore his lifespan.
It was another day of hard work. Under the whipping of Supervisor Qiao's iron whip, Li Gan worked hard to complete day after day of work.
After this round of mining, whether it was Li Gan, Wu Yan, or Tiege, all three of them seemed to have changed slightly. These changes were invisible to others.
In this round, Li Gan was whipped fifteen thousand times, but he fainted a hundred and fifty times.
In the third round, under the same whip, Li Gan fainted a hundred and forty times.
In the fourth round …
In the fifth round …
In the tenth round, Overseer Qiao seemed to have discovered Li Gan's change and suddenly increased his punishment. In this round, Li Gan was whipped twenty thousand times, but Li Gan only fainted sixty times. This made Overseer Qiao furious, as if his dignity had been greatly challenged. Every round, he increased the number of whips by five thousand.
Li Gan and the other two were supposed to complete the hundred-meter mine in fifteen days, but they completed it three days earlier.
Unknowingly, a year had passed.
"Good! You're not getting old or dying, aren't you being too light?! "With a roar, Overseer Qiao's iron whip fell on Li Gan's body again like raindrops.
Li Gang endured the pain. With a ferocious expression, he swung his iron pick wildly at the ground. Sparks flew and pieces of ore flew.
Supervisor Qiao finally noticed the changes in Li Gan during this one year. In his words, this old man's skin was tight. The more he fought, the more spirited he became. The more he fought, the more excited he became. Even though his body was badly mutilated by his iron whip and his bones were exposed, he quickly recovered to his original state.
Moreover, after every round, his condition would improve by a level. His originally weak body now seemed to have become much stronger, and his strength had increased by several times. It was a stark contrast to when he had first arrived.
Was it an illusion? Or was it an illusion?
However, Supervisor Qiao was well aware that he had beaten Li Gan half to death without holding back in each round. But when the next round began, Li Gan had become as lively as a dragon and as lively as a tiger. Moreover, this was a fact that he had personally witnessed.
In the mine, except for Li Gan, the other slaves had long been exhausted. However, Li Gan was getting more and more energetic. What was he trying to do? Was he using his own vicious beatings to temper his body? What kind of crazy and cruel method was this?
If that was really the case, Li Gan was definitely a terrifying person. How terrifying was his willpower and endurance?!
Tiege witnessed Li Gan's craziness. His eyes were filled with admiration and respect for this brother who had gone through so much. In his words, this guy was definitely not an ordinary god cultivator. He was a complete madman!!
"Big brother, this devil ancestor didn't lie to you, right?!" Demon Baby once again poked his head out of Li Gan's dantian. He really didn't expect that Li Gan would actually use his own body to temper his body. This kind of ruthlessness was definitely not something an ordinary person could achieve.
"Second brother, your spirit is not bad!" Li Gan talked to Demon Baby while working. This guy hid in his dantian for a year, and actually turned from a 'little skinny kid' to a chubby 'little kid'.
"Thank you for taking care of me!" Demon Baby really cupped his chubby little hands. "But I really want to tell you, those who believe in this devil ancestor will have eternal life."
"Then how many years of life have I accumulated now?"
"Ten years."
"Ten years?!"
"What? Do you think it's too little? If you persevere for another ten years, you will definitely recover a hundred years of life. Come, don't use spiritual energy to assist you. Let me see how much your strength has increased. "
Li Gan helplessly shook his head. He still followed Demon Baby's suggestion. Grabbing the hundred jin iron pick, he gathered his strength and suddenly smashed it towards the ground.
Boom! The ground shook violently, and large pieces of flint flew up.
"In terms of strength, your current strength should be around two thousand jin. Compared to before, you are more than a thousand jin stronger. Coupled with the special support of the Xuanming Divine Fire, the strength of your blade should be around two thousand jin. If you add the third layer of Li Clan's Nine Heavy Slash into it, the strength of your blade would reach ten thousand jin. Even a late Heavenly God would find it hard to withstand your full strength attack!"
"Ah?!" Li Gan's mouth was wide open, and he couldn't speak for a long time. He didn't think that his strength would reach such a terrifying level.
"Big brother, but don't be too proud. You are still far from it!"
"But don't think too highly of yourself. Do you see that strong man beside you? If he uses his full strength, his strength will definitely not be lower than ten thousand jin! "
"Hiss!" Li Gan sucked in a breath of cold air, and re-examined Tiege. It turned out that the real expert had always been hidden by his side.
Boom boom boom!!
Suddenly, a dull roar came from the depths of the ground. Li Gan felt as if thousands of war horses were galloping past him. The ground beneath his feet began to shake violently, and the roar grew louder and louder. It vaguely made his ears tingle.
"What's going on?" Overseer Qiao looked at the supervisor not far away.
"I don't know. I have been here for more than twenty years, and this has never happened before!" The man replied.
"I can feel the movement of the Spiritual Vein underground. Could it be that something is wrong with the Spiritual Vein?"
"No … No way!" The man's face turned pale. Perhaps he agreed with Overseer Qiao's words.
The slaves who were able to mine ores at this depth were naturally Heavenly God experts. They could vaguely feel that something was wrong. After hearing the two men's words, they all stopped what they were doing. The mine fell into a rare silence. Everyone's eyes were focused on the two supervisors.
Following their gazes, they saw the blazing flames rolling up from the red ground. It seemed as if it was going to melt everything. Layer by layer, it seemed as if it was going to devour the mine. Fortunately, the depth of the ravine was at least a thousand meters. Although the flames were fierce, they could not cross the ravine.
"Old Qiao, you are just scaring people. Although there are some strange movements underground, it can't just suddenly jump up!"
"Hey, I'm just being careful! You also know that if the Earth Core Fire surges across the chasm, our little lives will be lost here! " Overseer Qiao said half-jokingly. He then looked at the flames below the ravine. Although there were some strange movements, the flames were really not surging up. This made him feel relieved. "Alright, stop watching. Let's get to work!"
Under Overseer Qiao's angry roar, all the supervisors began to whip their slaves. The mining in the mine continued.
Wu Yan worked hard to grab a few picks and quickly caught up with Li Gan. He leaned over and asked, "How is your recovery?"
"I have recovered ten years of my life. If I persevere for another ten years, I should be able to return to normal. How about you?"
"I'm almost back to normal. However, because I used too much energy last time, the Three Yang Meridian in my body has not been opened. If you give me another month, I should be able to return to my peak state." Wu Yan made a proud face at Li Gan.
"Good, good luck, brother!"
"Who is your brother? I am your wife! "
"… …"
The fire in the chasm was still raging, but after the joint confirmation of several supervisors, everyone agreed that 'nothing would happen'. All the slaves continued to work hard as usual, and the fate of those who did not listen was naturally death. Although the ground trembled from time to time, it was not as terrifying as the iron whips in the hands of the supervisors.
"Eh? Something's not right! "
Just as Li Gan and the others finished their work for the day, the Demon Baby once again popped out of Li Gan's dantian. Its young and tender face was full of confusion. It lightly flicked its finger as if it was sensing something.
Li Gan naturally did not have time to care about it. The spiritual energy here was very abundant, and his rest time was very limited. After the earthquake just now, due to the slacking of the slaves, the supervisors had killed dozens of slaves. At this time, their life souls were still wandering in the pure water stone mine. "Did I extract too much life essence?"
"Not you, it's the earth!" The Demon Baby seemed to be thinking.
"Earth?!"
"Brother, I'm afraid you won't understand even if I tell you. Let's put it this way. It's the ground under your feet now, I feel a very special spiritual energy fluctuation." The Demon Baby looked at Li Gan seriously.
Li Gan could read something from the young and tender face because this guy had never spoken properly.
Rumble!!
The ground trembled more and more violently. The roar seemed to suddenly spread from the depths of the ground to the vicinity of the few people.
Li Gan looked at the flames in the ravine. He saw the rolling flames sometimes surging wildly and sometimes spreading fiercely.
Ah ah!!
A few screams came. It turned out that the dozens of slave miners who had been mining next to the gully were caught in the fire. Several slaves with lower cultivation were melted by the fire in an instant. The others with higher cultivation were lucky enough to escape, but they were still splashed by a lot of sparks in several places.
"Is there an earthquake?" Wu Yan gave up the opportunity to absorb spiritual energy. He looked at Li Gan and stared at the flames in the ravine.
"It's best if we stay far away from this place. If the flames of the earth really surge through the ravine, our fates won't be any better …" Li Gan stared at the raging flames in the ravine. The raging flames there were at least ten times hotter than the raging flames on the ground. Although he was far away, Li Gan could still feel the powerful devouring power.
"What are you doing there? Follow me quickly." Tiege suddenly woke up from his cultivation. He grabbed the huge iron pick on the ground, waved at the two, and quickly left.
"What's going on?" Wu Yan caught up from behind and asked.
"I feel that the earth's spiritual pulse is abnormal!" Tiege replied calmly.
"What? The earth's spiritual pulse is abnormal? " Li Gan broke out in cold sweat. One had to know that when he was in the Spirit Forging Village, he had really experienced the abnormal movement of the earth's spiritual veins. That tragic scene was something that even Gold God Stage powerhouses feared.
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