Chapter 232: Plucking the Ancient God's Wool

"Useful!"

Not long after burning it, Lu Xun discovered that the Phoenix True Flame was indeed useful against the God-Suppressing Nail.

Under the scorching of the Phoenix True Flame, the God-Suppressing Nail began to melt.

He couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

At least, he was indeed able to solve the Ancient God's problem.

Now he didn't have to worry about the Ancient God killing him.

However, the Phoenix True Flame's scorching speed wasn't fast; for such a huge God-Suppressing Nail, the time needed to completely melt it was unknown.

Even 180 years might not be enough.

This God-Suppressing Nail is too large; in terms of level, it is not lower than the divine bone Lu Xun scorched last time.

Last time, Lu Xun burned for a full five days before reducing that piece of divine bone to ash.

After Lu Xun's immortal Dao realm broke through the fourth level, the power of the Phoenix True Flame increased considerably.

But even if its power increased, the diameter of this God-Suppressing Nail exceeds 100 kilometers, and its length exceeds 1,000 kilometers.

How are we supposed to burn it?

Fortunately, this God-Suppressing Nail doesn't seem to be its original size; it has grown larger as the Ancient God grew, making it actually a bit easier to burn than the divine bone.

But even so, the required time is something Lu Xun cannot afford.

"That's actually just fine."

Lu Xun wasn't worried either.

He never intended to completely solve the Ancient God's problem in the first place.

If he could actually burn the God-Suppressing Nail in a short time, Lu Xun would have to worry that once the Ancient God broke free, it might set its sights on Lan Xing.

He increased the fire and continued burning.

"Master told you to try another kind of fire."

The God Slave said.

Alright.

After all, the Ancient God is still a god.

People can't see their own heads, but the Ancient God can.

Thus, Lu Xun released the Southern Ming Separation Fire, letting it blaze.

After burning a large number of evil souls, the Southern Ming Separation Fire's power is now greater than that of the Phoenix True Flame.

However, when burning the God-Suppressing Nail, it turns out to be less effective than the Phoenix True Flame.

It's roughly on par with the Phoenix True Flame.

This is not the Southern Ming Separation Fire's forte.

Burning both flames together, the speed increased considerably.

In this process, the God Slave took out a spatial container and collected all the molten golden liquid.

It's a pity; Lu Xun still wanted to get some of this golden liquid.

Its value is not much less than that of the divine bone.

"This should be divine gold, usable to forge immortal-god artifacts above the Tenth Realm; if you could obtain some, it would be great—even just using it to condense a weapon would be comparable to a holy weapon."

After Babala observed the outside situation, she also felt it a pity.

Within the Inner Realm Space, as long as Lu Xun is willing, she can see the outside.

Good fellow, divine gold!

No wonder the God-Suppressing Nail forged from it can make the Ancient God suffer so badly.

From the information the Ancient God previously revealed, if this God-Suppressing Nail were used now, it would probably pose little threat to it.

But the God-Suppressing Nail was driven in by someone when it was young, and as it grew, it fused with its body.

Those golden runes on its body are connected to the God-Suppressing Nail, making it impossible to break free.

Enough to make the God-Suppressing Nail troublesome.

The divine gold used in the God-Suppressing Nail is certainly of immortal‑god, top‑grade quality.

If this thing could be obtained and combined with divine bone ash, the weapon forged from it would surely be extremely formidable.

Too bad.

The Ancient God also needs divine gold; its gaze is surely fixed here, making it inadvisable for Lu Xun to act.

Wait and see later if we can find an opportunity.

Lu Xun continued burning.

One day, two days, three days... after burning continuously for over ten days, the flames began to dwindle.

"Master asked why the flames had grown small."

As soon as the flames diminished, the Ancient God noticed.

This guy, indeed, has been keeping an eye on Lu Xun all along.

After all, this concerns whether it can escape its predicament, and since it's on its head, it couldn't possibly not take it seriously.

Moving Babala into the Inner Realm Cave Heaven was a wise move on Lu Xun's part; otherwise, he might have been seen through by the Ancient God.

Before, it might not have cared whether a mosquito had any peculiarities.

Now, however, that's not necessarily the case.

"Maintaining both flames at once consumes too much of me; I need to replenish dark energy."

Lu Xun produced the reason he had prepared in advance.

This isn't an excuse; it's a solid, genuine reason.

Whether it was Southern Ming Separation Fire or Phoenix True Flame, such large-scale burning consumed an extraordinarily huge amount.

When Lu Xun initially burned that divine bone, he used several tens of cubic units of Dark Energy to replenish.

Now, burning nonstop for over ten days, the consumption is even greater.

To avoid arousing the Ancient God's suspicion, Lu Xun used up over a thousand cubic units of Dark Energy.

Even if he still had plenty of Dark Energy on him, he couldn't keep sustaining it like this.

Lu Xun is unwilling to bear this consumption.

Moreover, he needs to give the Ancient God something to do; he can't keep burning nonstop like this.

Otherwise, where would the chance to escape come from?

"The master said to leave this matter to it."

The god angrily said.

"Fine, I'll first recover for a while."

Lu Xun sat cross-legged on the flying vessel and began to recover.

"Huh?"

At that moment, he sensed a fluctuation in the Dark Energy.

The surrounding Dark Energy seemed to be swiftly converging toward the Ancient God.

That's right, the Ancient God is so massive; if it wanted to obtain Dark Energy, it could, like Lan Xing, suck all the Dark Energy from the surrounding space and create a Dark Energy Tide.

After a short while, the Ancient God flicked its finger, and an object shot high into the air before landing near Lu Xun.

Upon seeing it, Lu Xun exclaimed, "What a fine partner!"

It turned out to be a piece larger than a ten-story building... a Dark Energy brick!

This is Dark Energy compressed into a solid.

How many cubic units of Dark Energy must be inside this!

"The master said you don't need to worry about Dark Energy; keep burning, and the master will take care of the Dark Energy."

The god's servant said.

"Good."

Lu Xun drew the Dark Energy brick over, absorbing Dark Energy from it to replenish while increasing the fire's intensity.

He did not use all of this Dark Energy solely for burning the Southern Ming Separation Fire and Phoenix True Flame.

Moreover, part of it was secretly absorbed by Lu Xun into his body to fill the chaos cells.

What a great opportunity to shear wool; if not now, when?

If it were Lu Xun himself, obtaining this much Dark Energy would be too difficult.

Even if it were the Spirit Gathering Array of the heavens set up by an ancient cultivator above the Nine Realms on the Scarlet Flame Continent, it wouldn't be as efficient as the Ancient God.

This fellow directly sucked in the surrounding Dark Energy.

Lu Xun should definitely take advantage and fill his chaos cells even more.

The Ancient God probably hasn't yet discovered the marvel of Lu Xun's physique.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so uneventful.

It likely never imagined that inside Lu Xun's body there are chaos cells each comparable to a microcosm.

Of course, Lu Xun still controlled the proportion.

He absorbed about one-third, while the portion used to sustain the Phoenix True Flame and Southern Ming Separation Fire burning was about two-thirds.

This proportion is relatively safe, making it hard for the Ancient God to notice.

Mainly, Lu Xun's true qi and spiritual power are more condensed than ordinary people's, so when he uses them to drive the two flames, his consumption is somewhat lower.

This gave Lu Xun room to maneuver.

As for chaos power, Lu Xun dared not use it, fearing that if he did, the Ancient God would detect an anomaly.

This Ancient God looks like a big, clueless oaf.

But the other party is a god; if Lu Xun is even slightly careless, he might be seen through.

Therefore, he cannot be too careful.

One cannot underestimate the intelligence of such a powerful being.

Looking from another angle, the Ancient God's brain volume is estimated to be larger than ten thousand Lu Xuns combined.

How could such an Ancient God be stupid?

Only because Lu Xun is a system host, being somewhat special, could he possibly pull off such small maneuvers under the Ancient God's nose.

After replenishing with Dark Energy, Lu Xun pushed the firepower to the max.

He also deliberately made the fire even larger.

To show he was putting in great effort.

Anyway, even with the current power of these two flames, they couldn't be burned out in dozens or hundreds of years, so he might as well burn them desperately.

Use up all the Dark Energy the Ancient God has gathered.

That way, Lu Xun can also shear more wool from it.

And once the Dark Energy is completely used up, the Ancient God will surely have to think of other methods.

At that point, Lu Xun might then have a chance to escape.

One day, two days, three days...

Soon, Lu Xun burned for another ten-odd days.

Since Fu Xue's departure, a full month has passed.

After that month, Chu Youqing's cultivation rose another level, reaching the Third Realm, fourteenth layer.

Bai Ling's cultivation also made progress.

Murong Wan and Aodaili's side still had no movement.

Murong Wan should be soon.

Judging from the current situation, her side is not crucial.

The key is still Aodaili.

When she breaks through to Great Magus, when Lu Xun breaks through to Forbidden Spell Mage—that is the Six Realms—then he can bind Fu Xue.

Although mages have many realms, the system here judges by a unified realm.

This matter cannot be rushed.

Moreover, Ran Bing's side, his formation attainment is still progressing, causing Lu Xun's formation attainment to break through to Seventh Rank.

Her formation attainment is still Fourth Rank, and the gap between Fourth Rank and Sixth‑Seventh Rank is dozens or even hundreds of times.

Thus even her minor breakthrough can push Lu Xun up a minor realm.

If the gap widens further, perhaps two minor breakthroughs are needed for Lu Xun to advance a minor realm.

There's no way; cultivation and attainment aren't a numbers game.

In numbers, the Tenth Realm is only ten times the First Realm.

But in reality, even a hundred billion First Realms are only fit to be slaughtered by a single Tenth Realm.

This is reality.

"No Dark Energy left."

After a few more days, Lu Xun used up the Dark Energy Brick given by the Ancient God.

Normal use would surely not exhaust it.

Who let Lu Xun frenziedly burn while secretly stealing wool?

As soon as he spoke, another Dark Energy Brick was thrown out by the Ancient God.

"Going on like this won't work; it's still too slow, the fire must be increased."

Seeing that the Ancient God had absorbed a lot of Dark Energy, Lu Xun decided to further increase consumption.

Otherwise, the Dark Energy in the Ancient God's hands could never be exhausted.

If it never runs out, Lu Xun will have no chance to leave; if he stays here a year and a half, he will repeat Babala's tragedy.

That is, Lan Xing ran away... he was left behind here.

That's not good.

A nebula is at least several light‑years across; with his current cultivation, in such a huge nebula, where would he find a Star Gate?

"Boom~"

Southern Ming Separation Fire began to burn wildly.

Lu Xun directly poured the Dark Energy into it.

Phoenix True Flame also ignited fiercely.

While increasing output, Lu Xun continued to absorb Dark Energy.

These Dark Energies, Lu Xun still chose to first guide them to his left hand, forging a true Killer's Awl.

In his left hand, chaos cells were filled one after another.

The power of God's Left Hand is stronger than before by an unknown amount.