Chapter 234: One Shear All the Way

Just give it a name, call it Little Phoenix.

Lu Xun gave the phoenix a name.

His naming method was overly simple.

Like the golden toad, just call it Little Gold.

For the phoenix, just call it Little Phoenix, or Phoenix Child.

Hey, is it your pet? Hurry up and feed it something, it's almost starving to death—listen, how pitiful its cries are.

A short while later, Barbara's voice sounded again.

Hungry?

Lu Xun listened carefully and found that Little Phoenix no longer had the vigor it had when it just broke out of its cocoon.

It lay weakly on the ground, its cries almost lacking any strength.

Eh.

It seems we really didn't give it anything to eat.

With a thought from Lu Xun, a cluster of fire appeared in the inner realm, descending from the sky and landing before Little Phoenix.

This is Lu Xun's Phoenix True Flame.

As soon as Little Phoenix saw the Phoenix True Flame, it immediately became spirited.

Although it is a phoenix, since it was just born, the fire on its body is far inferior to Lu Xun's Phoenix True Flame.

To it, Lu Xun's Phoenix True Flame is still a great tonic.

Little Phoenix swallowed the Phoenix True Flame in one gulp.

After swallowing it, it gazed longingly at the sky.

Alright, it hasn't eaten enough.

Lu Xun continuously released clusters of Phoenix True Flame.

Little Phoenix happily opened its wide mouth, taking one cluster at a time.

This little guy really can eat.

Lu Xun discovered that Little Phoenix really can eat.

After eating more than ten clusters, it still hasn't had enough.

Back when it was still a fire worm, it couldn't eat this much.

This little guy, after transforming into a phoenix, is indeed different.

Being able to eat so much is a good thing.

Lu Xun's Phoenix True Flame should allow Little Phoenix to grow rapidly.

What he lacks most is also not the Phoenix True Flame.

Thus, Lu Xun released even more Phoenix True Flame into it.

Little Phoenix ate cluster after cluster, having eaten dozens of clusters before finally letting out a belch, then lazily folded its wings and lay motionless on the ground.

This little guy, even after transforming into a phoenix, still has the same habit.

Eat, sleep; sleep, eat.

However, after eating so much Phoenix True Flame, Little Gold indeed needs to digest it properly.

Sleep is the best way to digest.

Your terrain here is too simple; build a mountain for it—where a phoenix dwells, good things will grow.

Barbara made a request.

A mountain?

The inner realm is only over a hundred meters in length and width; there's no room for a mountain.

A small hill a few tens of meters high would be fine.

But Lu Xun currently can't do that; he wants to leave the Ancient God, which certainly wouldn't allow it—let's talk about it later.

He continued to burn the Soul-Suppressing Nail.

The concentration of Dark Energy in the inner realm is also continually rising.

Because Lu Xun discovered that, when absorbing Dark Energy, he can draw Dark Energy into the inner realm.

This way, Lu Xun can consume Dark Energy more quickly.

Otherwise, relying solely on Chaos Cells to absorb, he still couldn't absorb even one-third of the Dark Energy.

Such a great opportunity to shear wool, Lu Xun must seize it.

Barbara also had something to do.

She, in the inner realm, collected the Dark Energy that Lu Xun had absorbed, compressed it, and placed it into some spatial containers.

After the Dark Energy is compressed, if it is re-expanded, in a place without air or energy flow, it will again become regular density.

This regular density is Lan Xing's counting method.

Her strength, I don't know what realm it is...

Lu Xun from time to time would observe Barbara, guessing at her strength.

Barbara's exact strength, Lu Xun currently still doesn't know.

During the last dark beast tide, Barbara used a spell to immobilize seventh-realm dark beasts for a considerable time, which is enough to show her strength is not ordinary.

I don't know if it's seventh realm, eighth realm, or even stronger.

I don't know if it's the seventh realm, the eighth realm, or something stronger.

Even though she's that strong, she was turned into a cat by a witch.

Even though she was so strong, she was turned into a cat by a witch.

That witch, her strength is probably even more terrifying.

No wonder, even in the Spirit Realm of the Ancient Road Node, Barbara does not let Lu Xun lift her spell.

As for now, with the Ancient God present, all spells are ineffective; the witch probably cannot sense Barbara's condition.

This Ancient God is too strong; in its vicinity, Lu Xun cannot even use the Heavenly Dao's Eye.

The place where it is, it is heaven and earth itself.

Its aura is enough to isolate everything.

"How does it still have so much Dark Energy?"

After burning for another month, Lu Xun became somewhat anxious.

Three whole months have passed, and his two flames have already covered the entire God-Sealing Nail.

Such a large-scale burning consumes an extraordinarily terrifying amount.

But whenever the Dark Energy is exhausted, the Ancient God always throws out chunks of Dark Energy bricks.

Going on like this, when will we be able to exhaust the Dark Energy on its body?

Now, it has already been a full eight months since Lan Xing entered the Ancient Road Node.

Who knows how much longer Lan Xing will stay in the Flower Crown Nebula.

The longest time before was only a year and a half.

This time may not be that long.

"Why hasn't Aodaili broken through yet?"

Lu Xun's anxiety also stems from Aodaili not having broken through.

These three months, Fu Xue should be training with all her might, preparing to breakthrough to the Seventh Realm.

If Lu Xun cannot bind Fu Xue before she breaks through to the Seventh Realm, then this batch of gains cannot be obtained.

Cultivators of the Sixth and Seventh Realms each need considerable time to breakthrough each minor realm.

If we cannot seize the gains from Fu Xue's breakthrough to the Seventh Realm, even if bound, we do not know how long we must wait for the next harvest.

But if we seize this harvest, Lu Xun's strength will definitely undergo a qualitative change, whether in martial arts or magic.

Then, after finding an opportunity to escape, Lu Xun will have a greater chance to flee.

"The master says the current speed is too slow; do you have any way to become faster?"

At this moment, the God Slave who had been silently collecting god‑gold solution spoke up.

"Too slow?"

The Ancient God finally finds it too slow.

At this speed, even a few hundred years would hardly be enough to burn the God-Sealing Nail completely.

"Of course there is; this Spirit Realm contains many evil spirits. If we can capture those evil spirits and feed them to my flames, my flames will become stronger, and melting the God-Sealing Nail will be faster."

Lu Xun took out the excuse he had prepared long ago.

If we are going to shear the Ancient God's wool, we must do it thoroughly.

Lu Xun intends to use the Ancient God to help him collect evil spirits and nurture the Southern Ming Separation Fire.

Doing this also has the benefit of obtaining more soul relics, and perhaps even more ancient residual thoughts.

If these ancient residual thoughts are numerous enough to restore the God Slave's father to normal, perhaps we could gain the God Slave's assistance.

Then there will be a chance to run away.

"The master says it's okay."

The Ancient God agreed.

Immediately afterward, Lu Xun felt the Ancient God move.

"Boom—"

Space trembled.

The Ancient God was swiftly walking through the starry sky.

A few minutes later, the Ancient God reached out and grabbed, shattering a massive warship wreck.

The evil spirits hidden inside had not yet reacted when the Ancient God caught them and threw them into the flames above.

That evil spirit still wanted to resist, but the God Slave suddenly acted, forming seals with both hands and subduing it.

"This guy... is not simple."

Lu Xun discovered that this God Slave's strength is quite formidable.

At least the Eighth Realm, possibly the Ninth Realm, or even stronger.

That's right,

There are so many warship wrecks in this Spirit Realm, with countless lives lost; why did the Ancient God alone leave the God Slave as its slave?

This God Slave was certainly once an extremely powerful expert.

His father should be even stronger.

But his father did not compromise and was killed by the Ancient God.

He, however, chose to submit, was implanted with a slave seal by the Ancient God, and became the God Slave.

The first evil spirit was quickly burned to death.

This evil spirit is not particularly strong, and it contains no ancient residual thoughts.

These evil spirits are themselves the grudges of countless living beings who died on this ancient battlefield, formed under the influence of Dark Energy and the Ancient God's aura.

The thoughts of those living beings are basically fragmented, equivalent to monsters formed after being shattered and then fused together.

Over endless ages, these evil spirits have also devoured each other.

Without sufficient strength, it is fundamentally impossible to keep the residual thoughts intact.

Probably, even the thoughts of a seventh‑ or eighth‑realm strong cultivator won't work.

So, the only lingering thought left now is the father of the God Slave.

The Ancient God continues to advance constantly in the starry sky.

Every now and then it throws over one, or even several, evil souls.

Finally, an evil soul that looks extremely strong at a glance was thrown up by it.

This evil soul's strength is not weaker than that of the evil souls Lu Xun and Fu Xue had previously killed.

As soon as it appeared, it tried to flee.

The God Slave struck again, subduing it.

Lu Xun then controlled the Southern Ming Separation Fire to burn upward, making the evil soul howl nonstop.

When it was finally burned away, only a soul relic the size of a goose egg remained in the air.

Inside the soul relic, a faint human silhouette appeared.

A flicker of excitement appeared on the God Slave's face, but he immediately concealed it, struck out to block that silhouette, not letting it emerge.

Lu Xun then extended his hand in a move, drawing the soul relic into his bosom.

Their coordination was very tacit.

The Ancient God also did not stop Lu Xun from putting away the soul relic.

To Lu Xun it is a supreme treasure, but to the Ancient God it is utterly insignificant.

Perhaps Lu Xun growing a bit stronger is also something the Ancient God is happy to see.

Only then can it help the Ancient God break free more swiftly.

"This guy, really fast."

Once the Ancient God shows its might, the efficiency becomes extremely high.

Evil souls hidden in the Spirit Realm cannot escape its gaze; the Ancient God constantly seizes them.

As Lu Xun collects more and more soul relics, the Southern Ming Separation Fire grows stronger.

Moreover, another soul relic bearing an ancient remnant thought has appeared.

When such a soul relic appears, the God Slave will suppress the remnant thought, after which Lu Xun will collect it.

Although the God Slave said nothing, Lu Xun could sense that the God Slave seemed to have come back to life, now possessing a purpose.