Chapter 415: Restoration and Advancement, Jiang Ying Awakens

In fact, if the Blood Lotus Cult Leader's calculations from just a moment ago had succeeded, the current Holy God would not have been able to easily resolve the reanimated old god.

The reason for this is that at the moment this relic, the Rain Bone, was taken away, what she dispersed was merely the ripples of laws remaining after the opponent's death; in other words, things on the level of lingering light fragments and residual traces of magic power.

For Du En, this was a situation that could be easily crushed and broken with just a single punch or by unleashing a great power.

Of course, he needed to rest and recover now, so he didn't pay much attention or expend much effort.

Moreover, the Holy God was currently acting a bit profound, secretly feeling smug, and the emotions contained in her gaze could not help but drift upward.

Simply put, she wanted to take the opportunity to manifest and maintain her divine majesty in front of him!

Du En did not care at all, focusing on his own recovery and remaining vigilant against any accidents that might occur.

She actually didn't care that he didn't care, continuing to absorb the True Flame scattered light, and then converting it to shine upon Du En, accelerating his recovery and strengthening the intensity of purifying the sickness.

Taken from Du En, used for Du En.

Anyway, even if she caught an extra breath right now, it wouldn't have much practical significance, so it was better to pile it all onto Du En to strengthen him as much as possible.

The effect was immediate; because the purification was strengthened, he could draw out a larger share of magic power, and in this way, not only did the filling and mending in all aspects become faster, but he would also be more resilient and durable in subsequent battles.

Only more resilient and durable.

His cultivation was still insufficient, limiting the threshold of his output ceiling.

He couldn't help but think this.

Then, the fire continued to burn, and the battle continued to be fought.

By the time the Rain Valley was completely burned away and turned into a concave basin, the battle outside the valley mouth was finished at the same time.

【Spell: Top-Grade Puppet Manipulation (Perfected to the Extreme)】

Stuck at the point of perfection, he wiped out the last of the enemy soldiers.

Although they all had the characteristic of being numerous, the reason why the proficiency of Top-Grade Puppet Manipulation could be grinded so quickly, unlike the Ten Thousand Control Art of the past, was that the Ten Thousand Control Art itself specifically focused on "ten thousand controls," whereas Top-Grade Puppet Manipulation did not actually over-emphasize quantity.

Rather, it was focused on quality; like that Dust Puppet Tower Master, who used it to individually and precisely control the terrifying giant structure that was the Puppet Sect Tower.

As for those dust puppets, they were the changes brought about by the infection of the Fluorite Sickness.

Therefore, Du En was currently relying on his advantage in realm, where he already had the situation of halved costs, and then directly using overwhelming force to radiate a massive amount of magic power, relying on his powerful Nascent Soul that could be called a minor Void Refinement, which was how he achieved a breakthrough in quantity, able to pull the number of controls to the level of one million.

In this way, it was very normal for this spell to be quickly pulled to perfection.

To tell the truth, now as long as he learned a spell that could make good use of his advantages, he could master it extremely quickly and soon reach the point of being perfected to the extreme.

It was just that even a perfected Yellow-grade Daoist technique had little power to settle the situation at the moment, so spending effort to find such spells would be a bit of a waste of time.

Therefore, what Du En focused on was a "go with the flow" approach to learning spells.

If he happened to run into one and it happened to be useful, then he would learn it and quickly bring it up to speed.

While the proficiency grinding became easy here, the morale of the Blood Lotus Cult had long since collapsed.

They were indeed a group of crazy and elite guys, but the insufficiency in numbers still made it impossible for them to hold on for long; therefore, in order to grind enough proficiency at once, every time they were beaten until they were covered in cuts and bruises, they would be tossed aside.

Those who could live to the last round had each experienced thirteen times of being pale and covered in cuts and bruises, each time more miserable than the last! After all, the flexibility, reaction speed, and movement level of the enemy puppets were all improving at a speed visible to the naked eye, and most importantly, they themselves had absolutely no benefits! Madness was just the appearance; the reason they were keen on pain was because pain could push them to ascend to godhood, but now, let alone ascending to godhood, after every round of fierce battle, their state would slip by one notch, and if they weren't careful, they would be beaten to death.

So halfway through, their Dao hearts had already collapsed! Fortunately, this thing called the Fluorite Sickness was effective; it didn't matter that their Dao hearts collapsed, because their bodies were still there, and their instincts were also diseased, so they could still stand up and continue fighting, continuing to provide Du En with proficiency.

Therefore, without even needing to see the end, the Holy God was already in a state of wanting to speak but hesitating.

Where did this great demon king come from?!

How could my child turn into this?! She could be said to be heartbroken.

Fortunately, it was finally over.

The soldiers of the Blood Lotus Cult were liberated, and the Holy God also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

And along the way, in order to appease her, or rather to divert her attention, and also because his body and Nascent Soul had recovered quite a bit and he was idle with nothing to do, Du En actually took the time to practice and ask for advice on his newly acquired secret technique, the Sun-Day Golden Flame.

【Spell: Sun-Day Golden Flame (0/20 Initial Mastery)】

This True Flame secret technique obtained from the Holy God finally didn't need to rely on burning himself to deepen.

Following the Holy God's guidance and help, he quickly groped out the practice mode most suitable for himself.

Light rises, flame is born, light shines, flame flourishes, light dims, flame withers... By completing such a cycle of light and flame, from birth to death, and then sprouting again, it was one complete practice.

The sun!

Closely connected to the sun.

That is why it is called the Sun-Day Golden Flame.

Shining upon the earth, rising in the east and setting in the west, rising again, circulating endlessly... In the Holy God's exposition, when it is practiced to perfection, there will be a natural transformation, at which time one can comprehend the laws and principles of the sun and the Sun-Day, thereby choosing different aspects to express deeply according to one's own cultivation and one's own Dao path.

Principles and laws are one source with many facets, just like space; space is one source, yet it has surface sides, interlayers within the surface, deep inner layers, and even deeper manifestations.

At first glance, as cultivation improves, a cultivator can easily break through the surface and enter the inner layer.

However, why this structure is the way it is, and what the result would be if one blindly studied only the surface, these and various other things have different answers for different people; it is a thousand people, a thousand images, and a thousand faces, but the principles are objectively unique.

So, is that why there is a distinction between the Holy God and the Dark God?

Not the sun and the moon, but different manifestations of the sun? But the Dark God token, the Dark Moon Shu Hua, contains the word "moon" in it...

The situation was confusing and mysterious, and Du En could not know the inside story for the time being, but listening to the god's unreserved narration and receiving her help, he was now familiar with the process of practicing the secret technique and had raised it to the level of Initial Mastery, saving quite a lot of time.

Because normal practice requires maintaining it for a whole day and night, imitating the rising and setting of the sun, consuming magic power every moment to maintain it; only those with a massive magnitude of magic power, far exceeding those of the same rank, can practice it at the Spirit Severing stage.

Of course, for Du En, whose magic power was endless, this point would not be a problem at all.

Back to the present.

Du En began to replenish the magic power for the puppets.

The Holy God was not idle either.

Squeak—a harsh, grating noise was sounding.

The Holy God's Hanging Lamp was hovering and trembling slightly. Previously, besides teaching Du En and helping him recover, because the time spent burning the Rain Valley was unexpectedly long, the True Flame light absorbed was also unexpectedly large.

Thus, she was also distracted, doing other things.

Simply put, she was intending to leave some contingency plans regarding the Dark Moon Shu Hua.

Prevent that from being a conspiracy of the Dark God! Thus, through diligent effort, faint radiance began to permeate the brand-new basin formed by the draining and collapse of the valley rain-pool.

It was she attempting to strike out, or rather, drill out a new light-vein from the inner layer, from underground—a new, special spirit-vein passage created by the divine.

Inevitably, she had to contend with the Sea of Sickness in the interlayer between the surface and the interior; fortunately, the surplus power obtained this time was quite substantial, so she managed to accomplish it in the end.

Ding! Accompanied by this subtle sound, the ground was pierced by light, and a point of light officially appeared, subsequently expanding into a circle of light one zhang in length—the port of the newly created spirit-vein.

"Alright, it's opened."

The Holy God, feeling somewhat exhausted, let out a sigh of relief.

"With this special light-path, even if the Dark Moon Shuhua is a trap, we will be able to use it to escape when the time comes, and besides..."

While speaking with satisfaction, she projected a light screen in front of Du En and herself.

Because there were no longer any infected beings inside the Holy Nation interfering, and with the new spirit-vein to bridge the connection, she could now easily project scenes from afar, forming a practical line of communication.

Although, on the whole, it highlighted a simplicity and lack of refinement characterized by brute force, the actual effect was also very stable and solid.

The target of this projection communication was, naturally, the side of Spirit Spring Village.

However, the island in the center of the lake in the village being projected was silent and peaceful at this moment, and the busy figure of the physician was not to be seen.

"Eh?"

The Holy God was slightly startled and was about to search for them.

Boom!

A burst of explosions rang out, subsequently causing even the purification-filter frame on the outskirts of Spirit Spring Village to tremble slightly.

What is the situation? Are there enemies?!

The Holy God hurriedly adjusted the projection, and amidst the flickering light and shadows, arrived at the direction of the vibration—outside Spirit Spring Village.

Here, the physician was standing on this side; although wrapped up tightly, there were no tense or hostile movements or atmosphere, in other words, they had not encountered any enemy situation.

Du En's gaze shifted slightly; he probably knew what was going on.

"What is the situation?"

The Holy God was not that anxious and spoke up to ask directly.

"A situation within expectations, which is why I pulled the coffin out in advance."

The physician was not surprised by the projection screen that had drifted in front of them, giving a flat and level answer, but the overall tone faintly revealed a sense of self-satisfaction at having had the foresight.

Their emotions appeared somewhat unstable.

Is it because the antidote was finally made, or is it that...

While Du En was pondering, the Holy God turned the angle to aim at the direction from which the commotion came.

"Ha!"

Hearing a delicate shout, a mountain peak was then uprooted and obliterated, and the raging explosive currents mixed in further, causing the whole area over there to present a state of massive decay and collapse; the surface material, the backside, and even the interlayer within the surface were all in chaotic intersection.

Ordinary Transformation to Divinity stage cultivators shouldn't even think about getting close.

Because it was like a great storm, and an ordinary Transformation to Divinity stage cultivator would be like a powerless, tiny commoner in that storm!

"This, she started causing destruction the moment she woke up?"

The Holy God's tone could not help but become a bit more solemn.

The physician glanced at Du En, shook their head slightly, and replied: "She just needs to vent, because the antidote formulated from the three kinds of exotic items is very effective. The Fluorite Mother Source in her body has particularly outstanding compatibility; the stability of the Dust Ash, the detachment of the Gap Flower, and the divinity of the Rain Bone were all completely absorbed and integrated, prompting her origin to conversely prey upon the Fluorite Disease infection, which then caused her to experience a breakthrough in the nature of her level."

A breakthrough in the nature of her level.

According to the understanding of the people of the Life Source World, it is the nature of the level between mortals and gods.

Translated into Du En's understanding, it is that her talent has already transcended the boundaries of a strong genius.

Breaking into the ranks of the heaven-proud! A child of heaven, like a god! There are certainly differences in focus, but in the aspect of being favored by heaven and earth—that is, being closer to the laws and principles and finding them easier to comprehend—it is basically the same.

Of course, a weak heaven-proud is compared to a weak god; within the same major rank, there are still three subdivisions, so it cannot be generalized.

But regardless, that is indeed already far removed from the ordinary and common category.

"It really is a new god..."

The Holy God was somewhat dazed and fell into deep thought.

They always felt as if they had been used; no, not just felt, but were indeed used!

The Dark God's general crippled Jiang Ying, causing her to be infected with the Fluorite Disease, then they spent time and effort collecting exotic items to make the antidote for the Fluorite Disease, and then fed it to her, immediately feeding out a "new god"—it was obvious that they were borrowing their strength to act!

The Holy God's logical reasoning stopped here; in fact, they did not care too much, because the antidote had to be made anyway, and it had to be made before the decisive battle with the Dark God! Both sides suffering, perishing together... they had already made the worst preparations, and as such, they naturally had to arrange their "aftermath" first and save the diseased world.

Moreover, they had not been without other gains along this journey.

The puppet army now ready for battle outside the Rain Valley basin is the most visible proof! Furthermore...

Du En, what is the situation now? After venting the restless energy and stabilizing their state, Jiang Ying, who was in the midst of the chaotic intersection and currently wearing a tense face like a war god, was secretly casting an inquiring gaze toward Du En.

She only remembered being beaten, beaten until she flew off into the void, and before she was smashed to pieces, she saw Du En, who had separated from her, and then she was frozen by him; her primordial spirit consciousness was quite clear, but she could neither hear nor see, only able to feel herself being moved here and there.

Until just now, when she received the antidote—not just one dose, but quite a few—the physician used her as the best experimental platform, directly deploying various antidote samples in zones to observe the reaction of the origin, so as to select the best one most suitable for popularization.

It can be said that there are quite a few factors here as to why Jiang Ying needed to vent.

Because she needed to integrate one hundred and eight origins in different states, and this process was very uncomfortable; of course, compared to being beaten into meat paste while still having consciousness, it was still much lighter.

So she quickly recovered, discovered the situation was unclear, and caught sight of the taciturn Du En from afar, who seemed to have already blended in, immediately casting an inquiring gaze at him.

(End of chapter)