Chapter 224

225. Chapter 225: Condensing the Soul Core

Sizzle-sizzle—

When the Soul Core is compressed to a certain point, it bends and tears space like a black hole.

Around the Soul Core, a small portion of space showed clear signs of tearing, with numerous distinct Space Rifts appearing.

Vast amounts of Space Power surged forth from them and were absorbed by Bai Zhou's Soul Core.

"So this is Space Power—controlling it isn't that hard, huh~" Bai Zhou licked his lips, rapidly comprehending as the Space Power flooded into his Soul Core.

This was also a significant opportunity for him.

Generally, only Super Douluo who had cultivated for dozens or even hundreds of years could comprehend the two most supreme forces—time and space—also known as Laws.

After all, this world has no cultivation techniques; unless one's martial soul naturally possesses Space or Time attributes, grasping Spatial or Temporal Power requires nothing but time.

Moreover, ordinary people cannot even encounter Spatial or Temporal Power; only upon reaching Soul Saint can one touch the threshold and slowly comprehend it.

Although Bai Zhou had never cultivated any Space or Time technique, his Comprehension had reached an absurd level—he only needed to contemplate a single thread of Space Power leaking from the Space Rifts to rapidly grasp their Dao Rhyme and Laws.

…

Time slowly passed.

Three hours passed.

The prototype of Bai Zhou's Soul Core before him gradually grew larger, having already integrated three-tenths of his soul power.

It may seem small, but if Bai Zhou released control and let this Soul Core go berserk, its explosion could destroy all life below Ten Thousand Year within a kilometer radius.

Unfortunately, condensing a Soul Core is far too complex and time-consuming; otherwise, using it as a Weapon would be akin to wielding a nuclear bomb.

Even if not invincible, no one would dare trouble him under the threat of a "nuclear weapon."

Once a "nuclear weapon" detonates, it guarantees mutual annihilation—souls erased, even the chance of reincarnation lost.

As the Soul Core condensed, its original blue hue gradually turned white—clearly, this was its attribute.

"Influenced by my Spiritual Power, it developed a Spirit Attribute—then let it be the Spiritual Soul Core."

Bai Zhou sensed the Soul Core's attribute and, during the fusion process, casually infused it with some Spiritual Power.

The Soul Core is essentially a reflection of a Soul Master's abilities, possessing different attributes.

Bai Zhou's abilities consist of three primary attributes: Poison Attribute, Life Attribute, and Spirit Attribute.

Physical Attribute is also included within Life Attribute.

Among them, Spirit Attribute is the strongest, far ahead of the others.

After consuming the Immortal Grass, Poison Attribute became the second strongest.

Next came Physical Attribute, and finally Life Attribute.

The first Soul Core must be the strongest—Spirit Attribute.

Although this will make condensing the second, third, fourth, and fifth Soul Cores far more difficult later, Bai Zhou didn't care—he could always cheat if needed.

With this thought, Bai Zhou accelerated the infusion of soul power once more.

"Hummm—hummm—hummm—" (Too much, full, about to overflow…) The Soul Core seemed to sense something, trembling violently, as if unable to endure such violent infusion.

Yet, under Bai Zhou's overwhelming Spiritual Power, no matter how the Soul Core resisted, it remained firmly fixed in place, subjected to relentless infusion of soul power and Spiritual Power.

The volume of the Soul Core rapidly expanded.

Like in cultivation, the larger the Golden Core, the stronger the foundation and the higher the combat power within the same realm.

Earlier, during his deep exchange with Xian Lin'er'er, Bai Zhou had seen her Soul Core—barely the size of a walnut…

Now, the Soul Core before Bai Zhou had grown nearly to the size of an adult fist—and was still growing… "Will I rupture myself if I swallow something this big…?"

A strange thought surfaced in Bai Zhou's mind.

The most secure locations to store a Soul Core are the third eye, chest, and lower dantian.

Of course, if one could master Space Power to its extreme—like Di Tian—then the entire body could store Soul Cores, densely packed.

This was the primary reason for Di Tian's immense power.

Although Bai Zhou's comprehension speed was fast, he couldn't possibly reach Di Tian's tens of thousands of years of mastery within just a few hours.

Of course, if he returned and activated a cheat, he could catch up to Di Tian's pace…

But the Three-Eyed Golden Qini's Luck Power had not yet recovered to its peak, so Bai Zhou wasn't in a hurry to harvest—he'd wait and accumulate more.

…

Another three hours passed; it was now deep night.

The Soul Core before Bai Zhou had grown to the size of a plate, trembling violently as if about to explode at any second.

Moreover,

The Space Rifts, once radiating only seven or eight inches, had now expanded to seven or eight meters in diameter.

Around Bai Zhou, Space Rifts were densely packed; vast amounts of Space Power assaulted his body.

Even with his powerful Physical Attribute, countless shallow cuts appeared on his skin—each second, thousands of wounds formed.

Yet Bai Zhou's body's recovery ability was no joke.

The instant wounds appeared, his inner Life Force surged forth and rapidly repaired them.

Only tiny threads of blood oozed out, accumulating gradually to make his body appear covered in bloodstains.

Though it looked severe, it wasn't even a minor injury—barely broken skin.

Still, beads of sweat gradually formed on Bai Zhou's forehead—he was beginning to feel strain.

But he had no choice; his internal soul power was too abundant and of absurdly high quality, so the compressed Soul Core was naturally larger than a Common Quality one.

Fortunately, it remained within controllable limits—he needed only sixty percent of his Spiritual Power to fully control it.

"Condense!!"

After pouring ninety percent of his soul power into the Soul Core, Bai Zhou let out a low roar.

Powerful Spiritual Power surged instantly into the Soul Core, completely ending the infusion of soul power.

The solidified soul power trembled slightly; in that instant, the rapidly spinning solidified soul power came to a sudden stop! The terrifying suction force that had been devouring everything also ceased abruptly.

In an instant, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi vortex collapsed, and space abruptly imploded! Everything seemed to contract toward the Soul Core as its center; the terrifying Space Power nearly tore Bai Zhou into fragments!

At that very moment, countless blue-golden Crystal Armor plates erupted across Bai Zhou's body, instantly enveloping him completely.

"Crack—crack—crack—crack—"

The terrifying Space Power slashed inward; vast portions of Blue Silver Crystal Armor shattered instantly, yet endless new plates reformed to cover him again, shielding Bai Zhou completely.

Yet the collapse of the Soul Core was extremely rapid, and the crushing force from the violent spatial tearing vanished just as swiftly, disappearing soon after.

All that remained was a silver-white sphere, spinning steadily before Bai Zhou…

(End of Chapter)