Chapter 77: How to Solve the Abyss

"Can you solve the Abyss?" On Gu Yue Na's flawless cheeks, as if painted by an immortal, a hint of disbelief appeared.

All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Pill.

Gu Yue Na had never heard of it, yet she could understand it as something to help her heal her wounds.

Bai Yuan nodded lightly and said, "To solve the Abyss isn't actually hard; you just need to help me find three hundred forty-five disciples."

System Mission Three: recruit three hundred sixty-five disciples (twenty so far), reward the current most needed treasure chest, one million Teacher Virtue Points.

Previously, after recruiting twenty-one disciples, I gained ten thousand Teacher Virtue Points; now Xiao Wu is dead, and the disciple count has dropped by one.

With one million Teacher Virtue Points, one can buy a foundation for the Five Elements Formation in the System Mall, thereby raising Bai Yuan's strength to Half-Step Divine King.

Gu Yue Na pondered briefly and asked, "Can Soul Beasts be disciples? They don't have to be demonic beasts, right?"

Bai Yuan nodded lightly, then gave a mischievous smile and said, "Of course; if you're interested, you can join just to make up the numbers."

Seeing Bai Yuan so cheeky, Gu Yue Na instinctively reached out to pull his ear, just like before, which had opened a new world for her and awakened some strange attribute.

But just as Gu Yue Na extended her hand, Bai Yuan quickly covered his ears and said, "Gu Yue Na, what are you doing? Only parents and a wife may pull a man's ears; if you do it again, I'll blame you."

Gu Yue Na's delicate body stiffened, her exquisite beautiful face blushed slightly, her purple eyes flickered as she looked aside and said, "Bai Yuan, don't think nonsense; I don't know about those."

She truly hadn't realized that, when she got angry, her unconscious action was something only a man's parents or wife could do.

Bai Yuan stared, his eyes glazing over.

He hadn't expected that his offhand remark would make Gu Yue Na blush, and that her usual cool beauty would become even more alluring when shy.

Under such scorching gaze, Gu Yue Na could hardly bear it, and her fair face grew even redder.

"I'll go call Di Tian to help you find Soul Beasts."

Before she finished speaking, Gu Yue Na's body turned illusory, as if about to vanish from this world.

This was Gu Yue Na's true body dispersing this spiritual projection.

But Bai Yuan raised his hand and grabbed, mobilizing the power of the Five Elements Formation, forcibly solidifying Gu Yue Na's illusory body.

Of course, if Gu Yue Na's true body forcibly destroyed this spiritual projection, Bai Yuan could not stop it.

Gu Yue Na snapped angrily, "What are you trying to do!"

Bai Yuan gave a wicked smile and said, "What else can I do? Of course I'm continuing to discuss things with you. As for gathering Soul Beasts, just have your true body tell Di Tian; why rush off?"

Gu Yue Na suppressed the urge to slap Bai Yuan, took a deep breath, tried to calm herself, and said, "Aren't you already able to solve the Abyss? Why are we still discussing this?"

Bai Yuan said nothing, just kept staring at Gu Yue Na, whose face still had a hint of red, lost in admiration of her peerless beauty.

After a while, just as Gu Yue Na had fully calmed and was about to flee, Bai Yuan regained his composure.

Bai Yuan asked, "Gu Yue Na, what would happen if I displayed Half-Step Divine King power on the Battle Soul Continent?"

Gu Yue Na immediately stopped her thought of fleeing, her whole self dazed as she gazed at Bai Yuan's face.

She said in disbelief, "You mean you can burst forth with Half-Step Divine King power on the Battle Soul Continent?"

Know that Gu Yue Na's full power is only Half-Step Divine King; at her peak, she could match a true Divine King with Half-Step Divine King strength.

Even so, after Gu Yue Na arrived at the Battle Soul Star, she remained like a dragon in shallow water—no better than an ordinary newly ascended god.

Yet Bai Yuan claimed he could burst forth with Half-Step Divine King power on the Battle Soul Continent—how could Gu Yue Na not be shocked?

Bai Yuan raised the corners of his mouth, smiled lightly, and said, "This is just a trifle; don't be surprised—you are the future Monster Clan Empress, so why make a fuss over this?"

Looking at Bai Yuan's smug face, Gu Yue Na increasingly felt he deserved a beating and wanted to press him to the ground and hit him.

Finally, Gu Yue Na took a deep breath and said, "I advise you not to use it unless absolutely necessary; once the Five Great Divine Kings of the Divine Realm find out, I can't even guess what will happen."

Divine light flickered in Bai Yuan's dark pupils; he came to ask Gu Yue Na because he couldn't fathom the Five Great Divine Kings' intentions, and she turned out to know nothing about them either.

Actually, it's normal—Gu Yue Na fell into slumber soon after birth; how could she know the Five Great Divine Kings' thoughts?

Moreover, even if she knew, so much time has passed that the Five Great Divine Kings' personalities would surely have changed.

"It seems that before the Five Elements Formation is complete, it's better not to use the version with four foundations," Bai Yuan mused silently.

If the Five Great Divine Kings discovered he could wield Half-Step Divine King–level power on the Battle Soul Continent, it's uncertain what the other four Divine Kings would do, but the Asura God would surely be the first to propose killing him.

At that moment, Gu Yue Na suddenly reached her hand toward Bai Yuan.

Bai Yuan stared, somewhat dazed.

Instinctively, Bai Yuan reached out to take her hand.

But crimson dragon scales and black dragon scales appeared out of thin air, hovering under Gu Yue Na's control.

"These are the dragon scales I promised you a few days ago, and also all the scales I have shed," Gu Yue Na said in her cold voice.

Bai Yuan's hand stiffened; he slightly raised his head and met Gu Yue Na's tranquil, gorgeous eyes.

Bai Yuan saw no emotional fluctuation in those eyes, but his intuition told him Gu Yue Na had been toying with him, deliberately making him misunderstand.

Bearing this grudge in mind, Bai Yuan used the power of the Five Elements Formation to sweep them all away, at the same time counting the numbers of the two kinds of dragon scales.

In the end, Bai Yuan found that both the blood-red dragon scales corrupted by the Asura God's power and the lightless black scales corroded by the deathly aura from Gu Yue Na's body numbered a full eighty each!

Counting the Dragon Scale Sword that Bai Yuan had destroyed, each type of dragon scale amounted to a full eighty-one!

"Gu Yue Na, with so many dragon scales, why didn't you bring them out earlier? You made me worry needlessly—I thought you hardly had any left here." Bai Yuan looked at the empty dragon scales in his hand and smiled.

Weapons forged from these dragon scales can, when needed, unleash a single strike of Divine-level power.

Such attacks cannot harm the Abyss Holy Lord in the slightest, but they are more than enough to easily slay the rulers at every level of his minions.

Gu Yue Na asked, "You mean the sword strike that killed Tang Hao that day can be used without limit?"

"That's natural," Bai Yuan said, raising the corners of his mouth, his expression showing a hint of pride as he lifted his chin.

(End of Chapter)