Chapter 366

"Geluote, the body of 'Punishment' comes from your race. Do you have a way to locate where it is hidden?"

The human Martial Saints asked one after another.

Geluote looked around and said, "To find this body, we can only rely on the heart of 'Punishment'!"

"The heart of 'Punishment' still exists in the world? That's impossible. If so, why did the Beast Worship Cult settle for second best and use the Undying Martial Saint's heart instead?" Everyone was shocked.

Geluote shook his head gently and said, "Back then, this Indestructible Tribulation Blood Battle Body was raised to the Martial God realm. Its vitality reached a terrifying level—flesh and blood could regenerate, and it could not be killed!"

"It wasn't until our race's Martial God tore out his heart that his vitality decreased significantly. But unfortunately, during that great battle, our race failed to take away his body."

"Where is that heart now?" everyone asked.

Geluote looked around and said indifferently, "There is no need for too many people to know this information."

As he spoke, he pointed to a subordinate nearby and said, "Lukasi, take the human descendants to the Soul Washing Pool first."

"Yes!" Lukasi beckoned to Chen Fan and the others, saying, "Let's go, I'll take you to the Soul Washing Pool."

Chen Fan couldn't help but pout; he had just contributed such important information, and now they wouldn't even let him participate.

"If I'm not participating, then I'm not participating. Better to avoid extra trouble."

He followed the group of youths out of the great hall.

Lukasi led everyone through most of the castle and stopped in front of a water pool.

The pool was about the size of a basketball court, one meter deep, and the surroundings and bottom were lined with pebbles.

Aside from the swirling mist, there was nothing magical to be seen.

"This is the Soul Washing Pool."

"This is the Soul Washing Pool? Are you sure this isn't a foot-soaking pool? You aren't trying to scam us, are you?" Chen Fan asked with a frown.

Lukasi was slightly annoyed.

"What do you know? Many small pieces of meteor core are embedded in the pool walls, and countless types of spirit medicine have been added to the water. Never mind you lot, even a Martial Saint would gain something from soaking in it for a day!"

"What is a meteor core?" everyone asked, puzzled.

"A meteor core is a small piece of stone that fell from the Earth Core above our heads. It contains star thunder fiends, which can temper both the body and the soul."

"Star thunder fiends?" Chen Fan looked at the burning Earth Core above his head, then at the crushed stones embedded in the pool, his eyes lighting up.

"By the way, a word of warning: no one is allowed to steal the meteor cores, or they will be killed without mercy." Lukasi stared entirely at Chen Fan when he said this.

"Who do you think I am!" Chen Fan snorted coldly and glared at him fiercely.

Damn it, just because of that sentence, I'm going to drain the thunder fiends from those meteor cores until not a single drop is left!

Chen Fan thought viciously.

Beside them, Diana spoke up to interrupt their confrontation: "How long can we stay inside?"

"One hour. This hourglass will run out in exactly one hour. You must come up before it finishes. You can go down now; how much you improve depends on your own ability." Lukasi inverted the palm-sized hourglass in his hand onto the ground.

Everyone dared not delay and entered the pool one after another.

Chen Fan also sat down; the pool water was abnormally cold, almost freezing the blood in his entire body.

But immediately after, wisps of electric sensation burrowed into his body.

Every cell in Chen Fan's body was like land in a long drought finally receiving rain, feeling exceptionally joyful.

This joy caused his soul power to grow slowly.

"This Soul Washing Pool is truly extraordinary!"

He looked around and discovered that, except for himself, everyone else had their brows tightly furrowed, appearing to be in extreme pain.

Diana's pretty face was even deathly pale, her teeth tightly clenched.

"Is it that painful?" Chen Fan muttered to himself.

Chen Fan did not know that these star thunder fiends were like bone-eroding poison in their bodies, crazily tearing apart and then restructuring their cells.

It was precisely this pain that could promote the growth of the soul.

By the side of the pool, Lukasi saw Chen Fan still looking around and couldn't help but chuckle secretly.

"Is this kid a fool? Everyone else is struggling to absorb the thunder fiends, and he's just looking left and right."

Naturally, he didn't want these human descendants to absorb too much thunder fiend power; one had to know that even for an elder's child, using the Soul Washing Pool required paying a huge price.

"I really don't know what the Great Elder is thinking. Giving such a treasure land to the human race to use is simply a waste."

Just as he was muttering in his heart, he suddenly heard a loud boom.

"What's going on?" He hurriedly looked at the people in the pool.

He discovered that everyone had their eyes open, staring at Chen Fan in disbelief.

Chen Fan smiled awkwardly: "Sorry, everyone, I couldn't hold it back for a moment and broke through a small realm. My apologies, my apologies, please continue."

Everyone was speechless; how on earth did you break through while experiencing such inhuman pain?

But they had no time to think; the hourglass by the Soul Washing Pool stimulated their nerves, making them hurriedly throw themselves back into absorbing the thunder fiends.

Lukasi glared at Chen Fan, secretly wondering what kind of freak this kid was.

He had seen people endure the thunder fiends entering their bodies without changing their expressions, but he had never seen anyone break through while in the Soul Washing Pool.

"Perhaps this kid was already on the verge of breaking through and deliberately held back until now to break through just to attract attention."

"This kid really knows how to make a spectacle of himself." Thinking of this, he looked down on Chen Fan even more.

At this moment, Chen Fan was secretly happy; just now, he had absorbed a portion of the thunder fiend power, and his ability had broken through directly to the Fifth-rank Peak.

"What domineering thunder fiends. This place is truly a treasure land of feng shui; I just wonder if it can let me break through again."

Thinking of this, Chen Fan completely let go of his reservations and began to absorb crazily.

In an instant, the thunder fiends in the Soul Washing Pool gathered toward Chen Fan's body, visible to the naked eye.

Slowly, the pool water actually began to rotate slowly under the effect of this suction.

This shocking change once again startled everyone out of their state of focused absorption.

Including Lukasi, everyone looked at Chen Fan in disbelief.

What kind of operation is this again? Others are absorbing the thunder fiends in wisps, but you are absorbing them in sheets.

Everyone was helpless and closed their eyes again to absorb the thunder fiends.

However, they were soon dumbfounded.

They couldn't absorb even a single wisp of thunder fiend power; all the thunder fiends were locked tightly by the vortex Chen Fan had created.

A fat man looked at Lukasi with an ugly expression: "My lord, aren't you going to do something? All the thunder fiends have been absorbed by him; we can't grab any at all."

"That's right, you can't go back on your word. You promised to bring us to the Soul Washing Pool to strengthen our souls, but we haven't gained any benefits." Others also spoke up in agreement.

Everyone spoke up one after another, very displeased.

Only Diana stood by Chen Fan and did not speak.

At this time, Chen Fan was deaf to everything outside his window, focusing entirely on crazily absorbing the thunder fiends.

His soul power was growing visibly to the naked eye.

This feeling was simply too refreshing.

Facing everyone's anger, Lukasi finally stopped turning a blind eye; he coughed lightly to wake Chen Fan up.

"Little friend, can you... can you tone it down a bit? Everyone else can't absorb the thunder fiends anymore." A bitter smile appeared on his face.

Chen Fan was immediately displeased: "I've already been very restrained, okay? Just now I only used one-tenth of my absorption speed, okay? Since you're still not satisfied, then I really won't be polite."

The next moment, Chen Fan used his full strength; the Soul Washing Pool immediately began to boil, and the thunder fiends in the pool were instantly drained by Chen Fan's body.

Immediately after, *crack, crack, crack*—the sound of jade shattering rang out continuously. The meteor cores embedded around the Soul Washing Pool all cracked open, and the thunder fiends contained within them swarmed into Chen Fan's body like dense water snakes.

*Boom! * With another earth-shattering roar, under the stunned gaze of everyone, Chen Fan's cultivation broke through directly to the Sixth-rank!