Chapter 77: Can Xu Chen Absorb Resentful Spiritual Energy

In a place unnoticed by the crowd, Zhao Qingyun ignored the spiritual energy barrier and entered the ninth layer of the battlefield directly.

The moment she entered, she sensed that the evil qi and gale winds of this ninth layer were several times stronger than those at the entrance.

A vast number of souls were piled up here, though their power was less than one-tenth of what they possessed in life.

Most of them had lost consciousness, retaining only the obsessions of their past lives, constantly shouting for the Spring of Eternal Life with their mouths.

With so many lingering souls, the scene appeared somewhat terrifying.

It was like a hundred ghosts screaming.

Gongsun Liuli warned, "Do not touch or absorb these resentful souls or spiritual energy carrying obsessions directly, or your own spiritual sense may be affected."

After speaking, multiple red umbrellas appeared beside Gongsun Liuli.

The red umbrellas surrounded her in layers; when those souls touched the umbrellas, they emitted screams.

In an instant, the lingering souls shattered and vanished as dark light.

The other female protagonists naturally knew the characteristics of these lingering souls.

Therefore, they each employed their own methods to isolate themselves from the lingering souls.

Xu Chen wasted no words, activating his Divine Jade Battle Armor, though he did not activate the protective gale qi.

Since the Divine Jade Battle Armor could block many things, including resentment, he was not worried about that.

He reasoned that since the lingering souls had stayed in the ancient battlefield for a long time, they must have absorbed a vast amount of spiritual energy themselves.

He could now try to absorb the spiritual energy of the lingering souls and convert it into his own using the Immortal Undying Art.

Ten thousand years had passed; the spiritual energy within each lingering soul was at least comparable to a fourth-grade spiritual herb, with some comparable to fifth or sixth-grade ones.

He even saw that after absorbing spiritual energy, some lingering souls became increasingly solid, showing a tendency to re-form physical bodies.

If he finished absorbing them, he was highly likely to advance to the late stage of the sixth grade.

"The more solid the lingering soul, the more spiritual energy it possesses."

Xu Chen murmured softly to himself.

At this moment, in the entire ninth layer of the ancient battlefield, only he had this idea.

After all, no one else dared to absorb the resentful spiritual energy; they could only hide far away.

"Hmph! So many lingering souls, at least ten thousand; can you clear them all?"

At that moment, Ye Xuan, hidden within the gale winds, let out a cold sneer.

Everyone suddenly looked over and was greatly shocked: "Can this fellow also remain unharmed in the gale winds?" They saw that Ye Xuan, currently situated in even fiercer gale winds, was completely unscathed.

Ye Xuan said indifferently, "You bunch of trash; how could such small gale winds catch my eye?"

After speaking, with the help of the Spirit Venerable, Ye Xuan's body emitted a faint golden light that completely blocked out the gale winds.

The Spirit Venerable said, "My master's secret technique can only be maintained for one hour; you had better find the Spring of Eternal Life within this hour.

Otherwise, my body will fall into a weakened state, which would be very unfavorable for you." Ye Xuan nodded inwardly: "I understand, Master. It is just that this evil qi greatly affects the spiritual sense, so I must search step by step."

The Spirit Venerable sighed helplessly, "This evil qi has the effect of devouring the spiritual sense, but fortunately, my master's secret technique can also block it. Hurry and search."

Hearing this, Ye Xuan felt much more at ease. He turned to look at the crowd behind him and sneered, "Sorry, everyone. I am going to search for the Spring of Eternal Life."

Xu Chen remained calm. As long as the lingering souls were not destroyed, the Spring of Eternal Life would not appear. He naturally would not explain, continuing to smash a lingering soul with a single punch.

Seeing Xu Chen busy with this, Ye Xuan immediately mocked, "Xu Chen, at a time like this, who is the trash?"

Xu Chen could only clear the lingering souls, while he already had the freedom to search for the Spring of Eternal Life. Awesome! It was truly awesome!

Xu Chen said calmly, "If you are not trash, then there is no trash left in the world."

"Always playing the pig to eat the tiger, but do you really think you are a tiger? You can't eat anything." Ye Xuan's mouth twitched slightly: "This time, I will definitely devour all of you." He simply didn't believe it; a whole hour should be enough to search the entire ninth layer. Even if he had to dig to the bottom of the earth, that time was sufficient to find the Elixir of Eternal Life Spring.

Everyone gritted their teeth in secret; Ye Xuan had indeed hidden his strength too well. Damn thing, no wonder he dared to challenge Xu Chen.

Xu Chen was too lazy to pay attention, simply saying: "Everyone from Jixia Academy and Qixiu Workshop, be careful."

"If you don't have my Divine Jade Battle Armor, don't move; I will deal with the residual souls myself." Hearing this, the women were slightly moved.

Xu Chen was clearly protecting them by facing everything alone. Therefore, they all said: "Brother Chen, we are not afraid."

Xu Chen looked as if he had a toothache: "Shut up, everyone stay still. I said I will deal with the residual souls."

"Don't come to steal the spiritual energy, big sisters. You must know that a single residual soul is worth at least a fourth-grade elixir. If you come over and scatter the residual soul's spiritual energy, he won't be able to absorb it well."

The women made an "oh" sound and stopped attacking.

"Hmph!"

Seeing Xu Chen trying to show off, the people from the major sects simply stopped fighting. "You think you're so cool? Fine, fine, fine, leave all the residual souls to you; let's watch you exhaust your spiritual energy." With that, everyone silently withdrew.

For a moment, in the entire ancient battlefield, only Xu Chen was killing residual souls. Seeing this, Ye Xuan couldn't help but laugh: "Idiot, after you kill these ten thousand-plus residual souls, you will have no spiritual energy left. Once you are out of spiritual energy, you will be no different from trash; watch how I handle you later." Ye Xuan was too lazy to respond; he was absorbing spiritual energy and had no time. The Spirit Venerable looked at Xu Chen's appearance and immediately frowned.

He vaguely felt something was wrong but couldn't put his finger on it. The surrounding crowd watched Xu Chen with arms crossed, their faces full of mockery. The women felt a bit of heartache but did not want to go against Xu Chen's wishes.

They thought to themselves that if Xu Chen really couldn't hold on, they would intervene. Many people from the major sects sneered: "This kid Xu Chen is crazily consuming spiritual energy just to show off."

"Strange, could it be that he can absorb this spiritual energy? Xu Chen doesn't seem like an idiot."

"Hey, with seven or eight beauties nearby, wanting to show off and act cool is normal; as for absorbing the resentful spiritual energy, forget it."

"Exactly, who would dare to absorb spiritual energy full of resentment? That's asking for death."

"True, everyone can absorb it, but no one dares to."

At this moment, almost everyone was watching the show but could do nothing. They thought they should conserve some spiritual energy for now.

If Ye Xuan found the Elixir of Eternal Life Spring later, they would act. So that would be the time to reveal all their trump cards. 0... Requesting flowers...

For now, they would just quietly watch Xu Chen and Ye Xuan work for them. However, very soon, they vaguely noticed something was wrong.

Because they saw that after about a quarter of an hour, Xu Chen's aura not only did not weaken but actually strengthened.

They clicked their tongues. "Holy crap, what's going on?"

"Impossible. He has fought five or six thousand residual souls; for Xu Chen's aura not to weaken but to strengthen is ridiculous."

"Looking at this aura, it even seems to be trending toward the mid-stage of the sixth grade." "Damn, this is really getting ridiculous!" Everyone looked confused...

The women were also stunned. "What's the situation? Why has Xu Chen's aura increased so much?"

The next second, they vaguely noticed that the battlefield spiritual energy on the ninth layer seemed to have become slightly thinner.

Their mouths gaped open, and they immediately realized: Xu Chen was absorbing the spiritual energy here. "Brother Chen is absorbing spiritual energy, but it seems he isn't affected by the resentment."

"Look at his eyes; his mind is clear, sharp, and calm," said Gongshu Liuli.

The women were extremely curious and nodded after observing: "Yes, how strange."... o Later, Bu Fengshuang immediately saw the problem: "It is because of the Divine Jade Battle Armor; it isolates the resentment."

"The Profound Spirit Jade itself was formed by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth's spiritual energy; it is invulnerable to blades and spears. But it is not just invulnerable; any filthy thing can also be isolated." Gongshu Liuli nodded: "There is such a record in ancient texts, I just haven't seen it; I never expected it to be true."

Hearing this, the women exclaimed joyfully: "So, Xu Chen is getting stronger?" Bu Fengshuang agreed: "Correct. If he can absorb it, then every residual soul is comparable to a fourth-grade spiritual medicine. Although spiritual medicines of this level have a negligible effect on Xu Chen, if there are many, it is different."

"Quantitative change can lead to qualitative change; I estimate Xu Chen will break through soon." Hearing this, the women immediately cheered: "Yay!" "One is comparable to a fourth-grade elixir, damn!" The people from the major sects were left speechless upon hearing this.

"This Divine Jade Battle Armor can isolate resentment and also cooperate with Xu Chen to absorb spiritual energy; this is truly ridiculous!"

"We were just saying why Xu Chen was so stupid, wanting to go up and beat the residual souls alone. Turns out it wasn't to show off, but to absorb spiritual energy!"

"Looking at the situation, these ten thousand residual souls are about to be completely crushed by Xu Chen!" For a moment, their mouths twitched. "Damn, I underestimated him."

Over there, Ye Xuan, who had been quite arrogant, heard this and his face turned black. "Xu Chen can absorb resentful spiritual energy?"

"Go to hell!"

Ye Xuan gritted his teeth: "Xu Chen, you are pretending again. Why don't you absorb the gale force winds and evil qi?" Bu Fengshuang glanced at Ye Xuan and said calmly: "Xu Chen is also a body cultivator; entering the gale force winds he can withstand is actually a good thing."

"As for the evil qi, for Xu Chen it is similar to resentment and can also be isolated."

"Ye Xuan, you had better find the Elixir of Eternal Life Spring quickly; otherwise, later you will know you were wrong." Ye Xuan: "............" "This is unlivable. What the hell is there to fight!"

"Damn it!"

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