"It's working!" I shouted in joy when I realised this. I thought my plan was a failure and I was already burdened by the task of thinking of another solution.
After all, I reached this plan after a long time of contemplation and trials.
I watched closely my technique while fiercely releasing a gust of energy gales that swept past the world. Cracks keep appearing and sounds of thunderous booming come to my ears.
However, the more I noticed, the closer I watched, the more I became convinced of my earlier guess.
The power of dark energy coming out from this technique of mine was getting weaker as the time passed!
"I need to wait then," realising this made me heave a sigh of relief. At least there was light at the end of the tunnel for me.
As such, I stood at the side, calmly watching the fierce effects over the world here coming from my technique.
"Come on... Get bigger, suck this damn shadow energy dry!" After a few hours of waiting, the effects of destruction grew weaker and weaker.
But it never vanished! The area of effect was now less than twenty metres in radius around it. It was much smaller than before, but it was still wreaking havoc over this world.
I knew this would keep happening until my den of bones would grow and overcome the gush of energy from my technique. As long as I kept my technique running, it'd keep gushing out energy and keep linked with the den of bones.
The awesome thing about this magical artefact was that it acted as an energy reactor. Giving energy from one side would result in giving a product from the other end.
That meant as long as I kept draining the energy, this den wouldn't show any sign of getting over filled!
And who knew, I might as well get good graded bones in the end!
Even if I had to wait, I wasn't feeling dejected. Instead, I was feeling excited the more time it passed.
The intensity of the dark energy was getting weaker at a snail's pace, but it was enough for me. As long as this kept going, at some point the artefact would over exceed the energy influx and the situation would get stabilised.
It took me an entire day of waiting before all of sudden, the den of bones finally extended beyond the black ball.
It first grew a few bones, twisting and moving like they were vines growing from the ground.
Then in the next few hours, the thin and shy bones started to grow thicker and longer. More also kept growing out from the ball.
With the appearance of the first batch of vines, the effects of the dark shadow energy started to retreat and vanish slowly. Yet it took another day before it finally vanished.
By that time, the vines growing out were now looking like the thick roots of mighty trees. Like the time when I was faced with this artefact, bones started to crawl on the ground first, twisting and getting elongated without showing any pause.
They started to interlink with each other, forming a dense and very complicated net of bones.
When I looked closer, the bones were all pitch black in colour, with such dangerous light coming out from them. The bones kept increasing in size and number, but they gave me the impression of knowing no end.
They were connected all the way back to the black ball, which even under all this was still functioning. I noticed that despite the energy being fully absorbed, the bones didn't dare to touch this black ball at all.
And even with circulating around, encompassing it under layers upon layers of thick bones, the blackness coming from this ball could still be seen in the narrow gaps between these bones.
Besides, I was controlling this technique with my left arm. So I felt everything about it.
Hours passed fast, and days passed faster. By the end of the first ten days, the entire area covered up with these bones expanded greatly to reach a surface area of tens of miles.
I got the feeling that this den of bones was growing bones also underneath the ground. After all, I knew it was the thing that provided material for that seat back then to form the back structure of this world.
Looking at it from this angle made me ponder about the real size I wanted for this artefact. Should I stop the technique now and let the artefact stabilise first then try using it again? Or should I keep it running?
After giving it little thought, I decided to not stop the technique. Who knew what might happen if I did that.
As the technique was still providing energy to the bone artefact, it was time to test out my other theory.
Would I be able to suck dry bones from it or not?
However when I recalled the terrifying ability I got to suck bones at a turbo speed I decided to postpone it for later.
As the technique didn't need any control to keep running, I decided to sit on the ground and start my cultivation.
All in one go, I decided to try everything this time to make sure I didn't miss or do anything wrong.
Instead of just finding somewhere away from me, I landed on the thick bones that formed another layer over the ground.
It wasn't a risky move for me. Even if the bones grew and surrounded me inside, I'd be able to break free using my bone absorption ability at any time.
Plus, I felt the need to be in touch with these bones to be able to suck the shadow world energy from.
After all, this had to be done in this way, the way I devised back then when I was planning all of this out.
As I landed, I intended to not interfere that much with the process going on here. So I simply opened my class interface and switched back to the normal bone absorption speed.
Placing my right hand on the ground, while my left leant over my knees, I closed my eyes and regulated my breathing.
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