Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Devouring Primordial Power
"Who’s there?"
Upon seeing Chu Qingyun, a ninth-level Martial Artist from the Martial Soul Hall pointed at him and shouted.
Having lost so many of their companions, they were filled with suppressed rage.
"The man who’s here to kill you," Chu Qingyun replied with a cold smirk.
The man’s expression changed instantly. He looked Chu Qingyun up and down. "A mere eighth-level Martial Artist dares to be so arrogant? Today, your grandpa here is going to teach you the meaning of death!"
Before his voice had even faded, the Primordial Power of a ninth-level Martial Artist surged from the man’s palm as he struck out at Chu Qingyun.
"Excellent timing... Devouring Power!"
With an inward roar, Chu Qingyun also sent his Primordial Power surging forward, meeting the strike with his own palm.
However, hidden within the Primordial Power in his palm was his Devouring Power!
As their palms met and their Primordial Power clashed violently, the Devouring Power silently transformed into countless fine threads and invaded the Martial Soul Hall member’s body.
Then, the Devouring Power erupted!
The man began to tremble violently, as if he were a sieve. The fluctuations of his Primordial Power, Martial Soul Power, and aura all became extremely unstable.
Chu Qingyun’s eyes, however, were filled with immense joy.
Streams of pure Primordial Power flowed from the Devouring Power into his meridians. After completing several Circulations through his meridians, the power poured into his Qi Sea, becoming his own!
Just as Chu Qingyun had anticipated, the Devouring Power could indeed devour and refine another person’s Primordial Power for his own use!
With this, he could finally see a path forward for his cultivation!
If he had to rely solely on Primordial Spirit Liquid, the resources required for cultivation would skyrocket the moment he broke through to the Martial Spirit Level. He feared his progress in higher Realms would grind to a halt.
But now, with the Devouring Power, all these problems could be easily solved.
The Primordial Power a ninth-level Martial Artist had accumulated over a long time was far more than what a few drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid could provide.
In less than a minute, the ninth-level Martial Artist from the Martial Soul Hall exploded with a BANG into a cloud of Martial Soul Power. And no one noticed that when he burst apart, he no longer had a single trace of Primordial Power left...
With one man killed, three more immediately charged at Chu Qingyun.
However, their meager strength was nothing to speak of.
"Devouring Power!"
Chu Qingyun swung his arm, and the dark Devouring Power transformed into fine threads that flew out like a fishing net, enveloping all three of them.
The Devouring Power then invaded their bodies. Within half a minute, all three Martial Soul Hall Martial Artists were refined, exploding into clouds of Martial Soul Power.
As for Chu Qingyun, he had obtained the pure Primordial Power of three more ninth-level Martial Artists, replenishing some of the power he had expended in the great battle the day before.
Chu Qingyun didn’t spare the dozen or so remaining men, including their leader.
With his Ten-Star Vine Martial Soul present, they had no chance of escape. Chu Qingyun refined them all with his Devouring Power, forcibly plundering their Primordial Power!
The Primordial Power from over twenty ninth-level Martial Artists was enough to nearly make up for Chu Qingyun’s previous losses.
The only pity was that all of them possessed very ordinary Tier Two Martial Souls; there wasn’t a single Tier Three among them.
After dealing with the Martial Artists from the Martial Soul Hall, Chu Qingyun turned his attention to the monster.
From the start, Chu Qingyun had sensed that this monster seemed to be afraid of his Devouring Power.
Chu Qingyun deliberately flicked his finger, sending a bolt of Devouring Power flying toward the monster.
As expected, the monster let out a low howl and took a step back. Then, it opened its mouth and spat out a blast of energy—a mixture of Primordial Power and chaotic Martial Soul Power—that dissipated the bolt of Devouring Power.
On the barren mountain, Chu Qingyun was the only living creature left.
The monster glanced from side to side, then its crab-like claws suddenly shot out, grabbing for Chu Qingyun.
"Hmph. A monster is a monster. It deserves to die!"
Chu Qingyun snorted coldly and leaped into the air, dodging the attack.
He then unleashed two streams of Devouring Power, enveloping the monster.
But the monster was no pushover. Its Primordial Power churned and its Martial Soul Power resisted desperately. Amidst its roars, it actually managed to forcefully block the invasion of the Devouring Power!
"Thunder Light Sword Qi!"
Seizing the opportunity while the monster was focused on resisting the Devouring Power, Chu Qingyun charged forward and slashed out with his sword, leaving a deep Sword Mark on the monster’s body.
Immediately following that, another stream of Devouring Power slammed directly into the wound.
This time, the Devouring Power erupted from inside its body!
Attacked from both inside and out, the monster couldn’t hold on for long. Its body began to violently disintegrate before, with a deafening BOOM, it exploded!
The Martial Soul Power that had formed the monster was scattered into clumps by the explosion. Fortunately, it was still usable after being swallowed by his Devouring Martial Soul.
The Primordial Power, however, was a total loss. It was all blown to smithereens, and Chu Qingyun didn’t manage to get a single scrap of it.
It seemed the monster’s body was highly unstable and simply couldn’t withstand being devoured by the Devouring Power. The moment its internal balance was disrupted, it would violently explode!
"What rotten luck..."
He hadn’t gotten any Primordial Power and had been covered in soot and dust from the explosion. Chu Qingyun couldn’t help but shake his head.
However, when he saw the spoils of war left behind by the twenty-plus Martial Artists from the Martial Soul Hall, he smiled again.
Although there had only been about twenty ninth-level Martial Artists here, they had been carrying the wealth of the several hundred Martial Soul Hall members who had died earlier!
It was only the most valuable and easily portable portion, of course.
But its value was not much less than what Chu Qingyun had acquired back in Shilin Town.
At the very least, there was more Primordial Spirit Liquid—over one hundred and forty drops...
And at the very moment the monster in Qu Liang Town exploded...
Back at the Great Xia Dragon Guard’s encampment, in the room where the Military Lords and Grand Commanders were waiting, the Crystal Ball on the table in front of the Thunder Shock Army Master suddenly let out a CRACK and split open!
The Thunder Shock Army Master’s eyes flew wide open. "What’s going on? Am I seeing things? My Thunder Shock Army’s elite squad was clearly wiped out. Could the Soul-Imbued Talismans be malfunctioning?"
"No, that’s highly unlikely. The probability of a Soul-Imbued Talisman failing is minuscule. But there is another possibility... After all, Chu Qingyun is still out there..."
"Lan Yan, are you saying... that Chu Qingyun went to Qu Liang Town, killed the Martial Soul Hall monster there, and completed the mission for my Thunder Shock Army!?"
Instantly, the expressions in the eyes of many people in the room subtly changed.
Previously, while they believed Chu Qingyun had killed the monster in Shilin Town, most of them thought he must have gotten lucky or used some kind of trick, like a trap, to pull it off.
But now, Chu Qingyun had killed another monster!
And judging by the timing, it hadn’t taken him long at all!
This was enough to prove that he didn’t kill those monsters with luck or tricks, but with his own power!
After coming to this realization, all the other four Military Lords, aside from the Celestial Wind and Thunder Shock Army Masters, fixed their gazes on their own Crystal Balls, hoping that Chu Qingyun might help them complete their missions as well.
They even began to consider what benefits they would have to offer to persuade him to make a trip for them if he didn’t go on his own...
