The earth rose to the sky, along with the infernal laws being shattered and swept away. Only a sharp roar of an infernal beast reverberated, full of fury and power. The round whale dodged, but the residual power of the infernal beast hit him, making his body spin uncontrollably across the ground. He rolled but forcibly stopped and jumped with all his might. Then, a new wave of residual power hit them and threw them away.
CRACK!
With the sound of bones breaking, he hit a nearby mountain and almost split it in half. The whale spat out a mouthful of blood, and in his eyes, a subtle brown glow emerged. In the next second, a violent power made the mountain crack.
BOOM!
The infernal beast attacked the mountain from above, penetrating it with its runic body. The mountain threatened to explode under its power, but the infernal beast noticed something strange. The earth was much denser and harder than normal.
At that moment, its body got stuck slightly inside the mountain. It felt some resistance from the earth, but that was nothing. When it activated its cultivation to destroy everything, it felt a spatial glow below it. There, it saw the whale smiling, and its whole world was suddenly changed.
Alm and Bruno breathed heavily, focusing on the spatial inventory. They finally used the same trick as the first time they had been here. In the next second, a boom happened, and Alm complained. ’All these beasts prefer to die and explode than to submit! We almost died, and we still lost almost everything from it.’
Bruno sighed. They didn’t want to use this method because almost nothing survived the detonation of the beast in the inventory, so it was useless for them. But after the inventory runes dispersed, a subtle glow remained, and the eyes of both lit up.
’Finally, something good. The power mixed in the infernal beast wasn’t detonated.’ Alm spoke and moved it closer.
’It’s the same energy extracted from the wyvern bones that Ruri found. This beast was cultivating with it and left the gift for us to use,’ Bruno commented and immediately activated the Yin and Yang tattoos. They then felt their cultivation slowly rising, excited.
Minutes later, they ran in the direction of the hill where the group was. As they approached, they felt the group tense around, as they were defenseless without the whale.
Ruri then felt the arrival and spoke with a strange face. "Master, he... sucked everything, even the bones." She was obviously talking about the egg.
"The bones shouldn’t have much Qi. Only a trace of the bloodline he absorbed is left. Focus on the egg; it will have to work and find good things." The whale spoke, and everyone felt a bad premonition.
Two hours passed, and now they were behind a hill while the whale felt everything around. The sound of deep breathing reverberated, and the whole group held their breath in fear. It was an infernal beast several meters away, which could easily kill them, and it seemed to be sleeping, but it was clear that it was cultivating on top of something.
Alm and Bruno felt very close, through the earth, the hidden treasure below the giant beast. Then, they confirmed: they were bones. They circled the territories of all eighteen most powerful infernal beasts, and the egg reacted in all of them. Now, they were sure that all treasures should be similar.
’It seems that many extinct powerful beasts, like the wyverns, have been here. All the bones and remains were used as treasures for the infernal beasts to cultivate, so they became so strong.’ Bruno analyzed. ’Going to the fourth level seems pointless now. We would only rely on luck to get something. Let’s spend time here and harvest everything.’
Alm then sighed. ’To take everything, we have to put the infernal beasts in the inventory, and we’ll lose the infernal laws. Our wings will be stuck at three... to think we got six in a short moment.’
’Well, in return, our cultivation will rise. The bones have a lot of death Qi in them, and even though thousands of years have passed, these beasts had to purify and slowly assimilate the Qi. They probably haven’t even taken half. We already have the tattoos, and it won’t take a minute; we can’t have everything. Another opportunity to form wings will come.’ Bruno finished and turned with the whale.
So, a presence was felt by everyone, making no sound. They turned around frightened but saw Calirer already beside them. She smiled and spoke mentally to everyone.
’I absorbed 5% of the blood, which was enough to stabilize my body. When I return to the clan, I will dedicate my body and soul to assimilate everything.’
’I don’t care. We have many targets and little time; if you’re here, you’ll work.’ The whale spoke impatiently. ’Can you hold off a beast like that even when you’re almost dying, right?’
Calirer looked at the nearby infernal beast and was amazed but still had some confidence to escape.
’Let’s split into groups.’ The whale communicated without giving her a chance to think too much. ’I’ll lure one beast away, and one group steals everything. Then, Calirer will lure another, and another group does the same.’
’Are you crazy? Neither you nor I can kill them; running away with a chasing beast is suicide.’
’We won’t run away, but kill them. I’ll deal with mine while you just survive, and don’t let it return; after I finish, I’ll deal with yours.’ Then, a wicked smile appeared on the whale. ’It will be a good workout for your bloodline to be assimilated; all your blood and flesh will be demanded. If you don’t die, you’ll be on the right path.’
Calirer was speechless, but the whale didn’t give her time for anything else. He put Ruri on his shoulders, and she activated a mental rune. Soon, the two stepped forward silently. In a few minutes, the sound and presence of that infernal beast extinguished, and Calirer saw with her own eyes the inexplicable end... it just rose into nothingness.
’The Evil God talent... this is far from just abnormal...’ She murmured and looked at Langrum, Almin, and Loeus. They were all calm, as if this were so common that they no longer cared.
The whale then returned and spoke lightly. ’Now that you’ve seen I’m capable, it’s time to work. We have thirteen hours to kill seventeen beasts.’
***
Twenty-three hours since the beginning of the test passed in a bloody and stifling manner for all of them. All eighteen beasts were brutally exploded within the abnormal spatial inventory, thanks to the combination of two equally abnormal techniques that seemed to complement each other for some reason.
Inside an underground cave, everyone was meditating deeply, except for a half-demon who was sprawled on the ground in her own puddle of black blood. There was not a single intact place on her skin and no whole bone. She was hit and almost died countless times, but even in her sleep, the Yin and infernal laws around her seemed to bow under her presence.
’The blood of a pure demon is quite problematic. She doesn’t have physical cultivation, so only while sleeping does her body recover at the same speed as ours.’ Alm commented.
’Now she must have assimilated between 10% to 15% of the blood we gave her. The characteristics of a pure demon are emerging.’ Bruno said lightly and looked at everyone around with regret.
’Are you regretting it, bastard?! You were the one who said they should gain our valuable QI.’ Alm grumbled.
Calirer gained a lot in that time, and the blood was forcefully assimilated into her body. Ruri’s egg absorbed all the remnants of bloodline from the bones and was probably multiple times closer to hatching now. The rest of the group wouldn’t receive anything; so, Bruno decided to share all the QI with them.
Ruri couldn’t receive much due to her age, but she was at the full limit to advance to the next level. Loeus reached the seventh level of the Qi Gathering Realm, and Bruno stopped giving QI not to harm him; his growth had to be step by step because he was very young. Langrum and Almin received a lot, and both reached the eighth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. It was an explosive cultivation speed for a single day, but the tattoos were ridiculously useful and placed the purest QI possible directly into their bodies, making the impossible happen.
Bruno then responded lightly. ’I don’t regret it; they worked and deserved it. We still ended up with almost 70% of the QI inside the bones... and only reached the eighth level, same as those two.’ Sure enough, they needed a lot more energy to reach the same level as others.
Creak!
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The muffled sound echoed from Almin’s body, making Alm and Bruno feel extremely frustrated. Almin opened his eyes excitedly; he broke through again and was now at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
’This damn array.’ Alm grumbled.
Then, the last hour passed, and Calirer opened her eyes in the final minute. Her whole body exuded a unique presence; she looked at her body and didn’t know what to say. Her world and future had completely changed forever. Langrum and Loeus approached her with trembling eyes; this was the farewell. She then turned to the whale but couldn’t say anything. Just thanking didn’t seem to be enough.
A grayish aura began to cover everyone in the group while the whale spoke. "Soon, we’ll go to the abyss. Until then, do your best and climb to the top of your clan to be useful to me. Don’t disappoint me."
Calirer clenched her fists in extreme motivation, then opened her mouth to talk... Unfortunately, everyone had already left before she uttered any words.