Chapter 2067: Digging Is Fun (3)
The surrounding experts felt somewhat humiliated. Those were mean words. But what could they do about this? More importantly, most of them only focused on a single dao. Nobody was so free to focus on multiple daos.
Left with no choice, Lan Tian could only roar and shot into the sky before turning into an octopus and latching onto the hole in the sky.
Then, he opened his mouth wide and started spouting fire and water in batches. Everyone's expression stiffened.
Cloud Fire Marquis said, "Fellow Daoist, uhm..why don't you...change your method of doing this?"
With this, they would be absorbing Lan Tian's spit. It felt somewhat disgusting to do.
Pop!
The octopus proceeded to fart a large amount of water from its rear, further disgusting the crowd below. They started cursing at Lan Tian. This must be deliberate!
Indeed, that was deliberate. He was furious at being treated as a filter. Even Wan Tiansheng was left speechless. What an asshole. So be it. In any case, he wasn't the one in charge of absorbing all these powers.
"Don't mind the presentation, everyone. This is pure dao power, not Lan Tian's saliva or shit..."
That further disgusted everyone, but they had no choice but to continue the absorption.
Boom!
Suddenly, the power of earth started gushing out of the sky. A certain understanding dawned on Wan Tiansheng. He hurriedly shouted, "Get ready, earth elementals! Emperor Yu is slowly releasing the powers of laws one after another. Everyone, this is a rare opportunity. You can't find powers of such purity anywhere else. This might be the sole chance in your life to encounter such an opportunity."
At the early stages, these powers would remain pure since they were being released one after another. But as things progressed, the numerous powers would start mixing with each other.
For now, the five elementals were the ones to benefit the most. After all, Su Yu had chosen to release the five elements first. Coupled with Lan Tian's act as a filter, this was a perfect opportunity for them to increase their cultivation.
For them, this was the same as an unlimited heavenly reward. Topsoil Spirit was also madly absorbing all the powers in the air. As someone cultivating all five elements, he could absorb all these powers.
As an incarnation of their ancestor's essence, Topsoil Spirit was actually a similar existence as the furballs. Strictly speaking, he could be considered a dao spirit. As he absorbed the powers in the air, his aura surged madly. He had a wide smile on his face, knowing that he had made the right choice yet again. All around him, five elementals were breaking through one after another.
For the weaker cultivators, absorbing so much dao power at once would destabilize their foundation, but there was no doubt that this was also the perfect opportunity for them to grow rapidly.
The five elemental cultivators continued growing in strength.
Cloud Fire Marquis, a fire elemental heavenly king, was also absorbing the fire element in the air. Eventually, he even grew himself a new physical body, a body of pure fire physique. Next, he released a weapon from his sea of willpower.
Over ten thousand people were released as he roared, "Absorb! We have pure power of fire in the air. Absorb as much as you can!"
The released people did as told, even as they were looking around in confusion.
Where were they?
Noticing that Wan Tiansheng was frowning at him, Cloud Fire Marquis explained awkwardly, "These are all my people. I brought them from the Divine Fire Mountain, but I didn't get the chance to release them earlier. They are all very strong—"
Suddenly, his head snapped toward a fiery woman among the crowd and shouted, "Huo Yue, start absorbing and advance into the Daofuse Realm!"
At that, the confused woman started absorbing the fire in the air as well. Why was there so much dao power of fire here? There was also a large amount of dao power of water in the air. Wait, there was also a large amount of dao power of earth.
All of them were greatly confused. But the dao power in the air was of a far higher purity than what they had in the Divine Fire Mountain. There were quite a lot of Eternals among them, so this was a golden opportunity for them.
Stable Army Marquis, with only a thousand or so subordinates left, had a decent number of Eternals under him. It was only natural that Cloud Fire Marquis had many Eternals under him as well.
Far away, Stable Army Marquis exchanged gazes with Chong Ming and asked, "Chong Ming, where are our people? Release them! Now!"
Chong Ming hurriedly did as told.
Even Brave Martial General, who was keeping completely silent, took her weapon out and released over ten thousand people before ordering them to absorb the powers in the air.
Of the six ancient human powerhouses Su Yu encountered in the Upper Realm, Shadow Marquis was without any subordinates, while Cloud Water Marquis had left. Su Yu had left the others alone, so they still had all their subordinates with them.
Altogether, Stable Army Marquis, Brave Martial General, and Cloud Fire Marquis had released about thirty thousand people. And among these people, there were over a hundred Eternals. This was the demonstration of the strength they had accumulated over all these years.
The various experts continued absorbing the powers in the air.
Huo Yue, the subordinate of Cloud Fire Marquis, was growing in strength at an incredibly rapid pace. In the blink of an eye, a rumble rang out. Her dao surged, and an aura unique to Daofuses rippled out.
Not far away, Brave Martial General sighed.
A pity.
She was lamenting Cloud Water Marquis' absence. If she were here, she could have advanced straight to the level of a heavenly king. Furthermore, she also had a large number of water cultivators under her. They would all benefit greatly from this as well.
Some might even be able to advance into Daofuses.
Alas, Cloud Water Marquis had made a different choice.
Meanwhile, Cloud Fire Marquis was grinning so widely that one would think that someone had torn a hole in his face.
This felt great!
A Daofuse had finally emerged among his subordinates.
He laughed heartily and said, "Huo Yue, keep at it! Huo Lie, Huo Bao, and the others. Keep absorbing as well. Don't let those fire elementals absorb everything. They're not capable of entering the Daofuse Realm so it's a waste to let them absorb too much!"
As he roared with excitement, Wan Tiansheng shouted at him, "Silence! Fire Cloud, focus on contemplating the dao of fire. This is your sole opportunity to reach the level of a Venerable!"
Why was that old fart so talkative? He should be focusing on comprehending the dao instead!
Cloud Fire Marquis had advanced into the level of a heavenly king not long ago. Now that he was free from the disturbance of his body of flesh, he could perhaps get lucky and reach the level of a Venerable. The fire dao was powerful enough to produce a Venerable. There was no doubt about that.
After all, the fire dao was a part of what was known as the foundation daos. Such foundation daos were all incredibly powerful. There was no comparison between them and the niche daos, such as what Great Zhou King was cultivating.
Meanwhile, Huo Yue and the others were still in confusion. When they saw that Cloud Fire Marquis had really shut his mouth to comprehend the dao obediently, they were surprised. They said nothing and continued absorbing the dao power in silence.
Inwardly, they were wondering about the apparent decline in their boss' status. Where was this? Was this the Lower Realm? But how could the Lower Realm be so rich in dao power?
Shortly after, the dao power of metal started dropping from the sky as well. At that, many people cheered with joy. Even Wan Tiansheng was shouting in excitement, "This is it! Even warriors can comprehend this dao! All weapons are covered by the metal dao! The metal dao is the dao of offense!"
This dao was unique as even those who didn't specialize in it could comprehend it to grow. And the dao of offense was something almost every cultivator would dabble in.
Inwardly, Wan Tiansheng was feeling quite surprised. So this was how a hole was dug? If they could dig a hole every few days, wouldn't...it be crazy? Rapid development would no longer be a dream!
"This is crazy!"
"If Su Yu were to open a hole every three days, we could probably produce a bunch of Venerables!"
With that in mind, Wan Tiansheng's expression turned strange. Since the Human Emperor was capable of digging a hole in the River of Time, why didn't he dig more back then? Just dig one every three days. Even if it wasn't enough to produce a bunch of Masters of Laws for humanity, it should help humanity produce a bunch of Daofuses, right?
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Su Yu was unaware of what Wan Tiansheng was thinking.
If he knew, he would probably start cursing at Old Wan.
Screw that!
He was already pale from exhaustion even before releasing all five elements. Around him, the floating Mark of Civilization and Xing Yu's token were trembling madly from the pressure of the currents.
The pressure was too strong.
Various dao powers were surging in his direction on their way out, and as a result, he had absorbed a large amount of dao powers as well. Thus, he was already feeling like he would burst apart soon.
"So hot."
"So cold!"
"It hurts so much!"
"Ahh, I'm turning into stone!"
Since he was alone, there was no need for him to care about his image. Rather, he freely wailed in pain. He swore he would never do this again. Before going through the hole below him, the various dao powers would first go through him, subjecting him to intense torture.
He felt like a single attempt was enough to kill him.
"To think I'm only opening a tiny hole. Back then, Human Emperor must have wailed in pain while digging such a big hole..."
Su Yu comforted himself that it was not shameful to wail in pain. He was certain he wasn't alone. Human Emperor must have cried in pain as well. If even digging such a small hole was such a painful experience, Human Emperor must have experienced something worse.
"This is a shared secret of Creators. None of us will tell anyone about this. Yes. Definitely."
First, he cried in pain from the power of fire. Then, he turned into a popsicle from the power of water. But next, the power of wood healed him, causing him to moan in comfort. That was followed by the power of metal, subjecting him with the pain of being sliced apart.
He cried freely, with tears and snot streaming down his face. He did not mind since nobody could see him here. This was a secret of fellow Creators. As long as Human Emperor, the master of death spirit dao, and he were silent about this, nobody would know.
The various daos continued tormenting him. Each time he severed a new thread, he would be subjected to a different experience. For example, severing the thread of the devil dao would turn him into a laughing devil.
Severing the thread of the immortal dao would turn him into a man of boundless elegance even with all the tears and snot on his face.
This was his first time coming in such close contact with all these daos. As a result, his comprehension over these daos was also deepening rapidly.
As Su Yu transformed repeatedly, it was as though he had become a madman with countless personalities.
