154: Chapter 153 A Certain Depleted Power

The battle on the high mountain was extremely intense.

Yet, it was also completely meaningless.

Under the endless onslaught of the immortal monsters, that Supreme Remnant, which was suspected to have developed consciousness, would sooner or later be exhausted to death in this battle if it did not leave.

Ye Xiu watched quietly.

He did not call out to offer any warning.

Exposing oneself to danger for the sake of unrelated people was a highly irrational act.

As time passed.

That Supreme Remnant, having awakened consciousness, finally revealed a flaw under the Crawlers' reckless, death-defying assaults.

Roar...

Amidst the roars.

A group of monsters pinned the Supreme Remnant beneath them, their countless terrifying hands tearing and clawing at its body.

There was no mangled flesh.

The body of the Supreme Realm was difficult to destroy.

Even while being frantically torn at by the monsters, it remained as hard as divine iron, without any damage.

However, as wisps of black mist drifted out.

That Supreme Remnant began to counterattack frantically, wanting to stop these monsters from seizing its own Death Qi.

After a long while.

The monsters released the Supreme Remnant and slowly disappeared into the darkness.

High up on the mountain.

That Supreme Remnant, which had awakened consciousness, seemed to have fallen back into a state of pure instinct after losing its Death Qi.

Dazed and confused.

At the foot of the mountain.

Ye Xiu had witnessed everything from start to finish.

He was deeply shocked.

So, the Awakening of the Supreme Remnant was due to the presence of Death Qi.

And this Death Qi came from the Guixu.

Those immortal monsters were products of Death Qi; their existence was solely to strip the Death Qi from the Supreme Remnant.

It was as if they were guarding their own property.

"I have no Death Qi on me; no wonder those monsters did not pay attention to me when I was hiding earlier."

A plan formed in Ye Xiu's mind.

Based on this situation, he would not actually have much trouble in the Guixu.

If there were only Crawlers in the darkness.

Then there was no need to worry too much about his own safety.

Thinking this.

After taking one last look at the Supreme Remnant on the high mountain.

He turned and continued to head deeper into the Guixu.

Tap tap...

Woo...

Roar...

In the boundless dark environment.

Footsteps, low roars, and intense fighting sounds never ceased.

In this incredibly mysterious Guixu, there was a vicious cycle.

The Crawlers existed to harvest Death Qi, while the Supreme Remnant would instinctively devour Death Qi.

They could not coexist.

One could not be killed, the other could not be destroyed.

This led to the fact that there was no end to this vicious cycle.

And the reason for this cycle's existence was entirely due to Death Qi.

This power came from within the earth.

Deep underground, there was likely an unimaginably terrifying secret buried.

In the darkness.

Ye Xiu stepped quickly to explore ahead.

Knowing that he would not attract Crawlers, his exploration speed increased significantly.

Since leaving the high mountain area.

He walked for about half a day before leaving the slightly elevated area and entering a basin.

In this low-lying area.

The darkness here was even thicker, and the Death Qi within the earth was even greater.

Thump...

With a loud noise.

Ye Xiu stomped a shallow pit into the ground. Watching the wisps of Death Qi drifting about, he reached out and grabbed a wisp from the pit.

He held it in his hand and studied it carefully.

Just like Life Essence.

This type of power did not have much offensive attribute.

It was like some kind of depleted power that had lost its original peerless might, leaving only an indelible, miraculous quality.

The attribute of Enlightenment.

This power was very special to a Cultivator, possessing the attribute of Enlightenment.

No wonder the Supreme Remnant would awaken some consciousness after absorbing a large amount of Death Qi; it turned out that this Death Qi actually contained such a miraculous attribute.

Even just a slight contact.

In Ye Xiu's Sea of Consciousness, the Heavenly Emperor Sutra, which had been floating quietly, vibrated slightly—even more noticeably than when he had encountered purple qi before.

Seeing this situation.

He became even more curious about this Death Qi.

After observing carefully for a long time.

Ye Xiu decided to absorb a little to see, although it was somewhat risky.

But the decision to enter the Guixu was already full of risks; as long as the gains were sufficient, this little risk was nothing.

Hum...

The Death Qi entered his body.

His golden immortal power began to change, gradually tinged with a trace of black.

Ye Xiu frowned slightly.

He did not dare to let his own immortal power mutate here.

After all, absorbing Death Qi would very likely make him a target for the Crawlers.

This was highly irrational.

The Crawlers could not destroy the Supreme Remnant, but they should be able to dismember him.

Facing a group of Crawlers.

He was not confident he could leave alive.

Looking at the faint black mist in the shallow pit, this energy condensed from Death Qi could actually be used for the Law-Breaking Path to experiment with.

After all, it did not need to be integrated into his own body.

Even if discovered by the Crawlers, he could store it within his Bloodline and use his immortal power to isolate its perception.

Thinking of this.

The wangquan sword instantly appeared in his hand.

Sizzle...

The blade was inserted into the shallow pit.

Under Ye Xiu's intentional guidance, the Death Qi began to enter the wangquan sword.

Hum...

The blade was trembling lightly.

The Law-Breaking Path, as the Death Qi entered, seemed to have taken steroids, growing frantically.

Originally in the initial stage of Immortality.

Under the stimulation of the Death Qi, in just half an hour, it had reached a state of saturation, with a vague trend of breaking into the Minor Achievement stage.

This was terrifying.

The distance from the initial stage of Immortality to the Minor Achievement stage of Immortality.

Even the strongest Prodigy would need decades of growth time, even with various fortuitous encounters.

Yet this Death Qi.

Was like the most fundamental power in the world.

After entering the wangquan sword, it immediately caused the Law-Breaking Path to enter a state of super-speed growth.

In just half an hour.

It had already covered the path that others would take countless years to walk.

Just as Ye Xiu was preparing to continue devouring the Death Qi to break into the Minor Achievement stage of Immortality.

A feeling of palpitation suddenly surged into his heart.

It was as if he had been suddenly stared at by some terrifying thing with a gaze full of malice.

Crawlers?

Ye Xiu put away the wangquan sword and stared warily into the darkness at the rapidly approaching monsters.

With the disappearance of the wangquan sword.

The original feeling of palpitation largely disappeared.

A few minutes later.

A dozen or so Crawlers appeared from the darkness.

Woo woo woo...

They roared around Ye Xiu.

In their pupils, which were only white, there was no emotion that humans should have.

"After losing the target, can't find an object to attack?"

Even surrounded by a group of monsters, Ye Xiu did not panic much. His immortal power surged, shielding all the aura within the wangquan sword.

As long as he did not carry the Death Qi himself.

Then this group of monsters would have no motive to attack him.

So he was not afraid at all.

Instead, he took this opportunity to carefully examine these Crawlers.

No signs of life, shrouded in Death Qi, their entire bodies filled with a large amount of Death Qi, as if they were condensed from Death Qi.

After observing for a long time.

With a dull roar.

This group of monsters finally chose to leave, gradually fading away amidst the tap-tap-tap of footsteps.

"It seems that in the Guixu, it is not without any opportunities."

Ye Xiu watched the monsters disappear into the darkness.

A hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.

After the Heaven and Earth Law reaches Immortality, it is extremely difficult to go any further.

Either rely on time to grind it out.

Or rely on Heaven And Earth Treasure, plus Heaven-Defying Aptitude.

Originally, he had planned to use the power of the era's Luck during the Fengshan ceremony to forcibly push the Law-Breaking Path into the half-step Supreme Realm.

Now it seems.

He could skip this step.

The Death Qi in the Guixu, to a certain extent, was even more astonishing than purple qi.

If conditions allowed.

Ye Xiu would not even want to leave.

If he could absorb the power here endlessly, perhaps it would not be long before the Heavenly Emperor Sutra would be cultivated by him to an extremely terrifying level.

Besides that.

The Law-Breaking Path could also rely on the Death Qi in the Guixu to forcibly evolve Heaven and Earth.

This was simply a place to create dreams.

Unfortunately.

The monsters here would not agree to it.

Even if the wangquan sword was hidden within his own Bloodline.

But if the Law-Breaking Path were to endlessly devour Death Qi, it would inevitably develop corresponding characteristics.

By then.

His own immortal power would likely be hard to continue shielding it.

Furthermore, if he were to Cultivate the Heavenly Emperor Sutra using Death Qi, it probably would not take long before he would be targeted by the Crawlers.

By then, let alone cultivating with peace of mind.

Even escaping safely would likely not be very easy.