238: Barriers of element affinity

Star Abyss's figure transformed into specks of starlight and vanished within the five-colored space.

“Roar~~”

Lao Liu excitedly let out a high-pitched dragon roar, and its massive body impatiently squeezed completely out of the pet space.

In this strange space composed purely of the rules of the Five Elements Origin, its massive dragon body stretched out, stirring the golden, yellow, green, blue, and red light ribbons. Every colorful scale on its body simultaneously burst forth with immense pulling force, and every winding coil brought forth a magnificent Elemental Tide.

Visibly, the incredibly dense Power of the Five Elements Origin rushed madly toward Lao Liu's body, as if drawn by a giant whirlpool.

Lao Liu's massive dragon eyes comfortably narrowed. Its Five Elements Affinity was soaring at an unprecedented speed.

Huang Chen watched Lao Liu's carefree appearance, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. He then focused his mind and sat down cross-legged.

“Guide!”

His thoughts sank into his Sea of Consciousness, establishing a connection with the surrounding Five Elements light ribbons.

Having had previous experience, this time guiding the Power of Rules into his body was much smoother.

The golden, yellow, green, blue, and red streams of light flowed continuously into his body like five docile rivers, merging into the Five Elements Diagram inside him, and then circulating endlessly according to the principle of the Mutual Generation of the Five Elements.

He could clearly feel the Power of the Five Elements Origin within his body rapidly accumulating and strengthening.

However, just as this accumulation continued to increase and the Five Elements Power within his body surged, almost bursting out, the feeling of fullness, similar to when absorbing soul honey, appeared.

“Have I reached the limit?”

Huang Chen slowly opened his eyes, frowning as he muttered to himself.

When the soul reaches its limit, it can be refined with the help of the Soul Devouring Bees to absorb more soul honey.

But what should he do when the body's capacity reaches its limit?

Just as Huang Chen fell into a bottleneck, his heart filled with anxiety.

In the depths of the distant five-colored space, Star Abyss's figure quietly condensed once more.

He did not approach, but merely floated silently within the bizarre Elemental Torrent, his gaze piercing through the layers of light ribbons, falling upon the cross-legged figure and the soaring, churning Five-Colored Heavenly Dragon.

Seeing Lao Liu greedily absorbing the Five Elements Origin like a whale swallowing the sea, Star Abyss also revealed a slight smile.

"Five-Colored Heavenly Dragon, if you were born in This Universe, it would be absolutely impossible for you to have a chance to enter the Five Elements Space. I wonder what level this Super Divine Beast can reach after the baptism of the Five Elements Rule. Such good fortune... you truly should thank your master." He muttered softly, his tone filled with disbelief.

His gaze immediately turned towards Huang Chen, and the shock transformed into deep appreciation and a hint of imperceptible anticipation.

"In just a few short months... he has already pushed his Five Elements Affinity entirely to the Peak Realm of 99..." Star Abyss's voice carried a trace of emotion. "Such talent... did This Universe gain more Destiny by snatching it from outside to create such a monster? Or has all the Destiny of This Universe been seized by this one person?"

His gaze seemed capable of penetrating Huang Chen's body, seeing that invisible barrier.

Then, his voice, devoid of sorrow or joy, echoed in Huang Chen's mind.

“Pity... 99 to 100 seems like one step, but it is actually a Heavenly Abyss. This is no longer something that can be broken through by relying on external objects or arduous cultivation.”

“Rules are unlike elements; they will not yield because you are strong. You need to truly understand it, use it, and embrace it. When you practice all the skills you have mastered to the level of Return to Simplicity and Purity, your affinity will naturally break through.”

“However, in this Land of Five Elements Origin, the efficiency of comprehending the Rules is thousands, even tens of thousands of times higher than the outside world... Cherish the remaining twenty minutes!”

“Use it! Return to Simplicity and Purity!” Star Abyss's voice still echoed in Huang Chen's ears. His eyes hardened, and he thought to himself, “Then I’ll start with the Metal Element Users.”

“Returning Wind Falling Goose!”

“Soul Severing Stab!”

“Yang Guan Three Stacks!”

“Black and Yellow Body!”

“Golden Bell Shield!”

“Blood Battle in Eight Directions!”

Huang Chen used basic moves to simulate the six techniques, performing them again and again.

Unlike outside, when executing skills in the Five Elements Space, he could clearly feel the Origin of Metal—sharp, hard, penetrating, resilient, and deadly—flowing through his body in various forms.

Unconsciously, his Spearmanship Realm continuously climbed. Just when he felt all his skills were about to break through, the system's cold notification sound suddenly rang out.

【Ding! Thirty minutes are up. Transferring out of the Five Elements Law Space in ten seconds. Countdown begins 10...9...】

“It's over so soon?” Huang Chen tightened his grip on the demon slayer in his hand, unwilling to accept it.

Just a little bit more. If I had ten more minutes, I could definitely raise all six major skills to the realm of “Pinnacle of Perfection.”

Seeing that only five seconds remained on the countdown, Huang Chen teleported next to Lao Liu.

He rubbed Lao Liu's head and said lightly, “Time's up. Go inside!”

Lao Liu whined twice, looking at the surrounding Elemental Laws with great reluctance. In such a short time, the Elemental Power it absorbed hadn't even filled 30% of its body.

However, as Huang Chen's words fell, it obediently returned to the pet space.

After all, if it wasn't in the pet space, being left behind here would truly leave it wanting to cry but having no tears.

Returning to the Jinling City Villa, Tie Shengnan and the others had also finished absorbing their soul honey.

Although each person only received a small piece, it still raised their Elemental Affinity by more than ten points, with all of them reaching above 80.

Huang Chen glanced at Xiao Hu, who was still absorbing soul honey and whose HP had recovered to 20,000. At this point, the size of the soul honey Xiao Hu was absorbing was only about one-fifth of its original size.

Huang Chen did a quick calculation. Xiao Hu's HP was 250,000, and a basketball-sized piece of soul honey could restore about 25,000 HP.

This meant Xiao Hu needed 10 pieces of soul honey to fully recover, but Huang Chen only had 4 pieces of soul honey left in his backpack.

He had just asked Xiao Hu, and the reply was that it needed to recover to 80% HP to start laying eggs again, and ideally 100% so that the resulting Soul Devouring Bees would be strong enough.

However, this wasn't a big problem. The Soul Devouring Bee Swarm at Xiao Hu's mother's location was hundreds or thousands of times larger than the one Xiao Hu took away.

Act immediately when the thought arises. This issue is pressing right now.

With soul honey, his women could continue to improve their strength. If his women were strong, he would be strong, and if he was strong, he could obtain more resources—a virtuous cycle.

Furthermore, he needed to quickly get Xiao Hu to raise the Bee Swarm.

Producing honey was one aspect; on the other hand, Huang Chen's current strength was insufficient to conquer the Mirror Shadow Tower.

However, he had a very immature idea... “I hope you don't disappoint me!”

After glancing at the Soul Devouring Bee Larvae, Huang Chen moved his consciousness to the location of his clone, and with a whoosh, the two figures instantly appeared at the original location where the Soul Devouring Bee Nest was found.