157: Chapter 157 Advancement
High noon.
The sunlight fell like flowing fire.
Five years passed in the blink of an eye.
During these five years, Ji Yebai's body had completed its transformation, and he was now completely covered in Law Imprints.
He only needed to activate the imprints and thoroughly integrate the Law with his flesh and blood energy to begin his life ascension.
Of course, it wasn't just the transformation of his flesh that was complete.
During this period, Ji Yebai had also continuously refined his concepts for the Breakthrough technique.
He had even found the perfect location.
"I'll choose a time within the next few days!"
Ji Yebai's thoughts fluctuated.
To have reached this point after more than three hundred years, through sudden changes and shifting winds, he had already experienced a brilliance he never encountered—or even dared to imagine—in his previous life.
Now, he was finally about to take that step forward and enter a higher level.
Ji Yebai smiled slightly and composed his thoughts.
He turned and walked toward the main gate.
Asma was on duty.
Over these past five years, Asma had remained extremely dedicated.
Even when the rulers of the Draiden Star Civilization sent people to contact him, he sent them away.
It was currently noon; students had not yet finished school, so there were very few people at the gate.
However, what gave Asma a sudden jolt was seeing Ji Yebai walking toward him from a distance.
Asma quickly stood up and jogged over.
"Asma!"
Ji Yebai said indifferently.
Over these years, he had figured out how to deal with this Legendary expert of the Draiden Star Civilization.
If he was even slightly polite, it would make the man more respectful, or even fearful.
After several such instances left Ji Yebai speechless, he gradually realized that he couldn't be too polite to him.
The thousands of years of Huaxia civilization's etiquette and manners did not apply to Asma.
On the contrary, the less he cared, the more at ease Asma felt.
"I'm leaving for a while. It will likely be some time before I return!"
"Stay here and guard this place. When I return, I can release your shackles!"
As soon as he finished speaking.
Asma's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly said, "Sir, Asma will definitely keep a good watch over this place for you!"
Why had he been honestly acting as a security guard all these years?
The fundamental reason was that he was bound by Law Chains.
To put it bluntly, the Law Chains placed his life in Ji Yebai's hands.
Life and death were entirely up to Ji Yebai's whim.
Ji Yebai smiled slightly, then turned and vanished.
"As expected of Sir!"
Asma's eyes brightened, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
As a High-level Legendary, his Mental Energy was powerful, yet this scene right before his eyes still left him in awe.
Because he couldn't feel at all how the man in front of him had disappeared.
It was as if he had merged directly into space and vanished.
...
Miluoduo Volcano.
This was the largest volcano on this planet.
And it was an active volcano.
Its volume was even larger than the Yellowstone Supervolcano.
After the New Blue Star government migrated out of the Void Land Solar System, they formed an Alliance Government.
The power within the Alliance Government was essentially controlled by Huaxia.
However, the former great powers of the Allied Nations also maintained a certain status.
This Miluoduo Volcano was named after Miluoduo; in fact, it was Miluoduo who discovered it.
The massive volcano constantly emitted terrifyingly high temperatures.
This place was a forbidden zone for life.
Even with various cultivation methods, unless one had advanced to the Innate stage, not even a First-Class Martial Artist could get too close.
Furthermore, as an active volcano, the government's scientific research teams monitored it at all times.
Ji Yebai smiled slightly, bypassed some scientific instruments, and appeared at the mouth of the volcanic crater.
Dazzling red light filled his vision.
The terrifying heat caused the air at the crater's mouth to distort.
Ji Yebai took a step forward, stepping directly into the distorted air and falling vertically.
Boom!
Dazzling flames and golden-red lava.
The entire space radiated an immense amount of heat.
The temperature here was such that even steel wouldn't last more than a few seconds.
Ji Yebai's entire body emitted a faint shimmer as he walked directly onto the lava.
His robes fluttered.
He sat down cross-legged.
Ji Yebai took a slight breath, immediately centering his mind and energy.
Hu!
He exhaled a breath.
Ji Yebai's heart grew calm.
Scenes from the past flashed through his mind.
Ji Yebai slowly closed his eyes.
Buzz!
A surge of flames rose up, instantly submerging Ji Yebai.
The flames burned slowly, drawing energy from the lava below and beginning to grow intense.
In just the blink of an eye, Ji Yebai turned into a ball of fire.
The flames extracted the volcanic power, and their intensity began to increase dramatically.
Ji Yebai trembled slightly and withdrew the protection from his body's surface.
The flames immediately licked his flesh and blood body, beginning to drill into his seven apertures.
A piercing pain immediately struck him.
Ji Yebai frowned slightly.
A few ripples rose in the lake of his heart.
But they were smoothed over in the next moment.
When the flames entered his body through his seven apertures and filled his five organs and six viscera.
Ji Yebai moved.
His powerful heart began to mobilize.
A dazzling red light erupted.
Chirp!
A sharp, high-pitched cry burst forth.
The next moment, the red light spread out.
A Vermilion Bird composed of fire appeared in the lava space.
However, this magnificent Vermilion Bird did not spread its wings to fly high.
Instead, in the next second, it curled its wings, burying its snake-like head into them.
The blood-red flames suddenly became even more dazzling, completely submerging Ji Yebai.
It was impossible to tell how much time had passed.
At a certain moment.
Ji Yebai's flesh and blood body seemed to reach a certain critical point.
Every single cell began to undergo a change.
The terrifyingly high temperatures in the lava began to frantically pour into his flesh and blood cells.
Within those cells, Law, energy, and spirit began to intertwine, and then were accommodated by the flesh and blood body, merging into one.
Immediately following that, a golden cell appeared.
Compared to the previous flesh and blood cells, this cell with a golden tint was much more powerful and resilient, and it even carried a sense of pressure.
The appearance of this single cell seemed like a signal; after it, one golden cell after another continuously appeared.
They rapidly began to spread from various parts of his body.
The terrifying heat of the entire volcano seemed to burst like a dam, frantically pouring toward Ji Yebai.
Even the magma beneath him became a point of contact.
Ji Yebai was like a super pump, frantically drawing the energy of the entire volcano.
This extraction even caused the terrifyingly high temperatures in the volcano to plunge off a cliff.
The scientific research team monitoring the volcano from outside was suddenly alarmed.
Inside the tent.
"Professor Zhao, Professor Zhao, Professor Eluogen!"
A young man shouted frantically at the top of his lungs.
Immediately, the two professors rushed into the tent like a gust of wind.
"What happened!?"
Professor Zhao hurriedly asked before he had even stood firm.
"Professor Zhao, look! The temperature of the entire volcano is showing an anomaly. The ten thousand degree heat from before is now less than five thousand degrees!!!"
The young man said urgently.
The two old professors looked at each other, filled with astonishment.
After confirming the data was correct at the instruments, they stared at each other in mutual bewilderment.
In just that short while, the temperature readings on the monitoring equipment were still dropping.
"What is going on!?"
Even the two experienced old professors didn't know what was happening for a moment.
The volcano is cooling!?
This speed isn't normal; isn't it a bit too fast!?