The Demon with Holy Radiance-Chapter 128 - 113: Advancing to Visceral Stone! Tree of Flesh and Blood

Chapter 128: Chapter 113: Advancing to Visceral Stone! Tree of Flesh and Blood

"Hahahaha, you little bastard, you’ve been abandoned!"

The Vulgar Mouth Bow’s voice rang in Yang An’s mind, laughing with immense glee.

Yang An ignored her, his mind already on other matters.

’Based on Ji Bu’s walking speed, even though he left an hour ago, he probably hasn’t gone too far.’

’But I don’t want to follow him.’

’Rather than go back with them and waste several days on the road, I’d rather use that time to cultivate.’

’It won’t be too late to go back once I break through to the Visceral Stone Realm.’

’Otherwise, with my Primordial Feeding Realm Cultivation Level, cultivating back there wouldn’t be as effective as it is out here.’

Besides, he had just obtained a Magical Artifact that could aid his cultivation, which would significantly shorten the time needed to reach the Visceral Stone Realm. Yang An was itching to make the breakthrough.

"Arrange a Quiet Chamber for me. Don’t let anyone disturb me."

Yang An ordered Tai Shiyao directly.

’Now that the business in Liuyun City is over, there shouldn’t be any more trouble for a while. Rather than look for another place, I might as well cultivate right here in the Golden Martial Gang’s headquarters.’

"Yes, sir!"

Tai Shiyao replied respectfully and immediately sent someone to make the arrangements.

A short while later, a gang member came to lead the way, bringing Yang An to a secluded and tranquil courtyard.

After instructing that no one was to disturb him, Yang An entered the house.

First, he took off the Vulgar Mouth Bow, then he retrieved the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror from his Meat Burial Talisman.

"You little shit! You’re just gonna toss me here? Don’t tell me you expect me to stand guard while you cultivate?

I want flesh and blood!

I want fine wine!

I want handsome men!!!"

The Vulgar Mouth Bow had been placed on the ground and was now throwing a tantrum, but Yang An paid her no mind whatsoever.

’Her rage was but a breeze on the mountain;’

’her curses, the moon on the river.’

After using his Purification Ability on the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror, Yang An tried to infuse it with Mana.

Light and shadow immediately swirled within the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror. Then, countless tiny tendrils extended from beneath the mirror’s surface and rooted themselves directly into Yang An’s spine.

The Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror slowly levitated and came to rest above Yang An’s head.

The next moment!

Suddenly, it was as if a storm had erupted inside the room. Even the doors and windows rattled violently.

Unseen, endless Mana converged and poured into the mirror’s surface.

The countless tiny tendrils connected to Yang An’s body bulged at the same moment.

It was all Mana!

Yang An was instantly overjoyed. The Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror’s effect of gathering Heaven and Earth Mana was far beyond his expectations.

Such a terrifying fluctuation of Mana was likely something even a Visceral Stone Realm cultivator couldn’t match.

He wasted no more time, quickly sitting cross-legged to refine the Mana.

「Several days passed in the blink of an eye.」

Originally, one-third of the space in Yang An’s acupoints had yet to be filled.

Without the aid of any external objects, it might have taken him several months to completely fill his acupoints with Mana.

But with the help of the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror, the process was accelerated more than a hundredfold. The mirror gathered a terrifying amount of Mana, and his refining speed shot up like a rocket.

Once the Mana in his acupoints was completely full, Yang An hastily disconnected himself from the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror. The tendrils withdrew from his body one by one, pulling out traces of crimson blood with them.

’The last thing I want is to be burst apart by too much Mana.’

"I want flesh and blood!

I want fine wine!

I want handsome men!!!"

The Vulgar Mouth Bow was still raving nonstop nearby. In fact, for the past few days, she had been chattering and cursing incessantly in Yang An’s mind.

But once Yang An entered a state of cultivation, he became completely immersed and couldn’t hear her voice at all.

Still ignoring the Vulgar Mouth Bow’s roars, Yang An had only one final step left.

As long as he integrated the Great Brightness Buddha Golden Zen Spell into his Dao of Destiny Technique, he would successfully break through to the Visceral Stone Realm.

This step took him a full day. It wasn’t until deep in the night that the Dao of Destiny Technique was successfully integrated.

At that moment, Yang An suddenly felt his entire body go numb, as if he had lost all sensation in an instant.

But immediately after, his physical body began to twist and deform uncontrollably. It expanded and collapsed like a piece of modeling clay, constantly changing shape. Even his bones creaked nonstop, as if they would shatter into dust at any moment.

The pain wasn’t unbearable; Yang An gritted his teeth and endured it.

By the time his body finally returned to normal, as if nothing had happened, and the pain had completely vanished, another two hours had passed.

’Visceral Stone Realm, success!’

A satisfied smile finally appeared on Yang An’s face.

He looked his body up and down. His flesh and blood seemed unchanged, but he had now attained the Undying Body.

From this moment on, he no longer needed to go to the trouble of collecting flesh and blood essence. He had finally passed through that difficult period.

The Vulgar Mouth Bow seemed to have tired itself out from cursing and had fallen silent.

Yang An was contemplating whether he should use the Flesh Vein Gathering Element Mirror again to refine his Mana to the Perfection level of his current realm in one go.

But just then, a violent pain suddenly shot through his brain.

Yang An’s entire body slumped. He dropped to his knees, clutching his head with both hands.

This sudden agony was like someone had shoved a stick into his brain and was stirring it relentlessly, even thrusting it deeper into his skull while continuing to stir.

At that moment, he couldn’t even think. Any thought that arose in his mind was instantly shattered by the excruciating pain, and he was unable to focus his consciousness.

Gritting his teeth against the intense agony, Yang An used Introspection to look inside his body. He discovered a tiny point of light in his brain that was branching out into countless red veins, spreading down and throughout his entire body.

At this exact moment, an information box suddenly popped up before his eyes.

"[Tree of Flesh and Blood]: Created by Zhu Han, Workshop Master of the Jade Refining Workshop. Uses the Mother Tree of Ten Thousand Corpses as its core and is connected by the bloodline of an Innate Flesh Mushroom, allowing members of the Scripture Defector Association to communicate across vast distances and even dimensions.

Cost of Use: When the Tree of Flesh and Blood first takes form, it will inevitably cause the host’s death. Nothing can save them.

Status: Can be Purified!"

Seeing the information box appear, Yang An was in too much pain to even finish reading its contents before he reflexively used his Purification Ability.

And at that very moment, even as every inch of his body screamed in agony, Yang An suddenly felt something being drawn out of him, inexplicably vanishing into the void.

Simultaneously, the excruciating pain from a moment before vanished without a trace.

’What was that?’

Yang An gasped for breath. That feeling had been anything but pleasant. He had truly felt an unbearable agony, a pain even worse than being torn limb from limb—a sensation he had never experienced before.

Just now, he had even felt a suffocating sense of impending doom, a feeling that not even his breakthrough to the Visceral Stone Realm could save him from death.

’If I hadn’t used the Purification Ability, I would have died for sure!’

Although he had now recovered and the pain was gone, Yang An’s attention was captured by what he had perceived in that instant.

Because it was something he had noticed at the very moment he used his Purification Ability.

’Something was drawn out of my body!’

’This is definitely not a coincidence. It’s never happened before.’

Yang An instantly recalled his experiment back at the Xiyue River.

Back then, he had wondered whether his Purification Ability purified the cultivation-related items themselves, or if it purified him.

At the time, he had leaned toward the latter, because in his view, if the Cultivation Technique didn’t change, then the change must have been within himself.

But back then, he hadn’t noticed any change in himself.

’But this time is different.’

’I felt it!’

Perhaps it was because his Cultivation Level was too low before. Now that he had just entered the Visceral Stone Realm, he noticed the anomaly.

’Just now, something was definitely drawn from my body, vanishing into thin air.’

’Is this some kind of cost for using the Purification Ability? Or did it change something unseen?’

’Or... could it be both?’

At this thought, Yang An took a deep breath and pulled out a pile of bottles and jars from his Meat Burial Talisman.

These were all healing and other functional Elixirs. He had already used up all the Elixirs that aided cultivation, leaving only these less useful ones, none of which had been Purified.

’To verify this, I need more test subjects. These Elixirs are perfect for the experiment.’

Yang An wasn’t worried that others would notice him using his Purification Ability. He had tried it before, like at the discipleship banquet in the Golden Sun Pavilion. Even in front of that old fellow and all his fellow disciples, no one had noticed anything unusual when he used his ability.

Yang An picked up an Elixir and immediately used his Purification Ability.

In the information box that popped up, the status "Can be Purified" instantly changed to "Purified"!

At that exact moment, Yang An magnified all his senses, focusing his attention on his entire body, waiting for that feeling to appear again.

But to his surprise, even after several breaths, nothing unusual happened.

He had clearly felt something being drawn from his body just moments ago, but now nothing was happening. It was as if his earlier sensation had just been an illusion.

’What’s going on?’

Yang An was dumbfounded.

He took out another Elixir and used the Purification Ability again.

The result was the same—nothing happened.

Unconvinced, Yang An took out more Elixirs and tried several more times, but the result was always the same. Nothing unusual occurred.

’That’s not right! I clearly felt it just now, so why isn’t it happening again?’ Yang An was utterly bewildered.

’Could it be that some factor is missing? Or maybe it only happens under specific circumstances?’

He thought back to what he was doing earlier when he felt something being drawn out...

’At that time, my whole body was in agony, an unprecedented pain, the kind of pain that felt like I was about to die from being unable to bear it!’

’Could it be... the pain?’

’Do I have to be in extreme pain while using the Purification Ability to perceive what’s being taken?’

Yang An’s eyes lit up, and for a moment he was eager to investigate, but he quickly gave up the idea.

’Extreme pain, the agony of near death.’

’That was a true brush with death. Even having reached the Visceral Stone Realm, I could feel it. Even with an Undying Body, I would have died.’

He had never experienced anything like what he had just felt; that had been the first time.

’I can’t just risk my life to run an experiment. What if I overdo it and end up kicking the bucket?’