Chapter 89: Condensing the Yin Pearl
Three large whirlpools, like clouds and mountains, floated above the top of the rocky peaks.
A whirlpool of electricity flashed inside, and a thread of cold air was tempered by the whirlpool again and again, turning into strange gray light spots.
In the absolutely calm sky, the lingering heavenly yin energy that had not dispersed for many years was gradually being swallowed up by the three massive whirlpools.
The stone statue's expression was solemn and dignified, as if it had entered a certain mysterious realm.
Above his head, strange gray light spots suddenly leaked out from the three major whirlpools and rushed towards Shi Yan's body.
Shi Yan's body produced a wild and violent suction force that anyone could sense!
His body seemed to have become a black hole, absorbing all the gray light spots pouring down from the sky!
Grey light spots, flickering, jumping, poured into the body of Shi Yan.
His body was shrouded in a layer of dull gray light, and a chill aura spread out from him in all directions.
Anyone who approaches the stone rock will have their body involuntarily stiffen, and the speed of their vital energy circulation will slow down. They must muster up strength to resist it, otherwise they will be constantly affected by those dense yin energies.
The stone rock seemed to have become a huge demon that swallowed dark energy!
He sat there motionless, yet relying on the three large vortex hovering above his head, frantically absorbing and transforming the yin energy within the absolute yin plain, causing the yin energy to continuously condense and transform into tiny, extremely pure yin force, becoming the nourishment for his cultivation.
Gray light spots rapidly gather and surge into the body around the outer surroundings of Shendao, Tianding, Shenque, and Yindu three acupoints on the chest.
Each of the pure gray light points represents the most intense heavenly yin energy essence, a large number of light points rush into the yin vortex, and under the repeated refinement of the yin vortex, they are transformed into even more pure yin energy, finally flowing into the center of the yin vortex.
Unbeknownst to all, in the midst of three swirling vortex centers, three grain-sized pearls were slowly taking shape.
As soon as he sensed the concentration of the Yin Pearl, Shi Yan's expression changed slightly.
He quietly sensed the surroundings with his spiritual sense, and after finding no abnormalities around him, he once again urged the swirling dark energy to continue devouring more of the heavenly yin energy.
"You don't have to stop." Xia Xinyan stood beside Shi Yan, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a strange light. "I know what you're doing and I know you can hear me. The Nine-headed Snake will be here soon, but we'll take care of it. You can continue to devour the heavenly yin energy here."
Shi Yan could indeed hear Xia Xinyan's voice, but he couldn't respond.
"Miss Xia, Shi Yan won't stop at this time. The Nine-headed Snake will take action against him first." Ku Long said urgently.
Zhuā Jī and Chì Xiāo also looked at Xia Xīn Yuè with a hint of surprise, unsure what her proposal meant.
"The nine-headed heavenly snake has nine heads, three of which can spit fire, three can spit out toxic liquids, and the other three can control the yin energy of the flat ground to form various attacks."
Xia Xinyan's beautiful eyes turned, and she explained solemnly: "The three heads that can control the yin energy of heaven and earth are very troublesome, and we will also have some difficulty dealing with them. But now we have an advantage, as long as Shiyan continues to devour the yin energy of heaven and earth, after the nine-headed snake comes, it wants to use the yin energy of heaven and earth to attack, the yin energy will be immediately swallowed by the vortex on Shiyan's head! In this way, the three heads of the nine-headed snake that can grasp the yin energy will greatly reduce their power!"
As soon as this was said, Zhu Ji and Chi Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up at the same time, and they nodded in agreement, saying: "Not bad!"
"With those three heads neutralized, the nine-headed snake will be much easier to deal with. And since you're not afraid of its venom, and we have the silver silk screen, we can focus our energy on the three heads that breathe fire. This battle will also be a lot easier thanks to Shi Yan." Xia Xinyan said calmly.
Zhuā qí and Chì Xiǎo nodded in agreement with Xia Xīnyàn's proposal.
"Will something happen to our young master?" Han Feng suddenly opened his eyes, coldly staring at Xia Xinyan, "We care about the Tianmen, but our young master's life is even more important!"
"He's not bait, just keep him as he is now." Xia Xinyan furrowed her brow and continued, "If he wants to wake up, he can do so at any time, but if you want to gather the heavenly and earthly yin energy like this again, it will take some more time."
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"
The earth-shaking rumbling sound is getting closer and closer.
The earth was trembling, and in the distance, a vague figure of terror slowly began to emerge.
"Get ready for battle!" Akatsuki shouted lightly.
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Another entrance of the Valley of Eternal Darkness.
Bei Ming's facial expression changed slightly, staring at the whirlpool that rose to the sky like wolf smoke thousands of meters away, a hint of confusion flashed in his cold eyes.
"Grandfather, is war breaking out?" asked Beiming Ce.
He shook his head, Bei Ming said: "It's not, the yin energy of heaven and earth has changed, all gathering in the direction of Chi Xiao's few people, the nine-headed heavenly snake came out of the Absolute Yin Valley, also rushing towards Chi Xiao's side, I don't know what happened on that side."
"When did we go?"
"Wait! Wait until the battle on that side is almost over."
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Elsewhere, a group of people in the dark looked at the three large whirlpools suspended in mid-air on the stone cliff, also with shocked faces, not knowing what had happened over there.
"Master? It seems... the yin energy of heaven and earth has changed, gathering towards that one place. Could it be that the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake has already made its move?" The strange young man guessed.
"The Nine-Headed Snake can also cultivate with the help of the heaven and earth's yin energy, but it's not as overbearing. To have so much heaven and earth's yin energy crazily surging towards one point, such a large scale, I think even the Nine-Headed Heaven Snake can't do it. Moreover, those changes are coming from outside the Absolute Yin Valley, obviously it's the doing of those people from Chi Xiao." The Underworld Master said in a low voice.
"Want to go take a look?"
"No need, wait for news from Beiming Shang. If there's no news from him, we won't make a move for now. Your shifu should have gone over by now, and if the Tianmen really appears on that side, your shifu will also send out a signal. We don't need to be so anxious."
"I understand."
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Three yin pearls were slowly condensing, and as more heavenly yin energy was infused into them, the three yin pearls became increasingly translucent.
The yin bead is outside the cave, in the center of the swirling yin energy, spinning around and around. Every time a strand of gray yin energy essence comes in, the yin bead immediately absorbs the gray light point.
The yin pearl will only actively sink into the three holes when it has truly taken shape.
Shi Yan was well aware of this, so despite hearing Xia Xinyan's words and knowing that Han Feng and Ku Long were extremely worried about him, he still didn't stop the swirling vortex.
He had a premonition that the Yin Pearl was at a critical moment and might soon truly condense successfully, sinking into the cave.
Three huge whirlpools bursting out of his head also startled him.
When those three huge whirlpools appeared and began frantically devouring the heaven and earth's Yin energy, Shi Yan finally confirmed that this ordinary-grade XuanYin technique was absolutely not so simple!
What kind of ordinary martial skill can cause such a big commotion during cultivation?
He really can't think of it.
"Waaaah! Waaaah! Waaaah!"
A terrifying roar, like thunder, came from afar and reverberated across the entire desolate plain.
The Nine-Headed Celestial Snake is a peak seventh-level demon beast, said to be an ancient variant born from the union of dragons and pythons. It possesses the ability to continuously evolve. Once the Nine-Headed Celestial Snake has consumed enough yin energy, toxic energy, and flames, it can evolve again, reaching the level of an eighth-level or ninth-level demon beast.
This nine-headed snake, which forcibly occupied the absolute yin flat land, saw that the yin energy was dense and the surrounding dead swamp had poisonous fog wrapped around it. It occupied this place to borrow the help of toxic gas and yin energy to cultivate itself.
Before long, the heavenly serpent with nine giant heads that had been piled up like a mountain finally emerged from the Valley of Absolute Yin.
A nine-headed serpent with a body like a mountain of flesh, covered in silver scales and sharp spikes. Each of its nine heads was over twenty meters long, resembling a giant python, with snow-white fangs, spewing forth poisonous fog, dark energy, and flames.
"Get moving!"
As soon as he saw it appear, his face turned stern and he led the way out first.
One by one, the earth dragons burst out from the center of the earth, their claws and bodies flashing as they merged into a single earth dragon body.
After the Tǔ Lóng was pierced by the Zhǎo Jī, its body was suddenly covered with hard earth armor, and the dragon's head vaguely resembled the shape of the Zhǎo Jī. Its body also swelled to twice its original size.
"Zhuaji was born to an eighth-level demon beast 'Muddy Swamp Python' and a human female martial artist. The Muddy Swamp Python was originally the true master of the Dead Silent Marsh, able to transform into a human, and also the most powerful demon beast that had ever appeared in our area. Legend has it that the original Muddy Swamp Python was the king of demon beasts here, and no martial artist dared to offend its dignity! The Muddy Swamp Python was an eighth-level demon beast, comparable to a martial artist at the level of Tongshen, but died mysteriously in the Dead Silent Marsh a thousand years ago. Many years after its death, the Nine-Headed Snake emerged in the Dead Silent Marsh, driving Zhuaji out to the periphery and occupying the Absolute Yin Valley for cultivation, which is also why Zhuaji has such deep hatred for it."
When Zhuaji possessed Tudragon's body and rushed towards the Nine-headed Heaven Snake, Chi Xiao quietly told Zhuaji and the Nine-headed Heaven Snake about their past grievances.
"Eight-level demon beast!" Xia Xinyan's face also changed slightly, "No wonder Pao Qi Tian Sheng can control the toxic gas and move freely in the muddy swamp, it turns out that he is a hybrid of the mud python and human."
"If he couldn't grasp the toxic miasma and stagnant mud, he would have been killed by the nine-headed snake long ago. On the outskirts of the Dead Silence Marsh, as long as Claw hid in the marsh, no one could do anything to him, which was also the most troublesome place for Claw."
"Can you two get started?"
On the other side, Kageyuki transformed into a mud dragon and shouted loudly in the flames spewed out by the nine-headed snake, looking somewhat urgent.
The nine-headed snake had three heads that spewed fire, emitting a dense blaze of flames that resembled clouds. The raging fire burned fiercely, drying up many mud dragons and toasting the earth dragon that had transformed from Paw Qi until it crackled with a "popping" sound.
The other six heads of the nine-headed snake, on the other hand, did not spit out toxic liquids and yin energy, but instead opened their bloody mouths wide, revealing rows of dense, snow-white fangs, and directly bit towards the earth dragon transformed from Pao Qi.
The sky was filled with nine-headed snakes, each snake head twisting and writhing. The nine snake heads worked together, without using venom or dark energy, to press down on the paws of the Qilin, pinning them firmly in place.
Tsukiji is absolutely at a disadvantage.
"Get moving!"
Chi Xiao knew that Xia Xinyan had made a sound, and suddenly a thick smoke burst out of his body. In the smoke, Chi Xiao's body slowly stretched out, and his body grew bigger with the smoke.
In just a few seconds, Chi Xiao's body expanded countless times with the smoke, and he became a giant that touched the sky, not much smaller than the nine-headed heavenly snake.
In the midst of the clouds and fog, the majestic body of Chi Ying, as mighty as a mountain, suddenly charged towards the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake. His two hands shone brightly, pulling out a silver silk screen to block in front of him.
Xia Xinyan took a deep breath and also activated her Wheel of Reincarnation Martial Soul.
The space-time continuum seemed to be in disarray, with all sorts of colorful lights bursting forth. An ancient power from the long river of history suddenly surged out from a rift in space-time and directly infused into Xia Xinyan's body.
Only Xia Xinyan of the Hundred Calamities' Threefold Heaven realm suddenly shot up like a divine being, and also charged towards the Nine-Headed Sky Snake.
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