The Prodigies War

Chapter 184 Extraordinary Phenomenon

As the students made breakthroughs one after another, they were successively taken away from the Dipper Transformation Lake.

Only five students remained cultivating in the lake, including Lin Xun, Bai Lingxi and Li Duxing.

It was already the seventh day since they entered the Dipper Transformation Lake! 

In the past seven days, Lin Xun had forgotten how much Origin Dipper Qi he had absorbed as he was fully immersed in cultivation.

The Mystery Grotto Devour Wilderness Scripture had displayed its incredible power during his cultivation. All the Origin Dipper Qi that Lin Xun absorbed was continuously tempered and integrated with his aeth power regardless of the amount. 

It was unknown when Lin Xun had started to feel an intense piercing pain spread from his chest. The pain was so agonizing that it made his soul tremble. 

Only then did he notice that his four heart acupuncture points were undergoing a strange change!

The four heart acupuncture points, namely the Jade Rotator, Splendid Cover, Violet Palace and Jade Hall, were located in the center of the chest. The four aeth power vortexes that Lin Xun had formed during cultivation were also born from those four acupoints. 

Those four acupoints were located in the heart area and formed a straight vertical meridian that exactly protected the heart area.

The four acupoints weren’t particularly important to ordinary cultivators, but they had a very special meaning to Lin Xun—The Origin Aeth Artery that he was born with was originally stored in the four heart acupuncture points!

Although his Origin Aeth Artery had long been taken away, he had still managed to defy the heavens and change his fate with the help of the Omega Secret Realm. The four aeth power vortexes also brought him unimaginable benefits on his cultivation path.

However, his four heart acupuncture points were currently undergoing changes!

Those four aeth power vortexes had become much more violent than they were before, rotating at an unprecedentedly fast speed. 

The incomparable piercing pain was precisely from the four aeth power vortexes.

Lin Xun didn’t know whether the changes were good or bad, but also couldn’t do anything. If he stopped them from operating, the four aeth power vortexes would instantly collapse!

He could only do everything to try to remain calm and control the speed of cultivating the Mystery Grotto Devour Wilderness Scripture to ensure that he wouldn’t be possessed by the devil during the intense cultivation.  

However, as time passed, the painful sensation grew stronger and stronger. He felt as though his heart was being ripped apart.  

Boom!

Just when Lin Xun almost couldn’t bear the severe pain anymore, a blast of terrifying vibrating force spread out from his four heart acupuncture points.  

Instantly, the four aeth power vortexes rapidly rotating merged with one another along the heart meridian to form a new vortex!

The vortex spanned down his heart area and covered the four acupoints, Jade Rotator, Splendid Cover, Violet Palace and Jade Hall. It looked like a giant abyss and seemed like it was born there. 

It didn’t rotate particularly fast but it was very stable and released a terrifying devouring power. It instantly pulverized the Origin Dipper Qi that was circulating his body to powder and completely refined them!

The tempering power of the previous four aeth power vortexes was nothing compared to it!

The piercing pain like he was being torn apart vanished instantly and a joyous feeling spread throughout his body. 

Only then did he believe that his four heart acupuncture points had changed again. It had created a new special use. 

An aeth power vortex that could engulf the eight wastelands had perfectly integrated with his four heart acupuncture points!

Unexpectedly, the change triggered a series of changes within Lin Xun’s body like a fuse had been lit. 

Lin Xun’s power continued to steadily rise and the Origin Dipper Qi he absorbed was constantly being refined and integrated with the aeth power in his body. 

At the same time, his muscles, bones, skin, qi and blood...were constantly absorbing the Origin Dipper Qi and being tempered.

In his mind-sea, the dim starry sky and the blurry spirit stars were gradually lighting up!

The spirit star represented the strength of his spirit power. 

In the past, Lin Xun had to spend a lot of time and effort to illuminate one spirit star. He had been cultivating the Little Divine Meditation Art for over one year and he had only just lit up eight spirit stars.

However, the spirit stars in the mind-sea were growing brighter at an astonishing rate—nine stars, ten stars, eleven stars, twelve stars…

The sea of qi in his abdomen was producing a rhythmic pounding that resembled a heart beating. It was as though something was about to break out.

All signs indicated that Lin Xun would soon break through! 

……

In the campground, the light screen was flashing. 

“Li Duxing is about to break through!” exclaimed Xu Sanqi said, his eyes unblinking and as illuminating as torches. 

The other instructors reacted in the same way. 

They could see dreamy clouds and mist silently gathering above Li Duxing’s head. The mist seemed soft and gentle yet was glaring and sharp at the same time. 

Gradually, the clouds and mist began to gather and took the form of a shaft of golden light. it resembled a razor-sharp black divine sword about to pierce the blue sky!

Xu Sanqi’s body stiffened and his heart throbbed faster and faster.  

The other instructors also looked stunned and had lost their calm.

Sword of Darkness! 

This was an incredibly rare aeth power reservoir even among first-grade aeth power reservoirs. It was a gift bestowed from heaven that had been extinct for thousands of years in the empire!

It wasn’t until the phenomenon vanished that Xu Sanqi and the others recovered from the astonishment. They glanced at one another and saw the disbelief in the depths of each other’s eyes.  

“Thousands of years ago, the legendary Lord Sword Servant from the Black Glory Sacred Hall also opened up a sword of darkness aeth power reservoir when he broke through to the Spirit Dipper Stage, isn’t that right?” an instructor muttered, his expression complicated. 

Black Glory Sacred Hall! 

Lord Sword Servant from one thousand years ago!

A legend that had been circulating for thousands of years ago emerged in everyone’s mind. They cast their minds back to the story about the strange man who helped the founding emperor to expand his territory and massacred everyone in the way with his sword.

The strange man called himself Servant of the Sword and he worshiped the art of sword. The legends about him were still circulating throughout the world, but no one could confirm whether he was indeed from the Black Glory Sacred Hall! 

“I have a hunch that the Black Glory Sacred Hall will take notice of Li Duxing once he leaves Blood Kill Camp!” someone sighed.

“That's for sure, but…” Xu Sanqi frowned. He had always been afraid of the Black Glory Sacred Hall because it was an unrivaled huge monster in the dark world of the empire. It was mysterious, bloodthirsty and cruel.

Therefore, Xu Sanqi didn’t want Li Duxing to have anything to do with the Black Glory Sacred Hall, but he knew his hope was unrealistic. The Black Glory Sacred Hall would undoubtedly take notice of Li Duxing when he left Blood Kill Camp. 

Li Duxing’s aeth power reservoir was too unique!

At that moment, another student made a breakthrough and attracted everyone’s attention. It wasn’t Lin Xun or Bai Lingxi, but a student called Huang Feijia.

In addition to Huang Feijia, two other students were successively breaking through. Unfortunately, all three only formed a second-grade aeth power reservoir. Xu Sanqi and the others couldn't help but feel disappointed for them. 

They thought that the longer they persevered in the lake, the greater their hope of opening up a first-grade aeth power reservoir, but that didn’t seem to be the case.

Only Lin Xun and Bai Lingxi remained on the Dipper Transformation Lake.

The two were the ones that the instructors were most curious about. Of course, they were more optimistic about Bai Lingxi compared to Lin Xun.

Xiaoman’s heart was incredibly tense and her eyes were intently fixed on Lin Xun. She couldn’t even bother to argue with the other instructors. 

Xiaoke’s graceful and beautiful face was as calm as usual, though her attention was clearly more focused on Lin Xun. 

After all, Lin Xun was her student. After spending one year together, they had developed a good relationship and so it was natural that she cared more about Lin Xun. 

As for Bai Lingxi, there was nothing that Xiaoke could say. She had the talent of Eternal Shining Star and was destined to open up a first-grade aeth power reservoir. They just didn’t know what sort of characteristic her aeth power reservoir would possess. 

To everyone’s surprise, another two days passed and neither Lin Xun nor Bai Lingxi showed any signs of breakthrough.

Just when everyone was growing impatient from waiting and couldn’t help but feel a little irritable, something changed around Bai Lingxi! The change lifted everyone’s spirits and they all immediately turned their gazes her way. 

Rumble!

The sky was vibrating above the Dipper Transformation Lake, as though it was about to collapse. It was a terrifying scene.

At that moment, Xu Sanqi and the others felt a tingling pain in their eyes and suddenly couldn’t see anything. By the time they regained their vision, thousands of dazzling stars had emerged in the sky. Tens of thousands of stars were clustered together like a universe had appeared out of nowhere. 

Shock uncontrollably emerged in the bottom of everyone’s hearts. Stars appeared in daylight and illuminated the nine heavens. What kind of earthshaking spectacle is this?

They had never heard of anyone able to produce such a phenomenon when forming an aeth power reservoir during breakthroughs!

Xu Sanqi and the others were unable to identify the name of Bai Lingxi’s aeth power reservoir, but they didn’t doubt that it was a first-grade aeth power reservoir!

However, Xu Sanqi and the others all had a feeling that the aeth power reservoir that Bai Lingxi opened up was more powerful than other first-grade aeth power reservoirs.

“Leader, could it be...could it be a supreme-grade aeth power reservoir?” an instructor muttered with difficulty. 

His one sentence made everyone’s heart jump to their throats and their expressions dramatically changed. 

Legend had it that supreme-grade aeth power reservoirs were ranked above first-grade aeth power reservoirs, and it symbolized the most perfect breakthrough. Only those blessed by heavens would possess a supreme-grade aeth power reservoir. 

It was just that the legend was too illusive and no one had been able to confirm the truth of the legend since ancient times.

“Impossible! How can such an absurd legend be taken seriously?”

Many instructors objected.

“Leader, what do you think?” someone asked Xu Sanqi. 

Many people shifted their gazes to Xu Sanqi. 

Xu Sanqi’s brows were furrowed again and his gaze drifted off in thought like he had suddenly remembered something.