The Sacred Ruins

Chapter 397: Emerging

Translator: Alsey Editor: Chrissy

The sensation severing a shackle and having one’s hidden potential released was truly intoxicating. Chu Feng’s whole body erupted in bright radiance, especially his spine where a brilliant and divine shower of light soared out.

His internal vision showed that the whole spine was golden yellow. Energy had condensed there to form a draconic serpent. It resembled a battle spear which would fly out at a moment’s notice as long as Chu Feng willed it.

But he didn’t dare experiment here because this was the Revered Eight Trigrams Furnace.

His constitution had been upgraded—golden mist gushed out of his pores as his energy flow communicated with the outside world. An evolution at the life level was difficult to resist; Chu Feng currently felt as if he would soon ascend as an immortal.

"So comfortable!"

He couldn’t help but moan. Golden light erupted as he stood up and stretched his limbs. His every movement contained an astonishing amount of energy.

"Next up, I’m going to Mount Huang to pick medicine. There’s a sage tree there bearing an astonishing fruit. It was unfortunate that I wasn’t able to approach last time."

Chu Feng’s eyes shot out beams of incomparably searing radiance like a pair of golden lamps. He saw an alluring path towards evolution.

Last time, he had brought a group of extraterrestrials and some corporate scions to explore Mount Qinling and Mount Zhongnan. Lastly, they entered Mount Huang and discovered an old tree with brilliant fruits.

Unfortunately, he was unable to break through the domains in the vicinity and thus wasn’t able to pick the mutant fruit. It was quite regrettable.

This time, he reckoned no one would dare go back there with him. The groups last time were simply too miserable as they followed him everywhere to die. People fell like flies along the way until, at last, those people believed him to be a fraudster and a god of calamity.

"Ah, I’ll be able to evolve once again after heading to Mount Huang. This feeling is too splendid. It feels like I’m about to become an immortal." Chu Feng was currently recalling the sensation.

His physical body was perfused with flourishing golden radiance. His constitution was undergoing a strengthening after severing his eighth shackle and this made him feel comfortable from head to toe. He was covered in specks of light and surging golden yellow mist.

He looked down and found that there were seven more silver pills flickering like a pile of little stars. He knew these pills were no longer effective for him.

A mutant fruit of the same level could only allow a person to evolve once and the same was true of most pills.

Pollen and mutant fruits catalyzed a transformation in one’s physique. The most important point was that an odd material within them was able to stimulate the body and increase one’s cellular activities.

The energy contained within the pollen and fruits weren’t its most important aspect. The key was their catalyst effect.

Even though he had already made such a deduction, Chu Feng wouldn’t give up and still ate one more silver pill. The result was just as expected; the pill was ineffective.

"Mount Huang, the Origin Magnetic Immortal Cave, the qilin’s former lair, and the ocean. There are extraordinary mutant fruits in all of these places. I can go search for them!"

Chu Feng’s anticipation grew even stronger after setting this objective. He wanted to raise his level once again and allow his spirit to continue making progress.

The situation on earth was becoming more complicated and dangerous. His situation wasn’t looking good, especially since he had fought to the death with these extraterrestrials. The only way to survive was to become stronger by evolving rapidly and continuously.

"Rumble!"

His old problem had resurfaced. Every time his constitution improved explosively, he would be overcome by a bout of extreme hunger. He was flustered and his stomach was in pain because his body had exhausted too much of its reserves.

Chu Feng had long since prepared for this. His meal wasn’t too sumptuous—it only consisted of the absolutely delicious southern sea dragon meat which currently ranked first on his Gourmet Rankings.

He was still within the eight trigrams furnace. It was simply the best place to roast dragon meat.

Additionally, there was extraterrestrial tiger kidney and roc meat. He had stored a large amount within his spatial bottle and the storage period wasn’t too long. The energy within them hadn’t dispersed completely.

After some work, the fragrance of roast meat wafted out from Revered Eight Trigrams Furnace and spread out thousands of meters away.

"Dammit, what smell is that? I’m about to drool. This Demon King Chu probably ran all the way here to enjoy delicacies! Damn!"

Some people outside smelled the fragrance and could hardly hold on. The aroma was simply so alluring that everyone was forced to swallow their drool.

This time, Chu Feng didn’t suffer too much because he had prepared enough food. He had brought along ingredients from the top three on his Gourmet Rankings. He stewed, he steamed and he roasted—he definitely didn’t mistreat himself.

An hour later, a contented Chu Feng clambered up unsteadily.

At the same time, he picked up the star-like pills and put them into the pristine jade bottle. He couldn’t use them, but he could give them to people like the Wudang Grandmaster.

Presently, this kind of silvery pill was a peerless treasure capable of increasing one’s strength explosively.

So much so that Chu Feng wanted to run to Eternal Island and see if he could deliver them to Yellow Ox and the others.

"No rush. There are plenty of mutant fruits in the world. I’ll keep on picking them and come to the Revered Eight Trigrams Furnace to refine them. There’ll definitely be enough for everyone."

Chu Feng pondered and concluded that mutant fruits capable of helping one sever the sixth shackle, after refinement together with Dragon’s Blood Grass, the toad’s blood and roc blood would be able to raise two levels. The resultant pill would help one sever the eighth shackle.

"I’ll go search for fruits with even stronger medicinal effect!"

Chu Feng cleaned up the place and wiped away his traces before leaving slowly.

He spread out his divine instincts and scanned the surrounding shrubbery but was disappointed to find that no major character had appeared. The corporate agents and extraterrestrials were too cautious.

There were people nearby and also beasts, but most of them were small bugs in charge of surveillance. There were also a number of measurement apparatuses.

"How unfortunate that no one came," he muttered to himself with a regretful expression.

His expression and words were witnessed by some people and captured by certain recording equipment. The faces of the people from those major powers and corporations turned dark.

Many began to curse him. As expected, this fraudulent bastard was harboring evil intentions!

Chu Feng checked the area with his Fiery Eyes. After confirming that there were no super evolvers nearby, he broke all the equipment and scared away the small timers.

Following which he brought out the diamond chakram and approached the extreme yang flame essence region to attempt an extraction.

That was because the diamond chakram had become even brighter and lustrous after the current refinement. Some extraordinary patterns had also formed naturally within it.

As for just how extraordinary it was, he needed to test it out in actual combat!

However, the diamond chakram’s original ability was only to absorb energy and make itself incomparably heavy, smashing through myriad objects.

Chu Feng was prepared to try drawing upon the extreme yang essence flames. If it was allowed, then he would also collect some extreme yin essence flames. He wanted to see if they could be stored for a long period of time since both of them were special forms of energy.

"Oh, it can really be absorbed!" Chu Feng was astonished.

The snowy white diamond chakram became brighter and brighter. The lustrous bracelet became increasingly extraordinary after it absorbed the flame essence and seemed just like the coarse product of a certain sect’s founding ancestor.

He felt that this so-called ultimate rubbish weapon would bring him even more surprises in the future.

Later, Chu Feng once again used the diamond chakram to absorb some extreme yin flames. But in the end, he was burnt and had to run away frantically with an ashen face. The whole area nearly exploded.

The extreme yin essence flames and extreme yang essence flames were incompatible like water and fire. They erupted after coming into contact with each other near the diamond chakram and burned Chu Feng until he was crying out loud.

In the distance, those observing him didn’t know what had happened and revealed peculiar expressions. What kind of craziness was this Demon King Chu up to?

Chu Feng cursed continuously while changing out of his charred clothes. He gave up one of the essence flames and collected the other.

Doubtlessly, these two essence flames were extremely high-level forms of special energy and their destructive potential was astonishing. Even that unfathomable Taoist couldn’t endure it and was almost burnt to death.

Chu Feng weighed the diamond chakram in his hand and found that it was almost tens of thousands of kilograms in weight. This item would grow ineffably heavier after absorbing energy. There was no explanation for this even up to this day.

He didn’t dare continue this absorption because he was afraid of some accident happening. This extreme yang flame was a supreme form energy and might actually explode on him if he was the slightest bit careless. Even his soul might be burned.

In the end, he placed the diamond chakram back in the pristine jade bottle.

Chu Feng found a mountain spring where bathed slowly in a leisurely manner. He came out extremely comfortable and headed towards Jiangning City.

"This group is simply too cautious. Won’t they give me an opportunity to perform? No big fish actually came," Chu Feng mumbled regretfully.

He retrieved his communicator from the spatial bottle and his expression changed after browsing through the news and messages.

"Figures of descenders were seen within the folded spaces of various famed mountains? The extraterrestrials are crossing over on a large scale?!"

So much so that, a god had successfully descended in the West?!

"Don’t tell me it’s Yamen and Abel’s master, the extraterrestrial who bewitched Schiller..." Chu Feng frowned.

Troubled times had arrived. He knew that the changes had begun. Large batches of descenders including divine sons, saintesses, young Buddhas and imperial princesses were about to appear!

Following which, he stared hard at a warning he had received from some old friends. Their warnings made him turn solemn.

"There’s nothing to fear as long as I evolve rapidly!"

Chu Feng returned and took note of his surroundings. Only after making sure that there weren’t any ambushers did he head back towards Jiangning City.

He was quite leisurely. Although chaotic times were about to arrive, he had just evolved and seen an explosive increase in his strength. The joy from this hadn’t faded away just yet and thus his mood was still very good.

"Eh?!"

Bewildering mists suddenly rose up around him just as he took one step towards the road into the city. It seemed he had stepped into a domain.

Swoosh!

Chu Feng cracked the ground with a stomp as he retreated rapidly. This mediocre small scaled domain couldn’t hold him.

However, someone launched an ambush at this moment. This was the critical blow. He was feeling quite regretful just now, but now it seemed someone had really come with malicious intentions.

Boom!

The surroundings exploded. It wasn’t a firearm weapon but instead a number of entities emitting powerful auras. They formed a tempest of energy and tore the ground apart. Many great trees were uprooted and millstone size rocks were thrown into the air. The scene was terrifying!

The creatures had hidden their aura with that small-scaled domain and suddenly made their move to kill him.

The domain wasn’t to trap him but for concealment.

They appeared in all directions and surrounded Chu Feng.

"Who are you guys?" Chu Feng asked.

"Your guides," a veiled lady with a lithe figure replied, revealing a pair of large watery eyes. \

"What do you mean?" Chu Feng frowned.

"A heaven-chosen prince from a certain imperial dynasty of evolvers values talent. We also feel that you’re quite good. So we want to bring you back to pay respects to his highness the prince." Huang Weiyue smiled.

"Value talents? Pay respects?" Chu Feng glanced askance at them. This was completely due to Ouyang Feng the toad’s influence.

"Mn, you’re not bad at all. You’re quite talented. Let’s go now." Huang Weiyue smiled with an aloof expression but hidden beneath was a type of disdain.

In truth, she secretly looked down on him because she knew of Chu Feng’s fate. Before long, he would be bowing before the heaven-chosen prince in front of Lin Naoi.