Even with the strongest talent and an extraordinary constitution.

There still needs to be a sense of reason, right?

The quality of the secret power contained within a King level Fierce Beast Crystal Core is enough to require an Apostle level Transcendent to exert all their effort to absorb it.

Using ten at once.

This is equivalent to others playing Go against one master, while you directly play against ten masters simultaneously.

The difficulty of this is self-evident.

Not to mention, even if it could be absorbed simultaneously, such a massive inflow of energy might not be something the body could endure!

Xia Shengxuan was shocked to the point of numbness from Su Qi's actions.

He simply doesn't regard himself as human!

Su Qi ignored Old Xia's shock and exclamations, his gaze showed no fluctuations, calm, deep, timeless as ever.

Forming a stark contrast with those energies pulled into existence, boiling and restless in the air.

As if a deity holding the truth of the world.

Breath in and out.

Bang!

An astonishing scene unfolded.

The vast secret power hovering in the air, like seawater pouring back, flooded into his body overwhelmingly, creating an extremely dazzling scene, as if the Milky Way was hanging upside down, submerging the entire battlefield.

At this moment.

Next to him, Xia Shengxuan could even clearly feel the joy and excitement emanating from the secret power.

"This..."

But before he could process the shock.

He caught a rhythm in Su Qi's breathing, like the sound of a great drum, seemingly pointing directly to the Dao.

This caused Xia Shengxuan's body to tremble.

Yet when he tried to ponder it deeply, he felt like listening to a book of heaven.

The feeling of not up nor down drove him nearly mad, struggling and stomping impatiently.

Su Qi cast Old Xia a glance and saw a trace of effectiveness, thus again increasing the absorption power.

Dong!

Dong!

Dong!

At this moment, even the void resonated.

However, with the Breathing Technique elevated to this level, the price to bear was the severe swelling of meridians throughout the body.

Causing a large amount of secret power to be unabsorbable, rather filling every pore of his body, making him emit boundless light.

In an instant.

Xia Shengxuan's facial expression froze, filled with astonishment, an experience akin to enlightenment.

Because he could sense the rhythm in his astonished breath seemed to be altered by some rhythm, uncontrollably changing.

Meanwhile.

The Fierce Beast Crystal Core in his hand trembled, the ice attribute secret power it contained was drawn out, forming two frost dragons visible to the naked eye, wrapping around him, then crashing into his body with a roar.

If he hadn't been in this realm for years, tempering his bones and muscles.

He might even have felt like being directly burst by the vast energy!

Additionally.

Xia Shengxuan knew now wasn't the time to immerse in the pleasure brought by this absorption efficiency, more importantly, was to remember this breathing rhythm!

He composed himself, trying his best to memorize the nuances in the current breathing rhythm.

For a long time.

Until Su Qi felt his body reach some sort of limit in absorption, he ceased the intake.

At this point, Xia Shengxuan discovered that the energy in his Fierce Beast Crystal Core had diminished by more than half in such a short cultivation period, equivalent to five days of his hard work!

But now, as he tried to recall that mystical breathing rhythm.

He found too many of its details beyond his memory.

This sensation, like in one ear and out the other, leaving hardly any imprint in his mind, filled him with regret.

"How is it?" Su Qi asked.

This attempt related to his future plans.

Xia Shengxuan pondered for a moment, then answered, "I remembered some."

Then he began to imitate it.

Yet no matter how he imitated, it was like his chest was congested with air, making him dizzy, coughing violently as if choking on water.

The energy in the Fierce Beast Crystal Core in his hand remained completely motionless.

The atmosphere became eerie all of a sudden.

He seemed to hear crows cawing vaguely.

Not learning was fine.

Why did trying to learn make it seem all the more useless, like a failed imitation of something noble?

At this point, Su Qi's expression turned strange as well, comforting, "It's okay, it's like this the first time, I'll guide you a few more times, maybe you'll grasp more."

Apparently, this breathing rhythm was still too mystical.

Without his personal guidance, ordinary people couldn't even get started.

This also meant he couldn't, like Principal Pei, significantly enhance the strength of the entire city's Transcendents by popularizing higher-level breathing techniques.

Cultivating some Transcendents was still achievable.

However, doing it as before with full power.

Thus for Su Qi himself, would also lead to an energy waste.

After all, utilizing ten King level Fierce Beast Crystal Cores at once, the energy he absorbed was less than half, with most of it dissipated, and even induced a sense of fullness in his body.

Similar to a normal person overeating, resulting in a temporary anorexia symptom.

Of course.

This attempt wasn't a complete failure either.

At least he could see from Old Xia's imitation that more or less something was mimicked.

Moreover, his words of comfort were sincere, if he could guide Old Xia more into that breathing rhythm, to comprehend more, it could be immeasurably beneficial.

Xia Shengxuan practiced silently beside for several times, all to no avail.

In his heart couldn't help but rise a sense of frustration.

Could it be...

My aptitude is really that poor?

For three consecutive days.

The Heavenly Dao level battle that Su Qi anticipated didn't erupt, or maybe it did in places beyond his perception—this was unknown.

However, anomalies in the city continued, the huge figures in the sky becoming more tangible, as if ready to materialize into the real world at any moment.

The collision frequency of Fierce Beasts from the Dimensional Passage again raised a level.

Hence, Su Qi had to put in quite an effort to push them back anew.

Some peculiar mountains, rivers, emerged one after another.

Even numerous towering trees burst directly from residential buildings.

As if receiving some tacit approval, intending to obliterate this area, reverting it to its primitive state.

Even those who had experienced 'divine miracles' conjured by Su Qi, cleansing their bodies, and regained hope, fell again into panic.

Because.

If they didn't escape,

They might not even have a place to stand.

Elsewhere.

The Ninth District support troops finally arrived here.

As they gazed at the terrifying figures in the sky, though mentally prepared, still felt an inexplicable heart palpitation.

"Is this damned place really still the world we live in!?"

"If not witnessed with one's own eyes, it's impossible to fathom the suffocating despair..."

"I say, this place more resembles a ghost city!"

...

Even those like Zuo Qing who had experienced it all before, couldn't help but reveal fright in their eyes.

Heavens.

It's barely been long since they left.

The whole city almost turned unrecognizable even to them.

"Will anyone from the Holy City send out experts to resolve this?" Jia Ran couldn't help but ask.

During their brief stay in the Ninth District, they had reported everything that transpired here to the Supreme Court through their channels.

However, the situation was too dire, so they left without waiting for a specific response, hastily following the support troops.

Zuo Qing didn't answer.

Because, he felt as if the top-tier Transcendents in the Holy City were avoiding something.

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