Chapter 997: Thunder Marrow Baptism
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Behind the platform, the space grew turbulent. Countless streams of light whizzed past. like a meteor shooting star, creating a gorgeous scene.
Within each of the light streams, there were droplets of Thunder Marrows, which were the source of Mu Chen and the others’ greedy eyes. In ancient times, it was said that many mythical beasts would use the Thunder Marrow droplets for cultivation, in order to make their bodies as strong as diamonds, or even indestructible.
However, the Thunder Marrow was extremely rare. In the Great Thousand World today, even if you could find it in some large auction house, its price was ridiculous and it would be bid on within seconds. Thus, it was very hard for ordinary people to get it.
At the moment, what appeared in front of Mu Chen and others was an overwhelming amount of Thunder Marrow droplets. They could not even resist the excitement in their hearts.
“Is this the opportunity, which was granted to us upon our acquiring the last five spots?” Mu Chen licked his lips. If they could pass through this space smoothly, it would mean a Thunder Marrow baptism for them, which would grant them an unimaginable level of cultivation!
The Body-refining Tower was full of rare opportunities for them to cultivate their bodies. To outsiders, Mu Chen had spent only a half day’s time in the tower. However, the sophistication that his body had already obtained was more comparable to an entire year’s worth of hard work!
“No wonder the amount of powerful people gathered in the Land of the Divine Beasts comprises one-third of the whole Divine Beasts Continent….” Mu Chen sighed. With such unique conditions of cultivation, it was no wonder that the qualities and quantities of the powerful people were relatively high.
Zoom!
At the moment Mu Chen sighed, the thunder clouds below their knees began to shake. It then carried them slowly to the space that was full of light streams.
Mu Chen and others were stunned. Then, with their eyes blazing, they quickly adjusted themselves.
Zoom!
As five thunder clouds carried five of them through the space, light streams whizzed by them, coming from all directions. The Thunder Marrows within the light streams brought out the excitement within them.
Han Shan was the first one to act. He immediately turned his palm into a claw, forcing a fierce pulling force to grab one of the light streams, then immediately locking on. The light stream suddenly shifted its direction, then flew towards him like a meteor.
Han Shan grinned. He spread his arms to absorb the power from the light stream, without using any spiritual power. He knew that a mysterious item like Thunder Marrow could not be contaminated by spiritual power.
There was only one thing that could contain its power, which was the true flesh of bodies. Therefore, to absorb the Thunder Marrows, one would have to catch it with his body.
Bang!
The light stream eventually blasted on Han Shan’s chest, causing a low sound to suddenly arise. The blast caused a few blood holes on his chest, which had thunder clusters inside of them. The thunder clusters then quickly integrated into his flesh and blood.
Han Shan’s face was distorted, as he was obviously suffering from extreme pain. When the Thunder Marrow entered his body, it would melt his flesh and blood, bit by bit.
The twisted agony on Han Shan’s face continued for half an hour, before it gradually faded away. When he finally awoke, he was sweating, and the blaze in his eyes had faded a lot. Apparently, the pain that the Thunder Marrows brought was not something an ordinary person could handle.
This only further proved that Han Shan had an extraordinary perseverance and strong will within him. However, he could only continue to absorb the Thunder Marrows after his body was allowed a slight cooldown.
At the same time, Mu Chen, Mo Feng, and the other two guys began to absorb the Thunder Marrows, too. Their results were the same as Han Shan’s. The extraordinary pain caused their faces to twist, and all of them shook as the Thunder Marrows entered their bodies.
While they were waiting for the pain to go away, Mo Feng and the others had haunted looks. However, Mu Chen was the exception. When he opened his eyes, there was a weird light ray that passed through his black pupils.
He lowered his head and looked at his chest. The blood holes were rapidly recovering, and the wounded area was being covered with silver lights. These were the results from the fusion of Thunder Marrows and his body’s flesh!
Mu Chen could clearly feel that the area on his body that had absorbed the Thunder Marrows was more tenacious and strong than any of the other parts of his body. However, it was not these changes that raised the pastoral thoughts within Mu Chen’s mind. Instead, it was the moment when it first entered his body that he could clearly feel that almost the entire force of the Thunder Marrow was absorbed by the Dragon-Phoenix mark under his skin!
Mu Chen looked at his arms and the Dragon-Phoenix mark that was entrenched there. Silently, he could feel that the mark was now extremely active and was showing a sense of desire for more. The mark on his arms was eager for more of the power!
“You don’t feel enough, do you?”
Mu Chen mumbled to himself. He finally could feel how difficult it was to cultivate the Dragon-Phoenix mark. Ever since he started cultivating the mark, he had never slacked off. He had even invested a lot of resources into it, but he still could not bring it to the next level.
According to Mu Chen’s estimation, if he could not break through the cultivation level of the Dragon-Phoenix Scripture in this tower, it would require another year. This was a tremendous discouragement for Mu Chen. What he lacked the most now was time!
Therefore, since there were such huge resources available at the moment, he would never let this opportunity slip away. At this point, Mu Chen did not hesitate any longer. Striving to grab this chance, he unleashed his spiritual power to form a strong attraction force, hoping to suck in all of the light streams that were nearby.
Zoom! Zoom!
At that moment, ten light streams charged towards him, with the droplets of Thunder Marrows rolling along with them, creating loud thunderclaps. Everyone was shocked to see Mu Chen absorbing the Thunder Marrow in such a manner. They quickly stepped away to avoid being absorbed along with Mu Chen’s attractive force!
They clearly understood the feeling of pain that occurred whenever the Thunder Marrow entered the body. It was best to take it in slowly, when it came to such extreme cultivation as that. If one was too hasty, one’s body would be the first to fall, due to the pain that resulted from the melting Thunder Marrow.
Vroom! Vroom!
The light streams bombarded Mu Chen’s body like cannonballs. At the moment, the stream blast caused numerous blood holes to appear on his body. He looked like he was comprised of nothing but blood and pulp!
The silvery Thunder Marrows then blended in with the flesh and blood, and the new mixture continued to flow into his body. The pain caused his eyes to turn red.
He clenched his teeth, while sweat was dripping down from his forehead. His face was horribly twisted, and a low-pitched voice was trying to suppress the pain, like a growling, wounded beast.
Sha….sha!
He could clearly hear the weird voice, which had obviously been made from the fusion of his flesh and blood with the Thunder Marrow. The sensation felt like his flesh was being melted off.
An indescribable and tremendous pain kept on surging, causing Mu Chen to almost faint. However, just when Mu Chen was unable to withstand the pain, the Dragon-Phoenix mark started to glow. In that instant, a roar arose from the dragon and phoenix, resounding from Mu Chen’s body.
Shoo…
The roar of the dragon and phoenix forced the blood flow in Mu Chen’s body to escalate. At the same time, the pain in his body was suppressed. Mu Chen finally felt a sense of relief, as the pain gradually faded away. Mu Chen would have lost all consciousness, had it not been for the help of the mark!
At the very moment he breathed out, the Thunder Marrow that was fused with his flesh turned into silvery lightstreams, which eventually got absorbed by the Real Dragon and Phoenix mark on Mu Chen’s arms.
As Mu Chen opened his eyes, there was a silvery flash in them. His body, which was originally full of blood and pulp, started to repair itself at a tremendous speed. His skin was also flashing with a faint thunder light. Apparently, his body had gone through cultivation!
“He is still alive?” Zong Teng, Han Shan, and the others were shocked by Mu Chen’s fast recovery. If they were in Mu Chen’s shoes, they could not withstand the level of Thunder Marrow erosion that he had been subjected to just now.
How did Mu Chen handle it and recover in this short timeframe?
“How is this guy’s body more powerful than ours?” Xu Kun asked, dumbfounded. They all had the bodies of Divine Beasts, which made them naturally strong. However, they could not understand how Mu Chen could be tougher than them, as he only had a human body!
Mu Chen did not bother with their consternation or judgments. Instead, he looked at the mark on his arms, which had started to glow. The purplish gold colored lines were getting brighter and the sharp dragon scales and phoenix feathers were exuding a powerful aura. It almost felt like they were about to be resurrected.
Mu Chen’s spirits were uplifted, as he noticed the mark had advanced. He licked his lips and looked up at the space, which was filled with light streams.
He could see that there was a huge aperture not too faraway. It seemed to be the entrance to the fourth floor of the tower.
The thunder cloud beneath them was carrying them slowly towards the entrance. They could not control the cloud, so they knew that, if they wanted to obtain more Thunder Marrow baptism, they had to do it before the cloud reached the entrance.
The four others also clearly understood this. Therefore, their eyes were filled with jealousy, when they saw Mu Chen absorbing such a great amount of ray marrows.
Now, they were like a pack of hungry wolves looking at a group of sheep, but they could only eat them slowly, bit by bit, unlike Mu Chen, who had the ability to put them all into his belly at once!
With this in mind, they decided to unleash their spiritual power to enhance the force of their absorbing the Thunder Marrow. This huge absorption came with a price, which was much screaming and yelling in pain, due to their having to take on the blast of the Thunder Marrows with their bodies head-on…
Mu Chen smiled, as he heard them screaming in pain. He then closed his eyes and opened his arms, unleashing his spiritual power. He then immediately started to absorb the Thunder Marrows.
At that moment, all of the thunder streams around him were attracted to his power. He was like a giant magnet, allowing the light streams to crash onto his body.
While looking at Mu Chen’s ability, which was only getting stronger and stronger by his absorbing the power of the Thunder Marrows, those four people around him, who were suffering from tremendous pain, could not help but shout out to him.
“You ain’t no human!”