Chapter 516: Scare You to Death |
"However, before this, these two things must be dealt with first..."
Su Chen reached out and took out the two wisps of Origin Fire he had previously put into his compression Comm-Bracelet. From the very first moment he obtained this thing, the Heavenly Sovereign was already unable to hold back.
Su Chen was temporarily unsure if this thing had any other uses, but right now, for him, the only consumption path was feeding it to the Heavenly Sovereign.
With a slight stir of his mind, these two wisps of Origin Fire also submerged into his body, and the Status Panel immediately reacted.
【The Solar Marrow Calamity-Transcending Heavenly Venerable swallowed two wisps of Origin Fire in one breath. His figure instantly expanded significantly, but then quickly solidified, his Might seemingly rising to a higher level.】
【His eyes flashed with a Sharp Gleam, and his gaze immediately turned towards the Sovereign of the Purple Zenith. He soared up and crashed straight into him, half an arm submerging into that hazy figure.】
【The Holy Sovereign seemed triggered, and fierce flames ignited around him. The Heavenly Venerable flew backward horizontally, stumbling several steps upon landing before barely stabilizing his figure, but tightly gripping a mass of vigorous flames in his hand.】
After swallowing the Origin Fire, sure enough, the Heavenly Venerable targeted the Holy Sovereign again. But his performance this time seemed much better than before; not only was he not knocked away, but he also seemed to have gouged out a large piece of meat.
【Obtained High-Level Vocation Fire: Can enhance intermediate Class Traits to high-level.】
Currently, it was only intermediate. If he could catalyze a high-level Characteristic, it would inevitably undergo some Metamorphosis.
【The Solar Marrow Calamity-Transcending Heavenly Venerable absorbed the flames in his hand completely. A wisp of profound purple appeared in his heterochromatic pupils, and his entire body was wrapped in flames, seemingly undergoing certain changes.】
"It seems the meat gouged out this time was really quite a lot... The Heavenly Venerable even snatched some good things for himself?" Su Chen discovered there were subsequent changes, unable to help but be somewhat amazed.
"If the quantity of Origin Fire is sufficient, could the Heavenly Venerable really have the Audacious Ambition?" This thought drifted through Su Chen's mind, but he felt it was unlikely.
Six-Path Solar Monarch, even including the Sovereign, made only seven, which had never changed from the past to the present, not even one more. Compared to him, others' desire to evolve from Radiant Moon to Radiant Sun was probably even more blazing. They had probably tried every method, but up to this day, not a single Radiant Sun Class had been added.
As for this Origin Fire, he had integrated a total of only three portions, probably not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth.
"No matter how I look at it, it seems like Flights of Fancy." Su Chen muttered secretly. Although he had painted a rosy picture for the Heavenly Venerable, he could only do his best.
Turning around, he took out the Buddha-Heart Fluid and slowly poured it into the Seven-Branch Wondrous Tree. The bright yellow liquid flow gradually disappeared from his hand.
The Seven-Branch Wondrous Tree on the Status Panel trembled continuously. Layers of flowing pale golden radiance surfaced on the trunk, climbing up from the depths, as if countless fine threads of light were wandering.
At the top of the tree, it didn't continue to grow. On the side, a bulge gradually grew, entirely translucent, with veins inside swirling like a galaxy. It grew at a speed Visible to the Naked Eye, soon reaching the point where it was level with the other branches.
"Hah... Finally grew the eighth branch." Su Chen looked at the new branch extending from the Mystic Tree. With a new branch, he could place a new Holy Class on it.
Previously, he was busy Advancing to Morning Star and looking for Materials for Evolving into an Azure God, so he hadn't prepared a new Profession for a long time.
Mainly because, given his current situation, simply preparing a new Holy Class would hardly have any impact on his strength.
Only by fitting it into this Mystic Tree and linking them together could some quite wondrous synergistic effects be produced. Moreover, preparing a Holy Class also required consuming Faith Essence, and he had never been wealthy, so he always placed it at the bottom of his priorities.
"There's also a large sum of Faith Essence coming in, just in time to be put to use. Also, my Class Traits. Among the seven Holy Classes on the Mystic Tree, currently, only the World-Slaying Manifestation and the Eternal Physique have Characteristics, so I must start preparing to catalyze them."
Su Chen had clear planning in his heart. Not only the Heavenly Venerable and the Holy Sovereign could provide Materials to catalyze Characteristics, but through normal means, he could also refine corresponding Morning Star Embers to enhance his Professions and gradually catalyze Characteristics.
But this was a long process and consumed extremely heavily. With Su Chen's past financial resources, he could only to respect something but keep it at a distance. But if he sold the Materials in his hands, it would naturally be different.
"It's just..." Su Chen restrained his expression, "Who should I find to sell these Materials for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis..."
He had two candidates in mind. The first was naturally Ding Mo, the owner of the Top Hat Black Market. The Black Market was inherently a place to sell various Resources.
The other person was Heavenly Lord of Azure Sea Heavens in High Heaven, Ni Zhan.
"Materials for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis are urgently needed hard currency no matter where they are. Although no one in Azure Sea Heavens is currently undergoing Azure Deity Metamorphosis, and Ye Chutong doesn't have this intention either, Ni Zhan would definitely be willing to accept them..."
"However..." Su Chen paused, "The troublesome part is that I need to explain to the other party why I'm not using them myself, and the value of this complete set of Materials is far more than simply adding up scattered Materials..."
Once related Materials for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis appeared, they would basically be bought away very quickly. Wanting to gather a complete set of Materials, probably only the Five Pillars had this Foundation.
A complete set of Materials saved a lot of energy collecting them, equivalent to using them right out of the box, so there was naturally a massive premium.
"Ye Chutong has no intention of undergoing Azure Deity Metamorphosis, so even if Ni Zhan takes them, it's just to accumulate them; he isn't in urgent need of this thing..."
Su Chen thought about it and still temporarily vetoed Ni Zhan. There were simply too many things to be cautious about.
"And right now, the relatively easy one to sell to is only Ding Mo." Su Chen made a decision in his heart, "I just don't know if this guy has the ability to swallow it."
As his Thoughts turned, a blurry pale golden figure walked out of his body. It was impressively the shrunken Four-Armed Golden Ape.
After coming out of his body, its form kept changing. When it stood firm, it had already turned into the appearance of his Avatar, Duan Ye.
"With such a high value, it's best not to test Brother Ding's mentality. Otherwise, finding someone else to sell to will take even longer."
Su Chen went to the Nether Realm as usual, found a place, and then released the Four-Armed Golden Ape. It was impossible to go out from the property he purchased in Five Pillar City.
His Main Body turned back, and his consciousness descended into the Four-Armed Golden Ape.
Boom!
Surging Aura swept out, clearing away a large area of Nether Mist.
"Truly Unimaginable power..." Truly controlling this body, Su Chen was still amazed by the power contained within it, and couldn't help but associate it with the Bearded Man, "The Sovereign's formidable strength, huh. Even with sixteen Sky-Scars plus this Golden Ape, it was hard to gain the upper hand."
After adapting slightly, Su Chen controlled the Golden Ape Avatar and returned to Five Pillar City. The Communicators of the two Avatars had naturally already been handed over, and he familiarly arrived at the Top Hat Black Market.
After contacting Ding Mo, the one who came to greet him was the short, fat one of the tall and short brothers, greeting with a smile: "Your Excellency Duan Ye, the Lord dispatched me as soon as he received your message. Please come with me."
"Alright." Su Chen nodded casually and followed the short fat man into the Core Zone, heading straight for Ding Mo's office.
"Brother Duan is here..." As soon as the door was pushed open, Ding Mo, standing by the window, turned around, but couldn't help being momentarily stunned. With his perception, he naturally noticed some slight abnormalities.
But this abnormality was faint and extremely strange.
"Did he undergo some Metamorphosis..." Pondering in his heart, Ding Mo's movements were not slow. He went up and smiled, "Brother Duan, please sit. I saw you didn't like drinking alcohol last time, so let's not waste my good wine this time either. Let me brew a cup of tea for you."
The short fat man had already gone out and closed the door. Su Chen sat casually on the sofa.
Ding Mo turned his back to him, fiddling continuously, and soon served a cup of slightly yellowish tea: "Have you accumulated enough Faith Essence to purchase the Spirit-Nurturing Marrow?"
Su Chen reached out and took it. He didn't really like drinking tea either, but took a sip, Putting on an Act, and said: "I haven't accumulated enough yet, but I came today exactly for this matter."
"Oh?" Ding Mo's expression tightened, his eyes narrowed, and he said faintly: "Brother Duan, pass a message to the Morning Star behind you. This price is already the lowest; I really can't compromise any further."
After the other party sold him the Profound Limit Celestial Light last time, regardless of whether it was true or false, he assumed there was a Morning Star standing behind the other party, and this person was merely the spokesperson for that Morning Star.
This was also the reason he tolerated the other party's frivolous attitude, even calling him brother. He didn't care about these minor details, but when it concerned his own interests, it was different.
And he was also somewhat dissatisfied in his heart. After all, when he quoted the price last time, this Duan Ye didn't say much. If after reporting back, that Morning Star was dissatisfied with the price, then coming personally would show sincerity.
Now, still letting this person pass the message, exactly which Morning Star was it, requiring such Concealment?
Even Morning Stars of the Five Pillars, it wasn't like he hadn't come into contact with them.
"Brother Ding misunderstood." Su Chen shook his head and said: "I brought some things here, wanting Your Excellency to estimate a price, to see if it's enough for the value of this Spirit-Nurturing Marrow."
"So that's how it is..." Ding Mo was slightly stunned, a smile instantly appearing on his face, "It was my misunderstanding. Moreover, since we had already agreed, there's no reason to suddenly bargain."
Discovering there was business to be done, Ding Mo changed his attitude again. The Profound Limit Celestial Light he bought from the other party last time truly allowed him to make a small profit.
He asked with a smile: "I wonder what it is?"
"Materials for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis." Su Chen held the teacup in his hand and said unhurriedly.
Ding Mo's eyebrows twitched slightly. Tsk... sure enough, it's good business again. Like the Profound Limit Celestial Light, this thing didn't lack buyers, and he could even keep hoarding it.
And the quite rare ones among them were even more precious commodities, which made his attitude even better. He bowed slightly and asked earnestly: "Which kind of material is it?"
"Hmm..." Su Chen looked at Ding Mo, whose attitude had changed drastically, and could only say he was indeed a businessman. He leaned back on the sofa and slowly spat out a few words, "A complete set of all Materials."
In an instant, Su Chen could clearly see Ding Mo's face become dazed for a while, seemingly failing to react.
His expression changed, seemingly astonished, seemingly shocked, seemingly doubtful. He couldn't even maintain the fake smile on his face, unable to help but frown, "You said all Materials?"
It was no wonder he reacted this way. If it were one or two Materials, he would believe it.
But a complete set of Materials was truly Unimaginable. Not just the Five Pillars, but all Factions in the Abyss were collecting these things. Wanting to gather a complete set was quite difficult.
Probably only the Five Pillars, and some super Factions with several Radiant Moons, possessed it.
Let alone a lone wolf Morning Star having no motivation to collect these Materials, even a Radiant Moon would find it very difficult.
If a large Faction had them, they would be too busy Being Secretive, how could they take them out to sell.
"That's right, Your Excellency heard correctly." Su Chen nodded.
Meeting Ding Mo's increasingly doubtful gaze, Su Chen casually took out a Metal Case and slowly opened it towards Ding Mo.
His gaze was involuntarily attracted, looking into the box. Inside were some kind of specially made transparent containers, and the Materials inside could be clearly seen.
"Four Poles Floating Light, Rosy Cloud Wood, Sacred Dragon Water, Rainbow Stone Spirit Soil, Glazed Gold, Heavenly Kindling, Profound Mother Fetal-Membrane, Heavenly Spirit Heart!"
As the controller of the Black Market, Ding Mo's eyesight was naturally unquestionable. With just a glance, he called out the names of the various Materials, his expression gradually changing in the process.
Until the end, a look of horror had already leaked out.
It really was all the Materials!?
He found it Unimaginable, his throat rolling. Since the development of the Abyssal Domain until now, whether openly or secretly, no one had ever brought out a complete set of Materials for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis to sell.
Once obtained, it could be used immediately. If everything went smoothly, just making up the Ritual for the Azure Deity Metamorphosis at the end would suffice.
"This..." He couldn't help taking a step forward, his palm reaching towards the box, wanting to figure out if it was real or fake.
Snap!
The Metal Case suddenly closed. Ding Mo's eyelids trembled, suddenly returning to reality. Following the arm pressing on the metal lid, he looked at that so-called Duan Ye, who was looking at him indifferently.
At this moment, the state of mind of this Top Hat Black Market controller was far less peaceful than on the surface, already churning with stormy waves.
A step away from him were Materials so precious they were Unimaginable. Even if he paid his entire net worth for this value, it would probably be very difficult to swallow.
Although reselling them could also earn a huge profit, what if he did a business without capital?
He couldn't help but feel some greed. When the other party was selling the Profound Limit Celestial Light, he had this fleeting mindset.
But he easily suppressed it at that time. After all, the value of the Profound Limit Celestial Light wasn't enough for him to take such a big risk to offend the Morning Star that might exist behind the other party.
"What if there is no Morning Star behind the other party?" Driven by greed, thoughts leaning towards directly attacking couldn't help but surface in Ding Mo's heart.
"But the other party bringing it directly might not mean he has no reliance."
"Perhaps, he precisely figured out this mentality of mine."
"Impossible, these Materials are absolutely not something an ordinary person could collect..."
"And precisely because of this, why did he bring such hard currency here to sell? He could sell it to any of the Five Pillars. Could it be that he stole it and it absolutely cannot see the light of day?"
"Brother Ding?"
Abruptly, Ding Mo's heart palpitated slightly. A terrifying feeling from nowhere struck him. He subconsciously snapped back to his senses, only to see Golden Light suddenly flash in the opponent's pupils.
Roar!
Ding Mo's pupils contracted. Faintly, a towering Golden Ape appeared before his eyes, standing quietly in the void, four pairs of thick, mountain-range-like arms crossed over its chest.
Its gaze lowered, indifferent and silent. Its Aura pressed down almost like substance, and its Vitality surged like ocean waves, emitting a terrifying, horrifying Aura.