paranoianovel Chapter 297 - 158: The Clouds Part, the Moon is Revealed: A Successful Breakthrough
Chapter 297 - 158: The Clouds Part, the Moon is Revealed: A Successful Breakthrough
As long as the mycelium wasn’t completely consumed, it could slowly self-replicate inside the corpse and recover its durability.
At the same time, Lin Ye issued a new command to the other two ordinary Stone Ghost Race puppets wandering the wasteland—head to the mountain cave and assemble!
「Half an hour later.」
Inside the stone grotto where Lin Ye was hiding.
Lin Ye watched as the two Stone Ghost Race puppets hauled in a large pile of Source Crystals, grunting with effort, while the elite puppet brought an even larger batch wrapped in its wings. He finally let out a long sigh of relief.
However, he remained cautious.
After the first batch of Source Crystals arrived, Lin Ye immediately canceled the three puppets’ orders, sending them back to their posts. One stood guard at the cave entrance, while the other two continued the repetitive work of mining and hauling.
As for himself, he grabbed a Source Crystal and shoved it into his mouth without hesitation.
One after another.
The berserk source energy continuously scoured his meridians before being completely devoured by the tiny vortex in his Dantian, which continued to compress and purify it.
Time flew by.
When Lin Ye had devoured more than half of the mountain-like pile of Source Crystals before him, he suddenly felt the rotation of the high-speed vortex in his Dantian begin to slow.
Its volume had shrunk to its absolute limit, becoming the size of a mung bean.
Faint, sharp pains emanated from the very core of his Dantian, as if the space there could no longer withstand any further compression.
Lin Ye understood that the purification and compression of his Innate Qi had both reached their limit.
’Just one final push is needed!’
A look of determination flashed in his eyes. He grabbed another pungent Source Crystal and fiercely swallowed it!
Berserk source energy flooded his body, but this time, Lin Ye didn’t let the vortex absorb it.
Instead, he mobilized all of his Spiritual Power, forcibly wrapped it around this energy, and violently slammed it into the core of the now-stationary vortex!
’Still not enough!’
A flash of madness crossed Lin Ye’s eyes. He grabbed another Source Crystal and shoved it into his mouth almost simultaneously.
A new torrent of source energy pushed the previous wave forward. Like a raging tide, with each new wave cresting over the last, it surged with resolute force into the core of the star sea that had been compressed to its absolute limit!
BOOM—!!
It was like the chaotic big bang at the dawn of the universe!
Lin Ye felt a deafening roar erupt from his Dantian in his lower abdomen!
The energy core, which had been condensed to the extreme to form a singularity, underwent an earth-shattering qualitative change under the frenzied pressure of the two source energy torrents!
Through his internal vision, he saw the billions of brilliant specks of Innate Qi suddenly collapse inward under the unimaginable pressure.
They finally fused and transformed, becoming a single, grain-of-rice-sized golden granule, brilliant all over, as if forged from colored glass!
’This is... Primordial Gang Sha!’
The moment this single golden granule was born, an unprecedented sense of ultimate power erupted from the depths of his Dantian like a landslide and a tsunami, instantly sweeping through his entire body!
Lin Ye felt the strength he had been losing for over half a month rapidly recovering at an incredible speed!
His meridians were still empty, with not a single trace of Qi and Blood flowing through them.
Yet, Lin Ye could clearly perceive that the energy contained within that single, lone golden granule in his Dantian was already far stronger than the full capacity of his Qi and Blood at Meridian Opening Perfection!
At least five times stronger, in fact!
And just then, a series of system notifications, like music from the heavens, began to ring wildly in his mind!
[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully broken through to the Gang Condensation Realm!]
[The host’s Qi and Blood has been converted into a higher-level energy: Primordial Gang Sha!]
[Energy system changing. All Attributes will be comprehensively re-evaluated based on the strength of the Primordial Gang Sha...]
[Your Strength Value has increased by 34.7 points!]
[Your Agility Value has increased by 47.1 points!]
[Your Endurance Value has increased by 42.5 points!]
...
The notifications continued!
Lin Ye pulled up his attribute panel and watched as his three primary stats, which had fallen to just over one hundred, began to skyrocket at a terrifying pace!
150... 200... 300...
Loud cracks echoed from every joint in Lin Ye’s body!
His lost power was returning with undeniable force!
This refreshing sensation, like rain after a long drought, made every cell in Lin Ye’s body tremble with excitement!
He slowly stood up and clenched his fists, feeling the terrifying power emanating from the golden granule in his Dantian—a power that felt like it could easily crush mountains.
A smile finally appeared on Lin Ye’s face.
His recent suffering and endurance, the crazed training that bordered on self-harm—at this moment, it all paid off as the clouds finally parted.
Everything he had sacrificed was worth it!