236: Nourishing Divine Patterns

The sky gradually brightened.

Xiao Weiqing opened his eyes in the basement, his condition restored to its Peak.

He did not plan to go out during the day because he discovered that at night, the Nether Spirits seemed to have fixed places where they stayed and did not run around randomly.

The daytime was different; when he first entered the city yesterday, those four-meter-tall Nether Spirits would wander around the city.

Now that he had stidy for reconnaissance, there was no need to go out and take risks.

What Xiao Weiqing needed to do was to perform Fusion with the Samadhi True Fire as much as possible; as for the energy balls, if he could avoid taking them out, he would not, consuming them all instead.

He would not give the capitalists a chance to exploit him.

However, things did not go as planned.

Xiao Weiqing's Three Fire energy recovery could not keep up.

Especially the Refined Fire.

Looking at the energy balls in his hand, Xiao Weiqing felt a bit worried. According to his current rate of acquiring energy balls, the divine charm would only accumulate more and more, and eventually, he would have no choice but to take them out.

But these three-inch energy balls were comparable to Level 2 divine charm substance, containing as much as 40 units of divine charm; he really could not bear to let the temple get 60% for free.

"Right, the thousand flame blade."

Xiao Weiqing's heart stirred, and the thousand flame blade manifested in his hand.

"I almost forgot about you."

This thousand flame blade had been nurtured in his Dantian for half a year and could have been inscribed with a divine rune long ago. It was just that whenever Xiao Weiqing had divine charm substance, he would think about Fusion with the Samadhi True Fire, neglecting this companion weapon that could be upgraded to a divine weapon.

His heart stirred.

The thousand flame blade became blurry, existing somewhere between reality and illusion.

Next.

His Mental Energy overflowed, drawing the divine charm energy from the energy balls to fuse with the thousand flame blade.

As the divine charm poured into the thousand flame blade, it became brighter, and the blade began to glow.

Golden patterns flashed across the blade from time to time.

Two hours later.

The 20 units of divine charm were all consumed.

Xiao Weiqing withdrew the thousand flame blade into his body. At this rate, with another 30 units of divine charm, he could inscribe a divine rune.

"Qin Weixiao..."

"Qin Weixiao... are you there?"

Hearing stidy's voice, Xiao Weiqing walked out of the basement.

"stidy, what's wrong?"

stidy was still sitting on the yellow trash can and asked: "Qin Weixiao, at four o'clock in the morning, three groups of Blue Star people entered the city. Are they your companions?"

"Three groups?"

"Yes, look."

The trash can projected three images.

In the images.

People dressed in Tianlang Empire attire were fighting against several white shadows.

Another group were Trainees from Daxia, and the person leading them was none other than Fan Bai.

There was also a group with mismatched attire, which should be people from the Xuanwu Kingdom.

"They are my companions."

Xiao Weiqing said, pointing at Fan Bai and the others.

"Oh, they are at the 10th Ring. Do you want me to lead them here?"

"No need."

Xiao Weiqing needed to perform Fusion with the Samadhi True Fire and it was not suitable to be with Fan Bai. As for the Xuanwu Kingdom, he was not familiar with them, and the Tianlang Empire was even more hostile.

"Alright, then I'm leaving. I'll come find you again at night."

Late at night.

East 6th Ring.

Xiao Weiqing, following the locations provided by stidy, shuttled through the buildings, continuously harvesting Nether Spirits.

"Slash!"

"Rumble~~"

A building suddenly collapsed, and a golden fire figure, surrounded by a purple halo, ran out, followed by a four-meter-tall Nether Spirit, flying rapidly toward Xiao Weiqing.

Xiao Weiqing waved his hand, and several Fire Owls flew out.

The tall Nether Spirit scattered, and the white mist made a harsh sound upon touching the Samadhi True Fire. However, this Nether Spirit was simply too big, originally nearly five meters tall. Xiao Weiqing fought with it for half an hour but still could not kill it, so he had to run away.

"Huff~~ huff~~~"

"Damn it, finally shook it off. I only took out two of your lackeys, was it really necessary to chase me for so long?"

Xiao Weiqing finally understood what it felt like to be chased for several streets.

Half an hour later.

Back in the basement.

Xiao Weiqing took out two three-inch energy balls from his arms, along with a dozen ping-pong ball-sized energy balls, and could not help but smile.

He placed the dozen small energy balls in a row on the ground.

His heart stirred.

The thousand flame blade appeared in his hand.

"Let me see your limits."

The horizon gradually brightened.

Ede City, East 6th Ring, a certain basement.

"I have to say, it really looks a lot better with the divine rune. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and even weapons are no exception."

Xiao Weiqing examined the divine rune on the thousand flame blade, feeling happy. The dozen or so energy balls had already turned into powder, and all the divine charm energy had been consumed.

Qi Fire overflowed from his hand.

Hum~~

The Qi Fire energy was transmitted through the thousand flame blade, spewing flames three or four meters away, illuminating the basement in a bright red glow.

"It is indeed much smoother."

The thousand flame blade was like an aged gear that had been coated with a layer of lubricant.

He put away the thousand flame blade.

Xiao Weiqing closed his eyes for a short rest, preparing to go to the 5th Ring in the afternoon.

According to stidy, that group from the Tianlang Empire had already arrived at the 7th Ring.

Evening.

stidy arrived at the supermarket agreed upon with Xiao Weiqing.

"Qin Wei..."

"I'm here."

"Oh, this is the distribution of Nether Spirits in the vicinity." The yellow trash can spat out a piece of paper.

Xiao Weiqing caught it, his pupils constricting.

"So many?"

The paper was densely packed with hundreds of Nether Spirits, and every few hundred meters there were four-meter-tall Nether Spirits, and there were even several over five meters tall.

In the 6th Ring, he had swept a street last night and only encountered two four-meter-tall Nether Spirits.

A four-meter-tall Nether Spirit possessed the strength of the Peak of the Fourth Realm, and being this kind of special life form, it was very difficult to deal with. Once he could not take it down in a short time, it would immediately attract a siege from other Nether Spirits.

Just being touched by a Nether Spirit would strip away a layer of skin; the dead flesh on Xiao Weiqing's arm still had not recovered even now.

"The East 5th Ring is a bit dangerous."

stidy said: "The 5th Ring streets are all the same. If it were the 4th Ring, there would be even more Nether Spirits. As for within the 3rd Ring, it's not a place for someone with your strength to enter."

"Do you have the distribution of Nether Spirits in other streets of the 5th Ring?"

"Yes." stidy provided three more pieces of paper.

"Thank you."

"You aren't planning to go to the 4th Ring anymore?"

Xiao Weiqing shook his head, "No, my current strength cannot handle so many Nether Spirits. Tonight I will try to clear the Nether Spirits of the 5th Ring. If it's not feasible, I will retreat to the 6th Ring."

stidy nodded, "Alright then."

"I'm leaving, see you if fate allows."

"stidy, thank you."

"You're welcome."

The trash can's yellow light flickered, and it began to patrol along the street. Although it did not receive any response, it would not stop.

The sky turned completely dark.

The 5th Ring was very quiet during the day, and the 5th Ring at night was even quieter, as if even the wind had stopped flowing.

Xiao Weiqing had just approached a restaurant when he was discovered.

Silently.

A three-meter-tall Nether Spirit floated over to attack.

"Seamless Slash!"

The thousand flame blade, wreathed in divine fire, swept across in one slash.

"Puff puff puff puff~~"

The Nether Spirit exploded in response.

Swoosh~ swoosh~

Wall plaster fell off, and a large cluster of white mist passed through the wall, condensing into a human figure, a full 4 meters tall.

"Slash!"

Without any hesitation, Xiao Weiqing took the initiative. Two divine runes appeared on the thousand flame blade, and surging divine fire energy whistled out.

The Nether Spirit seemed to be prepared; its figure actually split into two, and the fire light passed through the middle, taking away only a small amount of white mist.

However.

After the white mist was dispersed by the divine fire power, it did not re-condense with the Nether Spirit.

"Come on!"

"Let's see who can outlast whom!"

Boom!~

In an instant.

A sea of fire surged in the street, surrounding the Nether Spirit.

The Samadhi True Fire poured out crazily, penetrating everywhere, continuously scorching the white mist.

The Nether Spirit did not sit idly by; its chest swelled up violently, and then its mouth opened wide.

"Hum~~~"

An energy wave was spat out from its mouth, and the Nether Spirit's body size also rapidly shrank visibly to the naked eye, to less than three meters.

The next second.

A vacuum channel was broken through the Fire Domain.

At this moment, Xiao Weiqing felt as if he had become disconnected from the world; if not for the Mind Shield, he would likely have fainted on the spot.

"Die!"

Spiritual Qi from the seven major acupoints in his body surged out crazily, and the Samadhi True Fire was unleashed without restraint, completely surrounding the Nether Spirit.

"Bang!"

The four-meter-tall Nether Spirit exploded violently.

"Thump~~ thump~~ thump~~"

Soccer-ball-sized energy balls rolled onto the ground.

Xiao Weiqing gathered them up and ran.