Chapter 275 - Close To Death
A serene silence was spread around in the room, but slowly a faint sound was appearing. This sound was none other than that of heart beats and was increasing bit by bit every minute.
Lin Mu was silently assimilating the vital energy from the meat that he had eaten and was assaulting the next stage of the body tempering realm. He was slowly eroding the barrier which prevented him from entering the next stage with each wisp of vital energy that he assimilated.
The vital energy would be absorbed into his body from the stomach and then assimilated into the tissues. As Lin Mu’s skin and muscles were already saturated, the only place left was his bones and marrows. His bones were also on the verge of being completely saturated and the vital energy was slowly penetrating into the marrows.
Lin Mu’s heart beats kept on getting louder and louder until eventually, they resounded in the room.
~Pop~
Then, an almost audible pop was heard and a massive wave of vital energy was released from his body. Lin Mu started trembling as the barrier which was acting like a dam was broken through and the vital energy rushed in like an unyielding river.
But the moment the vital energy entered Lin Mu’s marrows, a sharp pain assaulted his senses. He felt as if boiling water was being poured into his bones and scalding them. Lin Mu gritted his teeth and held on.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.
He had already learned that the thirteenth stage of the body tempering realm was different than the previous stages, and the process would be much more harsh. The vital energy kept on pouring and seemed as if it was coming out of nothing. It seemed as if something strange was happening, as Lin Mu should have broken through at this point.
"The vital energy... it is much more than I expected. Is this the effect of the nameless technique of the lost immortal?" Xukong muttered in surprise.
"You’ve been modifying his physique and then you also gave him skills which would help him get attuned to manipulating space even with his low talent. An artifact of your level is definitely sentient. Answer me!" This time Xukong shouted.
But even then there was no response. The altar that was dimly glowing stayed the same.
In the real world, Lin Mu’s heart beats that were once strong and loud were getting fainter and fainter. His skin was also getting paler by the minute as more blood was shed.
"Are you really going to let him die!?" Xukong said with anger.
Xukong gritted his teeth as he still received no answer. He took one last look at Lin Mu before making up his mind.
"FINE! I’ll do it myself!" Xukong declared.
And with these words, the spatial energy within the ring started seething. The silvery grey steaks that flickered in the sky started revolving around Xukong’s small palm sized body. His ten golden yellow eyes glowed with power as a massive surge of qi escaped the ring.
But just as Xukong was about to take the next step, he froze.
The obscure pattern that was created because of the wooden slip appeared on Lin Mu’s abdomen. A net composed of obscure characters formed around Lin Mu’s stomach. With each passing second, the net was increasing in density and more and more threads were being added to it.
Each thread was formed by linking multiple characters and they interwove. Suddenly the net started shrinking and covered the entirety of Lin Mu’s stomach. Soon the net merged in its entirety with the stomach changing its color to a graying blue, making it seem unnatural.
But this did not stop here, and soon more characters appeared and started linking up, forming new threads. These threads interwove again and formed another layer of net above the stomach. But unlike the previous one, this one was not as dense and the holes in it were rather large.
A blue glow appeared from Lin Mu’s stomach as an extremely intense wave of energy spread.