Chapter 91: Chapter 84: Power Enhancement
In this one month, Sun Wukong had completely assimilated the Divine Stone of the Fire Attribute. To be precise, it was the Divine Stone that actively fused into Sun Wukong's body.
However, a regrettable aspect was that of the seventy-two Strange Fires originally absorbed by the Five-Colored Divine Stone, there was an extreme repulsion towards Sun Wukong's body, leaving only a mere seven after the fusion with the Fire Attribute Divine Stone.
These were the Solar Golden Fire, Silent Destruction True Fire, Black Flame Burst Fire, Nine Nether Ghost Flame, Eight Trigrams Spiritual Fire, Dazzling Extreme Heavenly Fire, and Hell Reincarnation Fire.
These seven Strange Fires were among the most domineering and mystical flames between heaven and earth. The Solar Golden Fire was the innate flame of the Three-legged Golden Crow, possessing the utmost yang and rigid power.
The Silent Destruction True Fire was the strongest flame of the Buddhist Sect, with the ability to eliminate all evil and considered the nemesis of ghostly beings.
The Black Flame Burst Fire was an extremely unstable flame that would explode upon vibration, with tremendous power.
The Nine Nether Ghost Flame was the most terrifying ghostly fire in Hell. It could incinerate the Divine Consciousness of immortals and buddhas. Anyone tainted by the Nine Nether Ghost Flame would lose their sanity and fall into the state of a malevolent ghost. It was a kind of evil fire.
The Eight Trigrams Spiritual Fire was an Innate Spiritual Fire, a rare defensive flame among Strange Fires. Legend had it that once the Eight Trigrams Spiritual Fire appeared, it would naturally condense the laws of heaven and earth to form an Eight Trigrams Pattern, boasting extremely strong defensive power.
The Dazzling Extreme Heavenly Fire was a domineering flame above the Nine Heavens, possessing the most powerful physical attack capability. Anything that came in contact with the Dazzling Extreme Heavenly Fire would be unable to be extinguished, only able to burn out on its own.
The last one, the Hell Reincarnation Fire, was said to be a flame naturally born from within the Six Paths of Reincarnation. This flame had the terrifying ability to directly cast people into the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Anyone with this fire could freely enter and exit the Six Paths of Reincarnation and traverse the Endless Void.
After these nine Strange Fires followed the Fire Attribute Divine Stone and fused into Sun Wukong's body, they quietly floated around his Dantian in the pattern of the Big Dipper. Worth mentioning, when fusing with the Solar Golden Fire, the Jingu Bang suddenly sent a yearning voice to Sun Wukong. Hence, with a thought, Sun Wukong separated a strand of Solar Golden Fire into the Jingu Bang.
Then, after a Divine Consciousness Scouting, Sun Wukong discovered that there were huge changes in the World Within the Artifact of the Jingu Bang due to this strand of Solar Golden Fire. Firstly, the sun hanging above this World Within the Artifact became even more realistic, and it began to slowly rise and set from east to west.
Consequently, this world seemingly possessed the distinction of four seasons. Although unable to observe the changing of seasons due to time constraints, Sun Wukong's feeling was not wrong.
This Jingu Bang was truly unfathomable. As Sun Wukong absorbed more and more of the Five-Colored Divine Stones, the World Within the Artifact of the Jingu Bang also continued to become more perfected.
From initially being empty to absorbing the Spiritual Charm of the Earth Attribute Divine Stone, which then transformed into a boundless expanse of land, and later upon absorbing the Metal Attribute Divine Stone, it transformed again to depict countless mountains. After digesting the Water Attribute Divine Stone, it created rivers, lakes, seas and a sky full of clouds.
This time, after assimilating the Fire Attribute Divine Stone, seasonal changes, the rising and setting of the sun, and a gentle breeze had all emerged.
The only thing missing was life itself. This World Within the Artifact was becoming more and more like a real world.
Just as Sun Wukong's Divine Consciousness exited the World Within the Artifact, the Hell Reincarnation Fire inside him began to stir restlessly. Ultimately, right before Sun Wukong's eyes and to his astonishment, it separated a strand of flame on its own and merged it into the Jingu Bang, where it began to evolve the Six Paths of Reincarnation!
Of course, it was still a nascent shape that couldn't be any smaller. But this was enough to astonish Sun Wukong! As the Divine Consciousness exited the World Within the Artifact for the second time, it finally quieted down.
As for the Six-Eared Macaque, upon entering this space, it too felt wave after wave of surprise. Yet, when a voice reached the mind of the Six-Eared Macaque, its astonishment turned into sheer ecstasy.
Because, that ghastly-faced person, who was also Hong Hai'er, had surprisingly told the Six-Eared Macaque that he had a drop of Yellow Dragon's True Blood! How could this not thrill the Six-Eared Macaque to no end?
Dragons were the most honored race in the world. And among the Dragon Race, the strongest were differentiated as the Divine Dragon Azure Dragon, Yellow Dragon, Black Dragon, White Dragon, and Red Dragon.
The Azure Dragon is also one of the four sacred beasts, and all dragons that came after descended from it, hence it is known as the Dragon Ancestor. Creatures such as Ying Long, Zhu Long, and horns dragons, etc., are all progeny of the Azure Dragon.
As for the Yellow Dragon, it is the ancestor of dragon-like creatures, meaning those beasts that share dragon characteristics.
Among the most famous are the nine offspring from the saying "The dragon gave birth to nine sons." However, it should be clarified that this saying doesn't literally mean that the Yellow Dragon had only nine sons; the number nine represents a multitude, indicating countless offspring.
Among all dragon offspring, the most famous are the nine: Qiuniu, Chaofeng, Pulao, Ya Zi, Taotie, Baxia, Bi'an, Suan Ni, and Chiwen.
The Black Dragon is the leader of all malevolent dragon races. Ancient ferocious beasts such as Qiong Qi, Tao Wu, and Chaos, all stem from the Black Dragon.
It is said that the White Dragon is the progenitor of the Western dragons. Its offspring differ greatly from the Eastern Divine Dragons, having two wings on their backs, resembling winged lizards more than anything else.
The Red Dragon is the most mysterious among the five progenitor dragons. It is born with an excessively powerful physical body and is believed to be the ancestor of ancient dinosaurs. The original dinosaurs were rulers of the Pangu Realm, not only possessing strong physical bodies but also commanding formidable Divine Skills.
However, after a great war broke out between the other four Dragon Ancestors and the Red Dragon, the descendants of the Red Dragon were all wiped out and no longer remained.
Each of the five Dragon Ancestors possesses enormous Divine Skills, and legend has it that gathering the True Blood of all five Dragon Ancestors can unlock an earth-shattering secret.
So, when Six-Eared Macaque heard that Hong Hai'er possessed a drop of Yellow Dragon True Blood, he was utterly shocked. No wonder that person with a ghostly face could utilize Spiritual Power to create an illusion of nine early-stage saintly fire spirits—it all stemmed from this power of the Yellow Dragon True Blood.
If he could possess this drop of True Blood and merge it into the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff, he couldn't even begin to imagine the extent to which his strength might ascend.
Amid Six-Eared Macaque's disbelieving gaze, a drop of golden, mercury-like thick blood emerged out of thin air, slowly hovering in front of Six-Eared Macaque.
"Tsk tsk, it really is Yellow Dragon True Blood. This immense aura is truly astounding."
Although Six-Eared Macaque's Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff already contained a drop of Azure Dragon True Blood and other various Divine Dragon Bloods, those had already been integrated into the staff long ago, so he didn't feel their power as directly as this.
With hands that were almost trembling, Six-Eared Macaque took out the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff and slowly touched it to the drop of Yellow Dragon True Blood.
Thereafter, the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff let out a joyful dragon-like chant, and as if a whale sucking in water, swiftly absorbed the drop of Yellow Dragon True Blood.
But before Six-Eared Macaque could rejoice, the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff suddenly trembled, and then, to Six-Eared Macaque's utter disbelief, the staff exuded four differently colored drops of True Blood.
"This one is from Qiulong, oh, and this is from Chilong. This, this is Zhu Long's? Ah, even Ying Long's got squeezed out?"
It turned out that when the Yellow Dragon True Blood merged into the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff, it forcibly pushed out the four original drops of Divine Dragon Blood already inside. Indeed, this Yellow Dragon was far too domineering.
Gazing at the four droplets of blood floating in mid-air, Six-Eared Macaque sighed. Although he had anticipated that the integration with the Yellow Dragon True Blood would not be smooth, he didn't expect such severe reactions.
Left with no choice, Six-Eared Macaque could only reabsorb the four drops of blood into his body. Ying Long True Blood merged into his back, Qiulong True Blood into his left arm, Chilong True Blood into his right arm, and the drop from Zhu Long merged into the sea of consciousness in his forehead.
Afterward, Six-Eared Macaque sat down in meditation on the spot, devoutly refining the four drops of True Dragon Blood. Meanwhile, the Crimson Blood Roaming Dragon Staff strove to assimilate the domineering Yellow Dragon True Blood.