Chapter 765: Evil Qi Vortex!
"Interesting."
A strange light flickered in Li Yun’s eyes.
With a wave of his hand, the decayed seed landed in his palm.
In the next instant, his expression changed drastically.
At the same moment the decayed seed landed in his palm, a strange and massive suction force suddenly erupted from it.
In the blink of an eye, a full half of the chaos qi in his body was drained away.
Not only that, but the decayed seed continued rapidly absorbing the chaos qi in his body.
After a few more breaths, only thirty percent of his chaos qi remained.
"Oh no."
Li Yun’s expression changed sharply.
He instinctively tried to throw the decayed seed away, but found that no matter how hard he tried, the seed clung tightly to his palm like a maggot on a bone. It was impossible to shake off.
Furthermore, as he resisted, the speed at which the decayed seed absorbed his chaos qi became even faster.
After a few more breaths, a full ninety percent of the chaos qi in his body had been absorbed.
"This will not do. I must stop it."
At this moment, Li Yun’s expression changed completely.
If he allowed the decayed seed to continue absorbing, then once the chaos qi in his body was drained, it would begin absorbing his life chaos qi. By then, his realm would likely drop significantly.
Unfortunately, although he realized this, he could not take any effective measures.
He could only allow his chaos qi to drain away frantically.
Fortunately, after ninety-five percent of the chaos qi in his body had been absorbed, the decayed seed seemed to have finally eaten its fill and stopped devouring his chaos qi.
Then, a miraculous light erupted from within the decayed seed and instantly enveloped Li Yun.
Under the cover of this miraculous light, Li Yun’s Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture broke through to the eighth stage.
Undying Origin Body.
In the next moment, the decayed seed suddenly shattered and transformed into a streak of jet-black light, which rushed instantly into Li Yun’s body and came to a halt near his Chaos Core.
The jet-black light formed a black vortex near his Chaos Core, emitting intense evil qi that constantly eroded Li Yun’s chaos qi.
"So that is how it is."
At this time, Li Yun finally understood what had happened.
Clearly, this decayed seed had originally been the seed of an extraordinary spiritual plant that should have nurtured a peerless rare medicine. However, for some unknown reason, it had lost its divinity while still in seed form and had effectively become ruined.
Although ruined, the decayed seed still retained some medicinal power.
It was this residual medicinal power that forced Li Yun’s Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture to break through to a new level.
However, because the decayed seed had been buried in the ground for far too long, it had become tainted with the evil qi beneath the surface.
This evil qi had taken the opportunity to enter Li Yun’s body while he was absorbing the residual medicinal power.
This kind of evil qi had to be resisted with a large amount of chaos qi and slowly worn away.
Otherwise, if this evil qi were allowed to accumulate, it would at best affect his foundation and prevent him from reaching higher realms in the future. In severe cases, it could even cause qi deviation or death from chaos qi backlash.
"Although my Ninefold Origin Flesh Scripture broke through to the eighth stage, Undying Origin Body, this Evil Qi Vortex has appeared in my body. I truly do not know whether to call this good luck or bad luck."
Li Yun shook his head.
Then he took out a Nine Revolutions Life-Sustaining Spirit Pill and swallowed it.
Immediately, his chaos qi was fully restored.
After that, he mobilized a small portion of his chaos qi to resist the invasion of the Evil Qi Vortex.
"Judging by the situation, it will take at least a month to completely eliminate this Evil Qi Vortex."
Li Yun frowned slightly.
Although it would not affect his strength in any way, the Evil Qi Vortex was still a problem. He had to find a way to refine it or remove it entirely before any mutation happens.
"There is no other way. I can only take things one step at a time."
Finally, Li Yun sighed helplessly.
After this turn of events, he no longer had the mood to continue wandering around the island.
He found a secluded spot and began putting all his effort into wearing away the Evil Qi Vortex in his body.
It had to be said that this Evil Qi Vortex was truly tenacious.
Even when he used all of his chaos qi to suppress it, the speed of wearing it away was still incredibly slow. After several hours, almost no noticeable change could be detected.
Meanwhile, the cultivators behind him also arrived at Lake Heart Island one after another.
Finally, when the eight hundredth cultivator arrived, the preliminary round came to an end.
Including Li Yun, a total of eight hundred cultivators had successfully passed the preliminary round, while all remaining cultivators were eliminated.
"Now, all cultivators must immediately head to the center of Lake Heart Island. Any cultivator who does not arrive within fifteen minutes will be disqualified."
A voice spread throughout Lake Heart Island.
Hearing this, all the cultivators on the island, no matter what they were doing, immediately stopped and rushed toward the center of the island.
Li Yun also temporarily set aside the matter of the Evil Qi Vortex and immediately rushed to the center of Lake Heart Island.
When he arrived, ten arenas had already appeared out of thin air in the center of the island.
Each arena was surrounded by nine stone pillars.
The nine stone pillars simultaneously emitted brilliant light, connecting into a single whole and forming a powerful barrier that enveloped each arena.
Around the arenas, platforms rose into the air.
Each platform had dozens of seats filled with cultivators. The youngest among them were in their forties, while most were elderly in appearance.
These were all famous seniors from the Central Continent.
They were not only the audience of this Heaven’s Chosen Assembly, but also its judges and notaries.
Under their sharp eyes, any small trick would be exposed. It was simply impossible to do anything shady under their noses.