Chapter 240
After Mandala appeared, she looked at the thunderclouds in the sky, a trace of astonishment flashing through her eyes.
"This kid said before that he was an artifact refiner. I did not believe it back then, but who would have thought it was true. Judging by the power of this thundercloud, the divine artifact being born this time is probably at least of High-Level."
Mandala's words immediately startled the Three Emperors and Jiu You.
There was no need to mention the former. They had no idea that Liu Bai even possessed such an ability. As for the latter, although she knew that Liu Bai had once refined a divine artifact before, she had seen that Heavenly Heart Seal herself. It was merely an extremely ordinary Low-Level divine artifact.
But how long had it been now, and this fellow Liu Bai was already capable of refining an High-level Divine Artifacts?
"How does everything become so unbelievably simple once it reaches his hands…"
One had to know that many artifact refiners might not even be able to advance from Low to High-level in their entire lifetime. Even many refining geniuses required long term accumulation before raising their Level.
After all, this was not cultivation. There were no shortcuts at all. One could only rely on talent and personal effort. In this regard, artifact refiners were no different from Spiritual Array Masters, Battle Formation Master, or Spiritual Pill Masters.
The Three Emperors beside them, after hearing Jiu You's quiet muttering, immediately felt the same emotion.
Thinking about how many years they had cultivated to reach their current level of strength, and that was with their entire focus placed on cultivation alone.
Yet Liu Bai, this young man who was only around twenty years old, had walked the path they took hundreds of years to complete within such a short time. Not only that, he had even walked other branching paths back and forth and gone even farther on them. There was simply no logic to argue against this.
Just as the few of them were sighing inwardly, they suddenly saw a black lotus fly out from the mountain. Immediately after, the violent lightning in the sky seemed to be guided by something and began to crazily converge toward that black lotus.
"That is the Thunder God Lotus? This kid really has no shortage of good things…" Mandala raised her delicate eyebrows and could not help but say.
Even in the Northern Region, the Thunder God Lotus was considered an extremely rare treasure. With just a little nurturing, it could become a thunder attribute supreme treasure, and its growth potential was immense.
Looking at Liu Bai's Thunder God Lotus, it already possessed the might of a Mid-Level divine artifact. If it could devour more powerful lightning in the future, its Level would continue to rise.
Soon, all the lightning in the sky was completely absorbed by the Thunder God Lotus. The lightning tribulation ended just like that, abruptly. The thunderclouds dispersed, and everything returned to calm.
"It seems it was a success." Mandala said with a faint smile.
She was also very curious about what kind of divine artifact Liu Bai had refined this time.
However, before they could wait for Liu Bai to appear, they suddenly saw a golden dragon and a golden phoenix burst out from the rear mountain. They intertwined with each other in the sky, head to tail, forming a dazzling scene of dragons soaring and phoenixes dancing.
Above the dragon and phoenix, multicolored auspicious clouds enveloped the sky. Dense Five Elements energy filled the heaven and earth, and even the ancient trees on the rear mountain began to grow wildly, shooting up hundreds of meters in a very short time.
"A dragon and phoenix combined with the Five Elements. This Liu Bai really has ideas." Even the Sleeping Emperor could not help but open his eyes at this moment, looking at the scene in the sky as he sighed.
"Heh, it seems Liu Bai gained quite a lot from the Dragon Phoenix Heaven this time." the Sky Vulture Emperor also said with a smile.
Mandala thought inwardly that of course the gains were not small. That brat had directly asked her for the essence blood of ten rare divine beasts.
Anyone who could use so much divine beast essence blood was probably only dealing with the Dragon Phoenix inheritance. Therefore, this time, Liu Bai was not only the biggest winner of Dragon Phoenix Heaven, but also one of the people with the greatest harvests since Dragon Phoenix Heaven had existed.
As they spoke, the dragon and phoenix phenomenon in the sky fully receded, and a battle armor shining with golden light appeared before everyone.
The entire armor was forged from golden dragon scales. On its back were a pair of phoenix wings that were over a zhang long. Upon closer inspection, one could also see five differently colored spiritual energy lines on the armor, forming countless dense spiritual patterns.
Compared to the previous Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor, there were no major changes in appearance. However, Liu Bai had added a face mask to the new armor. Dragon and phoenix patterns were carved upon it. When the face mask covered the face, the restrictive power of the armor would increase by more than ten percent.
"What terrifying pressure. What an excellent Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor." the Sky Vulture Emperor exclaimed as he felt the dreadful dragon and phoenix pressure emanating from the armor. Being a divine beast himself, he could sense this terror even more clearly.
"I am afraid that even a full power strike from a Sixth Grade Sovereign could be easily blocked by this armor…"
At this moment, a figure also flew out from the rear mountain. With a wave of his palm, the enormous battle armor transformed into a stream of light and landed in his palm, shrinking into a miniature form.
"Not just that."
Liu Bai arrived before them and said with a smile, "The strongest form of this battle armor can summon the spirits of the dragon and phoenix. Combined with the principle of Five Elements circulation, it can block even a strike from an Eighth-Grade Sovereign."
This was already comparable to many quasi peerless Divine artifacts, showing just how solid the foundation of the Dragon Phoenix Battle Armor had been. Of course, Liu Bai's divine refining method also played a role.
At the very least, if what he had learned was not the divine refining method but ordinary artifact refining techniques, it would have been impossible to add so many of his ideas back into the Dragon Phoenix Golden Armor.
After introducing his brand new battle armor, Liu Bai's gaze turned toward Jiu You. Immediately, a look of astonishment flashed through his eyes.
"How did your cultivation improve by so much? Did Clan Leader Tianhuang stuff you with pills or something?"
Back when the two of them went to the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan together, Jiu You was only at the mid stage of Fifth-Grade Sovereign. Yet it had not been long at all, and she had directly crossed past Sixth Grade Sovereign and reached the mid stage of Seventh-Grade Sovereign.
That was a direct leap across two major realms. It was far too unbelievable. Could it be that someone had crossed over and possessed her during this period?
"What is there to make such a fuss about. I just used the clan's resources to develop my bloodline a bit." Jiu You said calmly, wearing an expression that clearly said you are making a big deal out of nothing.
"Divine beast cultivation is fundamentally different from you humans. Bloodline power is our foundation. As long as the bloodline is developed, cultivation will naturally rise with it."
Liu Bai thought about it and felt that it made sense. After all, back then, this girl had become a Fourth-Grade Sovereign the moment she passed her lightning tribulation and completed spirit shedding and divine transformation. That improvement was far greater than this one.
"But why did you come back? When I saw Clan Leader Tianhuang before, it looked like he was not planning to let you leave the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan anymore."
After all, Jiu You's bloodline was far too important to the entire Nine Nether Sparrow Clan. Letting her roam freely outside was too dangerous. What if something happened to her?
By then, even if the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan could avenge her, it would already be meaningless.
"I come when I want and leave when I want. Who can control me?" Jiu You said with a proud expression, looking like a queen through and through.
"Yes yes yes, you are right. But you had better not have sneaked out. Otherwise, it will not be long before the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan comes to drag you back."
"What are you thinking." Jiu You curled her lips. "I am not a child. Why would I run away from home. This time, Elder Tianque personally escorted me here. Do you think my father would not know?"
Hearing this, Liu Bai finally felt relieved.
At this moment, Mandala finally found an opportunity to speak.
"All right. If you want to flirt, wait until you return to your Nine Nether Palace."
She then raised her hand, and ten jade bottles flew toward Liu Bai. He caught them one by one as Mandala's voice sounded again.
"These are what you wanted. Take them properly."
"Damn brat. To gather these ten kinds of divine beast essence blood for you, I ran through almost every large auction house in the entire Northern Region."
Even with Mandala's status, she could not help but curse, showing just how much effort this little girl had put into collecting these items.
Feeling the vast and pure spiritual energy surging from the jade bottles in Liu Bai's hand, the others all cast slightly surprised glances.
"And since I have already obtained the things for you, then properly improve your strength. Do not waste your thoughts on other messy matters. The Great Hunt War is about to begin. This is a battle that concerns the life and death of our Great Heavenlaw Domain. I hope that when the time comes, you will be able to play your part."
Upon hearing this, Liu Bai immediately patted his chest and promised that if he did not kill a few Earth Sovereigns, then he would be letting Lord Mandala's cultivation go to waste.
Unfortunately, everyone present revealed expressions of disbelief, thinking that Liu Bai was just talking nonsense.
Only Liu Bai himself knew that this was exactly what he truly thought in his heart.
Mandala left together with the Three Emperors, while Liu Bai and Jiu You returned to the Nine Nether Palace.
"Come on, I will take you to see the current strength of our Nine Nether Palace!" Liu Bai said with a cheerful smile to Jiu You, then pulled her small hand and headed toward the training ground.
Jiu You was initially a little uncomfortable with Liu Bai's small action. After all, this was in public. What if someone saw it?
But seeing Liu Bai's thick skinned attitude that clearly did not care at all, she could only sigh softly and then let him do as he pleased.
At this moment, on a vast training ground within the Nine Nether Palace.
The Nine Nether Guards clad in black armor filled the training ground like a tide. All of them sat quietly in meditation. Dark battle intent surged out from their bodies and then gathered together above them.
The battle intent surged like a black ocean, faintly emitting roaring sounds, as if even the heaven and earth were trembling slightly.
At the very front of the Nine Nether Guards, atop a massive stone platform, Zhan Taiyun sat cross legged. His hands formed seals and his eyes were tightly closed. A stream of spiritual energy shot out from his body and directly plunged into the vast sea of battle intent above the Nine Nether Guards.
Gurgle gurgle!
With the addition of Zhan Taiyun's spiritual energy, the battle intent sea above the Nine Nether Guards became even more violent. Finally, a gigantic pillar of light suddenly shot upward. Within that pillar of light, everyone saw a pair of black wings spread open, each spanning nearly a hundred zhang.
The enormous wings gently flapped. Then the pillar of light shattered, and a gigantic black Nine Nether Sparrow directly appeared above the sea of battle intent.
This Nine Nether Sparrow was shrouded in black mist. The mist was not material but was formed from boiling battle intent. Moreover, on its massive body, one could faintly see complex and obscure battle patterns.
This was precisely the battle intent spirit of the Nine Nether Guards. Moreover, it was a battle intent spirit engraved with seven thousand battle patterns, enough to suppress a Fifth-Grade Sovereign and even capable of fighting a Sixth-Grade Sovereign.
"Very good. If this Zhan Taiyun is properly nurtured, he will definitely become a central pillar of our Nine Nether Palace." Jiu You nodded in satisfaction.
Being able to condense a battle intent spirit meant that Zhan Taiyun already possessed the qualifications to become a Battle Formation Master.
Such talent, even if placed across the entire Northern Region, would be someone all top tier forces would fight to recruit.
"Do not worry. I have already started nurturing him. With the Battle Formation Master cultivation method I passed on to him, breaking through ten thousand patterns and becoming a true Battle Formation Master is only a matter of time." Liu Bai said with full confidence.
"As long as you know what you are doing." Jiu You nodded. Then she suddenly said, "I heard that the Domain Lord intends to let you become the Fourth Emperor?"
At this, Liu Bai helplessly spread his hands and said, "There is nothing I can do. I performed a bit too well before. If I keep mixing among a group of Chicken Kings, it will make me stand out too much. The people from other top tier forces would not agree."
Just as Liu Bai finished speaking, he felt a sharp pain on his arm. He then saw Jiu You's beautiful face clenched with bared teeth.
"You brat, who are you calling a chicken?!"
Liu Bai remained silent.
So even in the Great Thousand World, there are chickens too.
After inspecting the Nine Nether Guards' training progress together with Jiu You, the two left the training ground and returned to their respective residences.
There was not much time left before the Great Hunt War, so Liu Bai did not have time to be intimate with Jiu You. He immediately began refining the divine beast essence blood that Mandala had collected and started the divine blood body tempering.
If it were an ordinary person, such as Mu Chen in the original work, completing divine blood body tempering would require not only these external conditions but also sufficient time for slow cultivation.
But Liu Bai was different. He had cheats. As long as the required conditions were prepared, everything else could be completed directly.
The Dragon Phoenix True Scripture recorded that the cultivation of the Dragon Phoenix Body was divided into three stages.
The first stage was activating the true spirit. The second stage was transformation. The third stage was the Dragon and Phoenix manifesting in the world.
The two patterns on Liu Bai's chest and back were precisely the true dragon spirit and true phoenix spirit mentioned. These patterns were completely condensed from dragon and phoenix essence blood and contained a trace of the true spirit left behind by real dragons and phoenixes.
The first stage required using the power of various divine beast essence bloods to activate these true dragon and true phoenix spirits, thereby granting Liu Bai even greater power.
Once the true dragon and true phoenix spirits were fully activated, one could reach the second stage of transformation. At that point, the dragon and phoenix patterns could break free from the restraints of the body, undergo endless transformations, and begin awakening the true power that belonged to real dragons and phoenixes.
As for the third stage, the Dragon and Phoenix manifesting in the world, just the name alone was enough to guess what it meant.
And what Liu Bai needed to do now was the first stage, activating the true spirit.
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