Chapter 879 Searching
Lin Mo couldn't afford to be careless now. With the strength of the Hongmen Ancestor and Yuri, as long as they didn't give up searching nearby, it would be easy to find him.
One thousand meters!
One thousand five hundred meters!
Two thousand meters!
The Xuanyuan Sword continued to sink, while the soil behind him was controlled by Lin Mo with mana, blocking the entrance of the cave.
"Puchi!"
Suddenly, the Xuanyuan Sword encountered hard rock, which was ground into stone debris as if it was tofu beneath the sword, instantly revealing a gap ahead.
Lin Mo produced a fireball to illuminate the surrounding darkness. This was actually a dark river existing within the rock layers; the river was not that wide, only about four or five meters, surrounded by pitch black, nowhere in sight from end to end.
"I'll rest here, having already descended two thousand meters, even Yuri and the Hongmen Ancestor probably wouldn't think I'm here."
Lin Mo clenched his fists, "When I emerge, I will definitely seek you out properly for revenge."
However, within the dark river, it was filled with darkness, cold, and even unknown dangers.
Lin Mo dared not be careless, who knows if there are any special beasts lurking in this dark river, and could only rely on the Xuanyuan Sword to protect him from outside.
Lin Mo took out irregular stones obtained inside the cave from his space ring and placed them in front of him. The stone was pitch black, and under the firelight, it emitted a faint black luster.
Yuri valued this stone so highly, it must be a treasure.
Lin Mo probed his divine thought into the stone, and his face froze.
Within the stone was unimaginable energy, similar to that of an energy crystal but purer. However, when divine thought probed inside, it encountered another spiritual force's resistance.
But that spiritual power was not particularly strong anymore, and Lin Mo's divine thought was as solid as a rock, and under Lin Mo's intrusion, it quickly collapsed.
Lin Mo finally understood that this was a massive energy crystal, the energy contained within was too vast, no wonder Yuri hid it in a deserted cave as a treasure.
And Yuri couldn't absorb its power, surely because of the strong divine thought imprints within the stone, which must be erased first before normal absorption could occur.
What Lin Mo didn't know was that Yuri had already spent ten years on it, and the lingering divine thought imprint had become very weak, allowing Lin Mo to easily shatter the last wisp of divine thought.
"It seems that this adventure wasn't without its rewards." Lin Mo's expression was joyful.
The energy contained within this stone was almost equivalent to several hundred top-grade spiritual stones. One must know, even with Ye Beichen's status in the Demon Clan, he couldn't obtain several hundred top-grade spiritual stones at once.
One top-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred mid-grade spirit stones, and one mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones.
And top-grade spiritual stones are equivalent to one thousand top-grade spirit stones, although it's merely an exchange, practically no one would be willing to exchange top-grade spiritual stones for top-grade spirit stones.
If Ye Beichen saw this stone, he would probably go crazy; even if the entire Beiyao Sect dug up its entire foundation, it would merely be a few hundred top-grade spiritual stones.
Lin Mo's eyes gleamed.
He had traversed the Pacific Ocean to America for the sole purpose of increasing his power.
Yet, unexpectedly, he obtained such a powerful energy stone this time.
"Since the divine thought on it has been destroyed by me, I can begin to absorb energy now."
Lin Mo sat cross-legged facing the stone.
Qiankun Creation Technique!
Lin Mo began to continuously run his cultivation technique, starting to pull the stone. The stone trembled slightly, seemingly still resisting, but the residual divine thought within the stone had vanished, and this resistance was undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg.
"Crack!"
A faint sound, the black stone layer originally covering the stone's surface cracked and fell off.
Instantly, a pale cyan stone appeared in front of Lin Mo, surrounded by a green glow that almost illuminated the entire passage of the dark river, revealing the odd rocks on the riverbank, with some unknown vines growing on the stone walls.
"Absorb!"
Lin Mo's eyes shone.
In an instant, the green light from the stone transformed into five thumb-thick green streams of light, converging towards Lin Mo's body, connecting with his four limbs and dantian, continuously devouring and digesting the stone's energy.
A look of comfort appeared on Lin Mo's face, feeling as if his whole body was soaking in a hot spring, every pore breathing easily, and his skin, bone marrow, tendons, and meridians were undergoing an immensely pleasurable transformation, absorbing a large amount of energy and undergoing transformation.
The feeling was extremely comfortable, devoid of any pain.
Meanwhile, the Blood Demon Vine Emperor, initially hidden within Lin Mo's body, also began absorbing energy, undergoing some special transformation, continuously integrating into Lin Mo's bones and blood.
Initially feeling comfortable, Lin Mo suddenly felt a stabbing pain all over his body, though not particularly intense.
"Blood Demon Vine Emperor."
Lin Mo finally recalled when at the Hongmen headquarters, the Blood Demon Vine Emperor had burrowed into his body.
The foundational inscriptions of cultivation sects regarding Blood Demon Vine's introduction and description were vague, let alone introductions of the Blood Demon Vine Emperor.
Lin Mo exerted himself to recall the memories in his mind, seeming to have seen an introduction about the Blood Demon Vine Emperor somewhere.
"I remember now."
Lin Mo's eyes widened.
Blood Demon Vine Emperor: A top-grade divine medicine recorded in the Medicine Manual
Its vines can be used to create magic artifacts, related to the growth level of the Blood Demon Vine. When the Blood Demon Vine Emperor reaches its peak, the vines can be crafted into a top-grade divine artifact.
The fruit condensed by the Blood Demon Vine Emperor can improve the cultivator's strength and can also be used to refine medicine.
Additionally, the Blood Demon Vine Emperor can grow into a plant-type spiritual beast, comparable to a Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator.
Memories of the Blood Demon Vine Emperor information continuously replayed in Lin Mo's mind, but none of them introduced how the Blood Demon Vine Emperor would enter a human's body.
However, there was no room for Lin Mo's reaction now, having already used substantial true yuan for the instant teleportation involving space rift, he was utterly incapable of resisting the fusion of the Blood Demon Vine Emperor and his body.
"One step at a time."
Lin Mo comforted himself, beginning to continuously absorb the stone's power.
In the dark river, who knows how much time had passed.
...
Hongmen headquarters.
A light streak approached from afar, landing almost instantly inside the Hongmen headquarters.
The elders within Hongmen and people like Hong Zhangtian saw this figure and respectfully called out, "Greetings, Ancestor!"
This person was precisely the Hongmen Ancestor, just with a rather gloomy expression.
These days, he had practically flipped the entire America upside down and still didn't find any trace of Lin Mo.
"I don't know where this guy has hidden, but I refuse to believe he won't come out." A trace of ruthlessness flashed in the Hongmen Ancestor's eyes.