Chapter 714: Chapter 428: Spiritual Treasure Embryo.
Zhao Sheng slapped him on the head without a sound and reproached, “Fool, it’s real, of course. Has this old man ever spoken a falsehood over these past years?”
“You haven’t said so, but… but… it’s always good to be cautious!” Zhao Linsong stammered as he put away the Crystal Plate, but he always felt like he had been tricked again.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng suddenly revealed a slight smile and said indifferently, “Since you’ve accepted the item, you must do a task for this old man. There is a True Disciple named Chong Li who possesses an Ancient Technique Fragment called the ‘Heavenly Corpse Replacement Technique.’ Go and get it from him for me. The task must not exceed two years. Did you hear that?”
“Heard it, two years. If the deadline is exceeded, there will be punishment!” Zhao Linsong answered listlessly, as if wilted.
Over the years, whenever he felt a task was too difficult to plete, he considered declining several times, but in the end, he invariably obediently pleted the old thief’s task.
Now he was too lazy to argue and simply accepted the tasks mindlessly.
“Good that you know your place. Now get out!”
Hearing the old thief tell him to scram, Zhao Linsong, as if hearing divine music, immediately released a Colorless Water Sword, stepped on his flying sword, and soared swiftly towards the distance.
Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and suddenly vanished from the spot.
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Boom!
In the depths of the Earth Core Fire Sea, a colossal fire bubble rose slowly to its peak size, then suddenly exploded, sending out a rumbling boom that reverberated over the magma and fire sea, filling the area with a massive amount of poisonous smoke, temporarily stirring several hundred miles of the gloomy fog sea.
Waves of molten lava surged in all directions, the aftermath reaching a thousand miles away.
As a result, the Golden Lotus Cube floating above the fire sea shook slightly—one, two, three times…
Above the cage, Zhao Sheng, who was sitting cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes, and two streaks of electric light suddenly burst forth, penetrating the gloom to reach a hundred feet distant.
He stretched his body, and in the next instant, he suddenly appeared outside the door of D Cell on the sixth floor trial ground.
His Divine Thought expanded like light, silently infiltrating into the cell.
At that moment, within the cell, a River Otter person, having ballooned in size with a protruding black nose, was violently coughing, spattering blood as he did so.
The blood spattered on the floor spread widely, presenting a horrific dark red color.
The pool of blood was mixed with specks of Crystal Sand, emitting a faint luminescence.
“Subject D-7 infected with the 34th generation of mutated strains, Crystalization Degree 22 percent, the subject has successfully progressed to the third infection stage… Blood crystal density is 0.9 per thousand, Life Force has weakened by one degree pared to two weeks ago, skeletal and muscular crystal growth significantly slowed… The genetic traits of the strain are stable, continue targeted iteration of mutations.”
Zhao Sheng observed for half an hour, skillfully taking experimental notes, then moved on to the next cell.
“Subject D-11 has mitted suicide! Immediately erase traces!”
“Subject D-13 infected with the 36th generation… Strain splits faster than other mutated strains, erosion characteristics significantly weakened, blood crystal growth speed acceptable… The 36th generation strain’s status is pending.”
Thirty minutes later, Zhao Sheng appeared on the seventh floor.
“Subjects Bing Yi and Bing Er have lost consciousness, Crystal Clusters have deeply penetrated their brains, internal Spiritual Power has pletely crystallized. The 26th generation strain is discarded, erase immediately!”
“…Subject Bing Liu is in good condition, Crystalization Degree 36 percent, much lower than the average level, suggesting some resistance to the Devil Mushroom, keep a close watch!”
An hour later, he descended to the eighth floor.
This floor housed only three subjects, each more critical than those on the previous levels.
Therefore, Zhao Sheng observed even more meticulously and with more patience.
“Huff—huff—please, kill me! Don’t torture me any further. I would rather die now!”
The once proud and untamable Old Temple Master now became a pitiful creature begging for death.
His flesh was riddled with holes; his features obscured by dense Crystal Silk, while seven or eight Crystal Vines sprouted from each eye socket. Clusters of Crystal Clusters also covered his body inside and out, with various Crystal Columns breaking open his chest and limbs to vigorously grow and interweave with each other, forming a Crystal Tree with a canopy that drooped down like twisted peaks and a trunk as thick as a thigh, its roots splitting into dozens of branches deeply embedded into vital areas of his chest, abdomen, and skull.
Even so, the Old Temple Master was still alive.
“Subject Number One Crystalization Degree 86, blood, flesh, and bones crystallized to 93 percent, Golden Core pletely crystallized, Divine Soul showing crystallization characteristics… pared to the original strain of Devil Mushroom, the second generation’s infection intensity and erosion speed are reduced by 60 percent, Spiritual Energy assimilation rate decreased by 72 percent… Confirm results, Devil Mushroom highly adaptable to High Spirit environments…”
After pleting the experiment records, Zhao Sheng, as usual, gave a Life Elixir to Subject Number One, forcibly stimulating his vitality.
Then he moved to Subject Number Two… Subject Number Three.
After a long time, Zhao Sheng finally came to the first floor. Here, the cells were filled with ordinary humans.
“Subject Mortal-17 of the Human Clan, infected with the 36th generation strain, imprisoned for ten days, Crystalization Degree one percent, no apparent anomalies so far…”
“Mortal-18…”
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“Subject Mortal-25 of the Human Clan, infected with the 36th generation strain, imprisoned for ten days. In a Spiritless environment, no unusual symptoms in the body. Preliminary confirmation result: in a Spiritless environment, the transplanted Devil Fungus spores seemingly enter a ‘hibernation’ state. Predicted reason: minimal Spiritual Energy inside a human’s body, lacking Spiritual Energy stimulation, hence entering ‘hibernation.’ pare with control group Subject Mortal-33 of the Human Clan.”
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