novelraw Chapter 184 : Balancing the Killing Aura, Taiji Fish
Chapter 184 : Balancing the Killing Aura, Taiji Fish
Chapter 184: Balancing the Killing Aura, Taiji Fish
As the restless spiritual power and mysterious power within his body were continuously expelled, Gu Fan's body gradually returned to normal.
Only when seventy percent of the mysterious power and spiritual power had been expelled did he fully recover.
The two forces within his body finally ceased to entangle and clash.
“Didn't expect this to happen. Now it's a real headache… I need to find a way to keep the two forces in harmony. Otherwise, once I've fully recovered and the spiritual power and mysterious power clash again, I won’t be able to handle it…”
Gu Fan felt a headache coming on—this was a situation he had not anticipated.
Originally, he had come to the Apocalypse World with the intention of quickly breaking through to the Divine Moon Realm, or allowing his spiritual power to reach the True Yang Realm.
A breakthrough in either would mean the end of bottlenecks for him.
However, now he couldn’t even manage the basic coexistence of mysterious power and spiritual power, forcing him to shelve his plans entirely.
With that in mind, Gu Fan could only sit cross-legged, slowly placing two piles of stones before him—one pile of Seven-colored Yuan Crystal Stones glowing with colorful light, and the other of Mysterious Dao Stones emitting gray aura.
Gu Fan extended both hands and began simultaneously absorbing spiritual power and mysterious power. The moment the two different energies entered his Qi Sea, he forcibly suppressed them, violently separating their conflicting forces.
This method was effective at first, but once the energy absorption surpassed sixty percent, the suppression became exceedingly difficult for Gu Fan.
When it exceeded eighty percent, his body began to swell again, and the energy conflict became completely uncontrollable.
They were like natural enemies, irreconcilable as water and fire—neither would yield to the other!
With no other choice, Gu Fan once again channeled all the energy into the Evil Lotus.
The two consecutive waves of massive transfers caused the Evil Lotus to twist and squirm, radiating a sense of satisfaction and comfort.
But now, Gu Fan had no time to bother with the Evil Lotus. He furrowed his brow in deep thought.
If forced suppression didn’t work, then perhaps… fusion?
He once again absorbed both energies, and this time, from the beginning, he allowed them to collide repeatedly. In the end, he forcefully compressed them, trying to fuse the two completely different energies together.
Obviously, Gu Fan had underestimated the challenge. Ultimately, he failed again and had to transfer the energy to the Evil Lotus.
Calming himself, Gu Fan continued thinking. His advantage lay in his modern mindset.
He was flexible and adaptable, not rigid and inflexible.
Right now, he was like a CEO, with two top executives in conflict.
One was the head of business—without him, performance would drop. The other was the chief of operations—without him, the company would descend into chaos.
But the two simply refused to see eye-to-eye, unwilling to compromise.
At this moment, from the boss’s perspective… how should it be resolved?
Gu Fan thought for a moment, and a notion emerged in his mind.
When two overly sharp forces were too hostile and conflicted, perhaps a third-party force could be introduced to the battlefield.
Triangles are inherently stable—three forces or energies could mutually constrain and stabilize one another!
With this seemingly absurd and amusing idea, Gu Fan decided to give it a try.
Whether or not it worked, it was currently the most worthwhile method to test.
Gu Fan's gaze gradually firmed. He then once again guided the two energies into his body. When spiritual power and mysterious power erupted into conflict, he immediately summoned the long-suppressed black energy within him into the Qi Sea!
The moment the Killing Aura entered, the two energies were clearly ‘startled’.
As if they were saying, “Now who’s this?!”
And as the Killing Aura continued pouring in, Gu Fan seized the opportunity while the two energies were weakened to compress them!
Thus, the spiritual power and mysterious power that were supposed to be wildly rampaging gradually began to calm down under Gu Fan’s suppression.
Finally, within the Qi Sea, a swirling formation of gold and gray took shape.
Seeing this through internal vision, Gu Fan felt a surge of joy and was secretly amazed.
He wasn’t sure if it was a coincidence, but at that moment, the golden spiritual power and gray mysterious power had formed a Taiji Fish shape.
Meanwhile, the black Killing Aura had formed two fish eyes, cleverly stabilizing the situation.
Gu Fan decided to go all in, rapidly absorbing from the Seven-colored Yuan Crystal Stone and the Mysterious Dao Stone, replenishing both powers to a full ten-tenths.
Then, he quietly observed.
Only after maintaining stability for half an hour did he finally wipe the sweat from his forehead.
“That was quite the close call. However, this Killing Aura seems somewhat weak. As my strength and cultivation realm continue to increase and the amounts of spiritual power and mysterious power grow, I’ll need to accumulate more Killing Aura as well.”
But that wasn’t a concern. If there was one thing the Apocalypse World didn’t lack, it was Killing Aura and unjust souls—countless beyond measure.
With this thought, Gu Fan finally breathed a sigh of relief. The current issue had been resolved at last.
Next, it was time to seize the moment and charge toward the Primordial Yang Realm breakthrough!
With this in mind, Gu Fan glanced at the sky, which was just beginning to brighten, then rose and vanished from the hospital shelter.
This time, his target was the first provincial capital city of the Apocalypse World—Luzhou, Hui Province!
Previously, Gu Fan had always been slaying zombies in the low-tier city of Chi City. However, as his subordinates continuously hunted them down—
The zombies in Chi City had been nearly wiped out. And unless a massive zombie horde outbreak occurred, zombies rarely migrated.
With no replenishment, Chi City’s zombies had become a burden to Gu Fan, who was striving for advancement.
So this time, he headed directly to the provincial capital of Hui Province. With its dense population, the zombie density was more than ten times that of a small city like Chi City.
If he found the right location, he could reap a massive harvest in one sweep, break through to the Primordial Yang Realm, and simultaneously accumulate Killing Aura to stabilize the Taiji Fish in his Qi Sea.
Three minutes. Hundreds of kilometers. Under Gu Fan’s full-speed travel, it passed in the blink of an eye.
Gazing at the roaming zombie horde in the urban district, Gu Fan’s eyes lit up.
“As expected of a major city—cultivation resources are everywhere!”
Flying through the sky, Gu Fan casually shattered thousands of zombies with a single punch.
Then, with a wave of his hand, countless transparent Living Souls surged toward him.
As the Soul Devouring Technique activated, innumerable Living Souls transformed into energy and became part of Gu Fan’s Qi Sea.
This pure energy, upon entering his body, immediately split into two parts—one into spiritual power, and the other into mysterious power—maintaining the balance of the Taiji Fish.
“With my realm and power now advanced, I no longer even need a formation to collect Living Souls. Just a wave of the hand and I can absorb tens of thousands—this feels amazing!!”
As Gu Fan continued to devour and slaughter, the Killing Aura on him steadily accumulated and transformed into the black fish eyes.
And so, Gu Fan swept through the zombie horde uninterrupted. Along the way, he encountered several powerful zombies that, by his estimation, were at least equivalent to Level 7 or Level 8 Evolvers.
But in his eyes as a cultivator, they were no different from ordinary zombies.
All were turned to minced meat with a single punch.
Finally, at a certain moment during his slaughter, Gu Fan’s entire body trembled.
“After swallowing three hundred thousand Living Souls, I finally feel saturated…”
“Now it’s time to find a suitable location and prepare for the breakthrough!”
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, he instantly locked onto a park at the center of the city.
“Then I’ll break through here!”
As he spoke, his figure vanished on the spot.