novelraw Chapter 169 : The Chess World Core
Chapter 169 : The Chess World Core
169: The Chess World Core
Before absorbing the Source Crystals, Yuyin first used the Feather Absorption technique to absorb the surrounding Primordial Energy for a quarter of an hour as a prelude.
Yuyin took a deep breath. "The Primordial Energy here is truly abundant. I feel it's even denser than on the Zheng's mountain."
After all, the Zheng's territory was in a relatively ordinary part of the Prison Abyss. But this place was the true depths of the Prison Abyss.
"This forest plain is uniquely blessed, gathering the Primordial Energy dispersed by the surrounding great mountains without easily letting it leak out, which is why it's so abundant. But why haven't the powerful beast kings from those surrounding mountains come to occupy such a treasure land?" Yuyin felt a little confused.
But since the Zheng had brought her here, this place must be relatively safe.
Yuyin adjusted her breathing and began to absorb the Source Crystals.
Yuyin had already experienced the sensation of absorbing Source Crystals. The higher the grade of the crystal, the better the effect, and the more intense the reaction during absorption. Yuyin was mentally prepared for all of this.
"Hmm? That thing behind me... it's pressing against me, and the friction against my skin is a bit uncomfortable..."
Halfway through her absorption, Yuyin had already set the Yue Maiden Longsword aside. The sword was too long to wear while sitting. But the Bronze Beast Staff she had seized was still tucked into her belt. Since Yuyin was only wearing her underwear, its end was pressing against the skin of her back, which she found uncomfortable.
With her eyes closed, Yuyin subconsciously reached back and took out the Bronze Beast Staff. It was also a Low-Grade Law-Tier artifact.
However, at that very moment, from the hand holding the staff, an incredible, never-before-experienced strange energy essence flowed into Yuyin's body. Deep within her, it simply vanished.
"What is this?" Yuyin's face flushed slightly. She opened her eyes and saw that the Bronze Beast Staff in her hand had become dim and lusterless. The faint fluctuation of power it had always emitted was also gone. It had become like an ordinary, mundane object.
"Crack, crack..." The Bronze Beast Staff cracked in her hand. Just like that, a Low-Grade Law-Tier artifact, comparable to the Yue Maiden Longsword, shattered. It fell to the ground as pieces of broken bronze, as if... its essence had been drained away, leaving it withered.
"What's going on?" Yuyin stared in surprise at her hand, which still had a faint fluctuation from absorbing a Source Crystal.
"Ding, you have successfully absorbed 1 point of Yuan Essence from the weapon, the Bronze Beast Palm Staff. You are still 29 points of Yuan Essence away from upgrading the God-Devouring Chess's Chess World Core." The Female Will suddenly transmitted.
Yuyin stared at the pile of scrap bronze on the ground, some parts of which had even crumbled into ashes.
"Yuan Essence? What is that? And what is the Chess World Core? My Low-Grade Law-Tier artifact staff is just... gone?"
"A mere Low-Grade Law-Tier artifact is not worth mentioning. Upgrading the Chess World Core will cause the entire world of the God-Devouring Chess to ascend a tier. Only then can you see the true meaning and enjoyment of the God-Devouring Chess."
"The true meaning and... enjoyment?" Yuyin was puzzled.
"Yuan Essence is the collective name for the primordial essence possessed by Shi-Tier or higher weapons, treasures, special materials, and natural earthly treasures. If the essence of a treasure is absorbed, it loses its magical power and becomes a worthless, mundane object." The Female Will explained.
"Something like that can happen? I've never seen such a method in any secret art."
The Female Will did not answer.
Yuyin thought for a moment and realized it was true. The secrets of the God-Devouring Chess could not be explained by any secret art. What about her absorption of Soul Value? How could that be explained? This must be a method unique to the God-Devouring Chess world.
And the so-called Yuan Essence she had accidentally absorbed had disappeared into her body. She estimated that, just like the Soul Value, it had entered the space of the God-Devouring Chess. Although this Yuan Essence was real energy, since the energy of the God-Devouring Chess could be used by her, it wasn't too strange for external energy to be absorbed as well.
"If the Chess World Core of the God-Devouring Chess can be upgraded, what are the actual benefits for me?" Yuyin asked, though she probably guessed the answer as soon as she asked.
Without a substantive trigger, the Female Will, as usual, did not answer.
However, the higher the price the Female Will demanded, the more extraordinary the rewards. Yuyin believed that spending the Yuan Essence equivalent to thirty Low-Grade Law-Tier artifacts would surely bring her an even greater harvest.
"Then, how do I absorb the Yuan Essence from within treasures?"
"Just use the Source Crystal absorption method." The Female Will replied.
No wonder. She had been absorbing a Source Crystal just now, and when she touched the Bronze Beast Staff, she had accidentally absorbed the Yuan Essence within it. Luckily, what she had touched wasn't her own Yue Maiden Longsword.
In that case, Yuyin would only consider absorbing the Yuan Essence from treasures that were not very useful to her. Of course, she would need to have such treasures first.
Yuyin couldn't help but recall that when she broke through to the Purple Domain Realm, in a moment of absent-mindedness, she had absorbed the Source Spirits of all the Night Spirits within a thousand-meter radius... At that time, Yuyin was also very puzzled. She wondered if there was some connection to this.
30 Yuan Essence. It didn't sound like much, but it wasn't a small amount either. That was the equivalent of thirty Low-Grade Law-Tier artifacts... Yuyin kept this in mind but wasn't in a hurry. She would take her time and wait for a future opportunity.
Today's cultivation session had a pretty good effect. In one night, she had absorbed almost all of her low-grade Source Crystals. She also had to absorb one of the Xi Xi's Late-Stage of Purple Domain Source Crystals before she felt satisfied.
After that, Yuyin rested.
In the long, lonely night, a peerlessly beautiful woman slept alone in this incredibly wild and desolate land. Although Yuyin had the strength to keep the alien beasts within a few li from bothering her, it was still a lonely existence.
Roar!
In the middle of the night, a long, deep roar from afar woke Yuyin. The entire mountain cave was shaking slightly.
"Could it be that a powerful alien beast has come?" This treasure land, with such abundant Primordial Energy, couldn't be guaranteed not to be occupied by a truly powerful existence. If that were the case, Yuyin would be in trouble.
She didn't even have time to put on her half-dried dress. Wearing only her white underwear, she vigilantly grabbed her sword and ran out of the cave. She came to a high point on the hillside and, using a giant boulder for cover, looked in the direction the tremors were coming from.
She saw that about a hundred li away, the figure of a massive, bear-like alien beast, a Xiong Pi, had already strode into this Night Plain. Wherever it passed, mountains and rivers cracked, and trees were trampled down in swathes like grass. Just watching from a distance, one could feel an aura of world-ending destruction.
Watching, Yuyin's chest heaved violently. She felt a hot current surge from deep within her. If such a terrifying existence came to rule this Night Plain, she would have nowhere to go.
However, after the Xiong Pi had taken only a few steps, a giant ape, as tall as a mountain, leaped out from the depths of the mountains and landed beside the Xiong Pi. The very earth trembled.
The two great ancient beasts began to fight. For a moment, the rosy lights of the night sky were thrown into chaos. The earth moved and the mountains shook. The tremors from the battle between the two great beasts, each one, deeply stimulated Yuyin's heart and soul. Even with her state of mind, she was so terrified by the distant spectacle that she didn't dare to move.
It was as if the world over there had fallen into a doomsday battle.
The Xiong Pi seemed to have gained some advantage. It slapped the giant ape, causing it to fall and smash against a mountain peak. The cliff face collapsed.
However, a white snake, as long as a river, slithered out from between several other mountains. The shadow of the White Snake writhed in the night sky and began to bite and tear at the Xiong Pi.
The giant ape also rose to its feet. It lifted a huge piece of the mountain peak that had been shattered by the collision, nearly half a small mountain, and hurled it at the Xiong Pi.
The Xiong Pi beast, unable to fight off two giant beasts of similar size, let out a heaven-shaking roar and fled into the deep mountains. The giant ape and the White Snake also each retreated, returning to the great mountains they ruled...
Yuyin stood on the distant hillside, the light of the night in her eyes. "I think I understand now... why no beast king has claimed this treasure land of the Night Plains..."