Chapter 145: Abao’s Ability

Vitality +465.

The prompt flashed across his mind.

Tang Mubai steadied his form and broke through the air.

While the corpse of the giant blue eagle was certainly valuable, carrying it along was too much of a hassle.

Tang Mubai simply let it plummet to the ground.

Besides, at this moment, his body felt as though it had been pumped full of air—scorching and uncomfortably bloated—leaving him with no spare attention for anything else.

Refining the Divine Flame Fruit sooner was the priority!

"Whoosh!"

Gale-force winds whistled, blowing fiercely against him.

Propelled by the Soaring Sky and Dancing Void Technique, Tang Mubai cut through the sky like a giant bird at breakneck speed.

The energy released as the Divine Flame Fruit melted continuously remolded his vital energy and blood.

The radiating heat, carrying a hint of a bizarre fragrance, permeated his body and drifted into the air.

Had Tang Mubai not kept his "Pressure Control" divine power active the entire way, maintaining a Grandmaster-level aura that enveloped a hundred-meter radius around him, goodness knows how many avian beasts would have rushed over to attack.

Within any given region, while Lord-grade fierce birds might not be overwhelmingly numerous, they were certainly not scarce either.

If another giant blue eagle were to appear, Tang Mubai wasn't entirely certain he could handle it.

He had already used four of the six "Yin-Yang Sword Qi" beams.

With only two left, his margin of safety was already perilously low.

Tang Mubai had no desire to linger outside any longer; he needed to get back into the city as fast as possible!

He simultaneously refined the energy within his body to remold his vital energy and blood while pushing his speed to the absolute limit.

While the Soaring Sky and Dancing Void Technique allowed him to ascend tens of thousands of meters into the high sky, its horizontal flight speed was only mediocre, falling short of the speed of sound.

Fortunately, all the way until he reached the mountain peak housing the simmering Orc settlement, he did not encounter any more Lord-grade fierce birds.

Without bothering to inspect the mountaintop, Tang Mubai descended directly to the halfway point and dashed into the cave.

The cave was littered with the corpses of Orcs, but he had no time to clean them up.

Leaping into the air, he retrieved the hidden array disc from the cave ceiling and placed it into the central pit of the array foundation.

Soon, a familiar invisible force surged forth once again.

Hazy light continuously emanated from around the array foundation, enveloping Tang Mubai's entire body.

As the light grew brighter and brighter, reaching a blinding intensity in a single instant—

Swish!

A flash of white light, and Tang Mubai's figure vanished from the spot.

Basement level three of Youxing Tower.

The moment Tang Mubai completed the teleportation, he removed the array disc and tossed it aside.

Then, he sat cross-legged on the floor, attempting to relax while gritting his teeth to endure the final remodeling process of the Divine Flame Fruit.

Having refined it all the way until now, the energy of the three Divine Flame Fruits was nearly exhausted.

At this final juncture, not a single error could be tolerated.

Come to think of it, Tang Mubai had survived this refinement of the Divine Flame Fruits purely by relying on his formidable physical body to endure it head-on.

Had his physical body been anything less than exceptional, he would have been ruptured and blown apart from the inside out the very moment he swallowed them.

Only a constitution at the limit of 20 had allowed Tang Mubai to make it through without incident.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he focused his mind, withstanding the final wave of transformational shock.

A full half-hour later, Tang Mubai finally let out a long breath, lying flat on the floor, soaked in sweat, and panting heavily.

He had succeeded!

Having absorbed the energy of the three Divine Flame Fruits, his primordial Qi now possessed the attribute of fire.

"Whoosh-roar!"

He expanded his "Protective Primordial Qi." With a thought, clusters of flames suddenly ignited across the surface of his body, covering him entirely in the blink of an eye.

Tang Mubai stood up, floating into the air with flames rolling over his body.

At a glance, it looked as though he were clad in a suit of fiery armor, majestic and awe-inspiring!

"With the fire attribute added to the Rolling Cloud Hands, its power is probably three times stronger than before!"

"Furthermore, wind and fire can borrow momentum from each other. If the two merge, the power will be even greater!"

Tang Mubai grinned inwardly, feeling quite pleased.

This trip to the Orc territory had not only harvested a wave of vitality, but had also endowed his primordial Qi with the fire attribute.

One had to admit, it felt fantastic!

However, when his gaze fell upon the Flame Bone Saber, his mood soured again.

Tang Mubai had thought he fully understood the Flame Bone Saber, but until just a moment ago, he realized the weapon still had flaws.

Earlier, when he destroyed the giant blue eagle, the destructive power unleashed by the Flame Bone Saber was undoubtedly immense.

Three successive strikes, each fiercer than the last.

Yet at that very moment, Tang Mubai suddenly noticed that the energy inside the Flame Bone Saber was rapidly depleting!

Moreover, it wasn't replenishing itself by continuously absorbing ambient energy from heaven and earth like it had over the past few days.

Tang Mubai could understand that the Flame Bone Saber had a capacity limit.

After all, it wasn't a divine artifact.

Yet once the energy was consumed, why wasn't it replenishing?

Over the past few days, it had automatically absorbed heavenly and earth energy non-stop, but now it refused to absorb any at all.

What was going on?

Based on Tang Mubai's perception, he could sense that the Flame Bone Saber was not damaged!

Undamaged, yet the ability to automatically replenish energy had ceased.

What did that mean?

It meant this was simply one of the characteristics of the Flame Bone Saber!

Ceasing to charge was merely standard operation. When it would recover remained unknown.

Tang Mubai could sense that the remaining energy inside the Flame Bone Saber was down to about a quarter of its maximum capacity.

If he released it, blade qi exceeding eighty meters would likely be exhausted in six or seven strikes.

Relying on the power of the Flame Bone Saber, Tang Mubai had been able to slay Grandmasters.

Now that the saber's energy was reduced to a quarter, his combat strength would undoubtedly drop significantly—

"Wait, no!"

Tang Mubai scratched his head and chuckled dryly.

True, because of the reduced energy, the Flame Bone Saber couldn't be used many times.

However, after his primordial Qi was remolded by the Divine Flame Fruit, it gained the fire attribute. Combined with the Rolling Cloud Hands, he should still be capable of slaying Grandmasters!

If he could achieve the fusion of wind and fire, he could probably even annihilate half-step Innate experts!

With this thought, Tang Mubai stopped feeling depressed about the Flame Bone Saber's "strike."

True mastery requires a solid foundation.

As expected, only one's own strength was true strength.

External objects ultimately could not be relied upon indefinitely.

As for when the Flame Bone Saber would resume recharging, perhaps only the heavens knew.

"Phew."

Taking a deep breath, he steadied his mind.

Tang Mubai put away the Flame Bone Saber, placed the array disc inside the black crystal iron box, and walked toward the elevator.

Emerging from Youxing Tower, he didn't bother going to Miracle Restaurant for a meal.

By now, it was already three or four in the afternoon. Tang Mubai casually bought some food by the roadside and returned to the mercenary corps' quarters.

Back home, he hid the black crystal iron box securely under the bed in his bedroom.

Then, he took a refreshing bath and changed into clean clothes.

Only then did he return to the living room, picked up an apple, and lay down on the sofa, eating while turning on the television.

Having spent the entire morning slaughtering Orcs, tracking, and fleeing, Tang Mubai finally had some free time to relax his mind and body completely.

However, he hadn't been lying there for long when his young cousin, Lin Tianzhen, mischievously darted in through the doorway, crept up beside Tang Mubai, and whispered in his ear, "Brother, I discovered a secret."

"Oh? What secret?" Tang Mubai replied offhandedly.

"A-Bao's poopy can be sold for money!"

"Cough, cough-cough!" Tang Mubai coughed, spitting out a piece of apple that had nearly gotten stuck in his throat, then sat up in bewilderment. "You said what of A-Bao's can be sold for money?"

"The poopy!"

His young cousin's large eyes were sparkling, though her voice dropped very low as she chuckled like a shy fawn, "Brother, you weren't here this morning. A-Bao went poop, and right then Grandpa Xu happened to walk by and see it. He said, 'Where did these little gold beans come from? They can be sold for quite a bit of money!'"

Tang Mubai: "..."