Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 1733: Chapter 1335: Attainment, Part 2

Li Zhirui consumed all the Star Spiritual Items in his possession and successfully cultivated sixty-seven stars within his body, counting the first one, that’s sixty-eight.

He initially estimated it would take only fifty years to achieve this goal, but in reality, it took him over a decade longer.

The main reason for this was that some acupoints were particularly tough to open, requiring more time to work through.

”With sixty-eight stars, the speed of absorbing Chaotic Spiritual Energy should be significantly faster, right?”

With this thought, Li Zhirui enthusiastically went to test it out.

Soon, he had his answer: it took only two or three hours to fully restore his depleted mana by absorbing Chaotic Spiritual Energy!

”Not bad at all!”

Although not as game-changing as Mo Ziling, it was almost on par with the mana recovery speed he had at home, just slightly slower.

However, considering he was in The Void, this speed was already very fast, and Li Zhirui was quite satisfied.

Moreover, he found that his strength seemed to have increased somewhat compared to before!

”Could the Secret Technique also have the effect of enhancing strength?” Li Zhirui was a bit astonished, as this was not mentioned in the Jade Slip.

For a while, he couldn’t figure out whether this was a special case or a general effect.

To verify, he could only wait until he returned to the family, let Li Zhixuan, Da Qing, and other clan members cultivate the Secret Technique, and then compare the results to understand the situation.

Meanwhile, Li Zhirui’s pause in the decades-long journey in The Void had ended, and he would begin anew!

For the ever-unchanging Void, a mere few decades were nothing, with no visible change, still entirely covered by the gray and hazy Chaotic Spiritual Energy.

But as soon as he had ventured not far, he ran into a black-backed giant centipede, with thousands of legs crawling rapidly in The Void. All Li Zhirui could see was a blur of black light rushing at him.

With a bang, the giant tree formed by his spell was directly punched through with a large hole; it couldn’t stop the giant centipede’s charge at all.

Then dozens of vines appeared, whipping in layers of shadows, impenetrable, to prevent it from getting close.

At first, the giant centipede was indifferent, thinking that with its strong defense, this attack was nothing and planned to charge straight through.

Swish, swish—

But when the vines struck its body, it realized the folly of its actions.

In just a moment, it had suffered hundreds of whip lashes, each one cutting to the bone, causing it to let out rounds of howls of pain.

By the time the giant centipede barely charged forward, its body was pockmarked, revealing the crimson flesh beneath its black armor.

Roar!

Despite suffering such a loss, the giant centipede had no intention of fleeing. Instead, it stared at Li Zhirui with hatred, spewing a large mass of pitch-black poisonous mist.

”Of all the skills you have, why poison mist?”

Li Zhirui relaxed completely; he wasn’t tense like before. As someone who practiced the Purification Principle, if he got poisoned, it would be a joke!

With just a light touch, white light emerged, and clusters of large white lotuses quickly blossomed in The Void. The foul-smelling black poison mist thinned significantly the moment it approached.

In just a blink, the poison mist disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared. On the contrary, the Purifying White Lotus, which absorbed the poison mist as nourishment, became more delicate.

The giant centipede didn’t expect to encounter such a troublesome opponent, who completely restrained it. Even without Spiritual Intelligence, it knew that continuing to fight would only result in its own loss.

So it cleverly pretended to attack while actually planning to escape.

”Leave? Have you asked me yet!”

Li Zhirui wasn’t about to let the giant centipede escape. Forming hand seals, he extended vines toward it continuously, at a speed not slower than its escape.

Despite its frantic struggle, it was still dragged back. Without much fanfare, he swiftly ended the giant centipede’s life with a stroke of the blade.

Its strength wasn’t particularly great, only being very fast and having decent physical defense, alongside a body full of poison, making it quite troublesome.

But the giant centipede encountered Li Zhirui, someone who completely countered its abilities, which is why it ended up in such a sorry state, quickly meeting its demise.

After collecting the spoils, Li Zhirui activated the Life Star Absorption Secret Technique, and the stars within him began to illuminate and rotate. The surrounding Chaotic Spiritual Energy approached and entered his body.

With the activation of the stars, the Chaotic Spiritual Energy transformed, first into Spiritual Energy, and finally into mana flowing into his Dantian.

It only took an hour for his mana to be completely restored. This speed was not much slower than taking an Immortal Pill, and since Chaotic Spiritual Energy was everywhere, there was no worry of running out one day.

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In the days that followed, Li Zhirui frequently encountered Chaotic Beings. If he met a weaker one, he would attack and kill it, but if he encountered a stronger one, he would flee immediately.

It was thanks to this cautious prudence that he had survived nearly a hundred years in The Void without ever suffering a major injury.

Of course, there had been some minor injuries, but they healed quickly.

Roar——

On this particular day, while Li Zhirui was carefully flying, he heard a loud roar from not far ahead, followed immediately by a strange screech, and then the sounds of a fierce battle.

”Are there two more creatures battling ahead?” he wondered, contemplating whether to go and spy, thinking he might once again play the role of the fisherman, reaping the benefits.

But if the creatures were powerful or decided to target him as the first thing, wouldn’t he be putting himself in danger?

”Fortune favors the bold! I’ll go for it!” Gritting his teeth, Li Zhirui decided to sneak up and take a look.

Lowering his aura to the minimal possible level, he used various concealment Divine Powers to ensure that the creatures wouldn’t detect his presence.

Slowly, carefully, he crept towards the battlefield, his movements deliberately stiff.

Fortunately, the distance was not too far, and by the time Li Zhirui reached the edge of the battlefield, the battle was at its peak.

A Chaos Being resembling a lion and another resembling a tiger, both bloodied and covered in wounds, faced each other warily, trying to find weakness and finish the other off.

Yet in the face of life and death, both sides remained cautious, hesitant to launch an attack lightly.

Roar!

At last, the lion couldn’t hold back and made the first move, only to fall right into a trap with a pitiful cry.

It already knew its fate!

Yet even so, the lion did not give up, continuously struggling with its broken body, trying to survive.

Unfortunately, the Tiger Devil gave no chance, immediately pressing the advantage to swiftly take its life.

Mere moments later, the lion was reduced to a corpse, the Tiger Devil claiming the final victory!

But before it could celebrate, a sudden whistling filled the air, and clusters of ice blades and wooden spikes shot toward the Tiger Devil from all directions.

Thud thud—

The sound of penetrating flesh echoed, and the once jubilant Tiger Devil lay lifeless the next moment!

Woo woo!

As Li Zhirui was about to collect the two beast corpses, another roar echoed, and a giant deer over a thousand feet tall, with a pair of antlers larger than its body, appeared out of nowhere, right in front of him.

”Damn it!”

Unable to stop himself from cursing, he immediately turned to flee.

The strength of this giant deer was probably not inferior to that of the giant elephant! Not something he was capable of handling.

Luckily, the giant deer seemed uninterested in Li Zhirui; after glancing at him, it returned its attention to the two fallen creatures...

”Whew! Thankfully, it didn’t pursue.” After sprinting for what felt like half an hour and confirming that the giant deer wasn’t chasing, Li Zhirui finally breathed a sigh of relief.

”Unknowingly, have I traveled so far from the Primal Spirit Realm?”

Recently, the Chaotic Beings he encountered were getting stronger, which indicated that Li Zhirui was approaching the depths of The Void!

He now hesitated, contemplating whether to continue venturing forward.