While Lu Ning was lost in thought, the Shadow Crown Clan Chief felt an unusual sense of ease and was overjoyed.

The mental pollution was actually absorbed!

He felt that he might have a chance to break through to the god level!

The Shadow Crown Clan Chief hurriedly said to Lu Ning, "Lord Lu Ning, thank you so much! My mental pollution has been completely absorbed, and I feel very relaxed now!"

The others had already seen Lu Ning absorb the mental pollution from the Shadow Crown Clan Chief, but they were still somewhat unsure.

Now that the Shadowcrown Clan Chief has personally confirmed it, it's completely settled.

The group of exiled demigods were immediately thrilled.

"Lord Lu Kong, can you continue absorbing mental pollution? Or do you need to rest first?"

"Lord Lu Ning, we, the Guangyi clan, are in your care!"

"..."

The group of exiled demigods spoke one after another, their eyes burning with fervor as they looked at Lu Ning.

Lu Ning calmly said, "We can continue. Let's take it one at a time. I'll absorb all the mental pollution from the Shadow Crown Clan demigods first."

The other exiles were getting anxious, but seeing that Lu Ning had already spoken, they had no choice but to wait silently.

Having learned from his first experience, Lu Ning directly activated the power of the Tower of Ruins and began absorbing the spiritual pollution of the exiled demigods one by one.

The stronger a demigod is, the higher the level of spiritual pollution within their body, and the more difficult it becomes to absorb it.

Absorbing a high-level demigod is the most troublesome, taking more than ten minutes.

Absorbing a low-level demigod takes less than a minute.

As time passed, the spiritual pollution within the bodies of one exiled demigod after another was absorbed.

Gradually, the phantoms of mental pollution sources in Lu Ning's mental sea became more numerous and stronger.

When even Lu Ning, whose mental power had reached the demigod level, could no longer suppress it, he stopped absorbing.

Lu Ning looked at the exiled demigods who had not yet been mentally corrupted and were full of anticipation, and said, "I need to recover."

Upon hearing this, the exiled demigods who hadn't yet received their turn were taken aback and immediately felt somewhat disappointed.

However, the exiled demigods, whose minds had already been absorbed by the corruption, nodded hastily.

"Lord Lu Ning has absorbed so much mental pollution from demigods, he must be very tired."

"Yes, Your Excellency Lu Ning, we have a long future ahead of us, and your health is the most important thing."

"That's right, that's right. You should rest first, don't tire yourself out."

"..."

Their biggest worry now is that Lu Ning will exhaust himself.

What if I exhaust myself and can no longer absorb mental pollution?

A steady, gradual approach is definitely better than a one-time, exhaustive process.

Even the exiled demigods who hadn't yet received their turn were no longer disappointed upon hearing these words.

They understood that Lu Ning really needed to rest.

Lu Ning nodded calmly, then turned and walked towards the Tower of Return to Nothingness.

The many exiles were taken aback, somewhat confused.

The Shadow Crown Clan Chief was puzzled and asked, "Lord Lu Ning, why aren't you resting? What are you doing at the Tower of Return to Nothingness?"

Lu Ning calmly said, "I'm just going to the Tower of Return to the Ruins to rest."

The many exiles looked at each other in bewilderment.

They couldn't understand what the connection was between entering the Tower of Ruins and going to rest.

Isn't the Tower of Ruins a place to exchange items?

However, they all knew about Lu Ning's peculiarities, so they didn't say much.

Lu Ning stepped into the Tower of Return to Nothingness and was immediately enveloped in pale light once again.

This time, Lu Ning could sense that the pale light seemed to originate from the Tower of Return to Nothingness itself.

The power of the Tower of Return to Nothingness is assisting Lu Ning in shattering the source of mental pollution in his spiritual sea.

This surprised Lu Ning.

It should be noted that the source of mental pollution in Lu Ning's mental sea is probably similar to that of a typical evil god-level mental pollution.

Even so, the Tower of Ruins was still able to shatter all these sources of spiritual pollution with overwhelming force.

Even a divine artifact couldn't do that, right?

Lu Ning originally thought that the Tower of Return to the Ruins was also a soul weapon, and should be a divine artifact-level soul weapon.

However, it now seems that the Tower of Ruins may be much more powerful than any divine artifact.

Lu Ning didn't think much of it and began to feel the improvement in his mental strength.

As a large amount of mental pollution sources were absorbed from Lu Ning's spiritual sea, his spiritual crystal grew larger and larger, and the pale divine fire inside burned more and more intensely.

When the spiritual crystallization reaches a certain level, it seems as if an invisible force is suppressing the further improvement of the spiritual realm.

It is the bottleneck between low-level demigods and mid-level demigods.

Lu Ning was pleasantly surprised.

Unexpectedly, after absorbing these sources of mental pollution, he directly advanced from the level of a low-level demigod to a level close to that of a mid-level demigod.

This speed was much faster than Lu Kong had imagined.

Of course, this is also because Lu Ning has absorbed far too much mental pollution.

These spiritual pollutants all came from evil gods. Lu Ning absorbed as many as dozens of them, which is equivalent to directly absorbing spiritual pollutants from various evil gods dozens of times.

By this time, the pure mental energy provided by the source of mental pollution had been almost completely depleted.

Lu Ning was unable to break through this bottleneck and reach the level of a mid-level demigod.

But it doesn't matter, there are still plenty of demigods in the exiled city-state, enough for him to advance to a mid-level demigod, or even a high-level demigod!

Lu Ning did not rest and turned to leave the Tower of Return to Nothingness.

The exiles remained in the plaza outside the Tower of Ruins.

They clearly intended to wait for Lu Ning to finish resting.

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