This time, Lu Ning consumed more Pale Crystals than before.

Even so, it only took three pale crystals to materialize Venus.

Afterwards, Lu Ning led his group away again.

Lu Ning did not take them to the location of Mercury, mainly because Mercury is too close to the sun.

The sun itself is polluted.

If the Sun discovers the battle with Mercury, then the Sun itself might also undergo a mutation.

Lu Ning wasn't sure if he could handle the sun.

But even if we can deal with the sun, once the sun is destroyed, the explosion of that star would be enough to destroy the entire star system.

Even if Lu Ning could re-manifest the sun afterward, the damage caused in the process would be irreversible.

Therefore, Lu Ning did not intend to take action against the sun unless he was absolutely certain of success.

So Lu Ning led everyone to the outer edge of Mars.

Mars is much smaller than Earth, and of course, its environment is just as harsh as Venus's.

It was also covered with a lot of flesh and blood.

Lu Ning wasn't sure if the Martian Evil God and the Venus Evil God came from the same kind of pollution; they both seemed to be Evil Gods who had mastered the power of flesh and blood.

The Martian God of Fidelity is slightly weaker than the Venus God of Fidelity, but they are still on the same level overall.

Having learned from the experience of facing the Venusian evil god last time, this time it was as easy as ever.

After six rounds of attacks, Mars was completely reduced to dust, and his mental fluctuations also dissipated.

During this process, Lu Ning absorbed the source of spiritual pollution from the Martian evil god and completed the mission.

After Lu Ning materialized the normal Mars, he did not hunt down any other evil gods.

Because his mental energy was somewhat depleted, Lu Ning planned to recover before the next hunt.

So, Lu Ning led his group back to Base City No. 1.

They emerged from the portal and found themselves in the plaza of the Bureau of the Mist headquarters.

Li Yang arranged for the exiled demigods to rest, leaving only Lu Ning and his group of human guardians.

Li Yang looked at Lu Ning and said, "Uncle, I have prepared a place for you to stay. Would you like to go and rest now?"

Lu Ning nodded: "Okay, I'm going to rest for a bit."

“Then let Yan Bing take you there. I still have some issues to deal with in the base city.” Li Yang looked at Yan Bing.

Yan Bing nodded calmly: "Okay."

She took to the air, and Lu Ning followed. The two flew towards Lu Ning's residence.

This direction looked somewhat familiar to Lu Ning.

When they arrived at a villa area, Lu Ning suddenly realized something.

Yarrow's estate was also located here before.

Yan Bing landed in a manor and said calmly, "This was prepared by Li Yang a few days ago, and someone came to clean it. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, just tell me and I will arrange for someone to tidy it up."

Lu Ning glanced around and smiled, "I'm very satisfied. To be honest, I'm not used to living in such a luxurious place."

After all, Lu Ning has been out of the fog for so long, and he rarely stays in such a luxurious place.

Yan Bing smiled and then said, "That's good. I won't disturb your rest any longer."

Lu Ning nodded: "Okay, you go ahead and get busy."

After Yan Bing left, Lu Ning returned to his room.

He now intends to temper the source of mental pollution within his body.

If it were before, when he wasn't inside the Tower of Return to Nothingness, he could only use his own spiritual power to temper himself.

But now, he discovers that he still has a certain connection with the Tower of Ruins and can leverage its power.

This means that Lu Ning can still use the Tower of Return to Ruins to refine and absorb these sources of spiritual pollution.

Although the speed of tempering and absorption is definitely much slower compared to inside the Tower of Ruins.

After all, within the Tower of Ruins, the source of mental pollution would be completely tempered and absorbed within a few breaths.

Lu Ning attempted to leverage the power of the Tower of Return to Nothingness to absorb the sources of mental pollution currently in his mental sea.

The source of mental pollution was refined and absorbed at an extremely fast speed, gradually transforming into Lu Ning's mental power.

Lu Ning's spiritual energy crystal is growing at a visible rate.

His mental strength improved faster and faster during this process.

Just two days later, Lu Ning absorbed all the sources of mental pollution in his mental sea.

At this moment, Lu Ning's accumulated mental power at the high-level demigod level has exceeded half.

Based on this level of understanding, Lu Ning seemed to be deep in thought.

It's estimated that once he absorbs all the sources of spiritual pollution from all the planets, he might be able to reach a bottleneck.

In this way, he would have a chance to break through to the god level.

A look of surprise flashed in Lu Ning's eyes. He then got up and took a shower to relax.

With a relaxed mood, Lu Ning opened the spatial portal and arrived at the fourth basement floor of the Mist Bureau headquarters.

Here, Lu Ning experienced the mental pollution caused by Li Yang and others.

Lu Ning was standing at the doorway of Xuanxu's room.

He knocked on the door, and the door opened automatically.

Lu Ning entered the room and saw Xuan Xu sitting on the sofa watching TV, which was still playing cartoons, with some snacks on the coffee table.

This is somewhat similar to the scene when Lu Ning met Xuanxu before.

However, unlike before, Xuanxu has now returned to normal, and his body is that of a normal human teenager.

Previously, Xuanxu's body had even shown signs of mirroring.

Xuanxu turned around and saw Lu Ning. His eyes lit up and he smiled brightly, saying, "Lu Ning? What brings you here? Weren't you tempering your mental pollution?"

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