The Grand Elder looked at Bai Ying with a hint of malice, secretly hoping that she would fail in the process of fusing with the Spirit Gathering Pearl.
Such a prodigious genius disciple is no longer a member of the Bai family.
Since that's the case, then let her die quickly! She has no right to inherit the Bai family's legacy.
Fortunately, the Grand Elder had heard his master tell him that this Spirit Gathering Pearl was extremely difficult to fuse, and the darker the color, the more difficult it was.
Bai Ying's Spirit Gathering Pearl has now turned black, which means that Bai Ying's attempt to fuse with this pearl will almost certainly fail.
A cruel smile appeared on the elder's lips.
His heart was filled with resentment towards Bai Ying. She should have handed over the soul blood sooner, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up like this.
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Bai Ying had no idea that the color of the Spirit Gathering Pearl would change according to an individual's potential; she only knew that fusing the Spirit Gathering Pearl was much more difficult than she had imagined.
She tried very hard to control the spiritual energy within her body, but the energy contained in the Spirit Gathering Pearl far exceeded her expectations.
That immense power, like a raging tsunami, repeatedly assaulted her spiritual defenses.
Bai Ying felt as if her dantian was a fragile container, constantly being squeezed by the energy released by the Spirit Gathering Pearl, and could burst at any moment. The throbbing pain spread from her dantian to her whole body, almost causing her to collapse.
Her consciousness was completely immersed in her body, frantically circulating her cultivation technique, trying to bring this violent energy under her control.
However, the power released by the Spirit Gathering Pearl was like a surging, raging storm, wave after wave, crashing towards her with overwhelming force. Her spiritual power seemed so insignificant and vulnerable in the face of this power, and she didn't have time to absorb it at all.
If it were anyone else, they would probably be instantly burst by the force the moment the bead entered their body.
However, Bai Ying had already experienced the terror of this violent power when she refined the Xuanhuang Qi before. That experience gave her more resilience and composure when facing the current predicament.
She gritted her teeth, enduring both physical and mental torment, and did her best to absorb this power.
At the same time, she separated an extremely weak wisp of divine thought, carefully controlling this terrifying and violent power.
She guided this power, letting it slowly rotate around her dantian, like taming a wild and untamed horse. She constantly soothed this power, trying to make it more orderly and gentle, so that it would no longer run wild and attack her body wantonly.
Every guidance is like a game of wits with death; a slight misstep and you'll be completely swallowed up by this power.
At this moment, Bai Ying was like an old monk in deep meditation, with her eyes closed and an aura of impending death emanating from her body.
A strange black mist gradually enveloped her body, as if she were cursed by a demon. Her face turned a sickly, bloodless white, as if the life force was being slowly drained away.
As time passed, the power of the Spirit Gathering Pearl did not diminish due to Bai Ying's absorption; instead, it grew stronger. Cracks even began to appear on Bai Ying's skin. Her body had clearly reached its limit, yet the energy continued to surge.
Gradually, her body began to turn a faint red. Upon closer inspection, what was shocking was that countless beads of blood were seeping from her skin, a result of her body breaking down under the immense pressure of the energy.
Beads of blood slowly slid down her skin and dripped onto the ground beneath her.
Bai Nishang stood to the side, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with anxiety. Even someone as powerful as her was powerless to help, forced to watch helplessly as Bai Ying struggled in agony.
She feared to see Bai Ying's body collapse under the immense power. She kept muttering to herself:
"What should we do? The black Spirit Gathering Pearl is still too much of a stretch. It's not something a cultivator of this level can fuse with. Bai Ying's body is already about to give out; it's already cracking."
She clenched her fingers tightly, hoping that Bai Ying could maintain the status quo and stop absorbing power as quickly as before, instead focusing more on controlling it.
But this Spirit Gathering Pearl was clearly much more terrifying than she had imagined.
The black color grew increasingly dense. The black smoke almost completely enveloped Bai Ying.
Bai Ying's body suddenly split open at an extremely fast speed. The cracks were wider than before, and the cracks spread across her skin like a spider web. The number of cracks increased and the area became larger. Each crack looked like a hideous bloody mouth, oozing blood. It was a shocking sight that sent chills down one's spine.
Bai Nishang stood to the side, her eyes wide with fear and worry. Her hands were unconsciously clenched together, her nails digging deep into her palms. She prayed silently for Bai Ying, hoping for a miracle.
However, to her complete surprise, at this critical moment, Bai Ying not only failed to control the absorption of power, but instead, as if possessed, she went against the grain and accelerated the absorption of that violent power.
Bai Nishang froze on the spot, her mind blank, and then she murmured incredulously:
"Is she insane?"
Coming to her senses, she could no longer contain her anxiety and shouted at Bai Ying at the top of her lungs, "Bai Ying, you can't absorb any more now! You should be drawing in those powers instead of continuing to absorb them! Your body is already overburdened. If this continues, you'll be burst by this power, and you'll die!"
However, Bai Ying seemed not to hear, and continued to desperately absorb that power.
As she frantically absorbed the blood, the cracks in her body widened, and crimson blood gushed out like a burst dam, flowing down her limbs and pooling beneath her. She was now a blood-soaked figure, radiating a chilling aura.
Looking at this tragic scene, Bai Nishang felt her heart sinking deeper and deeper.
As expected, the power contained in this black Spirit Gathering Pearl was far too great for anyone to easily fuse with.
She had naively hoped that this seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl could create a miracle, but now it seemed that was nothing but wishful thinking. Back then, countless talented and brilliant young people had fallen by the wayside before the power of this black spirit-gathering pearl.
Bai Nishang looked at Bai Ying with extreme heartache; Bai Ying was clearly on her deathbed. Death was something that could happen at any moment.
The black smoke had completely enveloped her; both inside and outside her, she was completely enveloped by that violent power.
I'm afraid she's about to explode and die!
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