"roar!"
With the wailing of the vengeful spirit, it had already entered the city.
"Very well, let's see how strong I am now."
Since it was unavoidable, Lu Tao had no choice but to kill it.
It's just a mere vengeful spirit. With the statue of merit, numerous fireballs, the Reverse Dragon Sword imbued with the power of rules, and a terrifying domain, Lu Tao is quite confident in killing a vengeful spirit at the level of a god-king.
Having made his decision, Lu Tao still held his binoculars, keeping a close eye on the vengeful spirit in the distance.
But the next moment, something happened that surprised Lu Tao.
After entering the city, the vengeful spirit did not rush to the Ascension Pool immediately. Instead, it walked through the city, landed on a skeleton, and absorbed the resentment and death energy around and on the skeleton.
The absorption process was very slow, but to Lu Tao's surprise, as the vengeful spirit absorbed the yin energy, many of the souls within it strangely fell into a state of silence.
No more mania, bloodlust, madness...
But through observation, Lu Tao could see that these souls seemed to be trying their best to restrain themselves and were constantly struggling.
Fifteen minutes later, when the gloomy energy was completely absorbed, the luster on the corpse became even stronger.
Then, the vengeful spirit moved on to the next skeleton.
"I see!"
Lu Tao suddenly realized.
He was wondering why these skeletons were different from other artifacts and materials, and that they were the work of vengeful spirits.
"The souls in these vengeful spirits must be the spirits of those corpses in life."
Thinking of this, Lu Tao's expression darkened, but he also felt immense admiration for these souls.
Even after they have died and become vengeful spirits—beings devoid of reason—or even when many souls have merged into one, they still manage to think of protecting their own remains.
What immense willpower it must take to do that!
It's simply unbelievable.
and.
They were remarkably in sync, managing to absorb the gloomy energy from the corpses without disturbing them at all.
It was as if they still retained a trace of intelligence.
"Such an existence, I..."
Lu Tao hesitated for a moment. He had originally planned to kill him, but seeing this scene moved him, and he naturally couldn't bear to do it.
Looking at the powerful vengeful spirits that kept drifting around the city, Lu Tao hesitated.
"Changqing, ask the lower realms how long it will be before the next batch of disciples ascends to immortality."
After pondering for a while, Lu Tao instructed Changqing to inquire about the lower realm so that he could make arrangements.
When asked about the time it would take to breathe, Changqing replied, "Reporting to the Sect Master, there are still five hours left."
"Five hours..."
Upon hearing this, Lu Tao fell into deep thought.
Watching the vengeful spirit absorbing the gloomy energy from the second corpse in the city, Lu Tao calculated the time.
It takes a quarter of an hour to absorb the remains of a corpse, and there are many corpses in the city.
"After this batch of disciples ascends, the next batch of disciples should not undergo tribulation for the time being."
Lu Tao ultimately made this decision.
The reason for this, besides admiration, is that as long as the vengeful spirit doesn't provoke him, Lu Tao doesn't care and naturally doesn't need to kill it.
In addition, there is another reason.
Lu Tao knew that there were many vengeful spirits in the transformed and desolate place, not just one.
He was considering whether killing this vengeful spirit would alert other vengeful spirits.
If a bunch of vengeful spirits at the level of god-kings suddenly appear, even with Lu Tao's strength, he will only be able to run for his life.
"Yes, Sect Master!"
Changqing immediately relayed Lu Tao's order to the lower realm.
Thus, while refining his inner energy, Lu Tao also kept a close eye on the actions of the vengeful spirit.
Five hours passed in the blink of an eye.
Another group of disciples successfully ascended to immortality.
"roar!"
The commotion of the disciples ascending from the Ascension Pool seemed to have disturbed the vengeful spirit. As soon as the disciples ascended, it let out a roar and charged directly towards the Ascension Pool.
"Oh no, quick, enter the small world."
Lu Tao was shocked and hurriedly took all his disciples into his small world. He then put away the statue of merit and the array plate, and instantly entered the small world himself, letting it merge into the void.
boom!
With the disappearance of the statue of merit and the loss of its power, resentment and death energy surged forth from the hollow space above the Ascension Pool.
The resentment and death energy surging from all directions exploded in the Ascension Pool.
"roar!"
Almost simultaneously, the vengeful spirit appeared in the Ascension Pool in a flash.
Its spirit was extremely violent, raging wildly as it attacked indiscriminately in the Ascension Pool.
Terrifying forces struck the Ascension Pool, blasting the water into nothingness.
Such a terrifying attack had absolutely no effect on the Ascension Pool itself; not even a single mark appeared on the pool wall.
"roar!"
After venting its anger, a rare look of suspicion appeared on the vengeful spirit's soul.
It seemed to be carefully sensing the aura within the Ascension Pool.
The lingering aura of merit.
"roar!"
However, the remaining merit was too weak and had long been obliterated by resentment and death energy, so it sensed nothing.
In the small world, Lu Tao witnessed this scene and was secretly astonished. "Just how powerful was this vengeful spirit in its previous life? Living in a desolate place filled with resentment and death for so many years, it still managed to retain a trace of sanity. It's truly... wait a minute!"
"No, the Heavenly Transformation Wasteland existed since ancient times and has existed for countless ages. If these divine souls have always been in the Heavenly Transformation Wasteland, then... could they live for countless years?"
Lu Tao was suddenly shocked.
Please be aware.
After a cultivator advances in their cultivation realm, their lifespan generally increases by about two to three times with each major advancement.
Low-level cultivators have a lifespan of a hundred years, those at the Innate Realm have a lifespan of a little over two hundred, and Grandmasters have a lifespan of a little over five hundred...
The lifespan of a Martial God is ten thousand, and after ascension, a Martial God's lifespan can reach tens of thousands.
Even so, with such a significant increase, the lifespan of a God-King would only be a few hundred thousand to a million years.
However, the world has undergone tremendous changes, and this place has existed since ancient times, its age definitely exceeding hundreds of millions of years.
This means...
"Hiss... How is this possible?"
Lu Tao couldn't help but gasp at his own conjecture, "Their strength in life wasn't just that of a God-King or God-Emperor, but something even higher? Perhaps even more than a God-Emperor?"
"Or is it that after souls merge, the lifespan of the soul can be extended?"
However, as far as Lu Tao knew, even though the main soul in a magical artifact like the Soul-Absorbing Pearl had fused with and devoured many souls, its lifespan would not increase if the grade of the Soul-Absorbing Pearl was not improved and the strength of the main soul itself was not increased.
And this vengeful spirit... is only at the level of a God-King.
"Or rather, after becoming a vengeful spirit, one will not die of old age?"
Lu Tao was a little confused.
Even the most irrational vengeful spirits are still living beings and should have a limited lifespan.
But there seems to be something unusual about this vengeful spirit.
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it."
Lu Tao couldn't figure it out and was too lazy to think about it any further. He would naturally understand these things once his cultivation improved or he gained more experience. There was no need to exhaust himself mentally.
then.
Lu Tao and his disciples continued to observe the vengeful spirits.
The small world can merge into the void, and even such a powerful vengeful spirit cannot detect its existence.
"Is this what a vengeful spirit is? What terrifying power!"
After Wu Ming's inner and soul essences were enhanced, he had already emerged from seclusion and was shocked to see the vengeful spirits outside the small world.
The same applies to the other disciples.
They were all terrified by the horror of the vengeful spirit.
Its strength is one aspect, but the numerous negative energies it carries are what make it even more feared by everyone.
"If you encounter a vengeful spirit in the future, try not to provoke it. Run as far away as possible."
Lu Tao reminded his disciples.
He himself was not afraid of vengeful spirits, but it was hard to say about his disciples.
"Yes, Sect Master!"
The disciples all hurriedly agreed, and then continued to observe the vengeful spirit to see when it would leave.
But what happened next almost made everyone's jaws drop.
The vengeful spirit, having failed to sense any trace of merit, unleashed a series of spells and fell into the Ascension Pool.
then.
Then they saw that a few spatial cracks had appeared in the Ascension Pool.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw the vengeful spirit channel its power into the spatial rift...
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