His spatial awareness did not disappoint him—after careful investigation, he discovered that the key was located directly below the phantom, and not far from him.
Almost all the extracted super energy continuously converged at that place.
Finally, Gu Lingxiao stopped directly beneath the phantom and looked up at the towering figure above. He coldly said, "Hmph, I've always said that I'm the one who seizes and plunders the power of others. How can I allow others to take what belongs to me from me!" Before he finished speaking, he activated his incredibly powerful devouring and plundering ability without hesitation.
In an instant, a terrifying suction force erupted from his body, like a ferocious and greedy beast opening its blood-red maw, frantically devouring the super energy that was constantly gathering.
The absorption was so fast and intense that the surrounding air formed a rapidly spinning super-energy vortex, emitting deafening howls.
His originally extremely weak body began to recover at an astonishing speed, thanks to the enormous and astonishing super energy within him.
Like a clear spring flowing into parched land, Gu Lingxiao could clearly feel his power returning steadily. Before long, he had completely recovered to his former peak condition.
However, compared to the super energy gathered by the entire world, what he possesses at this moment is but a drop in the ocean, a mere trifle.
Faced with such a huge disparity, Gu Lingxiao did not hesitate at all and instantly activated all the abilities he could.
In an instant, the surrounding space seemed to be soaked in ink, and a pitch-black scene quickly spread out, enveloping the entire area.
At the same time, that super energy surged within his body like a raging torrent, being consumed frantically yet constantly replenished.
However, even so, it was still far from enough! Compared to the speed at which the phantom gathered super energy for resurrection, his rate of super energy consumption was insignificant.
Just then, the phantom that had been focused on gathering super energy suddenly glanced coldly at Gu Lingxiao.
In its eyes, the struggle made by such an insignificant being as Gu Lingxiao would indeed bring some minor trouble to its resurrection process, but that was all.
These minor obstacles will at most slow down its resurrection speed slightly, but will have no impact on the final outcome of a successful resurrection.
As time passed, Gu Lingxiao gradually realized that with the limited energy he had expended using his various abilities, it was almost a pipe dream to prevent the phantom from gathering super energy and completing its resurrection.
Are we just going to stand by and watch them succeed? No! There must be other ways to consume a large amount of super energy.
If this method is implemented, it will ruin his future path to growth.
However, at this moment, Gu Lingxiao felt no fear whatsoever.
Whether it's the path to growth or the future prospects, if we cannot stop the phantom from reviving at this moment, everything will turn into nothing but empty talk.
Since it's a dead end either way, why worry about ruining your future?
Just as Gu Lingxiao took out that pile of mysterious and special items, the illusory figure seemed not to notice anything unusual.
However, when Gu Lingxiao began to melt these special items, the situation took an unexpected turn.
It turns out that some of the special items were not compatible with Gu Lingxiao's own abilities.
Logically speaking, such a forced fusion would ultimately end in failure and would also cause a huge loss of super energy.
As expected, one by one, the special items were destroyed because they could not be fused together.
Even if he manages to successfully fuse with the special item once or twice by chance, Gu Lingxiao still needs to expend a lot of super energy to maintain this unstable state due to the serious incompatibility between the ability and the special item.
In just a short while, the speed at which the phantom gathered super energy was far behind Gu Lingxiao's astonishing rate of consumption.
Even worse, the super energy that originally belonged to the phantom was now being frantically absorbed by Gu Lingxiao.
Only then did the phantom realize the seriousness of the problem as if waking from a dream, and truly begin to take this seemingly insignificant opponent seriously.
The phantom figure, with a grave expression, questioned, "What exactly are you doing?"
Faced with the phantom's questioning, Gu Lingxiao didn't even have the desire to explain, simply replying, "Isn't that obvious enough?"
Hearing this, the phantom was clearly annoyed, and it immediately pressed on, "What benefit do you get from going to such lengths to prevent my resurrection?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingxiao couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Hmph! If you hadn't taken the initiative to absorb my super energy and tried to kill me, why would I have fought back so recklessly? And now you still have the nerve to ask me such questions!" Thinking of this, Gu Lingxiao really wanted to rush forward and slap the phantom twice across the face.
Gu Lingxiao grew angrier the more he thought about it. With the fusion of the special items, all nine of Gu Lingxiao's abilities were successfully integrated with the special items, so he simply began to break through directly.
At that very moment, a tremendous power suddenly erupted, surging into Gu Lingxiao's body like a raging torrent. His aura rose steadily, and he finally broke through to the second stage! However, this breakthrough was not without cost; it consumed a massive amount of super energy.
At this moment, the illusory figure, whose body had been gradually solidifying, began to fade again due to the loss of a large supply of super energy.
"If you continue to be so stubborn, your pets will be the first to die!" The phantom warned again, its voice carrying a hint of threat.
Upon hearing this, Gu Lingxiao subconsciously turned to look at Hei Dashuai and the others beside him.
They were lying motionless on the ground.
That's right, just as the phantom said, the super energy that Gu Lingxiao is constantly absorbing from it is actually what the phantom forcibly extracted from Black Marshal and the others beforehand.
If Gu Lingxiao continues to absorb the nutrients so mercilessly, then without a doubt, the first to give up will be Hei Dashuai and the others.
However, Gu Lingxiao seemed completely unconcerned about the illusory warning.
He stared coldly at the illusory figure: "Even if they truly perish, I will personally avenge them! Moreover, at that time, I will not only annihilate you, but I will also drain all the super energy contained within your so-called extraordinary artifact, leaving not a single drop! They will be buried with you."
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