Chapter 2244: Absorbing Spirituality

"This..." The crowd was speechless.

The number of phantom spirits was vast, and each one was comparable to a Divine King in cultivation. If they were truly trapped inside, not to mention whether they could obtain the treasure, it would be difficult for the fourteen of them, even with a Title Divine King, to retreat unscathed.

Even if they could retreat, death would be unavoidable. They were strangers who didn't even know each other's names, gathered for the treasure. Who would be willing to sacrifice themselves to save others?

"Luring the phantom spirits and dispersing them is the method that minimizes losses. If you don't trust me, what meaning does this alliance have?"

Ao Feng waved his hand grandly.

The crowd was speechless.

Indeed, if they couldn't trust each other, it would be better not to ally.

In that case, their combat power wouldn't increase; it would decrease.

"How about we form a formation and force an attack..."

"A formation? Not to mention that the time the Tide Sea is open is short; even if it were long, would others give you that time once they know about the treasure?"

"That's true. For over a dozen Divine Kings to practice a formation to the point of moving freely would take at least half a month. That's too long; we can't afford the delay!"

"With that much time wasted here, it would be better to go seek other treasures. What we gain would far exceed a single top-grade Divine Origin Pill and the promise of a titled king!"

...

The crowd's minds were in turmoil.

They had thought it would be simple, but never expected it to be so complicated.

If it was really too difficult, the hastily formed team would soon fall apart.

"I'll charge at the front. You all support me on both sides, and don't let the phantom spirits on one side attack me..." Seeing that this motley crew was indeed unreliable, Ao Feng had no choice but to say.

These people wanted to obtain the treasure without any danger.

But in reality, how could such a good thing exist?

"Alright!" The crowd agreed.

"Let's begin!"

Too lazy to arrange any further tactics, Ao Feng took a deep breath and suddenly charged forward.

Whoosh!

Unleashing the power of a Title Divine King, he moved like lightning. A huge clawed hoof appeared in the air before him. With a light squeeze, space shattered, and the phantom spirits blocking the way were shaken and turned into flowing air.

"Follow me!"

With a loud shout, the remaining Divine Kings followed in unison.

Zhang Xuan and Luo Qiqi also followed closely behind the group.

It had to be said that Ao Feng's strength was indeed formidable. He could kill a Divine King-level phantom spirit with a single move, leaving not a trace of residual consciousness.

"These phantom spirits... seem to be very helpful to the soul..."

Following behind the group while fending off phantom spirits attacking from the sides, Zhang Xuan's heart stirred.

These were spiritualities, similar to the things he had awakened before, a type of soul. Although they were spirits of plants, in large numbers, they were still very beneficial to the soul.

His soul had received the Heavenly Canonization and reached the peak of Title Divine King, but there was still a gap before he could impact the Emperor Lord realm.

If he absorbed and refined these spiritualities, would his soul body become even stronger?

"Let's try!"

With this thought, he moved his mind and began to absorb the spiritualities shattered by Ao Feng, one by one, into his brow.

If the spiritualities were intact, it would be like possessing a body, extremely difficult to absorb. But the shattered phantom spirits had lost their subjective consciousness, becoming pure souls, easy to absorb.

Zhang Xuan immediately felt his soul body growing stronger again, and his eyes shone with light.

"Not bad..."

Fortunately, he had come with this fellow. Whether he could obtain the Earth Treasury Spirit Liquid or not, he had already profited from this trip.

With Ao Feng charging ahead and over a dozen Divine Kings blocking on both sides, a great deal of scattered spiritualities were produced. In less than ten minutes, Zhang Xuan felt his soul body had more than doubled.

By now, the group was completely surrounded by phantom spirits.

The mountain stream was filled with plants that had lived for who knows how many years. Under the abundant and pure spiritual energy, they could all generate spirituality. Thus, the spiritualities were endless, countless in number.

After a bout of fighting, the surrounding phantom spirits not only didn't decrease but increased.

After absorbing for a while longer, Zhang Xuan stopped.

Like spiritual energy, the effect of absorbing spiritualities was good at first but gradually weakened over time. Now, he had reached saturation.

Unless... there were purer spiritualities!

"The Earth Treasury Spirit Liquid is just ahead..."

Following behind the group, they advanced a bit further, and Ao Feng let out a roar.

Zhang Xuan looked up and indeed saw, in the middle of the mountain stream, above a small pool, a milky white mass floating.

It was only the size of a fist, radiating rich spiritual power several times purer than a top-grade Divine Origin Pill. Before even getting close, he felt his internal qi jumping restlessly, filled with longing.

"Indeed a good thing; it's useful to me..." His eyes lit up.

As he had guessed, this thing was indeed extremely effective for him. If he took it, even if he couldn't break through to the peak of the titled king, breaking through to the mid or late stage of the titled king shouldn't be difficult.

However...

Along the way, he had been busy absorbing spiritualities and hadn't contributed much. This was something Ao Feng and these Divine Kings had fought hard to obtain. He felt embarrassed to snatch it.

After all, he was a master teacher, not a robber.

Since he knew such things existed here, and the mountain stream was so large, there might not be just one drop. He could just go look for another.

For others, surrounded by phantom spirits, they had to fight a bloody path to obtain it, but for him, it wasn't that troublesome.

If necessary, he could leave his body in a shamanic soul state, pretending to be a phantom spirit. The enemy shouldn't detect it easily.

Rumble!

As if guarding the spirit liquid, the number of phantom spirits increased even more, putting immense pressure on the group. In an instant, three or four Divine Kings were severely injured, and even Ao Feng, a Title Divine King, had blood at the corner of his mouth.

The phantom spirits had also grown stronger, all reaching the peak of Divine King, and they were all fearless, launching soul attacks. The group was already exhausted.

"If this continues, we'll likely all die here..." one Divine King couldn't help but say.

Everyone's faces showed gravity.

They had thought that with so many Divine Kings joining forces and a Title Divine King leading the way, they could easily fight their way in and out several times. They never dreamed it would be so dangerous.

"We must retreat, or none of us will leave alive..."

Another Divine King shouted, and everyone began to think of retreating.

Even though they had seen the Earth Treasury Spirit Liquid, they needed to have the life and strength to obtain it. If they continued to charge recklessly without choosing to retreat, they would eventually be completely annihilated.

"We've come this far; how can we fail at the last step?"

His face ferocious, Ao Feng's eyes bulged: "Everyone wait here for me. I'll get the spirit liquid and come back..."

With a roar, his body shook, and in an instant, he transformed into a huge golden dragon, charging through the air toward the spirit liquid.

Knowing that he couldn't break through in human form, without any hesitation, he directly transformed into his true body!