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Chapter 940: Chapter 459: Encounter, Battle of Wits

All these plants took root by the banks of the Heavenly River, some lush and dripping with vitality, some shimmering with silver light, some enveloped in purple mist, some dazzling in golden brilliance… Their glows interweaved, creating a tapestry with the patterns of curse power.

Lu Yun’s eyes flickered, although these plants had grown by absorbing the power of curses, they were deadly poison to cultivators, where a mere touch could lead to their downfall.

But for Lu Yun, many of these plants were precious spirit herbs.

One plant, two plants…

Lu Yun’s eyes glazed over as he counted carefully, and in this area alone, there were nearly a hundred plants.

Among these spirit herbs, most were of king-level quality, and three dazzling golden plants were even of emperor-level quality.

Unfortunately, because these plants grew on the banks of the Heavenly River and were irrigated by its waters, it was somewhat difficult for him to harvest them.

However, he had overcome the thunder-infused Divine Soil; would he give up on such a large batch of spirit herbs just because of temporary difficulties? Once fully refined, they would become a substantial increase in his Divine Power Value.

By the time he would leave this place, his realm would certainly be raised by several levels.

“First, let’s see if I have the strength to get close.”

Lu Yun eyed a few spirit herbs that were relatively close to him and decided to give it a try.

“Crack!”

No sooner had he approached when a strike from the Heavenly River knocked him over, leaving his skin split and flesh gaping, with golden divine blood spilling out.

This was the true Heavenly River, devastating in its power. Lu Yun’s physical body had been tempered a thousand times, far more resilient than many Dao Weapons. Still, under the assault of the Heavenly River, it too was damaged.

What was most critical was the terrifying curse power contained within the Heavenly River. It eroded his physical body and consciousness, preventing him from fully countering the Heavenly River’s force.

But he was not disheartened; although the injuries looked severe, the curse power had not done much damage. Ultimately, the reason was his significant progress in the Dao of Thunder, which had given him a certain resistance to the curse power.

“One more time!”

Lu Yun’s tenacity came to the forefront; he refused to give up, persisting relentlessly.

“Boom!”

Divine Light surrounded him as he stepped forward, only to be met by a silver light with powerful force, accompanied by the roaring sound of thunder.

“Hold up!”

Each droplet of water from the Heavenly River was like a silver blade, invincible, shattering his protective Divine Light and cutting into his flesh.

Lu Yun bore the intense pain and kept moving forward, step by step, even as his body was covered in wounds, with his golden Divine Bones exposed, he persevered.

It took three days and three nights just to reach the side of the Heavenly River, where he sat down to face the onslaught.

“Swish!”

Suddenly, more strikes of curse power came, followed by explosions. An invisible mist enveloped his body, eating away at his physical body and consciousness.

Lu Yun’s hair stood on end, his body was withering, covered in patterns, and things looked very bad, the situation critically urgent.

A large amount of curse power invaded his body, and although Lu Yun was ready to call upon his Cause and Effect Spirit Body to remove it, it began to slowly integrate within him, the very power that was greatly harming his physical body.

For such an unusual ‘baptism,’ Lu Yun was overjoyed. He concentrated all his thoughts and tried his best to merge the curse power within, bringing their essences closer and enhancing his resistance to the curse power.

It took seven days and seven nights for his condition to stabilize and the wounds on his body began to heal, even the patterns formed from the erosion of curse power started to fade.

“Sometimes luck comes when you least expect it!” Lu Yun exclaimed. He had initially sought only the spirit herbs, but now he had integrated a portion of the curse power, greatly reducing the threat of the Heavenly River to him.

If he could merge even more curse power, his physical body would become increasingly attuned to it, and he might even harness some of its force.

However, recalling the pain he suffered during the integration, Lu Yun’s scalp tingled. The curse power, like bone-maggots, was terrifying; the impact on his body and soul was even more painful than the assault by the waters of the Heavenly River.

“Shh!”

He manifested a giant hand constructed of Divine Power and reached for the nearest spirit herb, only to have it crushed by a wave of the Heavenly River.

“Seems like I still need to push further.”

Lu Yun resisted the intense pressure and took a dozen more steps forward. This time he got closer, and the time and injuries he suffered were minimal.

Thanks to the small amount of curse power he had integrated, he had developed a resistance, allowing him to divert more energy into handling the surge of the Heavenly River, making it significantly easier.

He looked at the deep red spirit herb before him with a slowly spreading sense of gratification. After enduring such agony, the moment of harvest had finally arrived.

This spirit herb was bright red, merely a foot tall but densely covered in patterns, with red lightning coiling around it and emitting bursts of humming.

Without a doubt, it had absorbed too much curse power and thunder, which could aid Lu Yun in advancing in the Dao of Thunder and mastering higher mysteries. He did not plan to convert it into Divine Power Value.

After securing it, he felt completely satisfied and turned his attention to another nearby spirit grass, shrouded in a halo of blue-purple light, fuzzy all over, and another king-level spirit grass.

This time, he didn’t take long, and even his physical body wasn’t much harmed.

Next came a palm-sized golden mushroom, a cyan bamboo the thickness of chopsticks, and a whole purple grass suffused with a greenish hue…

And so, Lu Yun continued up the Heavenly River, harvesting one pattern-dense spirit herb after another.

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