Chapter 94: Astonishing Power

Not long after, another needle-like energy drilled into Xu Feng’s body. This time, it felt like an extremely cool energy.

Xu Feng’s heart stirred. Could it be that he needed to absorb the energy from this ore, just like how he absorbed energy from Insect Crystals?

Once this thought occurred to him, Xu Feng couldn’t hold back. He ordered the Giant Lizard Beast to guard him, then sat down cross-legged. Holding the Five Elements Essence Ore in both hands, he began absorbing the energy from the ore, just like the first time he absorbed an Insect Crystal.

Scorching heat, coolness, sharpness, vibrant vitality, and heavy depth—five distinct types of energy surged one after another into Xu Feng’s Dantian.

The colorful glow of the Five Elements Essence Ore in his hands gradually faded. As the light disappeared, the originally translucent ore turned into a dull rock, crumbling into dust and powder.

The five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—gathered inside Xu Feng’s body into a sphere the size of a fingernail, floating quietly in his Dantian.

After what felt like a long time, Xu Feng shuddered all over and opened his eyes. He looked down at the rock in his palm, which had lost all its luster. With a gentle squeeze, the energy-depleted Five Elements Essence Ore instantly turned into powder, trickling down through the gaps between his fingers.

“So this is the Life-Bound Flying Sword,” Xu Feng said, his face showing a delighted expression.

Pointing toward the stone wall ahead, a white light flew out from his fingertip. With a swoosh, it drilled into the rock wall, leaving a fist-sized, bottomless pit.

With a thought, the white light emerged from the deep pit and returned to Xu Feng’s fingertip, then entered his body.

“It’s as easy as moving my own arm. This Life-Bound Flying Sword is almost like another organ of my body,” Xu Feng murmured to himself. “No, I can’t call it a Flying Sword yet. It’s still just a Sword Embryo. It needs to absorb a large amount of Five Elements Essence before it can be forged into a true Life-Bound Flying Sword. In its current Sword Embryo state, it’s still very fragile. If the Life-Bound Flying Sword is damaged, I myself will be severely injured.”

Although it wasn’t yet a true Life-Bound Flying Sword and was only a Sword Embryo, its power was nothing to underestimate. The Sword Embryo’s power was even greater than that of the Silver Quality longsword Xu Feng carried.

“Five Elements Essence is hard to find elsewhere, but this is a Mine Cave. What kind of ore isn’t here? I can forge my Life-Bound Flying Sword right here.” Xu Feng laughed heartily.

He took out all the ore from his Storage Ring and began gripping them one by one in his palm, absorbing the Five Elements Essence from the ores.

“Ice Crystal Ore, a good find. It can boost Water-element essence.” Xu Feng picked out a piece of ore that looked like ice and held it in his palm.

The sphere in his Dantian pulsed slightly. A cold energy flowed from the Ice Crystal Ore, traveling along the meridians in Xu Feng’s body into the multicolored sphere in his Dantian.

Soon, the valuable Ice Crystal Ore in his hand turned into residue, crumbling into dust and powder that scattered around.

Ice Crystal Ore was an excellent material for forging weapons, with a high chance of adding effects like freezing or slowing. It was highly sought after and very valuable. Yet, in less than ten minutes, this precious Ice Crystal Ore had turned into a pile of dust.

Looking at the small heap of dust in his hand, Xu Feng’s eyes showed a pained expression.

But thinking of the Life-Bound Flying Sword, Xu Feng gritted his teeth and picked out another piece of pale yellow ore, gripping it in his palm.

Soon, all the ore Xu Feng had stored was used up.

“I originally planned to give these to Zheng Yi to help him improve his Forging skills, but I ended up using them all myself,” Xu Feng said with a bitter smile.

Sensing the Sword Embryo in his Dantian slightly, he noticed that the originally spherical Sword Embryo had now taken on a teardrop shape. But it was still just a Sword Embryo; there was a long way to go before it became a true Flying Sword.

“Damn, how much ore do I need to absorb to forge a real Flying Sword?” The thought of needing to absorb a massive amount of ore made Xu Feng shudder.

In just under an hour, Xu Feng had used up ore worth over ten thousand Fate Points. If these ores had been forged into weapons, their value would have multiplied several times over.

Just as Xu Feng was feeling the sting of loss, the Giant Lizard Beast suddenly stood up. It crouched slightly on its hind legs and let out a low, threatening growl.

Two Three-Star Rock Devouring Beasts had appeared up ahead.

These two Three-Star Rock Devouring Beasts were just ordinary monsters. As they approached Xu Feng, their attention wasn’t on him first, but on the corpse of the Three-Star Elite Rock Devouring Beast beside him.

Seeing the corpse, the two Rock Devouring Beasts froze for a moment, as if unable to believe their eyes. They blinked hard, and once they confirmed it was indeed the body of a Three-Star Elite Rock Devouring Beast, they became frenzied. Their eyes turned crimson, their faces twisted with rage, and their four stout legs stomped the ground repeatedly, creating a rumbling vibration.

“Die, die, die…”

A furious roar echoed in Xu Feng’s mind.

The Rock Devouring Beasts charged at Xu Feng. The Giant Lizard Beast beside him roared, leaped forward, and knocked down one of the Rock Devouring Beasts. Then, twisting its body, it whipped its tail hard against the other Rock Devouring Beast.

As a Three-Star Elite Monster, the Giant Lizard Beast didn’t need to exert much effort to deal with two Three-Star ordinary monsters.

“Let one come over,” Xu Feng quickly ordered.

“Perfect timing to test the Sword Embryo’s power.”

Xu Feng raised two fingers like a sword and gently swiped toward the oncoming Three-Star monster. A white light shot from his fingertips, swishing as it swept toward the Rock Devouring Beast. The afterimage formed a narrow, sword-like white gleam over ten meters long.

The white shadow passed silently through the Rock Devouring Beast from its left shoulder to its right thigh, then drilled into the ground.

Plop, plop…

Strange sounds emerged from within the Rock Devouring Beast’s body.

Swoosh…

Blood splattered everywhere. The Rock Devouring Beast’s body had been split in half, left and right sides sliding apart and crashing to the ground.

Xu Feng was startled. A one-hit kill.

“This… this was just a normal attack! And it instantly killed a Three-Star monster.” Xu Feng could hardly believe his eyes. The Sword Embryo’s power was even more formidable than he had imagined. The surprise exceeded his expectations, and its potency even frightened him a little.

“Giant Lizard Beast, come back,” Xu Feng commanded.

The Giant Lizard Beast, which had cornered the other Rock Devouring Beast, let out a dissatisfied growl. It released the paw pinning the Rock Devouring Beast’s head and slowly walked back to Xu Feng’s side.

“Slice!”

With a light shout from Xu Feng, a white gleam flashed and vanished. The Rock Devouring Beast, which had just gotten up, was split in half from head to toe.

“So powerful!” Xu Feng grinned widely.

The Giant Lizard Beast beside him seemed startled. Glancing at the Rock Devouring Beast’s corpse, it turned its head to look at Xu Feng, its eyes filled with fear.

After collecting the spoils from the two Rock Devouring Beasts, Xu Feng headed deeper into the Mine Cave with satisfaction. Now, the Sword Embryo’s absorption requirements were getting higher. Ordinary Quality ores could no longer satisfy its needs. Only high-quality, rare ores providing Five Elements Essence would meet its demands. And such ores could only be found by venturing further into the Mine Cave.