Chapter 1916: Chapter 1916: Jewel Tower Fourth Floor
"Have you not yet transformed into a ’Green Spirit Root’?"
Hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt Barnes’s pupils contracted, his face showing a horrified expression, "My talent root isn’t even a green spirit root, and yet the speed at which I sense spiritual energy has doubled?"
"If my talent root transforms into a green spirit root, wouldn’t the speed at which I sense spiritual energy be multiple times faster?"
At this thought, Wyatt gasped.
He never imagined that a green spirit root would be so much stronger than his yellow spirit root!
"If a green spirit root is already like this... what about a more advanced ’Cyan Spirit Root’, or even a ’Blue Spirit Root’, or ’Purple Spirit Root’, wouldn’t they be even more monstrous?"
With this thought, Wyatt’s breathing became more rapid.
"Currently, using the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’ to devour others’ talent roots and strengthen my own talent root has already proven successful... This means, as long as I have enough spirit roots to absorb in the future, my talent root can not only transform into a green spirit root, but also into cyan, blue, and even purple spirit roots!"
"A green spirit root senses spiritual energy and absorbs it at a speed that’s at least several times faster than before! A purple spirit root must be even more monstrous!"
"With a purple spirit root and the time flow speed of the Jewel Tower’s fourth layer... in the future, who in the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land can compare to my cultivation speed?!"
In a sudden shift of thought, Wyatt’s gaze brightened, feeling that the future was infinitely promising.
"Of course, the premise is to first transform my talent root into a ’Purple Spirit Root’!"
After a while, Wyatt gradually calmed down, recalling the previous scene, "Arlo Drake’s talent root was even a ’Green Spirit Root’... Logically speaking, with my current yellow spirit root, if I devoured his green spirit root, my talent root should also transform into a green spirit root! This was my initial thought."
"However, during the process, Arlo Drake’s green spirit root was consumed by the devouring force, and quite a lot was depleted... In the end, his green spirit root was only absorbed by half into my talent root! Because of this, my talent root did not transform into a green spirit root."
"Elder Fire said my talent root’s color has changed from normal ’yellow’ to ’deep yellow’... And I clearly feel that my speed in sensing spiritual energy and absorbing it has doubled! It seems that even yellow spirit roots come in varying degrees: there’s normal yellow, deep yellow, and probably ’light yellow’."
In that instant, Wyatt thought of many things.
"I really want to see what expression Arlo Drake would have when he finds that his speed of absorbing spiritual energy is slower than a turtle’s crawl... He probably wouldn’t even dream that his talent root, green spirit root, has been consumed by mine, becoming a part of my talent root!"
Glancing at Arlo Drake, still lying unconscious on the ground, Wyatt’s lips curled into a cold smile.
He felt no guilt in devouring Arlo Drake’s talent root!
Letting someone like Arlo Drake grow would only mean he would become an enemy in the future.
One less enemy is better.
Right now, he’s just killing threats in the cradle!
Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!
...
With a thought, ten thousand golden sword flares of the Domain of Ten Thousand Swords whistled past, leaving thousands of sword marks on Arlo Drake.
However, these sword marks were superficial wounds, hardly causing Arlo Drake to lose much blood.
"Ah!!"
As ten thousand sword flares whistled past in an instant, although they only left superficial wounds on Arlo Drake, the pain was enough to wake him, the intense pain from head to toe causing him to scream involuntarily.
At the same moment, Wyatt withdrew the Domain of Ten Thousand Swords.
Instantly, his figure and that of the wounded Arlo Drake were revealed once more to the disciples of the Black Tortoise Pavilion.
Seeing Arlo Drake covered in sword wounds, the disciples of the Black Tortoise Pavilion couldn’t help but gasp, and when they looked again at Wyatt, their eyes revealed a few traces of fear.
They couldn’t have imagined Wyatt would be so ruthless!
Arlo Drake’s state, while not crippling or lethal, was certainly agonizingly painful.
You could tell from the twisted features due to pain on Augustine Landon’s face.
"With just this bit of strength, he dares to promise Maximus Lee to deal with me? Overestimating his capabilities!"
Under the watchful eyes of many, Wyatt glanced coldly at Arlo Drake and then returned to the ’Beta House’ taken from Arlo Drake.
Until Wyatt closed the door, the crowd’s attention finally shifted back to Arlo Drake.
Seeing Arlo Drake’s twisted features and hearing his continuous cries of pain, they only felt chills behind their backs and hearts becoming somewhat uneasy, "That Wyatt Barnes really is a ruthless person!"
"If not necessary, better not provoke him... He’s a ’madman’ who even dares defy Elder Maximus Lee!"
"In my opinion, instead of calling him ’Wyatt Barnes’, they should just call him ’Wyatt Madman’!"
...
The crowd regained their senses, whispered among themselves, their eyes showing a hint of fear.
Even the older disciples of the Black Tortoise Pavilion were no exception.
And the name ’Wyatt Barnes’, at this moment, began to spread among nearly ten thousand disciples of the Xuan Wu Platform, gradually becoming a ’Famous Person’.
All of this, Wyatt Barnes was unaware of.
Upon entering Beta House and closing the door, Wyatt immediately entered the Jewel Tower, "After the restoration of the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower, I haven’t been inside... let’s take a look!"
Since the restoration of the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower, he hadn’t had the chance to go inside and take a look.
Of course, this was also because there was no opportunity.
Now that he had a place to settle in the Xuan Wu Platform, he naturally had the chance to enter the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower.
"Such dense spiritual energy of heaven and earth!"
Just as he stepped into the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower, Wyatt immediately felt a rich wave of spiritual energy rushing towards him.
The density of this spiritual energy far surpassed the spiritual energy filled in the Beta House, which had three Spirit Gathering Arrays set up — more than twice as strong!
Of course, Wyatt also knew that this was due to the enhancement from the three Spirit Gathering Arrays in Beta House.
Being located in Beta House, the Jewel Tower naturally was influenced by the cultivation environment within Beta House. This was unavoidable.
To Wyatt, this was a good thing.
"This fourth layer of the Jewel Tower..."
Soon after, Wyatt’s gaze started to scan the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower, and he saw a vast space before him, with nothing but a floating ’inkstone’ in the very center of the fourth layer.
And atop the inkstone was a ruler, completely black in color.
This ruler was three feet long, quietly lying on the inkstone, clearly becoming the focal point.
When Wyatt saw this ruler, nothing else could occupy his mind.
This ruler seemed to possess an endless magic, completely drawing Wyatt’s attention.
"Is this the celestial treasure of the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower... the Heaven and Earth Ruler?"
After a long moment, taking a deep breath, Wyatt finally came back to his senses, a fervent look in his eyes.
He had long heard Elder Fire mention the ’seven treasures’ inside the Jewel Tower. The celestial treasure stored on the fourth layer was indeed the ’Heaven and Earth Ruler’.
Additionally, according to Elder Fire, the celestial treasures stored on the second to seventh layers of the Jewel Tower increased in grade as one moved to the layers further up.
Especially the ’Battle Sky Thorn’ stored on the seventh layer of the Jewel Tower, which was reputed to be able to fight against the heavens and earth!
To fight against the heavens and earth is akin to opposing all beings — what kind of domineering power is that?
"However, although this Heaven and Earth Ruler looks no heavier than a sword, I still probably cannot lift it..."
Indeed, Wyatt’s guess proved correct. After a series of attempts, even if he exerted all his strength, he could only move the Heaven and Earth Ruler slightly.
But even moving it slightly left him panting.
"The celestial treasures within the Jewel Tower, apart from the ’Splendid Fairy Sword’, due to the ’Supreme Heart Sword’, which allows me to wield it as if it’s part of my own hand... I fear that to use the other celestial treasures, I must at least break through to the ’Saint Immortal Realm’. Even then, I may not be able to truly wield the other five celestial treasures within the Jewel Tower. After all, they are weapons for immortals!"
Wyatt was well aware of this.
Immortals are beings above the Saint Immortal Realm!
Saint Immortal Realm experts, even if they cultivate to the ninth transformation, ’Ascension Transformation’, must endure the Ascension Tribulation and ascend to the myriad realms to truly be an ’immortal’!
An immortal is different from humans.
An immortal possesses an infinite lifespan, and if not met with some accident, can even live as long as the heavens and earth.
Of course, not only immortals can have an infinite lifespan.
In the Martial Dao Sacred Land, if one’s cultivation enters the seventh transformation of the Saint Immortal Realm, ’Sky Defying Transformation’, one can also possess an infinite lifespan.
The Sky Defying Transformation defies the lifespan that heaven has set for humans!
"Now, with the transformation of the innate spiritual root, along with such an excellent cultivation environment... my cultivation speed has undoubtedly improved significantly!"
With this thought in mind, Wyatt sat legs crossed in the void, running the Nine Dragons War Sovereign technique, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, cycling the Great Cycle, and enhancing his cultivation.
With each completed Great Cycle, the rapid improvement in cultivation gave Wyatt a feeling of exhilarating satisfaction!
"Such a fast cultivation speed... At this rate, in at most two years, I can break through to the ’mid-Human Saint Realm’!"
He opened his eyes, a strong confidence evident in Wyatt’s gaze.
Of course, Wyatt’s mention of two years referred to the time within the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower.
Two years within the fourth layer of the Jewel Tower equates to just over two months outside.