Council Hall's front yard.
The paving stones were shattered, the wall ahead had collapsed, and rubble lay scattered across the ground. The once-pristine Prince's Mansion now resembled the ruins of a disaster site.
This scene had resulted from Jiang Ning and Xu Zhen's simple probing exchange just moments ago.
Now, as Zhenbei King Xu Zhen departed, Jiang Ning slightly closed his eyes and sensed his own body.
As the four chests of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were devoured and refined by him, their medicinal power still surged within him, continuing to be fully digested and not yet settling.
Though the quality of this medicinal essence is not high, it makes up for it in sheer quantity. The energy has yet to be fully absorbed by my fleshly body—this is the perfect time to advance the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.
The thought flashed through his mind. Then he drew a deep breath and immediately activated the Black Dragon Swallowing Whale Skill.
In an instant, a vigorous Jin Force, ancient and powerful as a dragon, rose from the depths of his Dantian. Like a dragon winding through its course, it raced through his sinews and bones, flesh and blood, organs and skin, limbs and every bone in his body.
As the Jin Force surged, it swiftly merged with the medicinal energy that had yet to be fully absorbed within him. Like Raging Fire meeting hot oil, it erupted with a thunderous burst into an even fiercer torrent of energy.
Jiang Ning felt heat flood his entire body, scorching him until it seemed as though he himself had become a Smelting Furnace. Every inch of flesh and blood within him was relentlessly scoured, tempered, and reshaped by that tyrannical power.
The medicinal power contained within those four great chests of Heavenly