Hoo...!
The sixth volume had taken one day, the seventh three days, and by the eighth stone stele, it felt like nearly six days.
In other words, out of a little over a month, he had already used up ten days.
Then there was the travel time. He himself was fast, but the drones were another matter. Getting to the eighth stone stele alone had taken nearly five days.
To obtain the ninth volume, Li Su had no choice but to stop and strengthen himself before setting out again.
After all, the creatures of the eighth volume could now genuinely injure him, and the scenes formed by the eighth volume not only dealt a massive blow to his mind, but descended into reality as well, acting upon his body.
They had nearly crushed him apart.
The rate of improvement was simply too fast—frighteningly fast.
This stop lasted quite a while.
A full nine days.
Fortunately, there was plenty of food here, and it was exceptionally nutritious. It was as though the flesh had been injected with concentrated gasoline; after eating it, smoke billowed from Li Su's nose and mouth, his entire body turning crimson as if he were about to burst into flames.
Faced with such abundant food, although it still paled beside even the lowest-grade Transcendental Factor, he was no longer the mortal he had once been. His energy absorption rate was astonishing, with practically no waste at all.
Coupled with the amplification of the Nine-Nine Profound Art itself, even with transcendence extinguished, his digestive capacity remained astounding, infinitely close to the Great Completion of Foundation Establishment.
At this level, his stomach and intestines were like a basketball-sized furnace, and any flesh that fell into them became firewood.
Over nine days, he ate nearly a hundred giant leeches, yet