After listening to Star Ji's narration, Xu Mo wore a delighted look.
Originally, he thought Star Ji was just an ordinary intelligent lifeform similar to Babata, but now she seemed not to be that simple.
A moment's thought made it clear that Chthon was no fool.
How could he not sense Star Ji borrowing his magic power like this?
At present, there were only two possibilities.
First, the magic power Star Ji borrowed was merely a drop in the bucket to Chthon, and he did not care, maintaining an indifferent attitude, which was why he hadn't cut off the output of magic power.
However, looking at the torrent of magic power extending before him that was as vast as a galaxy, Xu Mo realized this possibility was clearly unlikely.
If all this magic power meant nothing to him, he would probably be able to overturn the Living Tribunal and replace him.
Then it could only be the second scenario.
Chthon had felt this situation, but he had no way to stop it at all.
Xu Mo was almost certain that the reality was just like this.
After all, an unknown existence had manipulated the real Darkhold to attack at that time, yet it was likewise instantly killed within his own mind.
He had felt some doubts back then.
Thinking about it now, it was clearly Chthon's powerless struggle.
At this thought, Xu Mo looked at Star Ji beside him with burning eyes.
Star Ji noticed Xu Mo's gaze.
She deliberately put on a shy expression.
"What do you want to do, master?"
"Uh..."
Hesitating for a long time, Xu Mo still didn't say that word out loud.
Yet judging by Star Ji's teasing expression, Xu Mo knew the other woman was clearly doing it on purpose.
With a chuckle escaping her lips, Star Ji then pulled her gaze back.
Xu Mo gave a light cough to hide the awkwardness on his face.
"I mean, what level is your strength roughly at!"
Hearing this, Star Ji's laughter gradually subsided somewhat.
"Actually, my strength isn't that important to the master. After all, there's no way I can leave the Astral Tower to help the master; at most, I can help the master control the Astral Tower to deal with those enemies who invade the sea of consciousness!"
"The master only needs to know that in this world, nobody can enter the master's sea of consciousness and still leave alive!"
Hearing this reply, Xu Mo gasped a breath of cold air.
"That awesome?"
Then once he completely controlled the Astral Tower, wouldn't he be directly invincible!
It wasn't until a minute later that Xu Mo calmed his churning emotions.
At this moment, Star Ji had already walked onto the altar ahead.
She reached out and took one of the Darkholds off it, leaving only one to continue absorbing dark energy.
"The magic power in this one should be enough for the master to use for a long time!"
"When it's used up, just replace it with the other one!"
She flashed back to Xu Mo's side and handed the Darkhold in her hand to him.
Xu Mo reached out and took the Darkhold.
In his heart, he was once again shocked by Star Ji's strength.
Treating Chthon, one of the four oldest ancient gods, like a power bank was something nobody else could pull off.
At this time, after absorbing a massive amount of dark energy, the two Darkholds were practically indistinguishable. After being baptized and infused with energy for so long, even the most ordinary paper would become a powerful divine artifact.
After handing the Darkhold to Xu Mo, Star Ji reached out and waved gently.
A drop of blood oozed from Xu Mo's finger, and after a flash, it merged into the Darkhold.
The Darkhold emitted a fierce black glow, and then like lightning, it plunged into Xu Mo's glabella.
"Only this way will it work!"
"From now on, this book will not only be the source of your magic power, but it will also greatly increase your spellcasting speed and the power of your magic!"
Netherworld.
Chthon's massive body was now less than half its original size.
When Star Ji removed one of the Darkholds, Chthon, who had already felt somewhat desperate, was practically moved to tears of excitement.
"It slowed down, it slowed down!"
Chthon's excited roar echoed through the Netherworld.
One had to know that according to the previous absorption rate, barring any accidents, he probably could only hold out for another month at most before being sucked dry.
During this time, he had tried tens of thousands of ways, but none of them could cut off a certain unknown existence's absorption of his energy.
A dignified Multiverse Level Nether God comparable to the five great deities had been driven to a dead end.
Fortunately, the absorption rate was now reduced by half; his speed in absorbing energy was noticeably faster than the speed at which his energy was being absorbed.
It would only take a while for him to fully recover.
The excited Chthon didn't know how much time had passed before he recovered from his thrill.
He drove his magic power to the limit, causing the dark energy in the Netherworld to turn into a huge vortex that converged toward his location.
On the other side, Xu Mo had already retreated from the Astral Tower.
Returning to the cave he had carved out in the cliff face, Xu Mo took out the Darkhold to study it.
Although the entire Darkhold had transformed into an energetic state, the handwriting recording the magic upon it was retained.
He opened the Darkhold.
A string of strange symbols appeared in Xu Mo's line of sight.
Staring at the symbols for a moment, the symbols on the page flew out of the book and turned into streams of information in the air, directly pouring into Xu Mo's mind.
Almost instantly, he understood the contents recorded in the book.
The magic recorded on the first page was precisely the spatial gate.
Closing his eyes to ponder for a while, Xu Mo opened them and let out a long breath.
If he remembered correctly, the gifted Doctor Strange had taken a very long time to learn this magic.
He wondered how his own magical talent was.
Recalling the contents in his mind once more, Xu Mo intended to give it a try.
Without delay, he pinched a seal with his left hand and gently traced a semicircle with his right hand.
A spatial gate flickering with black sparks slowly opened not far in front of him.
At this sight, a flash of excited light crossed Xu Mo's eyes.
He never expected that on the very first try, he would successfully cast the magic directly.
Yet a slight thought made it all clear.
Generally speaking, when mages or sorcerers cast magic, it had a tremendous connection to spiritual power.
The stronger the spiritual power, the higher the magical talent.
And Xu Mo was now a Warlord level peak Spirit Reader, no matter how one looked at it.
Compared to ordinary people, the strength of his spiritual power was more than a thousand times stronger. Being able to successfully cast magic on the very first try was also logical and reasonable.
As the spatial gate slowly widened, the scene on the other side also clearly appeared in Xu Mo's eyes.
It looked like the spatial gate had opened in some steam-filled bathroom.
Amidst the hazy mist, a smooth back came into view.
The delicate, fair skin of the figure and the hazy beauty amidst the steam would probably cause anyone who saw it to let out an exclamation.
At this sight, Xu Mo froze in shock and hurriedly cast a spell again, wanting to close the spatial gate.
If the other person saw this, he would probably be directly defined as a pervert.
Yet whether it was because he was too clumsy on his first spellcast or not—
Xu Mo intended to close the spatial gate, but after casting the spell, the speed at which the spatial gate grew larger doubled, opening up to a size large enough for a person to pass through almost instantly.
The woman taking a bath also seemed to sense the abnormality behind her.
After all, with such a large spatial gate, coupled with the temperature difference between the two places, the airflow was already very obvious.
Feeling the chill behind her, the woman slowly turned her body around.
Her eyes locked with Xu Mo, who was standing on this side of the spatial gate.
Seeing the woman looking over, Xu Mo also realized that it seemed too late to close it now.
"Uh... I said I didn't mean it, would you believe me?"
"Ah—"
Seeing the bizarre spatial gate behind her and Xu Mo standing behind the gate, horror appeared on the woman's face. Accompanied by a scream, she curled her body up into the corner of the bathroom.
It wasn't that the woman didn't want to run out.
It was mainly because the spatial gate had opened right at the doorway, precisely blocking the exit.
The woman had nowhere to escape even if she wanted to run.
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