The silver spirit talisman fell to the ground, looking somewhat duller than before.
He suppressed his distress and focused entirely on keeping his cultivation technique running.
The moment the azure glow appeared around Naruto, the cyan astral wind was drawn toward it. With what sounded like a howl, it shot straight into the glow.
The next second, the azure glow blazed brilliantly, illuminating the entire Different Dimension!
At the same time, the spiritual power inside Naruto began draining rapidly. In just ten seconds, he had lost a tenth of it!
Without hesitation, he swallowed the several spirit pills he had tucked beneath his tongue to replenish his spiritual power. Then he held two wind-attribute mid-grade spirit stones in each hand and absorbed the spiritual power within them.
At first, the cyan astral wind darted wildly through the azure glow surrounding Naruto, like a trapped beast.
Yet it never attacked Naruto, as though caught in an illusion formation and unable to sense his presence.
Gradually, after ten minutes, the cyan astral wind settled down. Like a wild beast that had been domesticated, it began drifting slowly around Naruto.
A smile finally appeared on Naruto's lips. Next, he needed to absorb and refine this astral wind into his body.
Another half hour passed.
The cyan astral wind vanished, and the azure glow around Naruto gradually withdrew into his body.
On the ground, eight or nine bottles that had contained spirit pills lay scattered about. Ten mid-grade spirit stones had also been drained dry, crumbling into stone dust.
"That used up far too much!"
Naruto sighed.
There was no regret on his face, however, because it had all been worth it.
Closing his eyes and looking inward, he saw a miniature strand of cyan astral wind coiled within his dantian. Whenever the spiritual