"Whew!"
Jun Wangchen let out a long breath and turned to look at the other three. Pain showed on every face. Clearly, just as he had earlier, they were enduring the agony of their dantians expanding.
"I haven't reached my absorption limit yet. I should be able to advance another level!" Jun Wangchen murmured. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes again.
This time, Jun Wangchen's absorption grew stronger, and heaven and earth spiritual power surged into his body even faster.
"Hummm..."
Dusk gave way to dawn. A pale red sun rose over the earth, bathing Jun Wangchen in a fiery glow.
Even after four days of consumption, the spiritual power in the Heaven and Earth Creation Pool continued to flow without end. Every strand contained tremendous energy. After four days of constant absorption, Jun Wangchen's skin had begun to turn red.
He was not the only one. The other three in the inner ring were the same, as though they were approaching their limits.
None of them paid it any heed, however. When they truly could not hold on any longer, they would naturally crush their Triangular Prisms and leave.
Another day passed.
By now, everyone in the outer ring could no longer absorb any more heaven and earth spiritual power. One after another, they crushed their Triangular Prisms and left.
Those in the middle and inner rings, however, were still gritting their teeth and holding on.
Jun Wangchen sat cross-legged in the Heaven and Earth Creation Pool, his face contorted. His martial artist aura grew stronger and stronger, and his dantian expanded further and further. Yet the pain he endured also grew increasingly intense.
At that moment, Jun Wangchen began to understand the warning the Flame Heavenly King had given them before they came.
As time