"Seventy-six Three-Star Dou Zun energy bodies, twenty-nine Four-Star Dou Zun energy cores... six Five-Star Dou Zun energy cores."
After taking out his own energy cores as well, Hun Changqing counted them, a trace of satisfaction appearing in his eyes. Although their haste had kept them from attacking energy bodies above Five-Star Dou Zun, their enormous haul gathered into a vast reserve of energy that would be of considerable help to him.
"Guard me."
He spoke to Xingxiu, then, after she nodded, sat cross-legged before the little mountain of energy cores without hesitation. Silver light began to gather in his eyes as he extended both palms and pressed them against the pile.
Yin qi surged from his body and gathered between his palms, forming two grayish-brown energy vortexes that covered his hands.
The vortexes spun rapidly, unleashing an immensely powerful suction that drew in the thumb-sized, diamond-shaped energy crystal cores before him.
The instant the crystal cores entered the vortexes, they were crushed into translucent grains of energy light. Those grains gathered and began to twist, until the vortexes transformed all their energy into the purest supreme yin true qi, which passed through them and poured into Hun Changqing's body.
Hun Changqing felt waves of icy energy pouring through his palms like a rising tide. They flowed silkily through a full circuit of his meridians before gradually dispersing into his limbs and bones, finally seeping into his muscles, his skeleton, and, most importantly, his supreme yin origin, steadily strengthening its aura.
As time passed, the mountain of energy crystal cores before Hun Changqing dwindled at a speed visible to the naked eye. As it shrank, his previously unshakable aura began to fluctuate chaotically, becoming highly unstable.
Yet Xingxiu, who stood guard nearby, showed no panic at the sight. Instead, delight flickered