Hold on!
With that simple yet resolute thought, he banished every distracting thought from his mind, as though the relentless, excruciating pain of ten thousand blades piercing his body were not falling upon him at all.
In that peculiar state of mind, wave after wave of impacts gradually pushed Chen Ping's body toward the brink of collapse, yet could not shake his unwavering conviction in the slightest.
No one could take away everything he cherished. He had to persevere.
Soon, the threads of blood seeping through his skin became droplets, then gathered into rivulets like little snakes, sliding downward with gravity. They stained his clothes red, stained the Sea God Pavilion beneath him red, and blood even streamed from all seven of his facial orifices.
Chen Ping's body swayed so violently that he seemed liable to topple at any moment, but his resolve did not slacken in the slightest.
Mu En's expression appeared calm, but almost all his attention was already focused on Chen Ping. Even so, he still noticed something out of the corner of his eye.
After the blood dripping from Chen Ping stained the Sea God Pavilion's floor red, it seemed to be quickly absorbed by the Golden Ancient Tree.
Mu En naturally knew that the Golden Ancient Tree absorbed valuable nutrients. What tree did not need fertilizer to grow stronger?
He was merely a little puzzled. Since when could the Golden Ancient Tree's trunk and branches absorb nutrients too?
Absorbing valuable nutrients through their roots was an ability shared by plant-type Soul Beasts, and Chen Ping himself could be considered an immensely nourishing heavenly material or earthly treasure. He might even be more nourishing than an ordinary hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, so the blood in his body naturally had considerable nutritional value too.
But absorbing nutrients through