The disciples surrounding the Desolate Stone watched in disbelief as Xiang Yun Desolate Stone to its front.
It stirred up a raging storm.
"Is this guy crazy? He just walked right up to the Desolate Stone?"
"The entry of Desolate Energy into the body is no joke; if you're not careful, even your nerves and meridians will be eroded and withered away, and even your Yuan energy will find it difficult to resist!"
"He didn't even activate his Yuan Qi to protect himself; he just used his physical body to withstand it?"
Pang Feng stood at the front of the crowd, his expression changing repeatedly. His previous frustration had turned into a heart-pounding fear.
He himself had to exert all his Yuan Power to resist when he was fifty feet away from the Desolate Stone, but Xiang Yun had already reached the Desolate Stone.
The concentration of Desolate Energy in that place would likely erode even someone at the Eight Yuan Nirvana instantly; even the Desolate Energy within his body wouldn't be able to save him.
But when the rolling gray energy rushed towards Xiang Yun, his pale purple blood and qi, like the heat waves emanating from a furnace, completely blocked the Desolate Energy from entering, not even a trace of it could penetrate.
Ying Huanhuan was also in the crowd, biting her lip and staring at Xiang Yun's back.
She recalled what Ling Qingzhu had just said, the image of Xiang Yun smashing Panshi with a single punch in the Geomagnetic Mountain Range, and his arrogant demeanor as he spoke of suppressing all the disciples of their Dao Sect.
"This physical body..."
Ying Huanhuan's red lips parted slightly. Although she didn't want to admit it, the physical strength that Xiang Yun had displayed had exceeded her comprehension.
None of the Eight Yuan Nirvana disciples within the Dao Sect possessed such a physique.
The one who left the record of having the strongest physical body in the Nirvana Realm of the Dao Sect is Zhou Tong. The Great Desolation Body that Zhou Tong mastered is already a top-tier body-refining martial art of the Dao Sect.
But it's impossible to withstand the Desolate Energy directly with one's physical body like it is now.
Ling Qingzhu stood at the back of the crowd, her face mostly covered by a veil, revealing only her clear eyes.
Xiang Yun's figure was reflected in those eyes.
As she gazed at that tall, straight back, a faint blush suddenly rose to her cheeks, spreading from her ears down to her neck, thankfully concealed by her veil.
No one around her noticed her.
Images uncontrollably surfaced in Ling Qingzhu's mind.
How many times did she faint during each cultivation session with Xiang Yun?
"Is this person's physical body... truly something a human can possess?"
Ling Qingzhu murmured softly.
While everyone was still discussing, Xiang Yun had already arrived in front of the Desolate Stone.
An aura of decay and desolation emanated from it. Xiang Yun stretched out his palm and pressed it against the surface of the Desolate Stone.
Immediately afterwards, the surging gray power, as if finding an outlet, rushed wildly into Xiang Yun's body, at a speed more than a hundred times faster than before.
Gray energy spread from the surface of the Desolate Stone to Xiang Yun's arm, then drilled into his body along the meridians.
Wherever it goes, qi and blood begin to decline, muscles begin to atrophy, and even the skin develops a layer of dark, stone-like substance.
"Petrified! Desolate Energy is petrifying his physical body!"
"I knew it! How could anyone possibly touch the Desolate Stone directly? Even the Palace Master wouldn't dare do that!"
"This guy was too arrogant; he's going to suffer now."
However, those newly emerged petrification marks only lingered on Xiang Yun's arm for less than a breath before shattering inch by inch and turning into ashes and dissipating.
New blood and energy surged from Xiang Yun's body, filling the petrified parts back in, restoring his muscles to their original state, and making his skin radiant once more.
"They actually... used their qi and blood to forcefully break through the petrified parts?"
Pang Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.
The petrification of the Desolate Energy is the most troublesome thing for the disciples of the Desolate Hall. Once petrified, unless they break through with stronger Yuan power, their arm will be useless.
Xiang Yun barely used his Yuan Power; he forced the petrified creature back purely by relying on his Qi and Blood.
"How did this guy train his physique?!"
Amidst the gasps of surprise from the crowd, Xiang Yun suddenly rolled over, much to the disbelief of all the disciples of the Desolate Hall.
He jumped directly onto the Desolate Stone and sat cross-legged on top of the hundred-foot-tall boulder.
Desolate Stone seemed to be completely enraged.
boom!!!
The entire platform was shaking.
Thick, gray, Desolate Energy gushed from the cracks in the surface of the Desolate Stone.
The Desolate Energy was more than ten times stronger than before, like giant gray pythons, rushing madly towards Xiang Yun.
The vitality in the air was instantly sucked away, and even the flowers and plants on the edge of the platform withered visibly.
" The Desolate Stone has rioted!"
"Retreat quickly! This level of Desolate Energy energy is so concentrated that even Nirvana Realm would be instantly eroded!"
Pang Feng roared and led the surrounding disciples in a hasty retreat.
Ying Huanhuan also kept retreating, but her gaze remained fixed on the figure atop the Desolate Stone.
Xiang Yun stood atop the Desolate Stone, letting the terrifying Desolate Energy surge in like a tide, instantly pushing his blood and qi to their limits.
It itself began to change rapidly, Tyrant Body Ancestral Form, its pair of Torch Dragon Pupils staring at the spontaneously raging Desolate Stone, and it sneered.
"Still trying to resist?!"
The terrifying, domineering true intent suppressed it once more, continuing to devour the Desolate Energy.
"How could a human possibly look like this?"
The disciples of the Desolate Hall were in an uproar.
Moreover, with Xiang Yun's voracious speed, the surrounding disciples could already feel the Desolate Energy around them decreasing at a visible rate.
The Desolate Stone seemed to realize that it was being plundered, and the surging Desolate Energy became more and more violent and thick.
No matter how much Desolate Energy surged out, Xiang Yun swallowed it all into his body, like a clay ox sinking into the sea.
Xiang Yun manipulated these Desolate Energy to converge towards his dantian, finally forcibly compressing them into a gray bead.
Desolation Seed.
The instant the Desolation Seed took shape, a surge of energy suddenly swept out from Xiang Yun's body, containing an extremely rich and powerful Desolate Energy!
This fluctuation of Desolate Energy was immediately noticed by the surrounding disciples.
The disciples were all shocked.
"It's done?"
The first step in cultivating the Desolate Hall martial arts is to condense the Desolation Seed within the body and refine the Desolate Energy into the Origin Seed.
He wanted to unleash his Desolate Energy.
That means at least the Desolation Seed must be successfully condensed, and to condense the Desolation Seed, one must cultivate the Desolate Art to the third level.
Ordinary disciples, however, need to absorb the Desolate Energy bit by bit from a hundred feet away from the Desolate Stone to condense the Desolation Seed, and it can take months or even years to break through to the third level.
"That's way too fast."
Pang Feng murmured, "How long has it been? Less than a few breaths, and I've already stepped into the third level?"
Ying Huanhuan's beautiful eyes were also filled with surprise.
"What kind of monster is this guy?" Ying Huanhuan realized if she didn't look at Xiang Yun with prejudice.
Only then did I realize how terrifying he was.
Ying Huanhuan Pang Feng's words, Ying Huanhuan couldn't help but say, "If you used his cultivation method, your cultivation would be much faster."
Just then...
A dark gray light suddenly surged across the Desolate Stone.
Finally, they converged like lightning, transforming into a gray beam of light that struck Xiang Yun with lightning speed.
The sudden change in the Desolate Stone immediately drew gasps of surprise.
"Why is Desolate Stone attacking?!"
Clearly, this was the first time in all these years that they had ever seen Desolate Stone launch an attack on its own initiative!
But then, something even more shocking happened. Xiang Yun ignored the gray light rushing towards him, and then a lot of white light emerged behind him, and a tree several meters tall suddenly appeared.
But it gives the impression that this sapling-like tree is bearing boundless power.
The leaves rustled.
A burst of white light shattered the charging Desolate Energy python, transforming it into surging Desolate Energy that flowed into Xiang Yun's body.
"This attack had absolutely no effect; it actually shattered and swallowed everything?!"
"What kind of monster is this...?"
Desolate Stone continued its attack, and seemingly sensing that its power was being fiercely devoured, it began to try to repel Xiang Yun's absorption.
"A tiny, Desolate Stone dares to rebel against the mighty World Tree?"