Chapter 46: 200,000 Year Spirit Ring
"Hey, Gu Yuena…"
"Yeah?"
Both people spoke, but they felt a bit of sweat running down their cheeks. And of course, the two of them knew that it wasn't because of the battle against the Dark DevilGod Tiger. They were currently traveling through the same space as before, but now the black pearl that was the core of the tiger was traveling in front of them.
The thing was… they felt like they were falling. It was weird in a space like the one they were passing through, but they had this feeling that they were floating, but at the same time descending at high speed.
"We're not falling, right?"
"… "
"… "
"We can fly…" Gu Yuena muttered, smiling slightly.
"The problem is that we don't know where we'll fall if we find another spatial passage," Percy inhaled through his nose as he closed his eyes. He had had enough of all this tossing and turning, he wanted to get home, kiss Liu Erlong and play with his son. He wanted to lie down on his comfortable bed and sleep for days.
"Percy..."
"Yes?" he replied, his eyes still closed.
"Is that you?"
"What?", puzzled, he opened his eyes, but his mouth dropped open in shock as he saw a space passage that showed the battle of Manhattan years ago. His eyes turned cold as he saw several gods fighting at that moment. He had to use all his willpower to not jump up and break the neck of Zeus who was flying in his chariot.
"What is that?!", Gu Yuena exclaimed in... fear? Percy looked at her before turning his gaze to another space passage, noticing a huge creature. The creature seemed to have only one eye that looked at them, but huge tentacles were coiling around an entire star before it began to slowly disintegrate.
"Oh… you have to be fucking joking…" Percy trembled slightly as he felt the power of the said creature. The thing that caused them fear was the ease with which the creature devoured and destroyed the enormous star many times larger than the sun within the solar system of the earth or the planet douluo. The gods could destroy a world, but they didn't even have a reason to do that to a planet or a star. Besides, they couldn't do it that easily!
Fortunately, the passage closed immediately. The two of them let out a sigh of relief. The enormous and grotesque creature gave them a feeling of such fear that they trembled. Not even in Tartarus did Percy feel this afraid.
"There!" Percy exclaimed with a smile, noticing the star dou forest. Gu Yuena maneuvered and moved the protective sphere before it exploded. The two of them crashed into the ground and rolled for a few meters before looking up. Percy, lying on the ground, looked at the shocked faces of Di Tian and the others before dropping his head and letting out a sigh.
"It seems that we were able to return the moment we left your personal space," Gu Yuena nodded at Percy's words. She simply let out a sigh of relief as she lay on the grass. She understood that space was a strange thing; the destruction of her personal space caused them to travel to the past through chaotic space, but also travel to the future due to that same destruction of her personal space, being able to return just a moment after it happened.
"Damn it all…" Percy groaned a little as he stood up. Fighting that tiger really was a bit tough. Because while her spiritual ability – Saber Light – is really powerful, it also takes quite a bit of her soul power.
Bi Ji helped Gu Yuena up and inspected her a little, making sure she had no injuries. She let out a sigh of relief seeing that he was completely fine.
"Zi Ji… I need you to do something important," Gu Yuena said seriously. Her eyes were locked on the dark-haired dragon woman.
"As you command."
"No," Gu Yuena frowned, "You have to think about it carefully. This is not a simple task."
Di Tian and the rest looked at their queen with curiosity and a bit of bewilderment.
"It was about a month ago that we were in the past. I got to know Perseus much better than I thought. We can trust him and it is almost certain what he offered us; if we work together, then we can take our race to new heights."
Percy looked on with a bit of curiosity, looking at Gu Yuena and what she was about to ask of the abyss demon dragon woman.
Zi Ji just listened attentively. She, like the rest of the ferocious beasts, would do whatever they could to save their race, which was why they accompanied and cared for Gu Yuena. She, like several others, had lived a long time watching their comrades die for the sake of humanity, and they were tired; they were fed up with seeing friends, comrades, and family die.
"Zi Ji, I want you to use sacrifice on Perseus."
Percy's eyes widened and he stared at Gu Yuena as if she was crazy. Sacrifice was something special about spirit beasts of a hundred thousand years and above. It allows her to sacrifice her years of cultivation to grant a spirit ring and spirit bone with a hundred percent absorption rate and no side effects. At the same time, a spirit beast would end up reverting to a baby state, some would even die completely.
A hundred thousand year spirit ring also grants not one, but two spirit abilities, which is why they are so precious to spirit masters. But when it comes to a two hundred thousand year spirit ring and above, it even offers three spirit abilities, as well as developing the spirit master as a whole.
"You're crazy..." Percy vocalized his thoughts, "Do you realize that she would put herself in danger by doing that? Besides, I can get a hundred thousand year spirit ring if it's some enemy beast of yours or one that causes damage to the environment. There's no need for sacrifice!"
Frowning, he stood up and looked at Gu Yuena.
"You're right, but the sacrifice will grant you greater opportunities. Besides, we can still take care of Zi Ji in her state after the sacrifice. When you become a god and create the god realm in your home planet's sector, you can help her recover in an instant. Even granting her the power of a divine beast. You can do that, right?"
"Of course I could, but still..."
"It's fine," Zi Ji interrupted him with a serious look. Percy looked at her for a moment without saying anything.
"Our queen is right. Even if I don't like her very much, she's right, human. Besides, it's not like I'm going to die, Di Tian and Bi Ji, plus the rest, can take care of me in my weakened state."
Percy sighed as his shoulders drooped a little. Ever since he left the city of slaughter and the road to hell, one of the things he wanted to do the least was to make innocents suffer because of his revenge. Well, at least, the innocents not related to the gods of his planet. Someone sacrificing themselves to gain more power didn't sit very well with him. But he also knew that Gu Yuena was right.
If he absorbed the benefits of the sacrifice, he would not only obtain a two hundred thousand year spirit ring, but also three spirit abilities, perhaps four if the spirit bone and the possible ability he possessed were taken into account. Added to that, his body would improve, as would his spirit power and soul power.
"Then I thank you, Zi Ji. When the new god realm is created, I will make sure to give you a good welcome as a divine beast," Percy bowed in thanks and said seriously.
Zi Ji just smiled a little before a red light filled the center of the forest. Percy immediately sat up and felt an enormous power approaching him.
Bi Ji let out a sigh as a tear fell from one of his eyes. Even if he knew that Zi Ji wouldn't die, he was a little sad. Bi Ji was the spiritual beast over a hundred thousand years old that was the kindest. She had no attack capabilities, only focusing on healing. Furthermore, her spiritual beast type – Emerald Swan, was rare because of her phoenix bloodline and enormous life energy. As a kind and almost auspicious spiritual beast, she was the kindest to all kinds of her race.
A great pressure descended at that moment. The sky turned red and dark as Zi Ji's body glowed and all of her power began to decrease while Percy's increased. A ripple of power at that moment caused the earth to tremble as a red-colored spiritual ring wrapped in dark violet began to show on Percy. At the same time, Percy's robes broke apart, showing how his muscles became more powerful and an abyssal light appeared on his torso – it was a spiritual torso bone.
Bi Ji slowly moved forward as Zi Ji's body transformed into a small baby dragon. There was no longer any of the superior intelligence in her eyes, let alone the ability to speak. She was just a small beast without power or capabilities once again. In the end, little Zi Ji fell into Bi Ji's arms and closed her eyes, tired and wanting to sleep.
Percy slowly opened his eyes as the spirit ring descended down his body before the rest of the rings appeared. Purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, violet red; eight spirit rings. On top of that, Percy's soul power had risen to level 84 without any problems.
He had gained two spirit skills: Abyssal Sabre, which when used, released black flames capable of devouring everything it touched. And the other skill was to complement the first, called Devouring Sabre. This skill cut through space and created a suction power that would swallow everything in its path.
Both were extremely powerful abilities.
When he opened his eyes, he didn't smile or feel joy at the new power he had been granted. He just stood up and bowed respectfully towards Zi Ji, thanking her for her sacrifice to help him.
Di Tian felt a little more respect for the human before him. Many in his position would simply thank or just think it was the right thing for a beast to sacrifice itself for a human. Percy didn't seem to think that.
"Gu Yuena, I'll be back when I reach the position of Asura."
"Alright..." she just nodded, now a little more sure that she made the right decision to accept Percy's deals.
Percy's wings showed and he began to fly out of the forest. Gu Yuena just watched as he left. She had a slightly reluctant expression. In the end, she just let out a small sigh.
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