Free Web NovelChapter 343: Chapter 339: Titan Embryo, The 3rd Element
"Eh?"
Su Ye was a little surprised to hear what Jiaojiao said.
Within the Titan’s remains, there was supposedly something Jiaojiao desired?
"Is there?"
"I didn’t sense anything."
Su Ye was doubtful.
After Su Ye had slain it and extracted its divinity, the Titan Giant’s remains seemed completely depleted. There were no Spiritual Power fluctuations, and to him, it felt no different from ordinary rock.
"There is! It smells so good!"
Jiaojiao, however, was absolutely certain.
Her ruby-like eyes sparkled, and her small, round face, full of collagen, puffed up like an energetic and adorable little pufferfish.
"All right, all right..."
"Let’s go look for it then."
"But if we can’t find it, there’s nothing to be done."
"It’s definitely there!"
Jiaojiao was insistent.
Since that was the case, Su Ye had no intention of arguing.
After all.
Jiaojiao’s loyalty to him was beyond question.
As the ship spirit of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, they prospered and suffered together. No matter what, Jiaojiao would never intentionally harm Su Ye.
Therefore, searching the Titan’s remains, the worst that could happen was that Jiaojiao’s senses were wrong, they’d find nothing, and waste a little time.
But if they really did find something...
A glint flashed in Su Ye’s eyes. ’This unknown marvel, if it exists, actually managed to evade my Divine Sense scan even without a master!’
As the saying goes: divine objects conceal their own brilliance!
Based on this point alone, the rank of this unknown marvel couldn’t possibly be low.
What’s more, Jiaojiao had shown a craving for it. If his guess was right, this unknown marvel was definitely a great tonic for the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
At this thought, Su Ye’s spirits lifted and his eyes lit up!
The more of these no-risk, high-reward situations, the better!
Therefore, he sprang into action with great efficiency.
ZZZT!
Several high-pressure water blades manifested from Su Ye’s fingertips.
Following Jiaojiao’s directions, he tried to cut into the Titan’s remains.
However...
CLANG!
The high-pressure water blades, which could slice through iron like mud, were unceremoniously deflected upon contact with the Titan’s remains, as if he were shooting tempered glass with a toy water gun!
’This hard?!’ Su Ye clicked his tongue in amazement.
He gained a much deeper understanding of the Titan’s Defense Power.
It was obvious that without the Sea of Deep Blue, trying to slay this Titan Giant with conventional methods would have been a task of despairing difficulty!
However, this Titan was, after all, dead.
Su Ye thought for a moment and quickly came up with a solution.
He ordered the hull of the Ghostly Flood Dragon to transform into a drill-equipped mining ship and begin excavation.
BZZZZZT!
The Ghostly Flood Dragon’s bone drill emitted a piercing noise.
After enduring the noise for about ten minutes, he finally made a discovery!
Deep within the Titan’s torso, in a location roughly corresponding to a human’s heart, Su Ye discovered a crystalline yellow crystal the size of a basketball!
"How beautiful..."
Su Ye’s eyes twinkled as he examined the yellow crystal.
The crystal’s texture was somewhat like freshly hardened pine resin—firm yet elastic. Inside, it had a gelatinous quality, as if life itself had settled and solidified within it.
It brought to mind...
"An embryo?"
Su Ye had a feeling.
He had a faint premonition that if left alone, this yellow crystal might... possibly... gestate a new, living Titan!
’No wonder... even the power of my Divine Sense couldn’t detect it.’
’Is it so well hidden to protect its offspring?’
’That makes perfect sense!’ Su Ye said to himself.
He had guessed correctly.
This yellow crystal was indeed a Titan embryo!
Of course, in reality, the probability of this yellow crystal gestating a new Titan was infinitesimal, existing only in theory.
After all, how could a Flood Dragon be raised in shallow waters?
Given the Spiritual Energy Concentration in Giant Stone City, this Titan embryo had only one likely fate: perishing before it could mature.
"How unfortunate... but how fortunate for me!"
Su Ye shrugged, a wide smile on his face.
With his current resources, it would be difficult for Su Ye to successfully nurture this Titan embryo, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t make use of it!
For example.
Based on his own knowledge and feedback from the system panel, Su Ye confirmed that this Titan embryo could be used as a substitute for a fourth-rank marvel from the Cultivation Realm known as the [Earth Crystal Core]!
And this marvel, just like the [Gui Cang Wind Stone], was an item required for the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s modification!
This meant...
’Installing it on the spirit vessel will grant the Ghostly Flood Dragon its third element—[Earth]!’
Su Ye hadn’t forgotten.
One of the advancement conditions for the Ghostly Flood Dragon was to gather six different elements for the spirit vessel!
Based on Su Ye’s observations and analysis, each element required at least one high-quality, fourth-rank marvel.
Of course, the [Blood] element might be a slight exception.
That element came from the [Ten Thousand Souls Blood Sail]—a Magic Artifact Level ship component.
But on second thought, was it really that different?
After all, the tens of millions of life souls refined and settled within the Life Soul Pool of the [Nine Nether Blood Sea Array] had also been devoured by the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
That was a quasi-fourth-rank Array!
And then there were the boons from its two perfect advancements... There were no shortcuts taken in condensing the [Blood] element.
...
The Earth Crystal Core was acquired!
Having obtained a fourth-rank marvel, Su Ye was completely satisfied.
And then, he headed for the royal palace of Giant Stone City.
Of course, it wasn’t to sleep with the queen!
It was to enter the Underground Spiritual Spring and absorb the Holy Spring Spirit Liquid!
This was a goal Su Ye had set before the battle for Giant Stone City.
By refining the Holy Spring Spirit Liquid, he could rapidly accumulate Magical Power, advance his cultivation, and make a final push toward Crystal Perfection!
In his spare time away from cultivation, Su Ye didn’t remain idle. Instead, he adjusted the Arrays, preparing to install the [Earth Crystal Core] into the Ghostly Flood Dragon’s onboard Array system!
Refining the Spiritual Spring and designing the Array.
His days were full and busy.
Time flew by.
...
Su Ye entered secluded cultivation.
Meanwhile, in the Boundless Celestial Realm.
The fabled dwelling place of the gods of the Northern Territory, according to the legends of the distant south.
Legend told of a goddess who rode a phoenix-drawn sun chariot across this realm, bringing light and warmth to the worlds of mortals and celestials.
The heroic souls of mortals, angelic attendants... and even Demigods traveled between the various divine kingdoms in a spectacle of extraordinary grandeur...
But now.
Within this celestial realm, as far as the eye could see, there was only darkness, cold, and nothingness!
Only a dozen or so stars flickered uncertainly, emitting a faint glow.
Suddenly!
The light of a crystalline yellow star suddenly dimmed by several degrees. Its surface became coated with a layer of dusty gray spiritual light, completely covering and sealing the star away.
Several threads of divine consciousness appeared in the void.
"A deity has entered slumber..."
"It is the God of Rock Ridge. His avatar has fallen and his city-state has been destroyed, forcing him to this end..."
"Sigh..."
Upon hearing this, the threads of divine consciousness revealed a sense of shared sorrow.
In the current environment for the gods of the Northern Territory, choosing to enter slumber... would there truly ever be a day of awakening?
Wasn’t it more likely that, like the God of Plenty and several others, he would simply perish silently in his sleep?
The void fell silent.
And at that moment!
A golden-red thread of divine consciousness suddenly appeared!
