However, it seemed like Initial Ghost’s actions were futile.
No matter what Initial Ghost did, the all-encompassing darkness, deep as an abyss, clung to its eyes as if glued there.
[Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...]
and the Spiritual Fire Void continued its relentless burning,
wisps of dark red smoke slowly began to rise upward.
The Initial Ghost, imprisoned in the ancient Xuan-iron cage,
was at that moment, gripping the bars of the cage with all its might.
Its eyes were wide open,
its pupils a blood-red color, all three of them,
which now were gradually splitting with crack after crack.
Initial Ghost’s eyes resembled glass beads that were under immense pressure, reaching their breaking point.
Initial Ghost’s eyes exploded into countless pieces.
Scattering in every corner of this sealed space.
And after having done this,
the Spiritual Fire Void contentedly devoured the fragments of Initial Ghost’s eyes.
Following the explosion of the eyes,
within this sealed space,
a series of even more piercing screams erupted.
An extremely dense, blood-red aura that could even affect the surrounding environment,
was at that moment, madly rushing towards Luo Changfeng’s direction.
The intensity of the blood-red aura was like nothing Luo Changfeng had seen before.
However, before the aura could get close to Luo Changfeng,
it was completely absorbed by the hundreds of wildly growing, blood-red Flowers of the Other Shore.
"Is this all you have?"
Luo Changfeng narrowed his eyes slightly and took a step forward.
He looked at the being in front of him, lying on the ground,
its body trembling, appearing to be in great pain, its sockets now hollow and empty.
He waved his hand calmly.
Feeling the summon of its master, the void quickly wrapped the fragments of Initial Ghost’s eyes in flames,
as it returned to Luo Changfeng’s side, slowly devouring them.
"The color of the flames seems to have become even purer...,"
"The intensity of the flames seems to have risen a notch...,"
"Yellow Grade Upper Tier?"
"Yellow Grade Top Tier?"
Luo Changfeng thought silently to himself.
But soon, he shook his head.
It seemed to be none of these.
After the void devoured most of the fragments of Initial Ghost’s eyes, the intensity of the flames seemed to have reached the level of Xuan Grade Lower Tier.
Moreover, the core strength of the void’s flames
was still slowly increasing.
Luo Changfeng looked at the remaining eye fragments wrapped in the void, not yet completely devoured,
he roughly estimated,
that if all these fragments were devoured,
the level of the void could possibly rise to the Xuan Grade Middle Tier.
"Besides the eyes, if you were to devour other parts of Initial Ghost’s body, could you continue to ascend?"
After a moment of silence,
Luo Changfeng suddenly asked the void in front of him in a low voice.
The void, while devouring the fragments of the Initial Ghost’s eyes, cocked its head as if pondering the question posed by its master.
About a few breaths later,
the void gave an answer.
That is unacceptable.
The Initial Ghost’s eyes are special, able to provide energy for the Void to continually grow stronger and evolve.
However, the other parts of the Initial Ghost’s body cannot do this.
"Alright, I understand..."
Luo Changfeng then retracted the Void that was in front of him back into his own body.
Afterward, he approached the cage that was forged from ten-thousand-year-old mysterious iron.
He quietly watched the Initial Ghost that seemed to have sustained severe injuries, its body trembling slightly without cease.
After a moment of hesitation, he threw a carcass of a demonic beast to the Initial Ghost.
The carcass of the demonic beast had been prepared beforehand.
Now that the Initial Ghost had made such a significant sacrifice for him,
Luo Changfeng thought it wouldn’t hurt to let it eat something.
If his memory served him right, the Gate of Immortality, this organization, seemed to primarily feed on raw human hearts as their staple food.
And since the Initial Ghost was called the Divine Child by the Gate of Immortality,
It should be similar, shouldn’t it?
Luo Changfeng silently observed the Initial Ghost in front of him.
he interpreted such a message.
But, it didn’t matter anymore.
"Survive well, and don’t accidentally die."
"If that were to happen, my loss would be substantial."
After murmuring to himself,
Luo Changfeng then returned directly to his own quiet small courtyard through the Teleportation Array.
In the small courtyard, beside the Stone Pavilion,
dressed in a tattered monk’s robe, holding a rickety wooden fan,
the Carefree Monk, who appeared somewhat frivolous, suddenly appeared beside him.
"I’ve been waiting here for you for a long time..."
The Carefree Monk waved the rickety wooden fan in his hand and then flashed a smile, whispering to Luo Changfeng.
Luo Changfeng looked somewhat surprised at the Carefree Monk beside him.
After that, he sat quietly under the Stone Pavilion.
After pouring himself a cup of hot tea, he asked in a low voice, "What are you waiting for?"
The Carefree Monk waved his rickety wooden fan again and said with a smile, "Naturally, I’ve come to you with good news..."
Luo Changfeng took a sip of the hot tea, then his eyes slightly narrowed.
He glanced at the Carefree Monk sitting beside him.
Then he said in a low voice, "What is it? Tell me..."
Upon hearing this from Luo Changfeng,
the Carefree Monk then settled himself next to him.
Continuing to wave the fan in his hand, he inquired softly, "Do you still have any of that scarlet other-shore grass?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Changfeng couldn’t help but look at the Carefree Monk with some wariness, "What do you want?"
The Carefree Monk, hearing this, suddenly became somewhat excited, "You have it, right? You still have some, right? How about we make another trade? I have a modified Spirit Gathering Array blueprint in my hand, how about it, are you interested?"
Luo Changfeng looked at the Carefree Monk beside him.
He looked at the ancient beast skin that was continuously being waved in his hand.
A contemplative look flashed across his eyes.
He naturally wanted the modified Spirit Gathering Array,
but the price he would have to pay for it...
made Luo Changfeng hesitate.
"How about a modified Spirit Gathering Array blueprint in exchange for a strand of scarlet other-shore grass?"
The Carefree Monk, somewhat impatient, inquired.