Chapter 680: Burning the Rust to Control the Demon-Binding Lock
Shen Mo used his spiritual energy to wrap around the Demon-Binding Lock, making it float in front of him.
The Demon-Binding Lock remained motionless. There was no sign of the rust falling off at all. It was as if the rust had completely fused with the spiritual artifact.
No matter how Shen Mo tried to wash it away with spiritual energy or vital energy, he couldn't shake the rust from the surface. This low-grade saint artifact seemed to be dead.
Shen Mo couldn't help but shake his head. Even his abundant spiritual and vital energy couldn't wash away the rust on the Demon-Binding Lock. It seemed there was only one method left.
Shen Mo reached out his hand, and a golden flame immediately burned quietly in his palm. It was the Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame!
"Hmm, why did you suddenly call me out?" the Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame asked in confusion.
"Help me burn off the rust on its surface," Shen Mo said with a smile.
The Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame smiled confidently. "Just some rust? Leave it to me!"
But after it began to burn, it immediately discovered the oddity of the Demon-Binding Lock.
This rust was not easily burned away. It only began to slowly melt under the terrifying high temperature of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame.
"It's burning so slowly. This rust is a bit strange. It seems to contain a lot of malevolent lightning power."
The Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame was a little surprised. Shen Mo, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief.
The speed at which the Nine Heavens Divine Thunderflame melted the rust was still relatively slow, but compared to him trying to wash it away with spiritual and vital energy, it was incredibly fast.
At this rate, it would take a maximum of five days to melt all the rust on the Demon-Binding Lock from top to bottom.
Time passed day by day. The Demon-Binding Lock gradually changed from being completely rusty to becoming shiny and bright. The malevolent aura from its past gradually emerged.
Five days later, the last bit of rust was also melted and absorbed. The Demon-Binding Lock was completely revealed before Shen Mo.
The spirituality that had been dormant for many years finally began to awaken at this moment.
Shen Mo extended his divine sense into the interior of the Demon-Binding Lock. He immediately felt a mental impact like a storm. His soul was instantly in excruciating pain.
This was only the Demon-Binding Lock. If it were the complete Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison, this instant mental impact would have been enough to turn him into an idiot.
After all, the Myriad Tribulations Thunder Prison was a Dao Saint Artifact! A Dao Saint Artifact that could only be truly controlled by those in the Saint Realm!
After a moment, Shen Mo gradually endured the excruciating pain brought by the mental impact. He was then able to probe the mental space inside the Demon-Binding Lock.
He found that it was completely black and empty. There was only a faint light in the very distance.
He rushed over quickly.
He finally discovered a ball of light floating in mid-air. The ball of light pulsed, and within it, the sound of a living creature's breathing seemed to emanate.
Shen Mo reached out his hand and lightly touched the ball of light. In an instant, a massive amount of information spanning hundreds of thousands of years surged into his mind.
At this moment, his head nearly burst open. Fortunately, his physical body was extremely powerful and was able to withstand this kind of information infusion. Otherwise, his head would have burst, and he would have died.
After some more time, the intense pain in his head gradually disappeared.
Shen Mo came to his senses and found himself still sitting cross-legged in the cave. Looking at the Demon-Binding Lock again, he no longer felt any sense of unfamiliarity.
This Demon-Binding Lock felt like an extension of his own arm. He could command it as easily as his own finger!
Not only that, but he also discovered that he now had an extremely strong connection with the malevolent lightning power in the air.
He only needed to slightly activate his cultivation technique, and the dense malevolent lightning power from all directions would surge towards him like a frenzy, gathering around him.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into pure spiritual energy, fueling the burning of his Dao patterns.
In just these few breaths, Shen Mo discovered that another Dao pattern had been added to his Primeval Elephant Dharma Idol. He had now reached ninety-nine Dao patterns!
The Primeval Elephant Dharma Body was only one step away from one hundred patterns! However, Shen Mo himself was also very clear.
Although it was only the last pattern from ninety-nine to one hundred, in reality, it was like a heavenly chasm. Many Nirvana Realm cultivators were stuck at ninety-nine patterns for their entire lives, always unable to reach one hundred patterns.
In the end, they could only use ninety-nine patterns to charge into the Supreme Realm. The more Dao patterns one had, the higher the success rate of charging into the Supreme Realm. Naturally, ninety-nine patterns and one hundred patterns could not be compared.
Shen Mo tightened his grip on the Demon-Sealing Lock and perceived carefully. He suddenly discovered that the strong affinity for the baleful lightning power of the Thousandfold Thunder Prison was only one of the benefits gained after establishing communication with the spirituality of the Myriad Calamity Thunder Prison.
The second benefit was that he had practically obtained the Eye of the Heavens! Shen Mo closed his eyes, and a map seemed to unfold before him, corresponding precisely to every corner of the Thousandfold Thunder Prison.
He could easily see where he had entered the Thousandfold Thunder Prison from. He could see where there were Baleful Lightning Demon Seeds, wandering Baleful Lightning Demons, and the front lines of the battle between the Myriad Calamity Thunder Prison and the White Bone Yin Baleful Scripture. It was almost like having x-ray vision.
"With such a method, I can find opportunities one step ahead of others." Shen Mo was inwardly delighted. He had memorized Shi Tianhao's opportunities with just a single glance.
Now he had a map in hand. Every step could be taken ahead of Shi Tianhao, intercepting his opportunities. The pitiful little fat sheep probably still did not know that the reason he was moving forward with heavy burdens was because Shen Mo was ensuring his peace and quiet.
This second benefit was not even the best one. The biggest and best benefit was that Shen Mo could mobilize a portion of the Myriad Calamity Thunder Prison's power!
Shen Mo walked out of the cave and looked at a towering mountain peak in the distance. He communicated with the spirituality within the Demon-Sealing Lock, and the spirituality seemed to stir.
Soon, a piercing bolt of lightning condensed in the sky. The lightning was entirely purplish-black, dense and concentrated, like a spear of heavenly punishment!
The next moment, the purple lightning descended from the sky, suddenly blasting into that mountain peak. A ferocious explosive sound soared into the sky as countless fragments of rock and soil flew in all directions.
The towering mountain peak was directly flattened. The Baleful Lightning Beasts on that mountain peak were blasted into dregs by the purple lightning of boundless might, without even having time to escape.
Shen Mo was astonished. Every inch of land in this Thousandfold Thunder Prison had endured the baptism of baleful lightning power for nearly one hundred thousand years and had long since become exceptionally hard.
Unless a Supreme Realm expert took action, it was absolutely impossible to shatter the ground. No matter how strong Shen Mo was, at most he could only leave some white marks on the surface. Yet that towering mountain peak was leveled in an instant by the purple lightning mobilized by the Demon-Sealing Lock!
It was hard to imagine just how terrifying the power of the complete Myriad Calamity Thunder Prison was. After his astonishment, Shen Mo revealed a look of joy.
What did this mean? It meant that within the Thousandfold Thunder Prison, he now possessed a method comparable to a full-power strike from a Supreme Realm expert! This was an extremely powerful trump card!
Even if a Supreme Realm expert were to attack him, he would now have the power to fight back. However, Shen Mo could also see that this purple lightning took a relatively long time to accumulate, probably about thirty breaths.
A normal Supreme Realm cultivator could definitely dodge before the purple lightning fell. But if used to attack by surprise, it could certainly heavily injure or even kill a Supreme Realm cultivator!
Among all the Nirvana Realm cultivators who entered the Thousandfold Thunder Prison, the trump card Shen Mo controlled was clearly the most powerful! One could say he was in a completely invincible position!
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