Chapter 478: Chapter 356: The Real Monster, the Dried-up Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool, the Giant Beyond the Saint Realm, Earth-shattering Mutation!

However, upon careful reflection, Ximen Gu realized that this feeling had actually occurred before, when he faced that demon from the Huangfu Family, Huangfu Tian.

Even when faced with Huangfu Tian, it didn’t evoke such deep sensations in him, nor did it provoke such intense thoughts.

One person drained entire pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid—such an astounding feat, even Huangfu Tian couldn’t achieve.

The record Huangfu Tian set back then was merely five small pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid.

As his thoughts raced.

Ximen Gu suddenly gulped, as he abruptly realized something.

"The Bone Marrow Cleansing Pools are interconnected, meaning that even if one pool’s Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid is depleted, the underground liquid will replenish it. It won’t dry up completely until the underground reserves are exhausted."

"The record Huangfu Tian set only accounted for five small pools."

"But now all the pools are completely drained, which means that Su Mu absorbed far more than just four small pools..."

"Instead, he consumed all the Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid, draining all four major pools completely!"

Could he have absorbed all four major pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid single-handedly?!

The thought had just emerged.

Suddenly, like a thunderbolt from a clear sky, Ximen Gu’s breathing became incredibly rapid, his mind felt as if struck hard, turning blank again.

Whoosh.

The heavy breathing, like the roaring of a beast, echoed through the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool.

"Huangfu Tian’s record was five small pools; he once alone achieved a 50% consumption rate. Thus, in an ideal scenario, there should be at least ten small pools available."

As he thought of this, Ximen Gu’s demeanor became increasingly moved. Among the top factions, members were embedded, the intertwining of powers was well understood.

So Ximen Gu learned through the Sword Pavilion’s channel that the Southern War Zone had invested no less Giant Bone Marrow this time, perhaps even more.

"Impossible, this is completely impossible, isn’t this monster yet to become a Grandmaster?"

"No, even if he is a Grandmaster... for one person to absorb ten pools of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid at once, in a short amount of time, even Great Grandmasters or those long-established Titled Grandmasters find it difficult!"

But just as Ximen Gu was about to dismiss the idea that Su Mu had absorbed all the Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid solo, he suddenly remembered something.

That was...

When they’d first entered the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool, he clearly felt a dramatic backflow phenomenon of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid not long after.

Now thinking back, the cause wasn’t Ye Wuhen or Qin Heng.

But Su Mu, whom he had always overlooked!

"Although it defies the natural order, if it’s true, everything can be explained..."

"But if so... this guy isn’t just a monster, could he really be the reincarnation of an energy black hole?"

Ximen Gu once again fell into prolonged silence, plunged into self-doubt.

In front of Su Mu, does he really deserve to be called a demon?

As for the thought of condemning Su Mu.

Ximen Gu never even considered, in his opinion, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures belong to those with virtue, in the High Martial World, fists determine virtue, which is everything.

Moreover, Su Mu previously stepped forward, attempting to bring back Ye Wuhen and Qin Heng. Without his master’s protective will, he too would probably be trapped in the Illusion Realm.

At that time, Su Mu would certainly rescue him, enough to see that Su Mu’s character wasn’t wicked.

At the Martial Arts Exchange on Celestial Cloud Mountain, Ximen Gu didn’t misjudge him, and the Sword Abyss Order was not wrongly given.

Having his share of Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid devoured by such a Su Mu, Ximen Gu accepted it wholeheartedly, at most lamenting his own misfortune.

After all, the consumed Bone Marrow Cleansing Liquid didn’t solely belong to him but included shares of Ye Wuhen and Qin Heng.

Thinking this.

Ximen Gu couldn’t help but show a glimmer of anticipation, knowing those two guys were still struggling in the Illusion Realm, he eagerly anticipated their reaction upon finding their share completely gone, and the shock that Su Mu alone drained all four major pools.

"Their expressions are bound to be utterly magnificent, truly something to look forward to!"

With that, Ximen Gu let out a bitter smile, turned, and walked toward the steps, waiting for Su Mu’s return, and for Ye Wuhen and Qin Heng’s release.

However, at that moment, Ximen Gu still underestimated someone’s defiance of the natural order, far underestimated.

Su Mu indeed is an energy black hole.

According to Su Mu’s own hypothesis, even absorbing the entire planet’s energy wouldn’t be enough for his growth, but he’s now mastered the method to enter the Black Fog World; however, this Ximen Gu couldn’t possibly know.

Similarly, Ximen Gu wasn’t aware that this time the Southern War Zone not only increased the input into the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool but also wagered everything, betting on the zone’s foundation, pouring all the Giant Bone Marrow in it.

...

The calm in the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool cave didn’t last long.

Buzz!

A grand sound, like an invisible resonating sound within the soul’s Sea of Consciousness, reverberated, causing the entire cave to tremble as if about to entirely collapse.

Following that, an ancient ballad, in a language Ximen Gu couldn’t understand, echoed throughout the cave.

The endless sorrow it contained, even without understanding the language, brought a sincere sadness to Ximen Gu’s face.

Simultaneously, the tumult within the cave also deeply shook Ximen Gu.