Chapter 2577: Chapter 2577: Liam King Takes Action

"So many people?"

Before he had time to see where those few sharp gazes came from, Wyatt Barnes was stunned to discover:

Right now, inside the Ascension Pool, around him, there was actually a crowd of people packed tightly together, cramming the entire Ascension Pool full...

"Why are there so many Ascenders gathered together?"

Looking at the vast crowd of Ascenders around him who still hadn’t become ’Heavenly Immortals’, who still hadn’t awakened, Wyatt was completely dumbfounded.

At this moment, he still hadn’t realized:

The reason these Ascenders had yet to become ’Heavenly Immortals’ was precisely because of the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’ he had used earlier, which, in a near-plundering manner, snatched away the power that was supposed to help them become ’Heavenly Immortals’.

"Liam King!"

A moment later, once he came back to his senses, Wyatt also noticed:

Those few fierce gazes falling on him came from the edge of the Ascension Pool, and one of them was clearly from Liam King.

At the moment, there were another seven people standing at Liam King’s side.

Three young men, two middle-aged men, two old men.

All seven of them wore armor identical to the silver armor on Liam King’s body; obviously they were on the same side as Liam King.

"Brat... these Ascenders haven’t become ’Heavenly Immortals’ even now—was this your doing?!"

Just as Wyatt’s gaze landed on Liam King, a questioning voice rang out by his ear.

Wyatt shifted his gaze away from Liam King and onto an old man in silver armor not far from Liam King. That questioning voice had come from this old man...

"Haven’t become ’Heavenly Immortals’ even now?"

Hearing the old man’s words and seeing the other six people in silver armor standing with Liam King, Wyatt faintly realized something:

"By rights, every so often, only one person in silver armor would appear here to take a batch of Ascenders away..."

"Just like when I first woke up—only this Liam King was here."

"Then, when all the Ascenders from the same batch as me had awakened, another one, Ace Fenning, came to relieve Liam King, to wait here for the next batch after Liam King took us away."

"But now... aside from Liam King, there are actually seven more people in silver armor."

"Also, as for the people in the Ascension Pool right now... compared to the number of Ascenders in my original batch that already left, the current number is more than eight times that of our batch..."

"Could it be... just because I used the Minor Devouring Technique to devour the power inside the Ascension Pool, all these people got stuck here and couldn’t become ’Heavenly Immortals’?"

Now, Wyatt finally realized what had happened.

If that was the case, it was no wonder that silver-armored old man had questioned him about whether he was responsible for this whole group of Ascenders failing to become ’Heavenly Immortals’...

"I didn’t expect that I was just following Third Uncle’s reminder to temper the Saint Veins in my body... yet ended up leaving so many Ascenders stranded in this Ascension Pool."

Once he vaguely understood what was going on, Wyatt couldn’t help but shake his head with a wry smile.

Bang!

At the same time, he suddenly exerted strength through both legs, kicking off from the bottom of the Ascension Pool. Borrowing that force, his whole body leaped up like a Giant Roc ripping through the sky, landing outside the Ascension Pool and leaving it.

"My apologies..."

After exiting the Ascension Pool, Wyatt turned back to glance at the group of Ascenders still standing inside and gave an apologetic smile.

Just as Wyatt left the Ascension Pool and turned his head to look at the group of Ascenders inside—

"Brat, you dare ignore me?!"

The old man who had questioned Wyatt earlier saw that Wyatt hadn’t paid him any attention and instantly flew into a rage, his eyes spewing fire.

"You finally came out!!"

At the same time, an excited bellow rang out.

It was Liam King who, upon noticing that Wyatt had left the Ascension Pool, revealed an ecstatic expression. His figure moved abruptly, shooting toward where Wyatt stood like lightning, a chilling killing intent bursting from his eyes.

Swish!

Liam King’s body shot out like a fired cannonball, heading straight for Wyatt.

"Brat, I told you... the moment you come out, I’ll cripple one of your arms and one of your legs, then stomp your face into a pulp!"

As he lunged forward, Liam King’s vicious voice echoed out at just the right moment.

At this time, the old man who had been glaring at Wyatt in a fury, his eyes aflame, looked at Wyatt again; the fire of anger vanished from his gaze, replaced by gloating schadenfreude.

As for the other six, they all looked at Wyatt with eyes full of pity.

In their eyes, Wyatt, a mere Ascender who had just arrived in Spiritual Heaven, was doomed the moment he provoked Liam King...

"Hm?"

The instant Liam King moved, Wyatt had already snapped back to awareness.

And in the instant Wyatt looked toward Liam King, Liam King was already in motion. As his figure surged forth, his speed was in no way inferior to that of a ’Seven-Tribulation Scattered Immortal’ from the mortal plane...

Of course, Wyatt could tell:

Liam King hadn’t used any Immortal Method or Divine Ability.

In other words, even without using any Immortal Methods or Divine Abilities, Liam King’s strength was already enough to rival a "Seven-Tribulation Scattered Immortal" in a mundane plane.

"Cripple one of my arms and one of my legs? Stomp my face into a bloody pulp?"

Almost the instant Liam King’s words fell, Wyatt Barnes’s gaze turned abruptly cold, his face sank, and waves of chill burst out from his body, making the surrounding air seem to drop by several degrees.

"That depends on... whether you actually have what it takes!"

As Liam King rapidly closed in, Wyatt let out a cold laugh, then, without any hesitation, directly unleashed the Divine Ability, the ’Minor Devouring Technique’.

In that instant, a black vortex appeared in the void, overlapping with Wyatt’s body.

At the same time, streams of powerful Swallowing Technique force spread outward.

In the blink of an eye, it devoured a large amount of the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy around the Ascension Pool, but did not drain all the Spiritual Energy in the vicinity.

The reason it didn’t drain all the Spiritual Energy in the surrounding area was, first, because Wyatt’s current cultivation was not high, and second, because the density of Spiritual Energy in the planes of the Myriad Heavens was far beyond what a mundane plane could compare to.

However, although he didn’t devour all the Spiritual Energy in the area, the Immortal Origin Force in Wyatt’s body still surged upward at an extremely fast speed.

Though it was only a temporary boost, it still bestowed upon Wyatt a strength that felt as if he could split heaven and earth!

Of course, that was just how Wyatt himself felt.

Compared to the Immortal Origin Force currently in Liam King’s body, this briefly elevated Immortal Origin Force of Wyatt’s was still nowhere near enough.

However, Wyatt had never planned to rely solely on the Divine Ability ’Minor Devouring Technique’ to fight Liam King.

"Sword, come!"

With a thought, the Immortal Origin Force in Wyatt’s body roared out along his ninety-nine Heavenly Veins, bursting out of his body and transforming into streams of solid sword rays, floating around him.

It was as if they were dutifully guarding him.

"Just now, that was..."

Just now, as the Immortal Origin Force traveled along the ninety-nine Heavenly Veins, it had bizarrely grown a great deal stronger, making Wyatt, in this moment, involuntarily lose focus a little.

He couldn’t help but be dazed.

Because he never would have thought, even in his dreams, that after tempering his ninety-nine Heavenly Veins, not only would the speed at which his internal power traveled through them further increase, they could even strengthen his power further in the course of its passage.

"This... this is basically the effect of two ’Minor Devouring Techniques’ stacked together!"

Feeling the Immortal Origin Force roaring out of his body, which had undergone a second round of empowerment, Wyatt’s heart churned violently, excitement surging!

This was something he had not anticipated at all.

Although he had long since heard from the Tower Spirit of the Seven Treasures Jewel Tower, the three-legged Golden Crow, Elder Fire, that the role his ninety-nine Heavenly Veins could display in the planes of the Myriad Heavens was far from what they could in a mundane plane...

Although, under the reminder of Keer’s third uncle, Ernest Summer, he had tempered the ninety-nine Heavenly Veins thousands of times in the Ascension Pool, allowing them to undergo an advancement akin to a phoenix’s nirvana...

He had still never thought:

That the ninety-nine Heavenly Veins could amplify the Immortal Origin Force in his body to such an exaggerated degree!

This was practically equivalent to another ’Minor Devouring Technique’ stacked onto his Immortal Origin Force.

"Hm?"

Liam King, who was charging toward Wyatt, when he got not far from him, also saw the myriad sword rays condensed on the surface of Wyatt’s body.

At the same time, he clearly sensed the sharp aura emanating from those sword rays, giving him an extremely oppressive feeling.

"How is that possible?!"

"He’s just a mere Ascender who has only just flown up to Spiritual Heaven—how can he possibly give me this kind of feeling?!"

Amid flashes of thunder and lightning, thoughts like these sprang up one after another in Liam King’s mind, and his eyes filled with wariness and disbelief.

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!

...

The next moment, sounds like war drums boomed from Liam King’s body.

Liam King’s already burly body began to expand at a wildly exaggerated speed, and in the span of a breath, he grew from a normal man of one meter ninety to a giant over ten meters tall.

Strangely, the silver armor on his body not only was not torn apart by his expanding frame, it grew along with his body, always looking perfectly fitted.

"Liam King... actually used his auxiliary Divine Ability?"

Just as the other seven silver-armored figures were startled by Liam King’s suddenly enlarged body—

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

...

As Liam King spread his arms wide, with sweeping motions, two torrents of vast, boundless Immortal Origin Force blasted out from his palms, instantly turning into pillar-like constructs that intersected with each other, forming a "cage" that locked Wyatt inside.

"Gravity?"

The instant he was shrouded by the "cage," Wyatt could clearly sense:

Within the stretch of void covered by the "cage," gravity increased sharply, and the amplitude of the increase was extremely exaggerated. If it were another Ascender who had just flown up to the planes of the Myriad Heavens, he definitely wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

Even Wyatt felt a certain amount of pressure.