Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1541: Comprehension and Success
Buzz, a beam swept past, and Shi Hao instantly petrified.
However, he was prepared in advance, and the Little Star Universe had already opened.
Within his body, time suddenly froze. Not only did his blood stop flowing, but every single cell seemed to lose its life force, ceasing all activity. Even his soul was frozen, unable to operate in the slightest.
Yet, the Little Star Universe was unaffected.
Though it was still very immature, it transcended this world, forming its own existence.
Shi Hao left a trace of consciousness in this world, and now, this wisp of consciousness began to function, recalling the moment he was petrified.
He wanted to understand how it was operating.
A moment later, the right eye of the stone statue lit up, the beam swept past, and all the targets of the stone statues came back to life.
Indeed, Shi Hao’s primary consciousness hadn’t realized that he had already entered the Petrified Zone and was about to take another step forward, but that trace of consciousness immediately returned, bringing sudden enlightenment.
He took a step back, leaving the Petrified Zone.
"Damn, Little Stone, you’re amazing!" The Purple Gold Rat was about to act, but seeing Shi Hao retreat on his own, naturally stopped, with a face full of shock.
Even Immortal Kings couldn’t be immune, let alone Shi Hao who was actually just a Jade Immortal, though his combat power reached that of a quasi-Immortal King.
Impressive.
Shi Hao just smiled, then sat down cross-legged, carefully comprehending the process of petrification and unpetrification from before.
In a flash, three days passed.
Shi Hao stood up and entered the Petrified Zone again.
This time, the Purple Gold Rat didn’t stop him, knowing Shi Hao had gained confidence.
Petrified, then unpetrified.
Shi Hao retreated again, continuing to comprehend.
Time kept passing, and Shi Hao was repeatedly petrified and unpetrified. Through countless repetitions, he gradually formed an understanding.
He took out an Immortal Elixir, which he obtained in the Forbidden Land, but it could only affect Golden Immortals, so he planned to take it back for the people of the Stone Country.
He operated the previous understanding but didn’t emit beams from his eyes, instead directly from his hands.
However, the Immortal Elixir showed no change.
Shi Hao furrowed his brow; he clearly had deciphered the operation of the rules, so why couldn’t it work?
He put away the Immortal Elixir and entered the Petrified Zone again.
When he came back out, Shi Hao realized he was wrong.
Start over.
Shi Hao was not discouraged; wanting to master such a secret technique, what harm was there in taking a few wrong turns? Isn’t that normal?
On the contrary, succeeding on the first try would be incredible!
After all, this was definitely an Immortal Venerable level Precious Technique, otherwise, it couldn’t have caught even the Immortal King Beasts.
For Shi Hao, he didn’t need the Immortal Venerable’s Precious Technique; he needed to understand how it operated for it to truly become his own.
One month, two months, three months... In a flash, a year had passed.
During this year, Shi Hao spent most of his time comprehending, occasionally entering the Immortal Abode to reunite with Su Manman and the other two women—this couldn’t be brought into the Petrified Zone and was kept by the Purple Gold Rat. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
The danger here was limited to the Petrified Zone, so eventually, the three women also came out of the Immortal Abode, watching Shi Hao as he sought enlightenment.
Shi Hao took out the Immortal Elixir again, spreading it in his palm.
"Is it going to succeed this time?" The Little Witch was a bit excited. She didn’t like cultivation herself, but seeing Shi Hao make progress made her genuinely happy.
Woo Yueyi and Weng Nanqing also watched intently, filled with anticipation.
Shi Hao activated the rules, applying them to the Immortal Elixir.
Hmm, still no change.
Su Manman and the other two women were disappointed, feeling sorry for Shi Hao. After all, he had been comprehending for a year with no progress, which must be very disheartening.
"No, wait!" The Purple Gold Rat suddenly said, pointing at the Immortal Elixir, "Look at that root."
The three women looked over, only to see a root showing a little grayish-white, as if it had turned into stone.
Did it succeed?
The three women looked toward Shi Hao, eyes filled with excitement and question. After all, it had to be confirmed by Shi Hao himself.
Shi Hao smiled slightly and said, "A minor achievement, but for full mastery, deeper understanding is needed."
Upon hearing this, the three women cheered immediately.
The Purple Gold Rat also smiled; this Little Stone was truly amazing.
Shi Hao entered the Petrified Zone again, and this time, when he was petrified, his body actually started to unpetrify on its own.
However, his speed was too slow; until the right eye of the stone statue swept over, he had only managed to completely unpetrify one finger.
Uh, continue!
Shi Hao kept trying, and as time went on, his progress became faster and faster.
From one finger to two, then to an entire hand, and a whole arm, and then most of his body!
Another half-year passed, and Shi Hao could now instantly undo petrification after being petrified, and correspondingly, he could instantly petrify anything.
Immortal Elixirs, water, food, and even people!
Su Manman volunteered to be the test subject, wanting to experience this novel sensation. Shi Hao couldn’t refuse her and reluctantly performed it on her.
Petrified, then unpetrified.
"Huh? Why aren’t you coming yet, hurry up." The Little Witch had no awareness of being petrified and was still urging Shi Hao.
Weng Nanqing and Woo Yueyi both laughed, saying, "You’ve already been petrified!"
Su Manman naturally didn’t believe it, but when Shi Hao petrified Weng Nanqing and Woo Yueyi once each, and neither realized it, the Little Witch finally believed it.
Finished, should they leave now?
Shi Hao shook his head; he had only initially grasped this petrification ability but was far from mastering it. To gain a deeper understanding, he needed to delve further into this Petrified Zone and further comprehend this petrification ability.
He walked toward the depths of the Petrified Zone, his body continuously petrifying and then instantly unpetrifying. However, when he was halfway to the stone statue, he found his de-petrification speed had slowed.
Because at this position, the degree of petrification was deeper, making it harder for him to unpetrify.
And that was exactly what Shi Hao wanted.
He needed to comprehend more profound levels of petrification to gain deeper mastery.
Thus, another two months passed.
Shi Hao finally could instantly undo petrification, then continued forward, and then couldn’t timely undo it again.
In a flash, Shi Hao spent five years there.
He finally managed to reach within ten zhang of the stone statue, but this distance became a chasm; no matter how he tried to comprehend, he couldn’t further improve his petrification ability.
It seemed this was determined by his realm.
Shi Hao nodded; this time, he really should leave.
"Let’s go."
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