My beautiful CEO wife-Chapter 1597: Mutation of the Golden Bone
"Alright, it seems this opportunity belongs to him. I won’t interfere." The girl in red closed her eyes with a Buddhist-like calm, surrendering the chance to Xiao Zheng, accepting that he could absorb as much as he could.
On the night of the full moon, when she was powerless and being hunted by werewolves, it was Xiao Zheng who saved her life. Earlier in the secret realm, when she was nearly killed by the ferocious will of the fangs, it was Xiao Zheng who pulled her back from the brink of death. He even left the Netherworld King’s fangs to her. Compared to all that, a mere pool of blood energy was nothing.
Moreover, at this moment, for some reason, seeing Xiao Zheng frantically absorbing the blood pool’s energy and continually growing stronger, the girl in red felt a sense of joy—a pure emotion that arose when witnessing someone she cared about grow in power.
"I hope he can break through to the Late Stage Martial Saint."
The girl in red thought to herself, and then moved to a corner of the blood pool to quietly absorb some of the leftover power.
However, not long after she began, the girl in red sensed that there seemed to be chaos outside. She opened her eyes abruptly to see Xiao Zheng frowning, his body trembling continuously, and the blood pool energy, which had been surging toward him, seemed obstructed!
"He’s using his own will to block the blood pool energy from entering his body!"
In an instant, the girl in red understood what Xiao Zheng was doing and couldn’t help but feel angry, "Does he know what he’s doing! The Golden Bone is a mysterious artifact in this world with many profound mysteries, and forcibly stopping its action will bring unpredictable consequences! There’s no benefit to him at all! Foolish boy!"
Thinking of this, the girl in red’s face turned a bit cold.
"Idiot!!"
Despite her anger, a sense of concern still arose in her heart, and she began to anxiously think about how to stop Xiao Zheng. A solution soon came to her mind.
"Stop!"
The girl in red transmitted her voice to Xiao Zheng. She used a special technique, infusing Gang Qi into her voice, making it soft yet with strong penetration, able to communicate with someone who is cultivating.
"Forcibly stopping the Golden Bone’s devouring will have unimaginable consequences! If you feel guilty towards me, then compensate me later."
Xiao Zheng, originally stopping the Golden Bone from absorbing the blood pool energy, was stunned upon hearing this, yet hesitated a bit.
"Damn it!"
Seeing this, the girl in red grew anxious, "Why so hesitant, are you still a man? If you feel guilty for what you owe me, then protect me well in the future when I’m in danger."
Xiao Zheng smiled bitterly at the words, thinking the girl in red truly lived up to the Netherworld King’s name, indeed a bit domineering. However, his heart warmed, and without hesitation, he didn’t stop the Golden Bone anymore.
In his heart, he made a silent promise—if the girl in red ever found herself in trouble, he would help no matter the cost!
Of course, he didn’t tell the girl in red this. The promises of men only needed to be known to oneself and then fulfilled, that’s enough.
Roar! Roar!
Above the blood pool, the chaotic energy restored order, surging into Xiao Zheng like torrents once more.
The girl in red, seeing this, finally relaxed and took a deep breath, but when she looked at Xiao Zheng, there was a bit of anger.
"That fool!"
Of course, Xiao Zheng couldn’t hear the girl in red’s scolding, as he was fully immersed in absorbing the blood pool’s energy.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
He only felt wave after wave of abundant blood pool energy rushing into his body, and with the support of this energy, his body continuously transformed, even the emerged energy of the Golden Bone temporarily grew stronger.
Xiao Zheng felt his entire being, every cell, cheering—a joy belonging to evolution.
Then, his cultivation continued to rise steadily and firmly towards the Late Stage Martial Saint.
Perhaps, this time he could truly break through.
However, as this process continued for some time, a sudden change erupted. Deep within Xiao Zheng’s body, a black shadow suddenly emerged, and with blinding speed, it rushed out, greedily absorbing the blood pool energy.
The blood pool energy and this black shadow appeared to be inherently compatible, so much so that when it absorbed, it easily integrated within, allowing the black phantom to expand rapidly in a short time.
"Transmission of harm!"
Xiao Zheng was shocked.
This black shadow turned out to be the transmission of harm, dormant ever since he broke through to the Martial Saint Realm and developed more effective uses of the Golden Bone, nearly forgotten. But now, unexpectedly, it emerged at this critical moment!
"Damn it!"
A chill passed through Xiao Zheng’s eyes, for he had long prepared to eliminate this once and for all. Yet it remained hidden deeply, undiscoverable until now. Now that it jumped out, it couldn’t be allowed to escape—a total eradication of potential threats was necessary.
"Golden Bone!"
With a thought, Xiao Zheng directed the energy of the Golden Bone towards the black shadow.
Immediately, streams of golden energy surged towards the black shadow. Yet, surprisingly, the black shadow appeared unfazed, undeterred, relentlessly absorbing the blood pool energy.
Roar! Roar!
The golden streams quickly collided with the black shadow, but astonishingly, a shadowy aura enveloped the black shadow, blocking the golden streams and leaving it unmoved.
"What?!!"
Witnessing this, Xiao Zheng was utterly shocked. He hadn’t anticipated the black shadow reaching such strength that not even the Golden Bone’s power could shake it!
"Could it have been lurking all this time to recuperate, secretly growing stronger?" Immediately worried, Xiao Zheng thought if this speculation was true, he was in grave danger—should the transmission of harm erupt, even a Martial Saint might not withstand it.
"Hmph!"
Xiao Zheng’s eyes gleamed sharply, "I don’t believe, having reached the Martial Saint Realm, that I cannot destroy you!"
With that thought, he dismissed other concerns, fully immersing himself within, gathering all his strength to besiege the black shadow.
Waves of golden torrents surged, torrents of Gang Qi bellowed, all rushing towards the black shadow with majestic momentum reminiscent of thousands of troops charging.
The black shadow, too, turned wary, no longer able to unreservedly absorb the blood pool energy and having to defend itself.
