With the destruction of the human yin corpse, I let out a breath of relief. The opponent was a tough one and I was afraid that I might no defeat it. It's skin was the toughest thing I had every seen. Although it wasn't comparable to my scales, it could rip me innards up and drain my Qi trying to defend. The result of draining it's energy was a leftover black bead on the ground.
This black bead was where the dantian was located and was the size of a pill. It's surface was jet black and the energies swarming around it was enough to make space vibrate. The dao contained was enough to let out dao ripples as well, meaning this cultivator had reached some heights in his era.
I picked up this black bead before directly consuming it. It quickly dissolved before turning into waves of energy that permeated my body. Medicinal energies swept through my body and further cleansed it of impurities. Partial amounts of dao were absorbed and I suddenly gained insights.
Things became clearer and I began understanding things. My cultivation stabilized further and a partial foundation for future dao had been laid. But I only gained partial amounts while the rest settled deep into my body.
Feeling my cultivation speeding up, I excitedly got up and stretched my body. Such beads are extremely useful for cultivation. I sent out my divine sense into the area around me. However, my greed was splashed by cold water as hundreds of hands came out of the ground.
The ground shook as thousands of human yin corpses came out of the ground roaring with enough ferocity that my flesh tingled. I immediately retreated full speed away. Such an amount of corpses is enough to rip me apart regardless if I have the hardest scales. I am stupid to spread out my divine sense so I can satisfy my greed.
But I unfortunately retreated back into the hills of ancient weapons. The killing intent caused sparks against my scales that made me turn pale. Hundreds of weapon spirits slowly condenses out of their weapons, all of different lifeforms that still had their ferocity till this day.
I cursed as a wave of corpses and weapon spirits chased after me. As I retreated, more piled up as some went back after going too far from their weapon. I couldn't help but grief at my bad luck. The more Qi I drained, the faster the devour attributed flesh spread. Flying across the hills, I left behind huge trails of smoke with a wave of death following behind.
Several days passed before I finally managed to escape the hills of weapons and underground yin corpses. I fell to the ground and heavily panted. Defending against the killing intent while retreating full speed heavily expended my Qi until there was only trace amounts left in my meridians.
But surprisingly, an inexplicable changed happened across my body. My body which had already converted half of itself into devour attributed flesh suddenly sped up to rocket speeds. Every part of my body began to quickly turn darker. My red eyes began turning jet black that seemed to devour anything.
When the last bit of my body turned into dark attributed flesh, all my available saint Qi and elemental waters was forcefully devoured no matter where it was. I couldn't help but cough black blood and return to my normal form which had shriveled up somewhat. No Qi or elements could enter my body no matter how hard I devoured. I couldn't help but grieve in despair. All of my hardworking cultivation has suddenly been destroyed.
But my hope was further shattered as my scales infused with devour laws began to quickly dim out like a star dying out. They dimmed out and only looked like normal black scales. A wisp of killing intent hit my scales and they split open easily as my black flesh cut open, spilling black blood out that ate away at the ground. I roared in grief as I slowly fell into despair.
No matter how much Qi I absorbed, it was mysteriously absorbed. I was back at square one once again and have no hopes to advance.
My body began shutting down and I slowly lost consciousness with regret that I didn't commit suicide to meet my ex-girlfriend.
I could feel myself descending once again before appearing once again in purgatory. Pure black darkness was around me once again and the fleeting figures of unknown people flashed by that went away into the wheel of reincarnation. I entered a half state of consciousness for an eternal amount of time.