Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World

Chapter 1008: Chapter 528: Obtaining the Spiritual Pearl

Just as Gu Sheng was feeling unnerved by the gaze fixed on him, the large bird finally made a move.

It spread its wings and circled Gu Sheng three times.

Gu Sheng only heard the gust of wind roaring by his ears, and the spiritual energy was so overwhelming that he couldn’t open his eyes.

As his alertness increased, a strand of spiritual energy silently landed on his arm, penetrating into his muscles and bones.

Noticing something amiss, Gu Sheng’s arm trembled, and divine power was unleashed to try and block the large bird’s spiritual energy, but after some maneuvering, Gu Sheng realized things weren’t as simple as he thought!

He exerted all his strength, yet the spiritual energy still seeped into his body! Moreover, the large bird continued to release spiritual energy, and he was surrounded by golden light. He could vaguely hear cries from Huang Shan and others, but he couldn’t see anything besides the golden light!

Raising his arms, Gu Sheng released all the divine power within him.

The divine power, entwined with spiritual energy, pulled the strands out like drawing silk.

Even after the large amount of spiritual energy disappeared, Gu Sheng felt a strange sensation inside him, knowing it was the silk-like spiritual energy entwined around his muscles and bones, not something easy to remove!

Gu Sheng took out the Fire Spirit Dagger, gritted his teeth, and the blade sliced across his skin.

As the Fire Spirit Dagger cut across, the strands of spiritual energy indeed vanished, but it also left blood marks where it cut.

With a gentle sweep of divine power, the blood marks disappeared, and Gu Sheng continued the previous actions.

At this moment, the large bird flew faster and released more potent spiritual energy.

The Fire Spirit Dagger swiped repeatedly, and Gu Sheng no longer had time to heal the wounds.

Seeing him continuously cut himself, Shi Lou and the others were frantic, but they couldn’t break through the golden light, so they were helplessly anxious.

Through the golden light, seeing Gu Sheng unable to heal his wounds, Huang Shan urgently called out to everyone.

"We must help Brother Sheng, or he’ll bleed out and die!"

Hearing this, Shi Lou wiped the cold sweat from his brow in haste.

"Then tell us how to help!"

"Everyone, pour all your divine power onto me. We’ll break through the weak spot of the golden light to help Brother Sheng heal the wounds!"

"Alright!"

Everyone raised their hands simultaneously, and over a dozen streams of divine power were unleashed, all landing on Huang Shan.

Under immense pressure, Huang Shan pushed forward with both hands, and a powerful wave of divine power broke through the weak spot in the golden light, landing accurately on Gu Sheng.

A warm rush came over him, and only then did Gu Sheng realize familiar divine power was healing him.

Knowing it came from everyone, he focused wholeheartedly on removing the spiritual energy.

The large bird showed no signs of hostility, so Gu Sheng naturally couldn’t act rashly. All he could do was counter the attacks as they came.

Gu Sheng’s movements grew faster, and everyone’s healing speed could never catch up with the speed of his cuts. It didn’t take long for Gu Sheng to be covered head to toe in sores!

Everyone was so anxious that their eyes turned red, pouring all their strength into helping.

Gu Sheng seemed to enter some kind of frenzied state, the Fire Spirit Dagger in his hand slashing faster and faster.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Sheng suddenly felt a surge of powerful energy rise from his Dantian, and surprisingly, this energy didn’t come from others but from himself!

Gu Sheng tried to harness this energy, and to his surprise, he mastered it with ease, as if this energy had been tamed within him for decades.

With joy in his heart, Gu Sheng began using this energy to expel the spiritual energy.

In a brief moment, all the spiritual energy in his body was stripped away completely!

At this point, the large bird began to slow down, finally circling three times before landing back on the tree.

The golden light around him slowly faded, giving Gu Sheng the chance to examine himself.

Only then did he realize he had turned into a blood-drenched mess, with no intact spot on him from head to toe!

Everyone’s divine power was still constantly falling on him, but it was clearly growing weaker.

Perceiving everyone’s condition, Gu Sheng immediately cut off their divine power.

"Don’t worry about me; quickly take the Purple Spiritual Grass."

After speaking, he pressed down with force, knocking everyone to the ground to let them heal first.

Looking at the large bird, Gu Sheng shouted, "Show me whatever tricks you have left! As long as I’m not dead, I’ll get the Spiritual Pearl from your beak!"

The large bird stared at him, flapping its wings, as golden light suddenly flashed on its beak.

Gu Sheng was startled, instinctively going on guard.

Unexpectedly, the large bird flapped its wings again, its beak lightly approaching him.

Gu Sheng was puzzled and dared not make a rash move.

Seeing that he remained motionless, the bird drew closer once more, its beak near him, not emitting hostility but instead showing a few hints of affection.

After a moment’s hesitation, Gu Sheng gritted his teeth and touched the bird’s beak.

The moment his fingertips made contact with the golden surface, Gu Sheng felt the searing heat engulfing his entire body suddenly being drawn away.

As massive energy rose from within him, the searing heat in his meridians rose as well. He knew it was the restlessness from his cultivation level rising, but he couldn’t deal with it now and had to suppress it forcibly. Unexpectedly, just by touching the beak, the burning sensation was drawn away!

While Gu Sheng was astonished, the large bird absorbed the heat from him, and a rainbow light began to shimmer on its feathers.

Gu Sheng thought the bird was purely black, but he didn’t expect its feathers to be so vibrant and beautiful!

Before Gu Sheng could gather his thoughts, the large bird suddenly opened its mouth, allowing the Spiritual Pearl inside to drop.

Startled, Gu Sheng quickly reached out to catch it.

As the Spiritual Pearl lay steadily in his palm, he still couldn’t believe it was real.

He had merely endured a body full of wounds, relinquishing a wave of heat, and the large bird just handed over the Spiritual Pearl to him?!

"Are you sure you’re giving it to me?"

Gu Sheng subconsciously asked, never expecting to actually receive a response from the large bird!