Chapter 283 Tian Lingzhu

Ye Fan felt dizzy, and the world in front of him suddenly spun around. When he stood firm, he found himself in a strange space. The light here was dim, and there was a faint mist around. The air was filled with an ancient atmosphere, as if traveling through the long river of time. The surroundings were strangely quiet, and only the sound of his heartbeat echoed in his ears. In front of him was a bright light spot like a galaxy, and in the center of the light spot, there was a bead with a warm glow suspended.

The bead was crystal clear, emitting a faint glow, as if it contained endless spiritual power. Ye Fan could clearly feel that its aura was much stronger than the spiritual energy he absorbed from the spiritual pool. He walked slowly towards the bead, taking every step carefully. Suddenly, a strong pressure came over him, as if preventing him from getting closer.

Ye Fan stood still and observed the pressure calmly. This was not an ordinary pressure, but came from an unknown spiritual seal. If he broke through by force, he would probably be severely injured in an instant. However, he did not intend to retreat. This rare opportunity was right in front of him, and he had to give it a try. He took a deep breath, focused his eyes, slowly stretched out his hand, and tried to touch the bead.

Just as his fingers were about to touch the bead, a white light suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, and his consciousness was suddenly pulled into an illusion. In this illusion, he found himself standing in a vast ocean of spiritual power, and at the other end of the spiritual sea, a huge image of a spiritual beast emerged, with eyes as bright as torches, staring at Ye Fan. The shape of the spiritual beast was like a dragon and tiger combined with a strange beast, shrouded in a flame-like spiritual energy, and awe-inspiring, like an eternal guardian.

Ye Fan knew that this was the test set by the bead. He was secretly alert in his heart, and at the same time, he ignited a fighting spirit - only by defeating this spirit beast could he truly gain the recognition of the bead. He slowly activated the spiritual power in his body, calmly observed the movements of the spirit beast, and prepared to face this harsh test.

The spirit beast seemed to sense Ye Fan's intention, and suddenly let out a thunderous roar. The flaming spirit energy rushed towards Ye Fan, and the hot spirit energy swept over like a raging flame. Ye Fan quickly retreated, pinched his hands, and condensed a spirit shield to block the spirit beast's first attack. The flaming spirit energy exploded on the shield, and the powerful impact caused the ground under his feet to vibrate slightly. The light on the shield flickered and was almost broken.

"What a strong power!" Ye Fan's heart trembled. The power of this spirit beast far exceeded that of ordinary spirit beasts. This test might be more difficult than he expected. However, he had no intention of retreating, but instead aroused a stronger fighting spirit.

Ye Fan waved his hands, and his spiritual power condensed into sword energy and slashed at the spirit beast. The sword energy cut through the sky and hit the spirit beast's chest. However, the spirit beast was not in a hurry. It opened its mouth and spit out a ball of blazing flames, which instantly swallowed Ye Fan's sword energy. The flames rushed towards Ye Fan with destructive power, forcing Ye Fan to retreat quickly.

He calmly analyzed the attack of the spirit beast and realized that it would be difficult to defeat the opponent with sword energy alone. He decided to mobilize all the spiritual power in his body and concentrate his strength to break through in one fell swoop. He took a deep breath, condensed a strong spiritual energy with his palms, and rushed towards the spirit beast. His speed was extremely fast, and the whole person passed through the flames like a light and shadow, directly approaching the flank of the spirit beast.

The spirit beast seemed to have not expected Ye Fan to attack head-on. It was slightly stunned, but it quickly reacted and swung its tail towards Ye Fan. Ye Fan used the force to jump and narrowly avoided the attack of the spirit beast. Then he slapped the spirit beast with his palm. The spiritual energy in his palm burst out instantly, causing the spirit beast to retreat several steps. However, the spirit beast only paused slightly, and then let out a roar, which was even more ferocious, as if it had angered it.

Ye Fan secretly groaned in his heart. This spirit beast was indeed difficult to deal with. Any slackness might cost him a heavy price. But he did not stop. Instead, he took advantage of the gap when the spirit beast retreated, quickly adjusted his spiritual power, and pounced on the spirit beast again. This time, he used his strongest spiritual skill, concentrated all his strength in his palms, and blasted towards the chest of the spirit beast.

The spirit beast sensed danger and roared, its spirit energy condensed into a flame barrier to try to stop Ye Fan. However, Ye Fan's spirit skill penetrated the flame barrier and hit the spirit beast's chest heavily. The spirit beast roared in pain, and its body shook slightly, obviously suffering a great impact.

At this moment, Ye Fan did not hesitate to attack again, injecting a stream of spiritual power into the spirit beast's body, completely destroying its spiritual energy circulation. The spirit beast's figure gradually dimmed, and finally turned into a ball of light, merging into Ye Fan's body. Ye Fan felt the spiritual energy in his body surge violently, as if he had gained a brand new power.

The illusion gradually dissipated, and his consciousness returned to reality. The bead in front of him flashed a brighter light. Ye Fan felt the spiritual power in his body increase rapidly, as if he had been reborn, and his aura instantly became stronger. He took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and gently grasped the bead, feeling the warmth and surging power coming from it, as if the bead recognized his strength and injected its spiritual power into his body.

At the moment Ye Fan held the bead, his consciousness was once again pulled into a pure space. Here, he felt a mysterious and ancient power of inheritance pouring into his mind, as if lines of spiritual energy were flowing in his heart, giving him new power. At this moment, he understood that this bead was not only the source of spiritual energy, but also a symbol of inheritance.

The Heavenly Spirit Pearl turned into light and disappeared in Ye Fan's hand, merging into his body, as if it had completely merged with him. As the Heavenly Spirit Pearl disappeared, the originally rich and abundant spiritual energy around the Spirit Pool began to weaken rapidly, like a slowly drying up river. The spiritual energy that emitted brilliant light seemed endless, but now it was like the sand in an hourglass, which was less and less as it was used.

Ye Fan stood in the spirit pool, feeling the rapid decline of spiritual energy, and a trace of solemnity appeared on his face. He noticed that the spiritual energy that was originally like morning mist lingering above the spirit pool was now thinning little by little, and even the flow of spiritual energy around it became much slower. Others who were still sitting cross-legged in the spirit pool obviously felt this change, and some even showed uneasy looks. Some people tried to continue absorbing spiritual energy, but found that the spiritual energy seemed to be "locked" suddenly, no longer as full and warm as before, but gradually became dry and cold.

"What's going on? Why is the spiritual energy getting less and less?"

"I just entered the state just now, why do I suddenly feel that the spiritual energy is rapidly decreasing?"

Some practitioners opened their eyes and exchanged doubtful and anxious glances. Several casual practitioners were disappointed and unwilling. They thought they could absorb as much spiritual energy as they wanted in the spiritual pool to improve their cultivation, but now this change caught them off guard and even made them anxious. Everyone knew that the spiritual energy in the spiritual pool was limited, and the speed at which the spiritual energy was lost was far beyond their expectations.

A sturdy young man looked anxious and couldn't help but said, "Is there something wrong with the spirit pool? We haven't absorbed enough yet, why is it starting to become less!"

An elderly cultivator nearby sighed deeply and shook his head, saying, "The spiritual energy is drying up so quickly. I'm afraid that in a short while, the spiritual energy in the spiritual pool will completely disappear. It looks like we won't be able to absorb it as we wish."

Ye Fan stood aside, quietly observing all this, but he knew in his heart that all this was probably because of the Heavenly Spirit Pearl. The disappearance of the Heavenly Spirit Pearl may have led to the depletion of the spiritual energy source of the Spirit Pond. This spiritual energy was originally supposed to be maintained by the Heavenly Spirit Pearl. Now that the pearl has been absorbed by him, it is naturally difficult for the Spirit Pond to maintain the previous continuous flow of spiritual energy.

However, Ye Fan did not feel the slightest bit of apology in his heart. After all, this spiritual secret realm was a place where all forces fought for, and only the strongest were worthy of enjoying the treasures of the spiritual pool. It was a chance that he was able to obtain the Heavenly Spirit Pearl. As for the dissatisfaction and anxiety of others, he had no intention of paying attention. He knew very well that on the road of cultivation, any opportunity and resources were limited, and how much one could get depended entirely on strength and luck.

The practitioners around them gradually realized that the exhaustion of spiritual energy was irreversible, and they all showed unwilling expressions. Some of the weaker ones stood up directly, snorted coldly, and their faces were full of frustration and disappointment, while some people chose to continue to persist, trying to absorb more spiritual energy in the last time and seize this fleeting opportunity.

At this moment, a stern young cultivator stood up, glanced at Ye Fan coldly, and said in a cold voice: "You have absorbed a lot of spiritual energy just now, right? I am afraid that this spiritual energy exhaustion has something to do with you?"

Ye Fan ignored his provocation, just glanced at him calmly, and said expressionlessly: "Resources are limited, just seize the opportunity. The spiritual energy in this spirit pool is not much, you can see it yourself, it will be exhausted sooner or later."

When the other practitioners heard this, although they were unhappy, they also knew that what he said was not without reason. The spiritual energy in the spiritual energy secret realm was not infinite. If more people entered here, it would naturally lead to the accelerated loss of spiritual energy.