Chapter 6155 Refining the Blood Moon Runes
Long Chen was deeply moved, but he also felt a bit guilty. He wondered if he had gone too far.
With how prideful Evilmoon was, accepting Long Chen as master was undoubtedly a form of humiliation.
“Hurry up! Stop crying already!” said Evilmoon impatiently.
“Evilmoon, I think you should think it over a bit more. I don’t want you to regret it later,” said Long Chen.
“Why would I regret it? Do you think I, Evilmoon, am like you? I’ve never done a single thing I’ve regretted in my life. As for you, don’t worry—I recorded your crying face earlier. I’ll definitely show it to your brothers and your women later. I’ll make sure they all know the boss they worship can be such a snot-nosed crier,” sneered Evilmoon.
“Scram!”
Long Chen’s gratitude and feeling of guilt vanished beyond the clouds.
“There’s no need for the two of us to say much. Just calm your mind-sea. Once it’s completely relaxed, I’ll begin branding the runes,” said Evilmoon.
Long Chen immediately focused on calming his emotions down. His mind-sea gradually grew still.
“I’m going to start. It might be a bit painful,” chuckled Evilmoon.
That chuckle instantly gave Long Chen a bad feeling.
The blood moon slowly descended into his mind-sea, forming a giant whirlpool that absorbed his Spiritual Strength crazily.
His Spiritual Strength rapidly drained. A wave of dizziness overtook him. It was hard to bear, but still within his tolerance.
The blood moon continued compressing and absorbing his Spiritual Strength. Long Chen felt as though countless needles were stabbing his soul.
After over ten cycles of compression, Long Chen felt like he was about to reach his limit.
“How much longer?” Long Chen asked.
“Just a bit more! Endure!” Evilmoon replied casually.
“How much longer exactly?!”
Long Chen felt like his head was splitting.
“Just a bit more! This is the critical moment!”
Finally, all his Spiritual Strength was sucked into the blood moon. After dozens of compressions, it had all been condensed inside.
The blood moon suddenly shrank to less than half its original size. The searing pain made Long Chen’s face twist.
“Is this your way of revenge?!” howled Long Chen.
“Focus on holding on! I’m not that kind of person,” said Evilmoon calmly, but Long Chen could hear the schadenfreude in its voice.
“You’re not even a person!”
Long Chen knew this fellow was messing with him on purpose.
The blood moon shrank again, now down to the size of a pan.
“AH!”
Long Chen couldn’t take it anymore and screamed. This kind of spiritual pain was something he had never experienced before.
Evilmoon ignored his cries and continued to compress the blood moon. Finally, it shrank to the size of a fingernail.
By now, Long Chen was rolling on the ground, trembling. He felt like he would fall apart.
“Endure! You cannot pass out now! You must get past this. If not, we’ll have to restart, and you’ll have to endure it all over again!” shouted Evilmoon.
It also realized Long Chen had reached his limit, but there was no turning back now.
Long Chen felt like he was dying. His vision was blurry, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to stay conscious. It was sheer willpower keeping him awake.
The fingernail-sized blood moon started to flash. Divine light burst out. Upon closer inspection, they were tiny, scale-shaped flower petals.
Each flash sent hundreds of petals flying out. There were now tens of thousands of them swirling in Long Chen’s mind-sea.
Every flash brought searing pain.
Through gritted teeth, Long Chen spat out, “Don’t tell me this is just the beginning?”
“That’s right. It is just the start. You have to hold on until all 10.8 billion dragon scale flower petals are fully refined. Of course, if you want to speed things up, the pain will increase accordingly,” said Evilmoon.
“Bastard, you conned me again!” cursed Long Chen. He could only grit his teeth and endure.
“Tch, how can you get something valuable without paying a price? Once you finish refining all the dragon scale petals, you’ll understand it was worth it. Stop whining. Take a pill to restore your Spiritual Strength... it’ll help you endure it,” said Evilmoon.
Long Chen’s hand was shaking as he took out a soul nourishing pill.
Long Chen’s mind-sea was withered and dry. Thankfully, the blood moon had stopped absorbing, so his Spiritual Strength started to replenish itself.
The recovery was slow, but with the soul nourishing pill, Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength gradually formed a tiny spring.
Once that spring started to flow, the pain dulled slightly. As time passed, his Spiritual Strength grew from a spring to a shallow pool.
Now, Long Chen could endure enough pain to sit up. He activated his divine ring to draw in natural energy and quicken his recovery.
The blood moon continued flashing, and more dragon scale flower petals flew out—millions by now.
This was just the beginning. Fortunately, the most agonizing stage had passed, so it was just a matter of time now.
One day, two days, three days... Seven days passed. At last, the final wave of dragon scale petals emerged, and the refinement was complete.
Long Chen collapsed on the ground like a dead dog, completely drained. Huo Linger and Lei Linger flew out to guard him while he rested.
This time, he slept for three full days and nights. Refining the blood moon runes had drained not only his Spiritual Strength but also his mental energy.
This kind of fatigue couldn’t be replenished externally. Even after waking up, he still felt weak. His face was pale, like someone gravely ill.
As soon as Long Chen woke up, he heard Evilmoon’s lofty and pleased voice in his ear.
“A man must endure trials and hardships to grow. Child, from today onward, you’ve received the blessing of me, Evilmoon. From now on, you’ve truly stepped onto the path of the unrivaled.”