American Comics: Tales of Cultivator

Chapter 189: Baleful Qi, Giant Corpse, Corpse Refining

The glowing ball of Baleful Qi, which had been several hundred meters across before him, had now shrunk to over ten meters.

Tang Song sat on the Skeleton Throne, slowly exhaling a breath of Turbid Qi. He picked up a long-necked Mutton Fat White Jade Jade Bottle in front of him and weighed it in his hand. The small Jade Bottle was surprisingly heavy, weighing at least a thousand jin.

Touching the five Jade Bottles before him one by one, a satisfied smile appeared on Tang Song's face. High-grade Corpse Balefulness, Five Elements Baleful Qi, Primordial Magnetic Baleful Qi—

The harvest from the Subterranean World this time was considerable. The next step was to consider which type of Baleful Qi to use for Sha Condensation!

Tang Song opened his Five Yin Wallet and carefully stored the five Jade Bottles inside.

"It's time to go!"

Tang Song tapped the armrest of the Skeleton Throne with his finger. The White Bone armrest emitted a light chime like jade, the sound traveling far.

About seven or eight li away from Tang Song, a head the size of a water vat emerged from the Sea Surface. The Horned Black Jiao, holding a Monster Fish seven or eight chi long in its mouth, poked its head out. After glancing in Tang Song's direction, it swallowed the Monster Fish whole. Its thick Snake Body emerged entirely from the Water Surface, soaring into the Sky. Tang Song rubbed the Black Jade Thumb Ring on his right hand, then mounted the Black Energy cloud formed by the Ghoul White Bone Banner, preparing to leave. After all, he had stayed in the Subterranean World for over four months.

Although there was no shortage of food in his Five Yin Wallet, he had lived in the Marvel World for over three years and had long grown accustomed to a life where food was brought to his mouth, clothes were handed to him, travel was fully arranged, and he lived in luxury.

While Tang Song could endure the solitude of Cultivation, if given the choice, he still didn't want to be too harsh on himself.

Just as Tang Song had ridden the Cloud Riding technique about three or four li back, he habitually used his Divine Sense to look back and immediately stopped the cloud.

Beneath the Sea Surface, countless Misty Qi rose. These mists floated upwards, quickly filling the ball of Baleful Qi.

The Baleful Qi mass, which he had drained dry, instantly expanded like a balloon being inflated. In just over a dozen breaths, it grew by three or four meters.

"There's something in the Sea!"

Tang Song "watched" the Baleful Qi Mist rising from the Sea Surface. After thinking for a moment, he controlled the Ghoul White Bone Banner and descended towards the Sea Area where the mist was rising.

Hovering over ten meters above the Sea Surface, Tang Song extracted a ball of mist and held it in his Palm.

Baleful Qi!

Looking at the black gas constantly moving in his Palm, Tang Song frowned and swept his Divine Sense across the Sea Surface.

This Sea Area wasn't deep, the deepest part being only about two thousand meters. Tang Song's Divine Sense entered the Water Surface, tracing the source of the Baleful Qi.

Soon, Tang Song found a fissure in the seabed. It wasn't exactly a fissure, but a rift tens of meters wide and extending for several hundred meters along the Seabed.

The Baleful Qi was emanating from this rift.

Tang Song pondered for a moment, rubbing the Thumb Ring on his right thumb. Soon, a Little Black Snake, holding a Jade Talisman in its mouth, flew out from his Palm and submerged beneath the Water Surface.

Time passed bit by bit. Tang Song waited for a full half hour before a black shadow broke through the water.

Xiao Hei landed in Tang Song's Palm with the Jade Talisman in its mouth. Tang Song patted the little fellow's Head, took the Jade Talisman from its mouth, and fed it a Blood Pill.

Tang Song injected True Essence, and the Image Recording Jade Talisman immediately projected an image. In the image, there was initially endless Seawater. As Xiao Hei descended along the rift for about one to two thousand meters, a massive Underground Cavern was revealed beneath the Earth.

A world within the world of the Subterranean World! Tang Song felt a sense of surprise looking at the image in the recording.

Then he saw a huge Petrified Giant lying on its back.

The Little Black Snake's perspective was from flying in the Sky, so Tang Song could clearly see the appearance of the massive stone figure below through the Image Recording Jade Talisman.

It was enormous. Just from the Image Recording Jade Talisman, the Giant's Height was at least one to two thousand meters. A Titan like King Ghidorah was a Younger Brother compared to this Giant.

From the image of the Image Recording Jade Talisman, the Little Black Snake flew around this massive Cavern and found no danger.

After thinking for a moment, Tang Song decided to go down and see for himself.

To be safe, the bell-sized Great Desolation Bell on his Wrist transformed with a 'ding-dong' sound into a giant Golden Bell suspended above his Head, casting down streaks of Golden Light that protected him.

The Staff Beast Head's two silver eyes flew out, and two Sword Pills transformed into two three-chi White Lights that circled around his Entire Body.

Having made all preparations, Tang Song then stepped onto Xiao Hei, who had transformed into a Black Python, and submerged into the Seawater.

Standing on Xiao Hei's Head, the Golden Light from the Great Desolation Bell hung down, parting the Seawater on either side of Tang Song—

Looking at the Seawater on both sides, he felt like he was in a giant fish tank, with strange Creatures everywhere.

However, they seemed very afraid of Xiao Hei; wherever it passed, these marine Creatures scattered and fled.

Soon, Xiao Hei carried Tang Song to the Seabed rift. The closer they got to the rift, the more intense the Baleful Qi Tang Song could feel. Much of the Baleful Qi had already solidified.

Black and multicolored Qi Flow surged out from the rift.

An Ordinary Person coming into contact with this kind of Baleful Qi would not only perish but would definitely get seriously ill. However, this was the Subterranean World; searching the entire Subterranean World, one might not find a single Living Being.

The only one was Boss Tang himself. Not to mention that Tang Song had many Magic Tools protecting him, even if he only relied on his True Essence Body Protection, this Baleful Qi might not be able to harm him.

Xiao Hei carried him directly into the Seabed rift. This time, Tang Song again activated the Ghoul White Bone Banner.

The journey was uneventful. Xiao Hei carried Tang Song to this Underground Cavern.

Following the wide rift downwards for over ten li, the area ahead suddenly opened up. This was a massive Cavern several hundred li in circumference.

Crystal clear stalactites were everywhere in the Cavern. Large and small Gemstones of all sorts were embedded in the Cliff Face like rocks. Red, blue, green, white, various colored Gemstones shone brightly, dazzling the eyes. Each Gemstone was filled with immense Energy.

But what was most attractive was not these stalactites and Gemstones, but the huge Stone Statue of a stone figure in the center of the Cavern—

And the Pond beneath the stone figure. The Pond contained a pool of viscous, thick black liquid. Dense Corpse Baleful Qi continuously surged out from the liquid.

"Baleful Qi condensing into Liquid? This stone figure is alive, no, it's dead!"

Tang Song looked at the black Pool Water beneath the stone figure and gasped.

Baleful Qi condensing into Liquid was something that, even in the Jambudvīpa World, could only form after thousands of years of accumulation in a top-tier Earth Veins.

And that was assuming the Earth Veins had never had its Baleful Qi extracted.

Tang Song extracted a bit of the black liquid from the Pond and placed it in his Palm, examining it carefully with his Divine Sense.

It was indeed Corpse Balefulness! Tang Song looked at the colossal object before him. Although he didn't know how many years had passed, when his Divine Sense swept over the huge stone figure, he could still feel the powerful Strength contained Inside the Body.

"A Height of a thousand meters, a Titan? No, could it be a Celestial!"

Tang Song had not read Marvel Comics. His understanding of the Marvel Universe came more from movies or explanations.

He had only heard of legendary races like the Celestials.

The most memorable instance was regarding Asgard's Destroyer Armor.

Legend had it that the Destroyer Armor was created by Odin to fight against the Celestials of the Universe.

Back then, the Celestials often came to Earth, which infringed upon the Influence of Earth's native Deities.

Therefore, Odin, Zeus, and other Deities had engaged in War with the Celestials.

The Destroyer Armor, like Mjolnir, was made of Uru Metal. Uru's characteristic was its ability to carry Magic and Divine Power, so the Deities of Earth all poured their Strength into it back then.

It seemed that Odin, wearing the Destroyer Armor, had once fought a Celestial member to a draw.

However, the Celestials had too many members, and Odin was eventually defeated by being ganged up on.

If this Stone Statue was a Celestial member, why would it appear on Earth? Tang Song felt the powerful Strength contained within this Corpse. Judging solely from the intensity of the remaining Strength.

If it truly was a Celestial member, its Strength during its Life might not have been inferior to a Pure Yang True Immortal.

If calculated this way, does a Pure Yang True Immortal in the Jambudvīpa World equal a Skyfather in the Marvel Universe?

Tang Song had not encountered beings of the Skyfather level in the Marvel Universe. He looked at the remains of this suspected Celestial Corpse and fell into thought.

However, he quickly reacted. Thinking so much was useless; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush! He took out the Jade Bottle containing the Corpse Baleful Qi from his Five Yin Wallet, emptied the Jade Bottle, and casually threw it into the Pond formed by the accumulation of Corpse Balefulness Liquid.

A rapid Qi Flow surged out from the mouth of the Jade Bottle, and a thumb-thick vortex rose. The black Liquid slowly poured into the Jade Bottle.

The Liquid level in the Pond slowly dropped, an inch, three inches, seven inches... a chi, three chi, seven chi...

Gradually, as the Liquid level dropped by over ten chi, hundreds of fist-sized black crystals were exposed within the black Corpse Balefulness Liquid.

These crystals were completely transparent and semi-translucent. Visible black gas, as thick as a thumb, moved in and out of the crystals like Spirit Snakes.

With a wave of his hand, Tang Song, his face filled with ecstasy, stopped the Jade Bottle from absorbing the Baleful Liquid. Instead, it released dozens of Qi Flow vortexes and began to absorb these crystals.

After clearing out all the crystals and black Baleful Liquid, Tang Song prepared to put away the Jade Bottle.

Just as he used True Essence to conjure a Great Hand to lift the Jade Bottle, Tang Song, who was controlling the Jade Bottle, suddenly changed Complexion slightly. His fair skin instantly turned crimson due to excessive force.

It was very heavy, at least several hundred thousand jin. These fist-sized Baleful Qi Crystals were abnormally heavy. Tang Song directly controlled the Five Yin Wallet, releasing several Ropes formed by Five Yin Black Fiend to tightly bind the Jade Bottle before carefully storing it inside the Five Yin Wallet.

......…

"Such precious Materials, it's a pity to leave them here!"

Tang Song stood before the Stone Statue of this suspected Celestial Corpse, his eyes flashing with brilliance.

If he could Refine this Corpse into a Body Protecting Armored Corpse, he could walk sideways on Earth! Tang Song rolled up his sleeves, ready to start...

However, a Giant Corpse a thousand meters tall, the outer stone shell alone was at least dozens of meters thick.

To prepare the Materials for Corpse Refining, he would need Coffin Nails at least dozens of meters long.

But it wasn't impossible, Tang Song thought for a moment...

He patted his Five Yin Wallet, and with a clatter... hundreds and thousands of White Jade Bone Beads rolled out from the Five Yin Wallet.

Falling onto the ground, they grew against the wind into Skeleton Demons, each two meters tall.

The densely packed Skeleton Demons were all as clear as jade, and green phosphorescence flickered within their Skulls.

As Tang Song formed a Hand Seal and controlled them, these Skeleton Demons soared into the Sky, leaping dozens of meters high one by one, landing on the reclining stone figure.

Under Tang Song's control, the Skeleton Demons extended their Skull Claws, sharp as knives, inserting them into the surface of the stone figure and prying off the stone.

Thousands of Skeleton Demons transformed into brick-moving workers, dismantling the massive stone figure before them.

It was as if countless Ants were crawling on the Corpse of an insect that had been dead for a long time...

Tang Song glanced at the progress of the Skeleton Demons, then turned and walked towards the walls of the stone cave on both sides.

He began examining the various colored Gemstones on the walls.

Perhaps because they had absorbed the Energy overflowing from this Giant's Corpse, these Gemstones also felt like they contained immense Energy.

Good Things, Boss Tang naturally wouldn't let them go. With a wave of his finger, two balls of Silver Light flew out, wrapped around the stone wall, and pried off four or five Gemstones.

The Silver Light danced in the Cavern, and soon the Gemstones in the Cavern were piled up like small mountains.

By the time Tang Song had stripped the surrounding Cavern walls bare, the Skeleton Demons on the other side had also finished peeling off the stone carvings of the suspected Celestial Corpse, revealing a Corpse wearing strange Armor.

A ball of Silver Light enveloped Tang Song, and he rose into the air, looking down at the Corpse from below.

Yes, Sword Flight and Sword Escape were things Tang Song had always known, but compared to a comfortable Private Jet and Cloud Riding while sitting on the Ghoul White Bone Banner, Sword Flight was always less comfortable.

Looking at the huge Corpse in orange-red Battlegear before him, Tang Song flicked his fingers. The Skeleton Demons standing on the Corpse's surface scattered to the sides.

With a series of clicking/clattering sounds, over a dozen Skeleton Demons' Bone gathered together, forming giant White Bone Nails.

Over a dozen Skulls clustered together to form the nail heads, and their sharp Claws served as the nail tips. Forty-nine massive White Bone Nails were formed.

Tang Song raised his Palm, and the forty-nine White Bone Nails formed by the Skeleton Demons slowly floated up. Then he pressed his Palm down, and the forty-nine White Bone Nails plunged downwards, bringing with them streaks of pale white Radiance.

Clang! Crack—

The sound of metal colliding mixed with the sound of breaking Bone. Tang Song's Complexion didn't change as he lifted the White Bone Nails again, only to see that at least half of them had broken in the middle.

"Such hard Armor!"

Tang Song looked at the broken White Bone Nails. After reassembling them with Skeleton Demons, he didn't drop the White Bone Nails directly this time. Instead, he waved his hand and released his other Sword Pill.

The silver-white Sword Pill spun in the air, and a nail-shaped White Light formed in mid-air. With a hiss, it pierced into the Armor of the Giant Corpse below.

The Sword Pills, mixed with Adamantium and later infused with Vibranium Ore, were arguably the hardest Metal on Earth.

The Sword Light propelled by the Sword Pill struck the Corpse's Armor like sharp scissors falling and piercing the hide of an old Cow that had been dead for a long time.

Pfft!

The Sword Light transformed from the Sword Pill flew out, and a White Bone Nail followed, plunging in fiercely, leaving only the nail heads formed by over a dozen White Bone Skulls exposed on its surface Armor.

From a distance, it looked like white flowers blooming on its surface.

Tang Song controlled the Sword Pill to drive nails into this Celestial Corpse one by one. After repeating this dozens of times, he quickly buried forty-nine White Bone Nails.

Next was Setting up a Formation to allow this Corpse to absorb Earth Vein Qi. Although this was the center of the Earth, there wasn't any Earth Vein Qi here.

However, he could use the Baleful Qi generated by the Corpse itself as Materials. After thinking for a moment, Tang Song poured out half of the Baleful Qi Crystals he had painstakingly collected and took half of the Energy Gemstones that had just been piled up like a small mountain.

The Great Desolation Bell rang, shattering these Gemstones and Baleful Qi Crystals into a large mass of powder.

"Go outside and catch some Living Beings, large ones!"

Upon receiving Tang Song's Order, Xiao Hei soared into the Sky, flying towards the rift in the stone wall above.

Tang Song placed the powder into the Pond beneath the Giant Corpse. He poured out Cinnabar and jars of Blood Ink from his Five Yin Wallet, but this amount was undoubtedly a drop in the bucket compared to the massive Celestial Corpse.

However, Xiao Hei soon dragged a huge Monster Fish from Outside into the Cavern. The Monster Fish was over ten meters long, with an alligator Head and fins on its back, looking somewhat strange.

But Tang Song didn't care about this. He directly conjured a True Essence Great Hand, grabbed the Monster Fish, and crossed his Sword Pills to twist its Head, causing the alligator Head to roll off.

Tang Song grabbed the fish tail and lifted the headless fish Corpse, letting Blood flow into the pit with a splashing sound.

One fish was naturally not enough for Tang Song's needs. Xiao Hei traveled back and forth through the underground rift dozens of times, catching dozens of Seabed Giant Creatures, only then filling the Blood Pit.

Tang Song cast a spell to stir the mixture. Baleful Qi, Blood Water, and Cinnabar mixed together, quickly forming a viscous Liquid emitting a bloody Radiance.

Tang Song formed a Hand Seal with his fingers. A giant True Essence Talisman Brush appeared in mid-air. Tang Song controlled the nearly hundred-meter-long Talisman Brush, formed by his True Essence, to dip into the Blood Ink and draw Corpse Refining Runes on the Giant Corpse.

More than half of the Blood Ink in the Blood Pit was used up, and Tang Song had just finished coating the front of the Giant Corpse...

Just as Tang Song was considering whether to flip the Giant Corpse over first or prepare more Blood Ink, the Giant Corpse's leg suddenly shifted.

In an instant, Tang Song's Head buzzed. It's a Corpse moving! Without a second thought, he activated the Ghoul White Bone Banner to envelop the Giant Corpse. At the same time, the Great Desolation Bell and the Body Protecting Silver Armored Corpse were also activated.

The two Sword Pills released three-zhang Sword Qi, crossing and aiming at the Giant Corpse's Neck...

To be safe, Tang Song even brought out his Five Yin Wallet. At the mouth of the Wallet, an oval-shaped Bomb with crossed Skulls printed on its surface, red and white, was faintly visible.

(5000)

(End of chapter)