Chapter 995 Second Order Bai Zemin & First Meeting! By injecting large amounts of Mana, the small crack in the Soul Stone simply grew a little but it still needed some time to break completely.
And Bai Zemin was clearer than anyone else that time was exactly what he lacked.
Therefore, he could only make use of a resource he had been saving, reserving, and had been unwilling to use or spend for fear of not being able to recover it; rather, for fear that recovering it would be extremely difficult if it was even possible.
For the first time, Bai Zemin focused on that stat with a solitary, embarrassing point in the face of the rest of his other main stats.
However, to his surprise, what Bai Zemin faced when using that single point of Spiritual Power was not only the total absorption of the records inside the Soul Stone but he also discovered something that would definitely open a big door for him in the not-so-near future.
... There were many things from his conversation with the former Queen of the Weaver Ants that Bai Zemin had simply overlooked or had not given them that much importance at the time.
However, it was only now that he finally understood how mysterious, powerful, and brilliant Shi Lin was.
The former Queen Shi Lin had a hundred years to live, but when she used her skill to see Bai Zemin's future she lost those hundred years leaving her with barely a few minutes. What did this mean? The answer was very simple.
From the most natural logical sense, Bai Zemin was the cause of Shi Lin's death; he had killed her even if he had not used force or had not intended to.
... No, he had not killed her. He had not dealt the final blow. Therefore, what the former Queen Shi Lin did was simple.
She stored her records inside a Third Order Soul Stone with methods known only to her race in the same way she had passed most of her records to Bai Shilin to nurture her as the supreme queen of the weaver ants.
Once the Soul Stone was shattered, Shi Lin's death would be fully confirmed... and Bai Zemin, who had "critically injured" her in the past by taking 99.99% of her life time and now shattered the Soul Stone where the former Queen's remaining records rested was naturally going to obtain what quintessentially belonged to the victor of a battle of records.
Will Bai Zemin get much? Probably not considering that the vast majority of the former Queen's records were bestowed by her to the egg from which Bai Shilin was born.
But... he didn't need much. All Bai Zemin needed was the record of him killing a Third Order being by himself.
That was more than enough, everything else was minor benefits in comparison.
* * * In a world where there was no life. In this world, the air was incredibly heavy, and even breathing would become a laborious task for any living being... if there were any inhabiting it.
The gravity of this planet was sickeningly powerful, so powerful that a First Order soul evolver would die immediately just by standing there doing nothing.
The whole world smelled of iron and the visibility was very bad because of the thick fog that covered the whole earth. However, this fog was not a normal fog of the kind that formed on cold days, and its coppery color was proof of this.
The fog was actually old blood that had been condensing in the world for a long time, and part of the reason behind the iron smell that stank up the whole globe was exactly this reddish-colored fog.
The land was arid as if a great drought on a global scale had punished this planet for years after years without mercy. However, if one were to look carefully through some of the small cracks that covered the world like patches trying to cover up something troubling or scary they would immediately notice that the ground was stained red; it was dried blood, dried over a long period of time.
On top of a mountain over 700 meters high. Sitting on a seemingly normal rock about 30 to 40 centimeters high, a lone man stared into the distance with his eyes as red as those of a legendary demon portrayed in picture books staring into nothingness.
There were no trees to look at, and there were no passages to appreciate.
This man had been sitting in that same position with only minor changes for at least 10 years with his movements being more "abrupt" recently during the last year and a few months in particular.
Just then, the man seemed to feel something and raised his head for a few seconds before looking down again.
His eyes stared at the small and practically unnoticed green sprout that seemed to be starting to grow in the middle of one of the cracks, and although it was just a small grass that many would definitely ignore or step on, in this man's eyes it was very significant.
Maybe it was because this might be the only sign of life left in this world... Maybe it was because that sprout had been keeping him company... Or maybe it was because that little sprout gave him hope that things would soon be different.
The man slowly stood up with somewhat stiff movements, and his bones boomed like thunder exploding in the clouds. At the same time, something deep in the man's soul suddenly began to release a brilliant crimson radiance and in a matter of seconds, the radiance had become so powerful that the man's upper body began to glow and this was noticeable even with the heavy plate armor he wore.
He remained standing as he looked forward with a serene expression on his face, but in contrast to before this time he really seemed to be waiting for something as the slight expectation that shone in his eyes with each blink was impossible to miss considering his eyes hadn't shone in a long time.
* * * [You have received records of Third Order Shi Lin level 200.....]
[Congratulations, all the evolution requirements have been fulfilled to perfection within the set time limit!]
[Analyzing records obtained during the class evolution period.] [All records have been successfully analyzed.]
As Thao Zhi tortured Bai Zemin by not only inflicting constant wounds on his body but also saying hurtful and humiliating things, his expression suddenly changed for the worse as even though his eyes had been torn apart by Evangeline it did not obstruct his ability to sense the changes of everything around him at all.
Feeling the aura of the young enemy he hated more than anyone else in the universe rise abruptly until it soon reached a level of considerable danger, Thao Zhi roared in preparation to end with Bai Zemin's life the very next second.
Unfortunately, Thao Zhi's opportunity disappeared the moment he decided not to finish off Bai Zemin when he had the chance to do it all for the sake of satisfying his desire for revenge.
As to what price Thao Zhi would have to pay for this... He would soon find out without a doubt.
BOOM!!!!! A large explosion suddenly sent Thao Zhi flying backwards and the waters of the sea churned fiercely causing Shangguan Bing Xue to retreat under her reluctantly as well since Wu Yijun had no Mana to activate Hydrokinesis.
However, she and Wu Yijun let out cries of horror and panic when they saw Bai Zemin's body exploding without warning.
Everything about him disappeared; his flesh exploded in such a way that it turned to blood, joining the blood coursing through his veins and painting a small part of the sea crimson red.

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