Rise of the Alchemy God

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Ethan knew that if even one of those beings beyond the first stage of the spiritual rank were to cross the portal, it would mean the end for the mortal plane as well as for him.

Although he was worried about Bai Yu's sudden disappearance, he decided to first address the more immediate problem: the sphere. Read exclusive content at empire

The sphere, which had previously remained dormant on the seabed, was now releasing more and more energy, feeding the formation that the demon had erected before disintegrating.

The formation was fracturing reality at an incredible speed, and if it continued at this pace, it was certain that the portal would open completely and become much larger.

He wasted no more time and immediately summoned five talismans in the air, each with a different set of symbols on it. Without hesitation, he released these talismans while infusing his Qi into them.

Soon, all five began to glow, each with its own distinct color.

The talismans started to move as if they had a will of their own and soon positioned themselves in a circle, while luminous lines began to emerge from each of them, intertwining with one another.

Each intersection of the lines formed a series of small formations, and these small formations, arranged in a certain way, in turn formed larger ones, ultimately creating a greater circular formation.

The process, which seemed as if it should take several minutes, was completed in just a few seconds.

Seeing that the formation had been successfully erected, Ethan activated it immediately. Large quantities of spiritual Qi from the surrounding environment began to accumulate within it.

Soon, a small luminous shape appeared within the formation. It grew larger and larger, revealing itself to be a radiant white sword of light.

Without hesitation, Ethan made a gesture with his hand, and the sword, now several meters in size, rose into the air. Its blade was soon aimed at the black sphere.

Without wasting any time, Ethan made another gesture with his hand, and the sword vanished from its position, streaking forward at an imperceptible speed.

This was a technique he had learned from Bai Yu during one of their training sessions.

It was a sword formation based on the five elements of nature, designed to generate a powerful attack.

At Ethan's current level, it was strong enough to kill even a cultivator at the second stage of the spiritual rank.

Ethan didn't know how strong the sphere was, so he didn't bother launching a series of attacks.

Instead, he immediately opted for one of his most powerful techniques:

the Five Elements Sword Formation.

In an instant, the sword appeared before the black sphere. Immediately after, a powerful explosion could be heard, one that far surpassed the one generated by his earlier Blue Lotus Flame attack.

The explosion, which should have been strong enough to reach even the water's surface several miles above, strangely did not occur.

"What?"

Ethan, who had even prepared himself to withstand the explosion from his attack, was stunned when he saw that the sword, which had struck the luminous sphere directly, not only failed to destroy it but didn't even leave the slightest scratch on its smooth surface.

Before he could even consider his next move, he watched as the sword suddenly disintegrated, and in an instant, the pure energy particles it had generated were absorbed by the sphere, which now seemed slightly brighter.

'Did it just absorb the energy of the attack?' he thought, somewhat shocked by what had just happened.

He had hoped to destroy the sphere with that attack, but not only had it done no damage, it had been absorbed, further accelerating the process.

Needless to say, this only increased the pressure on Ethan, who was now watching as the cracks in reality expanded ever more rapidly upwards.

At this point, the portal's size had grown to nearly a mile wide, and at this rate, he could tell it would soon reach the water's surface in no time.

'Damn it, the situation is getting out of hand,' he thought, frantically searching for a way to destroy that thing.

Finally, an idea came to him, and his eyes widened for a moment as he thought:

'This… this might actually work,'

Without wasting time, he immediately darted toward the sphere, appearing right next to it in an instant.

'Let's hope this works,' he thought as he placed both hands on the sphere.

He wasn't sure what the sphere was made of or how to break it, especially since even his strongest attack had failed against it.

However, he could tell that the sphere contained an enormous amount of highly concentrated demonic Qi, a concentration unlike anything he had ever felt before.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

If he were to compare it to the amount he had received from Mo Yan when he had absorbed it, he could estimate it would take more than a thousand Mo Yans to condense such an amount of demonic Qi.

Even that estimate was likely very conservative, the actual amount could be far greater.

His idea was to use his physique to absorb as much demonic Qi as possible to weaken the sphere and then try to destroy it once again.

After all, the Five Elements Sword Formation was still active, and he was already preparing the next strike.

The reason he hadn't considered absorbing all of the Qi at once was because he knew that no matter how good his ability to absorb and metabolize demonic Qi was, there was no way he could handle such a vast amount in such a short period of time.

He knew that his physique seemed to store the excess Qi for later when he was ready to absorb it, but he was certain that even this had a limit, and that limit was almost certainly far too small for the amount of Qi contained in the sphere.

'Yes, I can feel it,' he thought with relief as he used his energy to draw out the demonic Qi within it.

Although he couldn't affect the sphere's surface, he had noticed that transferring energy into it was possible.

In other words, if energy could enter, it could also exit.

What he needed to do now was create a bridge through which he could absorb the demonic Qi, or at least, that was the plan. But what happened next was, once again, completely outside of his expectations.

It seemed that his contact with the energy sphere had triggered a certain object within his spiritual sea.

Before he could even begin the process of extracting the demonic Qi, the Amphora of the Seven Sages reacted violently.

Various runes on it began to manifest, and soon after, it released a massive wave of energy that quickly spread in all directions within Ethan's spiritual sea.