Legend of the Asura Emperor

After a long while, Frost's roar finally ceased. At that moment, Frost stood on all fours amidst a pile of mangled flesh. The body of Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly had been completely reduced to a dark red, foul-smelling carcass, utterly mutilated. This was the most striking scene, and it clearly demonstrated just how much Frost hated Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly.

'boom,,'

With a leap, Han Shuang arrived beside Jun Han. No longer the snow-white figure she once was, Han Shuang was now entirely crimson, covered in the blood of the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly. Her mere presence exuded a powerful aura of menace. Seeing Han Shuang approach, Jun Han cautiously took a step back. Although they had previously cooperated, this was due to the existence of the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly. Now that the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly had been slain, who knew if Han Shuang might suddenly seek revenge against Jun Han?

However, it was clear that Jun Han had overthought things this time. After Han Shuang opened her mouth, she spat out a blood-red inner core the size of a pigeon egg and a golden piece of flesh the size of an infant's fist. Looking at Jun Han, Han Shuang said, "You should know the function of the inner core. However, the inner core is not actually the most precious thing in the Nine Rings Vermilion Belly. The most precious thing is this."

Upon hearing Han Shuang's words, Jun Han turned his gaze to the ball of flesh, about the size of an infant's fist. Although it was called a ball of flesh, it emitted a faint golden light and wasn't covered in blood. Moreover, whether it was just Jun Han's imagination or not, he didn't smell any foul odor from the flesh; instead, it had a strange, pleasant fragrance.

"The Serpent King's Golden Gallbladder, which contains power."

Looking at Jun Han with a pair of icy blue eyes, Han Shuang spoke to him.

“That’s right. Once I absorb this golden gall, my cultivation will definitely reach a new level. Is there a safe place?” Han Shuang didn’t waste any words and turned to lead the way. The Nine-Ringed Vermilion Belly had already been completely defeated, so there was no point in keeping it here any longer.

The flesh and blood of the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly will become nourishment for the tree roots and walls of this place. Perhaps after some time, when I return, all traces of the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly's existence will be completely erased.

Following Han Shuang's footsteps, Jun Han arrived at an extremely secluded place. Why secluded? Because it was a place that could only be reached by passing through a curtain of tree roots. If one didn't know this place, they could easily be deceived by this curtain of roots. After passing through the curtain of roots and proceeding for quite a distance, Jun Han, led by Han Shuang, arrived at a stone chamber.

Yes, it is a stone chamber, entirely constructed of bluestone. Although there are many tree roots and vines climbing around it, there is no doubt that this place is completely different from the outside world. If one had to compare, it is more similar to the place where Jun Han and Long Qianye stayed on the first floor.

"Why does such a place exist here? The first floor is like this, and so is this place." Looking around, Jun Han could vaguely see that the bluestone walls here were also engraved with many Bagua (Eight Trigrams) diagrams. However, unlike the first floor, this place couldn't be teleported in. It seemed that these diagrams were malfunctioning. If arrays could malfunction...

"I don't know either. It seems like every floor has a place like this. Maybe the people who created this place specifically made it a place for them to rest." Shaking her head, Han Shuang clearly didn't know much about this place. In her opinion, it was just a quiet place. Of course, compared to Han Shuang's body, it was far too small. No wonder Han Shuang didn't choose this place as her hideout.

Finding a clean spot, Jun Han sat cross-legged and, suppressing his nausea, stuffed the golden gall into his mouth. The moment it entered, it melted, transforming into an intensely bitter liquid that made him feel unbearably nauseous. Jun Han had never imagined anything could be so bitter; it was a bitterness beyond mere taste.

Although the bitterness of the bile was unbelievably intense, Jun Han forced himself to endure it. He clearly sensed a rich and powerful force within the bile, a force countless times stronger than his own. This force rapidly dissipated after entering his body, and Jun Han, disregarding the astonishing bitterness in his mouth and heart, focused intently on controlling and absorbing this power.

Just as Han Shuang said, the bile of this Golden Gallbladder contains an astonishingly strong power. Conservatively speaking, if Jun Han were to fully absorb it, along with the remaining half of the Nine Yang Heavenly Centipede's inner core, he might even directly reach the second or even third level of the Imperial Realm.

Unfortunately, this was just wishful thinking. Even though Jun Han continuously controlled and absorbed this power, a large amount of it still began to leak out of his body. This was unavoidable; after all, the power of bile wasn't like the power absorbed by the Heaven-Defying Creation Technique, which was locked within the body. Of course, its automatic leakage wasn't necessarily a bad thing; it was better than the previous energy that was damaged within the body because it couldn't be fully absorbed.

The Heaven-Defying Creation Technique within his body spun wildly. Although it still couldn't stop the loss of vital energy, Jun Han managed to control the loss of bile's power to an acceptable level. In this way, Jun Han continuously absorbed this abundant power. Under his soul's perception, Jun Han clearly saw his nascent soul begin to grow, gradually becoming more solid—a symbol of his continuous growth and strengthening.

Time ticked by, and Jun Han remained motionless, like a stone statue. If it weren't for the rising white smoke from his body, everyone would have thought he was dead. This rising smoke was, of course, the bile energy that had been drained from Jun Han's body.

As time passed, Jun Han's power steadily increased, his powerful aura gradually coalescing, like a volcano suppressed to its limit, unable to erupt. This feeling existed initially, but wasn't too intense. However, as the white mist emanating from Jun Han diminished, the feeling grew stronger. Finally, Jun Han resembled a volcano about to erupt; his powerful aura even materialized into a thick barrier of light surrounding him. Anything attempting to enter this barrier was torn apart by the light encircling him.

'boom,,'

Finally, the powerful force erupted after reaching its peak, and a golden-red beam of light shot directly out from Jun Han's body. The intense light shot straight to the top of the blue stone chamber, causing the chamber to rattle and tremble. A large number of tree roots above fell like rain due to the impact. When the trembling of the stone chamber stopped, Jun Han slowly opened his eyes.