The sacred tree once again emitted a fiery red light. It was as if an invisible hand was holding a small crystal bottle as it floated towards Ding Meng.
When they saw what was inside the crystal bottle, Ding Meng and Su Xia's eyes widened. It was a small piece of fiery red crystal. It wasn't even the size of a pinky finger, but its surface was rippling like water. From time to time, it would emit a yellow light with hints of red, illuminating the entire cave.
"It's a reverse source crystal!" Little Rascal suddenly cheered.
Ding Meng was also shocked. He didn't expect the Rat King to be hiding something like this.
Xiao Ai's tone was also excited. "Once you have the reverse source crystal, you'll be able to recover your full strength in an extremely short amount of time."
The Rat King calmly said, "I believe you have a way to absorb this energy. However, I must warn you that once you open the crystal bottle, the fluctuations from the reverse source crystal will immediately spread out. With my ability, I can weaken some of the fluctuations in this cave, but they will still spread to the outside. If there are human experts, they will find this place sooner or later. You don't have much time left."
Ding Meng didn't say anything else. He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes. He quickly entered the consciousness space. At the same time, he used his telekinesis to open the crystal bottle and place the reverse source crystal in the center of his forehead.
In an instant, the ten origin points in his body lit up and began to spin wildly.
Xiao Ai's voice rang out at the same time. "The current absorption rate is 200,000 units of origin energy per second."
When he had refined the silver core stone in Feiyun City, he had absorbed 2000 units of origin energy per second. After arriving at the Starbow Group, he had absorbed 20000 units of origin energy per second. This time, he was absorbing 200,000 units of origin energy per second. The absorption rate had increased by ten times.
Even with Ding Meng's current absorption rate of the Diamond Star Fusion Art, this speed couldn't be considered fast. A high-level Battle-Saint's origin energy value was 10 billion, so a absorption rate of 200,000 units of origin energy per second could be considered slow. In other words, it would take him more than ten hours just to absorb the energy into his body. After being refined and converted by the fusion space, he still had to reconstruct the origin points. Conservatively speaking, it would take him at least twenty days.
"This speed is too slow. We won't make it in time!" Xiao Ai concluded.
Within 20 days, Ying Beinian and Lu Feng would definitely find this place. Whether they were a threat or not was secondary. The key was that it was best not to be disturbed during the construction of the origin. Once interrupted, the problem would be very serious.
Ding Meng sped up his Star Fusing Art. The long-awaited suffocating feeling of Mount Tai finally reappeared. But this time, he did not dare to be careless. He carefully guided the energy to construct the eighth origin.
Ding Meng could feel that the energy in this Inverse Source Crystal couldn't be compared to the one he had absorbed from the Starbow Corporation. However, the absolute value of the energy was extremely shocking. Most importantly, the energy in this crystal was qualitatively different from the one he had absorbed from the Starbow Corporation. The Starbow Corporation's Inverse Source Crystal had green life energy that could heal and recover, but this one was surging with violent heat energy. To put it simply, this was the purest essence of heat energy. It was very suitable for Ding Meng, who was a thermodynamic ability user, to cultivate.
In Su Xia's eyes, Ding Meng's entire body was red, as if he was a burning man. Looking at his posture, she naturally knew that Ding Meng was cultivating at lightning speed.
However, she still couldn't help but be envious of this. This kid could actually absorb energy without the need for a sensor pod.
Just as Su Xia was feeling bored, Ding Meng said with his eyes closed, "Sister Xia, come over here and sit across from me."
Su Xia couldn't understand what he was trying to do, but she obediently sat down across from Ding Meng.
"Give me your palm!" Ding Meng continued to give orders. "If you can't take it anymore, immediately tell me to stop."
After extending her palm, Ding Meng slapped her palm. Su Xia suddenly felt as if her head was about to explode. An enormous amount of Origin Energy, which she had never seen before, poured into her body from Ding Meng's palm, activating the origin of her limbs and the origin of her heart.
Ding Meng had only one goal in mind, and that was to buy as much time as possible. This was because Su Xia was also an Origin Energy Cultivator who hadn't recovered from her injuries for a long time. Currently, she was still at the Combat Master level. After the Star Melting Art transformed a portion of the Origin Energy into Su Xia, not only could Su Xia absorb it, but she could also share a small portion of the enormous pressure brought about by the Inverse Source Crystal for Ding Meng.
Previously, when she had absorbed energy from the Star Rainbow Group, the Inverse Source Crystal had been diluted ten thousand times. However, this time, she was absorbing pure energy from the Inverse Source Crystal. The amount of Origin Energy accumulated in her body was simply shocking. Even though Su Xia could absorb 15,000 points of Origin Energy per second, it was more or less enough to reduce the pressure on Ding Meng.
In fact, it wasn't until now that Su Xia had personally experienced the terrifying strength of this freak called Ding Meng. The origin of her limbs was completely restored at a geometrical speed, reactivating them one by one. The sound of the mirror strengthening was as dense as firecrackers. Her internal organs, in particular, were completely undergoing a complete transformation.
For an Origin Energy Cultivator who cultivated both the speed of light and biochemistry, the importance of the origin of the limbs lay in battle. The strengthening of the internal organs was the foundation of endurance. In Su Xia's consciousness, her strength had almost returned to the normal level of a warlord in a very short period of time.
It should be known that this was a portion of Ding Meng's energy that had been diverted to her. Su Xia simply couldn't imagine what the situation on Ding Meng's side was like. She didn't dare to imagine it either. The legendary cultivation speed of a cheat couldn't be compared to this.
In fact, this method of a high-level Origin Energy Cultivator helping a low-level Origin Energy Cultivator was the most direct. However, the problem was that which expert would be willing to selflessly give the energy that they had painstakingly absorbed to others?
Other people would complain that their cultivation speed was too slow and that the amount of energy they could absorb was too little. However, Ding Meng's situation was reversed. This guy had too much energy, and since he couldn't absorb it all himself, he might as well share a small portion with her.
Even this small portion allowed Su Xia to reconstruct her origin. Su Xia was truly shocked by Ding Meng's terrifying foundation. Along the way, she had known that Ding Meng was very powerful, but she had never been convinced in the depths of her heart. She had always treated Ding Meng as a little brother, but now, in her mind, Ding Meng was the true almighty.
For a moment, she felt very emotional. Whether it was in the Norse Empire or the Holy Grail Federation, among all the famous experts and Origin Energy Cultivators, she had never heard of the name Ding Meng. This was simply inconceivable.
However, she quickly felt relieved. Ding Meng was only 30 years old, so it was normal that he wasn't famous. He had great potential, and she would have to follow him closely in the future.
After an indeterminate amount of time, Su Xia took the initiative to stop Ding Meng's energy. It wasn't that she couldn't take it anymore, but that she had already reconstructed her origin. If she continued to absorb more energy, it would have the opposite effect. She knew her own limits. She was only cultivating a four-star cultivation technique, and this was her limit.
After Su Xia stopped, Ding Meng was still recovering. From the outside, Ding Meng's eyes had already turned red. According to Little Rascal's Little Love's inspection, the Demons' energy that had contaminated Ding Meng's origin had been forcibly dissolved by pure heat. Even Little Rascal was impressed by this. Logically speaking, the origin should have been dissolved bit by bit, but Ding Meng had simply and crudely washed it away. Many Mou Xing soldiers couldn't do this.
After a long time, the Rat King's voice finally rang out. "I've already discovered that someone has come through the tunnel you secretly dug. We can't be exposed here. It's time for you to stop."
Ding Meng stopped the smelting and opened his eyes.
He used a bit of force in his eyes, and the inverse source crystal on his forehead automatically flew back into the crystal bottle. After this round of recovery, the inverse source crystal didn't shrink in size, but the glimmer on its surface dimmed a lot. This proved that a lot of energy had been consumed.
Ding Meng stretched his limbs and sighed slightly. He still felt a little regretful. The first nine origin points had been completely restored, and although the tenth origin point had been reconstructed, it was still very weak. His current state was still slightly worse than when he had fought the Magnificent Heaven Peak.
However, this was enough. Right now, only those top-tier experts could pose a threat to him.
Ding Meng stretched his joints again and used his telekinesis to return the crystal bottle to the Rat King. "Thank you!"
The Rat King said, "You're welcome. If you can get Ling Qingshan and let my people return to the surface, I have a way to send you away from Rain Forest Planet."
Ding Meng nodded, got up, and walked to the entrance.
When she saw him walk over, Su Xia's eyes were no longer cold, but filled with respect.
Ding Meng suddenly raised his hand. Su Xia couldn't see his movements clearly, and she only felt her face warm. She didn't know that Ding Meng had thrown his blood on her face. Now that Ding Meng's strength had been restored, the K virus in his blood had naturally become stronger.
After a while, Ding Meng said calmly, "Sister Xia, your poison has been cured. Your face should be restored."
Su Xia nodded and slowly took off her bat mask. A soft and beautiful oval face immediately appeared in front of him.
Su Xia reached out and touched her delicate skin. She wasn't too excited. She just nodded in satisfaction. "Thank you, Ding Meng. If you need anything in the future, just tell me."
Ding Meng said, "You can still continue to break through. It would be best if you could awaken your telekinesis. That way, our chances of returning to the Empire will be greater."
When she heard that she could still break through, Su Xia couldn't help but reveal an expression of ecstasy. "Then I'll have to rely on Mister Ding Meng in the future."
A fifty-two-year-old Champion was considered someone with a lot of potential in the Empire, but Su Xia had only come into contact with Origin Energy on Beidou. Her starting point for cultivation was later than most people's, and her current state was already her limit. However, if Ding Meng said that she could break through, then she definitely could. She probably didn't care about what other people said, but once Ding Meng said it, she believed him without a doubt. She was so excited that she even changed the way she addressed him, even though she was older than Ding Meng by more than twenty years.
"Forget it. Just call me by my name in the future!" Ding Meng had always treated others as equals. He didn't like to be addressed as such.
Su Xia hurriedly nodded. "Alright. I'm a bit older than you, so I'll just call you Little Brother Ding Meng from now on!"
Ding Meng said, "Alright. Now it's time to go and solve the problem."
Su Xia put her mask back on and happily followed behind Ding Meng. She had only been cultivating for nine days, but the increase in her strength was unimaginable to outsiders. Now that Ding Meng was her backer, no matter where he went, what she needed to do was to quickly follow him.