Buzz!
The Spirit of the Heavenly Lake that was akin to a starry sky constantly trembled, causing ripples to form on the surrounding river as a terrifying and overbearing Spiritual Energy fluctuation spread out.
Looking at the dazzling lustre emanating from the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake, Mu Chen's face turned even more grave. The attack that the latter had displayed was truly terrifying.
According to his estimations, every single attack from the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was comparable to a Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereign's attack. Furthermore, in addition to being in the Heavenly Lake, the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was also strengthened, making its might even more terrifying.
After personally experiencing the might of the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake, Mu Chen finally understood how difficult it was to obtain the Baptism of the Heavenly Lake.
That's because even the lowest Heavenly Lake Baptism required at least thirty Spirits of the Heavenly Lake. As for the Perfect Baptism, it required a hundred!
But a single Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was already so difficult to deal with, not to mention the difficulty of obtaining thirty of them.
However, although Mu Chen sighed at the difficulty of the Heavenly Lake Baptism, he did not feel dejected at all. His pitch-black eyes were filled with unshakable determination. Over the years, he had experienced quite a lot of difficulties, which had honed his tough character. Therefore, no matter how difficult the Heavenly Lake Baptism was, Mu Chen would not give up so easily.
Buzz!
As Mu Chen's gaze grew firmer, the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake trembled once again before it burst forth with a dazzling lustre.
Like a ball of light, it fiercely collided with Mu Chen.
It was a seemingly simple and crude collision.
Instead, it brought about extremely violent ripples of energy that caused the surrounding river water to tremble.
They were all scattered at this moment.
Even a perfected rank-nine cultivator would not dare to face it head-on.
"We can't let it attack the token light shield again."
Mu Chen's eyes flickered as he muttered to himself. The Golden Dragon Token was his pillar of support in the Heavenly River. If the token was destroyed, then no matter what methods he used, he would never be able to find his way around the Heavenly River.
Boom!
Thinking of this, Mu Chen's body surface.
A dazzling golden light burst out as a draconic roar and phoenix cry resounded. Behind him, a Sovereign Sea vaguely appeared as boundless Spiritual Energy swept out.
Mu Chen clenched his fist, and the Crimson Dragon Spear appeared in a flash. He shook the tip of the spear, and a crimson light burst forth.
A scarlet streak swept out like a huge dragon, bringing along a domineering power as it slammed against the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake with lightning speed.
Bang!
The two collided fiercely.
In an instant, incomparably violent Spiritual Energy wreaked havoc as the surrounding river water was compressed into a vacuum zone.
Rumble!
But this time, the Spirit of the Heavenly River couldn't break through Mu Chen's attack so easily.
Although the Crimson Dragon War Spear buzzed from the impact, the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was also forced back a hundred feet.
The Spirit of the Heavenly River was forced back with a single strike.
However, there wasn't any joy on Mu Chen's face. On the contrary, his expression grew even more solemn.
That's because the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake that was forced back briefly paused, before it charged forth in an even more ferocious manner.
This time, the torrential river water whistled as it pounced forth like a water dragon.
Boundless Spiritual Energy endlessly poured into the Crimson Dragon War Spear in Mu Chen's body before the spear turned into a streak of light and shot forth.
At the same time, a vertical eye appeared on the centre of Mu Chen's brows and a dark light gathered. In the next instant, a domineering beam of light whistled out and struck against the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake along with the scarlet spear.
This time, with the power of the two Quasi-Saint Artifacts, the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was forced back once again. Furthermore, the dazzling lustre seemed to have suffered a blow and had weakened a little.
"It's too troublesome."
Mu Chen knitted his brows at this scene. He never expected that with the power of the two Quasi-Saint Artifacts, he could only exhaust a little of the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake.
Rustle!
But at this moment, there was no time for Mu Chen to ponder. Due to the fact that it had been repeatedly pushed back, the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake seemed to have gone berserk. At this moment, it had gone berserk like a rabid dog as it violently pounced towards Mu Chen.
Facing its rampage, Mu Chen had used the most powerful method to retaliate, borrowing the power of the Crimson Dragon War Spear and the Life-Extinguishing Pupil to constantly push it back.
Boom!
Boom!
Violent impacts constantly exploded in the Heavenly Lake, causing waves to rise on the mountain-like river.
The frenzied attacks from both sides lasted for nearly half an hour before the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake's lustre started to weaken, causing it to slow down.
At this moment, the lustre of the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was much dimmer than before. Evidently, under the frenzied attacks, its energy had been greatly exhausted.
Although the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake was greatly exhausted, Mu Chen's situation didn't look too good either. His breathing was heavy with beads of sweat dripping down his forehead.
Evidently, he had exhausted a great amount of Spiritual Energy to deal with the terrifying attacks from the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake. But fortunately, the Spiritual Energy in the Heavenly Lake was abundant, so he could recover while fighting. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to last so long. Buzz!
Buzz!
The Spirit of the Heavenly Lake constantly trembled, but it no longer had the grandeur from before. A lustre gushed out of its mouth and it suddenly turned around to flee. Evidently, it knew that the enemy before it wasn't easy to deal with. If this carried on, it would definitely be captured due to the exhaustion of its Spiritual Energy.
Although it was in the form of energy, it still possessed some basic intellect.
"Where are you going?"
However, Mu Chen, who had fought with it for nearly an hour, naturally wouldn't allow it to escape so easily. He had long been prepared and made a grasping motion. Five beams of Spiritual Energy shot out from his fingertips and swiftly wrapped around the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake, before a suction force burst out and pulled it back.
The Spirit of the Heavenly Lake violently struggled, but it was forcefully pulled back by Mu Chen and turned into a fist-sized lustre that fell into Mu Chen's hand.
As the lustre condensed, it had formed into a sparkling crystal in Mu Chen's hand. It looked like a river was flowing in the crystal with a pure and boundless fluctuation quietly emanating from it.
"This is the true form of the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake?"
Mu Chen looked at the sparkling and translucent crystal in his hand and couldn't help letting out a sigh. This small crystal had caused him to be in such a sorry state.
Mu Chen carefully stored the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake. Although he finally had a harvest, he wasn't too happy about it. That's because he wasn't satisfied with this efficiency.
In the past two hours, he had only managed to collect one Spirit of the Heavenly River. Furthermore, he had expended a lot of energy. Even if he spent the entire day collecting Spirits of the Heavenly River, he would only be able to obtain four to five Spirits of the Heavenly River in a day. If he wanted to obtain thirty, he would need five to six days. If he wanted to obtain the Perfect Baptism of the Heavenly River, he would need at least half a month!
If it was at an ordinary time, Mu Chen wouldn't mind slowly collecting them. But the Heavenly Lake was currently sealed, and he had no idea when the seal would close. So for safety's sake, he had to complete the collection as soon as possible and activate the Baptism.
With a pondering expression, Mu Chen raised his head and looked into the distance. At this moment, he could see silhouettes constantly flying across the Heavenly Lake, they were all experts that were trying to capture the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake.
However, all of them were in a pathetic state at this moment. Facing the ferocious Spirits of the Heavenly Lake, aside from a few experts, most of them were in a perilous situation.
Thus, some experts had no choice but to join hands to encircle the Spirits. However, the efficiency was slow and they suffered great losses as well.
After several failures, some experts could only choose to give up and find a place to cultivate. Evidently, they had given up on the Baptism of the Heavenly Lake and chose to cultivate their Spiritual Energy here.
At this moment, the entire Heavenly Lake was bustling with noise.
After watching for a brief moment, Mu Chen retracted his gaze and muttered, "I have to think of another way."
If he still followed the previous method, it would be tough for him to gather thirty Spirits of the Heavenly Lake.
However, if he wanted to capture the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake, he would have to exhaust them first before he could obtain them. There's no other way.
This was clearly a headache, but Mu Chen wasn't too anxious about it. He sat down on the plaque and slowly moved forth. As he moved forth, his gaze was fixed on the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake that occasionally appeared. He wasn't in a rush to make a move, but he was quietly observing in the dark.
Those Spirits of the Heavenly Lake weren't ordinary energies. They were born from the Heavenly Lake and possessed some simple intellect. Thus, there must be some rules that they followed.
Time swiftly passed under Mu Chen's observation. In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed.
As time passed, Mu Chen's frozen gaze suddenly flickered with a lustre and he clenched his fists with a smile hanging on the corner of his lips.
Waving his hand, he stood up from the token and muttered, "Let's hope that it's effective."
For the first time, a smile appeared on Mu Chen's face. If his observation was effective, then it wouldn't be impossible for him to obtain thirty Spirits of the Heavenly Lake.
It was so much so that if everything went well, he might even be able to challenge the Baptism of the Heavenly Lake!
(To be continued.)