The commotion continued on the Heavenly Lake and Jia Louluo's face was no longer as calm as before. His face had turned a little unsightly and the peculiar gazes that were directed at him had also caused the corner of his eyes to twitch.
He never expected that not only would Mu Chen resolve his schemes so easily, but he even did it in such a casual manner, making him a huge scapegoat that no one could bear.
In the Great Thousand World, the Fiend Clans were practically the mortal enemies of all lifeforms. So any grudges were insignificant before the annihilation of the Great Thousand World.
It was precisely because of this that anyone that had anything to do with the Fiend Clans would be viewed as the public enemy of the Great Thousand World.
Naturally, it was impossible for Jia Louluo to be despised by everyone with just a single sentence from Mu Chen. However, it was enough to make him feel disgusted.
"Serves you right!" When Jiu You and the rest saw Jia Louluo's expression, they felt elated in their hearts and couldn't help laughing.
Although he felt disgusted, Jia Louluo wasn't an ordinary person and swiftly recovered. He ignored the ridiculing gazes and looked at Mu Chen. "Brother Mu is truly sharp-tongued. However, I wonder how much of your ability is compared to your mouth?"
His tone was calm, but anyone could sense the chilliness and killing intent in the depths of his words.
"You will have to experience it yourself." Mu Chen smiled, not minding it.
The two of them exchanged a glance with a cold aura surging between them.
Both of them were filled with terrifying killing intent, which left many people shocked. Evidently, they had no idea why the two of them would have such a deep grudge.
"Haha.
If the two of you can't fight, then don't delay our baptism. "
While the two of them were in a state of confrontation, a lazy laughter resounded from the distance. When everyone looked over, they saw Su Qingyin looking at the two of them with a bored expression. Although the two of them were filled with killing intent, she could see through it.
Right now, neither Mu Chen nor Jia Louluo would make a move here.
Interrupted by Su Qingyin's voice, Jia Louluo retracted his killing intent.
He smiled at Mu Chen and said, "Looks like we can only delay it a little longer."
Mu Chen nodded and said, "Anytime."
Seeing that the two of them had indeed stopped, Su Qingyin puckered her lips and stretched her body.
She stomped her foot on the token.
Boundless splendor swept out as specks of light soared into the sky.
A powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation that exceeded everyone swept out and even Qin Jingzhe's face couldn't help changing. Looking at those lights, he gulped down a mouthful of saliva. "Those are … ninety Spirits of the Heavenly Lake?"
On the Heavenly Lake
Many experts couldn't help feeling inwardly shocked. Evidently, they were greatly startled by this number.
Buzz!
Buzz! Ninety Spirits of the Heavenly Lake.
They were akin to stars that revolved around Su Qingyin. She waved her hand and the Heavenly Lake beneath her violently revolved, forming into a thousand-foot-wide vortex. That vortex was even more powerful than Qin Jingzhe's.
It looked like even if they were both High Baptisms, Su Qingyin had more Spirits of the Heavenly Lake.
Boom!
A massive beam of light soared into the sky from the vortex and connected to the sky. Spiritual light started to gather in the horizon and in just a few breaths of time, it had formed into a sparkling river.
Compared to Qin Jingzhe's small stream, this river was at least ten-odd times larger. Furthermore, the energy contained in it was also purer and more powerful.
Everyone on the Heavenly Lake had envy in their eyes. If they could obtain such a Baptism, they would definitely be reborn.
Rustle!
The river meandered in the sky before it descended. But facing such a rare opportunity, Su Qingyin did not use it to refine her Sovereign Celestial Body. On the contrary, she sat in the sky with a crimson light on her forehead and a crimson cocoon slowly appeared.
As the sparkling river descended, it poured onto the crimson cocoon and the latter was like a bottomless pit that devoured it.
As more and more of the river was devoured, ancient runes appeared on the cocoon and cracks started to appear on the surface of the cocoon.
When the last drop of water fell, the crimson cocoon was already covered in cracks. In the end, the cocoon shattered with a crimson light gushing out.
Under countless gazes, a beautiful blood-red butterfly fluttered out of the cocoon and flew around Su Qingyin happily.
Along with every flap of the crimson butterfly's wings, there would be a powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuation that would make even Perfected Ninth Grade Sovereigns inwardly fearful.
"That's … Su Qingyin's Lifebound Spiritual Insect?"
Mu Chen looked at the crimson butterfly and was a little surprised. It's said that every Spiritual Insect Master has a Natal Spiritual Insect. However, before this Spiritual Insect hatches, it's power is extremely small. Once it hatches, it'll be able to evolve along with its master. Furthermore, in a life and death situation, it'll be able to sacrifice its life for its master.
With such a Lifebound Spiritual Insect, it was practically equivalent to having two lives.
Su Qingyin was truly decisive. She actually gave up on using the Baptism of the Heavenly Lake to refine herself and used it to nurture her Lifebound Spiritual Insect. In the end, she really managed to hatch it.
With this Lifebound Spiritual Insect, Su Qingyin's strength would definitely soar. If she entered the Dragon Ascension Gate now, she would definitely be able to obtain the identity of a Golden Dragon Disciple.
After Su Qingyin completed the baptism, Jiu You and Jiu You couldn't hold back anymore. Jiu You was the first to make a move and seventy-eight Spirits of the Heavenly Lake flew out from the plaque beneath her feet. Although it wasn't comparable to Su Qingyin, it had exceeded Qin Jingzhe, and it was pretty decent. Furthermore, it was also with the help of Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing.
Otherwise, with Jiu You's strength, the efficiency of dealing with the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake wouldn't be high.
But if it was Jiu You's quantity …
If it wasn't bad, then when Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing made their moves, everyone's eyeballs practically popped out of their sockets.
The Golden Dragon Plaque beneath the two ladies burst out with a dazzling lustre. Shortly after, the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake whistled out like stars.
They revolved around the two of them.
There was a total of ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake!
That was the limit of the Greater Baptism!
Looking at the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake around them, Mu Chen fell into silence.
Judging from the current situation, Xiao Xiao and Lin Jing clearly didn't know how to obtain the hundredth Spirit of the Heavenly Lake.
Then again, he didn't dare to say that his method was the right one.
Because he was only trying to take a gamble …
Zhu Yan and Jia Louluo looked at the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake around the two ladies and squinted their eyes.
Squinting their eyes, they stomped their feet and the Spirits of the Heavenly Lake rose one after another.
There were also ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake!
Rustle!
A commotion broke out on the Heavenly Lake with everyone's eyes turning red. Those ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake could practically trigger the most powerful Greater Baptism.
"But why do they only have ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake?" But someone still felt that something was amiss.
With the strength of Zhu Yan and the rest, if they could obtain ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake …
It's impossible for them to be short of one …
With their pride, they should be trying their best to obtain the last Spirit of the Heavenly Lake so that they could obtain the Perfect Baptism.
"It looks like the Perfect Baptism can't be obtained through ordinary means."
After a brief pondering, everyone came to an understanding. This was the only reason that could explain why Zhu Yan, Jia Louluo, and Xiao Xiao only had ninety-nine Spirits of the Heavenly Lake. Buzz!
Buzz!
While everyone was shocked at the number of Spirits of the Heavenly Lake obtained by Zhu Yan and the rest, the Heavenly Lake beneath their feet had formed into a massive vortex with beams of light soaring into the sky.
As the spiritual clouds gathered in the sky, a lustre flickered and formed.
What appeared above Jiu You was a stream that was roughly a few hundred feet in length. It wasn't comparable to Su Qingyin, but it had surpassed Qin Jingzhe.
Compared to Jiu You, Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, Zhu Yan, and Jia Louluo's movements could be considered earth-shattering. The Heavenly Lake vortex beneath their feet had a diameter of a few thousand feet and the spiritual lustre above them had formed into four massive lakes.
Spiritual lustre gushed out from the lakes and the pure Spiritual Energy was actually a little viscous. As the lustre surged, it had formed into a Spiritual Energy bridge that looked extremely profound.
Everyone was dumbfounded as they looked at the massive lakes. Compared to this, even Su Qingyin's river paled in comparison.
"This is the pinnacle of the Greater Baptism?
It's actually so powerful! "
Many people had covetous eyes. If they could undergo this Baptism, then it would be unparalleled for them.
But no matter how much they coveted it, they naturally didn't dare to dip their hands in it when facing a ferocious figure like Zhu Yan.
"Why isn't there any movement from Mu Chen?"
While everyone was shocked by the Greater Baptism of Zhu Yan's group, someone had also noticed Mu Chen. The latter was also standing on the Golden Dragon Plaque, but for some reason, his Golden Dragon Plaque was extremely dim.
"Why isn't there any fluctuation of the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake in Brother Mu's Golden Dragon Plaque?" Jia Louluo raised his head and looked at the massive lake before looking at Mu Chen with a playful smile.
When his words resounded, many people looked at Mu Chen with shock.
Xiao Xiao, Lin Jing, and Jiu You also cast a worried glance at Mu Chen. That's because they had also sensed that there wasn't any spiritual luster emanating from Mu Chen's Golden Dragon Plaque, which meant that there wasn't a single Spirit of the Heavenly Lake in it.
Could it be that there was an accident when Mu Chen was collecting the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake?
When some people thought of this, they couldn't help rejoicing in Mu Chen's misfortune, especially Jia Louluo, who had a faint smile hanging on the corner of his lips.
However, facing their gazes, Mu Chen gradually closed his eyes and sensed the fluctuation in the depths of the Heavenly Lake.
But as he waited, he gradually clenched his fists in his sleeves.
That's because he wasn't certain if his guess was feasible. If he failed, then he would suffer a great loss from the Heavenly Lake's Baptism.
Time gradually flowed and the commotion outside the Heavenly Lake was completely blocked by Mu Chen. He could only sense the faint sound of water flowing in the depths of the Heavenly Lake.
Rumble!
As he waited anxiously, an unusual noise suddenly resounded from the depths of the Heavenly Lake.
Mu Chen's tightly shut eyes abruptly opened at this moment as a smear of unconcealable joy surged in his eyes.
That's because, at this moment, he had finally sensed the imprint that he had left in the Spirit of the Heavenly Lake!
(To be continued.)