Chapter 167: Chapter 166: The 6th Mark, Bluesilver Emperor

The transparent protective cover was indeed fortified with a Defensive Array, but this posed no difficulty for Tang San. He easily broke through the Defensive Array, and then carefully lifted the cover.Just as he lifted the cover, an abrupt change occurred. The originally dead-looking purple-black vine inside suddenly shot out like lightning, aimed directly at Tang San with its sharp thorns and full of malice.

However, Tang San remained calm and composed, obviously well-prepared. His right hand shot out like lightning, unafraid of the sharp thorns, and he firmly grasped it in his hand.

Impossible to penetrate, the pure white jade palm withstood the thorns as Tang San's eyes flickered with light. Mysterious Heaven Method circulated, forcibly absorbing the energy within the Thorns Vine.

The Thorns Vine struggled fiercely, but it could not break free from Tang San's Mysterious Jade Hands. As Tang San had surmised, like Demon Beasts, the energy of plants could also be devoured and absorbed by the Mysterious Heaven Method. It was as if, since arriving in this world, the Mysterious Heaven Method had acquired a devouring property, with restless Plant-class energy pouring into Tang San's body and gradually condensing into a brand-new Brand within him.

To Tang San's surprise, the Plant-class Brand was obviously purer than those of Demon Beasts, perhaps because Plant-class beings were Heaven and Earth treasures, naturally born from absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, which made the Brand exceptionally clear.

Without completely devouring the Thorns Vine, once it started to wilt and about one-third of its energy was devoured, Tang San placed it back under the transparent protective cover.

A Plant-class Brand, approximately at the Third Stage of energy, had already appeared within his body, and within the Mysterious Heaven Method, a dose of pure Plant-class life force was being slowly absorbed.

Indeed, this was Tang San's intention. By absorbing Plant-class Heaven and Earth treasures to form a Plant-class Brand, he aimed to integrate it into his own Green Jade Vine to enhance the power of the Sixth Brand. Moreover, partially absorbing the energy contained within the treasures could not only make his cultivation more efficient but also nurture his body, making it easier to withstand the enhancements provided by Mysterious Heaven Method. This was more beneficial for cultivation than absorbing Demon God Transformation energy.

The initial attempt just made was a preliminary test, and it proved that his judgment was entirely correct. Absorbing the energy of plant attributes was more conducive to his enhancement.

And with so many Heaven and Earth treasures here, as long as he didn't blindly deplete them to the point of dryness, given the treasures' innate properties, they would naturally absorb the heaven earth origin energy from the air to replenish themselves. The one thing in no short supply in this vault was heaven earth origin energy. Even the slightly wilted plants wouldn't make a sound, let alone arouse suspicion. Thus, this place could become Tang San's cultivation paradise, allowing his strength to rapidly increase.

He didn't immediately integrate the Brand, as there was no rush. He chose another plant with a similarity to vine and approximately at the Fifth Stage, to devour.

It wasn't that higher grades were always better. He had to maintain the original form of the Green Jade Vine without changing it too drastically. And with the experience from his previous life, he naturally knew what Brands to devour for the best fusion. Furthermore, the energy contained in the Brands needed to be progressed gradually, and their attributes needed to provide beneficial enhancements. If he devoured something too strong and it overwhelmed the Green Jade Vine, resulting in its collapse, that wouldn't be the outcome he wanted.

With Tang San's Sixth Stage cultivation base, after consecutively absorbing five types of plant energies averaging around the Fifth and Sixth Stages, his Mysterious Heaven Method filled with a sense of fullness. This was enough.

After restoring everything in the vault to its original state, Tang San cautiously exited and re-secured the vault door.

There was still time before the next four-hour patrol. He found a concealed corner to sit down in, and began to run Mysterious Heaven Method, absorbing the life force he had just integrated into his body.

The Mysterious Heaven Method found it far easier to absorb these pure life forces than the mixed energies of Demon Beast bloodlines. His body nourished by the circulation of Mysterious Heaven Method, Tang San could distinctly feel the warmth in his meridians throughout his body - an indescribably comforting sensation. His cultivation level rose rapidly in a short period, significantly more than what would typically occur with ten days to half a month of regular cultivation. And this was even before he had integrated any Brands.

Tang San didn't plan to integrate the five newly absorbed Plant-class Brands here, mainly because he feared losing control and exposing his aura. He also worried that any abnormalities in his body during fusion could affect his sharpness when leaving.

By the time the four-hour patrol period arrived, he had almost fully absorbed the recently acquired life force, and his Cultivation base at the Sixth Stage had firmly advanced a step.

Taking advantage of the patrol, Tang San stealthily slipped out. Although the sky was still dark, dawn was not far off.

He returned the way he came, climbing over the wall to leave, and by the time Tang San returned to Redemption Academy, the outside was gradually becoming brighter, with dawn approaching.

But he did not rest. Time waits for no one! Rest could wait until he played the role of a janitor the next day.

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Kneeling cross-legged on the bed, he began the merging process with the Mark.

Because each plant had devoured only a portion of energy, the ranks of the Marks formed within him were not very high, all hovering around the Third Stage, with the highest one barely reaching the Fourth Stage.

For Tang San, this level of Brand of life was most suitable to devour now, especially since the Green Jade Vine's rank itself was too low.

The first to be devoured was the Thorns Vine, and at the instant the Third Stage Mark merged with the Green Jade Vine, the two Marks began to overwhelm each other. A small range of intense collisions occurred between the Marks. The Green Jade Vine, clearly one of the more submissive types, was quickly occupied by the Thorns Vine, merging together.

With Tang San's current cultivation base, controlling a Third Stage merge was naturally as easy as could be. Soon, his Sixth Mark became a Third Stage rank. Then, he moved on to the next one.

Merging Third Stage with Third Stage was even easier and the process was very quick. One by one they were integrated; by the time he had merged all five Marks, his Sixth Bloodline Brand had already become a Fourth Stage rank.

The sky outside had brightened, and the merging process went smoothly, as all were similar types of plants, and there were no difficulties in merging.

A flash of light sparkled in Tang San's eyes, and with a flick of his right hand, a blue-purple vine already drilled out from the palm of his hand, speckled with fine black spots, and it spread outward in an instant.

The tough vine was about as thick as a baby's arm, immensely resilient. Tang San gave it a try and the vine could extend out to about twenty meters before it couldn't stretch any further.

As his thought moved, spikes immediately popped out from the vine. When he ran the Mysterious Heaven Method through it, the twenty-meter-long vine instantly stiffened like a great spear.

He waved his right hand, and vines rapidly drilled out, weaving with each other in mid-air and unfolded into a big net out of thin air.

A trace of satisfaction laced with memories surfaced in the depths of his eyes.

In his previous life, his main Martial Soul, Bluesilver Grass, could simulate the first four skills he possessed with this vine. Though the strength and properties were somewhat different, they were generally similar.

The first four abilities of the Bluesilver Grass Martial Soul he had mastered in his former life, before evolving into the Bluesilver Emperor, were coiling, parasitic, Cobweb Bound, and Bluesilver Cage.

Currently, the only thing he couldn't perform was the parasitic ability, but he could now actualize the spikes that came with that skill. It could be said that he had restored the Bluesilver Grass of his previous life to about sixty or seventy percent of its capabilities.

This was the existence Tang San was most familiar with! Familiarity meant better control and practicality.

Dawn arrived, and someone knocked on Tang San's door.

"Aren't you up yet? Time for cultivation practice," Du Bai's voice came through.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Tang San's mouth, a new day, a brand-new start, was indeed very nice.

In the following days, his Sixth Mark would definitely be enhanced to the Sixth Stage. This Mark, let's name it after his past life, let's call it, Bluesilver Emperor!

One day, this Bluesilver Emperor would regain the glory of the old days.

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