Chapter 273: The True Purpose
In the Lake Heart Island Manor, in a Mirror of Circular Light as large as a wall, Rocket Raccoon and Star-Lord, after Thor personally slew Thanos, finally saw the scene of the depressed Thor slaughtering enemies once again.
Although several Demon Overseers had mobilized countless Demons under the orders of their respective Lords to surround and intercept Thor, they clearly underestimated this guy.
The Thor from another Universe was not the naive Thor who hadn't fully grown yet. He had fought his older sister, experienced the Destruction of Asgard, cut off Thanos's head, and gained the same honor as his old Father (sacrificing an Eyeball). At this time, Thor was undoubtedly in the prime of the Aesir.
One must know that the Universe Thor came from was much smaller in volume compared to the Universe Tang Song was in. Even so, Thor, who had awakened his Divinity and was bolstered by the two Divine Artifacts, Stormbreaker and Mjolnir, could be said to be no less inferior to the two Archangels Tang Song encountered in Knowhere.
Those two were existences at the half-step Skyfather level.
Flying in mid-air, the Lightning around Thor formed a nearly materialized White Light.
In any World, Lightning, which represents the supreme Yang, is the bane of Evil Demons, Demons, Yin Spirits, and other Monsters and Ghouls. The dense mass of Demons couldn't even get close to Thor before being struck into Ash by the torrent of Lightning around him.
"My God!" Scott exclaimed in surprise, watching the Demons in the Mirror of Circular Light continuously turn into Ash within the White Light.
Because he was trapped in the Quantum Tunnel back then, Scott had never fought alongside Thor.
Inside the Lake Heart Manor, besides Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon, who had fought alongside Thor before, no one else expected this unremarkable, obese man to possess such strength.
Just as Thor attracted the gaze of most of the Hell-Lords and Dimensional Evil Gods from Hell, Tang Song stroked the head of his Cane, his gaze falling upon Ivan Vanko below him. Ivan Vanko nodded, stood up, and left the Living Room.
Heimdall, in the heart of a massive Canyon, a Space Gate between a Hell Dimension and the Reality World was formally completed. On the other side of the Space Gate was a dim Hell filled with the smell of sulfur. By the time Ivan Vanko arrived here through the Space Gate, Iron Soldiers were assembling parts of various sizes. Once these parts fit together perfectly, Spherical Crystals began to take shape.
The Spherical Crystals, equipped with Thrusters, were transported through the Space Gate into the Hell Dimension.
An Unnamed Hell Dimension.
Doctor Octopus, enveloped in a thin layer of light, had his four Octopus Tentacles plunged into the Lava Ground. In his hand, he held a Tablet, controlling the ascent of the controllable Nuclear Fusion Artificial Suns.
Countless Demons raised their heads and looked towards the Horizon. Giant spheres rose into the sky, emitting light and heat.
The discount version of Sunlight shone into Hell for the first time. Countless Demons wailed under the Sunlight, as if they had jumped into a pool of sulfuric acid.
Blood blisters bulged all over their bodies, then burst open, causing them to wail and writhe in the Lava.
"According to the data provided by the Dark Council, this Hell Dimension isn't large, but it still requires at least three hundred Artificial Suns to cover the entire Hell Abyss in Sunlight!"
Lane stood with his hands behind his back. Beside him stood over two hundred Yellow Turban Warrior Guards, thousands of Flying Skeletons, hundreds of White Bone Demonic Gods, and even Boss Tang's beloved thirty-six Gold Armored Corpses were sent.
Kane stood beside Lane, holding a Fire Axe-like Axe upside down in his hand. The ground beneath their feet was originally the Territory of a Spider Demon, but unfortunately, that high-grade upper Spider Demon Lord was cleaved in half by Kane's Axe.
This Axe was not like Deadpool's two watered-down, mass-produced Katanas. It was a Magic Treasure personally refined by Tang Song for Kane, using the Reality Stone and Eternal Flame to imitate the Five Dings Mountain-Splitting Axe from the Jambudvīpa World. That Spider Demon couldn't withstand three swings of the Axe.
"Unlike Heimdall, the transformation of Hell will require at least fifty years. Ordinary Persons living here for extended periods will be demonized by this Energy. Early stage Mineral Resources extraction still needs to rely mainly on Robots!"
"Although the mineral resources here are abundant, compared to Heimdall, which hasn't been fully developed yet, I don't quite understand why Boss bothered to obtain the Coordinates of this Abyss Dimension from the Dark Council, and even agreed to help them gain dominion over an Abyss! This doesn't have much Value for us!"
Lane and Kane, the two brothers, stood side by side. Kane was a bit surprised by Boss's intention. Although their Influence was rapidly expanding now, even with the Clones and Robots, and the Mutants from Utopia, they could at most rule one Country.
Heimdall already occupied sixty percent of their group's Manpower and effort. Hell? Fighting on multiple fronts and dispersing strength is a major taboo in Eastern Military Manuals. Kane, who had been diligently studying Eastern Military Manuals recently, frowned and expressed his concerns to Lane.
"Do you remember the medicinal pills Boss refined before? They require the Souls and Hearts of these Demons as Medicinal Herbs!" Lane glanced at Kane and revealed Boss Tang's purpose.
The matters indeed had to be traced back several months. Compared to Angels, Alien Warships, and those Skyfathers and Dimensional Evil Gods.
Although Tang Song had refined a batch of decent, quickly made Magic Treasures, and even Treasures as vicious as the Demonic Heaven Blood Transformation Blade that could slay Skyfathers, the strength of his subordinates was still a bit weak.
The enemies they would encounter in the future would become stronger and stronger. Boss Tang couldn't handle everything personally.
Lake Heart Island Manor.
A continuous stream of Essence of Sun and Moon was transformed into spiritual energy by the Formation covering the entire Raccoon City. The spiritual energy in the air was so dense it was visible to the naked eye. Streaks of Spirit Springs gushed forth, the spiritual energy contained within the spring water was extremely concentrated, making the spring water heavy like Mercury.
The water droplets sprayed out were like pellets cast from pure Silver, colliding with each other and producing crisp "clinking" sounds.
In the center of the Immortal's Cave was a golden pond. Kane, Lane, and Frank, who had just finished tempering their physical bodies, along with several hundred of Tang Song's Core Staff, had set up a Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array.
They were continuously transforming the spiritual energy into Five Elements spiritual energy and absorbing it into their bodies to strengthen their cultivation bases.
This Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array was extremely powerful. Above the array core, it condensed into a spiritual energy vortex several tens of meters in diameter, emitting a terrifying "whooshing" roar.
However, compared to the speed at which they absorbed the spiritual energy, the speed at which the entire Lake Surface transformed spiritual energy almost caused the Lake Heart Manor to be filled with white mist.
This liquid mist formed from spiritual energy permeated the entire Lake Heart Island, almost comparable to the smog in the capital city from Boss Tang's previous life.
The strength of Boss Tang's Confidants was increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Unfortunately, even with the God-Demon Transformation, it still requires accumulation through daily Cultivation, unless they take pills!
At the bottom of Lake Heart Island, there is also a Meditation Room. Inside is an Alchemy Room.
The Room subtly corresponds to the Five Elements Eight Trigrams.
An extremely complex Formation has been set up. In the center is a large, bottomless Hole as wide as a water vat. Inside, blazing Flames are erupting. The golden Eternal Flame has an extremely high temperature. Not only does it possess the powerful might to melt gold and iron, but after being refined by Tang Song, it is an even better fire source for refining various Magic Tools and Medicinal Pills.
Above the large Hole, a Purple Gold Pill Furnace about two meters high is suspended. The cauldron is carved with Images of the Earth Veins of the Nine Provinces and countless mountains and rivers.
Streaks of radiance slowly circulated along the Energy Channels of these Images. From time to time, a streak of vermilion pill qi sprayed out from near the lid of the pill furnace. A scorching hot fragrance assailed the face, adding a touch of mysterious aura out of thin air.
However, the continuous echoing mournful shrieks of Demons and the chanting sounds of Angels from within the pill furnace vaguely made one feel that these pills didn't seem to be made through a righteous method.
Cautiously circling around the pill furnace a few times, Tang Song slowly nodded. Everything was under control. It seemed this batch of medicinal pills, primarily fused with Demon Hearts and Angel Crystals, had a high possibility of success.
Throwing aside the Cane in his hand, Tang Song sat cross-legged on the Meditation Cushion in the Qian position relative to the pill furnace. He casually picked up a plantain fan three chi and six cun long.
He opened his mouth and sprayed a stream of true essence onto the plantain fan. Diligently circulating his true essence, he drew several Talismanic Seals on the fan surface and fiercely waved it towards the Eternal Flame beneath the pill furnace.
Several dozen streaks of spiritual light shot out from the fan surface, driving the Eternal Flame to turn into several dozen tongues of flame that wrapped around the pill furnace, rapidly rotating and entwining it. The blazing flames rose several meters high. The temperature inside the Alchemy Room instantly soared to a level unbearable for Ordinary Persons.
The Purple Gold Pill Furnace was burned until it was entirely red. The vermilion pill qi spraying out from the furnace lid became increasingly intense, but the fragrance within the pill qi became increasingly faint.
Tang Song rejoiced greatly in his heart. The pill qi was thick and pure, proving that the impurities in the medicinal herbs within the pill furnace were extracted more thoroughly. But the fragrance within the pill qi became faint, proving that there was less loss of the active ingredients from the medicinal materials. The impurities were completely removed, while the active ingredients were retained in the pill furnace. The success rate of this pill refining session was quite a bit higher than the previous few times.
This batch of medicinal pills currently being refined was prepared by Tang Song for Kane and the others.
They were able to assist them in refining their Godfiend True Bodies and increase their cultivation bases.
Tang Song didn't have enough medicinal herbs on hand to refine the spirit pills from the Jambudvīpa World.
This isn't like ordinary traditional Chinese medicine that the Biology Laboratory can mass-produce.
But refining medicinal pills that are effective for Cultivators like these is extremely difficult. Just the materials alone are not something the Biology Laboratory can analyze.
Tang Song could only rely on himself to try and find substitutes according to the records in the pill formulas and pill chants.
He deeply sighed. Tang Song waved the fan once more. He muttered to himself, "This is the seventeenth batch. My luck can't be this bad, right?"
As soon as his words fell, the Eternal Flame suddenly increased in temperature by about ten percent compared to what the pill furnace needed.
The soaring temperature immediately destroyed the stability of the thirty-six fist-sized black and white qi cyclones that had already formed within the pill furnace.
Tang Song repeatedly formed wondrous magic incantations with both hands. Magic incantations of various colors shot out. The Eternal Flame beneath the pill furnace obediently changed according to Tang Song's will.
Countless invisible mental fluctuations wrapped around the entire pill furnace. Tang Song skillfully controlled the flames of the pill furnace.
He observed the changes in the various medicinal herbs as clearly as lines on his palm, continuously raising or lowering the firepower. Streaks of exquisite magic incantations continuously struck upon the pill furnace. Countless spiritual light enveloped these medicinal herbs.
Gradually, there was no longer even a trace of impurities within the pill furnace. The black and white qi flow transformed into black and white liquid, and then began to rapidly rotate.
Thus continuously absorbing heaven and earth spiritual energy, after about three days and three nights, the thirty-six clumps of black and white liquid had gradually frozen into substance.
In the blink of an eye, Tang Song flicked his finger. As several pill-forming magic incantations were cast, a burst of thunder and fire roared within his Dantian, accompanied by the faint long cries of Dragon-Tiger. Thirty-six points of black and white strong light blasted open the furnace lid and shot up into the sky. A strange fragrance assailed the nostrils in the Alchemy Room. Intense energy fluctuations swept through, making Tang Song's figure unstable.
The thirty-six points of strong light rapidly rotated several times in the Alchemy Room, and then, carrying an ear-piercing sound of breaking air, rushed towards the Entrance of the Alchemy Room.
"Hehe! Stay right there!"
Tang Song's heart was suddenly filled with boundless joy. He slightly opened his eyes. Two streaks of silver light shot out several meters from his eyes.
He gently made a grab with his right hand towards the thirty-six escaping spirit pills. A powerful suction force sprayed out from his palm. The thirty-six medicinal pills emitted faint mournful cries and were grabbed by him before his eyes.
For a moment, a sudden inspiration struck him. Tang Song brushed his yin yang qi over the pills with his palm. The acquired fire energy within the medicinal pills instantly disappeared without a trace. The entire pill no longer emitted even a trace of radiance. The fragrance that had originally drifted everywhere in the Alchemy Room also disappeared without a trace.
Thirty-six thumb-sized pills, dull in color, without any luster or fragrance, appearing black and white like rough ceramic lumps, were held in Tang Song's hands.
The thirty-six pills looked unremarkable, but each one was harder than steel and weighed at least ten jin.
"Divine objects conceal their radiance. These are truly excellent spirit pills!"
Tang Song suddenly had this realization. He smiled as he looked at the pills in his hand. The silver light in his eyes suddenly retracted and disappeared.
The pure qi drifting around his entire body also quickly retracted into his body. The lustrous radiance on his head and skin, different from Ordinary Persons, also disappeared. He was as if he had transformed from a piece of top-grade mutton-fat jade and suddenly turned into a piece of ordinary granite.
Not a trace of essence and qi leaked outwards. He himself became a small heaven and earth. All true qi and spirit circulated freely within himself, smooth and unimpeded.
He lowered his head and pondered for a while. He slowly took out thirty-six jade bottles and placed the pills one by one into the jade bottles and sealed them. He casually tossed the pill furnace aside.
"Those pills from Boss are made using the hearts of these Demons?" Kane heard Lane explain patiently, talking about Boss Tang's pill refining matters, a bit surprised.
After swallowing a few spirit pills given by Boss, he was already able to transform into a complete White Tiger form. According to Boss, one Yin-Yang spirit pill could at least save him thirty years of arduous cultivation.
He just didn't expect the main materials for these medicinal pills to be so strange.
"The main materials require fresh hearts from high-grade upper demons and Angel Crystal Stones. According to Boss, one yin and one yang conforms to the Great Dao of Taiji."
Lane looked at the Artificial Suns slowly rising into the sky. "Ordinary methods of summoning Demons cannot summon those upper demons.
Boss originally planned to use Blood Daoist to come to Hell and hunt a batch."
"He didn't expect the Dark Council and Thor to come knocking. Boss's intention is, with them attracting attention, we might as well occupy an Abyss. Boss is even interested in supporting an Abyssal Lord, however, it must be chosen from among us few!"
"An Abyssal Lord? If Hell were really this good, those Devils and Demons wouldn't need to tirelessly attempt to return to the Mortal Realm. This Hell is certainly not a good place," Kane shook his head and said, "I'm not interested."
"Oh right, you said another ingredient is Angel Crystal? Are there really Angels in this World..."
"You've been staying in Heimdall during this time, you might not be aware. Boss got a good thing from The Collector..."
Just as Lane and Kane were chatting, at this moment, Ivan Vanko came to their side. He took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, opened it, and poured gemstone-like seeds onto his palm.
The seeds were the size of quail eggs and colorful.
"Boss asked me to bring these over. This golden kind is a Sunflower seed. If you plant it in the soil, it can generate Sunlight."
"This kind is a Pea Shooter. Plant them at the Border of Hell and the Styx Entrance to resist Demon invasion."
"This kind is a Nut Seed, used to build Wall-nuts."
"This kind is a Chili Pepper Seed. The chili peppers grown from planting them can release high temperature flames up to one hundred meters."
Lane and Kane looked at the seeds in front of them, a bit surprised. "Are the plants grown from these seeds plants or supernatural items!"
Ivan Vanko shook his head. "I'm not very clear either. These seeds were discovered while cleaning up The Collector's Treasury. It is said to be a product of the Previous Universe.
However, the Biology Research Department has conducted analysis. These plants require devouring the flesh and blood and souls of demons to grow..."
"In addition, Boss instructed, Thor has already attracted the gaze of most Dimensional Evil Gods on the Abyss Battlefield. The Dark Council has also already launched their operation. Blood Daoist has already sealed off this Abyss. We can take action now!"
(End of chapter)