Chapter 6188 - Refining the Blood Moon Rune

Upon seeing the appearance of the Blood Moon, Long Chen felt both touched and sad. He thought he might have gone too far. Dragonbone Evilmoon was so proud, allowing himself to take the lead was a form of humiliation for it. "Hurry up, stop dawdling!" Dragonbone Evilmoon said impatiently when it saw Long Chen still hesitating. "Evilmoon, maybe you should reconsider! So you won't regret it later," Long Chen hesitated. "Reconsider? Do you think I, Evilmoon, am like you? I've never done anything I regretted in my life. It's you who should worry; I've recorded your recent behavior and will show it to your brothers and confidantes. I want them to know that their admired leader also has moments when he cries his eyes out," Dragonbone Evilmoon said disdainfully. "Get lost!" Long Chen was furious, and his gratitude and guilt towards Dragonbone Evilmoon instantly vanished into thin air. "Between us, there's no need for unnecessary words. Let your mind calm down; I need to start the imprinting," Dragonbone Evilmoon said. Long Chen quickly calmed his mind, and the turbulent sea of consciousness gradually became as smooth as a mirror. "I'm about to start. It might hurt a little," Dragonbone Evilmoon said with a sinister smile. Hearing Dragonbone Evilmoon's laughter, Long Chen suddenly had a bad feeling rise in his heart. "Buzz" The Blood Moon slowly infiltrated the sea of consciousness, forming a massive vortex, crazily absorbing Long Chen's soul power. The sea surface was visibly dropping at a rapid pace, causing Long Chen to feel dizzy and uncomfortable, though it was within his tolerance. "Buzz buzz buzz..." The blood-colored moon trembled continuously, compressing the soul power it absorbed madly. This compression caused Long Chen to feel a sharp pain in his soul, as if pierced by countless steel needles. "How much longer?" After compressing several times, even Long Chen's endurance was being tested. "Almost there, just hold on a bit longer," Dragonbone Evilmoon said calmly. "How much longer?" Long Chen felt his head was about to split. "Hold on, we're at the critical moment," Dragonbone Evilmoon said. "Buzz" Finally, all the soul power in the vast sea of consciousness was absorbed into the blood-colored moon, a moon several feet in diameter compressed the soul power from a vast sea into it. "Buzz" Suddenly, the blood-colored moon contracted sharply, reducing its size by more than half instantly, causing Long Chen's face to contort in pain. "Are you taking personal revenge?" Long Chen roared. "Don't be ridiculous, I'm not that kind of person," Dragonbone Evilmoon said calmly, though its tone showed a hint of schadenfreude. "You're not that kind of person? You're not even a person," Long Chen realized that this guy did it on purpose. "Buzz" At that moment, the blood-colored moon contracted again, shrinking to the size of a pot. "Ah..." Long Chen finally couldn't hold back and let out a scream; he had never experienced such soul-crushing pain before. "Buzz buzz buzz..." Dragonbone Evilmoon ignored Long Chen's screams and continued compressing madly. After several compressions, the blood-colored moon was only the size of a fingertip. By this time, Long Chen was writhing in pain, feeling like he was about to collapse. "Hold on, don't faint, we're at the most critical moment. If you faint, we'll have to start over, and you'll have to endure all this pain again," Dragonbone Evilmoon shouted, realizing Long Chen was at his limit but knowing they couldn't stop now. Long Chen felt like he was going to die, his mind was blurred, but he gritted his teeth, refusing to pass out; this was a test of willpower. "Buzz buzz buzz..." The fingertip-sized blood-colored moon flickered continuously, emitting divine rays, which, upon closer inspection, were petal-like scales. With each flicker, hundreds of petals flew out, and in an instant, tens of thousands of petals were fluttering in the sea of consciousness. Every flicker of the blood moon caused Long Chen immense pain, and he gritted his teeth, saying: "Don't tell me this is just the beginning?" "Indeed, it is just the beginning; you must hold on until all one billion eight million dragon scale petals are refined. Of course, if you think it's too slow, I can speed up the process, but the faster it goes, the more pain you'll endure," Dragonbone Evilmoon said. "This time I'm doomed because of you," Long Chen almost cried, feeling stuck with no choice but to endure. "Tch, without pain, there's no gain. Once you refine all the dragon scale petals, you'll know it was worth it. Stop talking, use your energy to take a pill to recover your soul power, it'll speed up the refinement," Dragonbone Evilmoon said impatiently. Long Chen's hands trembled as he took out a Soul Nourishing Pill and swallowed it to accelerate the recovery of his soul power. Long Chen's sea of consciousness was dry at the moment, but once the blood moon stopped devouring it, it began to recover like a spring. However, recovery was very slow; with the help of the Soul Nourishing Pill, a small pool of clear spring formed quickly. Once a bit of soul power was restored, Long Chen felt less pain. As time passed, the soul power gradually recovered, transforming from a pool to a pond, and it continued to rise. "Huff" Finally, Long Chen could endure the soul-crushing pain, sitting cross-legged, a divine ring expanding behind him, drawing on the power of heaven and earth to restore his soul power. "Buzz buzz buzz..." The fingertip-sized blood-colored moon flickered continuously, with more dragon scale petals flying, now numbering in the millions. However, this was just the beginning, but with Long Chen's soul power recovering rapidly, the toughest days were over; now it was just a matter of time. One day, two days, three days... seven full days passed, and with the final batch of dragon scale petals flying out, the refinement process was finally completed. Long Chen lay on the ground like a dead dog, utterly exhausted, and summoned Huo Linger and Lei Linger to guard him while he took a good rest. He slept for three days and three nights; it turned out that refining the Blood Moon Rune not only consumed vast amounts of soul power but also exhausted Long Chen's mental strength. This mental strength couldn't be restored externally; it had to be nurtured by himself. When Long Chen awoke three days later, he still felt a bit tired, his face pale, as if recovering from a serious illness. "Suffer hardship to become a superior person, young man, you've received the blessing of me, Lord Evilmoon. From today, you will embark on a truly invincible path." Just as Long Chen awoke, Dragonbone Evilmoon's arrogant and proud voice echoed in his ears.