Chapter 959: Reaping What You Sow

"Brother Yi, feel free to eat if you want!"

Qin Nan waved his hand helplessly.

At this point, he couldn't be bothered to argue anymore. They were all doomed, like grasshoppers tied to the same string.

"Big brother, I think this guy still doesn't realize the severity of the situation," Qin Zhiyu walked over and said. "Remember when we were first trapped? We were somewhat optimistic too."

"He still has the mood to eat now, but in a couple of days, when he clearly feels his life force and cultivation slipping away, I doubt he'll be able to maintain this attitude."

"Probably so."

Qin Nan sighed with a worried expression. "Let him be for the next couple of days. When the time comes, he'll probably be more anxious than us."

The siblings were deeply troubled, while Yi Feng had already gone to the ship's kitchen to enjoy a meal.

In the vast, dark expanse of the Black Domain.

The eerie darkness seemed endless, with faint wisps of mist drifting across the sky from time to time, creating an extremely sinister atmosphere.

But upon closer inspection, one could notice strange energies floating in the air.

These eerie energies were everywhere, like tendrils of smoke, coming in two distinct colors.

They converged from all directions, flowing toward a particular valley in the Black Domain.

In the valley.

Bones littered the ground, and the air was thick with an overwhelming sense of death.

This was a burial ground.

Dozens of burial mounds stood densely packed together.

At the same time, the tendrils of energy drifting in from all directions were evenly absorbed into the hundreds of burial mounds.

As the absorption continued, the mounds began to emit powerful auras, as if something was about to burst forth from the ground.

At that moment, one of the burial mounds suddenly underwent a strange transformation.

The mound exploded, revealing a coffin inside.

The coffin was covered in intricate, sinister carvings and was entirely black, giving off a heavy and foreboding feeling.

Inside the coffin.

A pair of crimson eyes suddenly snapped open.

The moment those eyes opened, two beams of dazzling red light shot out, striking the coffin lid.

"Boom!"

With just a glance, the coffin lid was blasted into the air, shattering into pieces mid-flight.

"Such immense power!"

The figure lying in the coffin was a desiccated corpse, its shriveled body nothing but skin and bones, covered in wrinkles. The crimson eyes bulged, as if they might pop out at any moment.

He stepped out of the coffin.

His crimson eyes scanned the surroundings, taking in the rows of intact burial mounds.

"These fools haven't awakened yet."

"So I'm the first."

"Hahahaha..."

"Bunch of useless trash."

The shriveled face opened its mouth and laughed, the sound echoing through the dark valley, sending chills down the spine.

"But that trace of power that woke me up was truly extraordinary."

"Damn it, though, now that I've awakened, the absorption has automatically stopped. If I could continue absorbing, my strength..."

At this thought, a greedy expression flashed across his withered face.

His crimson eyes flickered, and his bony hand suddenly rose.

In an instant, tendrils of energy began converging toward his hand, filtering through his grasp.

However.

These energies no longer interested him. All he wanted was to find that trace of energy he hadn't fully absorbed before his awakening.

Just then, his eyes lit up, and his hand clenched tightly.

"Found it, this is it."

The man was ecstatic.

Although the strand of energy in his hand appeared incredibly thin, no thicker than a strand of hair, he could clearly sense the overwhelming power contained within.

It surpassed the combined strength of thousands, even tens of thousands, of other energy strands.

"Devour it."

The man's heart raced with excitement, his face filled with greed. With a flip of his hand, a powerful devouring force enveloped the strand of energy, beginning to absorb it.

In just an instant, the man felt as if an ocean of power was surging into his body.

At the same time, his shriveled body began to fill out at a visible rate, especially his face, which quickly regained its flesh and vitality.

"So... so powerful!"

Feeling the insane surge of power within him, the man's greed grew even stronger, and he couldn't help but accelerate the absorption.

In that moment.

His cultivation skyrocketed.

It soared to unprecedented heights.

In no time, it surpassed his previous peak.

This sudden, overwhelming surge of power drove the man to madness.

"Hahahaha..."

His cold laughter echoed through the valley once more, shaking the surrounding mountains.

But the next moment.

The man's expression changed drastically.

He realized his body was rapidly expanding, and his meridians could no longer handle the immense power.

It was like a small river suddenly being flooded with the volume of an ocean.

The dam couldn't hold for even a moment, instantly bursting, and everything spiraled out of his control.

To his horror, despite absorbing for so long, the strand of energy in his hand, no thicker than a hair, showed no signs of diminishing.

It hadn't shrunk, nor had its color faded in the slightest.

"How... how could this be..."

"How is this possible..."

"No, no, no, no!!!"

The man, who had been laughing maniacally just moments ago, was now panicking, his words becoming incoherent. Every cell in his body, every drop of blood, was being overwhelmed by the immense energy.

All of this happened in the span of a few short moments.

The man, who had been a shriveled corpse, had now expanded to the size of a small hill, his shadow covering the entire burial ground.

The rapid expansion had completely distorted his form, his face now a twisted mess.

"No..."

Finally.

With one last cry of despair, a massive explosion rocked the valley.

Shattered limbs scattered in all directions, and a rain of blood fell from the sky, adding a layer of crimson to the already eerie burial ground...