Douluo: Adventure Begins from Wuhun City

Chapter 253 Refining
"You're smart, I'll give it to you."

Although she could not enjoy Chen Yao's service with her current virtual body, she was still quite proud of Chen Yao's attitude.

With a flick of his fingers, he threw the source of darkness to Chen Yao.

Chen Yao was suddenly delighted. He reached out to take it, put it in front of his eyes, looked at it with some obsession, and then came back to look at the Dark Lord.

"How to use this thing?"

"Hehe, you can't refine this thing by yourself now. You have to ask me to help you. Do you really think that I was greedy for that soul before?"

The Dark Lord raised his chin, then pointed his finger at Chen Yao's forehead.

Chen Yao's pupils locked, and he subconsciously wanted to avoid it, but he forced himself to endure it. He did not feel any sense of crisis, so he let the Dark Lord do what he wanted.

Wait until the fingertips fall on the smooth center of the eyebrows.

A dark glow suddenly brightened in Chen Yao's mind. His eyes were completely filled with darkness at this moment, and looked extremely evil.

Two dark and turbid beams of light shot out from Chen Yao's eyes and landed accurately on the source of darkness.

The seed-like source of darkness suddenly trembled and a faint light burst out.

Chen Yao only felt that his vision was a little blurry at this moment, and his whole brain seemed to be a mess. The mumbling of various gods, demons, and Buddhas filled his mind intermittently.

With blurred vision, he vaguely saw the Dark Lord's slightly playful expression, and then he felt an extreme chill that numbed his soul and body in an instant.

Chen Yao watched the Dark Lord's finger hook upwards, and then he felt his body being lifted up from the ground by a surge of black light.

And the source of darkness quickly moved to the center of Chen Yao's eyebrows.

The strong dark light was rhythmically moving madly. When the darkness became deeper and thicker and could not be dissolved at all, the source of darkness suddenly leaped and sank fiercely into Chen Yao's brows.

Chen Yao's body trembled violently, and he felt as if something had pierced through his forehead and even his brain. The sharp and pointed existence pierced his forehead, skull, and brain, and finally embedded deeply into his mind.

This kind of pain that comes from the nerves is simply unbearable for humans. Although Chen Yao is probably not a human now, it is still a little difficult for him to bear. He opened his mouth in an instant and his eyes bulged out as if they were about to pop out of their sockets. His body trembled violently, and his fingers embedded deeply in his palms, piercing the skin and oozing bright red blood.

After being tortured by the Black Lotus for several years, Chen Yao should have become numb to the pain. However, the source of darkness now caused him to have such a huge reaction, which shows how terrifying the pain was.

Chen Yao subconsciously activated his soul power and was about to release his soul skills, Dark Body, and Evil Fang Core.
No matter what it is, as long as it can help him relieve this pain that is worse than death!
But unfortunately, the soul power in Chen Yao's body did not give him any response, as if it had disappeared in an instant.

"what!"

Helpless, he could only hold the hideous head with both hands and roar madly, trying to divert attention and relieve the pain, but it was of no use.

But at this moment, the finger of the Dark Lord that was pressing on Chen Yao's forehead suddenly changed and turned into a strange palm print, pressing on Chen Yao's forehead.

Then, the extremely aggressive dim light suddenly became soft and covered his head in an instant. The mental power in his mind seeped out uncontrollably, began to condense into shape, and expanded violently, like the surging waves, sparkling.

The soft light instantly covered his head, and his mental power was rendered golden. The golden light gently and rhythmically protected Chen Yao's violently fluctuating head, like a gentle palm, gently soothing his extremely painful soul.

In this gentleness, the strange feeling of sharp piercing in Chen Yao's mind suddenly eased a lot. Faintly, the source of darkness seemed to have a sign of merging with his mind?

But soon, the severe pain came back again, telling him that it was just his illusion. The face that had just eased became ferocious again, and he held his head in agony!

As the pain continued to deepen and then subside, and this cycle repeated over and over again, a faint light suddenly appeared on Chen Yao's body, which was rolling on the ground, covering his entire body.

As this strange feeling arose, suddenly, not only the mind, but also the skin, blood, bones, meridians, and muscles all over the body began to hurt severely.

His body was shaking constantly, a layer of black water droplets had already attached to the surface of his skin, and blood began to seep out of his seven orifices. The skin under the layer of black water droplets was completely dyed red and blurred. The violent blood in his body had reached a horrifying level. If it were someone else, even an ordinary 100,000-year soul beast, they would have exploded and died long ago.

This tearing pain, as if being eaten by thousands of ants inside and out, spread to every corner of his body, torturing Chen Yao to the point of driving him crazy. It was completely incomparable to the pain he felt when his flesh and blood kept exploding and reshaping inside the black lotus.

Before, at least the pain came in waves, intermittently, and there was at least some time to breathe. When the pain came, it only lasted for a moment, and it was a relief.

And now? It was the continuous and intense torture that completely broke his rational nerves!

"What the hell is going on?"

At this moment, Chen Yao's eyes, which had been completely occupied by darkness, stared at the Dark Lord. His eyes were full of helplessness and pain. He couldn't help but curse, his voice was intermittent, and he didn't even have the strength to say a complete sentence at once.

At this moment, the Dark Lord's form also became somewhat illusory. The seemingly trivial operation just now had consumed a lot of her energy, but she didn't seem to care at all. She looked at Chen Yao and smiled sweetly.

“Haha, you can’t help it? This is the only manifestation of the law of darkness in this great plane. Even this is not as simple as you think. If it weren’t for me helping you, you probably wouldn’t even be able to speak now. The difficulty has been reduced a lot. You won’t die. Just bear with it.”

Seeing the helpless look on the face of the Dark Lord, Chen Yao's eyes suddenly showed despair.
As the pain continued, the expression on Chen Yao's face finally eased, not because the torture had subsided, but because he had become numb.

No one knew how much time had passed, but Chen Yao's mind had become completely blurred, and all he could see was chaos.

But fortunately, at this time, the most difficult step was finally passed. The source of darkness had begun to resonate with Chen Yao. The two no longer repelled each other and began to undergo preliminary fusion.

This also made the pain in his body begin to recede like the tide, but Chen Yao's mind was still wandering and his eyes were empty.

The Dark Lord saw this and his originally watching expression slightly restrained. He frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment before sighing. "With your current strength, it is still a bit difficult, right? Forget it, you have already paid so much, this little bit is not a big deal."

Shaking his head, the Dark Lord raised his hand, and an invisible wave surged. Then, a colorful cloud suddenly appeared and lingered in his palm, looking extremely gorgeous. The Dark Lord snapped his fingers, and the colorful cloud suddenly shot out and sank into Chen Yao's brows.

After doing all this, the Dark Lord's figure faded again, almost transparent, with only a faint outline left.

A trace of fatigue appeared on her face at this moment. She rubbed her eyebrows, then looked at Chen Yao and said helplessly.

"I have done everything I should do now. You have to show some courage and don't let the efforts of me and myself go to waste."

At this moment, as the Dark Lord muttered, the spiritual power in Chen Yao's mind had already transformed into a brilliant color along with the colorful clouds, as if it was full of vitality, while the source of darkness in the center exuded a kind of deathly silence.

The two energies are at two extremes, but they are not in conflict with each other. Instead, they are harmonious, as if forming a strange balance.

At the same time, Chen Yao's will also revived from the gray chaos, and his dull eyes regained their luster.

His calm chest began to rise and fall violently. He suddenly sat up in shock, breathing in big gulps of cold air greedily, with waves of palpitations in his eyes.

When he came back to his senses and looked around, he found that his clothes had already been torn to pieces by the dark light from before.

Although his naked body did not look strong, it was extremely coordinated, with distinct textures, like a perfect work of art that had been carefully polished and carved.
However, at this moment, his skin, which was as white as the ice and snow on the ground outside, was now covered with a shocking layer of black stains, which were greasy and smelled fishy.

Chen Yao was stunned when he saw this. Could this be the legendary cleansing of the tendons and marrow?

It seemed so, but he felt that his body was extremely relaxed at this moment, as if he could leap into the air and ascend to heaven in broad daylight with just a glance.

At the same time, a huge change seemed to have taken place in his body, but Chen Yao did not have the mind to explore this at the moment. He raised his hand and waved it. Different from the previous soul power, it burst out from his palm very smoothly, dispelling all the dirt on his body. The perfect body was once again exposed to the air.

But Chen Yao did not feel ashamed, his attention was attracted by the strangeness in himself.

At this moment, a few strange black lines were spreading from the soles of his feet, along his distinct skin texture, constantly climbing up his body, crawling along his neck to his eyebrows, and slowly injecting into his body.

As the liquid-like black thread slowly moved upwards, wherever it spread, it also caused horrible spasmodic pain in Chen Yao's body. However, compared with the previous madness and madness, which seemed to be a torture that was going to take his life, it was nothing.

Moreover, he could feel that along with the emergence of this pain, earth-shaking changes were also taking place in his body. He didn't know what it would eventually become, but he also knew that it should be developing in a good direction.

Subconsciously, Chen Yao didn't care that he was naked and there was an old woman of unknown age staring at him. He just sat cross-legged and mobilized the energy in his body, following the changing rhythm.

The lines on his body began to become more distinct, flowing more violently, and shining brightly.

The pain Chen Yao felt began to change again. The previous spasmodic pain gradually subsided, and was replaced by a shocking pain in his arms, left leg, and skull.

Although this kind of pain was still within the range that Chen Yao could bear, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

Because at this moment, there seemed to be a feeling in his heart, guiding him what to do.

After pondering for a moment, a hint of cruelty flashed in Chen Yao's eyes.

His thoughts mobilized the energy in his body, which gathered into a blade of light in front of him. He acted decisively and cut off his arms, left leg and skull.

For a moment, blood splattered in the temple and the scene was horrifying.

But Chen Yao's expression seemed extremely calm, as if the fatal injury did not appear on his body.

Soon, waves of black mist suddenly emerged from the wound.

He had clearly cut off the blue silver soul bone in his left leg, but as the black mist surged, his broken flesh and blood were rapidly growing at an extremely terrifying speed.

After a while, the whole body was restored to its original state.

After doing all this, Chen Yao felt as if some shackles on his body had been broken free, and his eyes became bright.

At the same time, a flash of enlightenment flashed through his mind. It seemed that although this soul bone could bring about the improvement of soul skills, it was also a kind of constraint. Cultivation was to cultivate oneself. Forcing something that did not belong to oneself into the body seemed inappropriate.

Thinking of this, Chen Yao suddenly had an idea, the energy in his body surged, and the nine soul rings that had been with him for a long time emerged behind him.

Since refining soul bones is wrong, then is the soul ring formed by absorbing the energy of the soul beast also wrong?

For a moment, Chen Yao's heart was itching to try and directly break these spirit rings.

But in the end, reason overcame the impulse.

Soul bones are not like soul rings. As his strength increases, he rarely uses his soul bones, except for occasionally using them to burn wildfires.

Of course, the Supreme Bone is an exception, and he couldn't bear to do it for fear of leaving a shadow. He could only slowly rely on energy to consume the Supreme Bone in his body.

However, the soul ring is the foundation of his strength. If he loses most of his strength in a fit of anger, he will have no place to cry.

So I’ll figure it out after I break through to the god level.

(End of this chapter)