Calamity of Tomorrow
Chapter 698 698: 696 Halo

Zhou Bai, Xuan Nu, and Em left the battlefield and found a place to hide, digesting their recent gains while planning to make contact with the Heavenly Demon after the seven-day gemstone cooldown ended.

"Now, even if I face a large group of Heavenly Demons, I possess strong self-preservation power. With the 'Time Reverse' gemstone, it's time to make contact with the Heavenly Demons." Zhou Bai was supposed to have made contact with the Heavenly Demons seven days ago, but he delayed it until now due to concerns about their threat.

Throughout his journey, he had strengthened his capabilities by harnessing vital energy harvested from Heavenly Court's Celestial Gods and through the Primordial Scriptures' Vault 06, ensuring a high level of self-defence before meeting with the Heavenly Demons.

Christina said uneasily, "Zhou Bai, must you meet with the Heavenly Demons? They are very dangerous."

"I have many questions and much intelligence that need to be sourced through the channels of the Heavenly Demons," Zhou Bai responded, "Moreover, if I could utilize the power and resources of the Heavenly Demons, my combat abilities could soar rapidly."

"The Heavenly Demons control most of the terrain on Earth and even the whole of Mars, capable of space exploration. Think about how many resources they possess; even if I were to obtain just a small portion, I could make a huge profit."

Christina: "To enhance your power, you could also seek the Primordial Scriptures' Vault 07, right? Directly increasing the degree of Taoization..."

"It's not that simple," Zhou Bai shook his head. "Xiang Tiandi... Truly worthy of being the Marshal of Thunder, his combat wisdom is strong. He has already figured out a lot about my capabilities. Continuing to fight them with my current strength, it will become more and more dangerous."

"Moreover, they somehow managed to locate the position of the Primordial Scriptures' Vault 06; they might also find the location of Primordial Scriptures' Vault 07."

"So, the next time I go to summon the Primordial Scriptures at the location of Vault 07, I may not just be faced with Xiang Tiandi."

"I must enhance my power before going there. But to quickly boost my strength, to quickly learn the new divine patterns, I need a huge amount of laziness value and other various resources."

"And all these could be provided by the Heavenly Demons. I could even use the power of the Heavenly Demons to have them directly fight the Immortals and Gods."

Feeling Christina's silence, Zhou Bai sighed, "Tina, of course we could find a place to hide and spend ten, twenty years, or even hundreds of years to improve to the best of our capabilities before reemerging."

"But Dr. Zhuang has his plans, Heavenly Court has its unknown scheme, the Heavenly Demons have their intentions, and the Sky Flipping Sect has its own plans... This world changes too fast, and everyone is competing for the chips of victory."

"If we hide and train and don't dare to compete, it might all be too late."

Christina sighed, "Ah, what you say makes sense. Although I don't quite like this path of cultivation, I support you."

Following this, Zhou Bai began to take stock of the gains from this time.

"Primordial Scriptures' Vault 06, and the three strands of blue vital energy harvested from Xiang Tiandi."

"What a pity, the battle was too short, and Xiang Tiandi was too cautious; I only got these three strands of vital energy."

"I also didn't manage to take the deformed Zi Yang True Monarch. A celestial-level deformed being, it must have something special. Maybe Xuan Nu could even learn his deformed ability, I wonder what abnormal abilities Zi Yang would have after deformation."

Thinking this, his curiosity surged, and he remembered a question he had wanted to ask Xuan Nu since they teamed up, but hadn't got around to asking yet.

He turned to Xuan Nu, "Are you alright?"

Xuan Nu, who was wiping the End of Dharma Heaven Deformed Sword, shook her head, "I'm fine, Zhou Bai. Your tactics were successful; I wasn't hurt."

Zhou Bai asked, "Xuan Nu, if given time, could you learn the abilities of all the deformed beings you've seen?"

Xuan Nu shook her head: "I definitely can't do that, my abilities have limits. Although I haven't tried, I can feel that once the number of deformed abilities I learn exceeds the limit I can endure, my body might collapse."

"So, I have always only chosen to learn from some of the powerful abilities. Most common mutants don't have impressive powers."

Zhou Bai nodded, "Is that so? That makes sense."

After understanding the limits of her abilities, Zhou Bai looked at his Taiyin Roulette again and began to digest his luck.

The favor of heaven after being digested granted Zhou Bai three blue lights, indicating that he could enhance his star points again.

Without hesitation, Zhou Bai immediately added a blue light to the decay.

This star point representing the power of the Primordial Spirit had already been fortified with ten blue luck energies, just a tiny bit away from transformation. Of course, he wouldn't give up.

Boom!

A loud sound resonated in his sea of consciousness, and another halo formed behind the brain of Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit, but still, no transformation occurred.

"It's close, very close... I can feel it, just a little bit more."

Zhou Bai, both nervous and expectant, added another blue luck energy.

In the thunderous booming sound, the twelfth halo directly emerged behind the Primordial Spirit's brain.

An immense surge of power burst out from his Primordial Spirit, making the entire sea of consciousness brightly illuminated by the halo behind Zhou Bai's head.

Christina and Elsa suddenly covered their eyes, "So dazzling!"

After enduring twelve successions of luck energy, the decay finally underwent a change.

Zhou Bai eagerly looked towards the star point representing decay and found that his Primordial Spirit had gained a new ability.

"With the twelve halos, you can absorb a portion of the energy contained in the attacks, enhancing the resilience of your Primordial Spirit."

"Wind, rain, thunder, electricity, thermal and kinetic energy—all the energies of the universe will be the source of your strength. You can purify and transform these energies through the twelve halos to increase the power of your Primordial Spirit, boosting its strength."

After reading the introduction on the star point, Zhou Bai's face soon showed excitement, "Interesting, not only does it enhance the defensive power of the Primordial Spirit, but it can also increase the power of the Primordial Spirit after being attacked? This counts as another method of cultivation, I wonder how efficient it is."

Thus, in the following seven days, Zhou Bai arranged for Christina and Elsa to practice "Primal Taoist Scripture 06" while he tried out the new abilities of his Primordial Spirit.

He also occasionally soothed the girl, maintaining her trust in him.

...

Seven days later, Zhou Bai brought the girl and Em to a mountain peak.

Shortly after they arrived, dense groups of Heavenly Demons spread from the sky, the underground, and rivers and then prostrated themselves in front of Zhou Bai.

Seeing the hills full of Heavenly Demons kneeling on the ground, the girl's body immediately tensed up, like a startled wildcat.

She had previously been chased by the Heavenly Demons, fought a long, grueling battle, and was chased miserably.

Sensing the girl's nervousness, Zhou Bai held her right hand tightly, smiled, and said, "Don't worry, with me here, nothing will go wrong."

Looking at Zhou Bai's confident demeanor, the girl seemed to calm down and obediently nodded, "Okay."