The Invincible Supreme Medical God
Chapter 489 - 318 Profound and Enigmatic Meditation_2

Chapter 489: Chapter 318 Profound and Enigmatic Meditation_2

After reaching this conclusion, Yan Xiaobao nodded as he walked toward a ship. Unlike the previous time, the ship he rented was not a small and sleek vessel designed for city travel but a large ship meant for navigating the waters of Thousand River Cave’s Thousand Rivers.

He chose to ride the ship instead of walking because he wanted to cultivate as much as possible amidst the special dense atmosphere of this cave.

Renting this ship cost Yan Xiaobao a considerable amount of his Demon Core. However, his plan was to cultivate on the ship and then traverse the unlit portions of the tunnel to hone his abilities; this made the expense worthwhile. Although his body brimmed with energy, it was essential to balance the mental and physical aspects of training, as his body would otherwise fail to handle the energy contained within.

Xu Biao and Xie Lan joined him aboard the ship. Following the plan, Yan Xiaobao locked himself in one of the rooms, spending the entire journey in meditation. Each time he thought about his friends, his heart sank. They were currently branded as criminals, and when he worried about how his three friends might be treated, his heart ached.

He didn’t allow himself to dwell excessively on the dangers his friends faced. Instead, he forced himself to focus on his training. Gradually, he entered into a deep and trance-like meditation.

In meditation, Yan Xiaobao could sense the elements surrounding him. Flames blossomed in his mind, the ground trembled beneath his feet, and metal tightly enveloped his core.

Yan Xiaobao perceived all three elemental energies around him and focused his entire being on merging and harmonizing with them.

During his month of meditation, Yan Xiaobao successfully fused earth with metal, but his attempt to integrate all three elements together now seemed overly ambitious.

The fusion of earth and metal allowed Yan Xiaobao to use metal to amplify any attack involving earth. It also enabled him to strengthen any metal-based attacks. However, what excited him the most was that he had summoned elemental fire.

The elemental flame Yan Xiaobao summoned bore a yellow-silver core. This yellow flame was less potent than the Blue Flame Yan Xiaobao could release with Lan Feng’s help, but, unlike the blue flame, this yellow fire wasn’t solely dedicated to burning enemies.

The yellow flame enhanced Yan Xiaobao’s control over earth by one hundred percent, enabling him to command earth more effectively than before and to unleash attacks at a scale he previously couldn’t maintain.

It wasn’t limited to earth alone, but also included metal. This permitted him to exert one hundred percent control over metal as well. Although he currently wasn’t relying on any metal-element-based attacks, he still needed the element to refine materials.

The more synchronicity achieved with an element, the harder it became to comprehend that element. Therefore, despite Yan Xiaobao’s ability to command one percent more earth than before, he found it impossible to achieve perfect synchronization, thereby limiting his control.

At present, Yan Xiaobao had managed to synchronize the elements up to nearly seventy-five percent. He had already reached a challenging threshold where further synchronization became increasingly difficult—and increasingly dangerous.

All of this stemmed from synchronizing two out of his three elements, which doubled Yan Xiaobao’s power compared to before.

Having spent the bulk of his month seated in meditation, Yan Xiaobao finally opened his eyes. Though he’d managed to heighten his Metal Element power, most of its attacks required inscriptions—a task for which he lacked the time. Consequently, he focused on enhancing his earth element. As he felt the world tremble around him, a smile appeared on his face. Wherever he focused his attention, he could feel the ground, sense the earth, and experience its impact on the world. He could feel the immense strength coursing through his body.

Leaving his room, he ascended to the deck and leaned against the ship’s railing, gazing at the flowing river. Looking toward the path ahead, Yan Xiaobao spotted the cavern walls and the massive, open gate leading to the tunnel. The tunnel would guide him to the next cave, where his friends were waiting.

Whenever Yan Xiaobao thought of his friends, his blue eyes darkened, and impatience lingered around him, manifesting in the air. Initially, his plan was to traverse the unlit tunnel to confront various beasts and stabilize his cultivation base, but the more he thought, the more he yearned to rush through the tunnel.

Whenever he closed his eyes, he would see his friends’ faces—scarred, tormented, and abused. His inner flames of rage never subsided; they burned constantly, filling the youth with fear and worry.

While he knew the only thing he could do now was endure, he also recognized how his prolonged simmering emotions consumed him. The only thing that somewhat calmed him was knowing that Deng Wu was there. Deng Wu would protect Wang Julong and Sha Yun.

Yan Xiaobao took a deep breath, shut his eyes, and forcefully suppressed his anger once more before turning around to find Xie Lan and Xu Biao staring at him with concern etched on their faces.

Seeing their worried expressions left him unsure whether to laugh or cry. These two King-level experts were as inscrutable as the heavens above. At times, they seemed calm and trustworthy, only to suddenly appear unreliable. Their betrayals had plunged the world of a white-haired man into chaos. Thus, Yan Xiaobao was still deciding whether he should trust these two King-level experts, even though he fully understood he might need their support when the situation demanded.

Although Yan Xiaobao’s strength increased significantly during this Thousand Rivers journey, he remained incapable of facing a single King-level expert on his own. The deeper he ventured into the caves, the more Kings he would encounter.

Seeing that Xu Biao was gravely injured, Deng Wu immediately halted his counterattack. "Stop!" he said softly to Wang Julong and Sha Yun, both of whom ceased their struggles at once since they, too, noticed their good friend was injured protecting them.

After the Dragon Army members subdued Deng Wu and the two girls, they were transferred to the Dragon Army’s main quarters, where they were locked in a room. They couldn’t discern what the room was made of, but it was extremely formidable. No matter how many times Sha Yun slammed her tail into the walls or employed her fusion abilities, she couldn’t break through them. Although the walls trembled under sheer force, her violent attacks didn’t even create cracks, leading her to abandon her efforts.

All three had their hands bound, and their storage stones confiscated. While the Dragon Army couldn’t access the storage stones due to their spiritual binding to their owners, they didn’t dare leave the stones with the prisoners, fearing they might enable their escape.

With all his combat abilities stripped away and his storage stone removed, Deng Wu erupted in fury. As a Necromancer and Inscription Mage, most of his skills depended on inscriptions on scrolls. Although he was capable of infusing his spiritual energy and Metal Element Flames internally, it was insufficient to pose a threat to their captors.

For now, within their group, Sha Yun was the most significant threat to the abductors. As a Demon Beast of high rank with the ability to merge with Earth just as skillfully, the Snake Woman posed an enormous threat—one that the Dragon Clan dared not underestimate.

During the battle in the banquet hall, Sha Yun had been ferocious and relentless like the beast she was. She had killed some of the lower-level members of the Dragon Army. Now, her silver eyes burned with anger and indignation, radiating a savage aura around her.

If another altercation were to arise, Wang Julong would also remove Sha Yun’s storage stone and confiscate her smaller seeds and other valuable items.

"Hey, boss," a voice called from outside the room. A young member of the Dragon Clan’s delegation looked toward the captain of their team, the King Captain.

"Among the group we captured today, there are two beauties. Why not let the men enjoy a little pleasure on the journey back?" he asked, his eyes flickering with unspeakable desire, his tone full of temptation.

Looking at the obviously lecherous young soldier, the Captain merely snorted. "Li San, do you remember the rank of the experts accompanying the King?" the Captain asked in a cold voice.

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