King 10000 Domains
Chapter 20: Collapse
After hearing Nie Qian's orders, Nie Tian quickly took out the beast bone and placed it on top of the protruding Fire Cloud gem.
Sparks of flickering flames immediately shot out from the bones of the beast.
Nie Tian focused with full attention, his face shining with joy. “Animal bones have started to absorb the power of fire!”
“Shining!” Nie Qian said, just as excited.
That meant the beast bones, as they had expected, absorbed the power of fire.
Clearly, any unmined Fire Cloud gem that came into contact with animal bones, would darken quickly.
In a very short time, the half-embedded flamecloud gem broke apart and turned into an ordinary gray stone after its fire power was drained.
“Sana!” Nie Qian barked, pointing to the larger Flame Cloud gem. “Quick about it!”
Following his instructions without hesitation, Nie Tian attached the animal bones to the larger Flame Cloud gem formation.
Nie Qian continued to search for new targets vigorously, even before the fire power was drained by the animal bones. “There! There! A bigger piece!”
CRACK IT! CRACK IT!
The Fire Cloud Gems cracked, one after another.
The beast bones had absorbed a large amount of fire power, and immediately became red and translucent, releasing a strange gleam like fire.
Sparks appeared on the bones of the beast. In the darkness, they were like stars, shining brightly.
HISSING!
Nie Tian realized that the sparks were gathering, in large numbers, at one point.
“This!” Nie Qian said, pointing to the striking huge Flame Cloud gem.
Nie Tian placed the beast bone on the jewel, his face delighted. “Fire condenses once again!”
POP!
A red flame lit up in the middle of the beast bones.
Nie Tian examined the active flame with his spiritual awareness, and discovered that it was a drop of blood amidst the condensation.
Then, he felt an unusual attraction generated by a drop of blood.
It seemed like all of the Fire Cloud gems in #73 were starting to crack, and all of them emitted a terrifying sound.
At the same time, sparks that looked like millions of fireflies suddenly flew out of the flamecloud gem and into the beast bones.
It's thundering!
Even more terrifying, his roar could also be heard in another mine on the hillside.
Simultaneously with a rumble, sparks coming out from the millions of flamecloud gems flew towards Mine #73, where Nie Tian was, as if they were attracted by a unique magnet.
The extended members of the Nie clan and the other workers, who were in the midst of their mining efforts at the various mines, all started screaming in fear.
“What's going on?”
“What happened?”
“The mine is collapsing! We have to get out of here!”
“Everyone out of mine, now!”
“A catastrophe befalls us!”
“…”
People were running wildly from their workplaces and running in fear towards the exits of the various mines one after another.
Nie Qian was also panicking. “Jeez, Little Tian! This beast's bones were too terrifying. It absorbed the fire power too quickly! This mine is collapsing!”
However, Nie Tian was still holding a piece of beast bone in his hand, as if he had not heard a single word of his cry.
It seemed that his spiritual senses were completely encased in beast bones. His gleaming pupils were filled with a mysterious depth.
THE EXPLOSION!
Intending to prevent Nie Tian from channeling fire power into the animal bones and bringing it out of the mine, Nie Qian suddenly realized that they had no chance of exiting through the entrance.
Nevertheless, a series of sparks infiltrated the rubble in the blocked mine and gathered on the beast bones in Nie Tian's hands.
The beast bones continued to greedily absorb the fire power within the entire mountain and showed no signs of stopping!
Meanwhile, Nie Tian's consciousness and spirit had floated into the burning drops of blood, and he entered the mysterious world of fire.
In an unknown dimension, he saw the entire sky lit up with constantly changing lights and scorching fireballs fused into a gigantic fire dragon.
WHIZZING SOUNDS!
Outside of the mine, the rich Heaven and Earth spiritual Qi surrounding the Cloudy Mountain also quietly blew to an unimpressive peak, although no one knew why.
The white spiritual qi of Heaven and Earth seeped through the entrance and entered into #73.
The anxious Nie Qian suddenly felt that every breath he took contained a lot of spiritual Qi.
Considering how concentrated it was, he discovered that the amount of spiritual Qi around Nie Tian was staggering. It seemed that the dense spiritual Qi in the mine was being infused into his body through his pores.
His wide eyes were fixed on Nie Tian, sparkling with ecstasy, confusion, and astonishment.
He was overwhelmed by the changes in the mine, confused as to what he should do, and how he could help Nie Tian.
Although the entrance had been sealed by the falling debris, a sea of fire energy flowed through the gap between the rubble and fused into the bones of the beast.
He knew that he could not get out of the mine for now, and had to accept everything before his eyes.
At the same time…
Behind the Cloudy Mountain was another mountain, which was the second height, allowing him to look at all the other mountains. Inside, a skinny old man wearing a sackcloth was repairing spirit tools in the stone room. Suddenly, he dropped a spiritual tool and murmured, “Any. Why did the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth suddenly undergo such an incredible change?” He instantly took the lotus position, and gradually closed his eyes.
A blurry shadow floated out from above his skull and flew away from the stone room like a ghost.
The shadow faintly flickered in the air as if it was an image reflected above the water. Unreal as it seemed, he walked up to the Nie clan mountain by following the flow of Heaven and Earth spiritual Qi.
A faint shadow flew far along the mine stone tunnel.
Soon after, he arrived at the base of Mine #73, where Nie Tian was, and slipped in by flowing through the gap between the rocks.
After entering, the faint shadow became more transparent, making it harder to see with the naked eye.
Staying in the shadows in the corner, a faint shadow looked around and then turned all his attention to Nie Tian and the beast bones in his hands.
“What?!”
Nie Qian, who was standing beside Nie Tian, was completely unaware of his existence.
It's thundering!
It seemed that the entire mountain was shaking. As a result, the boulder hanging over his head was crushed and rolled down from the top of the mine where Nie Tian and Nie Qian were located.
The faint shadow hiding in the darkness raised its head and flicked the stone that fell from its path.
Seeing the falling rocks approaching them, Nie Qian was horrified and wailed in despair.
But to his surprise, the boulders, which were clearly on their way to destroying Nie Tian and Nie Qian, were pushed from their original trajectory by some unknown force, he said, and fell to the other side of the mine.
Nie Qian, who was supposed to be destroyed, was still standing beside Nie Tian, safe and sound, as if they were protected by Heaven.
After all this time…
The fire power stopped fusing from all directions, as if the fire power of the flamecloud gem throughout the mountain had been drained by beast bones.
Still holding the animal bone in his hand, Nie Tian, unaware of the incredible change in the mine, was still in a dream state.
The durable vibration in the mine ground stopped while the falling stones piled high around the two of them.
On the contrary, the place where they were standing did not have a single pebble at all. Nie Qian felt incredible and inwardly thanked the ancestors of the Nie clan for their protection.
It took a long time for the beast bone in Nie Tian's hand to return to its dark brown color.
Meanwhile, Nie Tian gradually woke up from his daydream. When he opened his eyes, the first words he spoke were, “The blood test on the animal bones finally froze completely!”
Hearing these words, a faint shadow slightly fluttered, like a ripple in water, his mind completely shaken.
